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aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=fail ("body hash did not verify") header.d=panix.com header.s=panix header.b=TkLQtZnY; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -3.43 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=fail ("body hash did not verify") header.d=panix.com header.s=panix header.b=TkLQtZnY; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Queue-Id: D93A426E2A X-Spam-Score: -3.43 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn0.migadu.com X-TUID: NO9CL9Q+auvH Ah, there are several typographical errors in my last. The most glaring is the error of my typing "Cntrl" let when I meant "Cntrl" key oo--JS. On Tue, 22 Feb 2022, Jay Sulzberger wrote: > > On Tue, 22 Feb 2022, Gottfried wrote: > >> Hi, thanks for Your email. > > De nada and you are very welcome! > >> I am not sitting the whole day in front of a computer, I am working in a= =20 >> technical job to help people. >>=20 >> So I didn=C2=B4t have time to learn any computer language, emacs etc. be= cause I=20 >> didn=C2=B4t need it for my life yet. >>=20 >> Which editor You would propose , I should use, to show which brackets=20 >> belong to each other, as you described in your email? > > These days, well for some decades, I use Emacs. I think Emacs can be > learned bit by bit. Usually I run Emacs in an X "terminal emulator". > (Today at home, konsole is the X terminal emulator I use.) So usually I > have the terminal with the bash shell running in it. The below command > > guacamole:~$ mkdir EXAMPLES > guacamole:~$ cd EXAMPLES > guacamole:~/EXAMPLES$ echo "abc ABC (* 6 7)" >> example > guacamole:~/EXAMPLES$ ls -l > total 4 > -rw-r--r-- 1 guaca guaca 16 Feb 22 13:43 example > guacamole:~/EXAMPLES$ cat example > abc ABC (* 6 7) > guacamole:~/EXAMPLES$ > > So you are now in the directory > > ~/EXAMPLES > > If you now issue the command > > emacs -nw example > > Emacs starts up and you are thrown into Emacs. Your screen looks > something like this (actually no spaces on the left): > > File Edit Options Buffers Tools Help > abc ABC (* 6 7) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -UU-:----F1 example All L2 (Fundamental) > > Now, hold down the "Cntrl" key and hit, still holding down the "Cntrl" ke= y,=20 > hit the "e' key. You should now have the cursor at the end of the line > > abc ABC (* 6 7) > > Now just start typing. Say you type > > Oi, I am in Emacs! The Elisp has me! > > Now the top line should read > > abc ABC (* 6 7)Oi, I am in Emacs! The Elisp has me! > > Here is the most second most important command of Emacs: > Hold down the "Cntrl" let, and still holding down the "Cntrl" key, > hit the "x" key, then, again, hold down the "Cntrl" let, and still > holding down the "Cntrl" key, hit the "c" key. Emacs will now say to > you something like: > > Save file /gibber/EXAMPLES/example? (y, n, !, ., q, C-r, C-f, d or C-h) > > Hit the "y" key and Emacs will, gently and courteously, let you go. > > If you now do > > cat example > > you should see the contents of the file example. Let me check on my mach= ine: > > guacamole:~/EXAMPLES$ cat example > abc ABC (* 6 7)Oi, I am in Emacs! The Elisp has me! > guacamole:~/EXAMPLES$ > > So by direct demonstration, we know that Emacs has an avatar, the > avatar "just a text editor". > > I now reveal a Great Secret of Emacs: > > Invite a friend who knows Emacs to sit with you, and with Emacs, and > together learn of the Mysteries. > > A small secret of Emacs: > > If you start Emacs like so > > emacs -nw > > usually you will be thrown into Emacs and shown a tutorial, which, on > the screen, starts like so: > > File Edit Options Buffers Tools Help > Warning Warning!!! Pure space overflow !!!Warning Warning > (See the node Pure Storage in the Lisp manual for details.) > Welcome to GNU Emacs, one component of the GNU/Linux operating system. > > Get help C-h (Hold down CTRL and press h) > Emacs manual C-h r Browse manuals C-h i > Emacs tutorial C-h t Undo changes C-x u > Buy manuals C-h RET Exit Emacs C-x C-c > Activate menubar M-` > (=E2=80=98C-=E2=80=99 means use the CTRL key. =E2=80=98M-=E2=80=99 mean= s use the Meta (or Alt)=20 > key. > If you have no Meta key, you may instead type ESC followed by the=20 > character.) > Useful tasks: > Visit New File Open Home Directory > Customize Startup Open *scratch* buffer > > GNU Emacs 27.1 (build 1, i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.30, cairo= =20 > version 1.16.0) > of 2021-11-27, modified by Debian > Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > > GNU Emacs comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; type C-h C-w for full detai= ls. > Emacs is Free Software--Free as in Freedom--so you can redistribute copi= es > of Emacs and modify it; type C-h C-c to see the conditions. > Type C-h C-o for information on getting the latest version. > > If an Emacs session crashed recently, type M-x recover-session RET > to recover the files you were editing. > > > > > > > > > > > -UUU:%%--F1 *GNU Emacs* All L1 (Fundamental)=20 > ------------------------------------- > Package cl is deprecated > > > The tutorial sometimes helps. > > Of some importance: > > Pay no attention to any statement by Emacs about > 1. pure space > 2. cl > > > Gottfried, Heaven forwarding, I will rant^Wexplain more in a bit. > > Thanks! > > oo--JS. >