Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Jeanne Rasata]

Hello, youz,

The FSF is trying to come up with a cool Emacs-related design/theme
for one of the mugs we sell.  One idea is to put a witty command on
it.  Do you have a suggestion for what could be a witty command, or
sequence of commands?  Or maybe something else Emacs-related?
If you do, please let me know!

Thanks for your time.
Sincerely,
j.

Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Davis Herring]

> Do you have a suggestion for what could be a witty command, or
> sequence of commands?

The obvious candidates, in decreasing order of silliness:

0. :q! -- the most important vi command
1. M-x butterfly -- from xkcd
2. C-x # -- finish an emacsclient edit
3. C-x v v -- commit/etc. in version control
4. C-u 0 C-x e -- run macro until error
5. M-: -- transcend the editor

Davis

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Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Alexis]

Jeanne Rasata <rms-assist@gnu.org> writes:

> The FSF is trying to come up with a cool Emacs-related 
> design/theme
> for one of the mugs we sell.  One idea is to put a witty command 
> on
> it.  Do you have a suggestion for what could be a witty command, 
> or
> sequence of commands?  Or maybe something else Emacs-related?
> If you do, please let me know!

"`t' is truth"? :-)

*sips morning cup of tea*


Alexis.

Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Ken Olum]

M-x psychoanalyze-pinhead

but I guess it is not supported any more.

                                        Ken

RE: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Drew Adams]

> M-x psychoanalyze-pinhead
> but I guess it is not supported any more.

Emacs dropped all support of Zippy and other pinheads
a while back unfortunately, apparently out of legal 
skittishness.

"Free Zippy!"

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2006-06/msg00149.html

Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2018-01-24, at 19:30, Jeanne Rasata <rms-assist@gnu.org> wrote:

> Hello, youz,
>
> The FSF is trying to come up with a cool Emacs-related design/theme
> for one of the mugs we sell.  One idea is to put a witty command on
> it.  Do you have a suggestion for what could be a witty command, or
> sequence of commands?  Or maybe something else Emacs-related?
> If you do, please let me know!

How about this?

C-u in Emacs!

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski

Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Paul Eggert]

On 01/24/2018 11:35 AM, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
> C-u in Emacs!
>
I like it. Building on that, how about repeating it 4 times?

C-u in EEEEmacs!

The 4x repetition could be done graphically as well as textually.

Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Kaushal Modi]

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On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 5:51 PM Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> wrote:

> On 01/24/2018 11:35 AM, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
> > C-u in Emacs!
> >
> I like it. Building on that, how about repeating it 4 times?
>
> C-u in EEEEmacs!
>
> The 4x repetition could be done graphically as well as textually.
>

+1
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Kaushal Modi

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Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Dimakakos Dimos]

M-x doctor is nice since coffee is the time when bad thoughts sometimes
get you.

Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Phil Sainty]

M-x fill-region

with the height of the mug 'selected'.

Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2018-01-25, at 02:59, Phil Sainty <psainty@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

> M-x fill-region
>
> with the height of the mug 'selected'.

+1

-- 
Marcin Borkowski

Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Karl Fogel]

Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> writes:
>On 2018-01-25, at 02:59, Phil Sainty <psainty@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
>
>> M-x fill-region
>>
>> with the height of the mug 'selected'.
>
>+1

(Re-adding Jeanne Rasata to this thread, so she sees the excellent suggestion above.)

I thought 'M-x butterfly' was a clever one, but yes:

  M-x fill-region    (with the height of the mug "selected")

takes the cake.  Bravo, Phil.

Best regards,
-Karl

Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Toon Claes]

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Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com> writes:

> (Re-adding Jeanne Rasata to this thread, so she sees the excellent
> suggestion above.)

I posted this on reddit, and there are some awesome suggestions too:
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7sqejq/suggestion_for_a_witty_emacs_command_for_a_mug/


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Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Stephen Berman]

On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 01:14:37 -0600 Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com> wrote:

> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> writes:
>>On 2018-01-25, at 02:59, Phil Sainty <psainty@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
>>
>>> M-x fill-region
>>>
>>> with the height of the mug 'selected'.
>>
>>+1
>
> (Re-adding Jeanne Rasata to this thread, so she sees the excellent suggestion above.)
>
> I thought 'M-x butterfly' was a clever one, but yes:
>
>   M-x fill-region    (with the height of the mug "selected")
>
> takes the cake.  Bravo, Phil.
>
> Best regards,
> -Karl

Just once?  How about:

M-: (refill-mode 'coffee) or
M-: (auto-fill-mode 'coffee)

Steve Berman

Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Herring, Davis]

> M-: (auto-fill-mode 'coffee)

Just M-x auto-fill-mode would work since it's on the mug.  People who know the command will think it's funny when they realize why it's on a mug, and people who don't will think of coffee and think it's funny (if and) when they learn the source.

