Hi Paul (and everyone else, since this is my first post :-)
Glad you've having a go at Emacs, it's always good to learn something
new.
Between Gnu Emacs and XEmacs, well, I shan't even pretend I know which is
best, basically because I have never personally used XEmacs. It happened
to be Gnu Emacs the first time I used it in work, so that's what I stuck
with. I might try XEmacs sometime. There are probably lots of subtle as
well as some major differences, but as always, I would say have a go at
one or the other and see which you prefer. Some/most of the key bindings
will be the same.
Firstly, I would say the command sequence [C-h i] (Ctrl-h, then i) is a
VERY useful one to know. This loads up the *Info* buffer. From here you
can find your way round the documentation (which should already be
installed) and there is probably plenty of other documentation for your
system there too.
Other good help combinations from my (Gnu Emacs based) knowledge:
[C-h i] - info
[C-h m] - describe-mode
[C-h b] - describe-bindings
[C-h c] - describe-key-briefly (then the key you want to describe)
Here are some quick pointers to help you:
Emacs Quick Reference Guide
http://seamons.com/emacs/
Emacs Wiki
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl
Hope that helps. If you need encouragement, it does take a while to get
used to things, but once you do, you'll like the power it gives you. Also,
to help you feel not too bad, I'm still learning now after 2 years of use!
Andy
--
contact : Andrew Chilton
email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
web : http://www.chilts.org/
--- Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> At the last meeting Andrew told me how much he loves emacs... so I have
> decided to learn it. Which should I use, GNU emacs or the other one? And
> any
> emacs tips to a complete beginner would also be helpful.
>
> thanks,
>
> -Paul
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