Table of Contents

1. Emacs Commands I forget

  • Go to a specific line: M-x goto-line
  • Display line number in the mode line: M-x line-number-mode
  • Display the current line: M-x what-line
  • Display column number in the mode line**: M-x column-number-mode

1.1. Let eww be the default browser for Emacs

(setq browse-url-browser-function 'eww-browse-url)

1.2. Help command for the current function

  • C-h-m
  • C-h general help

1.3. Buffer commands

  • Kill a buffer with C-x-K very usefull
  • move between buffers with C-x-left/right arrow - very useful
  • new buffer with C-x b

1.4. Org-publish workflow in on my machine

  • Create or edit an org file in Org directory- respect the file hierarchy
  • Convert to html with Org export
  • Publish that file only with Org publish
  • Use rsync command to move file to server . Shortcut in bashrc is "geffle"

1.5. Not Emacs but useful

1.5.1. How to move ssh from one machine to another

Move ~/.ssh to the new machine and run ssh-add. DONE!

LONG ANSWER:

In the old machine, take the folder ~/.ssh to an USB drive, or to any other storage you like. On the new machine, put the folder under ~ aka /home/$USER. Run ssh-add, on the new machine done.

Author: David

Created: 2022-02-14 Mon 16:35