From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs Customization - newbie's question Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 23:59:29 -0500 (EST) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <4100.138.171.126.124.1049086769.squirrel@webmail.pair.com> References: <3E87A603.8010702@networld.com> <1049083837.325.4.camel@ny-chicagost2d-72.buf.adelphia.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1049086800 5862 80.91.224.249 (31 Mar 2003 05:00:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 05:00:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: linux@networld.com Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 31 06:59:58 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18zrOo-0001WQ-00 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2003 06:59:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18zrOi-0002N0-07 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Mar 2003 23:59:53 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18zrOP-0002LH-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Mar 2003 23:59:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18zrOM-0002Iw-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Mar 2003 23:59:32 -0500 Original-Received: from wbm2.pair.net ([209.68.3.43]) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18zrOL-0002IZ-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Mar 2003 23:59:29 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 8954 invoked by uid 65534); 31 Mar 2003 04:59:29 -0000 Original-Received: from 138.171.126.124 ([138.171.126.124]) (SquirrelMail authenticated user amh@crm-114.net) by webmail.pair.com with HTTP; Sun, 30 Mar 2003 23:59:29 -0500 (EST) Original-To: X-pair-Authenticated: 138.171.126.124 In-Reply-To: <1049083837.325.4.camel@ny-chicagost2d-72.buf.adelphia.net> X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.2.8) Original-cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:8009 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:8009 I would recommend against purchasing this book. For one, as already mentioned, its outdated. Two, all of the info in it can be found online and believe me, there is not alot to this book. The "Writing GNU Emacs Extensions" isnt worth it either. http://rgrjr.dyndns.org/emacs/emacs_cheat.html Thats a good place to start, check out the emacs wiki too. The Oreilly books are a waste of money and paper IMO > >> I'm a newbie to Emacs. I tried to read the Emacs manual but it looks >> so complicated to me. So asking here is a better way for me, I think. > > > Check out O'reilly's /Learning GNU Emacs/. And, no, don't be a dunce > and pay $30 + tax for it at Barnes and Noble -- go to www.alibris.com > and search for it -- you'll pay about $7 (including shipping) for it. > It'll cost less then the reams of paper which take up the emacs manual. > And it's perfect for noobs. > > BTW, the 2nd edition covers emacs 19, not 21. The only discrepency I > came across was when I typed M-x kill-buffer I was told by emacs in the > minibuffer that "That command now works with C-x k". > > -Dan > > > > _______________________________________________ > Help-gnu-emacs mailing list > Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs