From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai =?iso-8859-1?q?Gro=DFjohann?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: xml sgml & psgml Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 15:47:12 +0100 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <84n0l8ywpb.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> References: <84k7gebvrl.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> <84u1fhsf63.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> <3E42D6C8.5000806@cyberspaceroad.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044629255 19684 80.91.224.249 (7 Feb 2003 14:47:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 14:47:35 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18h9mw-00057H-00 for ; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 15:47:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18h9of-0000zU-02 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 09:49:21 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18h9oN-0000ms-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 09:49:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18h9oK-0000fT-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 09:49:01 -0500 Original-Received: from mailout03.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.81]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18h9nQ-0008I3-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 09:48:04 -0500 Original-Received: from fwd04.sul.t-online.de by mailout03.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 18h9nH-0006xb-05; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 15:47:55 +0100 Original-Received: from lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de (520080024987-0001@[217.81.241.194]) by fmrl04.sul.t-online.com with esmtp id 18h9mv-0azcw4C; Fri, 7 Feb 2003 15:47:33 +0100 Original-Received: by lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de (Postfix, from userid 1003) id 94078439DC; Fri, 7 Feb 2003 15:47:12 +0100 (CET) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <3E42D6C8.5000806@cyberspaceroad.com> (Adam Hardy's message of "Thu, 06 Feb 2003 22:42:32 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.090015 (Oort Gnus v0.15) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-Sender: 520080024987-0001@t-dialin.net X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:6415 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6415 Adam Hardy writes: > If I knew where to start, I might have a go at it, but I'm finding it > slightly difficult just coping with the .emacs lisp at the moment. > I'm desperately trying to make progress on a java project at the > moment, but in fact in the long term I may look at the whole psgml > thing, and see if I can learn enough about it to program lisp properly. You will notice that Lisp itself is not that difficult. Just spend the time to learn it -- it's a small language, like C. It's the library functions that make it difficult. But luckily, you can learn those in an on-demand fashion and don't need to have a complete overview of those. -- A turnip curses Elvis