how the fsck do you get out of emacs in linux?!!??!?

[BigToque]

holy shiznit this is pissing me off!!

 

[Dark]

Damn...it's been so long but I THINK it's ctrl-x then ctrl-s. Somebody correct me if i am wrong

 

[Cyph3r]

If you are in the text based version..then CTRL-X-C will get you out. If you are the windows version, then just use the top menu options to exit emacs, alternately you can do ESC-X kill-emacs to also exit. Your choice..Regards

 

[bubba]

Ctrl-X Ctrl-S = save
Ctrl-X Ctrl-C = quit

 

[Chaotic42]

Ctrl+x Ctrl+c

You should try vi... or ed....

 

[rnimz]

Also if you want to switch between files use Ctl-c Ctl-f, and then just type in the file name,

I personally recomend using xemacs, its emacs with colors! (and also nicer to use IMO).

 

[cparker]

Just go to help, then choose the tutorial, the first paragraph gives instructions on how to exit emacs.

 

[Shudder]

Use VI baby! 😀

 

[Kadesh]

Correction: Use GVIM. Vim with a GUI. Looks like an xterm with a GTK (or Qt, Motif, whatever you tell it to use) toolbar. It helped me get over some of Vim's trickier commands.

Anyone know why Emacs has a menu bar in the console when it doesn't recognize GPM?

 

[n0cmonkey]

killall -9 emacs

Then in the terminal (for sh and compatible) export EDITOR=vi
alias emacs=vi

If you put those in your .profile you will save yourself a lot of time and headaches.

 

[Chaotic42]

<< killall -9 emacs

Then in the terminal (for sh and compatible) export EDITOR=vi
alias emacs=vi

If you put those in your .profile you will save yourself a lot of time and headaches. >>



Bah, whaaaaaaaatever. Use Jed for small stuff.

 

[Damaged]

Heh. We jed users are few and far between. That was the first editor I used on a Solaris system because it was incorporated into the help desks we used. So I've just stuck with it ever since. Quite a nifty little editor and not nearly the weight of emacs.

 

[n0cmonkey]

<<

<< killall -9 emacs

Then in the terminal (for sh and compatible) export EDITOR=vi
alias emacs=vi

If you put those in your .profile you will save yourself a lot of time and headaches. >>



Bah, whaaaaaaaatever. Use Jed for small stuff. >>



Nah, I like vi. I had to learn it at my last job (only editor on the systems we were using) and still try to go to command mode while typing in notepad on windows....

 

[HellDesk]

Alt-F3
su -c &quot;Kill -9 emacs&quot;
rpm -u emacs

joe <whatever you want to edit ...>

 

[MGMorden]

I use pico for anything small. Emacs when programming. I love the auto formatting and syntax highlighting that emacs provides. IMHO vi can't hold a candle to it.

 

[smp]

I'm a newbie.. I use pico.. pico is good.. emacs looked way to hard for me to deal with.

 

[Damaged]

<< I love the auto formatting and syntax highlighting that emacs provides. >>


Jed does as well. And you won't have to relearn any keystrokes. And...it's much lighter weight. 🙂 Just an FYI.

I can use vi, and I know many who do, but for me it's jed.

 

[MGMorden]

Problem is I never really learned the vi keystrokes very well. I can move around, edit, save and exit, but for anything more complicated I use a &quot;cheatsheet&quot;. I don't even know the keystrokes to emacs, I just use the GUI. I did take the time to learn the few meager pico keystrokes b/c I initially found it easier than vi and emacs didn't work very well from an ssh client. I'll give jed a try though.

 

[jhu]

dood, you should use pico for now