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Code that makes SDF easier to use and more fun with GNU Emacs 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 Installation and use instructions for GNU/Linux and other Unix-like operating systems
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 1. If you have not already, setup SSH key-based authentication to sdf.org
4. Rename the dotemacs file in the sdf directory to .emacs and move it to your home directory: mv $HOME/dotemacs $HOME/.emacs 2. If you have not already, install Git
5. Make sure that the shell files in the sdf directory are executable. If they are not: chmod +x $HOME/sdf/*.sh 3. If you have not already, install Mosh
6. If you have not already, setup SSH key-based authentication to sdf.org 4. Clone the project in your home directory: git clone https://git.sdf.org/scm/sdf.git
7. If you have not already, install Mosh 5. Copy the dotemacs file in the sdf directory to your home directory: cp $HOME/sdf $HOME
8. Run Emacs 6. If you have one, make a backup copy of your .emacs file in your home directory: mv $HOME/.emacs $HOME/dotemacs.bak
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 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.