Here's a link to the actual productivity tips Xah suggests: http://xahlee.org/emacs/effective_emacs.html http://xahlee.org/emacs/effective_emacs.html Go Xah!

Here's a link to the actual productivity tips Xah suggests: http://xahlee.org/emacs/effective_emacs.html http://xahlee.org/emacs/effective_emacs.html Go Xah! EDIT: long ago I went nuts customizing emacs but have made a nearly complete recovery. Here are the only bindings I have a hard time doing without: (global-set-key "\C-h" 'delete-backward-char) (global-set-key "\M-^" 'query-replace-regexp) (global-set-key "\C-x:" 'goto-line) (global-set-key "\C-x\C-e" 'compile) (global-set-key (quote [f3]) (quote call-last-kbd-macro)) (global-set-key "^[ " (quote just-one-space))