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Though I favored emacs over vi in college, it was my friend Ian was the one that turned me on to emacs. He's the one that said to me, "emacs isn't just a text
by iamwil 18y ago
Though I favored emacs over vi in college, it was my friend Ian was the one that turned me on to emacs. He's the one that said to me, "emacs isn't just a text editor, it's a way of life." For lent, he gave up emacs.
Anyway, I was hoping to see other things, but they were mostly clicky plugins, rather than little hidden ways to use emacs. What I found to be pretty powerful with emacs are stuff like using search to navigate, instead of the arrows, or replacing a regex across multiple files (albeit it's a long procedure). And even more so, you can edit these behaviors with eLisp if it's not to your liking. However, I wish there was a distribution package for elisp modules, rather than just cutting and pasting them off the web.
- elq 18y ago> I wish there was a distribution package for elisp modules, rather than just cutting and pasting them off the web. http://tromey.com/elpa/ http://tromey.com/elpa/
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- parbo 18y agoYes! M-x install-module http://foo.com/bar http://foo.com/bar would totally rock.
- jaaron 18y agoYou mean like elpa? http://tromey.com/elpa/ http://tromey.com/elpa/
- gne1963 18y agoI could never give up emacs for lent... diet pepsi, coffee, and vi, maybe, but never emacs.