From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: prad Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: [OT] Reading Emacs Tutorials Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:25:54 -0700 Message-ID: <20090315102554.31e5c848@gom> References: <877i2qg5tj.fsf@kobe.laptop> 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 1237138002 7814 80.91.229.12 (15 Mar 2009 17:26:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:26:42 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 15 18:27:59 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 1Liu7t-0006JW-Rs for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:27:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51080 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Liu6X-00045s-Iy for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:26:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Liu6A-000458-Rf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:26:06 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Liu65-00041o-F2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:26:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42970 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Liu65-00041j-8N for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:26:01 -0400 Original-Received: from idcmail-mo2no.shaw.ca ([64.59.134.9]:47087) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Liu64-0000X2-SP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:26:01 -0400 Original-Received: from pd6ml1no-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.153.160]) by pd7mo1no-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 15 Mar 2009 11:25:58 -0600 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=0 a=KoDPwd6_AAAA:8 a=Y3iiVKW05j7rHRuFyXAA:9 a=8BT4NNIP0J_ugQUVyy0A:7 a=nrczK9I_Slx3j7ReoEwswRnMMW4A:4 Original-Received: from s0106000d935c7902.du.shawcable.net (HELO gom) ([70.67.160.177]) by pd6ml1no-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 15 Mar 2009 11:25:58 -0600 In-Reply-To: <877i2qg5tj.fsf@kobe.laptop> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i486-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:62937 Archived-At: On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:32:24 +0200 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > Using Emacs for editing my email messages was a pretty big step > hi giorgos! nice to see you on this list too! i tried using emacs for my email messages too, but found things slow and awkward compared to sylpheed, but i think i'll give it another try after reading what you wrote. there are certain undeniable advantages to being able to to so many tasks from just one program!! i've found the big think to learning emacs is utilization. if you keep doing things with it, the stuff becomes second nature. therefore, i found it best to learn specific things to do specific things and keep practising those tasks. every couple of weeks you can add on something new to learn and gradually you'll acquire a fairly large repertoire. emacs is like life. you don't do it all at once, but you become familiar and skilled with doing certain things at certain times when you need to. -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's