I’ve long wanted to learn more about both. Actually, I’m already moderately familiar with emacs. I’ve actually typed all the blog entries here on emacs. I created and edited the website with emacs. But, I’m not really a programmer. I’ve learned a lot about linux from using it, but I really don’t know that much about programming. I want to learn more about it and create little projects. I’ve always loved working with computers, so I think I’ll be good at it. Specifically, I wanted to learn Common Lisp. I don’t know why exactly, but it always seemed like a beautiful language to me. Emacs is also probably the best editor if you’re going to be doing anything with lisp. I don’t use the regular distribution of emacs, but I just install spacemacs. Out of the box it mostly does everything I want it to. Maybe I could take the time to configure default emacs myself, but I’m satisfied with this right now. There aren’t really any good youtube tutorials, so I went with a book. It’s called “Common LISP: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation”. Many books about common lisp are directed towards those familiar with programming, but this one builds from the ground up. Perfect for me. Let’s see how far I get. I also wanted to learn more about doing things like email, music player, rss, and better terminal use inside of emacs. These things might take a bit to learn about. Too many things, not enough time.
Last night I set up emacs and the environment, today I read the first chapter.
