From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: lgfang Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Hard to switch from vi Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 20:01:51 +0800 Organization: no Message-ID: <87ac45sno0.fsf@mail.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1160398014 30952 80.91.229.2 (9 Oct 2006 12:46:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 12:46:54 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 09 14:46:48 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GWuQs-0001mk-D3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Oct 2006 14:40:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GWuQr-0004tD-TY for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Oct 2006 08:40:33 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news.ucla.edu!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!news.cn99.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 28 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 221.3.110.187 Original-X-Trace: news.cn99.com 1160397014 4224 221.3.110.187 (9 Oct 2006 12:30:14 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.cn99.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 12:30:14 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.0 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:rgvThg2gSAfxH5gaI03HxuwmfJs= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:142300 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:37919 Archived-At: >>>>> "Wen" == Wen Weng writes: Wen> 2. Is there a repeat last command command like the dot command in vi? A better way may be using Keyboard Macros Wen> 3. In vi, to find a pairing brace I use the "%" command, is there a Wen> command like thins in emacs? I prefer to: `C-M-n' Move forward over a parenthetical group (`forward-list'). `C-M-p' Move backward over a parenthetical group (`backward-list'). `C-M-u' Move up in parenthesis structure (`backward-up-list'). `C-M-d' Move down in parenthesis structure (`down-list'). Wen> 4. Should I really need to switch to emacs? That depends on yourself. But I would like to say emacs isn't as difficult as you may think. Please don't draw a conclusion until you have been using it for a month. -- Regards Fang lun gang