Re: etags: M-. jump to the tag(called func), but then how can i jump BACK(the calling line)?

2005-09-13 Thread Kevin Rodgers
Ilya Zakharevich wrote: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>], who wrote in article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>M-* runs the command pop-tag-mark >> which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `etags'. >>It is bound to M-*. >>(pop-tag-mark) >> >>Pop back to where M-. was last invoked. >> >>This is distinct fr

Re: What to do about "Bad URL syntax"?

2005-09-13 Thread Mathias Dahl
Mathias Dahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > From time to time I get only the text "Bad URL syntax" as message > body when reading news. After a while I figured out that it probably > is because the message is a HTML-message. Not sure though, but I can > read the same post using a "normal" news-read

Re: etags: M-. jump to the tag(called func), but then how can i jump BACK(the calling line)?

2005-09-13 Thread David Kastrup
Ilya Zakharevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to > David Kastrup > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>], who wrote in article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > This is a gaping hole in the Emacs UI. I wrote a package, >> > imenu-go.el, which behaves "as expected". >> >> H

Re: etags: M-. jump to the tag(called func), but then how can i jump BACK(the calling line)?

2005-09-13 Thread Ilya Zakharevich
[A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>], who wrote in article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > This is a gaping hole in the Emacs UI. I wrote a package, > > imenu-go.el, which behaves "as expected". > > Hardly. > > M-* runs the command pop-tag-mark >which

Re: lisp, gnus & mail

2005-09-12 Thread David Chmelik
You can put .el files (Emacs Lisp libraries) anywhere you'd like, as long as that directory is in your load-path (C-h v). If you have write permission in the version-independent site-lisp directory, that's the conventional place to put them; otherwise, create a subdirectory in your home directory

Re: font-lock and regexp-opt

2005-09-12 Thread August Karlstrom
Mads Jensen wrote: I am trying to write my first major mode, where I'd like to use font-lock-mode to colorize some words. I browsed some code, and saw that people are using regexp-opt for this, so I went with this approach, too. Therefore, I have: (defconst inducks-keywords (regexp-opt '(...)

Re: How to make "C-M-v" to work on i386 linux?

2005-09-12 Thread Ian Zimmerman
Mohd> If I split in two windows, I want to be able to scroll the other Mohd> window using C-M-v . I'm using a regualar i386 pc keybord and Mohd> Crtl-Alt-v combo doesn't work. I don't wnat to settle for ESC Mohd> Ctrl-v or M-x scroll-other-window. Are you talking about Emacs on the Linux console

Re: Where's MS Windows emacs 21.4?

2005-09-12 Thread Christian Schlauer
"smsmsm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This doesn't help. I go to the link, and the first thing I see there > is... > > ``The latest version of Emacs is 21.2'' > > Even I've got 21.3. I go to the "where can I get precompiled versions?" > and it takes me to ftp.gnu.org, where as I've pointed out th

Re: Where's MS Windows emacs 21.4?

2005-09-12 Thread smsmsm
This doesn't help. I go to the link, and the first thing I see there is... ``The latest version of Emacs is 21.2'' Even I've got 21.3. I go to the "where can I get precompiled versions?" and it takes me to ftp.gnu.org, where as I've pointed out the latest available version appears to be 21.3. Su

Re: lisp, gnus, rmail or vm questions

2005-09-12 Thread Kevin Rodgers
David Chmelik wrote: > Is there a way to stop gnus from reloading everything each time, does > it not save headers? I found a listserv post about it which said > delete .newsrc, but i use thunderbird to search and make .newsrc... if > it is different format maybe i should anyway and try apropos.

Re: How to make "C-M-v" to work on i386 linux?

2005-09-12 Thread Peter Lee
Mohd Jeffry writes: Mohd> I'm using a regualar i386 pc keybord and Crtl-Alt-v combo Mohd> doesn't work. try: (setq-default x-alt-keysym 'meta) ___ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/hel

Re: wrong type argument commandp defadvice

2005-09-12 Thread Ralf Angeli
* cerios (2005-09-12) writes: > Hi, I got this error > wrong type argument commandp defadvice > on visiting a .tex file, and then emacs mostly froze - the menus > were still active, but I could not move the cursor or do any > command using the menu, even quit. Could you please type `M-x to

Re: Window size specification ignored

2005-09-12 Thread Peter Dyballa
Am 12.09.2005 um 02:58 schrieb August Karlstrom: Am I missing something? At least the correct Ubuntu ps syntax ... I am using a BSD style ps. 'man ps', inside Emacs as 'M-x manual-entry ps' or F1 F2, should be your friend. And it's worth doing the experiments inside GNU Emacs in its shell

Re: How to make "C-M-v" to work on i386 linux?

