Monthly Archives: February 2013

An Emacs Minor Mode Tutorial

Posted on 2013-02-08 by jcs

Over at the Google G+ Emacs Community, Agu Monkey has a pointer to an excellent tutorial on writing Emacs minor modes by Christopher Wellons. Most of us probably have no interest in writing a full-fledged minor mode (although Wellons’ tutorial … Continue reading →

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Stross on Ebooks

Posted on 2013-02-07 by jcs

Charlie Stross has a very interesting post on the history of ebooks. Stross, of course, is a well known Science Fiction author who earns his living writing books so he’s very familiar with the publishing industry and its history. The … Continue reading →

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Emacs Challenge?

Posted on 2013-02-05 by jcs

Some of the most popular posts here at Irreal are those in which I attempt bring the power of Emacs to bear on VimGolf problems. I like those posts too because I always learn some new tricks both by working … Continue reading →

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VimGolf in Emacs: Enumerate Words

Posted on 2013-02-05 by jcs

Here’s a pretty hard challenge—at least I found it challenging. Given this Lorem Ipsum Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero … Continue reading →

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Xah’s Emacs Tutorial

Posted on 2013-02-04 by jcs

I’ve commented many times on Xah Lee’s Emacs and Emacs Lisp tutorials. I’ve learned a lot from them and the Elisp tutorials helped me transfer my Common Lisp and Scheme knowledge to Emacs. The tutorials are on the Web and … Continue reading →

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Sony: The Bill So Far

Posted on 2013-02-03 by jcs

Back in 2011 I wrote about the Sony break in and subsequent disclosure of 100 million log on credentials. At the time I remarked that it would be years before the final cost of the exploit would be known. Now … Continue reading →

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Another Emacs Quote

Posted on 2013-02-02 by jcs

Vivkek Haldar appears to be the go to guy for Emacs quotes. Magnar Sveen’s excellent What the Emacs.d!? begins and end with a Haldar quote. Now Haldar brings us a quote from Kieran Healy on the enduring excellence of Emacs. … Continue reading →

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Another Take on Emacs Configuration

Posted on 2013-02-01 by jcs

I’ve mentioned before that Emacs configuration is a black hole that can easily swallow any spare cycles that wander into its event horizon. Part of that for me is reading how other people do it. Over at MetaSandwich, Selah has … Continue reading →

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