Re: Outreachy Applicant: An Introduction

[Magali Lemes <magalilemes00@gmail.com>]

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Hi Aniket and Bonface,
thank you two for the nice suggestions. That was exactly what I
was looking to get started into emacs.

Magali

Em ter., 13 de out. de 2020 às 21:48, Aniket Patil <
aniket112.patil@gmail.com> escreveu:

> Hi Lemes,
>
> I am also emacs user and Outreachy applicant. I would suggest you to go
> through tutorial of emacs which is inbuilt and then go through this video
> series.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9KxKa8NpFxIcNQa9js7dQQIHc81b0-Xg
>
> I hope you find it helpful.
>
> Aniket.
>
> On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 at 4:38 PM, Magali Lemes <magalilemes00@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>> 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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