Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]
Groups > linux.debian.user > #206668
| From | John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: text editors |
| Date | 2019-03-27 15:10 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <xGhpD-16l-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <xFpyW-1ZJ-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <xFXAC-5O3-15@gated-at.bofh.it> <xG6ue-2NW-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <xGfxv-8ru-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <xGgMV-DO-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | Dancing Horse Hill |
tomás writes: > It /is/ a steep learning curve at the beginning (I can confirm, having > come from vi, then vim -- in which I'm still fluent). But it is worth > every turn in that panoramic route. I started out with Vi on UNix and eventually switched to Emacs. I still often use Vim. I think that one problem people have with Emacs is that they think they need to learn all of it before they can use it. Work with the tutorial until you are proficient enough with basic editing commands to be productive. After that whenever you come up with something such as the need to mark a block of text read-only search the documentation: a command to do it probably exists. If you then find yourself using that command frequently it will become automatic. If not you will still know that it exists and so will be able to quickly find it in the docs and refresh your memory when a need for it pops up years later. Of course, you can create function key shortcuts for the commands you use a lot: no need to constantly type long strings into the minibuffer or memorize exotic escape sequences. Also, almost everything is somewhere in the menus if you like that sort of thing. There is even a customization interface so you need not learn Elisp. -- John Hasler jhasler@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA
Back to linux.debian.user | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread
text editors mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2019-03-25 05:40 +0100
Re: text editors Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2019-03-25 06:00 +0100
Re: text editors Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2019-03-25 06:10 +0100
Re: text editors Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2019-03-25 06:40 +0100
Re: text editors mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2019-03-25 09:00 +0100
Re: text editors Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2019-03-25 11:20 +0100
Re: text editors mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2019-03-25 11:40 +0100
Re: text editors Dan Hitt <dan.hitt@gmail.com> - 2019-03-25 07:00 +0100
Re: text editors john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2019-03-25 07:40 +0100
Re: text editors <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-03-25 12:10 +0100
Re: text editors rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-03-25 12:50 +0100
Re: text editors rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-03-25 13:10 +0100
Re: text editors Étienne Mollier <etienne.mollier@mailoo.org> - 2019-03-25 21:20 +0100
Re: text editors deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-03-25 22:10 +0100
Re: text editors Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2019-03-25 13:30 +0100
Re: text editors mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2019-03-26 08:40 +0100
Re: text editors Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2019-03-26 16:50 +0100
Re: text editors John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-03-26 18:00 +0100
Re: text editors Håkon Alstadheim <hakon@alstadheim.priv.no> - 2019-03-26 21:20 +0100
Re: text editors Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2019-03-27 03:30 +0100
Re: text editors rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-03-27 13:10 +0100
Re: text editors <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-03-27 14:30 +0100
Re: text editors John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-03-27 15:10 +0100
Re: text editors <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-03-27 15:40 +0100
Re: text editors rlharris@oplink.net - 2019-03-27 17:30 +0100
Re: text editors rlharris@oplink.net - 2019-03-28 18:40 +0100
keyboard macros (was: Re: text editors) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-03-28 19:00 +0100
Re: keyboard macros John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-03-28 19:30 +0100
Re: keyboard macros Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2019-03-28 20:00 +0100
Re: keyboard macros rlharris@oplink.net - 2019-03-28 19:50 +0100
Re: keyboard macros John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-03-28 20:10 +0100
xfce launchers rlharris@oplink.net - 2019-04-03 18:40 +0200
Re: xfce launchers Mike Kupfer <mkupfer@alum.berkeley.edu> - 2019-04-04 07:20 +0200
Re: xfce launchers rlharris@oplink.net - 2019-04-04 07:40 +0200
Re: text editors Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2019-03-29 06:20 +0100
Re: text editors deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-03-28 03:40 +0100
Re: text editors John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-03-28 03:50 +0100
Re: text editors deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-03-28 08:00 +0100
Re: text editors <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-03-28 09:20 +0100
Re: text editors <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-03-28 10:40 +0100
Re: text editors deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-03-28 21:10 +0100
Emacs without knowing any Lisp (was: text editors) Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2019-03-29 02:50 +0100
Re: Emacs without knowing any Lisp (was: text editors) Bill Wood <william.wood3@comcast.net> - 2019-03-29 06:50 +0100
Re: text editors John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-03-28 14:10 +0100
Re: text editors <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-03-28 14:50 +0100
Re: text editors David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-03-28 14:30 +0100
Re: text editors John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-03-28 15:20 +0100
Re: text editors <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-03-28 15:30 +0100
Re: text editors deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-03-28 21:30 +0100
