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Using Emacs - 1 - setting up the package manager

Mike Zamansky · tutorial · Watch on YouTube

Testing, debugging & developer tools

What it is

The first episode of Mike Zamansky's Using Emacs series, covering setting up the package manager for new Emacs users as a start toward customization and efficient editing.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a practical, step-by-step video path for learning Emacs.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “I learned a lot from this CS prof's videos, and it's a good, practical learning path I'd recommend”

    Practical step-by-step Emacs learning path.

    stakkur, 2020-04 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Resources to grok Emacs and use it well?”

  2. “I recommend start with video tutorials: 1. Mike Zamansky”

    Video tutorials for starting out with Emacs.

    slk500, 2022-04 · Recommendation · in “What’s new in Emacs 28.1?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: emacs, package manager, editor setup, video series

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