Davis

Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Stephen Berman]

On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 13:54:06 +0000 "Herring, Davis" <herring@lanl.gov> wrote:

>> M-: (auto-fill-mode 'coffee)
>
> Just M-x auto-fill-mode would work since it's on the mug.

Except that that's a toggle... but maybe that's a good way to say
"Thanks, I've had enough."

Steve Berman

Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Toon Claes]

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Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net> writes:

> Except that that's a toggle... but maybe that's a good way to say
> "Thanks, I've had enough."

That's why I like Phil Sainty's idea:

> M-x fill-region
> 
> with the height of the mug 'selected'.


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Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Simon Leinen]

On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 8:14 AM, Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com> wrote:
> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> writes:
>>On 2018-01-25, at 02:59, Phil Sainty <psainty@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
>   M-x fill-region    (with the height of the mug "selected")
>
> takes the cake.  Bravo, Phil.

Very nice indeed!

I was thinking of something like

C-x r t C-x 8 RET HOT BEVERAGE RET

with the height and width (OK, tricky if it's a round mug :-) of the
mug selected. But Emacs seems to lack an easily accessible function to
fill an entire rectangle with anything other than blanks. Bug?
-- 
Simon.

Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Boruch Baum]

On 2018-01-26 11:12, Simon Leinen wrote:
> with the height and width (OK, tricky if it's a round mug :-) of the
> mug selected. But Emacs seems to lack an easily accessible function to
> fill an entire rectangle with anything other than blanks. Bug?

M-x cua-rectangle-mode
Select your rectangular region
M-f
Enter the character with which to fill the rectangle

See emacs bug #30085 ...

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Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Vincent Ambo]

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> If you do, please let me know!

I made an emacs t-shirt a while back that says `M-x heart RET emacs`,
as a reference to the traditional "I <heart> NYC" etc. tourist
t-shirts.

It looks like this: http://files.tazj.in/heart-emacs.jpg

It's been well received at conferences and such, but I'm always a bit
unsure about whether a second `RET` should've been placed at the end
or not.

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Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

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RE: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Drew Adams]

Use `auto-fill-mode' - or perhaps `auto-fill-mug'.

After that as a heading, include the doc in a _tiny_ font.

For that, we could use what `C-h f' says, but it's not so great:

  auto-fill-mode is an interactive compiled Lisp function in
  `simple.el'.

  (auto-fill-mode &optional ARG)

  Toggle automatic line breaking (Auto Fill mode).
  Interactively, with a prefix argument, enable
  Auto Fill mode if the prefix argument is positive,
  and disable it otherwise.  If called from Lisp, toggle
  the mode if ARG is ‘toggle’, disable the mode if ARG is
  a non-positive integer, and enable the mode otherwise
  (including if ARG is omitted or nil or a positive integer).

  When Auto Fill mode is enabled, inserting a space at a column
  beyond ‘current-fill-column’ automatically breaks the line at a
  previous space.

  When ‘auto-fill-mode’ is on, the ‘auto-fill-function’ variable is
  non-nil.

  The value of ‘normal-auto-fill-function’ specifies the function to use
  for ‘auto-fill-function’ when turning Auto Fill mode on.

Much better would be to use what (emacs) `Auto Fill' says:

  Auto Fill Mode
  --------------

  “Auto Fill” mode is a buffer-local minor mode (see Minor Modes) in
  which lines are broken automatically at spaces when the line becomes too
  wide.

  ‘M-x auto-fill-mode’
       Enable or disable Auto Fill mode.
  ‘<SPC>’
  ‘<RET>’
       In Auto Fill mode, break lines when appropriate.

     The mode command ‘M-x auto-fill-mode’ toggles Auto Fill mode in the
  current buffer.  Like any other minor mode, with a positive numeric
  argument, it enables Auto Fill mode, and with a negative argument it
  disables it.  To enable Auto Fill mode automatically in certain major
  modes, add ‘auto-fill-mode’ to the mode hooks (*note Major Modes::).
  When Auto Fill mode is enabled, the mode indicator ‘Fill’ appears in the
  mode line (see Mode Line).

     Auto Fill mode breaks lines automatically at spaces whenever they get
  longer than the desired width.  This line breaking occurs only when you
  type <SPC> or <RET>.  If you wish to insert a space or newline without
  permitting line-breaking, type ‘C-q <SPC>’ or ‘C-q C-j’ respectively.
  Also, ‘C-o’ inserts a newline without line breaking.

     When Auto Fill mode breaks a line, it tries to obey the “adaptive
  fill prefix”: if a fill prefix can be deduced from the first and/or
  second line of the current paragraph, it is inserted into the new line
  (see Adaptive Fill).  Otherwise the new line is indented, as though
  you had typed <TAB> on it (see Indentation).  In a programming
  language mode, if a line is broken in the middle of a comment, the
  comment is split by inserting new comment delimiters as appropriate.

