Author Archives: jcs

Time Tracking With Org-mode

Posted on 2021-09-15 by jcs

I’m Bmax has a post about his journey to find the perfect way to track his time. Like almost everyone else, he started with a spreadsheet but if you’ve ever done that you know what a pain it is and … Continue reading →

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Another Emacs Configuration

Posted on 2021-09-14 by jcs

As you all know—at least if you’ve been around Irreal for a while—I like reading through other peoples Emacs configurations. It’s not just a matter of voyeurism; I almost always learn something from seeing how others use Emacs. The latest … Continue reading →

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Two Mini Tutorials

Posted on 2021-09-13 by jcs

Here are a couple of mini-tutorials on using two Emacs packages. They’re both pretty short so I’ve combined them into a single post. In the first, Yuri Tricys presents some configurations and packages to customize Olivetti-mode. He shows how to … Continue reading →

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Quitting Safari

Posted on 2021-09-12 by jcs

Today’s post is specific to those Irreal readers who use the Safari browser. As I’ve written many times, almost all my tube time is spent in either Emacs or Safari. A typical workflow occurs when I’m reading my RSS feed … Continue reading →

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Prot on Bookmarks

Posted on 2021-09-11 by jcs

Protesilaos Stavrou has a new video out on the Emacs bookmarks system. If you don’t use bookmarks, you should give them a try. They’re really handy for files you use often but don’t want to keep loaded all the time. … Continue reading →

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Enabling Multiple Minor Modes

Posted on 2021-09-10 by jcs

Timo Geusch has a nice quickie post on setting multiple minor modes for a buffer. Often it’s convenient to have several minor modes associated with a buffer. For example, when I’m writing blog or prose text I like to have … Continue reading →

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Embedding Images in Text Files

Posted on 2021-09-09 by jcs

Yuan Fu likes to take notes in which he can embed images. You can do that with Org, of course, but Fu doesn’t like that Org’s solution boils down to a link to a file. That means you have to … Continue reading →

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The Technical Problems with Apple’s CSAM Scanning

Posted on 2021-09-08 by jcs

I’ve written several posts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) about Apple’s planned CSAM scanning project but those posts have always focused on how Apple was betraying their long held promise to protect our privacy and not allow random … Continue reading →

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Apropos Library

Posted on 2021-09-07 by jcs

Recently a post by jao, who’s written a whole bunch of excellent software, popped up in my feed inbox. It’s just a very short (15 words) mention of apropos-library, a function that lists all the variables and functions in a … Continue reading →

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Covid Warnings

Posted on 2021-09-06 by jcs

Another datum for those of you following the origins of COVID-19 debate. Josh Rogin, writing over at Politco notes that US diplomats were warning about problems in the Wuhan labs as early as 2017, a good two years before the … Continue reading →

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