well, it's perhaps not the right thing to do, but nargs on the command line crashes emacs. jack There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full...
jack_horsfield@...
Oct 5, 2001 1:13 pm
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Also interactive will crash emacs. Someone at work showed me this problem a couple of days ago. Its already fixed in the source and will be in the next kit ...
Barry Scott
barry.alan.scott@...
Oct 6, 2001 1:42 pm
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Oct 7, 2001 7:13 pm
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i like the new wrapping algorithm. the text is much more readable. but, having used it for a while, there are often occasions when i need to know the number of...
jack_horsfield@...
Oct 11, 2001 8:56 am
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i keep running out of syntax colours... for example, i just decided to set up syntax colouring for .ini files, so i want to be able to set colours for...
I'd have to use a lot more memory to hold the buffers to add extra colours. Currently I use one byte of syntax info for each char in the buffer. I could add...
I'll have a look to see how hard that is to do. The other ralated request I've had is to add visual feedback that a newline has been selected. Barry...
um. well, with an eye to the past, one part of me says 'that's a lot'. on the other hand, the eye looking to the future says 'so what?'. if i understand...
Turns out that I'm actually using 4 bytes of syntax per char buffer... I have dorment code to add outlining and some other features to the syntax system. I...
As I mentioned in the last message I've already used 5 bytes/char. If you do have to read very big files into emacs you can reduce this to 1 byte/char. set...
aargghh!!! you mean i've been suffering all that extra overhead and never knew it :) at least when microshaft bloat a program you know all about it cos the...
to cope with all the syntax strings :) jack If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure ... From: Barry Scott [mailto:barry.alan.scott@...] Sent:...
What problem are you trying to solve that needs more then 3 types of string and 3 types of comment? C++, for example, has 2 comment types and 2 string types. ...
some misunderstanding... 3 string + 3 comment is fine and will solve all my problems. jack ... From: Barry Scott [mailto:barry.alan.scott@...] Sent:...
Kits for Windows, FreeBSD and Linux are on yahoo and www.barrys- emacs.org I'm expecting that 160 with any problems fixed that testing uncover will replace 118...
... the screen updating and line wrapping are both much better. i've had no problems with the updating and only one with the wrapping... i had a line that was...
you mean you don't use wrap-long-lines? personally i hate automatic-horizontal-scrolling. give me wrapped lines every time! jack it may be there is room for...
Right. I click on the tool bar button the few times it I need it. My default is the auto scroll that I find is very useful. With indented code having the white...
Some time ago, Jack indicated that there were alternative wrap characters (W2k machine). On one had to do was installed some fonts from the microsoft website. ...
i use monotype.com, which now seems to be called andale. you can get it from: http://www.microsoft.com/OpenType/fontpack/default.htm lucida console also works...
Kits for Windows, FreeBSD and Linux are on yahoo and www.barrys-emacs.org I'm expecting that 160 with any problems fixed that testing uncover will replace 118...
Kits for Windows, FreeBSD and Linux are on yahoo and www.barrys-emacs.org Build 161 replaces 118 as the stable version of Barry's Emacs. Below is the change...
I use the mouse package from the emacs database with a slight mod. When I position the cursor past the EOBP, mlisp inserts lines and spaces to get me there. To...
Would it be possible for Emacs to automatically appended the appropriate file extensions when saving files? For example, if the file type is text, appended...
At least for Windows applications(eg: Word, IE), when you save a file, the file type is appended automatically. For example under Word, "SAVE AS" xyx would...
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