Emacs and Screen

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by twampss • 16 years ago

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nex3• 16 years ago

This doesn't solve one problem that sends me running to nano a lot: having very old Emacs versions (usually 21) on the server that don't work with my configuration.

kmt• 16 years ago

You could always install a recent version of Emacs yourself even if you're not an admin, can't you? Also, don't forget the options for remote editing.

kqr2• 16 years ago

I use emacs for long haul editing, but vi for quick edits and sysadmin work.

ikitat• 16 years ago

$ emacs -q works pretty well for quick edits too

jrockway4• 16 years ago

That's just silly. mg is much nicer.

http://packages.debian.org/sid/mg

davatk2• 16 years ago

According to what criteria?

asjo• 16 years ago

How it it better than jove? (Just curious).

jrockway4• 16 years ago

Don't do this. Instead, start emacs. Run M-x server-start. Now to edit a file, just say "emacsclient -t filename". You are instantly connected to your running emacs session, in the terminal you are currently working in. You can have an arbitrary number of these. C-x C-c closes the instance you are working in, not every instance.

I just run "emacs --daemon" when I log in, "emacsclient -c" to get my main emacs X frame, and then "emacsclient -t foo.bar" when I need to edit something. (Actually, I alias "emacsclient -t" to "ec", so "ec foo.bar".)

If you don't want to install Emacs for some reason, "mg" is a much better choice than vi or nano.

lqdshadow• 16 years ago

Or "vim". "vi" is the editor wars' straw man. Never heard of mg.

jrockway4• 16 years ago

When people say vi, they mean vim.

silentbicycle• 16 years ago

mg is a smaller, only slightly configurable editor that behaves like Emacs's defaults.

sb• 16 years ago

I am using the TRAMP support instead from my desktop Emacs which runs all the time. TRAMP support within Emacs is very good, aside of the dired support all the vc commands work on the remote machines, too.

kuda• 16 years ago

Hooray for gedit!

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