From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Learning emacs sources Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:22:03 -0400 Message-ID: <8763dc5g2s.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> References: <4314c1f70907281928j44085466p229bab8204ea9ff2@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1248837700 28030 80.91.229.12 (29 Jul 2009 03:21:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:21:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: tiefeng wu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 29 05:21:33 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MVzjQ-0005zj-Or for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:21:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:32769 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MVzjQ-0005FD-3Q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:21:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MVzjM-0005F8-0x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:21:28 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MVzjG-0005Ew-NF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:21:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56092 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MVzjG-0005Et-Gs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:21:22 -0400 Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu ([18.115.2.24]:41394) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MVzjG-0004s7-2g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:21:22 -0400 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 47B2657E21A; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:22:03 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <4314c1f70907281928j44085466p229bab8204ea9ff2@mail.gmail.com> (tiefeng wu's message of "Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:28:39 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.91 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:113320 Archived-At: tiefeng wu writes: > I'm interesting to know implementation of emacs. I downloaded source > of version 22.3, but honestly, source files are too complicated for > me. > > Any introduce view of emacs structure design or any advise will be > appreciated. Reading the source in one go is probably not feasible. If you are interested in how one particular part of Emacs works, a good strategy is to read the relevant part of the Lisp manual, try to formulate a set of specific questions, then ask this mailing list.