Emacs tips

rubyonrails-talk
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Hey folks, I am just getting back into Emacs, coming from Textmate, and thought I would see if anybody has any cool tricks to share. In the 2 days i've been hacking around I have been aww struck many times. predictive-mode for one blew my mind. And rails reloaded along with rinari-minor-mode are very cool. Just 3 examples of cool things. Emacs is so powerful!! But it is almost too powerful that you can loose yourself in it. So rather than diving in blind, I thought I would try the collective mind first.

I would love for this to turn into a long thread of useful pointers and tips that will make us all better.

P.S. Please no flame wars... I know it can be a touchy subject. Personally, I have every editor out there; and if editor X does something great; then I'll do it in editor X, until I find a way to do it in my favorite editor. Currently, I prefer Textmate, but use emacs for the sheer power. Why can't anybody just combine the Textmate UI with the emacs back end??

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Take a look at this

http://platypope.org/yada/emacs-demo/ http://platypope.org/blog/2006/9/8/i-need-a-cool-european-accent

there is a link at the bottom tells you where to find stuff, if you've come across something cool that's not on here I'd love to know.

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It's worth noting the "emacs starter kit" stuff on github.

https://github.com/search?type=Everything&language=&q=emacs+starter

I've got an Aquamacs flavored one (there are some forks of it, too), listed there. It's based on other Rubyists starter kits that are more ".emacs" based.

Cheers, Walter

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My first suggestion is to try org-mode if you haven't already. If you have already looked at it, but haven't given it a try, then now is the time! Org-mode offers a lot of functionality, but you can easily learn it a little bit at a time.

There are also a good list of tips here: http://www.masteringemacs.org/