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 > 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 >> escreveu: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 at 13:00, Magali Lemes >>> 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: >>> >>> > 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 >>> >>