From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Adam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs Customization - newbie's question Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 10:06:03 +0000 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <6161BC57-6360-11D7-B35A-000393CFE6FA@crm-114.net> References: <1049092524.1665.9.camel@ny-chicagost2d-72.buf.adelphia.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v551) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1049105372 3189 80.91.224.249 (31 Mar 2003 10:09:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 10:09:32 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 31 12:09:26 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 18zwCy-0000lL-00 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2003 12:08:04 +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 18zwCw-00084J-02 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2003 05:08:02 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18zwCW-0007du-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2003 05:07:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18zwBs-0006o5-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2003 05:06:56 -0500 Original-Received: from mwr1.mwr.is ([194.105.249.253] helo=mwr.mwr.is) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18zwBW-0006HB-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2003 05:06:34 -0500 Original-Received: from crm-114.net (Bravo18.mwr.is [194.105.238.91]) by mwr.mwr.is (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h2V9ldT09162 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2003 09:47:40 GMT Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <1049092524.1665.9.camel@ny-chicagost2d-72.buf.adelphia.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.551) X-MailScanner: Found to be clean 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:8016 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:8016 On Monday, Mar 31, 2003, at 06:35 Atlantic/Reykjavik, Daniel R. Anderson wrote: > 1) Every book ever written about technology is outdated before it gets > off the press True but this book is fairly outdated as it uses Emacs 19 which is two major versions behind the curve. > 2) Some people like books compared to online documentation. Some people like to learn about programs at their computers. > 3) It is by no means meant to be an all inclusive reference. It's > meant to provide an overview with detailed explanations for noobs. As long as he doesnt mind using his computer to learn about Emacs, there are better sources than the Oreilly book.