From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Beginners question Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 20:18:19 +0100 Organization: Research -Special Projects Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: john@no.spam.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1031685964 5605 127.0.0.1 (10 Sep 2002 19:26:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 19:26:04 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17oqeA-0001S4-00 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:26:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17oqeH-0003Mp-00; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 15:26:09 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!nntp.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!diablo.theplanet.net!news.theplanet.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Followup-To: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 16 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-3275.buffalo.dialup.pol.co.uk Original-X-Trace: news5.svr.pol.co.uk 1031685459 14443 217.134.76.203 (10 Sep 2002 19:17:39 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 Sep 2002 19:17:39 GMT Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@theplanet.net User-Agent: KNode/0.7.1 Original-Xref: nntp.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:104697 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:1253 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:1253 I started off with GNU/Linux last year, and initially started learning Vi/Vim, as that was what was recommended and was also on my rescue disk. However, I have since learnt that Emacs wiil do everything, and if theres something it doesn't do it's because no-one needs it yet. During my initial blundering about in Emacs (while waiting for the books to arrive), I'm sure I saw a Mayan Calendar! Was I right? If so what is it for? a) it's still used in Central America? b) it's for use by historians/archaeologists? c) someone just fancied the challenge of writing it? I really curious about this one, so any help wil be greatly appreciated. -- John