Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 18:42:46 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Michael Elbel <Michael.Elbel@consol.de> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Programmers' editor? Message-ID: <19991126184246.A713@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <19991126095558.C48221@consol.de> References: <19991126095558.C48221@consol.de>
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On Fri, Nov 26, 1999 at 09:55:58AM +0100, Michael Elbel wrote:
> In lists.freebsd.questions you write:
>
> >BTW Greg, you mentioned that you use emacs for composing e-mail with
> >mutt, which is what I'm doing now. Is there a way to make it (mutt)
> >open another buffer in an emacs window that's already running rather
> >than starting another instance of emacs?
>
> You sure it was Greg? I've mentioned this before:
>
Yes, earlier in this thread (and in the past as well).
> Set your editor to gnuclient and it will do what you want
> (export EDITOR=gnuclient).
OK, I've done that (well, ``setenv EDITOR gnuclient'' as I use csh(1)).
> You can also do this on the commandline, of course
>
> $ gnuclient /etc/passwd
>
gnuclient is a program? I don't appear to have it on my system.
> You need to load gnuserv in your .emacs file. This is what I have in mine:
>
> (load-library "gnuserv")
> (gnuserv-start nil)
>
Done that, but all I get from emacs is:
Error in init file: File error: "Cannot open load file", "gnuserv"
Is gnu{serv,client} an add-on and, if so, where can it be d/l from?
> I once even found a mutt.el that highlites nicely and provides macros
> to modify the header fields of a mail.
>
Where can it be found?
Thanks.
> And, to repeat myself. I see no real use trying to learn too much of Emacs'
> native editing if there is viper available for those used to vi. At least
> me, I'm so much more productive using things like command repetition,
> things like "cfX", "dtY" and so on.
>
> What one probably should do with viper, is set expert level to 5 so one can
> get at the Emacs keys and tweak a couple of other things to ones taste.
> There's an excellent Info package coming with viper that explains
> everything.
>
> Here's what I have in my .viper:
>
> (setq viper-inhibit-startup-message 't)
> (setq viper-expert-level '5)
> (viper-buffer-search-enable)
> (setq viper-auto-indent 't)
> (setq viper-want-ctl-h-help 't)
> (setq viper-ex-style-motion nil)
> (setq viper-ex-style-editing-in-insert nil)
> (setq viper-keep-point-on-undo nil)
> (define-key viper-vi-global-user-map "s" 'switch-to-buffer)
> (define-key viper-vi-global-user-map "K" 'kill-buffer)
> (define-key viper-vi-global-user-map [backspace] [delete])
> (define-key viper-insert-global-user-map [backspace] [delete])
> (define-key viper-emacs-global-user-map [backspace] [delete])
>
> Michael
> --
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> -O- Michael Elbel, ConSol* GmbH, - me@consol.de - 089 / 45841-256
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