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Sams Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 Hours
Emacs is one of the most powerful text editors available, yet it is not the easiest to navigate, in part because it covers so much. Sams Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 Hours helps simplify the program by organizing Emacs by function and platform. Included is a full-color tear-out card with key combinations. More than a guide to using GNU Emacs, the book also teaches the basics of other forms of Emacs such as XEmacs. You will get the most out of the editing and programming environment and gain a solid working knowledge of Emacs' features. Also includes a section on using Emacs with Windows.
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445 pages, Paperback
First published April 23, 1999
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September 22, 2020
Is this book worth buying in 2020? No
In summary, With Sams Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 hours on my shelf, I stopped using Emacs. It is more effective to learn Emacs with the build in tutorial, help files (only shared in Chapter 11) and google searches.
First off, 24 hours, seems like great, I can learn it in a day, in fact it turns out to be month, with an hour day. Might as well be called 24 days, it'd be more honest and not appeal to our quick reward mentality.
Second, a topic like emacs should not be taught chronologically. Everyone has a different purpose for using emacs so putting "General Help Facilities in Emacs" in Chapter 11 when it should be part of the intro is not great.
Third, in Hour 4 in instructs how to install library called template from the CD. I do not have a CD drive and I could not find it online.
To the books credit, on the back of the cover is a quick jump index to commonly used topics. If I end up using these before the book is returned to the library, I will update my review.
I'm not a professional reviewer, I have no intention to be a professional book reviewer. Therefore my reviews do not try to be objective, instead they are my experiences with the book. I share to that because me rating a book poorly does not mean the book is bad, it just means I did not like it.
In summary, With Sams Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 hours on my shelf, I stopped using Emacs. It is more effective to learn Emacs with the build in tutorial, help files (only shared in Chapter 11) and google searches.
First off, 24 hours, seems like great, I can learn it in a day, in fact it turns out to be month, with an hour day. Might as well be called 24 days, it'd be more honest and not appeal to our quick reward mentality.
Second, a topic like emacs should not be taught chronologically. Everyone has a different purpose for using emacs so putting "General Help Facilities in Emacs" in Chapter 11 when it should be part of the intro is not great.
Third, in Hour 4 in instructs how to install library called template from the CD. I do not have a CD drive and I could not find it online.
To the books credit, on the back of the cover is a quick jump index to commonly used topics. If I end up using these before the book is returned to the library, I will update my review.
I'm not a professional reviewer, I have no intention to be a professional book reviewer. Therefore my reviews do not try to be objective, instead they are my experiences with the book. I share to that because me rating a book poorly does not mean the book is bad, it just means I did not like it.
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