-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Jan 01, 2017 at 07:36:29AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 1/1/2017 6:49 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
[...] > >Getting started on Emacs can be pretty daunting [...] > Any worse than Digital Equipment's TECO circa 1970? I don't think so. Emacs has evolved quite a bit since then. > You could do strange and wondrous things with it. > I'm new to Linux but no "spring chicken" ;/ This could be an advantage, since you'd understand better why, e.g., the tutorials insist on control-key combinations instead of the arrow keys (although those work: I admit on using those): you've lived through pretty strange keyboards yourself. [...] > >Take a bit of patience wth you. It's worth it. > > > >Enjoy the ride > > As soon as I solve my current hardware problems. > > As I've said before, "If retirement is not for learning, what use is > it?" Then Emacs is for you (TM) ;-) Just show me the editor which takes you to a function's source code (yes, even to the C source itself!) within a few keystrokes. regards - -- tomás -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlhpC/gACgkQBcgs9XrR2kbSnQCfYrVgeG/Q1De1h7XQUsn3cmZu aQ8An0kQGb5+Vx2VwdshSj0JCe3yiBA+ =T6PD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----