From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Vaidheeswaran C Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals Date: Fri, 08 May 2015 16:13:34 +0530 Message-ID: <554C9356.5000204@gmail.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1431081813 24221 80.91.229.3 (8 May 2015 10:43:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 10:43:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Shakthi Kannan Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 08 12:43:27 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Yqfkc-0001Kc-H0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 May 2015 12:43:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54665 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yqfkb-0001ag-Nf for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 May 2015 06:43:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52548) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YqfkL-0001WI-Gb for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 May 2015 06:43:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YqfkG-0008UY-B5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 May 2015 06:43:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pd0-x22c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c02::22c]:35935) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YqfkG-0008UA-0P for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 May 2015 06:43:04 -0400 Original-Received: by pdea3 with SMTP id a3so77362610pde.3 for ; Fri, 08 May 2015 03:43:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=UvSeXHZz3l6hATC5+pGhwU6fmMJ5vbbc8rucIChvDas=; b=kJm/fGnV5i4KMJoFPCpGwIxkv9m7mBa2N30VL1AxIJ5bRlgzZlTvgRbQr31H+vl9nt JkD8lQ/mTLvJ64jJxkVqcBo1d4H4XsEAUmZlsZq7Y+oUSiD7l/D8AZweuMGA0O4qCc2u yC+Cb2NNdHB5nPb50t9AP7HGpyWTp750iL3D/0XS7/cGEf4sU7LK7z4+/8W9qL8X5W9c imnnitSQIikcnQ41kiJGKneIYezmOOQZmWAvFnWbfe8fXDW5d0JdJZx8awuzAIAwguXd ZC1uMYNQaYiC6581wyUmfSsazXkaT9FZ7BVDpzxnc5GTN/iHMs1qLY9wCztwoQ5yUmnC zFGg== X-Received: by 10.68.170.229 with SMTP id ap5mr5554716pbc.132.1431081771118; Fri, 08 May 2015 03:42:51 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from [192.168.43.83] ([223.229.156.200]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id nj7sm4800262pbc.36.2015.05.08.03.42.45 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 08 May 2015 03:42:49 -0700 (PDT) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Icedove/31.3.0 In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c02::22c X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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 Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:104292 Archived-At: On Friday 08 May 2015 04:06 PM, Shakthi Kannan wrote: > Hi, > > --- On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Vaidheeswaran C > wrote: > | What would be the best way to learn Emacs. > \-- > > Start with the GNU Emacs tutorial. If you prefer a book, I'd recommend > "Learning GNU Emacs": > > http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596006488.do Have you read that book? The book is old. Do you still think that I can use it. For example, does it talk about Org-mode etc. > You need to start using GNU Emacs for your day-to-day work/study. See > how people are using it for their needs, and then customize your > .emacs and configurations as you learn. Thanks for suggesting this.