2005-09-12 Thread Peter Dyballa
Am 12.09.2005 um 07:29 schrieb Mohd. Jeffry: If I split in two windows, I want to be able to scroll the other window using C-M-v . I'm using a regualar i386 pc keybord and Crtl-Alt-v combo doesn't work. I don't wnat to settle for ESC Ctrl-v or M-x scroll-other-window. I think you have five

Re: Suggestions? Better filetype sniffing -- XHTML vs. HTML

2005-09-12 Thread Thien-Thi Nguyen
don provan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's hard to remember back that far, but I think I probably found that > comparison helpful way back when. I'm not sure why you think it's such > a stretch. Sure, there are significant differences, but none-the-less, > > (setq f 'function) > (funcal

Re: ttf can't work on GNU Emacs(X-window)?

2005-09-11 Thread James Cloos
> "Ian" == Ian Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Is there any way to anti alias the font? Stefan> It's being worked on. Check out the XFT_JHD_BRANCH in Stefan> Emacs-CVS if you're courageous enough. On that front, the last I tried it still didn't support changing the display font, an

Re: Window size specification ignored

2005-09-11 Thread August Karlstrom
Peter Dyballa wrote: I wanted to make you try /usr/bin/emacs -q OK $ /usr/bin/emacs -q -g x works as expected. Without the geometry option Emacs starts maximized. and /usr/bin/emacs -Q If I do this Emacs starts (maximized) with the message 'Unknown option -Q' in the mode lin

Re: It Works Great Pmharrmacy

2005-09-11 Thread Hayder Updike
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Re: Window size specification ignored

2005-09-11 Thread Peter Dyballa
Am 12.09.2005 um 00:48 schrieb August Karlstrom: If I invoke $ /usr/bin/emacs I wanted to make you try /usr/bin/emacs -q and /usr/bin/emacs -Q The latter method should launch GNU Emacs without loading *any* local Ubuntu customisation. If they launch differently, then

Re: Window size specification ignored

2005-09-11 Thread August Karlstrom
Peter Dyballa wrote: Am 11.09.2005 um 19:52 schrieb August Karlstrom: When I run emacs with emacs -g x I get a non-maximized window of size w x (h - 3) if h <= 32. If h > 32 the window is maximized. The setting in ~/.emacs is still ignored, even if I set height to e.g. 24. Strange indee

Re: font-lock and regexp-opt

2005-09-11 Thread Stefan Monnier
> (defconst inducks-keywords > (regexp-opt '(...) t) "inducks fields to colorize") > (defconst inducks-font-heroes > (list >(cons > (concat "\\<\\(" inducks-keywords "\\)\\>") > 'inducks-keyword))) > Is this a good way to do it ? Looks OK to me. > It doesn't compile. Care to

Re: Window size specification ignored

2005-09-11 Thread Peter Dyballa
Am 11.09.2005 um 19:52 schrieb August Karlstrom: When I run emacs with emacs -g x I get a non-maximized window of size w x (h - 3) if h <= 32. If h > 32 the window is maximized. The setting in ~/.emacs is still ignored, even if I set height to e.g. 24. Strange indeed. There might be

Re: etags: M-. jump to the tag(called func), but then how can i jump BACK(the calling line)?

2005-09-11 Thread David Kastrup
Ilya Zakharevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to > zhengfish > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>], who wrote in article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Hi, I'm a newbie for emacs+etags. >> when i read source in emacs with etags: M-. jump to the tag(called >> func), but the

Re: etags: M-. jump to the tag(called func), but then how can i jump BACK(the calling line)?

