[NOTE: Not a question but in case people are interested in being able to quickly search MSDN from within Emacs then this might help. Keep in mind that by searching I only mean that you can type a term you want to search on MSDN in emacs (mini buffer) and pressing enter opens up search results directly in MSDN. Also, you can use it for anything that allows for a query string.]
Install engine-mode, found here: https://github.com/hrs/engine-mode
You can also install it using the package manager on Emacs.
In your init.el (or Casey's .emacs if you're using his setup), add these lines:
Between those two lines, add the following:
Now every time you hit C-c / m, it will give you a prompt in the mini buffer to search whatever you want to search within MSDN. You can also highlight some text in emacs and then hit C-c / m and it will take you directly to MSDN.
Hope this helps and makes looking up documentation less painful.
See a video presentation of how it all works on Youtube by searching "Searching the Web with engine-mode". (Can't post Youtube links for some reason).
Install engine-mode, found here: https://github.com/hrs/engine-mode
You can also install it using the package manager on Emacs.
In your init.el (or Casey's .emacs if you're using his setup), add these lines:
1 2 | (require 'engine-mode) (engine-mode t) |
Between those two lines, add the following:
1 2 3 | (defengine MSDN "https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/search/en-US/windows?query=%s&refinement=183" :keybinding "m") |
Now every time you hit C-c / m, it will give you a prompt in the mini buffer to search whatever you want to search within MSDN. You can also highlight some text in emacs and then hit C-c / m and it will take you directly to MSDN.
Hope this helps and makes looking up documentation less painful.
See a video presentation of how it all works on Youtube by searching "Searching the Web with engine-mode". (Can't post Youtube links for some reason).
Edited by Nicolas Carlo
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