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...People do that? Make emacs work for you; don't work for it! There's nothing wrong with using the arrow keys. There's nothing wrong with remapping return to

by rcfox 16y ago

...People do that? Make emacs work for you; don't work for it! There's nothing wrong with using the arrow keys. There's nothing wrong with remapping return to do newline and indent. Heck, if you want to use the standard C-c, C-v, C-x for copy, paste, cut, there's a mode for that too. (http://www.emacswiki.org/CuaMode http://www.emacswiki.org/CuaMode) Put your .emacs and .emacs.d somewhere easily accessible and updateable, like GitHub or Dropbox, and you don't have to worry about not knowing the default settings.

sliverstorm 16y ago
There's something to be said for complying with default settings. I know there are people out there who only ever work on their own machines, but I find that when I'm hopping around on 100+ different boxes I don't own it's worth the trouble to live by the default mappings and behaviors.
- m0nastic 16y ago
  I used this as a rationale for learning VIM 15 years ago. The overwhelming majority of machines I've accessed haven't had Emacs installed, so I'm not sure if there's a huge problem with remapping your Emacs config to be something that works for you. Part of me also thinks this is similar to the argument for buying a sedan over a coupe. For me personally, the number of times I've had to transport someone in the back seat isn't nearly sufficient to justify purchasing a vehicle with that in mind. I don't know if suffering through the default bindings is worth the pain for the once in a blue moon that you'll be using a different system that has Emacs installed.
- stuhacking 16y ago
  This is why you can do: (load-file "/<user>@<host>:~/.emacs") (Assuming your 100+ machines are capable of reaching your home directory in some way (ssh, ftp, ...). If not, you could also put your desired emacs init in a publicly accessible location.) Edit: Or put a copy on a USB drive, or diskette, or floppy.
  - sliverstorm 16y ago
    (Half the time a given box didn't even have network access)
  - pdelgallego 16y ago
    Or even simpler, just upload your .emacs (even better, all the dot-files) to github so you can load or clone them anytime.
- mhd 16y ago
  "Emacs actually comes with a builting Emacs Aptitude Test. Do you remap your keyboard or the Emacs keybindings before the chords and sequences it comes with by default have wreaked havoc with your hands?" -- Erik Naggum[1] [1]: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/msg/f499cca6b478260f?dmode=source&output=gplain http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/msg/f499cca6b4...

by rcfox 16y ago

sliverstorm 16y ago

There's something to be said for complying with default settings. I know there are people out there who only ever work on their own machines, but I find that when I'm hopping around on 100+ different boxes I don't own it's worth the trouble to live by the default mappings and behaviors.

m0nastic 16y ago
I used this as a rationale for learning VIM 15 years ago. The overwhelming majority of machines I've accessed haven't had Emacs installed, so I'm not sure if there's a huge problem with remapping your Emacs config to be something that works for you. Part of me also thinks this is similar to the argument for buying a sedan over a coupe. For me personally, the number of times I've had to transport someone in the back seat isn't nearly sufficient to justify purchasing a vehicle with that in mind. I don't know if suffering through the default bindings is worth the pain for the once in a blue moon that you'll be using a different system that has Emacs installed.
stuhacking 16y ago
This is why you can do: (load-file "/<user>@<host>:~/.emacs") (Assuming your 100+ machines are capable of reaching your home directory in some way (ssh, ftp, ...). If not, you could also put your desired emacs init in a publicly accessible location.) Edit: Or put a copy on a USB drive, or diskette, or floppy.
- sliverstorm 16y ago
  (Half the time a given box didn't even have network access)
- pdelgallego 16y ago
  Or even simpler, just upload your .emacs (even better, all the dot-files) to github so you can load or clone them anytime.
mhd 16y ago
"Emacs actually comes with a builting Emacs Aptitude Test. Do you remap your keyboard or the Emacs keybindings before the chords and sequences it comes with by default have wreaked havoc with your hands?" -- Erik Naggum[1] [1]: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/msg/f499cca6b478260f?dmode=source&output=gplain http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/msg/f499cca6b4...