what is Emacs? - Page 1
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author: SDBFG
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 06:08:25 am
content: hello siri found Emacs what does it do?

author: BradC
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 06:13:56 am
content: Quote from: SDBFG on April 24, 2018, 06:08:25 amPretty much everything except make coffee (and I think that's on the todo)."man emacs" might be a good start.

author: AG6QR
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 06:18:10 am
content: It's a text editor. And a whole lot more. it's very extendable, and can be programmed to do almost anything. It works on virtually any system, including Unix, Linux, DOS, Windows, Mac, and more. It's probably the most powerful and customizable text editor around. Google "emacs tips" or "emacs tricks" for lots more info.It's also free and open source.

author: daqq
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 06:51:21 am
content: All of your questions posted so far are vague questions that show zero initiative, zero work done to help yourself and can be answered by a few minutes on google. You are probably a troll.

author: bd139
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 06:52:45 am
content: An “editor” which mutated into something insane. Also known as Escape Meta Alt Control Shift. It’s like playing twister with your fingers. You need this guy’s fingers for optimum performance.https://youtu.be/KlJ8eTuFe9UAlas if you master it, the minds eye will be opened into the dimension of lisp.I am merely mortal though so I can’t use it effectively.

author: newbrain
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 06:53:30 am
content: For about 25 years, emacs has been THE EDITOR for me.I even wrote a clone in 8086 assembler in about ~13kB, a Forth (not(lisp)) compiler included, for MS-DOS 2.11...Jokes on its all encompassing extensibility abound, one for all its own overflowing sink old icon:If you are a vi user, emacs can give you good counselling:Code:M-x doctorM-x == Esc followed by x, or Alt-x on PCsQuote

author: helius
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 08:48:29 am
content: Quote from: newbrain on April 24, 2018, 06:53:30 amHey, that's cool! I remember one of the best MS-DOS editors was Lugaru Epsilon, which was an Emacs clone using a C-like extension language.I think it was quite a bit bigger than 13KB...

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 09:16:57 am
content: Quote from: SDBFG on April 24, 2018, 06:08:25 amhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emacs

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 09:28:44 am
content: Not vim./scurries away

author: daqq
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 09:47:30 am
content: QuoteGood./scurries away

author: bd139
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 09:58:34 am
content: New unix system users:Emacs users:"fuck it's only got vi on it"...tries to edit file .... fuck shit fuckety fuck ... esc esc :q!"install nano or emacs"...edit fileVim users:...Edit file using vi, grumbling slightly about the one level undo and lack of syntax highlighting.

author: NivagSwerdna
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 10:09:50 am
content: Quote from: SDBFG on April 24, 2018, 06:08:25 amI understand that religious discussions are frowned upon here.However, welcome to the Church of EMACS.EMACS is a life choice not an editor, TECO is an editor and vi is a utility

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 01:20:18 pm
content: Quote from: NivagSwerdna on April 24, 2018, 10:09:50 amExcept that you misspelled "editor" when you clearly meant "abomination", and you should append "(allegedly)" to the sentence.Apart from that, this is a remarkable prescient troll from someone that hasn't come across google (check the OP's other posts to see why I think that!)

author: madires
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 01:28:55 pm
content: Isn't Emacs a Lisp interpreter?

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 01:51:22 pm
content: Quote from: daqq on April 24, 2018, 06:51:21 amNothing against certain countries, its just this is the typical "weird" questions from people at those areas where OP lives.I've seen and experienced too many nice technical forums at the internet that were trashed and completely swarmed by this kind of behavior that abuse the community helpful & friendly atmosphere, definitely not language problem, I guess its cultural.PS : The OP just made another "weird" new thread again ->HERE.

author: BradC
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 02:12:18 pm
content: Quote from: BravoV on April 24, 2018, 01:51:22 pmYup. Saw a *lot* of this while I was in the Middle East, usually followed by "please do the needful ASAP".

author: NivagSwerdna
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 02:18:52 pm
content: Anyone asking about Emacs can't be all that bad. And they call me "Sir".

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 02:20:17 pm
content: Quote from: NivagSwerdna on April 24, 2018, 02:18:52 pmThis is one of the typical signature too.

