Learn Emacs by asking it questions [OC]
reddit / emacs

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zck · 2022-01-27 06:27



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glinsvad · 2022-01-27 06:37

Also, install whichkey

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RichieHHam · 2022-01-27 08:42

Any chance of a link outside of twitter?

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Err000r__1010 · 2022-01-27 09:27

Here u go

https://typeshare.co/zck/posts/learn-emacs-by-asking-it-questions

(It’s the blogging platform they use)

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centzon400 · 2022-01-27 10:03

Helpful might be, err, helpful too: https://github.com/Wilfred/helpful

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HighlyRegardedExpert · 2022-01-27 12:35

And `C-h` like your life depends on it

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nicholas_hubbard · 2022-01-27 17:08

This advice will make helpful take over your help system

    (advice-add 'describe-function :override #'helpful-function)
    (advice-add 'describe-variable :override #'helpful-variable)
    (advice-add 'describe-command  :override #'helpful-callable)
    (advice-add 'describe-key      :override #'helpful-key)
    (advice-add 'describe-symbol   :override #'helpful-symbol)

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00-11 · 2022-01-27 17:29

Yes. ***Ask Emacs!***

(And not just `C-h`: apropos, Elisp asking,...)

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IterativeSieve · 2022-01-27 17:48

I use a browser redirect extension to automatically redirect Twitter
links to [Nitter](https://nitter.net). Improves my web experience
immensely.

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LuciferTowers · 2022-01-27 20:26

Jesus. How lazy are you?

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RichieHHam · 2022-01-27 21:13

It's nothing to do with laziness. I don't use twitter and its not
normal for emacs announcements to be hosted there. If the op doesn't
want to, fine. But will lose audience. I'm guessing you love twitter.
Have a nice day.

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Ghosty141 · 2022-02-22 21:28

The one I didn't know and that helped me a LOT is `C-h R` and
`describe-face`