[lug] PHP and Emacs book recommendations?

[Bernard Johnston]

"Michael J. Hammel" wrote:
> 
> Thus spoke PC Drew
> > I don't want to sound mean, but I'd say http://www.php.net/manual and
> > http://www.phpbuilder.com
> >
> > I have yet to find a need for a book on PHP.  PHPs own documentation is
> > incredibly well done.  But, that's my opinion :)
> 
> Personal choice.  I hate online documentation.  My eyes are already tired
> from staring at monitors for 10+ hours a day, 20 years running.
> 
> Printed books (and even magazines) are still my preferred means of learning
> most new tools.  Online docs are just quick reference for me.
> 
> --
> Michael J. Hammel           |      Knowledge comes,
> The Graphics Muse           |      but wisdom lingers.
> mjhammel at graphics-muse.org  |            Tennyson, "Locksley Hall"
> http://www.graphics-muse.com
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They've done studies and found that paper is something like 100 times
more readable than monitors.

If all somebody wants is a very quick intro to emacs, just fire it up
and hit cntrl-h t in order to get the online tutorial, which is good
enough for almost all purposes. Otherwise the O'Reilly book is best.