Re: How users start programming in Emacs Lisp...

[Arthur Miller]

Eduardo Ochs <eduardoochs@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sun, 30 May 2021 at 08:43, Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com> wrote:
>>
>> I think you are probably correct about saving notes. Some vary famious
>> scientists attribute almost everything to their notes. Maybe a
>> self-saving scratch buffer isn't bad idea. It could maybe append a date
>> and always open "fresh" but the true file would be save in the
>> background, as a sort of a database. Sort of like we clear the terminal
>> screen with Ctrl+l but the output is still there, just not
>> visible. There probably is some note-taking package that already does
>> that. Maybe some org-capture template that auto puts note in a lisp src
>> block. Or maybe your eev already does that. Still didn't try it. It
>> seems so conceptually big to me so I never get to it. Similar as that
>> other package Hyperbole.
>
> Hi Arthur,
>
> Eev is indeed "conceptually big" (unfortunately), but AFAIK it is
> compatible with everything else, it is easy to test "in small pieces",
> it is easy to turn on and off, it is very hacker-friendly in all
> senses, it is, or tries, to be very friendly to people with short
> attention spans who will play with it at most 10 minutes per session,
> and - ta-daaaa! - now it has very, very, very nice video links in its
> tutorials!!! See:
>
>   https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-05/msg00527.html
>   http://angg.twu.net/2021-video-links.html
>
> If anything in the sales pitch above turns out to be false please tell
> me - I'll fix it and you'll also get twice your money back! =P
>
>   Cheers =),
>     Eduardo Ochs
>     http://angg.twu.net/#eev
Yeah, I know. I have actually seen your video, but I'll have to re-watch
it some time.

Best regards!