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Remote Work in Australia

Posted on 2021-07-17 by jcs

I have, for many, many years, been fascinated with the idea of remote work. Since Mike Elgan wrote about the New Bedouins in 2007 I yearned to be part of the revolution. Now, of course, due to COVID-19 it’s the … Continue reading →

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Like Musical Instruments for Musicians

Posted on 2021-07-16 by jcs

Ayrat Badykov has a nifty short post on why he thinks Emacs is a great text editor. As for many developers, Badykov was inspired to learn Emacs when he saw how much more efficient the Vim and Emacs users were … Continue reading →

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Does Piracy Affect Sales?

Posted on 2021-07-15 by jcs

The headline is a spoiler because we know from Betteridge’s law that the answer must be “no.” That the answer is “yes” has been a matter of faith among those who earn their living through the copyright system but research … Continue reading →

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Query: Emacs Vterm on the M1

Posted on 2021-07-14 by jcs

A while ago I asked about Emacs on the Mac M1. Everyone who replied agreed that Emacs ran without problems so I got myself an M1. I really like it and have almost got it configured as my default machine. … Continue reading →

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See the Underlying Org Entry for an Agenda Item

Posted on 2021-07-13 by jcs

Here’s a quick tip that I just learned about from Tory Anderson: TIL about org-agenda-entry-text-mode to see the underlying entries behind your agenda notes. This #emacs #EducationalMistype brought to you by learning Dvorak keyboard. — (webdev “Tory”) (@Endless_WebDev) July 12, … Continue reading →

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It’s Time For iPhone Users To Dump Google Maps

Posted on 2021-07-12 by jcs

Zak Doffman over at Forbes—I know, I know—makes the argument that the time has come for iPhone users to dump Google maps. The TL;DR is that Apple maps have come a long way since they were first introduced and are … Continue reading →

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Lesser Known Functionalities in Core Emacs

Posted on 2021-07-11 by jcs

Philip Kaludercic has an interesting post on some little known functionality in core Emacs. One of the wonders of Emacs is the package system that can add practically any desired feature to Emacs. That sometimes means that we forget how … Continue reading →

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Debugging Field Formulae in Org Tables

Posted on 2021-07-10 by jcs

Tony Aldon has another video up in his Inside Emacs series. This one considers the debugging of field formulae in Org tables. If you’ve ever used a formula in an Org table, you’ve probably encountered an error where instead of … Continue reading →

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Ten Useful Emacs Tips

Posted on 2021-07-09 by jcs

Over at the Emacs-Elements Youtube channel, there’s a new video that presents 10 useful Emacs tips. Some of them are fairly well known things like setting the mark with Ctrl+Space and returning to it with Ctrl+u Ctrl+Space or flushing lines … Continue reading →

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Irreal Is 12

Posted on 2021-07-08 by jcs

Today is Irreal’s twelfth birthday. Irreal started off slowly, like most blogs, but for the last 9 years, I’ve posted pretty much everyday except when things like power outages and the flu intervened. As I’ve said before, the blog is … Continue reading →

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