From: Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to learn elisp ?
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:31:04 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <barmar-9235AE.13310405082009@news.eternal-september.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.3943.1249480576.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
In article <mailman.3943.1249480576.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
waterloo <waterloo2005@gmail.com> wrote:
> Emacs Lisp Reference is sufficient ?
>
> I feel Emacs Lisp Reference is harder and some sections is obscure to me .
This is a reference manual, not a tutorial, it's not intended as a
learning mechanism.
IMHO, the best way to learn any programming language is to read and
write code in the language. So look at existing Emacs packages for
example code, and then start writing your own stuff. You'll learn best
by doing.
--
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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2009-08-05 17:31 ` Barry Margolin [this message]
2009-08-05 17:53 ` How to learn elisp ? Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-08-05 16:28 waterloo
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2009-08-05 15:49 ` A.Politz
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2009-08-05 12:08 ` Xah Lee
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2009-08-06 9:32 ` Jyrki Tikka
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2009-08-05 10:26 ` David Kastrup
2009-08-05 10:40 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2009-08-05 11:44 ` Elena
2009-08-06 23:28 ` despen
2009-08-05 10:08 waterloo
2009-08-05 11:24 ` Andy Stewart
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2009-08-05 15:34 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
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2009-08-05 17:21 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-08-05 17:45 ` Drew Adams
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