cj pangilinan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > hello, can you give me a site to learn emacs. i never thought emacs > can do those things you mentioned.. i search google found something > but that doesn't give me a lot to learn bout emacs.. aside from man > pages ha.. pag windows kasi gamit ko.. wla ako man pages e.. thanks..
I'm glad that you're curious about Emacs! Emacs is a really powerful tool, and well worth investing time to learn. It grows with you. It can be a simple editor when you start out and a sophisticated development environment once you've gotten the hang of it. Emacs is extensively documented. Try it out! Check out the help menu or type C-h k and then select a menu item or press a keyboard shortcut. Type C-h h to get help on help. One of the best ways to learn Emacs is to plunge right into it. Don't get intimidated by all the people who say Emacs is too complex. If you learn that complexity a little bit at a time, it's easy to get the hang of. For example, you can start getting to know it as a text editor, using the menus to find your way around. Try out the tutorial under the help menu. It will introduce you to many handy functions. Another great way is to have a friend help you set up Emacs the way you want it to, and then gradually explore from there. One of my friends tried out Emacs when he saw me using flashcard.el to study Japanese. I set up his Emacs for him, showed him how to play around with it, and even tweaked it to fit his needs. That's what the Planner community does, too. Planner is a personal information manager for Emacs, and one of the things we really like doing is help Emacs newbies get a hang of both Emacs and their life. I'd love to help you set up Planner on your computer, or you can give it a shot by checking out http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/PlannerModeQuickStart . Using Emacs for more than just text editing gives you plenty of incentive to take advantage of its powerful features such as customization, and we'd be glad to help you get into it. I also like helping people discover what else they can do with Emacs. If you describe what you want to do, I might be able to find or hack together Emacs stuff to fit your needs. <laugh> I'm really crazy about Emacs because it's something that you can easily customize to fit you. Unlike any other program I know, it really lets you tweak it and improve on it. I hope you have as much fun with Emacs as I do! -- Sacha Chua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - open source geekette http://sacha.free.net.ph/ - PGP Key ID: 0xE7FDF77C interests: emacs, gnu/linux, personal information management, CS ed sachac on irc.freenode.net#emacs . YM: sachachua83 _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
