convore.json/groups/emacs/what-do-newbies-need-to-know/messages.json

[{"user_id": 218, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296349206.257664, "message": "We can all get lost in how customizable emacs is.. What are the minimum things that a newbie needs to know.", "group_id": 83, "id": 37793}, {"user_id": 216, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296356725.3782749, "message": "I need to go back and look at the minimum, but my issue with Emacs is that it's too much fun to customize. It started getting distracting", "group_id": 83, "id": 38097}, {"user_id": 216, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296357624.176271, "message": "wtf, is this posted somewhere?", "group_id": 83, "id": 38134}, {"user_id": 216, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296357640.9616621, "message": "how many plugins?", "group_id": 83, "id": 38135}, {"user_id": 216, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296356758.709945, "message": "I think a good list (and not the github repo that gets you started with emacs) of minimal requirements to use emacs would be very helpful", "group_id": 83, "id": 38098}, {"user_id": 218, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296357703.225462, "message": "I'm running the devel copy from the git mirror which removes the need for color themes, so I would add that for v23", "group_id": 83, "id": 38140}, {"user_id": 218, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296357747.53479, "message": "I'm making an effort to use the things already in emacs, when possible.", "group_id": 83, "id": 38141}, {"user_id": 218, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296358481.90346, "message": "I think that's the point about why its not good to have sprawling configs, no?", "group_id": 83, "id": 38170}, {"user_id": 218, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296358513.7119069, "message": "gotcha.", "group_id": 83, "id": 38172}, {"user_id": 218, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296357665.624476, "message": "plugins are: autocomplete mode, magit.", "group_id": 83, "id": 38136}, {"user_id": 218, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296357824.8112831, "message": "http://paste.lisp.org/display/119177", "group_id": 83, "id": 38148}, {"user_id": 216, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296358408.2670131, "message": "\"today\", yes. That would be enough", "group_id": 83, "id": 38164}, {"user_id": 216, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296358432.7127399, "message": "i think defunkt has some posts out there about it.", "group_id": 83, "id": 38166}, {"user_id": 218, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296357832.697401, "message": "egg is fine. its just a fork of magit.", "group_id": 83, "id": 38149}, {"user_id": 218, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296357837.796577, "message": "magit has gotten a lot better recently though.", "group_id": 83, "id": 38150}, {"user_id": 218, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296357842.452903, "message": "I'd suggest trying it out again.", "group_id": 83, "id": 38151}, {"user_id": 218, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296358332.9266911, "message": "ie: if it just has feature pairity with textmate.. is that enough?", "group_id": 83, "id": 38163}, {"user_id": 216, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296358484.7690401, "message": "no, meaning that that is all anyone is looking for.", "group_id": 83, "id": 38171}, {"user_id": 218, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296357552.8390739, "message": "I'm currently using a config that's 122 lines, which if I remove just my preferences its down to 40 lines", "group_id": 83, "id": 38126}, {"user_id": 218, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296357584.600528, "message": "I was considering making an in-emacs tutorial.. not sure how much effort it is.", "group_id": 83, "id": 38131}, {"user_id": 216, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296357687.690522, "message": "Here's mine, been a while since it's been updated though: https://github.com/asenchi/emacs", "group_id": 83, "id": 38139}, {"user_id": 218, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296357766.4258809, "message": "autocomplete isn't as good as I thought it would be.", "group_id": 83, "id": 38143}, {"user_id": 216, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296357779.4907949, "message": "right, perhaps i should look at it again and start shredding some things", "group_id": 83, "id": 38144}, {"user_id": 216, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296357789.7097909, "message": "i liked egg better than magit", "group_id": 83, "id": 38145}, {"user_id": 218, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296357937.363251, "message": "All of this pro-vim stuff going around has me a little defensive, tbh. :)", "group_id": 83, "id": 38153}, {"user_id": 218, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296357975.775085, "message": "I think emacs gets a bad rap for the key bindings. You could use it just as easily use it like you use textmate", "group_id": 83, "id": 38156}, {"user_id": 216, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296357992.461545, "message": "yep, in fact TM copies more of emacs than vim", "group_id": 83, "id": 38157}, {"user_id": 216, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296357999.838167, "message": "i've never understood that argument tbh", "group_id": 83, "id": 38158}, {"user_id": 218, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296358317.9036391, "message": "How encompassing does the default config need to be?", "group_id": 83, "id": 38162}, {"user_id": 216, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296358546.34322, "message": "in 3 years, emacs and vim will be competing with some other editor that may have different requirements. But if you want to compete with the vim love, all you've got to do is show Emacs in Textmate clothing", "group_id": 83, "id": 38174}, {"user_id": 218, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296357760.2968299, "message": "magit is the only thing that I really *have* to have that isn't built in.", "group_id": 83, "id": 38142}, {"user_id": 216, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296357916.0427041, "message": "i have thought recently i need to try emacs again. i used it for a year and a half", "group_id": 83, "id": 38152}, {"user_id": 216, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296357959.8020999, "message": "well i still love vim, but i love lisp and like to be \"close\" to it :)", "group_id": 83, "id": 38155}, {"user_id": 218, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296358464.5395839, "message": "what do you mean \"today\"?", "group_id": 83, "id": 38168}, {"user_id": 218, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296358470.2575791, "message": "meaning the config should grow?", "group_id": 83, "id": 38169}, {"user_id": 242, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296685267.8689499, "message": "Textmate clothing?  So http://code.google.com/p/autopair/ ?", "group_id": 83, "id": 43075}, {"user_id": 218, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1296685317.055716, "message": "nice. thx.", "group_id": 83, "id": 43079}, {"user_id": 1715, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1297358432.8819251, "message": "I recently switched from vim to emacs.  Currently I'm using vimpulse though since I really like the vim modal keybinding model.", "group_id": 83, "id": 71627}, {"user_id": 277, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1297360584.5518789, "message": "i too came from vi... not vim, but old school vi. :)", "group_id": 83, "id": 72062}, {"user_id": 218, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1297360512.898169, "message": "I made the decision when I switched from vim to emacs (after 5 years of vim), that learning the native tongue was a good idea b/c forcing a conceptual model of how thing work into somewhere foreign, is a recipe for confusion/disaster.", "group_id": 83, "id": 72046}, {"user_id": 277, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1297360508.926182, "message": "@alfborge why vimpulse and not viper-mode?", "group_id": 83, "id": 72045}, {"user_id": 1715, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1297361819.0607691, "message": "@apgwoz because I came from vim, not vi.  viper-mode doesn't support a lot of the stuff I've got in my muscle memory from vim", "group_id": 83, "id": 72298}, {"user_id": 1715, "stars": [], "topic_id": 1449, "date_created": 1297361893.488615, "message": "@justinlilly I started by learning the native tongue.  After a few months I tried vimpulse though and I don't regret it; even though it's not perfect.", "group_id": 83, "id": 72309}]