From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Leo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs new user. Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:21:56 +0100 Message-ID: References: <12863621.post@talk.nabble.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1190658674 9869 80.91.229.12 (24 Sep 2007 18:31:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:31:14 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 24 20:31:09 2007 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 1IZsi4-0002G1-Gd for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:31:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IZsi2-0002cV-15 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:31:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IZsdN-0007Hr-F6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:26:17 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IZsdK-0007Go-SE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:26:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IZsdK-0007Gj-IL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:26:14 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IZsdJ-00055O-R1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:26:14 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1IZscz-000397-Vr for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:25:54 +0000 Original-Received: from accountslaptop.gradunion.cam.ac.uk ([193.60.92.141]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:25:53 +0000 Original-Received: from sdl.web by accountslaptop.gradunion.cam.ac.uk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:25:53 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 18 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: accountslaptop.gradunion.cam.ac.uk Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACgAAAAoAgMAAADxkFD+AAAADFBMVEUvT09qWs3/pQD///+J kUVcAAAAAWJLR0QAiAUdSAAAAAlwSFlzAAALEwAACxMBAJqcGAAAAAd0SU1FB9cBBwMLOd3veKQA AACuSURBVBjTldE9CgIxEAXgB+lEyFUC2wo5ikdZ8DSypxhMY7H9VuIVwlqkGRgnm59VsHGafIQ3 CZlAtmKIRaHETgYa12lqvEsPYKf8wXHsPGfqPaUM0g9aJPKFXkmNQmSDqwzz4Fpgpz+6WAPY2z5o uPJJpu0uypcl4nyCibMLQ8lCiVjayLoQvw5LsVKQuHPRR958HZbOcVsKeepcLxpByjycGvnKmY+c MBvrtyjfe0vmuLvdq/kAAAAASUVORK5CYII= User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 Emacs/23.0.50 (20070922) Fedora 7 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:qlIQKyqGsmPpd89Bcyw1MJLnqhg= X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:47806 Archived-At: On 2007-09-24 17:46 +0100, Moofar wrote: > I'm a junior in college and a CS major, and after having tried a > couple different editors/ide's before, I decided it was time to get > good with a good text editor and stick with it. So I've been learning > emacs. I have found many things in emacs I like, yet I have gotten > stuck so many times trying to learn something and spent so long > getting unstuck, that I'm thinking its just not worth it. Any > thoughts? Here's a simple question that has frustrated me and I think > may be the straw that breaks the camels back, where can I see a list > of all the minor and major modes I have and the commands to enable > them? Emacs is worth your time. -- .: Leo :. [ sdl.web AT gmail.com ] .: [ GPG Key: 9283AA3F ] :. Use the most powerful email client -- http://gnus.org/