Re: Outreachy Applicant: An Introduction

[Magali Lemes]

Hi Aniket and Bonface,

thank you two for the nice suggestions. That was exactly what I

was looking to get started into emacs.

Magali

Em ter., 13 de out. de 2020 às 21:48, Aniket Patil <aniket112.patil@gmail.com> escreveu:

Hi Lemes,

I am also emacs user and Outreachy applicant. I would suggest you to go through tutorial of emacs which is inbuilt and then go through this video series.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9KxKa8NpFxIcNQa9js7dQQIHc81b0-Xg

I hope you find it helpful. 

Aniket.

On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 at 4:38 PM, Magali Lemes <magalilemes00@gmail.com> wrote:

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.

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