Shortcut Keys

Note to self: these shortcut keys are useful. Practice using them.

mac

I set the dock to hide itself. I set the number of spaces to two, so that I am never searching for a window. If I don’t see it, it’s in the other space. Also, both arrow keys take me to the other space, so I don’t need to remember where I am. Also just learned about pbcopy and pbpaste.

cmd-del        move selection to trash
cmd-rarrow   move between spaces (click and hold on window to carry it with you)
cmd-larrow    move between spaces
cmd-E            eject
cmd-W           close window
cmd-Q           quit app
cmd-+           adjust magnification
cmd--
F11                 expose (at least that's where I want it)
cmd-M            minimize window
cmd-TAB         change app

emacs

Don’t exit emacs to prowl the filesystem or run a command. Wasteful.

M-!              execute external cmd
M-x shell    shell buffer
C-c C-c       send C-c (shell mode)
C-c C-d       send C-d (shell mode)
C-c C-z       send C-z (shell mode)
C-x C-b      display buffer list
M-x sort-lines
M-x reverse-region
^                  visit parent directory (dired)
d                  mark for delete (dired)
i                   display contents of subdir at bottom of same buffer (dired)
o                  open file in different window (C-o doesn't change focus)
m                 mark (dired)
u                  unmark (dired)
x                  expunge files marked for delete (dired)
#                  mark auto-save files for deletion (dired)
~                  mark emacs backup files for deletion (dired)
D                 delete marked files (dired)
R                  rename marked files (multiple files are moved into dir)
C                  copy marked files
+                 make a subdir (dired)
$                  hide subdir (dired)
M-$              hide all subdirs (dired)
M-x find-name-dired
M-x find-grep-dired
M-x find-grep
M-x wdired-change-to-wdired-mode   rename and move files by editing the dired buffer

ssh, screen

Remember to ssh user@host instead of ssh host followed by su user. Use ssh -X to launch X windows, and then emacs can be in its own window. Also, you pay for that up front laziness: how to set up ssh keys.

Basic screen procedure: run screen, run the comand, then detach with C-a d. Reattach with screen -r. If multiple screen sesssions, specify pid and terminal. Screen is unkind to emacs users because of the C-a binding but that is all you need. Stop using nohup.

firefox

installed “It’s All Text!” and reinstalled Firebug and YSlow. For the record the other addons I find useful: Live HTTP Headers, Web Developer, google and del.icio.us toobars.

websites

got a github account. Pastie at gist.github.com

also look into

• running svn commands from within emacs
• keep some standard dot files .bashrc .irbrc .emacs at github
• install these emacs files
• color highlighting in emacs not working on linux