Comments on: Emacs: my first achievements, frustrations and impressions http://gnapse.com/blog/2009/07/17/emacs-my-first-achievements-frustrations-and-impressions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=emacs-my-first-achievements-frustrations-and-impressions whatever comes to my mind Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:56:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: ernesto http://gnapse.com/blog/2009/07/17/emacs-my-first-achievements-frustrations-and-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-109 ernesto Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:29:33 +0000 http://gnapse.com/blog/?p=50#comment-109 Thanks Francois and Borbus for your comments and suggestions. However, I am forcefully not using emacs for the time being, because I got involved in a project related to iPhone development, which kind of forces me to use xcode (not even textmate). But the mere fact that I finally acquired a Mac+TextMate makes it difficult that I ever go back to emacs. I do have Aquamacs installed right now, just in case, but as I said, I haven't had the time, not even to use TextMate. Thanks anyway for your tips, they could come handy in the future. Thanks Francois and Borbus for your comments and suggestions. However, I am forcefully not using emacs for the time being, because I got involved in a project related to iPhone development, which kind of forces me to use xcode (not even textmate). But the mere fact that I finally acquired a Mac+TextMate makes it difficult that I ever go back to emacs. I do have Aquamacs installed right now, just in case, but as I said, I haven’t had the time, not even to use TextMate.

Thanks anyway for your tips, they could come handy in the future.

]]> By: Borbus http://gnapse.com/blog/2009/07/17/emacs-my-first-achievements-frustrations-and-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Borbus Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:49:03 +0000 http://gnapse.com/blog/?p=50#comment-108 Use shell for a normal bash shell. eshell is good because it is implemented in emacs lisp so it works on systems without bash. I use shell when I can though. Why kill buffers. I use midnight-mode to clean up buffers I haven't used in a while, other than that I mostly just leave them since they don't get in the way. Sometimes I do close all buffers after finished a project for example, ido-mode comes to the rescue, you can kill buffers from it with just C-k. Get out of the habit of using the up-arrow etc. use the main section of the keyboard only, it's much faster. The default in emacs for previous is M-p. As you use emacs more, you love it more. Use shell for a normal bash shell. eshell is good because it is implemented in emacs lisp so it works on systems without bash. I use shell when I can though.

Why kill buffers. I use midnight-mode to clean up buffers I haven’t used in a while, other than that I mostly just leave them since they don’t get in the way. Sometimes I do close all buffers after finished a project for example, ido-mode comes to the rescue, you can kill buffers from it with just C-k.

Get out of the habit of using the up-arrow etc. use the main section of the keyboard only, it’s much faster. The default in emacs for previous is M-p.

As you use emacs more, you love it more.

]]> By: Francois http://gnapse.com/blog/2009/07/17/emacs-my-first-achievements-frustrations-and-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Francois Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:18:06 +0000 http://gnapse.com/blog/?p=50#comment-17 try ansi-term or multi-term in place of eshell you will not be disapointed try ansi-term or multi-term in place of eshell you will not be disapointed

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