Comments on: Making Emacs More Firendly http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/12/making-emacs-more-firendly/ Utterly random, incoherent and disjointed rants and ramblings... Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:30:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/12/making-emacs-more-firendly/#comment-7363 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:49:14 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/12/making-emacs-more-firendly/#comment-7363 I can confirm that, "gI" works. Thanks for that tip! I can confirm that, “gI” works. Thanks for that tip!

]]> by: Ian Clifton http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/12/making-emacs-more-firendly/#comment-7362 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:54:07 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/12/making-emacs-more-firendly/#comment-7362 @ths Try "gI" for inserting at the left most column @ths Try “gI” for inserting at the left most column

]]> by: ths http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/12/making-emacs-more-firendly/#comment-7352 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:09:48 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/12/making-emacs-more-firendly/#comment-7352 emacs was my standard editor on OS/2, when I was developing software with gcc. The C developer mode is so great and convenient, both when you call make, and when you use gdb to debug things. I think I made acquaintance with emacs at 18.51 in university, and on OS/2 I used em's great port of 19.something. At work usually the unix OS people I have to rely on don't bother installing anything else, so I have to stick with vi, and eventually I grow to like it (but I needed some years for this to happen). My bash/ksh command line is still in Emacs mode, not vi mode ;) Only recently I discovered the quite convenient subcommand "t" for "to" (delete to character, works like the "f" and "F", e.g. d t % deletes upto and not including the next percent char). I'd still like to know how to switch on insert mode at column 1. "I" only inserts before the first non-whitespace; sometimes I definitely want to insert leftmost (e.g. a comment character). emacs was my standard editor on OS/2, when I was developing software with gcc. The C developer mode is so great and convenient, both when you call make, and when you use gdb to debug things.
I think I made acquaintance with emacs at 18.51 in university, and on OS/2 I used em’s great port of 19.something.
At work usually the unix OS people I have to rely on don’t bother installing anything else, so I have to stick with vi, and eventually I grow to like it (but I needed some years for this to happen).
My bash/ksh command line is still in Emacs mode, not vi mode )

Only recently I discovered the quite convenient subcommand “t” for “to” (delete to character, works like the “f” and “F”, e.g. d t % deletes upto and not including the next percent char).
I’d still like to know how to switch on insert mode at column 1. “I” only inserts before the first non-whitespace; sometimes I definitely want to insert leftmost (e.g. a comment character).

]]> by: Jake http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/12/making-emacs-more-firendly/#comment-7351 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:17:27 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/12/making-emacs-more-firendly/#comment-7351 Well, I like Emacs well enough, but I've grown away from it during the last few months. I usually use Kate while under a GUI and jed under a terminal... jed is close enough to Emacs though, right? Well, I like Emacs well enough, but I’ve grown away from it during the last few months. I usually use Kate while under a GUI and jed under a terminal… jed is close enough to Emacs though, right?

]]> by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/12/making-emacs-more-firendly/#comment-7348 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:43:50 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/12/making-emacs-more-firendly/#comment-7348 LOL! I have also heard you can go blind if you emacs too much. :P Anyway, I'm planning to balance on the fine edge between the dark and the light side - vim is still my default text editor for almost everything, while I'm planning to use emacs for certain specialized tasks like Lisp... And maybe LaTex. LOL!

I have also heard you can go blind if you emacs too much. P

Anyway, I’m planning to balance on the fine edge between the dark and the light side - vim is still my default text editor for almost everything, while I’m planning to use emacs for certain specialized tasks like Lisp… And maybe LaTex.

]]> by: Ian Clifton http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/12/making-emacs-more-firendly/#comment-7347 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:17:18 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/12/making-emacs-more-firendly/#comment-7347 Noooo, don't go to the dark side. Stay with Vim! If you start using emacs, your ctrl key will break ;) Also, you might want to double-check your title. It's 75% correct :D Noooo, don’t go to the dark side. Stay with Vim! If you start using emacs, your ctrl key will break )

Also, you might want to double-check your title. It’s 75% correct D

]]> by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/12/making-emacs-more-firendly/#comment-7344 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:56:40 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/12/making-emacs-more-firendly/#comment-7344 Actually in vim I usually just dd or yank a line, and paste it with p. Otherwise I just copy and paste with the mouse. But I just didn't feel like learning yet another way of copying and pasting for Emacs. :P Actually in vim I usually just dd or yank a line, and paste it with p. Otherwise I just copy and paste with the mouse. But I just didn’t feel like learning yet another way of copying and pasting for Emacs. P

]]> by: jambarama http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/12/making-emacs-more-firendly/#comment-7343 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:36:12 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/12/making-emacs-more-firendly/#comment-7343 Vi user myself (I've never gotten into lisp), but I can sympathize. I installed Cream, which makes Vi take "normal" shortcuts. This helped my productivity noticeably as well. Vi user myself (I’ve never gotten into lisp), but I can sympathize. I installed Cream, which makes Vi take “normal” shortcuts. This helped my productivity noticeably as well.

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