From: len
Subject: I want to learn lisp
Date: 
Message-ID: <1142204681.145977.92840@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>
Hello all:

First I want you to understand I Googled and searched through the
newsgroups before posting this request and either couldn't find what I
was looking for or didn't know enough about emacs and clisp to
understand I had found it.

Basicly I have been programming since 1974 in IBM 360/370 assembler,
various forms of Cobol and in the PC environment a little basic, C,
python, ruby, and Clarion Topspeed in Windows environment.  All of the
work I get paid for (my day job) is in writing business system such as
accounting, order entry, car insurance system, etc.  I have read a lot
of interesting things in the news groups that have made me curious
about lisp.

I have downloaded and installed Ubuntu on my laptop (dual boot with
XP).  In addition, I have downloaded and installed emacs and GNU Clisp
on the laptop under Ubuntu.  I have gone through the emacs online
tutorial.  I can run the Clisp interactive terminal and played.  I have
purchased the book "ANSI Common Lisp" by Paul Graham.  I read through
one posting that skimmed through briefly setting up emacs to run the
Alego Lisp.

I think what I need now is some tutorial on the more advanced features
of emacs related to setting up a Lisp programming environment.

Any recommendations on books free or $, online tutorials welcomed

Len
From: Pascal Bourguignon
Subject: Re: I want to learn lisp
Date: 
Message-ID: <87wtezmetd.fsf@thalassa.informatimago.com>
"len" <······@comcast.net> writes:
> I think what I need now is some tutorial on the more advanced features
> of emacs related to setting up a Lisp programming environment.
>
> Any recommendations on books free or $, online tutorials welcomed

For a more advanced lisp programming environment with emacs, check slime.
http://common-lisp.net/project/slime/doc/html/slime.html

You'll get all the pointers you want from: http://www.cliki.net/index
http://www.cliki.net/Education
http://www.cliki.net/Practical%20Common%20Lisp
http://www.cliki.net/Favorite%20Lisp%20books
etc...

-- 
__Pascal Bourguignon__                     http://www.informatimago.com/
You never feed me.
Perhaps I'll sleep on your face.
That will sure show you.
From: ········@gmail.com
Subject: Re: I want to learn lisp
Date: 
Message-ID: <1142295582.805706.135520@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com>
>I think what I need now is some tutorial
>on the more advanced features
>of emacs related to setting up a Lisp
>programming environment.
>
>Any recommendations on books free or
>$, online tutorials welcomed

I recommend concentrating on learning emacs and learning lisp.
Eventually the two will come together.

The LispWorks trial comes with a toy IDE for both windows and linux.
This is more than enough to get you started playing with cl.

Eventually check out

    http://common-lisp.net/project/lispbox/

good luck

Nick
comp.lang.lisp / 2006 / mar