From: twlllmxxx <dogbreath@twilliam.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Boldface typing
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 09:51:44 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9d98aa9tt0a5cpbssu6jg534jj4r901hgq@4ax.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: d8ac584f-0b4e-453a-85ef-c17258c4e00f@googlegroups.com
On Tue, 30 Dec 2014 20:55:13 -0800 (PST), Rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com>
wrote:
>On Wednesday, December 31, 2014 9:59:31 AM UTC+5:30, Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote:
>> twlllmxxx writes:
>>
>> > Just learning emacs. Editing text,
>>
>> Ok. So what is a text file?
>>
>>
>> > I want to type a word in boldface
>> > and then go back to default. So I use M-o b and type in boldface, then
>> > M-o d and continue typing. It looks right: one word in boldface and
>> > the rest in default. Then I save the file. Then I re-open it, and the
>> > boldface is gone. Maybe I made a mistake. I repeat the editing, save
>> > the file, and then re-open it. Again the boldface is gone. Any ideas?
>> >
>> > I'm working from Learning GNU Emacs by Cameron et al., O'Reilly.
>> >
>> > This is GNU Emacs 24.2.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600).
>>
>>
>> Use M-x enriched-mode RET first. Then you will save not a text file,
>> but an enriched-text file.
>
>If what you need is a word processor you should use that -- eg libreoffice, MSWord etc
>
>emacs does a rather poor job of word processing
>
>The solution in the emacs/unix world 20 years ago was latex/groff etc -- ie
>document processors
>
>Today the goto-solution for this (and 1000 other things) in emacs-land is org mode.
>It does have a long learning curve though...
Thanks, Rusi. Good suggestion. I've been using MSWord, but hating it
for being top-heavy with bells and whistles that I don't use. I also
use Notepad for its simplicity. If I could add a bell and maybe 1 1/2
whistles to Notepad I'd be happy. It's the fabled extensibility of
emacs that drew me to it. Notepad with hooks, that's what I want.
Besides, I'm retired and this looks like a fun project.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-12-31 16:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-12-31 4:23 Boldface typing twlllmxxx
2014-12-31 4:23 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2014-12-31 4:55 ` Rusi
2014-12-31 5:26 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2014-12-31 8:25 ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-31 11:04 ` Rasmus
[not found] ` <mailman.16997.1420023871.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-12-31 12:48 ` Rusi
[not found] ` <mailman.16991.1420014374.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-12-31 12:20 ` Rusi
2014-12-31 13:23 ` Marcin Borkowski
[not found] ` <mailman.17001.1420032213.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-12-31 13:55 ` Rusi
2014-12-31 14:08 ` Rusi
2014-12-31 15:36 ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-31 18:02 ` Óscar Fuentes
2014-12-31 18:42 ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-31 14:53 ` Dale Snell
[not found] ` <mailman.17003.1420037647.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-12-31 15:02 ` Rusi
2014-12-31 15:36 ` Dale Snell
2014-12-31 16:04 ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-31 16:51 ` twlllmxxx [this message]
2014-12-31 17:08 ` Rusi
2014-12-31 17:29 ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-31 12:27 ` Rusi
2015-01-05 10:14 ` Alberto Luaces
[not found] ` <mailman.17285.1420452923.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-01-05 11:13 ` Rusi
2014-12-31 16:31 ` twlllmxxx
2014-12-31 16:41 ` Marcin Borkowski
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