Tag Archives: emacs

Auto Save Files in Emacs

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Lex

I’m resolving to make more frequent and regular posts on this “research” blog that’s so far has been just a place where I write down some basic tips and tricks that have to do with tools I use in programming … Continue reading →

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Styling Emacs Scrollbar in Ubuntu

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Lex

Emacs uses GTK by default in Ubuntu. In your ~/.emacs file, there should be no (scroll-bar-mode nil). Then add the following to ~/.gtkrc-2.0 style “contrast”    { GtkScrollbar::has_forward_stepper  = 0 GtkScrollbar::has_backward_stepper = 0 bg[NORMAL]   = “red” bg[PRELIGHT] = “dark red” bg[ACTIVE] = … Continue reading →

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C++ Style Guide

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Lex

I’m a big believer that any software system should follow a consistent style. The emphasis should almost always be on consistence over justification. In the realm of style, there are a lot of opinions about code indentation, naming conventions, etc. … Continue reading →

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Ode to Emacs

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Lex

Source: XKCD’s tribute to emacs In a world of beautiful, powerful IDE‘s for programming in C++, Java, PHP, Perl, LaTeX, etc, I still use Emacs. For those that don’t know, Emacs is a editor which God used to program the Universe. … Continue reading →

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