Comments on: Life with Emacs #1: The Beginning http://www.endperform.org/2008/11/life-with-emacs-1-the-beginning/ My corner of the web Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:58:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Brad http://www.endperform.org/2008/11/life-with-emacs-1-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Brad Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:23:04 +0000 http://www.endperform.org/?p=357#comment-98 Thanks for the idea, Nate. The scratch buffer is fast becoming my friend. First thing I do in the morning is to get Emacs up and running. I find myself switching to it to dump notes and such into. Also, I started checking out emacswiki.org, looks like just what I need. Thanks! Thanks for the idea, Nate. The scratch buffer is fast becoming my friend. First thing I do in the morning is to get Emacs up and running. I find myself switching to it to dump notes and such into. Also, I started checking out emacswiki.org, looks like just what I need. Thanks!

]]> By: Nathan Powell http://www.endperform.org/2008/11/life-with-emacs-1-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Nathan Powell Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:54:56 +0000 http://www.endperform.org/?p=357#comment-97 I don't do it as often as I should, but I want to... Keep the *scratch* buffer open, and whenever you find yourself thinking "I do this all the time, I should automate/learn this", write it in there. Then during some hack time, search the docs for how to do what you want...even if that means writing some elisp to do it. Also read emacswiki.org, it's got tons of good stuff in it. I don’t do it as often as I should, but I want to…

Keep the *scratch* buffer open, and whenever you find yourself thinking “I do this all the time, I should automate/learn this”, write it in there.

Then during some hack time, search the docs for how to do what you want…even if that means writing some elisp to do it.

Also read emacswiki.org, it’s got tons of good stuff in it.

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