2005-09-11 Thread Ilya Zakharevich
[A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to zhengfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>], who wrote in article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, I'm a newbie for emacs+etags. > when i read source in emacs with etags: M-. jump to the tag(called > func), but then how can i jump BACK to the where the calling line? Th

Re: Other-Frame/Speedbar/cursor

2005-09-11 Thread Tim Johnson
* David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050911 09:11]: > > > > I am starting to play with the speedbar. I find that > > C-x 5 o (other-frame) will raise the speed bar, bring > > into focus, if you will. > > > > However, on GNU Emacs, although the mouse cursor is moved to the frame > > the cursor is n

Re: Window size specification ignored

2005-09-11 Thread August Karlstrom
Peter Dyballa wrote: Am 11.09.2005 um 17:14 schrieb August Karlstrom: In Ubuntu 5.04 Emacs always starts up with a maximized window, the setting (setq default-frame-alist '((height . 38))) in ~/.emacs is ignored. I haven't encountered this problem in Fedora or in Windows. Any clues?

Re: Window size specification ignored

2005-09-11 Thread Peter Dyballa
Am 11.09.2005 um 17:14 schrieb August Karlstrom: In Ubuntu 5.04 Emacs always starts up with a maximized window, the setting (setq default-frame-alist '((height . 38))) in ~/.emacs is ignored. I haven't encountered this problem in Fedora or in Windows. Any clues? There is also initial

Re: Other-Frame/Speedbar/cursor

2005-09-11 Thread David Kastrup
Tim Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello: > > I am starting to play with the speedbar. I find that > C-x 5 o (other-frame) will raise the speed bar, bring > into focus, if you will. > > However, on GNU Emacs, although the mouse cursor is moved to the frame > the cursor is not placed on the

Re: etags: M-. jump to the tag(called func), but then how can i jump BACK(the calling line)?

2005-09-11 Thread Peter Lee
zhengfish writes: zhengfish> when i read source in emacs with etags: M-. jump to the tag(called zhengfish> func), but then how can i jump BACK to the where the calling line? M-* works for me. ___ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emac

Re: etags: M-. jump to the tag(called func), but then how can i jump BACK(the calling line)?

2005-09-11 Thread Ian Zimmerman
zhengfish> Hi, I'm a newbie for emacs+etags. when i read source in zhengfish> emacs with etags: M-. jump to the tag(called func), but then zhengfish> how can i jump BACK to the where the calling line? I don't think there is one way that always works. You have to notice if jumping to the tag you

Re: ttf can't work on GNU Emacs(X-window)?

2005-09-11 Thread Ian Zimmerman
> Is there any way to anti alias the font? Stefan> It's being worked on. Check out the XFT_JHD_BRANCH in Emacs-CVS Stefan> if you're courageous enough. I hope it is still possible to use bitmapped fonts bypassing xft. I like my Emacs font the way it is. -- Optimist: We're only two weeks behin

Re: How to comb. there keys ?

2005-09-11 Thread Henrik Enberg
> Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 23:12:16 -0700 > From: tong wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi > i want to combine ALT+SPACE to a command , i did it in .emacs this way : > global-set-key [M-SPC] 'set-mark-command > but it doesn't work, whats the right way to do this ? > thanks a lot (global-set-key (

Re: Opening speedbar in the same frame

2005-09-10 Thread Tim Johnson
* Drew Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050909 21:45]: Hi Drew: > 1)Is it possible to open the speedbar in the same frame > as the request? > 2)If so, why is it the default to open the speedbar in its > own frame? > > I can't answer #1 or #2. :-) Must be a reason. Maybe even a good

Re: (snippet) Automatic calculation of load-path

2005-09-10 Thread Reiner Steib
On Sat, Sep 10 2005, Rupert Swarbrick wrote: > This is designed to automatically find every directory below "dir" > containing a .el file and plonk it in a list. The final line of the > listing is used to add this list to load-path. > > I couldn't find another way of doing this through google, but

RE: Opening speedbar in the same frame

2005-09-09 Thread Drew Adams
1)Is it possible to open the speedbar in the same frame as the request? 2)If so, why is it the default to open the speedbar in its own frame? I can't answer #1 or #2. 3)A quick google on this subject did not answer the questions above, but I did find some references

Re: emacs

2005-09-09 Thread Sean Sieger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: iv tried to read all i have on emacs and i dont understand it plz plzplz can u help me If you have emacs on your system and can start it, start it, and then press the key and the 'h' key at the same time, then, press the 't' key. Read that Dave. -- Sean Sieger

Re: Can emacs be used to develop an editor for special characters ?

