Re: f39 emacs strange behavior?

[Ranjan Maitra]

On Thu Nov16'23 08:46:17PM, Ben Hancock wrote:
> From: Ben Hancock 
> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 20:46:17 -0800
> To: [e-mail]
> Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users 
> Subject: Re: f39 emacs strange behavior?
>
> On 11/12/23 08:12, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> > Right, now, trying my luck with nvim for writing this email (because
> > mutt for me is linked to an editor, in my case, it was emacs).
>
> FWIW, you may want to try `mg` as a backup editor for Emacs. If you're used
> to Emacs key-bindings, it's sure to be more familiar. When I used mutt more
> regularly I set mg as my fallback for times when I hadn't yet fired up Emacs
> and done `M-x server-start`:
>
> set editor = 'emacsclient --alternate-editor mg'
>
> Ben

Thanks, Ben! I am more or less finding my way around nvim, but I have
not yet figured out two things yet.

I loved the autoformatting feature of C, etc in emacs. Basically as I
typed, things would get formatted. And I have not really been able to
figure out if that is possible here (automagically, without pressing any
key combination).

The other thing I will look at more carefully this weekend is to figure
out a way to reliably highlight a area with my mouse left button and
then paste it with my second mouse button (the wheel). Inside nvim, it
is largely not reliable (with workarounds in many cases, but with key
combinations) and I can not quite figure out why it is not. In the old
days before DEs, the idea of highlight and paste (rather than use
whatever key combination) is something I really got used to.

Many thanks and best wishes,
Ranjan