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How would you explain Emacs to a non-technical person?

In the spirit of How can I explain the meaning of LaTeX to my grandma? Emacs is wonderful editor for any text-based purpose—this much is clear to those of us who use it. Often times I'm trying to explain to one of my friends why I use something…
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What emacs communities exist?

Please maintain a community wiki answer which describes email lists, wikis, blogs, irc channels, forums, or other communities in which GNU Emacs is the primary topic. In order to be listed, a community must be 'open', meaning that anyone can…
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What are the best resources to learn Emacs?

I have learned Emacs mostly using it's own documentation and the late emacs-starter-kit. Talking with people interested in learning Emacs, I found that my approach is not appealing to them. What are the best resources around to learn Emacs from…
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How do I pronounce Emacs?

I struggle to pronounce many computer terms, and to this day still mispronounce latex in my head - it just sounds better rhyming with flex. How would I pronounce Emacs?
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Are there any games to kickstart learning emacs like VIM Adventures?

I am a newbie in emacs and have heard a lot about how powerful emacs is. But the leaning curve seems to be quite steep. If there was a fun way to learn emacs (something like the game VIM adventures) that could help me quickly to familiarize the key…
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Does anyone have any good tips for starting to use emacs?

I have heard good things about emacs and have dabbled in a bit of vim/neovim. I was wondering if anyone has any good tips for starting to use emacs! I am using emacs 27.1 for Windows 10.
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the best way to learn emacs

I'm dealing with learning emacs from a while, but I've still not find a god solution. I find the docs on the web site not well structured. There for sure I can find any explication of all command, but I'm looking for somethings that explain me…
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