From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: on ``An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp'' Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 21:45:05 +0100 Message-ID: <87io297a26.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <87oac34e2o.fsf@debian.uxu> <871t8z6tgc.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1454273145 3754 80.91.229.3 (31 Jan 2016 20:45:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 20:45:45 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 31 21:45:36 2016 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 1aPysJ-0008Ac-OM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2016 21:45:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43183 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aPysF-0007u9-TY for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2016 15:45:31 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47260) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aPys5-0007u2-IB for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2016 15:45:22 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aPys2-0001DG-CY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2016 15:45:21 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:38621) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aPys2-0001D7-5f for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2016 15:45:18 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aPyrv-0007i3-I7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2016 21:45:11 +0100 Original-Received: from nl106-137-227.student.uu.se ([130.243.137.227]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 31 Jan 2016 21:45:11 +0100 Original-Received: from embe8573 by nl106-137-227.student.uu.se with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 31 Jan 2016 21:45:11 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 44 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: nl106-137-227.student.uu.se Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:+n3KywM3Piw/lJebludfFtb2K1k= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 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:108940 Archived-At: Robert Thorpe writes: > Well, if it's in that package, then that's all you > need. If it isn't then you have to ask "What else > is missing?" I found this after `M-x info RET' and then a search for "Lisp". It is the second hit (right after "The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual"). An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp ******************************************** This is an ‘Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp’, for people who are not programmers. Ha - "for people who are not programmers" - that means programmers should read it. > In that case it's worth building Emacs from source > so you get everything. One of the great benefits with a modern Linux system is that you don't have to do it. The Debian repositories which have tens of thousands of software components are also the reason for the plethora of distributions that are based on Debian: the Ubuntus, Knoppix, and many more. Or actually people's itchy fingers are the reasons for the proliferation itself, but the repositories are the reason it is all Debian based. So while it is a good thing building from source is a possibility, I say it is only a big step better than the Windows installers, which were horrible, and there is no reason that I can see not just to use good old aptitude to do the job with no web browser or directories to bounce around in involved. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573