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Old 12-11-2016, 11:37 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by c0wb0y View Post
Well, you can actually. Hit 'v' and see.
Haha, awesome.
 
Old 12-11-2016, 06:39 PM   #17
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The best text editor I ever used was a 300-baud Teletype machine with a paper-tape reader.

(And, yes, koff koff... I actually used one. Once.)

DECWriters were so much nicer.
 
Old 12-11-2016, 09:54 PM   #18
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Well, someone has to represent emacs.

Just like others in the thread, I learned it first and it would be quite a bit of brain re-wiring to switch to vi. I like lisp and I frequently want to add formatting rules or commands. For example, if I press f5 twice it inserts:
cout << "debug point 0" << endl;
cout << "debug point 1" << endl;

I don't know if you can do that sort of thing in the vi family. I use the nox version with some basic mouse support and xsel stuff enabled.

I also keep a collection of sed commands handy for refactoring, and I basically have an IDE where I don't have to constantly move from file to file and expand classes, etc., to get to the code I want.
 
Old 12-12-2016, 09:24 AM   #19
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Well, someone has to represent emacs.

Just like others in the thread, I learned it first and it would be quite a bit of brain re-wiring to switch to vi. I like lisp and I frequently want to add formatting rules or commands. For example, if I press f5 twice it inserts:
cout << "debug point 0" << endl;
cout << "debug point 1" << endl;

I don't know if you can do that sort of thing in the vi family. I use the nox version with some basic mouse support and xsel stuff enabled.

I also keep a collection of sed commands handy for refactoring, and I basically have an IDE where I don't have to constantly move from file to file and expand classes, etc., to get to the code I want.
I've actually just decided to learn emacs on a lark. Coming from years of vim, lol. How foolish an idea is this?

Any tips for an absolute beginner to emacs?
 
Old 12-12-2016, 12:21 PM   #20
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I'm not a vim expert. But if that line is stored on register 'a' for example, you can:
Code:
"ap
or key-rebinding which I cant be bothered.
 
Old 12-12-2016, 02:25 PM   #21
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With automatic numbering, I don't know. Might be able to vimscript it, but I haven't yet taken the time to learn that either.
 
Old 12-12-2016, 08:19 PM   #22
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Well, you can actually. Hit 'v' and see.
Cool! Am I correct in thinking that that's a vi window that opens?
 
Old 12-12-2016, 08:41 PM   #23
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In Debian, it depends on the value of $EDITOR. In other distros, it depends on the user's default editor.
 
Old 12-13-2016, 01:16 PM   #24
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Any tips for an absolute beginner to emacs?
You're in for a lot of googling Other than that, F10 toggles the menu on and off. It's one way to browse commands and find settings.

Here are some snippets from my .emacs file that might be useful:
Code:
;;make tabs work right
(electric-indent-mode 0)
(c-set-offset 'case-label '+)

;; debug insert
(global-set-key (kbd "<f5>") 'my-cpp-debug)
(setq debug-num-cpp 0) 
(defun my-cpp-debug ()
  (interactive)
  (insert "cout << \"Debug point " (number-to-string debug-num-cpp) "\" << endl << flush;" )
  (setq debug-num-cpp (+ debug-num-cpp 1)))

;; Put autosave files (ie #foo#) and backup files (ie foo~) in ~/.emacs.d/.
(custom-set-variables
 '(auto-save-file-name-transforms '((".*" "~/.emacs.d/autosaves/\\1" t)))
 '(backup-directory-alist '((".*" . "~/.emacs.d/backups/"))))

;; create the autosave dir if necessary, since emacs won't.
(make-directory "~/.emacs.d/autosaves/" t)

;; use Shift+arrow_keys to move cursor around split panes
(windmove-default-keybindings)

;;clipboard
(setq x-select-enable-clipboard t)
(unless window-system
  (when (getenv "DISPLAY")
    (defun xsel-cut-function (text &optional push)
      (with-temp-buffer
	(insert text)
	(call-process-region (point-min) (point-max) "xsel" nil 0 nil "--clipboard" "--input")))
    (defun xsel-paste-function()
      (let ((xsel-output (shell-command-to-string "xsel --clipboard --output")))
	(unless (string= (car kill-ring) xsel-output)
	  xsel-output )))
    (setq interprogram-cut-function 'xsel-cut-function)
    (setq interprogram-paste-function 'xsel-paste-function)
     ))

;; poor man's refactoring
(defun query-replace-in-open-buffers (arg1 arg2)
  "query-replace in open files"
  (interactive "sQuery Replace in open Buffers: \nsquery with: ")
  (mapcar
   (lambda (x)
     (find-file x)
     (save-excursion
       (beginning-of-buffer)
       (query-replace arg1 arg2)))
   (delq
    nil
    (mapcar
     (lambda (x)
       (buffer-file-name x))
     (buffer-list)))))
(put 'downcase-region 'disabled nil)
Note that this is largely cobbled together from stackoverflow answers. I can replace the code with links if the moderators think it's necessary.
 
Old 12-13-2016, 01:35 PM   #25
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Also, some of the commands you'll probably use the most:
Code:
ctrl+x 0            Close all but one frame. That's a zero, not a capital o.
ctrl+x+f            Open file in new buffer
ctrl+x right arrow  Next buffer
ctrl+x left arrow   Last buffer
ctrl+x b            Type buffer (use tab to auto complete)
ctrl+s              Search forward for string
ctrl+r              Search backwards for string
ctrl+g              Quit whatever command you're doing
ctrl+w              Cut
alt+w               Copy
ctrl+y              Paste
ctrl+space          Start selecting (note that you can turn on basic mouse support, even in the nox version, to select that way)
 
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Old 12-16-2016, 09:29 AM   #26
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I've actually just decided to learn emacs on a lark. Coming from years of vim, lol. How foolish an idea is this?

Any tips for an absolute beginner to emacs?
Great video tutorials on emacs here on youtube. I have been following along on them and have learned a good bit. It also has a great built in tutorial as well.

Here is a game to play to learn VIM VIM Adventures
 
Old 12-16-2016, 10:43 AM   #27
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Cool! Am I correct in thinking that that's a vi window that opens?
options!
Code:
export EDITOR="vi"
 
Old 12-16-2016, 10:48 AM   #28
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fat_Elvis View Post
I've actually just decided to learn emacs on a lark. Coming from years of vim, lol. How foolish an idea is this?

Any tips for an absolute beginner to emacs?
This could be interesting for you: From Vim to Emacs in Fourteen Days
 
Old 12-16-2016, 01:19 PM   #29
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Stick with vi/vim as it is on (nearly) every system that runs Linux, BSD, or other unix.

Emacs is more like a mini desktop environment!
 
Old 12-16-2016, 09:20 PM   #30
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I forgot about v.
 
  


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