You can start here: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/tour/
And if you launch Emacs and press C-h t — that is, press Control-H, release them, then press t — it launches the built-in, interactive tutorial.
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not exactly a video tutorial, but i have to say that the interactive tutorial is something i really like. thanks. :P
would you suggest using emacs in terminal or the "display" version? we're still talking entry level advices of course.
not exactly a video tutorial, but i have to say that the interactive tutorial is something i really like. thanks. :P
I know The Kids These Days love a video tutorial, but they tend to be made by people who are enthusiastic, but not experts, and are not the best source of information. Reading the official documentation is faster and more accurate.
There's no substitute for building expertise by doing.
would you suggest using emacs in terminal or the “display” version?
I strongly recommend the GUI version over the terminal version. Terminals have a rather limited interaction model which is a hindrance to using some of Emacs' more advanced features, like displaying images, using different typefaces, and using all the key combinations Emacs supports.
oh, well, there are also different type of learnings. some people might find it difficult to read and comprehend walls of text, while a video might be way more accessible to them. it's not always about the kids.
And well done video tutorials always invite you to follow the process with them and/or suggests "practice" afterwards, so the doing bit would still be relevant (even thought that could be relevant no matter what, no tutorials pushes you to skip the doing).
I strongly recommend the GUI version over the terminal version.
i wasn't expecting that. good to know. thanks. :)
oh, well, there are also different type of learnings. some people might find it difficult to read and comprehend walls of text, while a video might be way more accessible to them. it’s not always about the kids.
Yes, that's fair.
However, one must balance accessibility with quality, and many of the ones I've seen are not very good quality — though admittedly, I haven't seen Emacs-specific ones, since I'm comfortable with it & can figure things out on my own. But this seems to be true in general, across a variety of subjects I have seen them for.
Since they're targeted at beginners, the audience has no way of knowing whether the advice being given is good or not. You can follow along and it might work, but it also might be a completely preposterous way of accomplishing the goal.
Since they’re targeted at beginners, the audience has no way of knowing whether the advice being given is good or not. You can follow along and it might work, but it also might be a completely preposterous way of accomplishing the goal.
that's true as it is true for any form of education though. eheh!
anyway, thank you very much for the help. would still be happy if anyone could point out a good/useful/cool video to check out. yep, i'm talking to you, lurker!