I ran across this package on gnu.emacs.sources recently. If you enable light-symbol-mode in a buffer and pause on a symbol, then Emacs will highlight all other occurrences of the symbol in the buffer. When you move point the highlighting goes away.
Entries Tagged as 'misc'
Quick Tip: light-symbol-mode
April 17th, 2007 by Rob Christie · 7 Comments
Highlight the Current Line
April 9th, 2007 by Ryan McGeary · 20 Comments
There are several ways to customize the display of the cursor. I happen to prefer highlighting the current line as a visual cue to keep my eye focused on where I’m working. Before a few days ago, I had not realized there were so many packages to accomplish this, but let’s review a few.
Recent Features in Carbon Emacs
March 5th, 2007 by Rob Christie · No Comments
It’s always nice to delete code or configuration files while maintaining or increasing functionality. The 2007-01-06 Carbon Emacs build now imports paths from the user’s shell (bash, tcsh, zsh). Note: The latest available build is from 2007-01-21, and includes a few more goodies. This added functionality allowed me to delete a few setq exec-path and [...]
G-client: Google Services in Emacs
March 3rd, 2007 by Ryan McGeary · No Comments
If you are the type who likes to do everything within emacs, check out g-client. For a full writeup, read An Emacs Client For Google Services to learn how to integrate Google’s Blogger, Reader, and Calender with emacs.
Emacs Key Bindings in MS Word
February 18th, 2007 by Ryan McGeary · 4 Comments
Macosxhints.com points us to a way to enable emacs key bindings in Microsoft Word. Just assign new shortcut keys to each of these Word commands (instructions below): StartOfLine : C-a EndOfLine : C-e LineUp : C-p LineDown : C-n CharLeft : C-b CharRight : C-f Please feel free to suggest other emacs equivalent Word commands [...]
Stevey Test
January 12th, 2007 by Rob Christie · No Comments
Some how I missed Steve Yegge’s Blog Rants until the fall of last year. My only excuse is that I have been head down on a project (the article initially came out in early 2005; I don’t know how I missed it). Effective Emacs, 10 Specific Ways To Improve Your Emacs Productivity is a great [...]
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Hello World
January 12th, 2007 by Rob Christie · No Comments
We’d like to introduce a small blog focused on “the one true editor.” I use emacs daily. My intent for this blog is initially the following: Provide links to recent emacs happenings. As an emacs user I feel like I browse different sites and blogs, and find useful information in various nooks and crannies of [...]