From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals Date: Sun, 10 May 2015 00:59:50 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87oalt1hnd.fsf@debian.uxu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1431212124 15743 80.91.229.3 (9 May 2015 22:55:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 9 May 2015 22:55:24 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 10 00:55:20 2015 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 1YrDeQ-0002Z9-Lp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 10 May 2015 00:55:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60656 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YrDeP-0001AY-V5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 May 2015 18:55:17 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 40 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: feB02bRejf23rfBm51Mt7Q.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:8uVpOLoJ0HgqxDcQFMPc9etDX+g= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:212057 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:104341 Archived-At: Vaidheeswaran C writes: > What would be the best way to learn Emacs. Is it > > a) Through the different Manuals (there are many and > they are big) > > b) Through a Book that puts all of the different > pieces together in a concise mannner. c) None of the alternatives. The best way to learn Emacs is to use it for everything, everyday (or every night). Activity is the key to everything and activity leads to more activity. It is like installing a new sound system. You get the gear. But it won't work. You learn that you need a jumper - a cable or wire, one might say (it doesn't matter here), and it works. Now, when you got about the new sound system you didn't think "Man, it will be so cool to learn what a jumper is!" But that is exactly what happened. So activity will bring activity and you will learn in the processes. You only have to worry about being active. But don't use Emacs every hour awake because there are other things in life that have nothing to do with Emacs but will make you a better computer and Emacs user nonetheless. So it is more important to use Emacs or whatever you want to master every day than to use it 18 hours straight and then not touch it for a week. Manuals you use when you get stuck to find out how to solve a particular problem. Books you read for example when you travel by train. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573