1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

i am telnet-ing into my university's UNIX system and trying to edit some perl code in emacs. However any time i try to open it in emacs i get the following error message: > emacs project1.cgi Error: Couldn't find per display information > i also cannot create any new documents in emacs and... (7 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hi i am using mandrake linux How do i run the emacs editor ? (5 Replies)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I have been teaching myself unix a little here and a little there. I would like to learn emacs, or an editor that I would get the most use out of. What is the most used editor in unix? (1 Reply)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Any one has a good documentation on How To Use EMACs editor?? Thanks Ven :eek: (4 Replies)

5. Programming

I am using emacs to write c++ code. How to configure it to let the system highlight C++ keywords, variables, etc; and let it automatically indent, just like a common C++ IDE does? Any suggestions? Thanks! (1 Reply)

6. UNIX and Linux Applications

Hey everybody! Not sure if this goes here, but I think it's the best fit. I was just wondering, how do I use a compiler from Emacs? Also, how do I turn syntax highlighting on? Thanks in advance! (5 Replies)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

could someone please tell me how do I work emacs on unix?? how do you input the command and open up files and edit stuff. I know M-x info will lauch the info viewer, C-x u is undo, M-x spell-region run a spell check but when i use some of these command on emacs in Unix, I'm getting no results or... (1 Reply)

8. UNIX and Linux Applications

Hi, I am using emacs now after some months with vim (nothing agains vim, in fact I love it, but everyone around me is using emacs and xemacs) and I need some configuration help. How may I configure emacs to look like code examples in this page which is good for my eye. Thanks in advance, ... (0 Replies)

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi All, I am new to this forum and a beginner in unix. Please correct me if I put the question in a wrong way.. How to use emacs editor? Also how to open existing emacs files with .cgi format? I have the following link :- http link i.e. url and path : /abc/xyz.dev/xyz/documents What... (7 Replies)

10. AIX

After I had successfully installed bash I wanted to install emacs. I downloaded the packages from IBM (emacs, emacs-nox, and emacs-X11), but I could not install emacs-X11. It needs libjpeg and libtiff, but I couldn't install both libs. Error messages: file /opt/freeware/64 from install of... (2 Replies)