From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Deboo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: A few Emacs newbie questions, need oldbie answers :) Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 02:15:33 +0530 (IST) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1082407321 7931 80.91.224.253 (19 Apr 2004 20:42:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 20:42:01 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 19 22:41:50 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BFfaO-0006ap-00 for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 22:41:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BFfZU-00015k-Uh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 16:40:52 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BFfZ0-00012Z-3s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 16:40:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BFfYR-0000oQ-Iu for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 16:40:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [66.111.4.26] (helo=out2.smtp.messagingengine.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BFfWh-0000Oh-Qz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 16:37:59 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: eVMhARf4293MDrvE4C5VkA 1082407075 Original-Received: from linux.l0rd.com (unknown [202.177.157.198]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36541A640E3 for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 16:37:54 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:17796 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:17796 Hi List! I have limited-time net connection and not very high speed one at that. So, am putting all my questions in one or two messages and sending. I hope this won't irritate others and also hope I'll get quite a few replies when I check next, in 24 hours or so. Sorry for putting all these in one message. In emacs, how to search/get a lisp program (download) and how to install it and how to load it? E.g., remind.el What is the best reminder, PIM and todo list manager avaliable for emacs (console)? Is there a way to save all the programs used under emacs environment get saved under one directory, say .emacs and not in separate directories? What is the best way to backup all of these emacs and other programs' configs and data files? How to set a particular file (say .todo or any other todo file) to get autosaved every xx seconds or x minutes? How to get out of an emacs mode? How to get back to normal mode? How do I find out what all lisp programs are compiled with my version of emacs? My mouse doesn't copy-paste properly in console so I normally and I use the screen program so I use the keyboard for copy-paste operations but it's hard to copy-paste more than one page at a time. Is there some other way I could do the same in emacs with less hassles, with the keyboard, many pages at a time? What is the best way (or the easiest way) to switch buffers? Is there a lisp program to make use of aptitude within emacs? How to use rcs/cvs to backup many versions of a file and how to automatically upload this file to a webserver/webdav space/ftp server? I have lots of notes, reminders, todos, lists, and such files under one directory. I carry it on a mini CD that's got knoppix on it. But say I need access to my files and have to use windoze to open these text files, is there a very small program for windoze, running which would immediately convert all the files from unix to dos format? And after the work is over, running it again with some other option, convert all of them back to unix format? I could keep that small proggy too along, on the CD as well as on my website. Best thing I could use emacs under dos/windoze if I could, bu it would be huge to be put on a mini CD. I haven't ever tried that version, but would like to know user experiences. What are the basic differences between the dos/windoze and unix/linux versions of emacs? What all configs and files do I have to carry around if I want emacs everywhere to have the same colors/settings and such? How to auomatically spell-check while typing text? How to use syntax-highlighting in emacs? Is there syntax- highlighting in emacs like in vim? How to use and set word-wrap in emacs? How to justify text in emacs? How to format text? How to use a console-based graphics viewer (zgv or fbi or feh) from within emacs? How to view pdf files in emacs? I had read somewhere about a console pdf viewer (using frame buffer), called cpdf and another similar one called, bmv which views postscript file using frame buffer. The former I couldn't find. bmv, I haven't able to use successfully even aftere converting many pdf files to ps. If anyone uses these or any other console pdf viewer, can he/she recommend it? I want to load the todoo-mode for all files that are within ~/todo folder, whichever I load in to emacs anytime. What do I have to put in .emacs to do this? Is there a list of websites and lisp files that I can just download and then configure and install in to emacs, offline? If anyone has such a list of such urls, can I please have it? It will help me, since I can't connect for long to read/surf/download and such.