I'm using org-mode to write outline an essay in Emacs and I was wondering if anyone has nifty tips for writing long-form essays and prose in Emacs
I bound fly spell to ctrl-; to bring up a list of the misspellings and cycle from the first through the rest for misspelling closest to the cursor.<p>That means if I'm typing and I don't realize the misspelling until the next sentence, I can correct it <i>WITHOUT moving the cursor</i>. Once you do this, you can't go back!
You can move paragraphs around with M-<up> and M-<down>. It also works on headlines/plain lists.<p>Just discovered this yesterday and wish I had known about it earlier.
Do you use org-mode?[1] It's perfect for outlining and managing lots of information. Once you've written your paper, you can easily export it to HTML, PDF (through LaTeX) or plain text to be copied into a Word document, if that's the way you swing.<p>[1] <a href="http://orgmode.org/" rel="nofollow">http://orgmode.org/</a>
Auto-fill-mode and follow-mode are useful. If you write Unicode characters (and don't have a mac) C-x 8 <Enter> is useful, too (tab completion!).