Author Archives: jcs

Visualizing Your Undo Tree

Posted on 2016-10-06 by jcs

I’ve been using undo-tree for a long time but mostly I just take advantage of it’s (very much improved) redo functionality. The other day, I saw this tweet Or just use M-x undo-tree-visualize to go to anywhere in any of … Continue reading →

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Some Helpful Reminders and Advice

Posted on 2016-10-05 by jcs

If you’re running a tech company, Christopher Soghoian has a helpful reminder for you: This Yahoo/NSA scandal is another reminder to Silicon Valley. When the spying finally leaks, the US gov will leave you hanging in the wind. — Christopher … Continue reading →

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Problem Applications in eshell

Posted on 2016-10-04 by jcs

If you’re like me and try to stay in Emacs as much as you can, you have probably tried eshell. It’s a nice Emacsy shell (Mickey has an excellent eshell tutorial you should check out) but can sometimes have problems … Continue reading →

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Move Text

Posted on 2016-10-03 by jcs

If you’re the type of writer who likes to move text around as you edit, you might find this Emacs package helpful. Reminds me of the amazing things you cand do in #emacs org-mode https://t.co/5HI0MGwYg6 — John (beyond sleepy) (@jr0cket) … Continue reading →

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Searching for Words with eww

Posted on 2016-10-02 by jcs

Wilfed Hughes offers an excellent tip Emacs command of the day: eww-search-words, bound to M-s M-w. Do a web search for the text in the current region using the built-in browser. — Wilfred Hughes (@_wilfredh) October 1, 2016 You can … Continue reading →

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Elisp Tutorial Videos

Posted on 2016-10-01 by jcs

Daniel Gopar is working on a series of video tutorials for Elisp. It’s definitely for n00bs so if you want to understand the basics of Elisp, you might want to take a look. Right now there are 4 videos but … Continue reading →

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Org Babel and Applescript

Posted on 2016-09-30 by jcs

Grant Rettke over at Wisdom and Wonder points to an interesting project that integrates Org Babel and Applescript. If you’re a Mac user and sometimes work with Applescript (or even if you want to play around with it) you should … Continue reading →

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Reevaluating Local Variables

Posted on 2016-09-29 by jcs

An odd but very useful feature of Emacs is (file) local variables. This allows you to specify certain Emacs variables either on the first line of a file or at the end in a special Local Variables block. Typical uses … Continue reading →

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Tramp and cd

Posted on 2016-09-28 by jcs

I try to use ehsell as much as I can when I need to drop into the shell. That way, I stay in Emacs and still have the power of Emacs available. The other day in a post about something … Continue reading →

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Is Emacs Really Hard to Learn/Use?

Posted on 2016-09-27 by jcs

J. Pablo Fernández has another one of those posts that drive me crazy. His thesis is that Emacs is hurting Clojure because it’s hard to learn and use or something. It’s a silly, even risible, argument. His complaint is almost … Continue reading →

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