Congratulations. Sorry I wasn't able to help more. I gave up on ergoEmacs,
maybe a little quickly, after a feeling it was dramatically slower than the
emacs I had compiled.
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 4:06 AM, Shaping <shap...@charter.net> wrote:
> Jim/all:
>
>
>
> I got Factor working with ErgoEmacs. I'll report the details after I
> sleep.
>
>
>
>
>
> Shaping
>
>
>
> *From:* Shaping [mailto:shap...@charter.net]
> *Sent:* 2010-November-07, 02:34
>
> *To:* factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Factor-talk] ErgoEmacs installation on Windows 7 64-bit;
> Factor-editor integration
>
>
>
> Jim, I'm using the installer from
>
>
>
> http://ergoemacs.org/
>
>
>
> I'm not building Emacs. The original Emacs is horribly unergonomic.
> Powerful as it can be as a center for all user action on a PC, it's a little
> embarrassing for its keyboard bindings, as the creators of ErgoEmacs have
> amply explained.
>
>
>
> I want to stick with ErgoEmacs or switch to some other editor. Suggestions
> anyone?
>
>
>
> Jim, did you get your ErgoEmacs install to work with Factor?
>
>
>
> When I open ErgoEmacs, it does its initialization. Clicking on the edit
> field at the bottom, immediately after initialization opens a pane in the
> bottom half of the window and shows all that was done:
>
>
>
> Loading c:/Program Files (x86)/ErgoEmacs
> 1.8.1/site-lisp/../ergoemacs/init...
>
> Loading ergoemacs-keybindings/ergoemacs-mode...
>
> Loading functions...done
>
> Loading ergoemacs-unbind...done
>
> Loading ergoemacs-layout-us...done
>
> Loading ergoemacs-keybindings/ergoemacs-mode...done
>
> Loading init_load_packages...
>
> Loading haskell-mode-2.7.0/haskell-site-file...done
>
> (((fundamental-mode . minibuffer-complete-and-exit) . 2) ((fundamental-mode
> . execute-extended-command) . 3) ((Info-mode .
> Info-mouse-follow-nearest-node) . 1) ((Info-mode . mouse-drag-region) . 1)
> ((Info-mode . mwheel-scroll) . 22) ((Info-mode . info-emacs-manual) . 1)
> ((fundamental-mode . self-insert-command) . 76) ((fundamental-mode .
> shell-command) . 2) ((fundamental-mode . mwheel-scroll) . 54)
> ((fundamental-mode . delete-backward-char) . 12) ((fundamental-mode .
> kill-region) . 3) ((fundamental-mode . mouse-set-point) . 7)
> ((fundamental-mode . mouse-drag-region) . 20) ((fundamental-mode .
> minibuffer-complete-word) . 3) ((fundamental-mode . set-background-color) .
> 4) ((fundamental-mode . backward-char) . 5) ((fundamental-mode .
> delete-char) . 1) ((fundamental-mode . cua--prefix-override-handler) . 2)
> ((fundamental-mode . cua-copy-region) . 2) ((fundamental-mode .
> scroll-bar-toolkit-scroll) . 103))
>
> Loading init_load_packages...done
>
> Loading init_version...done
>
> Loading init_functions...done
>
> Loading init_settings...done
>
> Loading c:/Program Files (x86)/ErgoEmacs 1.8.1/ergoemacs/init_aliases.el
> (source)...done
>
> Loading init_keybinding...done
>
> Loading init_mouse...done
>
> Loading init_clean_menus...done
>
> Loading c:/ErgoEmacs 1.8.1/.emacs.d/.recentf...done
>
> Cleaning up the recentf list...done (0 removed)
>
> server-ensure-safe-dir: The directory `~/.emacs.d/server' is unsafe
>
>
>
> Above there is no mention of loading a file called .emacs, although you may
> wonder whether "Loading init_load_packages or init-functions or
> init_settings is a kind of synonym for the stuff in .emacs. Apparently
> not. I can press M-a, type "set-back-ground color", press Enter, type
> "grey", press Enter, and see the background change to grey, as expected. I
> entered the same command
>
>
>
> (set-background-color "grey")
>
>
>
> into my .emacs file, saved it, opened ErgoEmacs, and saw no color change.
> I conclude that the init file is not being loaded. I checked the file for
> only LF line-end termination, too. It is correct.
>
>
>
> Turns out that the *user's* HOME variable is the one to be used. I set my
> HOME to C:\Users\<username>. There is a long discussion about the
> correctness of this choice:
>
>
>
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/ergoemacs/browse_thread/thread/7699b73df70005ed
>
>
>
> Note that the first posting in the above thread say that .emacs is loaded
> from the place where HOME points. I placed my .emacs file there in
> C:\Users\<username>; my HOME variable points
>
> to the same place. My init file does not load when ErgoEmacs is launched.
> I must be missing something.
