Re: Outreachy Applicant: An Introduction

[Aniket Patil <aniket112.patil@gmail.com>]

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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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