00 Prelude 0.Prelude Prejudices say: "Emacs is just hard to learn". Such prejudices undermine Emacs' popularity. This minor project tries to break the prejudice and denote how could take least efforts and sufferings to learn Emacs. This series blogs were written originally in Chinese, so translating might take nights. Emacs is simple and its universe big-bang from M-x. 1.So simple Emacs: Meta Key Emacs' elegance and simplicity, in a nutshell, is just a Meta key.

How to Task Smart Notes “Notes on paper, or on a computer screen […] do not make contemporary physics or other kinds of intellectual endeavor easier, they make it possible … no matter how internal processes are implemented […you..] need to understand the extent to which the mind is reliant upon external scaffolding.” (Levy 2011, 270) “One cannot think without writing.” (Luhmann 1992, 53) Table of Contents I) Introduction 1.

For: Beginner to intermediate Emacs users (non-technical backgrounds are okay) who want to use it for organizing what they know/think and learning more Outcome: People can use this incredibly powerful although somewhat intimidatingly technical tool to aid their learning Possible collaborator: Bill Zimmerly The basics Objective: Get people from 0 to 1 – Writing conventions used in this book – How to install Emacs – Basic concepts and keyboard shortcuts