> I always get discouraged by the fact that I'd have to buy-in to the Lisp language to even get going with Emacs. You can't be further from the truth. I was a

> I always get discouraged by the fact that I'd have to buy-in to the Lisp language to even get going with Emacs. You can't be further from the truth. I was a power Emacs user for almost a decade with virtually no Elisp knowledge. I could set variables, but as an example, couldn't write a loop or function. Of course, once you know elisp, you'll find excuses to use it.