On Fri 29 Nov 2019 at 06:08:18 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 11/28/2019 09:55 AM, David Wright wrote:
> > [ *SNIP* ]
> >
> > I must say it surprises me that you don't seem to get on with emacs
> > if you were using TECO professionally at DEC. [snip]
>
> *ROFL*
> Who ever said my use of TECO
writes:
> On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 12:33:53PM +0100, Victor wrote:
>>
>> Le 29 Nov 2019, Richard Owlett a écrit :
>> >Any recommended Emacs tutorial? If retirement isn't for learning,
>> >what use is it ;}
>
> [useful links]
>
> And then, of course, Emacs's built-in tutorial, which you start
> w
On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 12:33:53PM +0100, Victor wrote:
>
> Le 29 Nov 2019, Richard Owlett a écrit :
> >Any recommended Emacs tutorial? If retirement isn't for learning,
> >what use is it ;}
[useful links]
And then, of course, Emacs's built-in tutorial, which you start
whithin Emacs with C-h t
On 11/29/2019 05:33 AM, Victor wrote:
Le 29 Nov 2019, Richard Owlett a écrit :
Any recommended Emacs tutorial? If retirement isn't for learning, what
use is it ;}
I learned a lot on ergoemacs.org. It has a practical emacs tutorial:
http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/emacs.html
The sub-menus on th
On Fri, 29 Nov 2019 04:52:52 -0600
Richard Owlett wrote:
> Any recommended Emacs tutorial?
There's a fairly good built in tutorial. C-h t.
--
Does anybody read signatures any more?
https://charlescurley.com
https://charlescurley.com/blog/
On 11/28/2019 09:55 AM, David Wright wrote:
[ *SNIP* ]
I must say it surprises me that you don't seem to get on with emacs
if you were using TECO professionally at DEC. [snip]
*ROFL*
Who ever said my use of TECO deserved the label "professional".
I was a technician in Power Supply Engineering
Le 29 Nov 2019, Richard Owlett a écrit :
Any recommended Emacs tutorial? If retirement isn't for
learning, what use is it ;}
I learned a lot on ergoemacs.org. It has a practical emacs
tutorial: http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/emacs.html
There’s also the Emacs guided tour on gnu.org:
https://w
On 11/28/2019 07:57 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 07:02:08AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 11/27/2019 01:19 PM, David Wright wrote:
Perhaps look for an editor that can select rectangular blocks. For
example, emacs has rectangular variants of commands.
[...]
I browse
On 11/28/2019 07:25 AM, John Hasler wrote:
Richard Owlett writes:
[Emacs] reminds me somewhat of TECO which I used back in the 70's.
It should: it's a direct descendant.
If Emacs has the flexibility/power of TECO it would be worth the effort
to learn. Though I've not used TECO in >30 yea
to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> Emacs is always overkill. OTOH, "Emacs is overkill" is always
> a lame excuse.
It is parallel universe
On Thu 28 Nov 2019 at 07:02:08 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 11/27/2019 01:19 PM, David Wright wrote:
> >
> > Perhaps look for an editor that can select rectangular blocks. For
> > example, emacs has rectangular variants of commands.
> > https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/em
On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 07:02:08AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 11/27/2019 01:19 PM, David Wright wrote:
> >
> >Perhaps look for an editor that can select rectangular blocks. For
> >example, emacs has rectangular variants of commands.
[...]
> I browsed the documentation. It appears to be ove
Richard Owlett writes:
> [Emacs] reminds me somewhat of TECO which I used back in the 70's.
It should: it's a direct descendant.
--
John Hasler
jhas...@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA
On 11/27/2019 01:19 PM, David Wright wrote:
Perhaps look for an editor that can select rectangular blocks. For
example, emacs has rectangular variants of commands.
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Rectangles.html
Back in the last millennium, I was using TDE (Thomson-Davi
On 11/27/2019 02:26 PM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
I just remembered ;-) that I can send you a sample of what I got by selecting
in Okular and then pasting into a text file.
After thinking about it, maybe it is not what you're looking for (and you
won't have to load Wheezy to find out, although I
I just remembered ;-) that I can send you a sample of what I got by selecting
in Okular and then pasting into a text file.
After thinking about it, maybe it is not what you're looking for (and you
won't have to load Wheezy to find out, although I am fairly sure Okular is
available in other vers
On Wednesday, November 27, 2019 02:39:40 PM Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 11/27/2019 11:58 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Wednesday, November 27, 2019 12:07:16 PM Richard Owlett wrote:
> with the only (minor) problems being an extra
>
> > line containing some unprintable characters (□ -- copied
On 11/27/2019 11:58 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wednesday, November 27, 2019 12:07:16 PM Richard Owlett wrote:
I'm trying to create some spreadsheets containing nutritional data.
Sample documents I'm using for input include:
https://choosemyplate-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files/2We
On Wed 27 Nov 2019 at 12:58:45 (-0500), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 27, 2019 12:07:16 PM Richard Owlett wrote:
> > I'm trying to create some spreadsheets containing nutritional data.
> >
> > Sample documents I'm using for input include:
> > > https://choosemyplate-prod.azure
On Wednesday, November 27, 2019 12:07:16 PM Richard Owlett wrote:
> I'm trying to create some spreadsheets containing nutritional data.
>
> Sample documents I'm using for input include:
> > https://choosemyplate-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files/2WeekMenusGr
> > oceryList.pdf
> >
> > https:/
I'm trying to create some spreadsheets containing nutritional data.
Sample documents I'm using for input include:
https://choosemyplate-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files/2WeekMenusGroceryList.pdf
https://choosemyplate-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files/2WeekMenusAndFoodGroupContent.pdf
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