We all realize the penultimate fixed-width font for development is the “misc-fixed” Linux console font. Have you ever dreamed you could supplant your crappy Windows Emacs fixed-width font with this same font? Without this tip, you’re stuck using such eyesores as Fixedsys, Courier New, and Lucida Console:
(Assuming Emacs is already installed)
- Visit the following page and download the “MiscFixedSC613” font to your Windows desktop, then copy it to C:\Windows\Fonts
http://www.ank.com.ar/fonts/
- Run regedit and create the following keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GNU\Emacs
- Under this new key, add the following string value:
Emacs.Font = -*-MiscFixedSC613-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*
- Restart Emacs
You should now be looking at a spittin image of your Linux GNU Emacs window. Don’t say I never gave ya nothin!
You may have known about the automatic comment insertion shortcut:
M-;
But did you know you can set the column at which this command inserts comments? Simply situate the cursor at the desired column and hit:
C-x ;
Quite useful for formatting header comments!
Wow. I’ve been dreaming about A2DP earbuds like the new Sony HBH-IS800Z ever since I first learned about A2DP. Don’t get me wrong, my trusty Motorola S9s have served me extremely well for the last few years, but cmon it’s time for an upgrade and Sony earbuds + A2DP? Yes please.
My internet connection at home has been AT&T DSL for the past few years. I had managed to get their fastest (6mbps/768kbps) service for about $20 per month. However they required that I also pay for a home phone line with them for another $10 per month. I haven’t made use of a home phone for about 9 years, so having to pay for one rather irks me.
A few days ago, I chanced upon this sweet Comcast internet deal: $20 per month for 15mbps cable internet without requiring cable TV service. I just finished having it installed and ran a speed test:
Amazing! This will come in quite handy with my Pogoplug.
Another wild and wooly Emacs tip for your enjoyment! Have you ever opened a text file in Emacs, only to find it incorrectly detected the line-break format? You might have been forced to use dos2unix, which may have confused your version control system. Well there is a somewhat obscure command to force line-break mode:
set-buffer-file-coding-system undecided-dos
Arcane eh? The default keybinding is even more so:
C-x RET f undecided-unix
As you probably gathered, it takes an argument of ‘undecided-dos’ or ‘undecided-unix’. Who knew??
Previously my Sprint cellular signal would drop out between BART stations while commuting to work. A few days ago, I noticed my signal remained strong the entire way, with full EVDO bandwidth. Either Sprint added some repeaters or my new custom Touch Pro ROM boosted my signal. Now I can listen to Lounge Radio uninterrupted!
In other news, best unboxing video evar.
Upon needing to buy my next set of SF parking cards, I chanced to look online and found a grip of local shops to procure them:
http://www.sfmta.com/cms/asystem/parkcardzip.php
I ended up going to some sketchy photo store in Chinatown and immediately upon exiting went to the nearest meter to check my balance, and found them to be legit. Score!
Ever wanted to copy a large selection from a buffer to another buffer, but it was too large for the clipboard? No worries, just select your desired region and invoke:
M-x copy-to-buffer
With your desired [new] buffer name. Then do the Emacs dance.
