From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: notbob Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Learn Emacs Lisp in 15 minutes Date: 25 Jul 2013 15:48:50 GMT Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1374767415 16118 80.91.229.3 (25 Jul 2013 15:50:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 15:50:15 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 25 17:50:19 2013 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 1V2No2-0008WE-Cw for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Jul 2013 17:50:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39126 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V2No1-0004TB-VY for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Jul 2013 11:50:17 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 52 Original-X-Trace: individual.net T5fWIi/B9In7KNSeRfGMRwRJsEuo4PW55Hbftr/X6SvdjxfW/j Cancel-Lock: sha1:4vECMfMchSOvVZqfVaudT6aeo4w= User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (Linux) Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:200137 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:92403 Archived-At: On 2013-07-25, Bastien wrote: > > Now here is my attempt at playing the "15 minutes" game: > http://bzg.fr/learn-emacs-lisp-in-15-minutes.html > Comments and feedback welcome, enjoy, I'm at 15 mins and still only half way! ('course I'm dumb as a stump) ";; Use the mouse to go back to the window where you code." Doesn't work for me. Using emacs 23.3, but C-x o does the trick. OK, I'm at 30 mins and have found another mistake. You instruct: " ;; Now if you don't mind, I'll stop asking you to hit `C-xC-e': do it ;; for every sexp that follows. ;; It's often useful to erase the buffer: " But, you forgot to instruct to return to scratch buffer. So, entering code in test buffer turn scratch buffer into test buffer, of which I now have two test buffers which do the same thing. This is not a gotchya, jes a example of every programming howto I've ever read. Somewhere, the author always makes a mistake and then I'm left confused and lost. Sorry, but the syntax must be perfect and explained in detail and typically, it is not. Otherwise, I like your little tutorial. In yer favor, I learned more in 30 mins than all previous LISP lessons, including emacs' own. I'll finish it and bookmark it. Also, I hate coding. I'll never be a programmer and have no desire to be, but love linux and know I must learn some code. I also love emacs and try to learn something new every day. In that, you have succeeded brilliantly. Thank you. ;) BTW. emacs 23.3 does not open to scratch buffer. nb