jeffrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
J> It is said that emacs is single threaded.
Yup.
J> * Why is it so ?
J> * Is there any work in progress to make it multithreaded ?
J> * Is there any disadvantage or disadvantages if it is
J> multithreaded.
Well, aside from the buzzword-coolness, there's no
Jeffrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello all,
>
> It is said that emacs is single threaded.
>
> * Why is it so ?
Mostly because no one has gotten around to write a multithreaded
version, it is decidedly non-trivial.
> * Is there any work in progress to make it multithreaded ?
Sort-of, there
Hello all,
It is said that emacs is single threaded.
* Why is it so ?
* Is there any work in progress to make it multithreaded ?
* Is there any disadvantage or disadvantages if it is multithreaded.
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On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 12:49:33PM -0800, Brian Nelson wrote:
>
> Oh, and btw, the tab-width variable has nothing to do with inserting
> tabs in text. It has to do with how tabs that are already in the file
> are displayed, if you want to change the default from 8.
In other words, changing my ta
"Michael P. Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 11:49:36PM -0500, Brenda J. Butler wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 02:53:50PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote:
> >
> > Or you can:
> >
> > (setq-default tab-width 4)
>
> I've found that this isn't always enough. If you wan
"Michael P. Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 11:49:36PM -0500, Brenda J. Butler wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 02:53:50PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote:
> >
> > Or you can:
> >
> > (setq-default tab-width 4)
>
> I've found that this isn't always enough. If you wan
On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 11:49:36PM -0500, Brenda J. Butler wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 02:53:50PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote:
>
> Or you can:
>
> (setq-default tab-width 4)
I've found that this isn't always enough. If you want a real tab, you
usually have to get emacs to call the tab-to-tab
On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 02:53:50PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote:
> In general, the variable "tab-width" controls the distance from one tab
> stop to the next. Note that it is always buffer-local, so if you want it
> to be global, you'll have to make a function that sets it and add that
> function to
Lo, on Friday, November 16, Michael P. Soulier did write:
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 07:56:37PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote:
> > Jeffrin wrote:
> >
> > I think you want auto-fill-mode. You may also want to look at some of
> > the Emacs Lisp variables having to do with auto-formatting, such as
> > s
Michael P. Soulier wrote:
> Does anyone know how to manage tabs properly in text mode? I hit the
> tab in various places, and I get different indents every time. Also,
> sometimes I seem to get an auto-indent effect when the line wraps, and
> sometimes I don't.
>
> This indent is huge. I
"Michael P. Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Does anyone know how to manage tabs properly in text mode? I hit the
> tab in various places, and I get different indents every time.
Right. In text modes, hitting tab will usually line the cursor up
with one of the words on the previous line.
On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 07:56:37PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote:
> Jeffrin wrote:
>
> I think you want auto-fill-mode. You may also want to look at some of
> the Emacs Lisp variables having to do with auto-formatting, such as
> sentence-end and sentence-end-double-space.
Does anyone know how to man
On 15-Nov-2001 Jeffrin wrote:
>
> Is it possible to do auto-formatting related to my need.
>
unrelated, but flyspell is also really cool.
Jeffrin wrote:
> Is it possible to do auto-formatting related to my need.
I think you want auto-fill-mode. You may also want to look at some of
the Emacs Lisp variables having to do with auto-formatting, such as
sentence-end and sentence-end-double-space.
Craig
DvB wrote:
>
> "Jeffrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hello all
> >
> > Can anything be done in emacs to eliminate space after a comma or a
> > full stop ?
> >
>
> hmm... run some kind of replace-regexp maybe? Don't know how much emacs
> regexps support though.
> Personally, I'd prob
Is it possible to do auto-formatting related to my need.
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Jeffrin Jose T.
www.MSServices.org
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Jeffrin wrote:
> Can anything be done in emacs to eliminate space after a comma or a
> full stop ?
Your question isn't clear. Do you just want a regex search-and-replace
to fix up a file, or are you trying to place controls on interactive
editing, or are you trying to fix up auto-formattin
"Jeffrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello all
>
> Can anything be done in emacs to eliminate space after a comma or a
> full stop ?
>
hmm... run some kind of replace-regexp maybe? Don't know how much emacs
regexps support though.
Personally, I'd probably just run it through perl -e
Hello all
Can anything be done in emacs to eliminate space after a comma or a
full stop ?
--
Jeffrin Jose T.
www.MSServices.org
GPG:1024D/F5726A1B
Ben Hartshorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jeffrin Jose T. wrote:
>> How to fix emacs such that it does not typically do lines longer than 75
>> columns ?
> [..] I don't know how to apply [set-fill-column] to the current
> buffer, because it requires an arguments (the number of characters pe
Thus spake Ben Hartshorne:
> On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 10:42:55PM +0530, Jeffrin Jose T. wrote:
> >
> > How to fix emacs such that it does not
> > typically do lines longer than 75 columns ?
> >
>
> I think what you're looking for is the 'set-fill-column' and
> 'auto-fill-mode' option. The tri
On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 10:42:55PM +0530, Jeffrin Jose T. wrote:
>
> How to fix emacs such that it does not
> typically do lines longer than 75 columns ?
>
I think what you're looking for is the 'set-fill-column' and
'auto-fill-mode' option. The trick is applying it. Someone on this
list ca
How to fix emacs such that it does not
typically do lines longer than 75 columns ?
--
Jeffrin Jose T.
www.MSServices.org
GPG:1024D/F5726A1B
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