Re: Looking for rudimentary learning exercises



Michael Campbell <michael.campbell@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> I'm a long-time emacs guy, but have limited myself largely to using
> it, installing pre-made .el files, and basic (~/.emacs, not menu
> based) configuration.

I've found that as my Common Lisp improves, I have started extending
emacs _much_ more than I used to. You might be surprised at the sort of
things you start to come up with!

In my case, I wrote code such that (browse-url) uses w3m except within
gnus, where it uses Firefox, unless I use C-x w to open the current
URL. Minor little hack, I know, but it's more than the copy-paste emacs
customisations I've done in the past.

--
Robert Uhl <http://public.xdi.org/=ruhl>
In every civilisation, software will advance to such a level that to the
average manager, a desktop environment looks like a game of memory. And
they always cheat. --Pim van Riezen
.



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