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Update On The Org-9.6 Problem

Posted on 2022-12-07 by jcs

Yesterday, I wrote about Org-9.6 failing to load after my weekly update. I’m happy to report that due to the advice of the excellent Irreal readers Fran Burstall and Mike S, I have resolved the problem. The problem turns out … Continue reading →

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PSA: Beware of Error With Org 9.6

Posted on 2022-12-06 by jcs

My usual routine is to update my Emacs packages on Sunday. After my last update, I restarted Emacs and Org wouldn’t load, complaining that org-assert-version was an invalid function. After a bit of messing around, I uninstalled Org-9.6 from my … Continue reading →

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Howard Abrams On Why You Should Use Eshell

Posted on 2022-12-05 by jcs

Regular Irreal readers know that I’m a fan of Howard Abrams’ posts and videos on Emacs. Abrams gave a talk at EmacsConf 2022 on the Top 10 reasons why you should be using Eshell. He felt that the talk was … Continue reading →

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Zamansky Returns

Posted on 2022-12-04 by jcs

It’s Advent of Code time again and, as is his wont, Mike Zamansky is meeting the challenge and blogging about his results. Even better, he’s posted a video on his solutions to the first two problems. The video isn’t about … Continue reading →

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A Browser-based Org File Viewer

Posted on 2022-12-03 by jcs

Kiran Gopinathan has built an interesting little app to view Org files in the browser. If you’re like me and want to stay in Emacs as much as possible, you may be wondering anyone would build such a thing. Gopinathan … Continue reading →

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EmacsConf 2022 Reminder

Posted on 2022-12-02 by jcs

Just a quick reminder that EmacsConf 2022 is tomorrow and Sunday. If you’re interested in some really good talks about Emacs, you can enjoy the conference from the comfort of your computer/tablet screen. They’ll also be making the videos available … Continue reading →

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Iedit Video

Posted on 2022-12-01 by jcs

Tony Aldon has a short, interesting video on iedit. If you’re not familiar with iedit, you should be. It’s one of my favorite refactoring tools and I use where others might use multiple-cursors or query-replace. Like multiple-cursors, once a piece … Continue reading →

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Emacs 29 Changes

Posted on 2022-11-30 by jcs

In yesterday’s post I reported that Eli Zaretskii had cut the Emacs-29 release branch. That was good news because it meant that Emacs 29.1 itself was on its way. Lucien Cartier-Tilet (Phundrak) has a much more comprehensive post that parsed … Continue reading →

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Emacs-29 Release Branch and Org Mode 9.6

Posted on 2022-11-29 by jcs

Eli Zaretskii just announced that he’s cut the Emacs-29 release branch. Emacs 29.1 is still some time away; Zaretskii says that’s he’s hoping to have the first pretest in a couple of months. Still, it’s great to see progress being … Continue reading →

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Use Closed/Open Intervals For Programming

Posted on 2022-11-28 by jcs

In Mathematics, especially Real Analysis and Topology, the use of open and closed intervals is endemic. The open interval \((a,b)\) is the interval \(a < x < b\) while the closed interval \([a,b]\) includes the endpoints: \(a \le x \le … Continue reading →

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