Xah Emacs Blog Archive 2012-06
Emacs Defect. file-relative-name fail on some MS Windows Styled Path
See: Emacs Misc Bugs.
Emacs Command to Copy Rectangle to Clipboard
See: Emacs: Edit Column Text, Rectangle.
Electric pair mode, see: Emacs 24 (Released 2012-06)
Controversy of Common Lisp Package in Emacs Lisp
Discovered a great hand exercise toy. “Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty”. Buy at amazon
Updated: ELisp: Get Command Line Arguments (thanks to Jon Snader)
Emacs 24 Changes: {beginning-of-defun, end-of-defun} in {C, C++} modes. See: Emacs 24 (Released 2012-06)
Emacs: to Mouse or Not to Mouse?
[Bill Meahan https://plus.google.com/108397496346143734242/posts], a veteran of emacs users and veteran programer back to 1960s, in a comment said he usually don't mouse in emacs. That is true for me too. Come to think of it, to be honest i do use mouse when i want to adjust the different window or frame sizes (I do this perhaps once a day). I think i also use mouse to scroll sometimes (probably hourly). Another instance where sometimes i use mouse is when browsing info doc for long session.
Emacs culture usually sticks to keyboard only. Though, i remember one time i was surprised reading on gnu.emacs.help where i think a experienced emacs user uses mouse for text selection. I think this might be more common before emacs 23 had move by visual line.
There's not much data about how average emacs users (who may never read emacs online forums) may or may not use mouse. So, i'd like to ask this to you all.
Do you use mouse in emacs? for what operation?
Comment at my blogger
http://xahlee.blogspot.com/2012/06/emacs-to-mouse-or-not-to-mouse.html
or
https://plus.google.com/b/113859563190964307534/113859563190964307534/posts/69AnFyAwvGL
or
[ https://twitter.com/ErgoEmacs ]
update: moved into a page: Emacs: kill-buffer Induces Buffer Accumulation
Update, new page: Emacs Keys Summary: M-x, C-x, C-c.
Emacs 24 is out. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-06/msg00164.html
See also: Emacs 24 (Released 2012-06). I'll add a new item there every few days.
Nice Text Column Commands in cua-mode
See: Emacs: Edit Column Text, Rectangle.
emacs URL decode functions problems. See: Emacs Misc Bugs.
Emacs 24 Package System Problems
major correction. The A- notation in emacs actually refers to the Alt key. See: A Curious Look at Emacs One Thousand Keybindings
Update: A Text Editor Feature: Extend Selection by Semantic Unit
Recently, installed smex mode. When you call a emacs command, smex lists candidates as you type, similar to {ibuffer, ido} modes.
It's excellent. If you haven't already, install it. Once you install, you need to assign it a shortcut. Example:
(global-set-key (kbd "<apps>") 'smex) ; make the Menu key do M-x on Windows. (global-set-key (kbd "<menu>") 'smex) ; make the Menu key do M-x on Linux.