Comments on: Emacs beginner tips http://www.logophile.org/blog/2006/01/10/emacs-beginner-tips/ blog of a logophile (not "logos", but "λόγος") Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:03:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: tikitu http://www.logophile.org/blog/2006/01/10/emacs-beginner-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-2766 tikitu Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:35:56 +0000 http://www.logophile.org/blog/?p=122#comment-2766 <p>Yeah, but then if you're not a power user why are you using Emacs? ;-)</p> <p>I sort of intend this as a getting-started for real n00bs --- the reference card will certainly help you remember everything on the card, but it doesn't tell you how to figure out new stuff. And Emacs is really extraordinarily well set up in that regard, so I figure it's a good habit to get into early (when you don't really need it) so that later one (when you do) it's already automatic.</p> <p>(It's also got a lot to do with a particular sort of memory. I'm good at remembering concepts ---"It's something to do with filling paragraphs"--- but not good at arbitrary stuff like key combinations. Apropos is an extension of my brain.)</p> Yeah, but then if you’re not a power user why are you using Emacs? ;-)

I sort of intend this as a getting-started for real n00bs — the reference card will certainly help you remember everything on the card, but it doesn’t tell you how to figure out new stuff. And Emacs is really extraordinarily well set up in that regard, so I figure it’s a good habit to get into early (when you don’t really need it) so that later one (when you do) it’s already automatic.

(It’s also got a lot to do with a particular sort of memory. I’m good at remembering concepts —”It’s something to do with filling paragraphs”— but not good at arbitrary stuff like key combinations. Apropos is an extension of my brain.)

]]> By: Taka http://www.logophile.org/blog/2006/01/10/emacs-beginner-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-2765 Taka Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:01:33 +0000 http://www.logophile.org/blog/?p=122#comment-2765 <p>Very interesting. Although I used to use xemacs a lot at uni, I never used this stuff. Now how did I survive... I suppose it depends on if you want to use features other than a text editor. I think the quick reference card is enough for basic opertations, no?</p> Very interesting. Although I used to use xemacs a lot at uni, I never used this stuff. Now how did I survive… I suppose it depends on if you want to use features other than a text editor. I think the quick reference card is enough for basic opertations, no?

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