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From: Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Helm (and?) or Icicles (possibly using Evil)
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 01:07:23 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87eh0hgij8.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: b3648f59-657d-49c3-aae2-2cf414f76c21@googlegroups.com

> I may very well end up using emacs for dozens of
> different functions without ever using it for email
> or usenet.

Yes, but why?

> You're really telling newbies they have to start
> straight off using emacs for everything it's capable
> of doing before they've learned anything about the
> environment itself via their own approach?

I'm not telling anyone they *have* to do anything, I'm
telling them it *makes sense*.

Do simple, routine stuff first, then gradually refine,
gradually advance. It is a general method that works in
all walks of life, for all types of activity.

Wax on, wax off. Take on the grandmaster day one, you
get killed!

-- 
underground experts united:
http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573


      reply	other threads:[~2014-04-28 23:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-04-23 13:20 Helm (and?) or Icicles (possibly using Evil) Hans BKK
2014-04-23 15:59 ` Drew Adams
2014-04-24  2:51 ` Hans BKK
2014-04-24 13:53   ` Drew Adams
2014-04-24 17:48   ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
     [not found]   ` <mailman.11.1398388920.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-04-25 16:17     ` Emanuel Berg
2014-04-27 20:09   ` Michael Heerdegen
2014-04-28 13:45     ` Le Wang
2014-04-28 14:05       ` Michael Heerdegen
2014-04-26 21:31 ` Hans BKK
2014-04-26 22:38   ` Emanuel Berg
2014-04-26 22:58   ` Emanuel Berg
2014-04-28 11:06 ` Hans BKK
2014-04-28 13:52   ` Michael Heerdegen
2014-04-28 15:45 ` Hans BKK
2014-04-28 15:53 ` Hans BKK
2014-04-28 23:07   ` Emanuel Berg [this message]

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