From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: ruhl@4dv.net (Robert Uhl ) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: New to Emacs Date: 18 Dec 2002 11:07:42 -0700 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1040235067 30668 80.91.224.249 (18 Dec 2002 18:11:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 18:11:07 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18Oiee-0007x5-00 for ; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 19:10:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18OieM-0002Kd-01 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 13:10:30 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!washdc3-snf1!news.gtei.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!central.cox.net!cox.net!nntp2.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nntp3.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.4dv.net!news.4dv.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 12:07:43 -0600 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/21.2 Original-Lines: 39 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.7.170.6 Original-X-Trace: sv3-wNiZEejgk5ZG+pqmNT1+58r/eiwQWFXcB8UWCTY09dRlrXX597CQ2wqy4stIHDYXjCyKikynqMrEDcv!nyR749o3nnKHZt82XTJChKk2RhIjCzM/Rn47GxJd08PrZAKZbk8nqYmuHGYT5V1NNlo= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@4dv.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@4dv.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.1 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:108260 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:4789 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4789 Code Fox writes: > > 1. I use many scripting languages like PHP, ASP, and Python. If I > want to write my own syntax hilighting for a particular language how > do I do it? At least for Python, the major mode already exists. I'd be very surprised if they don't exist for the others. Ah, a quick googling reveals a few PHP modes, and it appears that cperl-mode can be used for ASP with some amount of joy. > 2. I have an IMAP mail account. I configured gnus to retrieve mails > from my IMAP account but I couldn't see all folders. Is there an > email client for emacs which would let me use my IMAP account with > ease, like moving messages between 2 folders? Although I'm sure that it's possible (look at the docs for nnimap-list-pattern...), I would use gnus to manage `folders' and such, and not leave anything on the IMAP server. Trust me--it works beautifully, once one has gotten used to it. Of course, if you wish to read mail on more than one machien, it's not so pleasant, but I read everything from one box (I just ssh in when I'm remote). > 3. I use various C++ compilers. How do I configure emacs to compile > my program using a particular compiler? Well, M-x compile defaults to using make (see docs for compile-command)--so really, the question is how to customise make. > 4. How do I create a custom spell-check dictionary? Depends on the spell-check prog you've told emacs to use. I use aspell, and am pretty happy with it. -- Robert Uhl The world is `changed'? Yes, but not that much, and too many of the changes we have seen play right into the terrorists' hands by restricting our freedom--for no gain in security. --Clay Evans