From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: E Sabof Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs C tutorial Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 23:50:16 +0000 Message-ID: <8738a3bxzb.fsf@gmail.com> References: <874mukaqyx.fsf@gmail.com> <83bnosyll4.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1414799468 14736 80.91.229.3 (31 Oct 2014 23:51:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 23:51:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 01 00:51:02 2014 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 1XkLyA-00041Y-1M for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 01 Nov 2014 00:51:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44604 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XkLy9-00079K-Kx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 19:51:01 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33365) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XkLxi-0006xU-Mx for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 19:50:40 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XkLxd-0006AU-9C for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 19:50:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wi0-x233.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c05::233]:35084) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XkLxd-00069c-2v; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 19:50:29 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-wi0-f179.google.com with SMTP id h11so2511506wiw.0 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 16:50:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=references:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date:message-id :mime-version:content-type; bh=FH8ZssEtriX/Tx71Ww8HQp31PBOJoxy80CbvkBHtHso=; b=gWowOF5Nx7a+2MHeCEysrgzPUJKzmxXGQVgIlKvf6KP0Nx/LsBlRB9MdWU0E4pC9Io PmNKWcydWDkkS8h4JbtR3/tM78NP+z0ze+K1pVSi6vcdcpMaHkt9j6N8kk03n7hyxmtg b5qZBZ/3BWRDXYXYd2MhvXxY4imD3tH5jx+mqv/BxluQmAYFpue2KqWzkmaVfxGBfynL fRJiHGDhTwgZs12yl3GxU3/WYL7i7i6C5R7lcFNKAu9nz7qmSj2jLfnd9/jNN8kB9bxu szjnXhhRSQU039lYhe3F72Z6JxdixtFC7QX7u9cbyN5fm26HjdxI6pXFOgwtTqErSpgj SLBQ== X-Received: by 10.180.9.169 with SMTP id a9mr423919wib.7.1414799423537; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 16:50:23 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from ubuntu (182.117.90.146.dyn.plus.net. [146.90.117.182]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id jw5sm289313wid.3.2014.10.31.16.50.22 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 31 Oct 2014 16:50:22 -0700 (PDT) In-reply-to: <83bnosyll4.fsf@gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c05::233 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:100661 Archived-At: I was thinking something more ABC. Maybe more generic, like things you'd find by searching for "emacs lisp basics". Or perhaps something like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjKtkEMUYGc, which shows from start to finish how to achieve (perhaps not even very useful) results using very easy Emacs Lisp. Evgeni Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: E Sabof >> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 21:07:02 +0000 >> >> It occurred to me, that while there are plenty of resources on Emacs Lisp, I never came across a blog post/tutorial about anything C. I have doubts on whether making C changes could become a popular hobby, but I think that if someone wrote some sort of introduction, it would be a large step towards increasing the number of potential contributors. > > We put that information in comments. Look up the large commentary > blocks, such as the one at the beginning of xdisp.c.