From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: [babel] Moving to babel the whole configuration Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:14:57 +0000 Message-ID: <873a1yru9q.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> References: Reply-To: e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NYOWe-0002Ig-Lr for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:46:32 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NYOWZ-0002Ez-U6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:46:32 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48567 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NYOWZ-0002En-Nu for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:46:27 -0500 Received: from vscane-b.ucl.ac.uk ([144.82.108.141]:43302) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NYOWZ-0004I2-BD for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:46:27 -0500 In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Thomas S. Dye" Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, andrea At Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:43:17 -1000, Thomas S. Dye wrote: > Have you seen the emacs starter kits? I've found Eric Schulte's > starter kit to be very handy. After struggling with emacs > configuration for decades I now have at least the illusion of > control. The configuration is held in a series of org files that hold > emacs-lisp code blocks, which are tangled to produce the .el file that > emacs expects. Each of my code chunks resides under its own org-mode > heading, replete with notes, links, etc. It is kind of like a > literate .emacs program. Argghhh! I hate org-mode sometimes [1]: just when I think I'm reaching a stable system, somebody comes along and makes me realise how much better (easier to manage/understand) my system would be if I put yet more under org-mode control! Time to go through my .emacs etc files -- if you don't hear from me for several months, you'll know why! eric Footnotes: [1] As always, thanks to Carsten et al. for such a wonderful and useful tool which has, without exaggeration, transformed by life in both dramatic and subtle ways.