From: notbob <notbob@nothome.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals
Date: 8 May 2015 13:34:21 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cr3satFjjuU1@mid.individual.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.2592.1431081398.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
On 2015-05-08, Shakthi Kannan <shakthimaan@gmail.com> wrote:
> If you prefer a book, I'd recommend
> "Learning GNU Emacs":
> http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596006488.do
>
> You need to start using GNU Emacs for your day-to-day work/study.
As a lifelong emacs user (vi is the heart of evil --nb), I also
recommend this book. The latest edition (3rd ed) is 10 yrs outta
date, but it's still better than any alternatvives I've seen.
Primariliy due to the fact the author presents his howto info in every
day lay language. Buy a used copy. After the book introduces you to
the basics, look up specifics online.
I use emacs primarily as my file manager (dired), also as my
primary text editor. All the other stuff emacs is capable of, like
erc (IRC client), gnus (mail/nntp), etc, are stricly bonuses and can
be quite complicated for the neophyte.
This is a good source of info:
http://www.emacswiki.org/
The Gnu Emacs official manual is a document best experienced in small
doses. Do a browser search and find small specifics from the manusl,
as the entire manual is almost overwhelming. At the very least, a
total snooze. ;)
nb
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2015-05-08 10:06 Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals Vaidheeswaran C
2015-05-08 10:36 ` Shakthi Kannan
2015-05-08 10:43 ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-05-08 11:08 ` tomas
2015-05-08 11:18 ` Shakthi Kannan
2015-05-08 19:10 ` Bob Proulx
2015-05-08 19:35 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-05-10 2:48 ` Bob Proulx
[not found] ` <mailman.2686.1431226098.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-05-10 3:22 ` Emanuel Berg
2015-05-10 14:01 ` Rusi
2015-05-10 14:05 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2015-05-11 11:17 ` Phillip Lord
[not found] ` <mailman.2758.1431343034.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-05-11 11:27 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2015-05-10 15:31 ` Drew Adams
2015-05-11 11:08 ` Phillip Lord
2015-05-15 16:15 ` MBR
2015-05-15 18:45 ` Doug Lewan
[not found] ` <mailman.3085.1431715560.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-05-15 20:18 ` Emanuel Berg
2015-05-16 4:31 ` Yuri Khan
2015-05-18 20:57 ` Bob Proulx
2015-06-25 14:22 ` Ken Goldman
2015-06-26 15:03 ` Emanuel Berg
2015-06-26 20:21 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-06-26 22:42 ` Emanuel Berg
2015-06-27 19:29 ` MBR
2015-06-27 22:48 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <mailman.5813.1435445379.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-06-28 3:45 ` Rusi
2015-06-28 14:34 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-06-28 15:31 ` Emanuel Berg
2015-06-28 15:36 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-06-28 15:53 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <mailman.5747.1435358641.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-06-27 3:15 ` Rusi
2015-06-27 5:02 ` Bob Proulx
2015-06-27 8:25 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-06-27 11:56 ` Robert Thorpe
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2015-06-27 14:44 ` Rusi
2015-06-27 17:46 ` Emanuel Berg
2015-06-27 17:42 ` Emanuel Berg
2015-06-29 13:03 ` Filipp Gunbin
2015-06-29 23:51 ` Emanuel Berg
2015-06-30 4:38 ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-06-30 23:26 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <mailman.6072.1435707010.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-07-01 0:32 ` Dan Espen
2015-06-30 8:10 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-06-30 23:40 ` Emanuel Berg
2015-06-30 16:56 ` Filipp Gunbin
2015-07-01 0:00 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <mailman.5799.1435427076.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-06-27 18:12 ` Rusi
2015-06-27 21:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-06-27 22:25 ` Emanuel Berg
2015-06-30 10:56 ` keyboard-macro facility recording commands (Was: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals) Steinar Bang
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2015-06-27 22:06 ` Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals Pascal J. Bourguignon
2015-06-27 22:40 ` Emanuel Berg
2015-06-28 14:55 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-06-28 15:47 ` Emanuel Berg
2015-06-25 14:16 ` Ken Goldman
[not found] ` <mailman.3077.1431706537.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-05-15 20:15 ` Emanuel Berg
2015-05-08 10:53 ` Tassilo Horn
2015-05-08 13:39 ` Phillip Lord
2015-05-08 14:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-08 14:38 ` Tassilo Horn
2015-05-08 15:09 ` Phillip Lord
2015-05-08 15:41 ` Tassilo Horn
2015-05-08 21:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-05-09 10:00 ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-05-10 14:31 ` Steinar Bang
[not found] ` <mailman.2604.1431095644.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-05-08 14:50 ` Barry Margolin
2015-05-08 15:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-08 22:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-05-09 9:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-09 9:18 ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-05-09 10:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-10 6:47 ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-05-10 15:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-11 5:30 ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-05-11 16:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-16 5:50 ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-05-16 7:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-17 15:35 ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-05-17 14:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-18 2:49 ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-05-18 14:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-19 5:50 ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-05-19 15:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-19 16:41 ` Filipp Gunbin
[not found] ` <mailman.3246.1432014638.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-05-19 23:58 ` Emanuel Berg
2015-05-10 2:45 ` Bob Proulx
2015-05-11 10:53 ` Phillip Lord
2015-05-11 15:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-11 16:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-05-11 16:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-11 16:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-11 18:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-05-11 20:38 ` Marcin Borkowski
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2015-05-12 3:22 ` Rusi
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2015-05-11 17:12 ` Drew Adams
2015-05-11 17:11 ` Drew Adams
2015-05-11 18:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-05-11 18:38 ` Drew Adams
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2015-05-12 4:07 ` Rusi
2015-05-12 8:15 ` Rasmus
2015-05-12 16:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2015-05-12 16:55 ` Rusi
2015-05-12 17:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-13 7:47 ` tomas
2015-05-13 12:10 ` Filipp Gunbin
2015-05-13 12:32 ` tomas
2015-05-13 15:24 ` Filipp Gunbin
2015-05-13 16:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2015-05-15 2:56 ` Rusi
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2015-05-15 11:12 ` Rusi
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2015-05-15 13:44 ` Phillip Lord
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2015-05-13 1:09 ` Rusi
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2015-05-11 17:27 ` Rusi
2015-05-20 0:21 ` Robert Thorpe
2015-05-08 16:35 ` Sivaram Neelakantan
2015-05-09 10:14 ` Vaidheeswaran C
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2015-05-08 13:34 ` notbob [this message]
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2015-05-09 7:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2015-05-09 17:34 ` Marcin Borkowski
2015-05-11 11:02 ` Phillip Lord
2015-05-11 16:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-11 17:20 ` Phillip Lord
2015-05-11 18:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2015-05-11 17:11 ` Drew Adams
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2015-05-09 22:59 ` Emanuel Berg
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