From: Ben Alexander <ben@alexanderonline.org>
To: emacs-orgmode Org-Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Does this happen to you? Aquamacs messes with you! (but I still like my Mac)
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 10:04:24 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <FCC0517D-8B5A-441C-BBDB-6A8D31833E89@alexanderonline.org> (raw)
I normally use Aquamacs. It's very pretty, and uses the mouse without
having to start an X server. But I'm starting to get a bit cheesed
about all the things that don't work with org-mode (I have FINALLY got
a fixed width font for the tab bar, so my column mode headings line up
with the text in the buffer!!!)
New problem: I have a very simple org mode buffer
* TODO Mealplans
** Mealplan Fri
If I go into column view and my cursor is the beginning of the file
and I hit the down arrow, my cursor moves to the beginning of the next
column (From the default column of ITEM to TODO). This happens
everywhere, somewhat randomly.
I switched to the command line version of emacs, and this didn't happen.
My first thought was to check keyboard bindings. In emacs C-n and
<down> map to next-line, but in Aquamacs they map to visual-line-
down. If I toggle visual-line-mode, the problem goes away (under
quick testing)
My question for the list.
1) Does anyone use visual-line-mode with org? Use it and like, I mean.
2) How did this happen to me? Is this an Aquamacs default that I can
customize back to 'normal'? I can't find visual-line-mode documented
in the info pages for Emacs.
3) On my mode line, I have a (Org vl Fill). the 'vl' does not go away
when I toggle visual-line-mode. What is that? Another irritant lurking?
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Ok, I let this email sit awhile (never click send when angry!)
If anyone else is living with this, I have an answer for 2) and 3)
2) Answer: Aquamacs has a customization group 'Aquamacs Is More Than
Emacs'. This will be my first stop for the next irritation .
3) Answer: That customization group has an option for 'global-visual-
line-mode'. Toggle that and the 'vl' goes away.
Just in case anyone is wondering (because of all my complaining), I
should advertise that Mac OS is a great machine for emacs users. For
example, I'm still using Apple's Mail program and many emacs key
strokes work auto-magically. C-n and C-p work visually, and C-f and C-
b work normally, and C-a and C-e work on logical lines. Even C-k and
C-y just work inside of most of the UI textboxes. Strangely, killing
a line means you can yank it, even into another window, but it's a
different clipboard than cmd-C and cmd-V. Even C-t works. Alas, C-u C-
f does NOT work.
None of this seems documented, so I don't know what other easter eggs
are lurking, but I don't get frustrated moving from my org-mode buffer
into an Apple Mail window just because of the typing. Aquamacs does
let transient mark mode with with the shift-mouse-click, and cmd-C
lets me pull text out of Aquamacs and into Mail.
I'd bet that many of you on a mac already know this because of how
hard it is to NOT type a C-p when you want to go up!
Anyway, thanks for listening to the rant, and I hope it helps someone
out there.
-Ben Alexander
next reply other threads:[~2008-11-07 10:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-07 10:04 Ben Alexander [this message]
2008-11-07 15:33 ` Does this happen to you? Aquamacs messes with you! (but I still like my Mac) Peter Jones
2008-11-07 16:09 ` Peter Frings
2008-11-10 15:57 ` Matthew Lundin
2008-11-10 17:06 ` William Henney
2008-11-10 19:11 ` Matthew Lundin
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-03-16 10:09 Kevin Brubeck Unhammer
2009-03-26 20:15 ` Ben Alexander
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