I haven't used emacs but have heard about its features and really want to try it out. So can someone post the procedure how to install it in win vista. And the links to download its setup and stuffs so that i can get it setup on my lap?
Your best bet is probably using EmacsW32 which is nicely integrated into Windows and comes with a proper Windows installer.
Quick answer: The GNU Emacs FAQ for Windows
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Currently a (neo)vim user, I read that VS Code supports neovim backend integration, but after searching I cannot find how to set it up.
Can someone explains how to set up neovim integration in VS Code?
Thank you.
PS : I use both linux and windows so if there are some OS specifity you could mention it.
I believe the integration you read about was referring the neovim integration in VSCodeVim: https://github.com/VSCodeVim/Vim#neovim-integration
This one uses a real instance of neovim as editor back-end: https://github.com/asvetliakov/vscode-neovim
I have a class this semester that requires a lisp dialect so I'm trying to get started with Clojure but I'm running into a lot of problems setting up my environment.
I'm on a Windows machine and am following the tutorial at http://www.braveclojure.com/basic-emacs/ to set up emacs which from my research seems like the best IDE for working with lisp. I had Cygwin installed before starting which supposedly has a lot of support for emacs but I'm not sure if I need to do more than just have it installed.
My problems is when I try to start a REPL in emacs with M-x cider-jack-in I get the response Spawning child process: invalid argument. If I do the M-x load-path command I get a list of every subfolder in my .emacs.d folder but not the .d folder itself but the folder where my cider package is installed is clearly listed.
I installed lein before I decided to try setting up emacs and I could open a REPL just fine with it but emacs seems like a much better way of working than just using the terminal.
Any advice is greatly appreciated but if there is a better/easier way to get started with Clojure on Windows than what I'm currently doing I'd love to hear about it.
Thanks in advance for any replies.
Yes, emacs is great, but if you haven't worked with it before then you will have a very steep learning curve, exacerbated by the fact you are running Windows. I myself use emacs with CIDER a lot, and I also use emacs on Windows quite a bit, but I don't mix it - I use emacs/CIDER only on Linux. It doesn't mean at all that it can't be made to work on Windows, it's just it has a lot of complexity of its own, which you might not have time or inclination to deal with right now. (By the way, I wouldn't recommend using emacs under Cygwin [1] , use a good native build instead. And if you still decide to go with emacs, by all means try Prelude - it comes from the author of CIDER by the way.)
If you want an option that is definitely smoother under the circumstances, download IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition and install Cursive. That will have its own learning curve for sure, but give it a try and see what you prefer. I use both, nothing beats IntelliJ/Cursive in Java interop projects.
Both emacs/CIDER and IntelliJ/Cursive are terrific and will repay for deeper learning.
[1] I am not even sure a combination of emacs on Cygwin and lein/clojure on Win32 can work, but I have no environment to test.
unset the SHELL env variable - taken from: http://tb-nguyen.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-to-fix-emacs-windows-error-spawning.html
It worked for me
I learned that CEDET comes built in emacs 24.3.1 which I have installed.
Unfortunately, all tutorials online instruct you to install CEDET and provide you with config files that refer and load the installed packages and files.
How is it possible to configure the built in CEDET and use it without any external installation?
I am not sure how to take advantage of the built in version.
It's circa Emacs 23, but Alex Ott's A Gentle Introduction to CEDET still looks relevant to the built-in version? (it covers both versions).
OK< I know I can use Eclipse for Java programming and such but I work using WAMP for editing PHP, XHTML, JavaScript files... what IDE is best to edit the files and use GitHub? Because I don't know want to go to localhost and then copy my files to my local GitHub repo...
Cloud9 IDE might be what you are looking for! It's an online IDE with out-of-the-box intergration with GitHub, heroku etc. and gives you the ability to share workspaces as well.
Eclipse has the egit plugin that is really nice. You can use aptana which is based around eclipse but includes all the web views. It can basically edit everything you mentioned and really well, while providing a nice wrapper for your git repos
http://aptana.org/products/studio3
http://eclipse.org/egit/
well is not an IDE but vim with some git plugins is the best for me.
Eclipse should have some git plugins also, I think.
The best way to learn git is yo use it from command line!
Emacs + tramp + the command line ?
Update: magit is reported to support tramp
Update:
My experience: I have a distant linux server running a rails app. and private git repositories / apache (using several VirtualHosts with or without ssl). That server runs a ssh server. I use bare ssh session for command line usage (git, nominal admin.) and emacs + tramp to remotely edit the files presents on that server. I you are not rebuked by anti-eye candies tools (as for not-at-all drag'n'drop stuff), I would suggest you to give emacs a try (see EmacsW32 and nXhtml if you are under Windows). I assume you can install a ssh server on your WAMP machine… If this is the case, you could open your file from emacs just by using the following syntax (assuming you would edit the /home/renaud/.bashrc on the distant server):
/ssh:user#obf.uscatedmachine.org:/home/user/.bashrc
With putty on windows: see that and this posts.
It works the same for directories. You shall be prompted for your password once, and then edit the file/directory as if it is just on your machine. For the git part, I have verified myself since I do the git stuff directly from a ssh terminal, but latest magit
is reported to support tramp (i.e. remote git plumbering from my understanding).
If you have never used emacs before, it will not be easy. You will have to learn emacs basics first and customize it to fit you needs. My opinion is that's worth to give it a try. I could help you with basic configuration if needed.
(I use myself emacs almost for everything on my linux box from simple text editing to Java programming.)
Update:
After some testing, magit works very well remotely (tested on linux)! A new mode added to my configuration thanks to your question!
I feel retarded asking this question, but I've been banging my head against the wall for a while now...
This directory is linked to by the website for obtaining emacs: http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/. Which file do I want? I downloaded emacs-23.1.tar.gz and unpacked it, but I don't know what to do now. I can't find any files to execute.
(I'm running Vista.)
And then I want to use tuareg mode with OCaml. Help?
I believe you've downloaded the source code, which probably isn't what you want. It might be easier for you to go to download site and download the binaries.
Getting Tuareg to work is as easy as downloading it and following the installation instructions. Some options that I like for Tuareg (but YMMV!):
(setq tuareg-default-indent 4)
(setq tuareg-with-indent 2)
(setq tuareg-|-extra-unindent 2)
Incidentally, set up and whatnot is much easier using Virtualbox + Linux VM; if you're just wanting to play around with Ocaml/Emacs then it might be easier to do that.
You downloaded the linux version - you should instead download http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/windows/emacs-23.1-bin-i386.zip
Once you have it, emacs can be started from bin/runemacs
Have a look at EmacsW32 -- it is GNU Emacs with a few tweaks to make it more comfortable for Windows users: http://ourcomments.org/Emacs/EmacsW32.html