2005-09-09 Thread Pascal Bourguignon
Chandan Talukdar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >I need to develop an editor for some special characters, which are are >used in a field of medicine. Some of these characters have no digital >equivalents i.e they are not part of any existing character sets. Can >emacs be used for this

RE: Argentina Adventure-End of World- Patagonia Travel

2005-09-09 Thread AMA
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Re: newbie elisp question

2005-09-09 Thread Pascal Bourguignon
"B. T. Raven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> (set-clipboard-coding-system'utf-8) >> (set-selection-coding-system'utf-8) > > I still get garbage when trying to copypaste Unicode. I think I want to > set this back to undecided-dos, though, or I am afraid I'll

Re: newbie elisp question

2005-09-09 Thread B. T. Raven
"Pascal Bourguignon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "B. T. Raven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> (defun goto-vowel () > >> "Skip to next vowel after point." > >> (interactive) > >> (while (not (looking-at "[aeiouy]") (forward-char))) > > > > Why the quotes? Is t

Re: Check this Offr Meeddica tions

2005-09-09 Thread Donnchadh Prevo
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Re: ttf can't work on GNU Emacs(X-window)?

2005-09-09 Thread Stefan Monnier
> where to get it, I'm willing to try. Google for Emacs-CVS should point you to http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/emacs/ Stefan ___ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs

Re: local key swap? alternatives?

2005-09-09 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> Have you taken a look at key-translation-map? >> Something like >> >> (define-key key-translation-map "4" "$") >> (define-key key-translation-map "$" "4") > This seems to be better than using the macros but also worse... > It's better because LaTeX mode still knows that $$, () etc should matc

Re: color of parentheses, and face-foregrounds ?

2005-09-09 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Mads Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08 Sep 2005 21:20:54 +0200: > Hi NG, > I am currently using the console version of EMACS for a change. There's > something that bugs a little, > One thing more, I have C- C- bound to beginning-of-buffer and > end-of-buffer respectively, but when I use

Re: ttf can't work on GNU Emacs(X-window)?

2005-09-09 Thread Richie
Thank you where to get it, I'm willing to try. ___ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs

Re: local key swap? alternatives?

2005-09-09 Thread Francisco Borges
» On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 12:41AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > Have you taken a look at key-translation-map? > Something like > > (define-key key-translation-map "4" "$") > (define-key key-translation-map "$" "4") This seems to be better than using the macros but also worse... It's better

Re: creating tar.gz from dired

2005-09-08 Thread Sebastian Luque
Sebastian Luque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I was trying to tar.gz some files I marked in dired with: > ! tar -czvf filename.tar.gz RET > but only the first file makes it into the archive, whereas the same > command invoked from a shell (tar -czvf filename.tar.gz file1 file2 file3 > ...)

Re: Newbie major-mode and elisp question

2005-09-08 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I'm writing my first major mode to run Nyquist in a buffer. Nyquist is an > extension of XLISP for audio synthesis and composition. Nyquist-mode is a > derivative of inferior-lisp mode, If so, it should look somewhat similar to inferior-lisp-mode. Or probably even use define-derived-mode direct

Re: ttf can't work on GNU Emacs(X-window)?

2005-09-08 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Thank you for your help. Now I can use the andale ttf font, but new > problem bring out : the font is too ugly on my screen for it is not so > smoothing as in my terminal. > Is there any way to anti alias the font? It's being worked on. Check out the XFT_JHD_BRANCH in Emacs-CVS if you're coura

Re: local key swap? alternatives?

2005-09-08 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> (defmacro define-my-insert (name char) >> "Define the `my-NAME' command, to insert CHAR." >> `(defun ,(intern (format "my-%s" name)) (&optional arg) >> ,(format "Insert \"%c\" at point. >> With a prefix ARG, insert that many characters." >> char) >> (interactive "p") >> (insert-char ,char (or ar

Re: Calling `compile` command on a remote host

2005-09-08 Thread Ian Zimmerman
Anakreon> I use tramp to edit files on a remote host from within emacs. Anakreon> This works fine but I'd prefer to call the [Alt+x compile] Anakreon> command on those files. Now I use ssh to call 'make' on the Anakreon> remote host which has the disadvantage that the errors found Anakreon> during

