From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Learning C++ with Emacs? Date: 29 Jun 2004 22:42:44 +0200 Organization: Organization?!? Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <607eaf0b.0406291218.2352337@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1088543230 8883 80.91.224.253 (29 Jun 2004 21:07:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 21:07:10 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 29 23:06:52 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BfPoZ-0008MY-00 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 23:06:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BfPqF-00083D-Fe for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 17:08:35 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsmi-us.news.garr.it!newsmi-eu.news.garr.it!NewsITBone-GARR!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 26 Original-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de pUbOX+CqJYekFtky2AWnLgsIzJamMaUYEDuGh3o/5MeJBiyDfl X-Face: 2FEFf>]>q>2iw=B6, xrUubRI>pR&Ml9=ao@P@i)L:\urd*t9M~y1^:+Y]'C0~{mAl`oQuAl \!3KEIp?*w`|bL5qr,H)LFO6Q=qx~iH4DN; i"; /yuIsqbLLCh/!U#X[S~(5eZ41to5f%E@'ELIi$t^ Vc\LWP@J5p^rst0+('>Er0=^1{]M9!p?&:\z]|;&=NP3AhB!B_bi^]Pfkw User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:124030 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:19363 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:19363 xeys_00@yahoo.com (Cecil) writes: > I have been using Pico, but have decided to give Emacs a shot as my > editor for C++. The idea is that I will be using the console for > most things; I will be using a very very old laptop, that Emacs will > run on with no problem it seems. I ordered the Learning GNU Emacs > book from O'rielly, and would like comments or opinions or whatever > from y'all. I will be learning C++ from the very beginning. The > teacher wants to use Visual C++, but I have a ancient machine, I run > Linux, and if I have to, I'll just email source to myself at > school. Am I making a mistake choosing to learn Emacs to learn C++? Learning Emacs and learning C++ are pretty much independent. At least unless you use GCC and glibc, in which case it is worth noting that Emacs' built-in info reader is one of the handiest tools for accessing info pages (use C-h S with the cursor on a symbol to find its info page). It is also worth noting that the gdb command in Emacs is quite handy for source code debugging. > I have heard it refered to as a dinosaur whose time has come and > gone, Gone? Hardly. It's still quite the killer. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum