From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: James Freer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: newbie - from UK Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 15:19:25 +0000 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1234200680 11745 80.91.229.12 (9 Feb 2009 17:31:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:31:20 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 09 18:32:35 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LWZzV-0001n9-J1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:32:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59028 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LWZyB-0006CY-VT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:30:56 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LWXuy-00022M-3u for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:19:28 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LWXux-000220-6y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:19:27 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57232 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LWXux-00021v-1a for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:19:27 -0500 Original-Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.155]:25525) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LWXuw-0001j1-OP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:19:26 -0500 Original-Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l27so1179317fgb.30 for ; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:19:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Mli/xEIz/6IIMXV0axafej0bfu96FcWQG77mXy6Zvq0=; b=nVAg+3St8b7127/emE1yau9bxQZlL5p4ItnlNFjh9BZS1fxfH7aKrPCzgTHrCNdigL dR7dn3oVh3MXCJ4eHgOQx3XDipvNsY3PkK5B+bP1FxGPH0DXNVL++40nMMo03huUKQWP Pj1iTt7yAI1V0gS8DhUjXbniB6VwZ34E2KnzI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=T3Dql12tqXtap6IGQquoP1+oKihV5oDXPEXd1WyBRzlAZR1xnmvvCbqHUVfWU6sg8L /m6PYia0qlFRz5ogcXUsXv6QMk/JHajPt5O0lgKKu35rGYGu0Y8uW8mu7MT/opqYm8y9 mfjVUeJO6izfiRerYudUbq+nmrRgGK07lvvjI= Original-Received: by 10.86.4.14 with SMTP id 14mr2105524fgd.27.1234192765041; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:19:25 -0800 (PST) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:15:49 -0500 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:62019 Archived-At: I've joined the group hoping to learn more about emacs - i will be using it [i hope!] for programming and writing text. I gathered that emacs offers good text editing facilities. I've got the emacs.pdf and have started thumbing my way through it. james UK