From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Annamalai Gurusami Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Need Help Getting Running with LIsp and Emacs Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 11:48:08 +0530 Message-ID: <8764mla4in.fsf@annamalai.mct.com> References: <1142053870.991458.276060@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com> Reply-To: Annamalai Gurusami NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1142057956 26840 80.91.229.2 (11 Mar 2006 06:19:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 06:19:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 11 07:19:16 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FHxRa-0006mO-9J for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 07:19:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FHxRZ-0007Qt-Ie for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 01:19:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FHxR6-0007KB-FJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 01:18:44 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FHxR4-0007JH-Oe for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 01:18:44 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FHxR4-0007JB-JR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 01:18:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [63.240.1.45] (helo=relay4.nyc2.attens.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FHxUW-0006f2-Of for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 01:22:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mailhub.masconit.com (email.masconit.com [12.107.104.100]) by relay4.nyc2.attens.net (8.11.6/8.9.3) with ESMTP id k2B6IfA08404; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 06:18:41 GMT Original-Received: by MAILHUB with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:18:41 -0600 Original-Received: from annamalai.mct.com.mct.com (ANNAMALAI [172.16.0.164]) by mailhub.masconit.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id G4MLTNPH; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:18:37 -0600 Original-To: Jacob.Lyles@gmail.com In-Reply-To: <1142053870.991458.276060@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com> (Jacob Lyles's message of "10 Mar 2006 21:11:11 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) 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:33713 Archived-At: Jacob.Lyles@gmail.com writes: > I recently started using Linux, coming from a Windows XP background. > I'm intrigued by the programming language "Lisp" but I have no idea > how to start programming in it. I need a "For Dummies" guide. To learn Emacs Lisp, you can get hold of 'An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp' available at, http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs-lisp-intro/ > I'm trying to get emacs, SLIME, and SBCL to play nice with each > other on my new Gentoo Linux system. I got some tips over Usenet > where some people told me to edit my ".emacs file". Where is this > file located, and how would I go about editing it? The file .emacs is located at your home directory (~/.emacs). To get hold of some sample .emacs file check out the following URL. http://www.dotemacs.de Rgds, anna -- What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway. http://www.paradoxicalcommandments.com