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From: ken <gebser@speakeasy.net>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs mode intro question
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 07:56:33 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <412C7E71.70301@speakeasy.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <freemail.20040725091930.55626@fm9.freemail.hu>

Urban Gabor wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I would like to learn writing Emacs mode just for fun (and
>help for myself...). I have found a very good Emacs-Lisp
>tutorial, but I could not find any tutorial, how cold I
>write a major emacs mode on my own. Can anybody help me?
>
>Could you cc the reply to my mailbox, too?
>
>Best regards
>
>Gabaux
>Linux is like a wigwam: no gates, no windows, and an apache
>inside!
>  
>
Your enthusiasm and curiosity are laudable.  However, one of the first 
rules of programming is that you don't re-invent the wheel.  There are 
already a *lot* of emacs modes and so you could be writing one which 
already exists.  On the other hand,  I'm guessing that there are a lot 
of open source projects on <http://savannah.gnu.org/> and 
<http://sourceforge.net/> which are cutting edge and need help.  You 
could follow on on the develop of some interesting project and, if your 
coding skills are good enough, perhaps even contribute.

hth,
ken

  reply	other threads:[~2004-08-25 11:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-08-25  7:19 Emacs mode intro question Urban Gabor
2004-08-25 11:56 ` ken [this message]
     [not found] <mailman.2666.1093418671.2011.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2004-08-25  8:16 ` Joakim Hove
2004-08-25 11:13 ` Jose A. Ortega Ruiz
2004-08-25 13:12 ` Johan Bockgård
2004-08-25 20:42 ` Stefan Monnier

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