From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jasonr (Jason Rumney) @ f2s.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: configuring emacs as a programmer's editor Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 23:09:10 +0100 Organization: freedom2surf Message-ID: References: <1151627894.208462.326680@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1151966461 32457 80.91.229.2 (3 Jul 2006 22:41:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 22:41:01 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 04 00:41:00 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FxX69-0002RX-A0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Jul 2006 00:40:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FxX68-0002e4-RO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 18:40:56 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!solnet.ch!solnet.ch!news.clara.net!wagner.news.clara.net!peernews.inweb.co.uk!news.freedom2surf.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 12 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: i-83-67-23-108.freedom2surf.net Original-X-Trace: news.freedom2surf.net 1151964664 3728 83.67.23.108 (3 Jul 2006 22:11:04 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@freedom2surf.net Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 22:11:04 +0000 (UTC) X-Face: .PruP48JRO{Z6Rfz?YkZ>)zR+7!Up"`!1Cvq{fGd)@K; y]C:8r\CrJ^Mj\_U"9*WD2 I#zdK_#tw]y9*Y$?ge&b23Zt7zpknL{)F7Px4DVSY6b9dg[^VtkN-R_$YJ0cL''j[, }O#k{k| User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:dNPR1RE8Y+FHmKJG42lJ6VMxKcw= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:140180 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:35805 Archived-At: "Ted" writes: > I suppose I have two questions. 1) How do I modify the .emacs file > I've managed to cobble together to fully support my needs? The best way is probably to throw it out and start again. Fire up customize, and go through the various options that interest you. This will teach you more about Emacs than blindly copying snippets of other people's .emacs files, and the result will work, without requiring a whole newsgroup to help with debugging it.