Hi!

Magali Lemes <magalilemes00@gmail.com> writes:

> Hey,
> I'm using Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS. I must say I've
> never used emacs before, so 
> I'll try to get the hang of it.

Welcome to the club(of Emacsen users)! You'll get
used it to it ;). Here's a good channel that shows
you some cool things that you can get done in
Emacs:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0uTPqBCFIpZxlz_Lv1tk_g. I'd
recommend the magit video; it comes in really
handy IMHO.

> Sharing my progress: I decided to package the
> arduino IDE, but it turned out
> way harder than I expected, due to its many
> dependencies. I ended up not
> doing it, but it was a good experience because I
> could learn about some
> functions in Scheme - chdir, for example -, some
> of the phases of
> building a package - like unpacking, configuring
> and building - and I could
> also interact with the community, asking for
> help, via IRC, which is a 
> very new thing for me.
> As for today, I will continue trying to package
> something. I'll probably follow 
> your previous advice and begin with a R package.
> It seems easier, so hopefully
> I'll succeed.
>
> Cheers,
> Magali.
>
> Em seg., 12 de out. de 2020 às 12:06, zimoun <
> zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> escreveu:
>
>     Hi,
>    
>     On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 at 13:00, Magali Lemes <
>     magalilemes00@gmail.com> wrote:
>    
>     > Guix was fairly easy to install, I used the
>     shell script to do that.
>    
>     Which distribution do you use?
>    
>     > I installed emacs using Guix and it worked
>     as expected.
>    
>     Nice!
>     Personally, I manage the Emacs packages with
>     Guix via a manifest.scm
>     file.  And in a separate profile.  My conf
>     [1] is far from perfect but
>     if you need inspiration. :-)
>    
>     1: <https://github.com/zimoun/my-conf>
>    
>     > I'll begin by trying to package something.
>     So, I'll go through the links you sent
>     > and see how that goes.
>    
>     Cool!
>     Do not hesitate to ask on help-guix or #guix
>     if you encounter issues
>     on your path.  And feel free to send your
>     progress, success or
>     failure.
>
>     All the best,
>     simon

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