Mastering Emacs

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Post by amatheus » Sat, May 23, 2015, 1:59 PM UTC

Re: Mastering Emacs

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Post by unknownzero » Sat, May 23, 2015, 3:52 PM UTC

I've always been an emacs user but have only recently gotten serious about customizing it to replace other applications I normally use. If anyone has bought this and at least skimmed through I'd love to hear your thoughts before I drop $35.99 to see for myself.

Re: Mastering Emacs

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Post by yenda » Sat, May 23, 2015, 4:07 PM UTC

unknownzero wrote: post #2

I've always been an emacs user but have only recently gotten serious about customizing it to replace other applications I normally use. If anyone has bought this and at least skimmed through I'd love to hear your thoughts before I drop $35.99 to see for myself.

If you want to start heavy customization you can start by looking at configurations in literate programming style, you will learn a lot of documented customs.

Here is an exemple : https://github.com/vdemeester/emacs-config

Also about the book someone on #emacs said it's mostly tips for beginners and about 14 more for intermediate users. I'll suggest you to read the website first and see if you like the author style/pov

Re: Mastering Emacs

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Post by phaer » Sat, May 23, 2015, 4:09 PM UTC

unknownzero wrote: post #2

I've always been an emacs user but have only recently gotten serious about customizing it to replace other applications I normally use. If anyone has bought this and at least skimmed through I'd love to hear your thoughts before I drop $35.99 to see for myself.

I've just bought and skimmed it. In my opinion it looks like a good introduction to emacs and its included packages for new users but it does not really discuss customization in detail. I really like the chapter "Theory of Movement" which discusses editing commands.

Re: Mastering Emacs

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Post by branchless » Sat, May 23, 2015, 4:26 PM UTC

I really like this blog, it's great. Very engaging. Would recommend subscribing to it!

ps thanks for the downvote HN - classy :-)

Re: Mastering Emacs

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Post by unknownzero » Sat, May 23, 2015, 4:30 PM UTC

phaer wrote: post #4

unknownzero wrote: post #2

I've always been an emacs user but have only recently gotten serious about customizing it to replace other applications I normally use. If anyone has bought this and at least skimmed through I'd love to hear your thoughts before I drop $35.99 to see for myself.

I've just bought and skimmed it. In my opinion it looks like a good introduction to emacs and its included packages for new users but it does not really discuss customization in detail. I really like the chapter "Theory of Movement" which discusses editing commands.

Thanks for the heads up. I really liked the blog posts I just read through but I think I'll avoid making a purchase in that case.

Re: Mastering Emacs

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Post by unknownzero » Sat, May 23, 2015, 4:32 PM UTC

yenda wrote: post #3

unknownzero wrote: post #2

I've always been an emacs user but have only recently gotten serious about customizing it to replace other applications I normally use. If anyone has bought this and at least skimmed through I'd love to hear your thoughts before I drop $35.99 to see for myself.

If you want to start heavy customization you can start by looking at configurations in literate programming style, you will learn a lot of documented customs. Here is an exemple : https://github.com/vdemeester/emacs-config Also about the book someone on #emacs said it's mostly tips for beginners and about 14 more for intermediate users. I'll suggest you to read the website first and see if you like the author style/p…

Thanks for the info :) I did enjoy the posts I read on the site, but was hoping for more advanced material in the book, good to know. Browsing through that repository right now, awesome stuff, I'll have to look for more like this.

Re: Mastering Emacs

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Post by vladharbuz » Sat, May 23, 2015, 4:36 PM UTC

I would personally recommend using vim bindings in emacs, as they are (in my opinion) easier to make sense of and more intuitive. However, I'm sure this book is a great resource for all the other stuff and it seems very well put-together.

Re: Mastering Emacs

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Post by banachtarski » Sat, May 23, 2015, 4:38 PM UTC

vladharbuz wrote: post #8

I would personally recommend using vim bindings in emacs, as they are (in my opinion) easier to make sense of and more intuitive. However, I'm sure this book is a great resource for all the other stuff and it seems very well put-together.

Evil user concurring.

Re: Mastering Emacs

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Post by methehack » Sat, May 23, 2015, 4:44 PM UTC

vladharbuz wrote: post #8

I would personally recommend using vim bindings in emacs, as they are (in my opinion) easier to make sense of and more intuitive. However, I'm sure this book is a great resource for all the other stuff and it seems very well put-together.

spacemacs (includes evil) plug: https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs

Really great.