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 02:24:20 pm
content: I use nano because it seems to be the only Unix or Unix-like text editor that seems any bit reasonable.

author: grumpydoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 02:27:26 pm
content: Quote from: bd139 on April 24, 2018, 09:58:34 amAll Emacs users should know just enough vi to edit the Emacs Makefiles for their system. Real men use ed, however.Quote from: SDBFG on April 24, 2018, 06:08:25 amJFGI

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 02:36:26 pm
content: Quote from: BradC on April 24, 2018, 02:12:18 pmUsually these created a situation that resides in grey area, that made moderator's life a lot harder as they are not fall into the spammer/troll category type.Once the moderators team are completely overwhelmed and give up, you can expect the forum's quality begins to deteriorate like many I've seen & experienced.

author: grumpydoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 02:38:43 pm
content: Quote from: madires on April 24, 2018, 01:28:55 pm[Ignoring theon purpose]The GNU implementation and many other Emacsen are indeed Lisp interpreters - or at any rate they are a set of bare bones editing functions (with bindings to make them callable from Lisp) plus a (basic) Lisp interpreter and then the complete editor is written in Lisp on top of that.Originally, however, it was a set of macros for a heavily modified version of TECO and there are many emacs-like editors which are not built upon a Lisp framework.Alternative names:Esc-Meta-Alt-Ctrl-ShiftEight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping (from the days when 8M wasbig)Eventually Munches All Computer StorageEmacs Makes A Computer Slow

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 02:39:15 pm
content: The question was: "what is Emacs?"The answer is an acronym forEightMegsAndConstantlySwapping.Quote from: NivagSwerdna on April 24, 2018, 02:18:52 pmYou must be mistaken, it was clearlyIwho was addressed asSir.

author: grumpydoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 02:41:09 pm
content: Quote from: Cerebus on April 24, 2018, 02:39:15 pmSnap!

author: BradC
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 02:52:52 pm
content: Quote from: BravoV on April 24, 2018, 02:36:26 pmYeah, I never saw it on a forum. It was in the office, on site, in the contractors office.. you get the idea. There appears to be a particular branch there somewhere that are educated to be completely spoon fed. It's like "Here's the book. Learn what's in the book. Never question the book. All you ever need to know is in the book.". When something arises that isn't in the book it becomes a case of turn to the first person you see and ask "what is that, what does it do and how do I work it?". The problem is as the answers to those questions aren't in the book either, it just becomes a snake eating its own tail.

author: NivagSwerdna
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 02:53:21 pm
content: I see no point in engaging with non believers.... actually I can't resist...EMACS used to be Windows for VT100 terminals. C-x 2 it was like magic.

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 04:30:16 pm
content: Quote from: NivagSwerdna on April 24, 2018, 02:53:21 pmToo damn right it was.Anybody remember the VMS EDT editor? My "favourite" feature was that the "delete" key would remove either the word/characterbefore or afterthe cursor, depending on thehistoryof editor actions.

author: tpowell1830
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 05:06:51 pm
content: Does anyone use Komodo Edit? I like it alot... (AFTER trying Emacs)

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 05:27:15 pm
content: Quote from: tggzzz on April 24, 2018, 04:30:16 pmPah! EDT was for people who weren'tmanenough to use TECO.From"Real Programmers Don't Use PASCAL":...Some of the concepts in these Xerox editors have been incorporated intoeditors running on more reasonably named operating systems -- EMACS and VIbeing two. The problem with these editors is that Real Programmersconsider `What You See Is What You Get' to be just as bad a concept inText Editors as it is in women. No, the Real Programmer wants a `youasked for it, you got it' text editor -- complicated, cryptic, powerful,unforgiving, dangerous. TECO, to be precise.It has been observed that a TECO command sequence more closely resemblestransmission line noise than readable text . One of the moreentertaining games to play with TECO is to type your name in as a commandline and try to guess what it does. Just about any possible typing errorwhile talking with TECO will probably destroy your program, or even worse-- introduce subtle and mysterious bugs in a once working subroutine....

author: BillB
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 05:33:56 pm
content: So, I'm guessing I shouldn't mention Notepad?

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 05:38:30 pm
content: Quote from: BillB on April 24, 2018, 05:33:56 pmOnly after you mentioned EDLIN.

author: BradC
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 05:43:16 pm
content: Real men use echo, cat and dd.What would I know thought? I know/use Pascal and eat quiche.

