Emacs adventures - a couple of things I’ve learned

Emacs adventures - a couple of things I’ve learned(hcoder.org)

56 points by sverrejoh 14 years ago | 7 comments

ww520 14 years ago |

One way to learn Emacs is to study other people's .emacs files. The stuffs there usually address real world problems people facing. I always learn something new when looking at other .emacs files.

thinkingeric 14 years ago |

He doesn't mention emacs-starter-kit, so as a community service, I'm pointing it out. I had used Emacs for a long time, and switching to this made my life much easier. And my customizations still worked fine (although I was able to remove many of them)

https://github.com/technomancy/emacs-starter-kit

WARNING!!! The version in git is for Emacs 24. You will need to actually download the earlier version to use with Emacs 23.

grandalf 14 years ago | |

Much of the stuff in the starter kit (but not all of it) is actually in emacs24. Phil has been influential in making this happen, I think.

I too got started using emacs with technomancy's starter kit.

BTW I am not a fan of js2 mode based on my initial use of it, but perhaps I'll try the tweaks.

thurn 14 years ago |

Does hippie-expand have any real advantages over autocomplete-mode?

reedlaw 14 years ago |

Site's down

sverrejoh 14 years ago | |

It seems to be up now, but maybe a bit slow?

suivix 14 years ago |

In Emacs you often need to make Lisp macros for customizations. I love Emacs and have been using it daily for the last few years, but it's not newbie friendly. Making small tweaks can require extensive Google searching.