Author Archives: jcs

XML Parsing

Posted on 2015-08-09 by jcs

Always use the best tool available. (via Karl Voit) OH Q: What's your favorite XML parsing tool? A: rm - @tmarble — About Programming (@abt_programming) July 22, 2015

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Installing Org 8.3

Posted on 2015-08-09 by jcs

Org 8.3 is ready on Elpa so those of you installing it with the package manager can upgrade at your convenience. When I upgraded and reloaded Org I got the error message Invalid function: org-babel-header-args-safe-fn After some experimentation, I gave … Continue reading →

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CNN on Encryption Policy

Posted on 2015-08-08 by jcs

The CNN Website has a deeply dishonest Op Ed by Mike Rogers on Encryption. Rogers is the former Congressman who served as the head of the Select Committee on Intelligence. You may remember him as the apologist for the NSA’s … Continue reading →

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Diff a Buffer with its On-Disk File

Posted on 2015-08-07 by jcs

Ben Maughan over at Pragmatic Emacs has a handy tip that I didn’t know about. Sometimes it’s convenient to see the differences between the current buffer and the underlying on-disk file. Emacs, of course, has you covered. Just call ediff-current-file … Continue reading →

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Finally. The Mysteries are Solved

Posted on 2015-08-06 by jcs

Heh. Finally Stonehenge and Easter Island mysteries solved pic.twitter.com/CiVtU0rA1g — SciencePorn (@SciencePorn) August 6, 2015

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SBCL versus C++

Posted on 2015-08-06 by jcs

Drmeister has an interesting mini-benchmark that compares Common Lisp to C++ and Python. The real purpose of the post is to compare the performance of CCLASP Common Lisp to C++. CCLASP is a new Common Lisp system that drmeister is … Continue reading →

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Org Mode 8.3!

Posted on 2015-08-05 by jcs

#emacs #Orgmode 8.3 is now out. Enjoy! http://t.co/tqlT0u7B5T — Bastien Guerry (@bzg2) August 5, 2015 As of my writing this, it hasn’t hit Elpa yet.

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Google and the Smoking Gun

Posted on 2015-08-05 by jcs

Regular readers know that I’ve been critical of Google in the past. But their business model doesn’t mean that some state attorney general with an agenda gets to use the power of government to do the bidding of the MPAA … Continue reading →

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Turning Off Annoying Magit Prompts

Posted on 2015-08-04 by jcs

As most of you know, I’m a big fan of Magit and have been using it for some time. One thing I didn’t like was that it asked for verification before staging all changed files (【S】 in magit-status) but being … Continue reading →

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A Diff on Quitting Emacs

Posted on 2015-08-03 by jcs

I used to know this and probably even blogged on it before but I’d forgotten about it and maybe you have too so it’s worthwhile repeating. #emacs https://t.co/OBjPKHDgIo — Marco Wahl (@marcowahlsoft) July 12, 2015

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