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Subject: Re: do you want a emacs cookbook?
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On Nov 3, 5:30=A0pm, Xah Lee <xah...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 3, 2:28=A0pm, Xah Lee <xah...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Nov 1, 12:38=A0pm, Jason Earl <je...@notengoamigos.org> wrote:
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> > > On Mon, Nov 01 2010, Xah Lee wrote:
> > > > On Nov 1, 6:17=A0am, Marc Mientki <mien...@nonet.com> wrote:
> > > >> Am 30.10.2010 16:19, schrieb Xah Lee:
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> > > >> > My emacs tutorial is sizable for a book. There's no emacs cookbo=
ok
> > > >> > or elisp cookbook on the market. To turn it into a book, it
> > > >> > probably will take half a year at least to add content, convert
> > > >> > html to a format suitable for print, as well as a lot work to
> > > >> > improve quality.
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> > > >> A propos quality - would you still use your camel case and parens =
on new
> > > >> line?
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> > > > Which way do you want them?
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> > > > for some intro pages, it's better to align the parens.
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> > > > for camelCase, i think it's better to use that for user defined var=
s.
> > > > Can't see a reason not to use them.
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> > > Personally, I think that in the *perfect* book the style of the code
> > > samples would match the GNU style guide for Emacs Lisp. =A0However, I
> > > would happily pay for even an "imperfect" Emacs Cookbook.
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> > > In fact, this thread has reminded me that I have been meaning to send
> > > you a donation. =A0So I sent one. =A0It's not much, but it's somethin=
g.
> > > Your Emacs Tutorial has been very helpful to me, and I would love to =
see
> > > something book length.
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> > hi jason, thanks for the support.
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> > PS about donation, did you send thru the right email? should be xah@
> > xahlee.org
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> > =A0Xah
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> just want to say thanks to Jason. I got his donation. Very generous.
> Was my mistake (the net dog ate the email)
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> =A0Xah- Hide quoted text -
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Xah Lee is a community conscious and helpful individual, to the lisp
and emacs community.

He deserves our support.

I prefer to send anonymous donation, ie bills in an opaque envelope.