Re: python novice

2005-09-08 Thread Adam
You're right. Quick check was on test.py, whereas we had moved onto test2.py, as one does. So, it works perfectly. And pops up a buffer with the Py output. beaut - thanks TJ. >> Python 2.3.3 (#2, Feb 17 2004, 11:45:40) >> [GCC 3.3.2 (Mandrake Linux 10.0 3.3.2-6mdk)] on linux2 >> Type "hel

Re: newbie elisp question

2005-09-08 Thread Pascal Bourguignon
"B. T. Raven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> (defun goto-vowel () >> "Skip to next vowel after point." >> (interactive) >> (while (not (looking-at "[aeiouy]") (forward-char))) > > Why the quotes? Is this acceptable reg-exp syntax? I don't see any quote in this function. quote = ' I see four dou

Re: newbie elisp question

2005-09-08 Thread B. T. Raven
"Pascal Bourguignon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "B. T. Raven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [...] > > (defun goto-vowel > > "Skip to next vowel after point." > > (interactive) > > (while (not (vowelp (char-after))) (forward-char)) > > ) > > [...] > > What am I

Re: color of parentheses, and face-foregrounds ?

2005-09-08 Thread Reiner Steib
On Thu, Sep 08 2005, Mads Jensen wrote: > Also, in Gnus, in the message mode, the "--text follows this line--" is > blue, which is very difficult to see with a black background. Any ideas > how to change that ? M-x customize-face RET message-separator RET (in the current CVS) M-x customize-face R

Re: Using non-standard GNU GLOBAL options from within Emacs

2005-09-08 Thread Kevin Rodgers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have nocited that some of the options to GNU GLOBAL (for example --symbol) are not enabled with the standard Emacs GNU GLOBAL interface. How do I enable such flags when performing lookups from withing Emacs? Some useful options: `-s', `--symbol' Collect symbols oth

Re: Newbie major-mode and elisp question

2005-09-08 Thread Kevin Rodgers
sj wrote: > I'm writing my first major mode to run Nyquist in a buffer. Nyquist is an > extension of XLISP for audio synthesis and composition. Nyquist-mode is a > derivative of inferior-lisp mode, its working pretty well except for one > annoying side effect. Whenever I issue (nyquist-mode) to

Re: Newbie major-mode and elisp question

2005-09-08 Thread rgb
sj wrote: > I'm writing my first major mode to run Nyquist in a buffer. Nyquist is an > extension of XLISP for audio synthesis and composition. Nyquist-mode is a > derivative of inferior-lisp mode, its working pretty well except for one > annoying side effect. Whenever I issue (nyquist-mode) to st

Re: ttf can't work on GNU Emacs(X-window)?

2005-09-08 Thread Richie
What is the "something"? Since I use the sid Debian, I use x org as the X. And my xfce4 window manger including some software such as firefox, gvim can use the antialias font ( due to GTK2?) ___ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://l

Re: ttf can't work on GNU Emacs(X-window)?

2005-09-08 Thread Peter Dyballa
Am 08.09.2005 um 16:33 schrieb Henrik Enberg: Changing X server won't help. You need application support for antialiased fonts, something Emacs currently lacks. Oh yes! That's it of course! I remember we had a discussion about that in spring ... -- Greetings Pete The day Microsoft ma

Re: how to change file coding system

2005-09-08 Thread Martin Monsorno
Reiner Steib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Please report the problem (with more details) to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Done. Hope it helps. Thank you. -- Martin ___ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help

Re: python novice

2005-09-08 Thread Tim Johnson
* Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050908 02:55]: > > [ ... ] > > Python 2.3.3 (#2, Feb 17 2004, 11:45:40) > [GCC 3.3.2 (Mandrake Linux 10.0 3.3.2-6mdk)] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>> ## working on region in file /home/ahc/tmp/python-2745nWq.py

Re: local key swap? alternatives?

2005-09-08 Thread Francisco Borges
» On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 11:47AM -0600, Kevin Rodgers wrote: > If you have many such functions, you'd want to abstract the common parts > with a function-defining macro: > > (defmacro define-my-insert (name char) > "Define the `my-NAME' command, to insert CHAR." > `(defun ,(intern (format "my

Re: ttf can't work on GNU Emacs(X-window)?

2005-09-08 Thread Henrik Enberg
> From: Peter Dyballa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 14:18:56 +0200 > > Am 08.09.2005 um 13:51 schrieb Richie: > > > Is there any way to anti alias the font? > > Change the X server! You need one that uses libfreetype2. Changing X server won't help. You need application support fo

Re: ttf can't work on GNU Emacs(X-window)?

