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The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Emacs
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Beginner. No background in the topic needed.
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David Wilson introduces the basics of Emacs, teaching beginners how to open, edit, and save files.
This video is intended for people who have used other code editors or IDEs before and are curious to try out Emacs! The goal is to teach you everything you need to know to get started with Emacs and use it for basic editing tasks. Once you get comfortable with the basics, check out the other Emacs video series that I've created to learn a whole lot more! Check out the show notes here: systemcrafters.net/emacs-essentials/absolute-beginners-guide… Also, if you want to know a little more about what Emacs is capable of, check out my video "5 Reasons to Learn Emacs in 2021": youtu.be/bEfYm8sAaQg Check out my other video series on Emacs! - Emacs From Scratch: youtube.com/watch?v=74zOY-vgkyw&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oPH1au7H6B7b… - Emacs Tips: youtube.com/watch?v=wKTKmE1wLyw&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oMHJ6Xil1Ydn… - Emacs Desktop Environment: youtube.com/watch?v=f7xB2fFk1tQ&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oNPbEMYEtswO… - Emacs IDE: youtube.com/watch?v=E-NAM9U5JYE&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oNvsrtk_iZSb… - Emacs Mail: youtube.com/watch?v=yZRyEhi4y44&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oM-kA19xOQc8… - Learning Emacs Lisp: youtube.com/watch?v=RQK_DaaX34Q&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oPQtn7FQEF3D… We cover the following topics: - Intro - Installation - GNU/Linux - GUI or Terminal? - macOS - Windows - Basic Concepts - The User Interface (Menu Bar, Tool Bar) - Menu Bar in the Terminal - Where's the file browser? - Windows and Frames - Buffers - The *scratch* buffer - The *Messages* buffer - The *Warnings* buffer - The Mode Line - The Echo Area and Minibuffer - Commands - Dired - Calendar - eshell - Tetris? - Major Modes - Minor Modes - Minor mode: highlight current line - Basic Key Bindings - Understanding Emacs Key Bindings - The Key Prefixes C-x and C-c - Opening and Saving Files - Switching Buffers - Cutting and Copying Text - Pasting Text - CUA Mode (C-c, C-x, and C-v) - Undo and Redo - Cancelling Operations - Learning More Key Bindings - The Help System - Configuring Emacs - The Customization UI - The init.el File - What's next? My Emacs configuration: github.com/daviwil/dotfiles/blob/master/Emacs.org If you enjoy the videos on this channel, please consider supporting my work: systemcrafters.net/support-the-channel/ Follow me on Twitter for more Emacs content! twitter.com/SystemCrafters Chat with the System Crafters community on Discord: discord.gg/yVD8Gx6 Intro music: Coriolis Effect by logos feat. stefsax, licensed CC-BY ccmixter.org/files/mseq/26296Why it's here
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u/sebnanchasterin r/emacs • Mentions
Complete beginner, have some questions
Hi! I'm a complete beginner at Emacs (running on **Windows 11**) and just learning how to use it, so please excuse my ignorance. I understand some of the possibilities and what it can do, but I'm struggling with even some basic tutorials and have some questions. I understand some conceptual things, like buffers/windows/frames, kill ring, etc., but I don't really know how to start integrating Emacs into my workflow. I come from VS Code and other IDEs like it.
I began by skimming over this tutorial and these papers (1 and 2); however, when I try and use some of the macros they don't seem to work. For instance, if I try and use C-h r, Emacs reports "C…