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From: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
To: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: How users start programming in Emacs Lisp...
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2021 12:30:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <trinity-214d0e1a-9c1a-40f6-9b14-57c76b5a9ad6-1622543404125@3c-app-mailcom-bs01> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AM9PR09MB4977C8D800CC557F89C6C542963E9@AM9PR09MB4977.eurprd09.prod.outlook.com>

> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2021 at 10:22 PM
> From: "Arthur Miller" <arthur.miller@live.com>
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: How users start programming in Emacs Lisp...
>
> Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
> <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > Arthur Miller wrote:
> >
> >> I think you are probably correct about saving notes.
> >> Some vary famious scientists attribute almost everything to
> >> their notes.
> >
> > Yes but what do you mean? :)
> >
> > Do you mean text files on the computer for example?
> >
> > Don't we do that already?
> >
> > Or they (the scientists) have more creative minds/notes
> > you mean?
> >
> > Because me fiddling around with these files, can't say that
> > has contributed to any huge success be it personal or
> > scientific :)
>
> Computers are just a recent discovery, but anyway, computer or paper, it
> is just a media. "Taking note" is a general human activity which can be
> done independent of media.

Computers are just tools, like taking notes.  Use what you find useful.
If a tool helps you, use it; if it doesn't, don't use it.

> If you are (still) consuming most of your reading material from written
> media, then I guess pen and paper are most suitable to you. If you are
> like most people today consuming your information from a computer screen
> then taking notes with your computer is probably more appropriate since
> you will anyway have a keyboard and screen in front of you, ready to
> just type.
>
> But anway, it is your choice :-). Einsteing didn't have a mini
> calculator and Socrates didn't have neither paper nor computer (and
> never took a note), so it's all relative and up to you :).
>
>



  reply	other threads:[~2021-06-01 10:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 85+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-29 20:08 Fortran Topics (outline-minor-mode, require, fixed format) ludvig-faddeev
2021-05-29 20:14 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-29 20:48   ` Jean Louis
2021-05-29 21:26     ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-29 21:56       ` Jean Louis
2021-05-29 22:07         ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-29 22:37           ` How users start programming in Emacs Lisp Jean Louis
2021-05-30  1:06             ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-30  2:11             ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-30  4:32               ` Eduardo Ochs
2021-05-30  7:05                 ` Jean Louis
2021-05-30  7:51                   ` Eduardo Ochs
2021-05-30  8:31                     ` Jean Louis
2021-05-30 19:27                     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-30 22:27                       ` Jean Louis
2021-05-30 22:41                         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-30 22:52                           ` Jean Louis
2021-05-30 11:43                 ` Arthur Miller
2021-05-30 12:08                   ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-30 19:35                     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-30 21:54                       ` Jean Louis
2021-05-30 22:06                         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-30 22:38                           ` Jean Louis
2021-05-30 22:46                             ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-30 22:56                               ` Jean Louis
2021-05-30 23:02                                 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-30 23:35                                   ` Jean Louis
2021-05-31  0:21                                     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-06-01 14:09                     ` Arthur Miller
2021-06-01 21:09                       ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-01 21:54                       ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-30 14:44                   ` Tomas Hlavaty
2021-05-30 15:23                     ` Eduardo Ochs
2021-05-30 19:41                       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-30 19:59                         ` Eduardo Ochs
2021-05-31 17:59                       ` Tomas Hlavaty
2021-05-30 19:37                     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-06-01 10:29                     ` Arthur Miller
2021-06-01 11:40                       ` Eduardo Ochs
2021-06-01 16:30                         ` Jean Louis
2021-06-02  0:54                           ` Eduardo Ochs
2021-06-02  3:43                             ` Jean Louis
2021-05-30 15:35                   ` Eduardo Ochs
2021-05-30 19:42                     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-06-01 10:23                     ` Arthur Miller
2021-05-30 19:31                   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-06-01 10:22                     ` Arthur Miller
2021-06-01 10:30                       ` Christopher Dimech [this message]
2021-05-30 19:23                 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-30 21:33                   ` Jean Louis
2021-05-30 21:43                     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-30 22:05                       ` Jean Louis
2021-05-30 22:16                         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-30 22:41                           ` Jean Louis
2021-05-30 22:49                             ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-30 23:01                               ` Jean Louis
2021-05-30 23:07                                 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-30 23:36                                   ` Jean Louis
2021-05-31  0:25                                     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-31  0:34                                 ` Eduardo Ochs
2021-05-31  8:09                                   ` Jean Louis
2021-05-30 22:49                           ` Tomas Hlavaty
2021-05-30 22:18                         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-30 22:50                           ` Jean Louis
2021-05-30 22:59                             ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-30 23:25                               ` Jean Louis
2021-05-30  5:46               ` Jean Louis
2021-05-30 10:32                 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-30 10:35                   ` Jean Louis
2021-05-30 11:08                     ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-30 11:19                       ` Jean Louis
2021-05-30 13:55                         ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-30 15:54                           ` Jean Louis
2021-05-30 17:22                             ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-30 18:57                               ` Jean Louis
2021-05-30 19:48                               ` Jean Louis
2021-05-31 20:30                                 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-31 21:53                                   ` Jean Louis
2021-05-29 20:36 ` Fortran Topics (outline-minor-mode, require, fixed format) Jean Louis
2021-05-29 20:51   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-29 21:00     ` Jean Louis
2021-05-29 21:27       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-29 22:00         ` Jean Louis
2021-05-30  2:04 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-30  2:06   ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor

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