GNU Emacs is a well known text-editor freely available for Windows, Linux and Mac users.

As a programmer, I spend a lot of time editing files and so I cannot afford not caring about the editor I use. Afterall, it affects my overall productivity. It’s like Photoshop or Gimp for designers, I guess.

Here are some tips for using GNU Emacs, tested with version 22.0.50.1. My GNU/Emacs configuration file is also available.

Help with binding keys: C-h b

Check work with ispell: M-$

Some emacs modes I use are available here. This archive contains: 

emacs-stuff/
emacs-stuff/snippet.el
emacs-stuff/css-mode.el
emacs-stuff/find-recursive.el
emacs-stuff/inf-ruby.el
emacs-stuff/line-num.el
emacs-stuff/prolog-0.1.31.el
emacs-stuff/rails.el
emacs-stuff/ruby-electric.el
emacs-stuff/ruby-mode.el
emacs-stuff/setnu+.el
emacs-stuff/setnu.el
emacs-stuff/php-mode.el

Removing the menubar, toolbar and scrollbar

You might want to do this in .Xresources, not in .emacs. That will make Emacs load less things on startup.

Have your ~/.Xresource like: 

Emacs.menuBar: off
Emacs.verticalScrollBars: off
Emacs.toolBar: off
Emacs*font: 7x14
Emacs*foreground: lightgray
Emacs*background: black

Then run: 

xrdb .Xresources

And try starting Emacs again.

Wrapping

(in construction..)

I’m looking for a way to transform a long line like: 

palavra1 palavra2 palavra3 palavra4

into something more readable like this: 

palavra1  \
palavra2  \
palavra3  \
palavra4

If you know how to do this please let me know. Thanks.

References and Recommend Reading