From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Two separate emacs running ?? Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:39:21 +0300 Message-ID: References: <1187363926.17619.118.camel@CASE> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1187375986 20333 80.91.229.12 (17 Aug 2007 18:39:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:39:46 +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 Aug 17 20:39:42 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IM6jW-0002mT-FH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:39:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IM6jW-0002yc-3z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:39:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IM6jG-0002yK-1u for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:39:26 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IM6jE-0002xd-My for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:39:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IM6jE-0002xZ-IK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:39:24 -0400 Original-Received: from nitzan.inter.net.il ([213.8.233.22]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IM6jE-0004ad-9y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:39:24 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-83-130-54-244.inter.net.il [83.130.54.244]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id HOK27169 (AUTH halo1); Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:36:36 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <1187363926.17619.118.camel@CASE> (message from William Case on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:18:46 -0400) X-Detected-Kernel: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (2) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:46648 Archived-At: > From: William Case > Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:18:46 -0400 > > I have a text file, c-notes.txt, which I open in a separate frame. I > use it to make lots of notes to myself as a go about learning the 'C' > language. I would probably like to start an elisp-notes.txt, etc. for > other languages. > > I would like to open these text files with a completely different set of > fonts, background colours, faces and minor modes from my usual emacs. I > would also like to restrict those frames or instances of emacs to a few > text files. How about using a notes.c file for C notes, notes.el file for Lisp notes, etc.? You can maintain plain text in there as comments, while code fragments will look and feel just like they do in the respective source files.