On 6/29/2014 2:54 AM, William "Chops" Westfield wrote:
>> Emacs is actually one of the most svelte editors out there.
> Emacs on my mac seems to be about the same size as "textedit" (the Apple =
"minimalist" editor.)
>
>
>> I don't know exactly what keypress sequence is "C-M-x Insert a byte with=
 a code typed in hex.
> If you're an emacs user, you should know what C-M-x means.  (Probably.  I=
've actually met some people, really GOOD people, that essentially used EMA=
CS in GUI-mode.  Arrow keys and menu buttons.  Mind-blowing.)
> If you're NOT an emacs user, trying to use EMACS to edit binary data woul=
d be a bad idea.
> (In this case C-M-x is the command, and "Insert a byte" is the descriptio=
n.  Hold Ctrl and Meta while striking x, and you'll be prompted for hex dat=
a to enter.
I think it's an issue of knowing what the Meta key is.  I've always used=20
the Esc key.  So, when I press Ctrl and Esc, I get varying results=20
depending on the platform.  In a cygwin terminal or a windows emacs qui =20
on a windows machine, it activates the start menu.   In a Linux gui, it=20
activates the next window.

>    Or "ESC Ctrl-x" for old keyboards.
Well, there I go then, that works.  I may have parsed it if it were M=20
-C-x, but that probably has a different meaning.  I also have problems=20
with commands with implicit ARGs, knowing where to put the ARG in the=20
sequence.

I'll blame my lack of knowing emacs on a co-worker that intrtoduced a=20
copy of CodeView into the work environment.   Prior to getting hooked on=20
Codeview, I even had some project management on Emacs, tags-search=20
commands were favorites.  But later, I fell behind with installing the=20
lisp code into new emacs installs on new machines, because not all the=20
commands are built in.

Joe W


>   (In this case "insert" means "replace the current character."  I don't =
(offhand) see a way to actually insert data in hexl mode.)
>
> BillW
>
>


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