* question regarding to 2 features of Emacs
@ 2009-03-13 2:02 Jidi Sun
2009-03-13 4:34 ` prad
2009-03-13 9:20 ` Peter Dyballa
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From: Jidi Sun @ 2009-03-13 2:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am a new user of Emacs, currently I am using it to do Common Lisp
programming. On the internet I saw pictures of Emacs with different
colors shown for different parts of function, also it is able to start
with some spaces from left margin once press Enter key within a
function. The Emacs version I am using is 21.4.1, but it does not have
either of above features with it. I am wondering if I need to type some
commands or change some options to get these two features working.
Thank you for your help,
Jidi Sun
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* Re: question regarding to 2 features of Emacs
2009-03-13 2:02 question regarding to 2 features of Emacs Jidi Sun
@ 2009-03-13 4:34 ` prad
2009-03-13 9:20 ` Peter Dyballa
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: prad @ 2009-03-13 4:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:02:03 +1300
Jidi Sun <jsu25@student.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> On the internet I saw pictures of Emacs with different
> colors shown for different parts of function,
>
jidi,
you can enable syntax highlight by activating
M-x font-lock-mode
(http://linux.about.com/od/emacs_doc/a/emacsdoc171.htm)
or you can put it into your .emacs file according to that page
> also it is able to
> start with some spaces from left margin once press Enter key within a
> function.
>
i think what you mean is to have automatic indenting which can be done
by C-j instead of enter as long as you have a .el file for the language
you are using (though it is possible to have the enter key do this too
by putting this in your .emacs:
;; Default to auto-indent on Enter
(define-key emacs-lisp-mode-map [(control j)] 'newline)
(define-key emacs-lisp-mode-map [(control m)] 'newline-and-indent)))
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prad
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2009-03-13 2:02 question regarding to 2 features of Emacs Jidi Sun
2009-03-13 4:34 ` prad
@ 2009-03-13 9:20 ` Peter Dyballa
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From: Peter Dyballa @ 2009-03-13 9:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jidi Sun; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Am 13.03.2009 um 03:02 schrieb Jidi Sun:
> The Emacs version I am using is 21.4.1
I'd first upgrade to an up-to-date version, 22.3 for example.
Progress happens by updates, not by freeze.
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Greetings
Pete
Eat the rich – the poor are tough and stringy.
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