Re:How to Set Up a Mac for Web Development
by gumby on Monday May 27, 2019 @04:08PM
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> Being able to select text and have it immediately copied to your clipboard (much like the PRIMARY clipboard in Linux) is very, very nice.
It's a Mac; the default usage model is direct manipulation rather than windows-style "object -> verb". So you select the text and drag the selection into where you want it, though as you say cut/paste is available as well.
I have personally not seen the point of anything beyond the built in terminal (though it's a taste matter) though I typically use the shell inside Emacs anyway. I think for beginners the least customization is the best.
My default mode for decades is to try to change defaults as little as possible, though my .emacs file tries as much as possible to bring Emacs back to the defaults of version 170.
It's a Mac; the default usage model is direct manipulation rather than windows-style "object -> verb". So you select the text and drag the selection into where you want it, though as you say cut/paste is available as well.
I have personally not seen the point of anything beyond the built in terminal (though it's a taste matter) though I typically use the shell inside Emacs anyway. I think for beginners the least customization is the best.
My default mode for decades is to try to change defaults as little as possible, though my .emacs file tries as much as possible to bring Emacs back to the defaults of version 170.