Author Archives: jcs

What Computer And OS Do You Use?

Posted on 2025-01-19 by jcs

Over at the Emacs subreddit, ll777 wants to know what computer and OS you’re using. He’s a macOS user but is getting into Emacs and realizing that Emacs can do a lot of the things that he uses individual apps … Continue reading →

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Iterating In Lisp

Posted on 2025-01-18 by jcs

Joe Marshall has an interesting post on iteration for all you Lisp heads. It’s mostly aimed at Common Lisp and Scheme but a lot of it applies to Elisp as well so even Emacs users will be interested. The mail … Continue reading →

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Sweden Goes Back To Books And Handwriting

Posted on 2025-01-17 by jcs

I don’t know what to make of this. The TL;DR is that after many years, Sweden is returning to more traditional methods in education, including an emphasis on physical books and handwriting. On the one hand, there is some actual … Continue reading →

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Where Should Your Configuration Live, Redux

Posted on 2025-01-16 by jcs

A couple of weeks ago, I published a Red Meat Friday article about the proper place for your Emacs configuration to reside. Like many Red Meat Friday posts, it was tongue in cheek but it got quite a bit of … Continue reading →

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Stories From The Internet

Posted on 2025-01-15 by jcs

If you’re like me, you love those weird stories about seemingly impossible things happening with computers and the Internet. My favorite is A Story About Magic. Even if you know the story, follow the link to see a picture of … Continue reading →

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Installing By Default With =use-package=

Posted on 2025-01-14 by jcs

Bozhidar Batsov has a handy tip in his latest post. He, like me, organizes the package management of his init.el around use-package. It works well for him but he has a complaint. He almost always wants to install the packages … Continue reading →

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Watch Duty

Posted on 2025-01-13 by jcs

As most of you know, I’m an Apple user so Six Colors, a site dedicated to Apple news, is in my feed. I just noticed this article about Watch Duty, an app that tracks wild fire information and makes it … Continue reading →

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Class Notes In Emacs: Teachers’ Edition

Posted on 2025-01-12 by jcs

I’ve written in the past on my astonishment about people who are able to take mathematics class notes in LaTeX fast enough to keep up with the instructor: 1, 2, and 3. Some people who do this use Emacs, some … Continue reading →

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Converting Markdown to Org

Posted on 2025-01-11 by jcs

Charles Choi has a handy tip on converting from Mardown to Org. My first thought was that I don’t care about this because I write everything in Org Mode and never use Markdown. But then it occurred to me that … Continue reading →

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🥩 Red Meat Friday: Notepad Vs. Emacs

Posted on 2025-01-10 by jcs

Of all the pretenders to the Emacs crown, notepad strikes me as the most ludicrous. I am not, apparently, the only one. This cartoon captures my feelings exactly. The Emacs haters were, of course, out in force trying to deflect … Continue reading →

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