Re: Emacs Book Vs Emacs Manuals

[Bob Proulx]

Marcin Borkowski wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > A student says that they really want to learn Calculus.  They know
> > that Calculus is very powerful and can be used to solve many problems.
> > I suggest that they learn Arithmetic first.  They respond,
> > "Arithmetic!  Have you learned Arithmetic?  Arithmetic is old.  Should
> > I learn Arithmetic?  For example, will Arithmetic talk about
> > Calculus?"
> 
> Nice try;-).  But this analogy is flawed: software, unlike mathematical
> theories, is subject to change.

Has emacs changed that much?  I don't think it has.  It is still very
much the same.  It is still an extensible editor that uses emacs lisp
for the extension language.  Some of the small details have changed.
But the concepts and most of the day to day details are the same.

Bob