From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 08:50:38 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1431100270 11926 80.91.229.3 (8 May 2015 15:51:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 15:51:10 +0000 (UTC) To: vaidheeswaran.chinnaraju@gmail.com, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 08 17:50:58 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 1YqkYE-0004eg-1C for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 May 2015 17:50:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56404 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YqkYD-0000E6-D8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 May 2015 11:50:57 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43892) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YqkY3-0000E1-37 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 May 2015 11:50:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YqkXz-00023y-ON for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 May 2015 11:50:47 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:50610) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YqkXz-00023t-HB for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 May 2015 11:50:43 -0400 Original-Received: from userv0022.oracle.com (userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id t48FoeOY010056 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 8 May 2015 15:50:41 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by userv0022.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t48Foe3A011569 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Fri, 8 May 2015 15:50:40 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0007.oracle.com (abhmp0007.oracle.com [141.146.116.13]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t48FoeQI015187; Fri, 8 May 2015 15:50:40 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.69 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:104304 Archived-At: > 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. ...=20 > How about resources like Emacswiki, Stackexchange or Stackoverflow. You will get lots of answers here, no doubt. As you can guess, this is not the first time people have considered this question. The question is especially apropos for Emacs, because Emacs has as a major goal to help you learn about it - it is touted as "the self-documenting editor". The best lesson to learn: Ask Emacs. Some of what you get here as responses might be interesting & new. But you can also benefit from previous pondering of the question. I would recommend starting with the info that has been distilled on Emacs Wiki about this. And you can update it with your own thoughts/experience/advice about the question. On the main EmacsWiki page you see prominently this section heading:=20 Learning About Emacs. (http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/SiteMap#LearningEmacs) The first entry under that heading is EmacsNewbie. (http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsNewbie) And at EmacsNewbie you see links to a glossary, guided tour, etc. The main link is "LearningEmacs =E2=80=93 Different ways to learn Emacs." (http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/LearningEmacs) The "different ways" is important, because people learn, and want to learn, differently. Enjoy, and welcome to Emacs!