2005-09-08 Thread Richie
seems there is no good way now. let me continue to use emacs -nw instead and use luci da font in x. Thank you all the same. ___ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs

Re: ttf can't work on GNU Emacs(X-window)?

2005-09-08 Thread Peter Dyballa
Am 08.09.2005 um 14:34 schrieb RichardLeo: xfce4 That's a window manager. Actually Andale Mono looks for me pixilated too, no anti-aliasing. But my X server is pretty old and it comes from Apple and they never mentioned it could anti-alias fonts ... (which is reserved for Aqua) -- Greeti

Re: ttf can't work on GNU Emacs(X-window)?

2005-09-08 Thread Peter Dyballa
Am 08.09.2005 um 13:51 schrieb Richie: Is there any way to anti alias the font? Change the X server! You need one that uses libfreetype2. What are xfontsel and xfd doing with this font? Since you're probably using GNOME: there should be some means to advise the X server or an X font serve

Re: adding time to floating dates in calender

2005-09-08 Thread Raimund . Kohl
Jochen Küpper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what does > , > | %%(diary-float t 4 2) 19:30 foo > ` it does exactly what I asked for ... :-) thx Raimund ___ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listi

Re: ttf can't work on GNU Emacs(X-window)?

2005-09-08 Thread Richie
Hi Peter, Thank you for your help. Now I can use the andale ttf font, but new problem bring out : the font is too ugly on my screen for it is not so smoothing as in my terminal. Is there any way to anti alias the font? ___ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list H

Re: python novice

2005-09-08 Thread Adam
Tim Johnson wrote: [ ... ] >> Hey Adam: >> >> Start the python interpreter first >> C-c ! or use the menu >> >> then run the python execute buffer command >> C-c C-c >> >> What happens then? >> HTH >> tim Still have a problem, as below. And even with the interpreter then in comint-mo

Re: adding time to floating dates in calender

2005-09-08 Thread Jochen Küpper
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > %%(diary-float t 4 2) foo > > ok, but how do I add the due time - let's say at 19:30? what does , | %%(diary-float t 4 2) 19:30 foo ` Greetings, Jochen -- Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheithttp://www.Jochen-Kuepper.de Liberté, Égalité, Frate

Re: ttf can't work on GNU Emacs(X-window)?

2005-09-08 Thread Peter Dyballa
Am 08.09.2005 um 07:46 schrieb Richie: From some web, I know emacs(xwindow) can only use the fonts which the "xlsfonts" command shows. So my question now is how to let xlsfonts accept the ttf fonts. Put the font into, for example, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF. Invoke (sudo) ttfmkfontdir in t

Re: newbie elisp question

2005-09-07 Thread Pascal Bourguignon
"B. T. Raven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [...] > (defun goto-vowel > "Skip to next vowel after point." > (interactive) > (while (not (vowelp (char-after))) (forward-char)) > ) > [...] > What am I not understanding here? Drew answered why. I'll add that you could use looking-at: (defun goto-vo

RE: newbie elisp question

2005-09-07 Thread Drew Adams
With the following forms in my .emacs, which the *scratch* buffer evaluates without complaint, (from which I infer that they are at least syntactically correct) (defconst *vowels* '(?a ?e ?i ?o ?u ?y) "A list of the English vowels in lowercase.") ... (defun v

Re: python novice

2005-09-07 Thread Tim Johnson
* Tim Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050907 16:43]: > * Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050906 17:59]: > > > > Well, I removed; > > > > #!/usr/bin/env python > > > > from the 1st line of my test.py buffer, > > and the C-c C-c now works fine. Py program > > runs and terminates normally. Forgot to

Re: python novice

2005-09-07 Thread Tim Johnson
* Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050906 17:59]: > > Well, I removed; > > #!/usr/bin/env python > > from the 1st line of my test.py buffer, > and the C-c C-c now works fine. Py program > runs and terminates normally. Hey Adam: Start the python interpreter first C-c ! or use the menu then run

Re: python novice

2005-09-07 Thread Kevin Rodgers
Adam wrote: >>(setq debug-on-error t) > > I stuck this into the *scratch* buffer, C-j didn't > work so I did eval-region to it. Now I get the > error reported as below. Hmmm ... > > Seems I'm in python-mode, however this is a Lisp > of Emacs error - telling me .. something. > > Seems I should hit

