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October Quicklisp

Posted on 2014-10-07 by jcs

The October Quicklisp is available. Upgrade with the usual (ql:update-dist “quicklisp”)

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Xah’s Roundup of Keyboard Articles

Posted on 2014-10-07 by jcs

As I mentioned recently, Xah Lee is obsessed with keyboards and knows a lot about the subject matter. The choice of a keyboard is a lot like the choice of a spouse or boy/girl friend: everyone has their own idea … Continue reading →

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Grabbing the Current Browser Tab from Emacs

Posted on 2014-10-06 by jcs

A little while ago, I wrote about grabbing the URL associated with a browser tab from within Emacs. I’ve been using since then and it simplifies things in more ways than I anticipated. Sadly, the method depends on OS X … Continue reading →

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You Can Trust Us

Posted on 2014-10-05 by jcs

When arguing that they be given some new extraordinary power, governments always say, “You can trust us not to abuse this power.” It always turns out to be a lie. Here, from Britain—a democratic country by any honest person’s definition—is … Continue reading →

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How to Have Fast Hyper, Super, and Meta Keys

Posted on 2014-10-04 by jcs

Via EmacsRocks: #Emacs, meet your new Hyper, Super, and Meta keys… pic.twitter.com/R85oGzbl80 — Jaime Fournier (@Jaime_Fournier) September 30, 2014 Seems a bit hardcore but if you’re a good touch typist and have a heavily customized Emacs, this may be just … Continue reading →

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Kernel Source

Posted on 2014-10-04 by jcs

The other day, I wrote about using the BSD Unix sources to learn from the masters. Even though I’ve read through most of those resources, I’m always on the lookout for more. Happily, I’ve come across another great resource, The … Continue reading →

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Final Pretest for Emacs 24.4

Posted on 2014-10-03 by jcs

Michael Fogleman gives us the heads up. RT: The last pretest of #emacs 24.4 was released today. Yuppie :) http://t.co/BfLdw1XTs1 . (via @liranzvibel) — Michael Fogleman (@mwfogleman) October 2, 2014 The long wait is almost over.

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Slightly Obscure Emacs Tips

Posted on 2014-10-03 by jcs

Xah Lee has updated his Emacs Less-known Tips page. It lists tips that Emacs n00bs may not be familiar with. Even more experienced Emacers may learn something new. Well worth a look, especially if you’re a beginner.

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A Nice Dired Tip

Posted on 2014-10-02 by jcs

Borkdude offers up a tip about Dired that I didn’t know: #emacs trick of the day: when you're "C-x-f"-ing through a path and halfway decide you want a dired buffer, just type C-d! — borkdude (@borkdude) October 1, 2014 You … Continue reading →

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Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange

Posted on 2014-10-02 by jcs

Sarah Laskow has a nice article in The Atlantic about the Diffie-Hellman key exchange. That’s an unlikely topic for the Atlantic, of course, but the article is more about Diffie and Hellman and how they changed everything with their protocol. … Continue reading →

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