and never forget M-. for cross-references. You can start with grep, but grep lie any search will land you in the middle of things; but to undrstand something --- anything? --- starting at the beginning is a better idea. Tim Cross writes: > > Just wanted to re-iterate Raman's suggestion, especially reading > emaspeak sources. > > I would also add that experimenting using both the scratch buffer and > ielm mode are extremely useful. As you read through the code, when you > come across code or documentation explanations you are having trouble > grasping, experimenting inside the ielm repl or the scratch buffer can > be extremely enlightening. In fact, I often find a few minutes playhing > with a command or function and/or setting different variable values in > ielm or the scratch buffer is far more productive than lots of google > searching. Problem with google is it cannot tell you which results are > bad advice or just plain wrong. In recent times, I find the rapid > increase in 'noise' has drastically reduced the reliability of google > results. > > > > > "\"T.V Raman\"" (via emacspeak Mailing List) <emacspeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Ack. The best resource I can point you at are: > > > > 1. Emacspeak sources and docs, > > 2. Emacs docs > > > > > > > > Parham Doustdar writes: > > > Hi Raman, > > > Thanks for the explanation and the changes. > > > You made me realise that I have no clue what goes on in the Makefile. I’ll learn from > > > the syntax and look deeper into that, thanks. > > > I also wanted to reassure you that I know everyone is busy, and sending an email is not > > > my first reaction to encountering an issue. That is what I hope to illustrate by always > > > including the steps that I took to debug or resolve it. When I send an email asking > > > something, it’s because either (1) I wonder if I’m understanding the intention > > > correctly or (2) my skills and Google haven’t turned up a solution, likely because I’m > > > encountering an “unknown unknown”. > > > I’m always very open to learning, so if you or anyone else on the list has concrete > > > steps I could take, or resources I could learn from, feel free to share – I commit to > > > taking action on getting better at solving my own problems. > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > On 11 Jan 2024, at 18:26, T.V Raman <raman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > I've changed the default to nil, had it set to nil in my .custom file > > > > which was shadowing the default. > > > > > > > > 1. defcustom declares the variable with its default > > > > 2. make config puts the default into loaddefs.el > > > > 3. Before jumping off to send email, take some time to understand > > > > things, experiment etc. > > > > 4. Just sending me email will likely mean I'll stop responding since > > > > like you I too am busy. > > > > 5. > > > > -- --
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