From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: SimpleCode Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Is there any good website for emacs newbie? Date: 3 May 2007 23:54:38 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <1178261678.484510.4200@y5g2000hsa.googlegroups.com> References: <1178245635.686969.214290@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="gb2312" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1178296556 4425 80.91.229.12 (4 May 2007 16:35:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 16:35:56 +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 04 18:35:55 2007 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 1Hk0l8-00087J-0n for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 May 2007 18:35:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hk0rm-0002mX-3J for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 May 2007 12:42:46 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newshub.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!y5g2000hsa.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 30 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 219.137.136.142 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1178261679 32009 127.0.0.1 (4 May 2007 06:54:39 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 06:54:39 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; Embedded Web Browser from: http://bsalsa.com/; .NET CLR 1.1.4322),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: y5g2000hsa.googlegroups.com; posting-host=219.137.136.142; posting-account=i4PmJQ0AAAA7hMbOsLEVwYJGi1JOAunS Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:148039 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 04 May 2007 12:37:22 -0400 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:43672 Archived-At: Sebastian Tennant =D0=B4=B5=C0=A3=BA > > I am a emacs newbie but I like it. > > Congratulations. You've stumbled on the single most universally > useful program ever written! The learning curve can be steep at first > (all those keystrokes!!!) but trust me you will never look back once > you begin to make it work for you. > > Emacs' own Info manual is indispensible, and it is never far away once > you master *Info* (type C-h i m emacs RET and you are there). > > The various help keystrokes (especially C-h m for describe-mode and > C-h v for describe-variable) are also very useful. > > My advice would be to become very comfortable with *Info* mode and > 'bookmarks' so you never need to forget where you read something > again. > > C-x r m RET to create a bookmark, > C-x r b RET to go to a bookmark, > C-x r l to list your bookmarks > > Good luck, and don't give up. It seems like deep magic but it's > actually so simple it hurts. > Thank you very much for your encouraging and advice, Sebastian. I make up my mind to learn to use emacs this time. I don't give up and half step!