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From: Steven Arntson <steven@stevenarntson.com>
Subject: Re: Way OT: Xah Lee.
Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 19:24:59 -0700
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Ian Barton <lists@wilkesley.net> writes:

> Please feel free to delete this if you think it's not appropriate for
> the list.
>
> Many people will have read Xah Lee's excellent Emacs tutorials at
> http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/emacs.html and possibly seen his interview
> with Sacha Chua at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKPKWqvTImA
>
> Xah has contributed a lot to the Emacs community over the years, but
> is now going through a very hard time. See
> http://ergoemacs.org/misc/xah_as_good_as_dead.html
>
> If you think you can help either with food, employment, accommodation
> or cash see the above page for details.
>
> Ian.

Thanks for posting this. As a beginning emacs user, I've frequently
found myself on Xah's pages--he's also got some interesting historical
essays about the development of computer keyboards.

I noticed he's selling his "emacs tutorial" through for $15. I
bought it.

-steven