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 05:50:07 pm
content: just sitting over here with my Notepad++, sipping the NT poison.If I had to pick an XWS compatible text editor, it would have to be SciTE, as the closest denominator to Notepad++ which is the Windows user's friend. For terminal activities, GNU Nano is good on Windows, Linux, and Unix.

author: BillB
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 05:52:01 pm
content: Quote from: BravoV on April 24, 2018, 05:38:30 pmHaHa! Oh yeah, forgot about EDLIN!Quote from: BradC on April 24, 2018, 05:43:16 pmActually, if you aren't entering your data using panel mounted toggle switches and need to rely on a keyboard, you aren't a man at all.

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 05:56:51 pm
content: Puh, toggle switches? Real men don't even need line editors. They can modify their text files by punching holes directly into their paper tapes. Who needs all this fancy programming?

author: BillB
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 05:58:53 pm
content: RIP OP, we hardly knew ye.

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 06:01:28 pm
content: Quote from: BillB on April 24, 2018, 05:33:56 pmBoy, I say boy, only if y're wearing pink and got a pink bow in yer hair".(I hope I'm not the only guy here who remembers how Foghorn Leghorn talked.)

author: mbless
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 06:18:05 pm
content: Quote from: BillB on April 24, 2018, 05:58:53 pmThis is the first time I witnessed a real-time ban! Either OP is that clueless about everything or a terrible troll.

author: andyturk
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 06:39:17 pm
content: I've been using emacs since the mid 80s, initially on an actual lisp machine. For a long time, I just used it out-of-the-box without a lot of extensions, but lately I'm really liking some of the extensions like "org mode" and C/C++ support. Emacs goes well with my mechanical keyboard (HHKB). :-) I've almost forgotten my command line git because I use "magit" in emacs all the time.Emacs and its various extensions are really good at dealing with information represented in text form. That's a philosophical commitment more than anything else, and it's incompatible with proprietary file formats and things like IDEs.IMO, emacs has a huge learning curve and I've never actually recommended it to anyone else. However, I couldn't live without it. People that could benefit from emacs usually find it on their own.

author: andyturk
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 06:47:33 pm
content: Quote from: Cerebus on April 24, 2018, 02:39:15 pmThat was funny back when "8 megs" was significant. I used to do homework assignments on a timeshared PDP-11 with a whopping 10 megs of disk for the entire machine. No emacs there--we used ed.My emacs process is clocking 159MB now (not doing a whole lot) with no swapping. But the box it's running on has 64GB of RAM.

author: andyturk
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 06:51:36 pm
content: Quote from: NivagSwerdna on April 24, 2018, 02:53:21 pmOr keeping your editor process running for weeks at a time (with screen).

author: bsudbrink
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 07:05:16 pm
content: XEDIT

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 07:22:49 pm
content: Quote from: BravoV on April 24, 2018, 05:38:30 pmThank you for reminding me of that. Not.

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 07:25:20 pm
content: Quote from: BillB on April 24, 2018, 05:52:01 pmQuite right.It helps if you have a machine with core memory, so that removal of power is irrelevant.

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 07:27:24 pm
content: Quote from: TwoOfFive on April 24, 2018, 05:56:51 pmThat's the way I started, albeit with 5cps 5channel teletypes.

author: tpowell1830
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 07:29:31 pm
content: DOSecho The Rain In Spain Falls Mainly On The Plain > The_Rain_File.txttype the_rain_file.txt

author: bsudbrink
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 07:37:50 pm
content: CP/M:A>PIP TEST.TXT=CON:THIS IS A TEST<ctrl-Z>A>

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 07:58:25 pm
content: Quote from: tggzzz on April 24, 2018, 07:27:24 pm5 cps sounds way too slow. 45 bits/s and 7.5 bits/char give you a whopping 6 char/s!(Or even 6.6 if you were in Europe and operating at 50 Baud!)And you could backspace and overwrite typos with the "letters" code (all holes punched) for comfortable editing.

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 08:30:32 pm
content: Quote from: ebastler on April 24, 2018, 07:58:25 pmNaturally we preferred the 10cps machines, but they were often in use by other people - leaving the 5cpc machines.There were many different 5 channel teletypes codes. My first assembler program converted from one to another.In the Elliott code, IiRC, all holes punched was "ignore" and the letter shift and figure shift were other codes.

author: boffin
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 08:31:25 pm
content: Quote from: bsudbrink on April 24, 2018, 07:37:50 pmCP/M's PIP was a copy of RSX-11's.

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 08:32:33 pm
content: Quote from: tpowell1830 on April 24, 2018, 07:29:31 pm8.3?

