emacs-package-dev-handbook VS mw-thesaurus.el

Some Elisp libraries already exist that implement CSS/XPath-style selectors. I catalogued some at https://github.com/alphapapa/emacs-package-dev-handbook

Yeah, that's Solarized Dark using https://github.com/alphapapa/org-html-theme-darksun. Looking at your site, I'm thinking that I ought to do a Solarized Light version too. The handbook is also viewable on GitHub, which may be more readable in some ways: https://github.com/alphapapa/emacs-package-dev-handbook

The emacs package developer handbook may have some tidbits of information for you: https://github.com/alphapapa/emacs-package-dev-handbook

Write a few scripts in elisp to get used to the language. Learn various elisp concepts and write programs that use them. Some examples could be to write hooks, learn how to make minor and major modes, make an http request, write macros, make charts, learn how to implement your own version of doctor, tetris, dunnet, or whatever else sounds interesting to you. These could be interesting to look through to see what's out there: https://github.com/p3r7/awesome-elisp#org-mode-outlines https://github.com/alphapapa/emacs-package-dev-handbook

Also found emacs-package-dev-handbook from /u/alphapapa. I haven't looked through it in detail yet, but given his quality of work I imagine it's worth looking into.

I checked the book's TOC and was surprised to see that lexical scoping was introduced in the last chapter.

https://github.com/alphapapa/emacs-package-dev-handbook#lexi... says using lexical scoping is a best practice.

I think you should learn what you want to learn, consult this reference to learn basic syntax and consult the emacs package dev handbook to learn how to use / do certain things.

Sure, see https://github.com/alphapapa/emacs-package-dev-handbook

I've spent a fair amount of time researching all of the existing online options and the Collins English Thesaurus is by far one of the best:

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english-thes...

They also still offer a generous free-tier for their API, unlike Oxford, which discontinued its free-tier after introducing version 2 of their API.

When I find some more free time, I plan to modify the org-mode emacs package for the Merriam-Webster's thesaurus to use the Collins API:

https://github.com/agzam/mw-thesaurus.el

Carefulwords.com looks nice and improves on existing website-based thesauri in terms of usability, but for many writers, having the thesaurus built into their writing tool (e.g., emacs) is a far more efficient option.

I have made two dictionaries for looking up words based on mw-thesaurus.el. I am not a Elisp pro, so this package is not perfect. Let me know how you think about this and any suggestions on improving.