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Devil Mode

Posted on 2023-05-16 by jcs

Lots of people recommend Evil mode or switching to a Dvorak keyboard because it allows for more efficient editing. Evil mode is probably more efficient and, more importantly, helps with RSI problems. As a long term Vi/Vim user, those bindings … Continue reading →

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The Second Emacs 29.1 Pretest

Posted on 2023-05-15 by jcs

Eli Zaretskii writes to say that the second pretest of Emacs 29.1 is available for testing. If you don’t mind living a bit on the edge, Zaretskii would be grateful for your testing and letting the developers know of any … Continue reading →

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Adding C-DEL To The macOS Keybindings

Posted on 2023-05-14 by jcs

One of the little known but great features of macOS is their support of Emacs keybindings. Although most people don’t know it, this support comes in two parts. The first is that some of the common Emacs bindings such as … Continue reading →

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Why Blog?

Posted on 2023-05-13 by jcs

Since you’re reading this, you know that I blog. I blog a lot: everyday for several years now. You might wonder why. Anyone who’s tried it knows that blogging is hard and involves a lot of work. Irreal isn’t monetized … Continue reading →

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Generating Documents Directly From Elisp

Posted on 2023-05-12 by jcs

I’ve had this in my blog queue since April but it’s too good to let it fall into the bit bucket. Álvaro Ramírez has a problem with his chatgpt-shell package. He has some documentation in the form of tables, which … Continue reading →

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Diffing With Emacs and Vim

Posted on 2023-05-11 by jcs

Franco Pasut has an instructive post on how to diff files with Vim and Emacs. Both editors have very nice built-in functions to make diffing files easy. I’ve used them both and can attest to their utility. Pasut’s post, Notes … Continue reading →

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Converting an Excel Spreadsheet to an Org Table

Posted on 2023-05-10 by jcs

I no longer use spreadsheets and haven’t for a long time. I don’t think there are any spreadsheet instances on any of my computers and if there are, they are relics from the mists of time. Any spreadsheet operations that … Continue reading →

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Local Abbreviations

Posted on 2023-05-09 by jcs

Abbreviations are a useful Emacs feature. They can do anything from inserting a non-ASCII character to changing “latex” into “LaTeX”. If you do a lot of writing they can be a significant timesaver. If you do any coding, you’re probably … Continue reading →

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Completing Org Links

Posted on 2023-05-08 by jcs

Jeremy Friesen has an interesting post that may teach you a couple of things you didn’t know. Friesen uses Org mode a lot in his writing and everything he writes and has lots of links—both standard and customized—in that writing. … Continue reading →

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Moving To Elfeed

Posted on 2023-05-07 by jcs

Michał Sapka has an interesting post that serves as a nice coda to yesterday’s post on Emacs integrating so many productivity tools. One of those tools is the RSS feed reader, Chris Wellons’ Elfeed. Sapka’s post is about his moving … Continue reading →

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