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Stevey's Tech Talk E39 -- A guided tour of Emacs

Steve Yegge records himself working in Emacs and shows off about a dozen features in a roughly 45-minute screen capture. It is an informal, enthusiastic tour rather than a structured tutorial.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN people recommend it as an excellent, convincing overview of Emacs for newcomers and skeptics, shown by someone who clearly loves it.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Steve Yegge
Topic
emacs
Format
demo
Level
intro
HN recommenders in dataset
5
HN mentions in dataset
5
Recommendation years in dataset
2022–2024

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • I got inspired by an Emacs video [0] I found on HN and decided to (once again) try and learn to use it. A lot of emacs videos are tutorials and boring, but it was really cool to see some of the features from someone …

    bko on Hacker News · 2022-04
    In Ask HN: What Are You Up To? (April 2022)

  • For those who don't really know what Emacs is (besides being an editor), I found this overview video from Steve Yegge as excellent. I never used Emacs, so it was very informing for me: [VIDEO] One particular aspect that intrigued me: you can extend VS …

    323 on Hacker News · 2022-12
    In Emacs User Survey – 2022 Results

  • Two videos by Steve Yegge should be enough to convince the most dyed-in-the-wool anti-Emacser to consider re-evaluating their position. (Here is the first: [VIDEO] ). My top-tip, FWIW, is learning how to navigate the help system to the point that it drags you into the …

    ehecatl42 on Hacker News · 2023-03
    In Master Emacs in One Year

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