Author Archives: jcs

vc-annotate Video

Posted on 2014-10-29 by jcs

I’ve written about this before but Aaron Schumacher tweeted a reminder #Emacs "C-x v g" for annotated/navigable git history of current file. http://t.co/7KN2Wbf402 Thanks @sachac/@avdi! https://t.co/VYV9z4zWRZ — Aaron Schumacher (@planarrowspace) October 14, 2014 Avdi’s video really is great and worth … Continue reading →

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Sorry

Posted on 2014-10-28 by jcs

This morning I updated the .htacess file for Irreal in my seemingly never ending efforts to get spam under control. Sadly, while editing the file I hit 【Shift+x o】instead of【Ctrl+x o】and ended up blocking the site. If you tried and … Continue reading →

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Xah Lee on EWW

Posted on 2014-10-28 by jcs

Speaking of eww, Xah Lee has a nice introduction to using EWW. There’s not much to know, really, but Lee has a short FAQ on how to do some of the things that aren’t obvious if you hate to RTFM. … Continue reading →

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Duplicating a Line in Emacs

Posted on 2014-10-27 by jcs

I don’t need to duplicate a line often enough to make this worthwhile for me but it’s a nice solution and worth considering if you find yourself duplicating lines a lot. Duplicate a line #emacs (global-set-key "\C-c\C-d" "\C-a\C- \C-e\M-w\C-j\C-y") — … Continue reading →

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Compiling Emacs with eww on OS X

Posted on 2014-10-27 by jcs

I’m old school and like to compile applications myself rather than use something like Homebrew. I have nothing against Homebrew and its brethren, it’s just that compiling things myself helps me stay connected to the development process. Besides, it’s what … Continue reading →

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Comments

Posted on 2014-10-26 by jcs

The spammers are hammering on the Irreal site again trying to post spam in the comments. They aren’t getting through but they are consuming resources to the point that my hosting provider is complaining. Therefore, rather than risk having the … Continue reading →

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Installing Yosemite

Posted on 2014-10-26 by jcs

Just in case any Apple users out there haven’t already installed the new OS X, Yosemite, beware of an anomaly in the installation process. Apparently, the installation moves /usr/local out of the way during installation and when everything is installed, … Continue reading →

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Dying Languages

Posted on 2014-10-25 by jcs

What do you think of this article by Jeff Cogswell? The article posits that 5 popular languages are dying and will shortly cease to be used in any significant way. The languages are Perl Ruby Visual Basic.Net Adobe Flash/Air/Action Script … Continue reading →

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Here’s a Nickel Kid…

Posted on 2014-10-24 by jcs

I recently found a reference to one of my all time favorite Dilbert cartoons. It’s almost 20 years old and still makes me laugh. I’m linking to rather than embedding the cartoon to avoid copyright problems.

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let with Lexical and Dynamic Scope

Posted on 2014-10-24 by jcs

Artur Malabarba points to this excellent Stack Exchange entry on the speed of let with lexical versus dynamic scope. Malabarba asks why let is faster with lexical scope than it is with dynamic scope. lunaryorn provides an excellent and detailed … Continue reading →

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