Re: Emacs and vim analogs

[David Kastrup]

"Clinton Curry" <clintonc@uab.edu> writes:

> I've been bouncing back and forth between Vim and Emacs for some time, and
> lately I've been trying to reconcile the abilities of one with the other. 
> Specifically, I'm wondering if there is something in Emacs analogous to the
> following Vim capabilities.
>
> 1) Omni-completion.  Here, if you're happily typing something and
> come across a name, function call, etc, that you have typed before,
> in Vim you can press Ctrl+N to see what can go with what you've
> typed so far.  Moreover, in many cases, it does this intelligently,
> taking syntax into account.

M-/

> 2) Redo-last-change.  In Vim, if you make a change, pressing "."
> will make the change again.  Is there something analogous in Emacs,
> aside from defining a macro?

Either C-x M-ESC or C-x z, depending on your requirements.

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