Re: text editors deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-03-29 00:40 +0100
Re: text editors Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2019-03-29 06:30 +0100
Re: text editors Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2019-03-29 09:00 +0100
Re: text editors Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2019-03-29 10:20 +0100
Re: text editors Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2019-03-29 12:40 +0100
Re: text editors Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2019-03-29 18:00 +0100
Re: text editors deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-03-29 19:50 +0100
Re: text editors John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-03-29 20:10 +0100
Re: text editors deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-03-30 00:10 +0100
Re: text editors Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-03-30 00:30 +0100
Re: text editors John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-03-30 01:20 +0100
Re: text editors deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-03-30 01:40 +0100
Re: text editors David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-03-30 04:30 +0100
Re: text editors deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-03-30 09:30 +0100
What does all this mean? was Re: text editors David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-03-30 17:20 +0100
Re: text editors Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2019-03-30 05:30 +0100
Re: text editors Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2019-03-30 02:20 +0100
Re: text editors John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-03-30 02:30 +0100
Re: text editors David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-03-30 01:50 +0100
Re: text editors deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-04-01 12:10 +0200
Re: text editors <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-04-01 12:10 +0200
Re: text editors Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-04-01 12:50 +0200
Re: text editors David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-01 16:40 +0200
Re: text editors Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2019-04-01 16:00 +0200
Re: text editors "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-04-01 16:30 +0200
Re: text editors deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-04-01 16:50 +0200
Re: text editors Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-04-01 17:40 +0200
Re: text editors Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2019-04-01 18:20 +0200
Re: text editors "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-04-01 19:50 +0200
Re: text editors John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-04-01 18:40 +0200
Re: text editors deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-04-01 16:50 +0200
Re: text editors <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-04-01 17:10 +0200
Re: text editors deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-03-29 11:00 +0100
Re: text editors John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-03-29 13:00 +0100
Re: text editors deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-03-28 21:20 +0100
Re: text editors deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-03-29 10:50 +0100
Re: text editors Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2019-03-29 11:50 +0100
Re: text editors David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-03-28 17:20 +0100
Re: text editors John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-03-28 17:50 +0100
Re: text editors Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-03-28 18:20 +0100
Re: text editors Dekks Herton <dekkzz78@gmail.com> - 2019-03-29 10:40 +0100
Re: text editors David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-03-29 20:30 +0100
Re: text editors Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2019-03-30 03:20 +0100
Re: text editors David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-01 18:40 +0200
Re: text editors Dekks Herton <dekkzz78@gmail.com> - 2019-03-29 10:40 +0100
Re: text editors Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2019-03-27 20:40 +0100
Re: text editors Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2019-03-28 01:30 +0100
Re: text editors Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2019-03-27 12:10 +0100
Re: text editors Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2019-03-28 07:30 +0100
Re: text editors <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-03-28 11:40 +0100
Re: text editors "tomas@tuxteam.de" <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-03-28 12:30 +0100
Re: text editors "tomas@tuxteam.de" <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-03-28 13:00 +0100
Re: text editors Pierre Fourès <pierre.foures@gmail.com> - 2019-03-28 17:50 +0100
Re: text editors deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-03-28 21:40 +0100
Re: text editors mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2019-03-27 10:00 +0100
Re: text editors Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-03-27 11:20 +0100
Re: text editors Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2019-03-27 16:50 +0100
Understanding (some) Lisp (was: Re: text editors) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-03-28 17:10 +0100
Re: Understanding (some) Lisp Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2019-03-28 17:20 +0100
Re: text editors Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2019-03-26 03:30 +0100
Re: text editors Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2019-03-26 06:30 +0100
Re: text editors Tony Rowe <ay986@chebucto.ns.ca> - 2019-03-26 23:40 +0100
Re: text editors Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2019-03-28 01:30 +0100
Re: text editors John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-03-28 03:00 +0100
Re: text editors <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-03-28 09:20 +0100
Re: text editors mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2019-03-27 12:10 +0100
Re: text editors Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2019-03-29 07:30 +0100
Re: text editors Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2019-03-29 09:30 +0100
Re: text editors mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2019-03-30 12:20 +0100
csiph-web