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 <magalileme...@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.touto...@gmail.com> > escreveu: > >> Hi, >> >> On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 at 13:00, Magali Lemes <magalileme...@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 >> >
