From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: notbob Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals Date: 8 May 2015 13:34:21 GMT Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1431092513 7459 80.91.229.3 (8 May 2015 13:41:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 13:41:53 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 08 15:41:47 2015 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 1YqiX8-0005j1-Sm for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 May 2015 15:41:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55903 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YqiX8-0004T2-5T for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 May 2015 09:41:42 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 31 Original-X-Trace: individual.net SLISqIxRYKorJ/ZvSFaH+AvHusUiLiKaTOsldkFuocjoQYLH4I Cancel-Lock: sha1:l1ESiYogMAGGpI2E+cLFwd03yPI= User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:212012 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:104297 Archived-At: On 2015-05-08, Shakthi Kannan wrote: > If you prefer a book, I'd recommend > "Learning GNU Emacs": > http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596006488.do > > You need to start using GNU Emacs for your day-to-day work/study. As a lifelong emacs user (vi is the heart of evil --nb), I also recommend this book. The latest edition (3rd ed) is 10 yrs outta date, but it's still better than any alternatvives I've seen. Primariliy due to the fact the author presents his howto info in every day lay language. Buy a used copy. After the book introduces you to the basics, look up specifics online. I use emacs primarily as my file manager (dired), also as my primary text editor. All the other stuff emacs is capable of, like erc (IRC client), gnus (mail/nntp), etc, are stricly bonuses and can be quite complicated for the neophyte. This is a good source of info: http://www.emacswiki.org/ The Gnu Emacs official manual is a document best experienced in small doses. Do a browser search and find small specifics from the manusl, as the entire manual is almost overwhelming. At the very least, a total snooze. ;) nb