>
>
>
> I was hoping to do some Factor this weekend. That may not happen.
>
>
>
> Has anyone experience with E-TextEditor (sometimes called just "E")? It
> seems to be a Windows-based TextMate work-alike. Is anyone any working on
> non-Emacs REPL-base editor integration for Factor?
>
>
>
>
>
> Shaping
>
>
>
> *From:* Jim mack [mailto:j...@less2do.com]
> *Sent:* 2010-November-06, 19:54
> *To:* factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Factor-talk] ErgoEmacs init file not loading
>
>
>
> Shaping,
>
> I don't remember the order I did these things in, but here are some
> artifacts I can find.
>
> User variable "HOME" set to c:\emacs
> System variable HOME set to C:\documents and settings\jmack
> nothing in registry at HKCU\SOFTWARE\GNU\
>
> .emacs file at c:\emacs. Make sure not to use a windows editor on it,
> unless it has settings for unix cr stripping.
>
> c:\emacs
> .emacs.d
> init.txt
> emacs-23.1
> INSTALL
> bin\runemacs.exe
>
> C:\emacs\emacs-23.1\bin\runemacs.exe is where it built itself to using
> make.
>
> INSTALL contains the instructions I followed: <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> 1. Make sure your system has at least 120 MB of free disk space.
>
> 2a. `cd' to the directory where you unpacked Emacs and invoke the
> `configure' script:
>
> ./configure
>
> 5. Invoke the `make' program:
>
> make
>
> 6. If `make' succeeds, it will build an executable program `emacs'
> in the `src' directory. You can try this program, to make sure
> it works:
>
> src/emacs -q
>
> 7. Assuming that the program `src/emacs' starts and displays its
> opening screen, you can install the program and its auxiliary
> files into their installation directories:
>
> make install
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> As a complete newbie, I did everything exactly as specified, and made no
> assumptions. I had previously had ruby running on this xp 32 box, had
> installed git. Has emacs ever been able to start, or is this a case where
> emacs starts but integration through fuel to factor is the issue?
>
> C:\Program Files\ErgoEmacs\ergoEmacs.exe also runs for me, does not contain
> any .emacs files itself.
>
> It may be that my going with a seeming convention of c:\emacs as the base
> for the gnu emacs was what helps the defaults keep together?
>
> On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Shaping <shap...@charter.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Jim.
>
>
>
> I'm trying to use ErgoEmacs, but I cannot get it working either on Windows
> 7 64-bit.
>
>
>
> The contents of my .emacs file:
>
>
>
> (load-file "F:\media\repositories\factor\misc\fuel\fu.el")
>
> (setq fuel-listener-factor-binary "F:\media\repositories\factor"
>
> (setq fuel-listener-factor-image "F:\media\repositories\factor"
>
> (set-background-color "cornsilk")
>
>
>
> These lines are gleaned from the readme file that comes with the FUEL
> vocab.
>
>
>
> The contents don't matter now because the file is not being loaded by Emacs
> or ErgoEmacs.
>
>
>
> I saved the .emacs file in the ErgoEmacs install directory, in the bin
> subdirectory, in .emacs.d and in .emac.s/server. The .emacs.d directory is
> the only non-installation directory the installer creates.
>
>
>
> When ErgoEmacs launches for the first time, the status bar says "The
> directory '~/.emacs.d/server is unsafe".
>
>
>
> 1. If the environment variable HOME is set, use the directory it
> indicates.
>
> 2. If the registry entry HKCU\SOFTWARE\GNU\Emacs\HOME is set, use the
> directory it indicates.
>
> 3. If the registry entry HKLM\SOFTWARE\GNU\Emacs\HOME is set, use the
> directory it indicates. Not recommended, as it results in users sharing the
> same HOME directory.
>
> 4. If C:\.emacs exists, then use C:/. This is for backward
> compatibility, as previous versions defaulted to C:/ if HOME was not set.
>
> 5. Use the user's AppData directory, usually a directory called
> Application
> Data under the user's profile directory, the location of which varies
> according to Windows version and whether the computer is part of a domain.
>
>
>
> This bit above seems thorough, but does not help with Emacs or ErgoEmacs.
>
>
>
> Where did you place your .emacs file. Did you need to create a HOME
> environment variable?
>
>
>
>
>
> Shaping
>
>
>
> *From:* Jim mack [mailto:j...@less2do.com]
> *Sent:* 2010-November-05, 03:42
> *To:* factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Factor-talk] Working style; default font; preferred text
> styler with REPL
>
>
>
> I got gnu emacs working on my xp laptop by following these instructions,
> http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html
> and the ones on the factor website:
> http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html. I was able to get
> it to call factor & compile, and to update my source file's USING: as I
> added words.
>
> Then, I played around with ergo emacs, and screwed everything up, and ran
> out of time. I'm a newbie, just thought that piece of info would be
> confirmation that it's possible.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
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