On Tue, Apr 09, 2002, Shlomi Fish wrote about "Meta-Post: Emacs/Vim/Perl/Python/other
utils usage questions":
> I want to learn how to use and get around XEmacs properly. I am perfectly
> happy with gvim and XEmacs behaves very much like I don't want it to, but
> finding how to use it is a pain because the documentation system is
> horrid. (IMHO, flame away in private)
>
> So, my question is: are "how to do this in XEmacs/Vim/Perl/Python/etc"
> off-topic in this list or will reduce the SNR? They are not
Instead of answering your meta-question (like many people already seemed
to do) I'll just answer your real question: how do I learn XEmacs?
Contrary to your statement (assumption?), XEmacs has excellent documentation,
both on how to use it as an editor and on how to configure it using "Emacs
Lisp". You can either print out the documentation (10-1000 pages, depending
on what you print!) or read it online - it all comes with your XEmacs
distribution.
I suggest you start with XEmacs' online tutorial (see the Help menu, or
type Control-h t). After reading the tutorial you'll be able to edit
with XEmacs.
When you understood the tutorial, read the XEmacs main info file, e.g., with
info --file=/usr/share/info/xemacs.info.gz
(if you want to print it, take the .texi file out of the source distribution
and run "texi2dvi" and "dvips" on it).
When you want to master XEmacs' Lisp, read
info --file=/usr/share/info/lispref.info.gz
But be warned: this is a *huge* document, and you will probably not want to
read it all.
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