Re: How to learn elisp ?

[Richard Riley]

"A.Politz" <politza@googlemail.com> writes:

> On Aug 5, 4:06 pm, Andy Stewart <lazycat.mana...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It's wrong thinking that want study Emacs in short time.
>>
>> Explore emacs is looooooooooooooong way...... :)
>>
> Yes emacs, but not elisp.
>
> The elisp-manual can be approximately split in 2 parts. The first is
> about elisp, the second about how emacs uses elisp for certain tasks.
>
> I would recommend reading the first couple chapters including
> `Functions', while skipping `Hash Tables'. The rest as needed for your
> future concrete goals.
>
> -ap
>

One of the best practical introduction to eLisp is Xah Lee's tutorial.

http://xahlee.org/emacs/elisp.html