Xah Emacs Blog Archive 2015-10
Emacs: Move Cursor to Bracket 🚀
Updated code for moving cursor to quotes. You should give them a key, such as Ctrl+7, Ctrl+8.
in Xah Fly Keys, the keys are [ and ] in command mode.
Also, i got several complaints about the nav bar animation on this site. Now it's gone. Instead, the nav bar is at the bottom.
And, the home page ErgoEmacs is also cleaned up.
Emacs: Batch Rename Files old feature. Super useful. I use it few times a day.
Does Lisp Macro Change Syntax? What's Lisp Reader?. A look at what Racket, Clojure, Common Lisp, says.
I like to push my JavaScript tutorial one more time.
I'm not afraid to proclaim, it is the best JavaScript tutorial in English language (possibly ONLY after the Rhino book, and ONLY that book.). In terms of clarity, concision, concreteness, correctness, and depth. And with code examples illustrating every point.
Tutorial, when done well, there are still many perspectives, approach, and writing style. Which one you like depends on your preference. Have a look at mine. Thanks.
emacs elfeed still have relative link bug in atom feed. ☹ https://github.com/skeeto/elfeed/issues/37
by the way, elfeed is a excellent RSS reader.
I've modified my blog so it uses full URL instead of relative links.
Emacs Keys: Key Sequence (major update)
Emacs: Backup Current File 🚀 (added a new function, that does backup and save together)
Emacs: New Empty Buffer 🚀. Minor updated page. Extremely convenient. Recommended.
for ido, you don't need extra package to make it display vertical. See Emacs: Switch Buffer (minor update)
Emacs: List Buffers. emacs basics. Minor update.
racket lisp language, and emacs racket-mode, is superb.
it's been a month! New version of tutorial is out.
Buy, recommend, Thanks! Buy Xah Emacs Tutorial.
Updated version will be sent out tomorrow.
search and highlight text in emacs
several updates.
Emacs: Search Current Word 🚀. This is the most useful. It replaces isearch 50% of time.
Emacs: Search Text in Current File (minor update)
learn racket scheme lisp in 5 minutes. Xah Racket Notes
Emacs Init: Dired Config (updated. dired-hide-details-mode screenshots and how to set it as default)
reddit new subreddit, for emacs-fu
there's a new subreddit, for emacs-fu, vim-golf, like of topics. Such as, i do such and such this way, how do you do it?
if you use evil-mode, ergoemacs-mode, Xah Fly Keys, god-mode, hydra, key-chord, etc, then it's for you.
learn a new thing. In dired, try dired-hide-details-mode.
thx to [Rene Froger https://plus.google.com/118439081903796767551/posts]
see also Emacs: File Manager, dired
emacs kungfu fight-to-the-death!
Emacs: Move Cursor to Bracket 🚀 (updated)
xah-backward-left-bracket is my 20th most frequently used command.
here's my “keyfreq-show” output:
1 468031 25.26% self-insert-command 2 127493 6.88% next-line t 3 101031 5.45% mwheel-scroll 4 97262 5.25% previous-line c 5 89803 4.85% subword-forward r 6 77884 4.20% subword-backward g 7 72057 3.89% xah-beginning-of-line-or-block d 8 51249 2.77% xah-end-of-line-or-block s 9 38704 2.09% isearch-printing-char 10 33349 1.80% xfk-command-mode-activate 11 33128 1.79% yank k 12 28310 1.53% newline RET 13 27811 1.50% xfk-insert-mode-activate 14 27113 1.46% delete-backward-char e 15 25247 1.36% save-buffer b 16 24240 1.31% xah-cut-line-or-region j 17 22550 1.22% xah-close-current-buffer <f14> 18 20460 1.10% xah-backward-left-bracket m 19 20077 1.08% subword-backward-kill . 20 15630 0.84% xah-shrink-whitespaces , 21 14205 0.77% xah-fly-command-mode-activate <home> 22 13218 0.71% handle-switch-frame <switch-frame> 23 13191 0.71% subword-kill p 24 12613 0.68% backward-char h 25 12275 0.66% open-line o 26 12232 0.66% isearch-repeat-forward 27 11897 0.64% xah-fly-insert-mode-activate SPC 28 11256 0.61% undo-tree-undo f 29 10782 0.58% forward-char n 30 10606 0.57% isearch-exit 31 10100 0.55% isearch-forward x g 32 9277 0.50% xah-forward-right-bracket v 33 9234 0.50% org-self-insert-command 34 8317 0.45% xah-extend-selection 1 35 7992 0.43% xah-copy-line-or-region q 36 7781 0.42% other-window w 37 7389 0.40% delete-other-windows 3 38 7068 0.38% ido-exit-minibuffer 39 6628 0.36% delete-char u 40 6046 0.33% set-mark-command y 41 5657 0.31% xah-select-current-line 2 42 5452 0.29% xah-next-user-buffer <f12> 43 5295 0.29% xah-html-wrap-html-tag 44 5219 0.28% xah-select-text-in-quote 9 45 5104 0.28% xah-browse-url-of-buffer 46 4945 0.27% exit-minibuffer 47 4935 0.27% xah-select-current-block 6 48 4718 0.25% xah-open-file-path-under-cursor
Many emacs experts, use paredit, smartparen, ace-jump, expand-selection, and evil-mode, god-mode, hydra.
i don't use any of that. Just Xah Fly Keys
I openly challenge anyone to efficiency contest, in real time.
email me or tweet to me on social networks. We can setup a private video chat just to compare notes.
challenge, as in kungfu fight-to-the-death!
Emacs: Run Current File 🚀 (updated code. Now, it'll prompt for save for non-file buffers)