Author Archives: jcs

Molecule Representations in Org Mode

Posted on 2016-03-29 by jcs

This will be of no use to most of us but it’s so darn neat I had to write about. John Kitchin, who’s a genius a finding ways to move nearly everything into Org mode, has a blog post on … Continue reading →

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Some Oldies but Goodies

Posted on 2016-03-28 by jcs

When I find a useful Emacs package or tip, I almost always write about it so others can take advantage of them too. The other day I was using one of those packages and thought, “Gee, this is really neat. … Continue reading →

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Inserting Underscores

Posted on 2016-03-27 by jcs

John Kitchin offers a nice tip for Emacs users who write in Python, C, or some other language that makes heavy use of underscores. Best innovation for writing python in Emacs I have made so far: make — insert _. … Continue reading →

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Note Taking with Org Mode

Posted on 2016-03-26 by jcs

I thought I’d written about Tony Pelaez’s video on Taking Notes in Emacs Org-Mode before but I couldn’t find the post. Even if I did write about it, it’s a nice introduction to one of Org mode’s most useful functionalities … Continue reading →

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USB versus the U.S. Government

Posted on 2016-03-25 by jcs

True… pic.twitter.com/eM0LTPGTUT — Mikko Hypponen (@mikko) January 25, 2016

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The Reality of Key Escrow

Posted on 2016-03-24 by jcs

Back in 2000 PGP, a mature and capable company with significant experience in encryption and security, decided that it would be a good idea to provide key escrow for its corporate users. August 2000: a bug in PGP Corp's corporate … Continue reading →

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Using reveal.js with Org Mode

Posted on 2016-03-23 by jcs

For those looking for a way to produce slides with Emacs and Org mode, there are two popular options: Beamer and reveal.js. Each solution has its partisans but if you’re in the reveal.js camp, Yujie Wen has an org-reveal package … Continue reading →

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Dotfile Management

Posted on 2016-03-22 by jcs

Haoyang Xu has a really nice idea for managing your dotfiles. The idea is a generalization of using Org mode to configure Emacs, a strategy that many people have written about (here’s a pointer to a video about it). Using … Continue reading →

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The FBI Begs Off

Posted on 2016-03-21 by jcs

This is what you do when you think you’re going to lose and set the wrong precedent.

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Ensime Hacks

Posted on 2016-03-21 by jcs

Over at Ensime they have a page dedicated to Emacs Hacks. Although it’s written from the point of view of a Scala developer, the hacks are useful for any Emacs user. There three sections, one each for General hacks Scala … Continue reading →

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