Emacs Stuff

.emacs

;; disable temporary files
;; https://stackoverflow.com/a/2680682/682912
(setq make-backup-files nil)

;; Add Melpa Sources for installing Packages.
;; https://melpa.org/#/getting-started
(require 'package)
(let* ((no-ssl (and (memq system-type '(windows-nt ms-dos))
                    (not (gnutls-available-p))))
       (proto (if no-ssl "http" "https")))
  ;; Comment/uncomment these two lines to enable/disable MELPA and MELPA Stable as desired
  ;;(add-to-list 'package-archives (cons "melpa" (concat proto "://melpa.org/packages/")) t)
  (add-to-list 'package-archives (cons "melpa-stable" (concat proto "://stable.melpa.org/packages/")) t)
  (when (< emacs-major-version 24)
    ;; For important compatibility libraries like cl-lib
    (add-to-list 'package-archives '("gnu" . (concat proto "://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")))))
(package-initialize)

;; https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CopyAndPaste
(setq x-select-enable-clipboard t)

;; Case insensitive tab completion
;; https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/32407/tab-completion-in-minibuffer-case-insensitive
(setq read-file-name-completion-ignore-case t)
(setq completion-ignore-case  t)
(setq read-buffer-completion-ignore-case t)

;; Some machines confuse Backspace as Ctrl-H and open help.
;; https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/efaq/Backspace-invokes-help.html
(keyboard-translate ?\C-h ?\C-?)

Emacs-CheatSheet.md

Emacs CheatSheet

References

• https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/refcards/pdf/refcard.pdf)
• https://stackoverflow.com/a/20474998/682912

Commands

Task	Shortcut
Block Comment or Uncomment A Region	Alt-;