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i don't know why anyone would use emacs is what i thought first

but now i've developed an understanding about why people use it

now i want to switch to emacs but the learning curve is insane

is there a tutorial for learning to use emacs step by step because i want to learn emacs fast and the only way to do it is using a well guided video series i believe or maybe a well made website or blog post

because i now just get flustered when i start using emacs because there's so much to learn

what should i learn first is my question because just reading help document doesn't help a noob like me?

as of now i can only give around 3 hours to learn emacs but i would give more if i could

i have used neovim with lsp for 1 year now how much time would it take for me to be faster at emacs than i'm currently in vim?

i would really apprecitate the answer of highlighted question and the main question

also please don't give an answer like it would depend on many things ( of course it would depend on many factors)

but i want to know how much time would it take for you to be better at emacs you would have been at vim after learning it for around a year+

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[–] rwilcox@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Unpopular advice but: turn on the menus / use Emacs as a GUI program.

The menus are good and help you with stuff you may want to find, or things you didn’t know you wanted.

Alternatively? Escape X (M-xin “the lingo”): a type-to-find for certain kinds of commands Emacs can do. Can also list the keyboard combinations.