From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: James Freer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs Mini Manual (PART 3) - CUSTOMIZING AND EXTENDING EMACS Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 15:38:24 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: References: <5eaf0440-3124-4d89-bd20-ddada9a3db12@googlegroups.com> <87r425qi4t.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1404225546 24483 80.91.229.3 (1 Jul 2014 14:39:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 14:39:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Emanuel Berg Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 01 16:38:59 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1X1zD0-0007yv-LW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2014 16:38:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48092 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X1zD0-0001Dv-8X for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2014 10:38:58 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34693) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X1zCf-0001Dd-5i for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2014 10:38:46 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X1zCW-00066q-4w for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2014 10:38:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wi0-x22f.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c05::22f]:64963) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X1zCV-00066a-UU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Jul 2014 10:38:28 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-wi0-f175.google.com with SMTP id r20so7952171wiv.2 for ; Tue, 01 Jul 2014 07:38:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=qimJKYnLnM95yLwH+3PTeJtTQRY9oKpncYTdpc29vVg=; b=DsD+RcHS1dt4vDIXnz6B1+TmbAzy8rXUbLlqcQKIpIfL2/R63Exdk4dNJtQRFd+iiq 0gq8MzQQfyhdceBgJIhetIOTe1PHs4SZqLzM1x7TaHdR4TCcjZUqiICxHTP/PPXyjNL6 K7EDKjUG51yJdoEJrGs7n+aSnWurLsOQlm2B27bWiHCKIT2fy5vIv5YAINcm/tvvfAl1 qf8Pn6fEMN1jqp7XPai9Ts0Tph4J3AMeFN5Pq94siZTV0rScn2hF/bIXIRdwTMUdB6bn nt6SBOCggDtctk/1879Ws/CHsUugWxIE0U9ptvZEuLH3P0jpx/xOPBGrdc2preIOpwKI KDLw== X-Received: by 10.180.208.35 with SMTP id mb3mr31231247wic.48.1404225506855; Tue, 01 Jul 2014 07:38:26 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from james.home (host5-81-169-161.range5-81.btcentralplus.com. [5.81.169.161]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id lo18sm44027973wic.1.2014.07.01.07.38.25 for (version=TLSv1.1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 01 Jul 2014 07:38:26 -0700 (PDT) X-X-Sender: james@james In-Reply-To: <87r425qi4t.fsf@debian.uxu> User-Agent: Alpine 2.10 (DEB 1266 2009-07-14) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c05::22f X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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 Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:98479 Archived-At: On Tue, 1 Jul 2014, Emanuel Berg wrote: > James Freer writes: > >> I'm very grateful for the time you have spent >> although now after a couple of weeks I have learnt >> enough to be happy with. I've found using emacs-nox >> and forgetting about the gui is worthwhile and taking >> time to learn from the cheatsheet. It would be nice >> to have the 'mini manual' in pdf then one could print >> it out and read on the train (or similar times when >> one is away from the PC). > > Do my ears deceive me?! Finally a guy with class! > F*ing right! > > I haven't seen the particular document, though. I will > read it tonight and probably get back to the OP with > some comments. > > If you don't like to just print and read the HTML, you > can use several tools to get it to PDF. You can use > html2ps, and then ps2pdf - html2ps is in the repos, > ps2pdf is part of ghostscript, which is likewise in the > repos. (There are other ways to do this as well.) html2ps I'll have to look up I knew about ps2pdf and pdf2ps as I use it to send faxes. (yes fax still has a use). Or maybe I need to look at other methods. When I 'read on a train' - in truth I really meant that I like the pdf to print out, bind, and then use like a book for bedtime reading. keen beginner eh. james