On Fri, 23 Jan 2009, ext Frank Banul wrote: > I use vi. I have not had the pleasure of learning Emacs. For my > understanding, is it possible to define a list of files or directories > in a project and then search for instances of used variables and how > they are used? Same question for functions. I did a quick google > search and didn't find either of these capabilities illustrated.
For emacs (and, mutatis mutandis, for vim), see: http://emacs-fu.blogspot.com/2009/01/navigating-through-source-code-using.html > I see color syntax support. I know vi has auto indentation and I > assume emacs does as well but can they go as far as selecting blocks > of code and auto indent? Well, if you have to select first it's not really auto-indent -- but yeah, just select and C-M-\ (ie., Control-Alt-backslash). Emacs is a very powerful editor, but it can be a harsh mistress in the beginning. When you put in the effort, most people seem to hang on -- 'Stockholm Syndrome' :-) To bring back the Maemo-angle: with Emacs it's easy (though probably not if you've never used emacs) to integrate with the environment, run compilers, debuggers in scratchbox or even on device. http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CompileInsideScratchbox Best wishes, Dirk. -- Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <dirk-jan.binn...@nokia.com> NRC / Helsinki _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
