It has been a long time since I began working with emacs, one of the greatest editors in Linux systems. It is really hard for a beginner to learn how to use it, especially for those who are addicted to the GUI, using emacs means that all the work done by clicking the mouse before is replaced by the various key strikes. I can still remember I had a difficult time adjusting to emacs, but It turns out that the more I learn about emacs, the more I feel I need to learn. Nearly all the work can be done under it (with the help of numerous plug-ins), So, in this article, I will record my emacs configuration and the useful tools I find during the past two years of using emacs. I do this because I want to have an easy time next time when I re-install the OS, or I can easily set up the familiar environment when I work with others somewhere not on my own computer.
As always, I will take the Q&A form of writing styles, to make it clean and simple, most of all, make it useful to not only myself but the vast majority who are using emacs.
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How to enable Chinese input in emacs?
Is it possible to use version control tools like svn, git, cvs…?
As long as you can think, there are always some ".el" files waiting for you
on the Internet, you can easily find them, and the good news is emacs enable
you use svn, cvs directly, it will automatically recognize the version-ed
files and you can use simple commands(key strikes) to update, commit and add
files to your repository.
The most often used commands of svn:
And the corresbonding key strokes:
How do I make emacs recognize the version-controlled files?
The only thing to do is to open these files with emacs:
For example:
| svn co https:172.31.8.31:4430/svn/project |
How to use latex in emacs?
where can I get the configuration files of emacs?
| svn checkout http://emcs-bk.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ emcs-bk-read-only |
The above link is available, and can be checked out with svn.
The most common command used in Linux eshell
| uncompress *.tar.bz2 file: tar -jxvf *.tar.bz2 |