Re: Outreachy Applicant: An Introduction

[Catonano <catonano@gmail.com>]

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Il giorno mer 14 ott 2020 alle ore 04:28 Magali Lemes <
magalilemes00@gmail.com> ha scritto:

> Hi Aniket and Bonface,
> thank you two for the nice suggestions. That was exactly what I
> was looking to get started into emacs.
>
> Magali
>
>
I'd like to suggest also this one
https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/meet-emacs

It's not free and I understand that can be a hurdle

But a similar resource (that's not available anymore, this is a renewed
one) was very helpful for me

Hope this helps







> 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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