Re: My new friend Altix

2019-02-11 Thread Matt Wilkie
> I've made a new friend this week. His name is Altix, Altix the Minibuffer. >> > > Hehe. Good post. One of my "big mistakes" was not understanding the emacs > minibuffer: > :) Thanks. It was fun to write. On 'minibuffer': I think some of the long delay for me is not knowing the term

Re: My new friend Altix

2019-02-11 Thread john lunzer
In emacs you can often find the command you want by executing apropros-command. By enabling the built-in ido-mode in emacs you get completion as you type in the minibuffer, very useful: (setq ido-enable-flex-matching t) (setq ido-everywhere t) (ido-mode 1) The next evolution of emacs's

Re: inconsistent behavior when dragging files

2019-02-11 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 7:27:53 AM UTC-5, Edward K. Ream wrote: > > Please file an issue for this. It will be fixed asap. > I have just created #1083 for this. Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: YAML syntax coloring

2019-02-11 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 10:55:22 PM UTC-5, Rob wrote: > > >1. Set a node to @language yaml >2. Enter some YAML items. >3. The syntax coloring works only if there is at least one white space >character before the descriptor (perhaps the wrong word). >4. If no white

Re: My new friend Altix

2019-02-11 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Monday, February 11, 2019 at 5:09:09 AM UTC-5, Matt Wilkie wrote: I've made a new friend this week. His name is Altix, Altix the Minibuffer. > Hehe. Good post. One of my "big mistakes" was not understanding the emacs minibuffer: 1. You don't have to know all the commands. Ignore most of

My new friend Altix

2019-02-11 Thread Matt Wilkie
I've made a new friend this week. His name is Altix, Altix the Minibuffer. I've seen him around a lot, pretty much every day actually, hanging around at the bottom of trees, under a body of text or sometimes a log. Quiet, unassuming, showing his title but not announcing his name, content with a