Author Archives: jcs

Charles Choi has posted a tip mostly, he says, as a reminder to his future self. It’s about how to sort strings on a single Emacs line. At first blush that may not seem all that useful but a moment’s … Continue reading →

Christian Tietze has an informative post that tells us how to keep an Org file sorted. Your first question should be, “What do you mean by sorted?” Your second question should be, “What does ‘keep sorted’ mean?” Tietze answers both … Continue reading →

The Emacs Cat has a post on an Emacs feature that I use but had mostly forgotten about. It concerns the Emacs time stamp that lets you record in a file when it was last modified. I use it at … Continue reading →

Well, actually on any Mac but I couldn’t resist the symmetry. You’re probably wondering what this post is all about. It turns out that Apple computers are inclined to autocomplete “Emacs” to “eMacs”. That, apparently, is because Apple once sold … Continue reading →

Here at Irreal and in many other venues, you hear a lot about staying in Emacs. The hardcore among us treat having to leave Emacs as a fail. To outsiders, it can seem a little obsessive but it all goes … Continue reading →

Right after it’s too hard to learn, the second most frequent complaint about Emacs is how hard it is on your hands—especially your left pinky—because of its default keybindings. A lot of that has to do with the placement of … Continue reading →

Here at the Irreal bunker we’re trying to recover from an, um, excess of enthusiasm for our Easter dinner with relatives. My torpor is preventing me from putting together a detailed post so here’s a short take on something I’ve … Continue reading →

Seth Godin has an interesting post on the use and design of tools. His thesis is that some tools, such as a hammer, are immediately accessible to the casual user. Even experienced hammer users aren’t going to be significantly more … Continue reading →