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The Costs of Mobile Data

Posted on 2020-08-25 by jcs

I just came across some information that’s not actionable and therefore doesn’t really matter but it is interesting. Cable.co.uk has a fascinating page that describes the cost of mobile data in 228 countries. For each country, they show the cheapest, … Continue reading →

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Using Multiple Dictionaries for Spellchecking in Emacs

Posted on 2020-08-24 by jcs

Alain M. Lafon has an interesting post on spellchecking in Emacs. Lafon is Swiss and therefore has to deal with four official languages as well as German and English in his day-to-day life. The Swiss with their usual efficiency handle … Continue reading →

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Gccemacs on Linux

Posted on 2020-08-23 by jcs

Just a quickie today. Those of you who read yesterday’s post but are running on Linux might find this Reddit post by catsol_v2 on compiling gccemacs on Linux useful. It’s not quite as detailed as Ramírez’s post but has enough … Continue reading →

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Native Emacs Compilation on macOS

Posted on 2020-08-22 by jcs

If you’re like me, you’re probably excited about native compilation coming to Emacs. In case you don’t know, the project, gccemacs (started and headed by Andrea Corallo), brings native compilation to Elisp. That means that not just will Elisp code—and … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: WTF

Posted on 2020-08-21 by jcs

Richard Stallman. Sometimes it’s hard to know what to think. On the one hand, he can be extraordinarily irritating and he holds all sorts of opinions that I and many people don’t agree with. On the other hand, no matter … Continue reading →

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How To Increase Your Typing Speed

Posted on 2020-08-20 by jcs

If you’re a developer, Steve Yegge has some advice: learn to type. Yegge’s posts are always amusing and instructive so if you haven’t already seen his rant on developers who don’t touch type, be sure to take a look. But, … Continue reading →

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Mickey on Emacs 27.1

Posted on 2020-08-19 by jcs

The other day, I wrote about Bozhidar Batsov’s TL;DR take on the Emacs 27.1 NEWS file. Batsov’s post hit the highlights but if you want to know everything that’s new, you have to go over the NEWS file itself. Happily, … Continue reading →

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Running Messaging Apps from Emacs

Posted on 2020-08-18 by jcs

Alain Lafon, who, as I’ve said before, is an Emacs master, has a very interesting post on Emacs and messaging apps such as Skype and Slack and many others. One of the major problems with them from his point of … Continue reading →

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Video: Emacs Tools for Writers

Posted on 2020-08-17 by jcs

Derek Taylor has a nice video that talks about Emacs tools for writers. It’s a nice recapitulation of a post by Scott Nesbitt that I wrote about back in May of 2018. Taylor discusses pretty much the same tools as … Continue reading →

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Bozhidar Batsov on Emacs 27.1

Posted on 2020-08-16 by jcs

For those of you who find NEWS files a little bit TL;DR, Bozhidar Batsov has a nice post that discusses the highlights of the Emacs 27.1 release. It’s a good way to see what’s new and important in the release. … Continue reading →

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