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Anyone know some useful mnemonics that can help new emacs users memorize common key combos more easily?
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Trying to install emacs in Software Center Ubuntu 12.04 got this error.
installArchives() failed: Selecting previously unselected package emacs23.
(Reading database ...
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My ~/.emacs start-up file is stored in my AFS home directory. Often when I login to a linux machine I will forget to renew my AFS credentials before attempting to edit a local (non-AFS) file with Emacs.
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If I use the following .emacs file, I am able to go to the beginning/end of the current line using the home/end keys as I would expect.
(keyboard-translate ?\C-h ?\C-?)
(add-to-list 'load-path "/home/sam/programs/go/go/misc/emacs/" t)
(require 'go-mode-load)
(global-set-key [kp-home] 'beginning-of-line)…
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When I try to compile GNU Emacs 23.1 on my machine with Mac OS X 10.6.3 I repeatedly get the following ending:
Directories: /src/emacs-23.1/lisp/. /src/emacs-23.1/lisp/./calc /src/emacs-23.1/lisp/./calendar /src/emacs-23.1/lisp/./emacs-lisp /src/emacs-23.1/lisp/./emulation /src/emacs-23.1/lisp/./erc…
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I have seen a few suggestions on making emacs portable (on Windows). I have this in my site-start.el:
(defvar program-dir (substring data-directory 0 -4))
(setq inhibit-startup-message t)
(setenv "HOME" program-dir)
I changed the HOME variable so that not only my .emacs init files (and other init…
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What keyboard shortcuts do you use in Excel?
Things I've discovered recently and found very useful are:
Shift + Space - select the current row
Ctrl + Space - select the current column
Ctrl + Shift + Space - select the block of contiguous cell
Ctrl + + - Insert (as in the context menu). If the current…
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Being left-handed, I use the mouse in my left hand. In most applications I use Ctrl + Insert or Shift + Insert to copy and paste (with my right hand).
For some bone-headed reason, this is not supported in Photoshop, so I have to use right-click Copy sub-menus, which is a lot slower.
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OK - this is pretty specific, i'm looking for a cheat sheet for visual studio keyboard shortcuts that I can set as my desktop bg.
so, something in a modest 1280 x 1024.
Something like this;
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c15d210d-a926-46a8-a586-31f8a2e576fe&DisplayLang=en
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My current client is using schemas which is good as it
provides nice seperation. However it causes me pain on a daily basis.
The reason. I can't use the built in keyboard shortcuts in SQL Server
management studio.
I can't believe how painfully annoying this is. It's just madness that…
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Hi all, I'm using latest Karmic Koala 9.10. I upgraded from 9.04, whenever I reboot I have to go to System - Preferences - Keyboard Shortcuts, and just opening it will allow me to use my keyboard shortcuts once again.
What daemon is being run by the System - Preferences - Keyboard Shortcuts link…
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