mlittman@WIND.BELLCORE.COM (Michael Littman) (10/14/88)
Thanks! ...to all who sent responses to me about administerin emacs. Not only did your messages provide valuable information (which I have put to use) but they also reassured me that I'm not working in a vacuum. If someone here comes to me with emacs problem that I can't answer, I have someplace to turn. And on that note... does anyone know about NeWS support for emacs? I think we the ability to use the mouse in emacs on our suns under SunTools, XWindows and mgr. Has anyone tackled the problem of getting NeWS to work? Thanks!! -MSL
mlittman@WIND.BELLCORE.COM (Michael Littman) (10/21/88)
Hi all,
A few weeks ago I sent a message asking some questions to get
me started in administering Emacs. People have asked me to summarize
so here goes:
* How do you get emacs to load site specific files?
=> Use site-load.el and site-init.el when compiling emacs.
=> Use default.el for run time changes (sort of a global .emacs file).
* How does one learn to program in emacs lisp?
=> Learn Lisp (Touretzky or Winston and Horne).
=> Read the code in $EMACS/lisp (try simple.el for starters).
=> Emacs Lisp manual via anonymous ftp from a.cs.uiuc.edu in
~ftp/pub/gnuemacs/elisp. Get the README file first.
=> Experiment.
* Is there any way to tell rnews to read remote news (stored on
another machine)?
=> Remote mount the other machine.
=> Get GNUWS .
* How do you edit a remote file?
=> Use "ftp-find-file" and "ftp-write-file" (standard emacs commands).
=> I am working on simpler functions that use rcp to do the transfer.
* How do you edit a compressed file?
=> I now have a copy of "z-mode.el" for doing this. I'll send it if
anyone wants.
=> I'm working on my own which will save the file as compressed also.
To help myself to learn emacs lisp better, I wrote a function
called "big" which allows you to type in big letters:
# ### # # ##### ##### # # ### #### #
# # # # # # # # # # #
# # ### ### # ##### # ### #
# # # # # # # # # #
##### ### # # ##### # # # ### #### #
If anyone wants it as an example of a simple-minded function
(or just for fun) let me know.
-MSL
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