From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: [solved] Re: How to uninstall Emacs? Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 00:58:00 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87y4lrk7ev.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <878ue21nkc.fsf@gmail.com> <87fv88q4t5.fsf@debian.uxu> <87sic6stcg.fsf_-_@gmail.com> <20150411125610231765777@bob.proulx.com> <87lhhx7f6s.fsf@gmail.com> <874mojtxx5.fsf@debian.uxu> <20150415152734176578287@bob.proulx.com> <87twwgaxrm.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1429224929 12592 80.91.229.3 (16 Apr 2015 22:55:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 22:55:29 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 17 00:55:19 2015 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 1Yisgp-00050f-53 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Apr 2015 00:55:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38854 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yisgo-0006Ed-9F for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 18:55:18 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!news.mb-net.net!open-news-network.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 55 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: feB02bRejf23rfBm51Mt7Q.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:8fby1E9ms7ITLFC71vz1Igl5GVY= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:211487 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:103769 Archived-At: Bob Proulx writes: > I also suggest that people keep a journey log of > their travels through the system. Memory is a fickle > thing. Confirmation bias is always skewing our > beliefs. The palest ink is better than the strongest > memory. Keeping data on the reality can keep > us objective. The best journey log in computing is the sweet initialization files for Emacs and the shell (bash, zsh, etc.). Those are actually programs - tools, not mere "initialization". So, instead of writing "today I learned how to do word padding in zsh ...", you save that particular function where you used it in such a file, as in (third line in the function body) rup () { local word=$1 local rudict=~/ru.txt echo -n ${(r:12:: :)word} >> $rudict trans -b -p en:ru $word | tee -a $rudict trans -b -p en:ru $word > /dev/null } Next time you experience the need to do that, you think - "...didn't I do that in that function that did...", and then you just look it up. Not to say there is anything wrong with the natural language log but I would suspect you'd be bored pretty soon doing it and stop eventually. The init file method amounts to the same but is more fun and productive (not forgetting the main purpose, to give you access to the actual functions). Another things is to always bookmark things you Google (if you find a solution, of course). Problems tend to reoccur and finding the same page isn't that easy, always. When you bookmark, be sure to name the bookmark not the name of the page, but the command or function name or syntax that solves your particular problem. That way, in time, you'll not have to follow the bookmark links but the bookmark titles will be a small reference to encountered (and solved) problems, and the links can be followed only when needed. Also, the extra effort to setup a bookmark will offer a pause for the brain to assimilate the new knowledge. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573