From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Trying to learn programing Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 20:44:04 -0500 Message-ID: <87iruc6xej.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1133228765 4678 80.91.229.2 (29 Nov 2005 01:46:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 01:46:05 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 29 02:45:55 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EguYc-000447-BO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 02:45:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EguYa-0007UI-I0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 20:45:20 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!dreaderd!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:DPGmOWlfEB69ukUqAz1/TM2wT0U= Original-Lines: 10 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: SYDNEYPACIFIC-FOUR-FORTY.MIT.EDU Original-X-Trace: 1133228643 senator-bedfellow.mit.edu 563 18.95.6.185 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:135880 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:31485 Archived-At: "Cameron Vessey" writes: > I don't really now didley about programming and I am trying to > learn. I've down loaded so many things the past few day I can't keep > them all straight. A real simply tutorial said I needed an editor. I > thought I had one when i downloaded Dev-c++ from some site for > free. it looks like an editor when you run it. Incidentally, if you're trying to learn programming, you could do a lot worse than to learn by programming Emacs itself.