Programming

How do I begin this post? By simply beginning :) Again! This probably is the fourth (or is it fifth) time, I’ll be attempting to learn how to program. And probably the same number of attempts at #100DaysOfCode. I did 47 days last time and 37 days before that. I will try my utmost to go the distance this time. Because even if I didn’t complete a full run, I still learnt tonnes from all my previous efforts. I do have a beginner’s grasp of Python. And I hope get even better, much better, this time. ...

Unlike #100DaysOfCode, I am not quite giving up on Emacs. Rather that it has turned out to be a habit that has fit in, quite well, and I don’t need this accountability any more. I use it for most of my prose (not code, yet.) This post, is in fact, written in Emacs :) I have not gained any modicum of knowledge by any means. But I have enough muscle memory and immersion, to make sure I will continue using Emacs for most writing I do. ...

Practiced moving around with the Emacs keys for 30 mins

Learnt all about movement and search today.

Too tired, so just worked my way through the Anki deck for a bit today.

Had an extremely busy day with studies today, so could not spend time learning much Emacs. Decided to do a little bit of plucking the low hanging fruit and customising Emacs a bit to my liking. I created an init.el file in the emacs.d folder in my home directory, to add all my custom stuff into. Adding Package Managers Yesterday, I had learnt, that I could install additional functionality by downloading extra Emacs packages from the GNU repo at ELPA. But since the FSF requires the authors to fork over their copyrights to them, (and most authors being justifiably, unwilling), most packages are found at third party package sites, like MELPA and the now discontinued Marmalade. ...