This is a bit of a general question, but I figure there are probably few developers that use the wise, aged Vim and Emacs more than Perl coders. Vim has always come easily to me, but I keep reading that Emacs can handle code more intelligently, etc. I'm a Mac TextMate user, so the extensive and purportedly easy customization offered by Emacs is very appealing as well.

It seems that Vim's reputation as having a steep learning curve has spurred Vim proponents to write numerous excellent guides for new users. However, for Emacs, I can't get beyond simple text editing, saving files, etc. I haven't found any good guides to Emacs that explain the ecosystem, good coding helpers, and other useful information for a new user: Everything I'm finding is way too comprehensive, and if I'm going to use this editor I need to be able to work in the environment relatively well early on.

Also, will Emacs answer my needs for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, Perl, and Python coding? Especially when, for example, HTML and CSS, or PHP and HTML are mixed in a file?

Thanks!

In reply to Getting into Emacs? by tmallen

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