From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: tfb@fallingrocks.OCF.Berkeley.EDU (Thomas F. Burdick) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: HTML Helper Date: 16 Dec 2003 11:44:20 -0800 Organization: University of California, Berkeley Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <3FB3E8F5.7090709@yahoo.com> <87fzfkk1r8.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1071604876 5425 80.91.224.253 (16 Dec 2003 20:01:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:01:16 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 16 21:01:13 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AWLNZ-0008Rg-00 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 21:01:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AWMJN-000361-73 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 16:00:57 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!agate.berkeley.edu!agate!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 28 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: fallingrocks.ocf.berkeley.edu Original-X-Trace: agate.berkeley.edu 1071603861 36216 192.58.221.225 (16 Dec 2003 19:44:21 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 19:44:21 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:119393 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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:15332 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:15332 Kai Grossjohann writes: > Tim McNamara writes: > > > Obviously lacking sophistication with using Emacs and especially the > > built-in documentation. > > Maybe you would like to order the Emacs manual from the FSF? That > way, you can read the real thing on paper, and help the FSF, too. > > And when you vaguely remember that you have read something on paper, > you can use C-h i to look it up again because the book and the > built-in documentation have the same content! As a happy owner of the Emacs manual, I recommend this. Having a real book to leaf through made it simple to transition from lightweight Emacs user to competant user. I don't know when the last time I picked it up was, but I'm glad I bought it. -- /|_ .-----------------------. ,' .\ / | No to Imperialist war | ,--' _,' | Wage class war! | / / `-----------------------' ( -. | | ) | (`-. '--.) `. )----'