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Re: Outreachy Applicant: An Introduction
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Bonface M. K. |
Subject: |
Re: Outreachy Applicant: An Introduction |
Date: |
Tue, 13 Oct 2020 20:14:19 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) |
Hi!
Magali Lemes <magalilemes00@gmail.com> writes:
> Hey,
> I'm using Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS. I must say I've
> never used emacs before, so
> I'll try to get the hang of it.
Welcome to the club(of Emacsen users)! You'll get
used it to it ;). Here's a good channel that shows
you some cool things that you can get done in
Emacs:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0uTPqBCFIpZxlz_Lv1tk_g. I'd
recommend the magit video; it comes in really
handy IMHO.
> Sharing my progress: I decided to package the
> arduino IDE, but it turned out
> way harder than I expected, due to its many
> dependencies. I ended up not
> doing it, but it was a good experience because I
> could learn about some
> functions in Scheme - chdir, for example -, some
> of the phases of
> building a package - like unpacking, configuring
> and building - and I could
> also interact with the community, asking for
> help, via IRC, which is a
> very new thing for me.
> As for today, I will continue trying to package
> something. I'll probably follow
> your previous advice and begin with a R package.
> It seems easier, so hopefully
> I'll succeed.
>
> Cheers,
> Magali.
>
> Em seg., 12 de out. de 2020 às 12:06, zimoun <
> zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> escreveu:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 at 13:00, Magali Lemes <
> magalilemes00@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Guix was fairly easy to install, I used the
> shell script to do that.
>
> Which distribution do you use?
>
> > I installed emacs using Guix and it worked
> as expected.
>
> Nice!
> Personally, I manage the Emacs packages with
> Guix via a manifest.scm
> file. And in a separate profile. My conf
> [1] is far from perfect but
> if you need inspiration. :-)
>
> 1: <https://github.com/zimoun/my-conf>
>
> > I'll begin by trying to package something.
> So, I'll go through the links you sent
> > and see how that goes.
>
> Cool!
> Do not hesitate to ask on help-guix or #guix
> if you encounter issues
> on your path. And feel free to send your
> progress, success or
> failure.
>
> All the best,
> simon
--
Bonface M. K. (https://www.bonfacemunyoki.com)
Chief Emacs Mchochezi / Twitter: @BonfaceKilz
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- Outreachy Applicant: An Introduction, Magali Lemes, 2020/10/09
- Re: Outreachy Applicant: An Introduction, zimoun, 2020/10/09
- Re: Outreachy Applicant: An Introduction, Magali Lemes, 2020/10/12
- Re: Outreachy Applicant: An Introduction, zimoun, 2020/10/12
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