From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Alexander 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 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KyOCh-00088e-8A for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:04:35 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KyOCg-00087v-1E for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:04:34 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44815 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KyOCf-00087r-TG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:04:33 -0500 Received: from harley.gnservers.com ([72.52.242.16]:38282) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KyOCf-00019D-SK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:04:34 -0500 Received: from [86.157.118.186] (helo=[10.0.1.4]) by harley.gnservers.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KyOCW-0007L3-GK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:04:25 -0500 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: emacs-orgmode Org-Mode 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 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? ------- 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