From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: book recommendation Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 22:02:28 -0400 Organization: Bell Sympatico Message-ID: <87oe7sjbfo.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org> References: <42e292e2_1@news.iprimus.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1124899513 23208 80.91.229.2 (24 Aug 2005 16:05:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:05:13 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 24 18:05:11 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E7xgo-0001Ab-Jo for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 18:01:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E7xke-0008Sb-1l for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:05:20 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fu-berlin.de!nf3.bellglobal.com!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED!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:rpfRcyTWjhF47cgoFSukCb0t7FA= Original-Lines: 12 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.71.119.141 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@sympatico.ca Original-X-Trace: news20.bellglobal.com 1124589748 67.71.119.141 (Sat, 20 Aug 2005 22:02:28 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 22:02:28 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:133425 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:28956 Archived-At: > I know there is a list of emcas books on one of the emacs related site, > I came across it the other day, but nothing better than > a user recommendation. > I am not a "very" beginner, but a beginner in many ways, what is a good user > guide and a reference to keep in my library. My I humbly suggest "The Emacs Manual", published by the FSF (you can order it online at www.fsf.org), and whose online version is bundled with every Emacs (reachable through C-h i)? Stefan