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r/emacs is a wonderful community. Also, many young people are picking it up and starting youtube channels, demonstrating beautifully how to use it. Magnar Sveen

r/emacs is a wonderful community. Also, many young people are picking it up and starting youtube channels, demonstrating beautifully how to use it. Magnar Sveen has done many excellent videos (http://emacsrocks.com/ http://emacsrocks.com/). Also, Protesilaos Stavrou on Youtube: Wonderful videos, albeit a little academic for some (but I like it a lot). Also, System Crafters on youtube: From basic to sophisticated videos. Emacs (with its beautiful language `Lisp`) is a tool that will be with you for the rest of your life. I have seen many many tools come and go, but Emacs (just like Lisp) has the potential to be around in many decades. So it's well worth investing time in it.

dec0dedab0de 6y ago
Ive been trying, it's just that it seems like there are hundreds of things that can take 10 minutes or 10 weeks to research and learn, if you can even find out about them. I just wish I had people in my daily life who could give me answers like "oh that's easy just do this" or "yeah this thing rules but buckle up it's gonna take some time to get down".
- bloopernova 6y ago
  message me on reddit, vale_fallacia. I'll be that person for you :)
  - NhanH 6y ago
    Not the GP, but I will take up that offer if you don't mind! :)
    - bloopernova 6y ago
      Absolutely! I hope I am able to help you out.
- crankyoldcrank 6y ago
  #emacs on Freenode is full of those people, including the author of the talk in the article. Friendly fellow. It's really one of the best IRC channels left.
stephen_cagle 6y ago
Wow, that Protesilaos Stavrou guy has just so many interesting things on his web site. Gets me excited to just read about all the different cool projects and technologies.
- submeta 6y ago
  He seems to be a thinker and philosopher who uses Emacs extensively to write and organize his thougts, and he is willing to share his learnings in excellently made videos. Btw: He seems to be an excellent Lisp hacker as well.

dec0dedab0de 6y ago

Ive been trying, it's just that it seems like there are hundreds of things that can take 10 minutes or 10 weeks to research and learn, if you can even find out about them. I just wish I had people in my daily life who could give me answers like "oh that's easy just do this" or "yeah this thing rules but buckle up it's gonna take some time to get down".

bloopernova 6y ago
message me on reddit, vale_fallacia. I'll be that person for you :)
- NhanH 6y ago
  Not the GP, but I will take up that offer if you don't mind! :)
  - bloopernova 6y ago
    Absolutely! I hope I am able to help you out.
crankyoldcrank 6y ago
#emacs on Freenode is full of those people, including the author of the talk in the article. Friendly fellow. It's really one of the best IRC channels left.

stephen_cagle 6y ago

Wow, that Protesilaos Stavrou guy has just so many interesting things on his web site. Gets me excited to just read about all the different cool projects and technologies.

submeta 6y ago
He seems to be a thinker and philosopher who uses Emacs extensively to write and organize his thougts, and he is willing to share his learnings in excellently made videos. Btw: He seems to be an excellent Lisp hacker as well.