rhkramer writes:
> Is there such a mail list?

Try https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs .
(I have no experience with it.)

There is also extensive built-in documentation.

> does (or can) EMACS use UTf-8

Yes.

>  can EMACS do what I think is known as soft or dynamic word wrap -- I
>  mean word wrap without inserting line end characters to wrap the
>  lines of a paragraph

You probably want visual line mode.

> is there somewhere a guide to LISP syntax that makes analogies to
> things like Algol or C

Lisp is too different for that to make sense.  But you don't need to
know lisp to use Emacs.  Customization can be done via a menu system.

Large files are not a problem.
-- 
John Hasler 
[email protected]
Elmwood, WI USA

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