     Auto Fill mode does not refill entire paragraphs; it breaks lines but
  does not merge lines.  Therefore, editing in the middle of a paragraph
  can result in a paragraph that is not correctly filled.  To fill it,
  call the explicit fill commands (see Fill Commands).

This makes the point/joke, while showing Emacs as the self-documenting,
self-deprecating/self-kidding editor.

Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Simon Leinen]

On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 7:30 PM, Jeanne Rasata <rms-assist@gnu.org> wrote:
> Hello, youz,
>
> The FSF is trying to come up with a cool Emacs-related design/theme
> for one of the mugs we sell.  One idea is to put a witty command on
> it.

Great initiative

> Do you have a suggestion for what could be a witty command, or
> sequence of commands?  Or maybe something else Emacs-related?
> If you do, please let me know!

I'm trying my best (see separate message) but the thread looks
promising enough already.

When you make the mugs available, don't forget to

  M-x report-emacs-mug RET

...so we can all order some.
-- 
Simon.

RE: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Drew Adams]

>   M-x report-emacs-mug RET

+1.  Put that on the mug.

Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Jeanne Rasata]

Hello, Everyone,

Thank you very much for all the really great feedback!
I've made a note of all your suggestions, and am sharing them with the
rest of the team.

> When you make the mugs available, don't forget to
>
>   M-x report-emacs-mug RET
>
> ...so we can all order some.

Yes, I will, of course, keep you all posted, and let you know as soon as
it's been added to the inventory.  (Might be a few months.)

Thanks again for having taken the time to come up with the very original
ideas, and also for having gotten feedback from elsewhere.
Sincerely,
j.

Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Alex Hutcheson]

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Any update on the mugs?

On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 8:25 AM, Jeanne Rasata <rms-assist@gnu.org> wrote:

> Hello, Everyone,
>
> Thank you very much for all the really great feedback!
> I've made a note of all your suggestions, and am sharing them with the
> rest of the team.
>
> > When you make the mugs available, don't forget to
> >
> >   M-x report-emacs-mug RET
> >
> > ...so we can all order some.
>
> Yes, I will, of course, keep you all posted, and let you know as soon as
> it's been added to the inventory.  (Might be a few months.)
>
> Thanks again for having taken the time to come up with the very original
> ideas, and also for having gotten feedback from elsewhere.
> Sincerely,
> j.
>
>
>
>


-- 
Alex Hutcheson
alexhutcheson@google.com

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Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Jeanne Rasata]

Hello, Alex,

Please forgive this tardy response to your message.

> Any update on the mugs?

Yes, the FSF is going to be adding them to the shop inventory, which will
be renewed/updated this summer.  So you can expect them in late July/early
August.

Thank you all again for your feedback.
Thanks for supporting free software.
Sincerely,
j.

Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Alex Hutcheson]

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Nice, looking forward to it!

On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 10:15 AM, Jeanne Rasata <rms-assist@gnu.org> wrote:

> Hello, Alex,
>
> Please forgive this tardy response to your message.
>
> > Any update on the mugs?
>
> Yes, the FSF is going to be adding them to the shop inventory, which will
> be renewed/updated this summer.  So you can expect them in late July/early
> August.
>
> Thank you all again for your feedback.
> Thanks for supporting free software.
> Sincerely,
> j.
>
>


-- 
Alex Hutcheson
alexhutcheson@google.com

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Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Jeanne Rasata]

Hello, Alex/Everyone,

>> Please forgive this tardy response to your message.
>>
>> > Any update on the mugs?
>>
>> Yes, the FSF is going to be adding them to the shop inventory, which
>> will be renewed/updated this summer.  So you can expect them in late
>> July/early August.

The mug is now available from the shop:
https://shop.fsf.org/gear/emacs-auto-fill-mode-mug.

Thank you all very much again for all your feedback.
Sincerely,
j.

Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

[Kaushal Modi]

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Hi Jeanne,

I was about to order this. But considering that the mug is $25, $8.75 for
shipping adds quite a bit. Is there a limited time coupon code available
for folks on emacs-devel?

On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 11:34 AM Jeanne Rasata <rms-assist@gnu.org> wrote:

> Hello, Alex/Everyone,
>
> >> Please forgive this tardy response to your message.
> >>
> >> > Any update on the mugs?
> >>
> >> Yes, the FSF is going to be adding them to the shop inventory, which
> >> will be renewed/updated this summer.  So you can expect them in late
> >> July/early August.
>
> The mug is now available from the shop:
> https://shop.fsf.org/gear/emacs-auto-fill-mode-mug.
>
> Thank you all very much again for all your feedback.
> Sincerely,
> j.
>
>
> --

Kaushal Modi

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Re: Suggestion for a witty Emacs command for a mug?

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We don't have discounts except for FSF members.  But where do you
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