Lately im struggling to find how we can access emacs menu bar. Its visible on top of screen but i cant do anything on it. The menu bar can not be clicked by mouse (im installing no x emacs anyway and open it on mate terminal). Alt key will access mate terminal menu bar … hmm so i cant use alt key. Later i tried Esc key and its work. Press Esc then release, then press ` (backtick, key below Esc) and voila prompt will show on the bottom screen. We can browse using arrow key or page up to go to page containing menu link above the prompt. Press enter to execute selected menu or link. Its better not to memorize Emacs key binding and use menu, isnt it ?
Category: editor
Minimum Profit : A Programmer Text Editor
Minimum Profit is a text editor for programmer available to download from https://triptico.com/software/mp.html. I accidentally found this software from article related to OpenBSD and the author is the creator of this mp editor. The downloads are available in source and windows executable (Wow).
I managed to compile mp 5.38 on debian 10 using ncursesw driver which is already available on my laptop. Compilation step as follow.
Playing with Emacs – Open file, edit, save file.
Emacs is an editor, but not just it. Thats what i read on internet. Emacs like in a battle with Vim, another editor. I have play with vi so many years ago, but with emacs it is just recently i learned to use it basic function.
Install it on ubuntu we can choose GUI or terminal version. I like the terminal version because it will be handy during my engagement with VM/Cloud which only can use terminal to manage it.
Open Emacs by typing on terminal emacs and press enter, it will show a welcome page like below.
We can move cursor to a hyperlink and press enter to go to particular subject, like tutorial or manual. Tutorial can also accessed using key combination C-h t, which mean press Ctrl and hold then press h, release keys, then press t. C is Ctrl and M is Meta (Alt/Esc).
Continue reading Playing with Emacs – Open file, edit, save file.
Create text file with ed
Unix alike system have ed for editing text file which is i feel strange at first. I learned some time ago to create small text file out of curiosity.
Lets try by creating a text file containing 3 lines.
- type ed on terminal
- type a then enter (a is append command in ed)
- type your text file content.
- To end input mode type . then enter on a line.
- Type w filename.txt then enter to save to a file.
- Type q to quit from ed.
Here we will show in a terminal.
jEdit
jEdit is a java based editor for programmer, so it will run on many platform : windows, linux, mac.
First download jEdit installer from the web.
I choose to download java based installer and start it on my windows based laptop.
After a while a dialog will show up.
Atom Editor
I have heard about atom editor from various source and want to give it a try. Manjaro linux have atom package on its repo and i think its a good time to test it. Browse atom.io web site to read more about atom editor.
Vim text editor for windows
Tonight i want to install vim for windows on my Win 10 laptop.
Download the installer of gvim80-586.exe from url https://vim.sourceforge.io/download.php#pc.
Install it and follow till the end.
At the end we can choose to show readme like above.
Done installing and try to launch gvim from start menu by searching gvim.
Using gvim (gui version) is easier because we have access to menu instead of typing command.
Bluefish editor for programming
If you a programmer you can use vi or vim or nano to code. Sometimes it just not enough feature or give comfort. I use an editor called bluefish. Install it from package like this :
For openbsd do pkg_add bluefish
If installing for openbsd dont forget to set your PKG_PATH env variable.
For Dragonfly BSD do pkg install bluefish
Bluefish have a good support for html tags and ruby language. See bluefish screenshot below.
Happy coding all !