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 08:45:38 pm
content: IT'S AN IMPOSTER!HISS

author: bsudbrink
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 08:51:43 pm
content: Quote from: boffin on April 24, 2018, 08:31:25 pmYup. I didn't write it. Only used (and use) it.

author: boffin
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 09:09:45 pm
content: Editor wars, always going to create a firestorm.My history:EDT - VAX screen editor (still remember what GOLD stands for)EDIX - Obscure DOS editor...QEDIT/TSE - switched as it was more available under DOSJOE - Under Unix, still my fave editor on my Unix/Linux systems (I watch over 1400 of them for work)EDITPLUS, later NOTEPAD++ under Windows. Very capableI always laugh, for years in Unix interviews they'd always ask "do you know vi well", and my stock response was "well enough to use it to configure the Makefile for something better (like joe)"

author: bsudbrink
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 09:24:43 pm
content: Quote from: boffin on April 24, 2018, 09:09:45 pmWouldn't be any fun otherwise...Quote from: boffin on April 24, 2018, 09:09:45 pmHmmm...1) Does an IBM 026 count as an editor?2) Does the interactive mode of HP timeshare BASIC count as an editor?3) WordStar! <ctrl-K><ctrl-D>4) XEDIT CMS/VM370 and MS-DOS5) vi,vim,Brief,Emacs6) Abysmal Micro$oft IDE editors (no choice)

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 09:56:58 pm
content: Quote from: BillB on April 24, 2018, 05:58:53 pm"Posts: 16 (16 per day)"An appropriately nice round number in binary.Edit:SDBFG'a post history reads like someone wrote a first attempt at an AI that is mostly a Markov chain text generator, and gave it Net access. The programmers could have had more success with it, if they hadn't permitted it to create threads.

author: grumpydoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 09:59:37 pm
content: Quote from: boffin on April 24, 2018, 09:09:45 pmSee previous comment - myonlymotivation for learning (minimal) vi was to be able to edit emacs Makefiles

author: bd139
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 10:19:40 pm
content: Quote from: grumpydoc on April 24, 2018, 09:59:37 pmBack when I was a (part time) Unix admin, we actually banned Emacs due to resource problems using it on the main "user" shell server, a respectably equipped but near EOL Sun 4/690. However 20 instances of GNU Emacs running every conceivable extension could bring the damn thing to its knees.So one afternoon we static linked /usr/bin/emacs to vi and set "no more emacs!" in motd.Joy of joys, resource usage went down that day bar some email flames. That was until around 3pm when everyone suddenly started compiling copies of GNU emacs to run out of their home dir... Eventually the machine thrashed itself into the ground and we had to bounce it.Lesson learned: on 1990s kit, don't leave the compiler suite installed. Also don't piss off the Emacs users.

author: HoracioDos
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 10:56:46 pm
content: My first DOS editor....copy con myfile.txt <press enter>CTRL-ZNow I'm a nano user

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 11:12:27 pm
content: Quote from: bd139 on April 24, 2018, 10:19:40 pmA very wise rule of thumbBy definition they are "power users", and emacsistheir shell.

author: bd139
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 24, 2018, 11:24:49 pm
content: Actually perhaps more correctly, if you’re going to piss off the emacs users, ulimit them first

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 25, 2018, 03:34:28 am
content: Well, funny thing, normally when I do DOS programming in a Unix/Linux environment, I start off using GNU Nano to do the work because of it's ease of use (to a plebeian like myself) and (normally) nice text highlighting. After a few runs to DOSBox and TC (now BC++ for me) I end up having to fix a minor thing in the 80 column TC editor until I say screw it and end up purely using that editor.

author: helius
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 25, 2018, 03:35:15 am
content: Quote from: evb149 on April 25, 2018, 03:27:10 amSince MULE was added to Emacs 20, this is much less of a sure thing, since you cannot in general expect roundtrip data preservation in the presence of different character encodings.

author: JonM
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 25, 2018, 04:19:48 am
content: I have been "99% Emacs" for the past 34 years. I will resort to vi when doing minor edits as root.A friend of mine had a license plate frame that read: "vi not emacs" when he lived in Silicon Valley.It triggered quite a few red light conversations.

author: BradC
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 25, 2018, 04:53:32 am
content: Years ago I spent a lot of time building minimal embedded systems and forced myself to learn vi as it was one thing I could rely on to be ever-present (the busybox implementation is reasonable). These days I can't imagine using anything else, although when given the opportunity I cheat and install vim. That at least buys me syntax highlighting.

