From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Adam Funk Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Learning LISP; Scheme vs elisp. Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 21:26:06 +0100 Message-ID: References: <55dbm5-qcl.ln1@news.ducksburg.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1217623297 5552 80.91.229.12 (1 Aug 2008 20:41:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 20:41:37 +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 Aug 01 22:42:27 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KP1SB-0006zt-Cv for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:42:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38004 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KP1RG-0002Ti-Kv for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:41:26 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 17 Original-X-Trace: individual.net WQV6XIdkjVA7V9BiqBSTtQ/OimwyKHTLm8SxuKx/rtMc32AqLs X-Orig-Path: news.ducksburg.com!news Cancel-Lock: sha1:mi4pHJi1W02MSUFmyyo1edU+F5o= sha1:fSjtbVRdPhRFq+Y1wIs6D6mr17k= User-Agent: slrn/pre0.9.9-120/mm/ao (Ubuntu Hardy) Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:160805 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:56153 Archived-At: On 2008-08-01, Joost Kremers wrote: > Adam Funk wrote: >> I've decided I ought to train myself in the most elegant programming >> weapon --- http://xkcd.com/297/ --- so I've started working through >> _The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs_. >> >> In the long term I hope I'll be able to customize Emacs more in its >> native way instead of wrapping external Perl programs in >> shell-command-on-region (as I often do now). > > dunno, but the emacs lisp intro (C-h i m emacs lisp intro RET) and the > emacs lisp manual (C-h i m elisp RET) seem more appropriate ways to get > started with elisp... Well, what I mainly want to do is learn LISP from a reputable text, and I'm hoping a side benefit of that will be improved Emacs skills.