Emacs (newbie, help)

Emacs (newbie, help)

[Efren Bravo]

Hi,

I came from borland's world, this's the first time that I use Emacs and I would like to configure it as C/C++ IDE. I've it middle configured but I want some other adjustments that I've not been able to do yet.

- I like the reserved words green and bold: int, float, double, char, void, return etc...
- # directive in green color: #include, #pragma, #ifndef, etc...
- Strings in blue color
- Integers and floats in red color

- Actiavte Cut/Copy/Paste (Ctrl+X/Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V) and Undo (Ctrl+Z)
- Save (Ctrl+S)
- Vertical Scroll Bar on the right side of the windows



Hope you can point me in the right direction,
Thanks in advance

Re: Emacs (newbie, help)

[Chris]

Efren Bravo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I came from borland's world, this's the first time that I use Emacs and I would like to configure it as C/C++ IDE. I've it middle configured but I want some other adjustments that I've not been able to do yet.
>
> - I like the reserved words green and bold: int, float, double, char, void, return etc...
> - # directive in green color: #include, #pragma, #ifndef, etc...
> - Strings in blue color
> - Integers and floats in red color
>   
I haven't configured the display of cc-mode.
> - Actiavte Cut/Copy/Paste (Ctrl+X/Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V) and Undo (Ctrl+Z)
> - Save (Ctrl+S)
>   
By default, it's C-w, M-w, C-y and C-/.
Save C-x C-s.

C-x, C-c, C-v, C-z and C-s are very important in emacs. If you change 
them, You may be confused when you use other features.

C-x and C-c are prefix keys, I don't know how to change them.

If you need to change some key bindings, global-unset-key and 
global-set-key can help you. Some other related functions are define-key 
local-set-key ...

C-h C-h shows you the help for help.

> - Vertical Scroll Bar on the right side of the windows
>   
(customize-set-variable 'scroll-bar-mode 'right)
>
>
> Hope you can point me in the right direction,
> Thanks in advance
>
>   
I'm also a newbie, but I don't think the default key bindings bring me 
troubles.

Re: Emacs (newbie, help)

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 18.03.2009 um 20:54 schrieb Efren Bravo:

> - I like the reserved words green and bold: int, float, double,  
> char, void, return etc...

Invoke M-x describe-text-properties RET on any character in such a  
faulty coloured world and change either the colour of the "face" or  
choose another face and use it as a new binding. It all can be done  
with the customisation interface.

> - # directive in green color: #include, #pragma, #ifndef, etc...
> - Strings in blue color
> - Integers and floats in red color

Again, investigate which customisations GNU Emacs offers. M-x list- 
colors-display RET can give you hints how the name of a colour looks  
like.

>
> - Actiavte Cut/Copy/Paste (Ctrl+X/Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V) and Undo (Ctrl+Z)

There is a cua called mode I deliberately never use.

> - Save (Ctrl+S)

I'd rather change manners! C-s or incremental-search or isearch is  
too important. (But you can change key bindings. Look into the  
manual: C-h i m Emacs RET)

> - Vertical Scroll Bar on the right side of the windows


How comes that you have it on the wrong side? M-x info-apropos RET  
scrollbar RET will give you a hypertext menu of documentation on the  
keyword. You can achieve things for example by:

	(setq default-frame-alist
	  (append (list
	    '(vertical-scroll-bars . left)
	    ) default-frame-alist))

(There are also other means to manipulate default-frame-alist or  
initial-frame-alist – and of course members!)

Besides, it's mostly useful to read the tutorial: C-h t. Or look into  
the menus (Options for example, that has "Customize Emacs"), here  
particularly Help.

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   Pete

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Re: Emacs (newbie, help)

[Christian Herenz]

Peter Dyballa schrieb:

>> - Vertical Scroll Bar on the right side of the windows
> How comes that you have it on the wrong side?

Isn't the left side default? At least on debian it is...

Greets,
Christian

Re: Emacs (newbie, help)

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 20.03.2009 um 02:06 schrieb Christian Herenz:

> Isn't the left side default? At least on debian it is...

In Mac OS X and Solaris and (ancient) SunOS/Sunview it's right – and  
I bet, it's in MS Losedos the same! I'm also pretty sure that Fedora  
Core prefers right – it has to do with right-handedness of people.

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   Pete

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Re: Emacs (newbie, help)

[Efren Bravo]

> >> - Vertical Scroll Bar on the right side of the
> windows
> > How comes that you have it on the wrong side?
> 
> Isn't the left side default? At least on debian it
> is...

I'm using freeBSD 7.1 + Xfce4 and the Emcas comes by default on the left side and I prefer it on the right.

I already solved it, thanks...