#HOW TO MAKE A NEW FILE IN EMACS MAC#

That's how ErgoEmacs solves it, buy creating a new-empty-buffer command. Emacs is a customizable editor, so you can and should create whatever workflow is comfortable for you. And I don't buy the argument that вЂњthis is how you do it in EmacsвЂќ.

Drew's traditional solution seems too sub-optimal. Also, if you close *scratch* buffer, it doesn't ask you to save it, so you can accidentally lose all your work. *scratch* is set to Lisp Interaction mode, but if I want to quickly evaluate some Elisp code, I could eval it running eval-expression ( Alt+:) or in Elisp interpreter IELM ( Alt+x Enter ielm). Or you manipulate a snippet of text or code, but you don't want to change the original buffer, so you just copypaste it to a new temporary buffer. For example, you write quick notes or thoughts in several different buffers to keep trace of them-later you decide if you throw them away or save them. In every other text editor or word processor the intuition is to create a вЂњnew fileвЂќ or a вЂњnew bufferвЂќ, not to switch to idiosyncratic *scratch* buffer. Otherwise (for C-x b) you need to put the buffer in the mode you want.Д«uffer *scratch* is by default in Lisp-Interaction mode, which is similar to Emacs-Lisp mode (but not the same). Why would you want to use C-x C-f instead of C-x b, if you might not want to save the buffer? Providing a file extension in the file name you give automatically puts the buffer in the proper major mode (typically). In this case, if you use C-x C-s then Emacs prompts you for the file location to save the buffer in. Giving it a new name (not the name of an existing buffer) creates a new buffer. You are (even here) prompted for the buffer name. If you don't want to take the chance of accidentally hitting C-x C-s and thus saving your edits, then use C-x b instead of C-x C-f. Or use C-x d to put yourself in a Dired buffer for the directory. Or just do it by editing the directory part when you first use C-x C-f. To change directories, you can use M-x cd. Note that you can first put yourself in a directory whose contents you don't care about, so that if you accidentally do save the buffer there then you can easily find, recognize and toss the file. Do not use C-x C-s to save the buffer to the file (i.e., to disk). Use C-x C-f, giving the (to-be-file-visiting) buffer a name. In this case I am looking for the file about an open day in 2014.Not what you wanted to hear, but this is the Emacs way. In the first example I launch deft and type a search string to find an existing file and then open that file for editing. This is best illustrated with a couple of examples. You can also rename C-c C-r and delete C-c C-d files from the deft buffer. If you want to create a new file with a specific name, use C-c C-n.

If no files match the search string then hitting enter creates a new file with a name taken from the search string. Use arrow keys to move up and down through the list of files and hit return to open that file for editing. Start typing a search string and the list will dynamically filter down to files that match the string in their file name or body text.

To use deft, launch it with M-x deft and you will see a list of the files in your deft directory with short summaries. Deft is really just a nice quick interface for finding/creating and opening the right file for editing. My use case is that I launch deft, start typing a search string to very quickly find the file I want to add notes to, or create a new file on the fly, and then add my notes, quit deft and be back to where I was before.Дeft works simply by having all of your note files in a single directory, and the files themselves are simple text (org-mode if you like) files that can be viewed and edited anywhere else as well as via deft.

#HOW TO MAKE A NEW FILE IN EMACS MAC#

It is inspired by the Mac programme Notational Velocity. This post is a short introduction to deft, and I will describe some tweaks I have made in subsequent posts.Дeft is an emacs package (available through package-list-packages) that lets you quickly create, search and add to files containing notes. However, if I want to make a more general note that doesnвЂ™t fit into a category (say notes from a meeting), then deft is a nice alternative. I tend to organise my notes into files related to a specific topic or project, so I find org-mode with org-capture very useful to add quick notes to a specific file, like adding a TODO item or an idea for a blog post (I will post lots more about org-mode in due course, but there is an overview on my tutorial page).

How to make a new file in emacs