I've written about Emacs for, hm, nearly 13 years [1]. My recommendation is picking one thing you want to start doing in Emacs, and then focus on getting good a

I've written about Emacs for, hm, nearly 13 years [1]. My recommendation is picking one thing you want to start doing in Emacs, and then focus on getting good at that. Maybe that's doing your shell/terminal work in Emacs. Perhaps it's note taking and organising your thoughts, tasks, and agenda. Perhaps email. Maybe it's small shell scripts at first, before you move on to larger tasks, like full-on programming like you do in your daily job (I am guessing.) If you try to do everything, while trying to remain productive at your job, you'll probably abandon Emacs. I've written a book on Emacs, which will definitely teach you Emacs. But it's not a _requirement_ to read a book on it. The manual and tutorial and both good places to start if you'd rather do it for free. [1] https://www.masteringemacs.org/ https://www.masteringemacs.org/