> Obviously "you gotta want it", which I doubt you do anymore, but just felt
> I had to do my civic duty.
>
Which I appreciate :) The info is filed away for possible future re-use.
I've seen people recommend swapping [ctrl] and [caps] before, and probably
Left- [alt] and [ctrl], though I
>
> On 'minibuffer': I think some of the long delay for me is not knowing the
> term 'buffer' in this context and thus following the lazy thinking route,
> "huh. that's a nonsensical-to-me word, must not be for me". In my
> experience buffering was what you needed to stop your music and videos
> 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
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
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
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
