Author Archives: jcs

Elisp and the Clojure Threading Macros

Posted on 2014-10-17 by jcs

One set of Clojure features that its adherents are quite fond of is the threading macros ->, ->>, and –>. Unless you’re familiar with Clojure, you probably don’t know what they do. You might wonder why we should care. The … Continue reading →

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A Tip on Editing Org Mode Table Formulas

Posted on 2014-10-16 by jcs

Rob Syme offers up a tip about editing org-mode table formulas that everyone should know but many don’t: TIL you can use C-c ' to edit #emacs #orgmode table formulae in a more spacious buffer. It will also highlight cells … Continue reading →

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Sharpening the Knife

Posted on 2014-10-16 by jcs

SQLite, a C library that implements an SQL database engine, is the most widely deployed database engine in the world. The system is extraordinarily stable. One of the reasons is that although SQLite contains about 89.9 KSLOC it has 91493.0 … Continue reading →

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If Programming Languages Were Cars

Posted on 2014-10-15 by jcs

I probably shouldn’t but I love this sort of thing and find many of the entries hilarious.

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Global Key Bindings

Posted on 2014-10-15 by jcs

Over at the Google G+ Emacs community Alison Chaiken points us to an interesting post by Akkana Peck. Many times, I’ve set a key sequence for some function—often the recommended key sequence—only to have some other module steal it out … Continue reading →

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Golden Keys and the Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse

Posted on 2014-10-14 by jcs

Recently, The Washington Post published an editorial suggesting that Apple, Google, and other smart phone manufacturers provide a golden key to allow law enforcement access to locked phones. “Golden Key,” of course, is just a euphemism for a backdoor. It’s … Continue reading →

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Burritos and Monads

Posted on 2014-10-13 by jcs

Ahh, now I get it "A burrito? What's that? Sorry, I'm new to Mexican food." "Well, it's a bit complicated, but to start with, a burrito is like a monad…" — Fiora‮☄anreteA (@FioraAeterna) September 6, 2014

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Almost There

Posted on 2014-10-13 by jcs

The release candidate for Emacs 24.4 will appear on Friday. If all goes well, the official release will be on the subsequent Monday.

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The End of Emacs 24

Posted on 2014-10-12 by jcs

Bozhidar Batsov reports that after the release of Emacs 24.4, we will move to Emacs 25. The upcoming #Emacs 24.4 will be the last of the 24.x series http://t.co/TbfVUVmZ0z Looking forward to Emacs 25! — Bozhidar Batsov (@bbatsov) October 10, 2014 … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Keyboard Ever Made

Posted on 2014-10-12 by jcs

The Verge has a splendid article on the King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made. That, of course, is the IBM Model M. I’ve written before about how much I love this keyboard. Even Xah Lee, … Continue reading →

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