Comments by "じょいすじょん" (@johnjoyce) on "Switching to GNU Emacs" video.

  1. Like all highly customizable tools, customization is the first thing everybody does and it is a trap when you try to port your config around to other machines and recreate it. Learn all the defaults and out-of-box minimalism.
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  2. It is surprisingly similar across platforms. It works surprisingly well in TWM and CWE window environments.
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  3. It will take time. It will also reveal a lot about how shells work. If you are a NeXT or OS X user, the text system will be surprisingly familiar. The key chording is fascinating, but sometimes frustrating when you have to deal with the rest of the OS whatever OS it is...
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  4. Print the cheat sheet it is bundled with and tape it to the wall nearby. After a few months of trying a little while every day, it will begin to sink in and take over your mind. Especially dired
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  5. After learning it, you will deeply appreciate the super light clones mg and jove. They are small, easy to install and run in the shell.
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  6. Honestly, dired alone will ultimately make you not want to use a shell or just want to use emacs from the shell.
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  7. Honestly, the most annoying thing is the littering of directories with Emacs’ tilde prefixed temp file copies of everything you edit. It’s probably a good thing and it keeps it visible rather than hidden.
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