author: ivaylo
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 25, 2018, 05:48:17 am
content: Quote from: JonM on April 25, 2018, 04:19:48 amSame here. Tried to search through a 60MB log file with Sublime on a 16GB RAM Mac lately just to bring the machine to a halt (had to kill the damn thing). Emacs would fly through the results. They were written differently (with all the jokes what a hog it was on a 640KB machine or whatever)...

author: newbrain
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 25, 2018, 07:21:54 am
content: Only reason I answered the OP was for. Some fun cannot be missed.My history:A frigging IBM card puncher at uni. Unfortunately the mainframe was Univac. The different EBCDIC flavour made it a mess to use.The various editors in Turbo-whatever. ETA: and Brief, a revelation!EDT on VMS.EVE on VMS, with a lot of personal macros/keydefs.sed to edit the emacs makefile. I gave up on vi really quickly.Emacs and EVE with an emacs keymap. It was fun the day someone thought of reconfiguring all the VT220 terminals for XON/XOFF, and any Ctrl-S would block the screen...Emacs...Emacs...Take a walk on the dark sideVisual Studio and emacsVS CodeEdit: I almost forgot an early love!

author: tpowell1830
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 25, 2018, 11:32:47 am
content: Ok, the original poster is back again as nhdyhh asking terse questions again...https://www.eevblog.com/forum/microcontrollers/how-this-processor-work/msg0/?topicseen#new

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 25, 2018, 11:54:18 am
content: Quote from: tpowell1830 on April 25, 2018, 11:32:47 amOh no, hopefully its not the swarm coming, another one is happening ...https://www.eevblog.com/forum/repair/help-needed-to-repair-hp-spectrum-analyser/

author: amyk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 26, 2018, 12:38:39 am
content: Quote from: BravoV on April 25, 2018, 11:54:18 amAlthough still sub-par, that guy has far more intelligence than this one. AT least he continues by saying what he did. This one just writes single-sentence posts.

author: mitchty
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: April 30, 2018, 01:59:44 am
content: > By definition they are "power users", and emacs is their shell.We're just very... opinionated. >.< And well the shell is just more text, why bother opening a shell when you got emacs open already?I use org-mode to compile my emacs configuration. I'm a... odd duck even amongst emacs users.

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 30, 2018, 06:49:42 am
content: Quote from: mitchty on April 30, 2018, 01:59:44 amDoes emacs allow you to press the "quote" link on the top right of a posting?

author: brucehoult
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 30, 2018, 07:27:46 am
content: Quote from: Cerebus on April 24, 2018, 02:39:15 pm

author: mitchty
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: April 30, 2018, 12:00:13 pm
content: Quote from: tggzzz on April 30, 2018, 06:49:42 am

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 30, 2018, 12:04:18 pm
content: Quote from: mitchty on April 30, 2018, 12:00:13 pmHmm, either emacs or youreallyseem to struggle with quotes and replies...Never mind; be lazy and let the readers deal with it.

author: bd139
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 30, 2018, 03:56:03 pm
content: Should have used vim

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 30, 2018, 10:05:17 pm
content: Quote from: mitchty on April 30, 2018, 12:00:13 pmAt least you can alter emacs' functions so that it requires you to press the "preview" button before "post" button. Doubt you could do that with vi(le)

author: andyturk
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2018, 10:35:37 am
content: Quote from: mitchty on April 30, 2018, 01:59:44 amOrg-babel is not odd at all... perfectly reasonable!

author: Bassman59
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 03, 2018, 08:21:37 pm
content: Quote from: JonM on April 25, 2018, 04:19:48 amemacs has its vhdl-mode, which is the best goddamn code-editing thing for any language ever.pr<tab> and wham, a process template, filled in with my clock and preferred reset style.sig<tab> and start the template for creating a signal.ent<tab> and start creating an entity.Put the cursor in the port list of an entity, then ctrl-c ctrl-p ctrl-w and it copies the port list. Then visit a new file, type ctrl-c ctrl-p ctrl-t and wham, now you have the basis of a test bench, with all signals declared and the DUT port map built.Or, after copying the port list of an entity, type ctrl-c ctrl-p ctrl-i and wham, now you have a wired-up instance of your entity.Code completion? Type the first couple of letters of a signal and then <tab> and it completes.And so on. It's utterly brilliant.Plus, you can play Tetris in emacs.

author: Vtile
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 03, 2018, 08:31:59 pm
content: QuoteI think this sums it up, along so many other silliness around certain computer tech.