From: Lee Sau Dan <danlee@informatik.uni-freiburg.de>
Subject: Re: Making Emacs more newbie friendly
Date: 20 Mar 2005 00:04:32 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87acozbp0v.fsf@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: x5mzszbtbs.fsf@lola.goethe.zz
>>>>> "David" == David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:
>> Four fundamental issues would be: [1] Possibility for
>> horizontal scroll,
David> C-x < and C-x >
Or C-PageUp and C-PageDown
>> [2] sizeable and cascadable windows instead of buffers inside
>> the same frame,
David> Windows _are_ sizable, and what is displayed _is_ a window,
David> not a buffer (you can have buffers that are not displayed,
David> or buffers displyed in several windows at once). Drag an
David> unused spot of any modeline in a split frame (C-x 2) up and
David> down or use C-x ^ to enlarge. If you split windows
David> vertically (with C-x 3), drag the point in the mode line
David> under the scrollbar left and right.
I like Emacs the way it is: windows dividing the frame into different
areas. I hate overlapping windows or tabs because they make reading 2
buffers (or two different parts of the same buffer) side-by-side
difficult. 'Windows' in Emacs is appropriate for that. Please don't
change that. If you want multiple frames, then C-x 5 2 yourself.
>> [3] heavy extension of the icon toolbars and
I don't care. I have (tool-bar-mode -1) in my .emacs anyway.
>> [4] distinction between 'open' and 'new' file.
David> The problems with "new" (basically nameless buffers) are:
David> a) There is no associated mode. Emacs' most important
David> property is that it has editing modes and syntax
David> highlighting and keybindings for most tasks readily
David> available. It will almost always be easier to specify a
David> file name to work with than the name of an Emacs mode.
David> b) There is no associated file name. When exiting and
David> saving automatically (like the desktop package does), Emacs
David> has no place to put the file.
David> c) There is no associated autosave file. If you crash
David> after two hours of work, your work will get lost.
David> d) Lots of modes offer running/compiling/testing your
David> program using external tools that need accessible files.
David> In short: I don't see how Emacs can benefit from that
David> distinction.
But Emacs does provide a way for you to do that effectively: C-x b
*untitled1* RET. (Or C-x 4 b ..., which is what I usually do.) The
result is a new windows in fundamental-mode and no associated filename
(C-x C-s would prompt you to enter a file name). I often do that to
create extra *scratch* buffers to hold temp. data -- electronic rough
work sheets.
--
Lee Sau Dan 李守敦 ~{@nJX6X~}
E-mail: danlee@informatik.uni-freiburg.de
Home page: http://www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~danlee
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2005-03-18 21:12 Making Emacs more newbie friendly PT
2005-03-18 21:57 ` Pascal Bourguignon
2005-03-19 5:40 ` PT
2005-03-19 7:57 ` rgb
2005-03-19 9:51 ` David Kastrup
2005-03-19 10:46 ` Steinar Børmer
2005-03-19 11:01 ` David Kastrup
2005-03-20 0:42 ` Steinar Børmer
2005-03-19 20:16 ` Miles Bader
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2005-03-19 20:53 ` David Kastrup
2005-03-19 10:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2005-03-19 14:23 ` PT
2005-03-19 15:08 ` David Kastrup
2005-03-19 15:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-03-19 10:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-03-19 14:34 ` nfreimann
2005-03-19 15:49 ` Gian Uberto Lauri
2005-03-19 16:13 ` nfreimann
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2005-03-19 19:12 ` Shawn Betts
2005-03-19 19:35 ` David Kastrup
2005-03-19 21:00 ` Miles Bader
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2005-03-19 22:42 ` David Kastrup
2005-03-19 15:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-03-19 12:42 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2005-03-19 14:56 ` PT
2005-03-19 15:37 ` David Kastrup
2005-03-19 17:45 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2005-03-19 18:07 ` PT
2005-03-19 18:15 ` David Kastrup
2005-03-19 18:24 ` PT
2005-03-19 18:34 ` David Kastrup
2005-04-09 18:01 ` Nathan Hess
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2005-03-19 13:41 ` Brian Elmegaard
2005-03-19 14:31 ` David Kastrup
2005-03-19 16:04 ` Lee Sau Dan [this message]
2005-03-20 12:33 ` Brian Elmegaard
2005-03-20 17:33 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2005-03-21 7:39 ` Brian Elmegaard
2005-03-21 10:07 ` Joe Corneli
2005-03-21 11:27 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2005-03-22 11:25 ` Brian Elmegaard
2005-03-21 11:54 ` Klaus Straubinger
2005-03-21 12:37 ` David Kastrup
2005-03-20 12:27 ` Brian Elmegaard
2005-03-20 12:47 ` Jason Rumney
2005-03-21 18:30 ` Drew Adams
2005-03-19 15:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-03-19 17:09 ` Stefan Monnier
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2005-03-20 21:05 ` David Kastrup
2005-03-21 8:11 ` Brian Elmegaard
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2005-03-22 11:33 ` Brian Elmegaard
2005-03-19 14:52 ` PT
2005-03-19 15:14 ` David Hansen
2005-03-19 15:33 ` David Kastrup
2005-03-19 16:00 ` PT
2005-03-19 16:22 ` David Kastrup
2005-03-19 16:57 ` PT
2005-03-19 17:16 ` David Kastrup
2005-03-19 17:55 ` PT
2005-03-19 18:03 ` David Kastrup
2005-03-20 12:52 ` Brian Elmegaard
2005-03-20 17:44 ` David Kastrup
2005-03-20 21:49 ` Alan Mackenzie
2005-03-22 11:46 ` Brian Elmegaard
2005-03-22 13:09 ` David Kastrup
2005-03-23 7:29 ` Brian Elmegaard
2005-03-21 8:17 ` Brian Elmegaard
2005-03-19 18:01 ` PT
2005-03-19 20:45 ` Miles Bader
2005-03-20 17:43 ` Alan Mackenzie
2005-03-19 18:05 ` Shawn Betts
2005-03-19 18:15 ` PT
2005-03-20 17:51 ` Alan Mackenzie
2005-03-19 17:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-03-19 23:16 ` Pascal Bourguignon
2005-03-20 11:49 ` Steinar Børmer
2005-03-20 13:06 ` Floyd L. Davidson
2005-03-19 16:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-03-19 18:16 ` Shawn Betts
2005-03-19 23:34 ` Pascal Bourguignon
2005-03-20 0:45 ` David Kastrup
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2005-03-20 11:51 ` Steinar Børmer
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2005-03-20 23:35 ` Floyd L. Davidson
2005-03-21 4:44 ` Sean Richards
2005-03-21 11:00 ` Floyd L. Davidson
2005-03-22 20:33 ` Sean Richards
2005-03-19 15:45 ` Pascal Bourguignon
2005-03-19 15:54 ` Gian Uberto Lauri
2005-03-19 17:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2005-03-19 23:33 ` Pascal Bourguignon
2005-03-20 4:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-03-20 9:07 ` Gian Uberto Lauri
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2005-03-20 17:45 ` David Kastrup
2005-03-21 8:19 ` Brian Elmegaard
2005-03-19 18:42 ` Shawn Betts
2005-03-19 19:27 ` David Kastrup
2005-03-20 6:55 ` Joe Corneli
2005-03-18 22:11 ` Peter Dyballa
2005-03-19 17:17 ` Jason Rumney
2005-03-19 18:10 ` Floyd L. Davidson
2005-03-22 1:59 ` Cristian Gutierrez
2005-03-21 9:56 ` Mathias Dahl
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