2. There's a built-in tutorial like Vimtutor for this, it's under the help menu. 3. Looks like you can use Python[1], but you'd better just bite the bullet and

2. There's a built-in tutorial like Vimtutor for this, it's under the help menu. 3. Looks like you can use Python[1], but you'd better just bite the bullet and learn a bit of Emacs Lisp, it's how you'll be configuring it anyway, and it's unlikely that you'll need to program something too complex if you can just fetch a bunch of Elisp from the net which does sort of what you want. 4. Yes, from Emacs 24 and on it has a built-in package manager and repositories. You know what a good way to learn Emacs is? Reading the docs. No, really! Anytime you request documentation for your buffer (C-h m by default), it will be based on your current key bindings and modes, so it's a great starting point to explore, as it'll tell you of all the shortcuts your active plugins have defined. As of late, I've learned more of the capabilities of the modes I use by dicking around than by searching the web or reading manuals, as I sometimes just start typing in the extended command shell (M-x), using IDO mode's[2] fuzzy completion, and seeing what comes up. For instance, by typing "replace", I just learned of query-replace, which prompts you before each substitution for a string. Afterwards, I can run "M-x where-is" to see if the command is bound to any shortcut right now, as I did with query-replace, which turned out to be bound to M-%. _______________________________ 1. http://pymacs.progiciels-bpi.ca/index.html http://pymacs.progiciels-bpi.ca/index.html 2. http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/InteractivelyDoThings http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/InteractivelyDoThings