Re: Smooth incremental GNU Global gtags behaviour from Emacs

2005-09-07 Thread Kevin Rodgers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am using the Emacs interface to the GNU GLOBAL source code tagging > system and it works mostly great for me. I am however a bit unsatisfied > with its ruff behaviour when doing incremental updates when a buffer is > saved into a file from Emacs. In order for it to wor

Re: Bug in Calc? (was Re: Non-commutative symbolic multiplication in Calc)

2005-09-07 Thread Jay Belanger
Neon Absentius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ... > Alas, there seems to be a bug: After I give 'm v' if I ask calc to > simplify the expression 'a b - b a' it leaves it as is which is as > expected. However when I ask it to expand '(a+b)^2' it returns > 'a^2 + 2 b a + b^2' which is of course wrong

Re: local key swap? alternatives?

2005-09-07 Thread Kevin Rodgers
Francisco Borges wrote: > That does not work because both keys are bound to > self-insert-command. That's the reason I had failed to do it myself. Yes, that's a tricky situation. > I (finally) solved the problem by doing something as ugly as: > > (defun my-four () > (interactive) > (insert-c

Re: Why does 'M-a' not move to the beginning of the sentence?

2005-09-07 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Henrik Andersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Wed, 07 Sep 2005 11:50:24 +0200: > Ralf Angeli wrote: >> * Henrik Andersson (2005-09-07) writes: >> >> >>>I edit a lot of LaTeX manuscripts and I started to use emacs key >>>sequences to move easier, avoiding the mouse. >>> >>>One question, why does M

Re: Bug in Calc?

2005-09-07 Thread Jay Belanger
Neon Absentius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 09:33:48PM +, Neon Absentius wrote: > >> there seems to be a bug: After I give 'm v' if I ask calc to >> simplify the expression 'a b - b a' it leaves it as is which is as >> expected. However when I ask it to expand '(a+b)

Re: local key swap? alternatives?

2005-09-07 Thread Francisco Borges
» On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 10:49AM -0600, Kevin Rodgers wrote: > Francisco Borges wrote: > > Long ago I came with the idea to swap keys in LaTeX buffers to be able > > to type popular LaTeX characters without SHIFT, namely $%^&*()_{}. > How about: > > (defun swap-keys (key-1 key-2 &optional keymap

Re: emacs under Cygwin

2005-09-07 Thread Paulo da Costa
Ehud Karni wrote: [...] > You can use the Cygwin's distributed Emacs (21.2) [...] My cygwin installer shows 21.3.50. > [...] If you want to compile and install Emacs yourself, > You'll have to get it from CVS (Emacs 22.0.50), this build as is. This is the one I'm using now, and I would recommend

Re: emacs under Cygwin

2005-09-07 Thread Paulo da Costa
Chris McMahan wrote: > I assume you are running Cygwin under windows? > > May I ask why you don't want to use the windows port? I've been > happily working with both for many years now. I run emacs under cygwin, and I prefer it. It is integrated with all the other tools I have running under there

Re: emacs under Cygwin

2005-09-07 Thread Ehud Karni
On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 13:44:21 +0200, Paminu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just downloaded emacs 21.4a from: > > http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/ > > I unzipped it to my home dir in c:\cygwin and opened a shell and entered the > dir and typed ./configure. But then I get this error: > > configure:

Re: emacs under Cygwin

2005-09-07 Thread Chris McMahan
I assume you are running Cygwin under windows? May I ask why you don't want to use the windows port? I've been happily working with both for many years now. - Chris "Paminu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just downloaded emacs 21.4a from: > > http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/ > > I unzipped it

Re: Bug in Calc?

2005-09-07 Thread Neon Absentius
On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 09:33:48PM +, Neon Absentius wrote: > there seems to be a bug: After I give 'm v' if I ask calc to > simplify the expression 'a b - b a' it leaves it as is which is as > expected. However when I ask it to expand '(a+b)^2' it returns > 'a^2 + 2 b a + b^2' which is of c

Re: Why does 'M-a' not move to the beginning of the sentence?

