The best way to stay motivated to learn emacs is to get benefits from it very quickly.
In my case, I was in undergrad school and my annoyance with MS word formatting led to latex. I did not want to learn all the keywords, so the latex mode helped me quickly to get over the hump.
In my case, I was in undergrad school and my annoyance with MS word formatting led to latex. I did not want to learn all the keywords, so the latex mode helped me quickly to get over the hump.
Check this out for creating html in emacs : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQAd41VAXWo
Pick your favorite language (something popular), load up the mode and get to work :)