Author Archives: jcs

Happy Anniversary to Mickey

Posted on 2014-10-22 by jcs

It’s Mastering Emacs’ fourth anniversary and Mickey has refreshed the site. Drop in and take a look if you haven’t been there lately. Mastering #Emacs is celebrating its fourth anniversary. http://t.co/VQwKnX6pr1 — Mickey Petersen (@mickeynp) October 20, 2014

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Inhibiting Dired Details in Emacs 24.4

Posted on 2014-10-22 by jcs

Who ever thought having Dired hide details by default was a good idea? I know some people like having fewer details but I don’t get it. Why wouldn’t you want as much information about the files as possible? Maybe I’m … Continue reading →

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The Need for a Central Office

Posted on 2014-10-21 by jcs

Via Jean-Philippe Paradis we have Paddy Foran explaining why “We need to have everyone together in an office.” is just hokum. At least when it comes to development shops. Dear people insisting that workers must be together in an office … Continue reading →

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Emacs 24.4 is Released

Posted on 2014-10-21 by jcs

Emacs 24.4 is finally with us. You can go to the GNU Emacs site to get a copy. When I downloaded it, the mirrors had not yet been updated so I just went to the primary FTP server to get … Continue reading →

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Just A Reminder

Posted on 2014-10-20 by jcs

I know I’ve said it over and over but it bears repeating: Law Enforcement will ALWAYS abuse any data collection opportunity they are given.

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Stallman on the History of Emacs and GNU

Posted on 2014-10-20 by jcs

Here’s an interesting video from 2002 of Richard Stallman talking about the history of Emacs and the GNU project. As far as I can tell, this is the talk whose transcript I wrote about 3 years ago. It’s about 40 … Continue reading →

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Casting Spels in Emacs Lisp

Posted on 2014-10-19 by jcs

Conrad Barski (with Jim Webb) has released an Elisp version of his entertaining introduction to Lisp. Perfect for the N00b but even experts may find it delightful.

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Garbage Collection and Your Refrigerator

Posted on 2014-10-19 by jcs

Jonathan Magen has a nice introduction to garbage collection. In it he illustrates various garbage collection strategies by using the same algorithm to get rid of old food in the refrigerator. It’s not a deep technical discussion but is perfect … Continue reading →

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Emacs 24.4 RC1

Posted on 2014-10-18 by jcs

As promised, Emacs 24.4 RC1 was released on Friday. If all goes well, we’ll have the official release of 24.4 on Monday. There’s a lot of great improvements in the new release so, like most Emacers, I can hardly wait … Continue reading →

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Tricorder!

Posted on 2014-10-17 by jcs

Ooh, I want one.

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