2005-09-07 Thread Peter Dyballa
Am 07.09.2005 um 12:37 schrieb Ralf Angeli: set `sentence-end-double-space' to your preferred value That's very good news! -- Mit friedvollen Grüßen Pete <\ \__ O __O | O\ _\\/\-%_`\<,

Re: Why does 'M-a' not move to the beginning of the sentence?

2005-09-07 Thread Henrik Andersson
Ralf Angeli wrote: * Henrik Andersson (2005-09-07) writes: Ralf Angeli wrote: See `C-h f forward-sentence RET' and `C-h v sentence-end RET'. Ok, I read but do not fully understand, does it mean I need two spaces separating sentences? If you don't want to change `sentence-end', yes. I

Re: Why does 'M-a' not move to the beginning of the sentence?

2005-09-07 Thread Slawomir Nowaczyk
On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 11:50:24 +0200 Henrik Andersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: #> >>One question, why does M-a and M-e not move to beginning/end of #> >>sentences, but paragraphs, when the description clearly says that they #> >>are moving around sentences. Are there a different function that wi

Re: Why does 'M-a' not move to the beginning of the sentence?

2005-09-07 Thread Ralf Angeli
* Ralf Angeli (2005-09-07) writes: > If you don't want to change `sentence-end', yes. In contrast to Emacs > 21, this should not be necessary if you set > `sentence-end-double-space' to your preferred value. Sorry, the last sentence was supposed to be "In contrast to Emacs 21, this should not be

Re: Why does 'M-a' not move to the beginning of the sentence?

2005-09-07 Thread Ralf Angeli
* Henrik Andersson (2005-09-07) writes: > Ralf Angeli wrote: >> >> See `C-h f forward-sentence RET' and `C-h v sentence-end RET'. >> > Ok, I read but do not fully understand, does it mean I need two spaces > separating sentences? If you don't want to change `sentence-end', yes. In contrast to

Re: Why does 'M-a' not move to the beginning of the sentence?

2005-09-07 Thread Henrik Andersson
Ralf Angeli wrote: * Henrik Andersson (2005-09-07) writes: I edit a lot of LaTeX manuscripts and I started to use emacs key sequences to move easier, avoiding the mouse. One question, why does M-a and M-e not move to beginning/end of sentences, but paragraphs, when the description clearly s

Re: Why does 'M-a' not move to the beginning of the sentence?

2005-09-07 Thread Ralf Angeli
* Henrik Andersson (2005-09-07) writes: > I edit a lot of LaTeX manuscripts and I started to use emacs key > sequences to move easier, avoiding the mouse. > > One question, why does M-a and M-e not move to beginning/end of > sentences, but paragraphs, when the description clearly says that they

Re: python novice

2005-09-06 Thread Adam
Well, I removed; #!/usr/bin/env python from the 1st line of my test.py buffer, and the C-c C-c now works fine. Py program runs and terminates normally. Which prompts me to ask - what do Python users do in Emacs so that that 1st line, necessary for an executable Python file, is transparent

Re: python novice

2005-09-06 Thread Adam
> (setq debug-on-error t) I stuck this into the *scratch* buffer, C-j didn't work so I did eval-region to it. Now I get the error reported as below. Hmmm ... Seems I'm in python-mode, however this is a Lisp of Emacs error - telling me .. something. Seems I should hit the Emacs manual. Unl

Bug in Calc? (was Re: Non-commutative symbolic multiplication in Calc)

2005-09-06 Thread Neon Absentius
On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 03:03:30PM -0500, Jay Belanger wrote: > > Neon Absentius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Sorry if this is not the right list for this question. > > > > Is there a way to suspend some of the automatic simplifications that > > calc performs? In particular I am interested

Re: python novice

2005-09-06 Thread Kevin Rodgers
Adam wrote: > I have an example python program in > a buffer called test.py > > am using GNU Emacs 21.3.2 (a mandrake version) > C-h m shows python bindings for that buffer > > So when I C-c C-c (py-execute-buffer) > I receive the error; > > "Wrong argument type: sequencep, cpython" > > Whereas

Re: Newbie question

2005-09-06 Thread Kevin Rodgers
Goli, Rajesh (Rajesh) wrote: > * How can I get help on the things I do, like ":help case" in vim would tell > me how to manipulate cases of text? `C-h a case RET' will list all the commands with "case" in their name. `C-h i i case', then `,' will take you through the manual pages that are inde

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