What alternatives are there to learn Emacs?...

What alternatives are there to learn Emacs?...

[Don Saklad]

What alternatives to the usual manuals are there to learn Emacs?...
especially for new learners who have difficulties with the
deficiencies in the usual manual texts and jargon.

Not all potential new users see themselves as a part of our community!

RE: What alternatives are there to learn Emacs?...

[Drew Adams]

> What alternatives to the usual manuals are there to learn Emacs?...
> especially for new learners who have difficulties with the
> deficiencies in the usual manual texts and jargon.
> 
> Not all potential new users see themselves as a part of our community!

Not sure what you're counting as the traditional manuals, but here are some
learning resources:

* the onboard Emacs tutorial (learn by doing): C-h t
* the onboard Emacs manual: C-h r
* the EmacsWiki Web site:
  http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/SiteMap

  One of the first sections on the main EmacsWiki page is
  a set of links to pages for Learning About Emacs. These
  are some of those learning links:

 1. http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/EmacsNewbie
 2. http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs-en?CategoryDocumentation
 3. http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs-en?CategoryHelp
 4. http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs-en?CategoryGlossary

#1 is the place to start.
#2 answers your question more generally, mentions books, tutorials...
#3 is Emacs information of various kinds
#4 explains Emacs jargon

Others will no doubt chime in with more help. This mailing list is a good place
to ask questions, as is the Emacs wiki.

Re: What alternatives are there to learn Emacs?...

[Sven Bretfeld]

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Don Saklad <dsaklad@gnu.org> writes:

> What alternatives to the usual manuals are there to learn Emacs?...
> especially for new learners who have difficulties with the
> deficiencies in the usual manual texts and jargon.

There are some good books I learned very much from:

- Jesper Pedersen, Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 Hours (Sams).

- Debra Cameron et al., Learning GNU Emacs (O'Reilly).

I think it's good to have both.

Greetings

Sven

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Re: What alternatives are there to learn Emacs?...

[Mike Treseler]

Don Saklad wrote:
> What alternatives to the usual manuals are there to learn Emacs?...
> especially for new learners who have difficulties with the
> deficiencies in the usual manual texts and jargon.
> 
> Not all potential new users see themselves as a part of our community!

I started by using the menus.

      -- Mike Treseler

RE: What alternatives are there to learn Emacs?...

[Drew Adams]

> I started by using the menus.

Good suggestion - forgot that one. Menu organization is a great way to discover
features - things that belong together are typically grouped together.

BTW, Icicles can help you to learn Emacs, in several ways.
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/EmacsNewbieWithIcicles

One way is by letting you match menu substrings. That can help you find things
in the menu hierarchy and discover what the hierarchy looks like.
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/IciclesMenu

Re: What alternatives are there to learn Emacs?...

[David Combs]

How about the rms-written tutorial:

  C-h t


David

Re: What alternatives are there to learn Emacs?...

[Xah]

On May 11, 5:47 pm, Don Saklad <dsak...@gnu.org> wrote:
> What alternatives to the usual manuals are there to learn Emacs?...
> especially for new learners who have difficulties with the
> deficiencies in the usual manual texts and jargon.
>
> Not all potential new users see themselves as a part of our community!

you might try my tutorial.
http://xahlee.org/emacs/emacs.html

  Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/

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