From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bob Proulx Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 13:10:30 -0600 Message-ID: <20150508125314086261755@bob.proulx.com> References: <554C9356.5000204@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1431112271 20601 80.91.229.3 (8 May 2015 19:11:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 19:11:11 +0000 (UTC) To: Vaidheeswaran C , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 08 21:11:03 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Yqnfo-0000gJ-0b for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 May 2015 21:11:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57311 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yqnfn-0006xq-2z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 May 2015 15:10:59 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53594) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YqnfS-0006xl-Bh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 May 2015 15:10:39 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YqnfO-0004GK-0R for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 May 2015 15:10:37 -0400 Original-Received: from joseki.proulx.com ([216.17.153.58]:41816) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YqnfN-0004Ah-Pn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 May 2015 15:10:33 -0400 Original-Received: from hysteria.proulx.com (hysteria.proulx.com [192.168.230.119]) by joseki.proulx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E04362183C; Fri, 8 May 2015 13:10:31 -0600 (MDT) Original-Received: by hysteria.proulx.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B92E52DC4D; Fri, 8 May 2015 13:10:30 -0600 (MDT) Mail-Followup-To: Vaidheeswaran C , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <554C9356.5000204@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 216.17.153.58 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:104307 Archived-At: Vaidheeswaran C wrote: > Shakthi Kannan wrote: > > Vaidheeswaran C wrote: > > | What would be the best way to learn Emacs. > > > > Start with the GNU Emacs tutorial. If you prefer a book, I'd recommend > > "Learning GNU Emacs": > > > > http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596006488.do > > Have you read that book? The book is old. Do you still think that I > can use it. For example, does it talk about Org-mode etc. A student says that they really want to learn Calculus. They know that Calculus is very powerful and can be used to solve many problems. I suggest that they learn Arithmetic first. They respond, "Arithmetic! Have you learned Arithmetic? Arithmetic is old. Should I learn Arithmetic? For example, will Arithmetic talk about Calculus?" I didn't learn Emacs from the book Learning GNU Emacs but I have it and it is a good introduction. It is easier to learn the fundamentals and then build upon them with more advanced concepts afterward. Bob