From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: VanL Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Some ideas with Emacs Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2019 10:58:03 +1100 Message-ID: References: <87d0dbszjn.fsf@mbork.pl> <8736e4titj.fsf@mbork.pl> <871rtoti9w.fsf@mbork.pl> <87zhgcrveo.fsf@mbork.pl> <87wobfs1b5.fsf@mbork.pl> <87wobdqa0d.fsf@mbork.pl> <874kyd9pqc.fsf@mbork.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="71594"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (berkeley-unix) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Marcin Borkowski Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 07 00:59:22 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1idNVK-000IVC-CW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Dec 2019 00:59:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46492 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1idNVG-0004z1-LT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Dec 2019 18:59:20 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45592) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1idNUQ-0004xV-Bs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Dec 2019 18:58:27 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1idNUO-0007r1-On for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Dec 2019 18:58:25 -0500 Original-Received: from relay9-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.199]:43123) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1idNUO-0007SR-Gn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Dec 2019 18:58:24 -0500 X-Originating-IP: 220.245.50.79 Original-Received: from vogel.localnet (220-245-50-79.tpgi.com.au [220.245.50.79]) (Authenticated sender: van@scratch.space) by relay9-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2C53AFF803; Fri, 6 Dec 2019 23:58:18 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <874kyd9pqc.fsf@mbork.pl> (Marcin Borkowski's message of "Fri, 06 Dec 2019 21:13:47 +0100") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 217.70.183.199 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:243203 Archived-At: Marcin Borkowski writes: >>> (I have never read the intro -- when it was written, I already >>> knew Emacs Lisp ;-). >> >> Is the better medium for consumption >> 12 video streams of 3-minute >> episodes narrated by an attractive >> nerdy personality like in 'The Schmo and The Pro' channel? > > Depends. I very much prefer learning from written text than videos. The video stream medium carries more bits of information per second. I prefer reading text on serious matters; not manual nor memoir, but a series of monographs by specialists. The elisp intro is expected to be mechanical automaticity like a Boeing 737-NG to Boeing737-MAX8 self-paced learning on the Apple iPad for an hour. --=20 VanL, =C2=A0=C2=A0School of Secret Art =C2=A0=C2=A0=C9=99=C9=990@ =E4=B8=80 =E4=BA=8C =E4=B8=89 =E8=A8=80 =E8=AA= =9E =F0=9D=94=96