Author Archives: jcs

Multics Emacs

Posted on 2019-01-18 by jcs

Back in 1979, Bernard Greenberg wrote a long document about Emacs on Multics. If you’re interested in the history of Emacs and how it evolved, you’ll probably enjoy reading through the document. It’s fairly long and detailed but all that … Continue reading →

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The Loneliness of the Lisp Programmer

Posted on 2019-01-17 by jcs

This struck me as funny. And all too true.

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Parsing Org Files

Posted on 2019-01-16 by jcs

Xah Lee has a new and useful tutorial out. It’s about the APIs available for parsing Org files. None of the information is new—it’s all documented somewhere—but it’s very useful to have everything in one place. As Lee discovered, it … Continue reading →

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Detangle

Posted on 2019-01-15 by jcs

For some reason I haven’t been following Yisrael Dov’s Emacs is Great series of videos on Emacs. That was definitely a mistake and I’m going to start paying more attention from now on. In the meantime I’d like to mention … Continue reading →

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Zamansky 54: Org Tables

Posted on 2019-01-14 by jcs

Mike Zamansky is back with another video in his Using Emacs Series. This time it’s about Org tables and their spreadsheet capabilities. One of Zamansky’s duties as a Hunter professor is to evaluate Macaulay Honors College applications. Like many of … Continue reading →

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Inbox Zero, Inbox Infinity

Posted on 2019-01-13 by jcs

Karl Voit has an interesting post on email management and the concepts of inbox zero and inbox infinity. You probably already know about inbox zero. It’s the concept that you don’t let emails pile up in your inbox. You read … Continue reading →

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Bozhidar Batsov’s Year End Emacs Review

Posted on 2019-01-12 by jcs

In my continued atonement for failing to produce a year end Emacs review, here’s an offering from Bozhidar Batsov. Batsov has done a lot of interesting work—including Prelude, CIDER, and Projectile—so his take on things is worth noting. Oddly, he … Continue reading →

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Mobile Carriers and Your Location Information

Posted on 2019-01-11 by jcs

If you’re a fan of cop shows and the like, you undoubtedly know that the police can ask your mobile carrier for a record of your location information. Mostly, they’re supposed to get a warrant but often the phone companies … Continue reading →

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Moving from C++ to C

Posted on 2019-01-10 by jcs

I’ve written before about not being a fan of C++. I know it’s an unpopular opinion but I think it’s a terrible language that removed most useful aspects of C while keeping C’s problems. Partly, I suppose, that’s because I’m … Continue reading →

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Anaconda and Emacs

Posted on 2019-01-09 by jcs

Just a quickie for today. I keep seeing questions about how to use Emacs with Python. Here’s a short post by Devji Chhanga that gives a step-by-step installation process for integrating Anaconda and Emacs. Note that Chhanga’s post has a … Continue reading →

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