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Code that makes SDF easier to use and more fun with GNU Emacs
1. Save the sdf folder to your home directory: git clone https://git.sdf.org/scm/sdf.git
2. Copy the dotemacs file in the sdf directory to your home directory: cp $HOME/sdf $HOME
3. Make a backup copy of your .emacs file in your home directory, if you have one: mv $HOME/.emacs $HOME/dotemacs.bak
4. Rename the dotemacs file in the sdf directory to .emacs and move it to your home directory: mv $HOME/dotemacs $HOME/.emacs
5. Make sure that the shell files in the sdf directory are executable. If they are not: chmod +x $HOME/sdf/*.sh
6. If you have not already, setup SSH key-based authentication to sdf.org
7. If you have not already, install Mosh
8. Run Emacs
9. Select the com or bboard buffers in Emacs to use either of those programs: C-x b followed by bboard or com as the name
Installation and use instructions for GNU/Linux and other Unix-like operating systems
1. If you have not already, setup SSH key-based authentication to sdf.org
2. If you have not already, install Git
3. If you have not already, install Mosh
4. Clone the project in your home directory: git clone https://git.sdf.org/scm/sdf.git
5. Copy the dotemacs file in the sdf directory to your home directory: cp $HOME/sdf $HOME
6. If you have one, make a backup copy of your .emacs file in your home directory: mv $HOME/.emacs $HOME/dotemacs.bak
7. Rename the dotemacs file in the sdf directory to .emacs, and move it to your home directory: mv $HOME/dotemacs $HOME/.emacs
8. Make sure that the shell files in the sdf directory are executable. If they are not: chmod +x $HOME/sdf/*.sh
9. Run Emacs
10. Select the SDF program to use by visting that programs buffer. Example, select the com buffer by doing the following:
C-x b (while holding down the control key, press the x then the b key), type com and press the enter key.