From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Fredrik Bulow Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Any good stuff for emacs study ? Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 00:40:38 +1000 Message-ID: <878xp66l95.fsf@gmail.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1147534827 10016 80.91.229.2 (13 May 2006 15:40:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 15:40:27 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 13 17:40:26 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 1FewEE-0004qE-Ar for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 May 2006 17:40:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FewED-000670-Rg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 May 2006 11:40:25 -0400 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:qIBgAxBEbdouKD1TO1a4uNWhf2Y= Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 220.245.216.18 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 220.245.216.18 Original-X-Trace: dnews.tpgi.com.au!tpg.com.au 1147531239 220.245.216.18 (14 May 2006 00:40:39 +1100) Original-Lines: 27 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!newsfeed0.kamp.net!newsfeed.kamp.net!news.osn.de!diablo2.news.osn.de!news.space.net!solnet.ch!solnet.ch!nntp.gblx.net!nntp3.phx1!dnews.tpgi.com.au!tpg.com.au!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:139386 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:35009 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > 1. Start with the Emacs tutorial. The post above should have said "use" the > tutorial, not "read" it. It walks you through learning Emacs by using it. > > 2. Learn how to access the Emacs manual and how to look things up in it, > starting with `i' as Eli mentioned. > > 3. Use Emacs, and while you use it ask it! Get to know Emacs help commands: > `C-h k', `C-h f', `C-h v', `C-h m', `C-h a' -- use `C-h h' to see them all. > Examples: 1) You want to find a command that deletes a line, so you try `C-h > a line' to see all commands with "line" in their name. 2) You want to know > what hitting a given sequences of keys will do, so you try `C-h k' then type > the key sequence. > > 4. Don't forget the wiki. People like you wrote it to help people like you. > And you can contribute (questions, experiences, suggestions...). ... and when you find something somewhere that you think is useful, bookmark it by using C-x r m. You can list bookmarks with C-x r l or jump to a bookmark with C-x r b. Remember that you can search all manuals using the s key (not C-s but just s). This search goes through an entire manual, not just the page you're looking at. /Fredrik