From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: newbie - from UK Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 09:59:44 -0800 Message-ID: <002b01c98ae0$30d0afa0$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> References: 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 1234203804 24150 80.91.229.12 (9 Feb 2009 18:23:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 18:23:24 +0000 (UTC) To: "'James Freer'" , "'emacs'" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 09 19:24:39 2009 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 1LWao3-000545-Ly for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:24:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54747 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LWamk-0002RZ-6U for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:23:10 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LWaQC-00065f-45 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:59:52 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LWaQA-00064Y-1X for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:59:51 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58036 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LWaQ9-00064R-M4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:59:49 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet12.oracle.com ([148.87.113.124]:44841 helo=rgminet12.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LWaQ9-00031N-56 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:59:49 -0500 Original-Received: from rgminet15.oracle.com (rcsinet15.oracle.com [148.87.113.117]) by rgminet12.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n19HxKkY000688 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:59:21 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt705.oracle.com (acsmt705.oracle.com [141.146.40.83]) by rgminet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n19Hxi5L014422; Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:59:45 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.194) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:59:44 +0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: AcmK3CS0kdJMC6xSQdO4c4Ggf5QNjAAABWZA X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 X-Source-IP: acsmt705.oracle.com [141.146.40.83] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A010207.49906F11.01EF:SCFSTAT928724,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) 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:62021 Archived-At: > I've joined the group hoping to learn more about emacs - i will be > using it [i hope!] for programming and writing text. I gathered that > emacs offers good text editing facilities. I've got the emacs.pdf and > have started thumbing my way through it. Welcome to Emacs, James! By "the emacs.pdf" I assume you mean the GNU Emacs manual(?). Here are some other resources that can help, in addition to help-gnu-emacs and the Emacs manual (which is available in Emacs itself, using `C-h r' or Help > Read the Emacs Manual): * Guided Tour: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/tour/ * Frequently Asked Questions (Help > Emacs FAQ) * Tutorial (Help > Emacs Tutorial) * Wiki: http://www.emacswiki.org * Overview page: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/