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: Manipulate Column Text, string-rectangle, ASCII-Art.
Electric pair mode, see: New Features in Emacs 24
Controversy of Common Lisp Package in Emacs Lisp
Discovered a great hand exercise toy. “Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty”. amazon
Updated: Emacs Lisp: Getting Command Line Arguments (thanks to Jon Snader)
Emacs 24 Changes: {beginning-of-defun, end-of-defun} in {C, C++} modes. See: New Features in Emacs 24
Emacs: to Mouse or Not to Mouse?
Bill Meahan, 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 at g+ or at twitter @ErgoEmacs.
update: moved into a page: Emacs: kill-buffer Induces Buffer Accumulation
Update, new page: Emacs Keys Summery: M-x, C-x, C-c.
Emacs Regex Affair
spent good part of the past 2 days on this.
See also: Your Regex Brain.
Emacs 24 is out. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-06/msg00164.html
See also: New Features in Emacs 24. I'll add a new item there every few days.
Nice Text Column Commands in cua-mode
See: Emacs: Manipulate Column Text, string-rectangle, ASCII-Art.
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 GNU Emacs's 1000+ Default Keybinding
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/Apps key do M-x on Windows. (global-set-key (kbd "<menu>") 'smex) ; make the Menu/Apps key do M-x on Linux.
Edward O'Connor (aka hober) vs Xah Lee
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