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(Stupid) Useful Emacs Tricks?

Posted by timothy on from the bonus-if-it-uses-10-fingers-at-once dept.

Count Fenring writes "Since the Vi version of this question was both interesting and popular, let's hear from the other end of the spectrum. What are your favorite tricks, macros, extensions, and techniques for any of the various Emacs? Myself, I like 'M-x dunnet' ;-)"

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  1. Re:A favourite (works well on both Ubuntu and Debi by rallymatte · · Score: 5, Funny

    There, fixed that for me!

    I've found this very useful whenever I'm put in front of emacs
    C-x C-c
    sudo apt-get -y purge emacs
    vi

  2. XKCD by WK2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    C-X M-C M-butterfly

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  3. Re:A big disappointment by include($dysmas) · · Score: 5, Funny

    it was posted from emacs, took a while to press all the keys.

  4. Re:A favourite (works well on both Ubuntu and Debi by pivo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hmm.. that didn't work well for me. I tried it, but I ended up in an editor with functionality that was one step above punch cards.

  5. Re:Please Stop by alta · · Score: 5, Funny

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  6. The old Emacs vs Vi story by raffe · · Score: 5, Funny

    I asked my email-pal: "UNIX or Windoze?". He replied "UNIX". I said "Ah...me too!".

    I asked my email-pal: "Linux or AIX?". He said "Linux, of course". I said "Me too".

    I asked him: "Emacs or vi". He replied "Emacs". I said "Me too. Small world."

    I asked him: "GNU Emacs or XEmacs?", and he said "GNU Emacs". I said "oh, me too."

    I asked him "GNU Emacs 19 or GNU Emacs 20"? and he said "GNU Emacs 19". I said "oh, me too."

    I asked him, "GNU Emacs 19.29 or GNU Emacs 19.34", and he replied "GNU Emacs 19.29". I said "DIE YOU OBSOLETE NOGOOD SOCIALLY MALADJUSTED CELIBATE COMMIE FASCIST DORK!", and never emailed him again.

    From an old slashdot story

  7. Re:Huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Emacs has a text editor now?

  8. Re:Please Don't Stop by DiegoBravo · · Score: 5, Funny

    So by the next week we may the OpenOffice tricks?