I'm a regular Emacs user. I haven't read the book, but considered buying it once. The ToC and some intro is given in their books page [1]. I didn't buy it becau

I'm a regular Emacs user. I haven't read the book, but considered buying it once. The ToC and some intro is given in their books page [1]. I didn't buy it because I was already familiar with most of the things in the ToC. The book would be a good intro for beginners and those who want to do things in pure Emacs fashion. However, if you are also a vim user (like me), you're likely to end up using 'evil' package for vim keybindings. Evil is actually very good at emulating vim features inside Emacs. Emacs is also extensively documented and highly discoverable - even within Emacs. There is a built-in tutorial (like vimtutor). And once you get past a few lessons using their info pages or website, you will have enough skill to pull up the documentation for all core features. The info pages are often books on their own right. I personally never felt the need for a book. That said, I do recommend buying the book to support the author. Their articles on the masteringemacs website are pleasant and high quality stuff. [1] https://www.masteringemacs.org/book https://www.masteringemacs.org/book