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Some Custom Commands from Prot

Posted on 2021-07-27 by jcs

Protesilaos Stavrou (Prot) has another video up in which he discusses a few of the commands he’s implemented to make his workflow easier. There’s no overriding theme, just some functions he’s written that ease his work in various ways. For … Continue reading →

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Ten More Emacs Tips

Posted on 2021-07-26 by jcs

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the Ten Useful Emacs Tips video from the Emacs-Elements YouTube channel. Now there’s a new video, 10 More Helpful Emacs Tips. Like the last video, you will probably be familiar with some … Continue reading →

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Logging mbsync Errors

Posted on 2021-07-25 by jcs

I’ve been using mu4e and mbsync for the last four years and love it. One of the things you discover early in your use of mbsync is that it loves spew messages into the minibuffer. That would be okay except … Continue reading →

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Medical Research Has Forfeited Our Trust

Posted on 2021-07-24 by jcs

Richard Smith over at The BMJ has a cute article that asks whether the time has come to assume medical research is frauduent until proven otherwise. I say “cute” because everyone paying attention knows that most published medical research is … Continue reading →

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Prot on Dired

Posted on 2021-07-23 by jcs

Protesilaos Stavrou has a new video up about his customizations of dired. Dired is one of those things that you either love or ignore. Even I, a hardcore command line guy, use dired for the majority of my file operations. … Continue reading →

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Karl Voit on the Reply-To Header

Posted on 2021-07-22 by jcs

I’ve long known about the Reply-To header in emails but I’ve always been unclear on exactly what it did and how it worked. Karl Voit has an excellent short blog post on using the Reply-To header in emails. It turns … Continue reading →

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System Crafters: Magit 2

Posted on 2021-07-21 by jcs

David Wilson over at the System Crafters YouTube channel has his second video on Magit up. Irreal looked at the first video a couple of weeks ago. In the current video, Wilson considers some of the intermediate Magit functions. He … Continue reading →

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PSA: Mastering Emacs is On Sale Until Monday

Posted on 2021-07-20 by jcs

If you’re an Emacser, you’ve certainly heard of Mickey Petersen’s book Matering Emacs. If you’ve been thinking about getting a copy, now’s the time because it’s 20% off until Monday. My book, Mastering Emacs, is now on sale. Get a … Continue reading →

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Calc Formulae in the Minibuffer

Posted on 2021-07-19 by jcs

Tony Aldon has another quick video up that considers using Org-mode table formulae in the minibuffer. It’s a nice way of trying out a formula or even using them to make calculations and inserting the results into the current buffer. … Continue reading →

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Google Drive and Censorship

Posted on 2021-07-18 by jcs

I’ve told you and told you and told you but some people aren’t listening. Okay, let’s be honest, they aren’t even reading to begin with but they should be. If you use Google products for producing, storing, or sharing your … Continue reading →

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