Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals

[Emanuel Berg]

Vaidheeswaran C <vaidheeswaran.chinnaraju@gmail.com>
writes:

> What would be the best way to learn Emacs. Is it
>
> a) Through the different Manuals (there are many and
> they are big)
>
> b) Through a Book that puts all of the different
> pieces together in a concise mannner.

c) None of the alternatives. The best way to learn
Emacs is to use it for everything, everyday (or every
night). Activity is the key to everything and activity
leads to more activity. It is like installing a new
sound system. You get the gear. But it won't work.
You learn that you need a jumper - a cable or wire,
one might say (it doesn't matter here), and it works.
Now, when you got about the new sound system you
didn't think "Man, it will be so cool to learn what
a jumper is!" But that is exactly what happened.
So activity will bring activity and you will learn in
the processes. You only have to worry about
being active.

But don't use Emacs every hour awake because there are
other things in life that have nothing to do with
Emacs but will make you a better computer and Emacs
user nonetheless. So it is more important to use Emacs
or whatever you want to master every day than to use
it 18 hours straight and then not touch it for a week.

Manuals you use when you get stuck to find out how to
solve a particular problem.

Books you read for example when you travel by train.

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