Author Archives: jcs

On Org Alternatives

Posted on 2023-04-27 by jcs

There’s a phenomenon that I both understand and don’t understand. That phenomenon is happy Emacs or Org users feeling the need to try out every alternative that comes their way. Notice I said “happy” users. If Emacs or Org isn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Screenshots and Recording

Posted on 2023-04-26 by jcs

Another day, another Álvaro Ramírez post. It’s hard to keep up. His latest post is macOS specific but very useful for those using a Mac who want to take a screen shot or capture a video. The Mac, of course, … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Making Your Unix Command Names Unique

Posted on 2023-04-25 by jcs

I’ve been a Unix-head working exclusively in one flavor or another of Unix for more years than I care to contemplate. These days, I seldom see a Unix workflow tip that I didn’t already know about. Still, I do sometimes … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged | Leave a comment

Time Spent in Emacs

Posted on 2023-04-24 by jcs

Pavel Korytov is a fairly new Emacs user. He’s been at it for about two and half years but as seasoned Emacs users know, the learning never ends and even those of us with 15 or more years in are … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged | Leave a comment

Tech Journalists Are The Worst

Posted on 2023-04-23 by jcs

That headline is a cleaned up version of my original attempt. Irreal has a long history of documenting the silliness and failings of the Tech Press but even so I am always surprised at their cluelessness and dishonesty. If there’s … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Shell Maker

Posted on 2023-04-22 by jcs

I’ve written a couple of posts about Álvaro Ramírez’s implementation of Emacs shells for ChatGPT and DALL-E. After he wrote those, he noticed that they shared a lot of code so, of course, he abstracted that code out into a … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged | Leave a comment

Red Meat Friday: Throw Away That Soap

Posted on 2023-04-21 by jcs

Another skirmish in the Vi(m) vs. Emacs wars. What do you do when you discover that your girlfriend uses Vim kitchen soap? If you’re an Emacser, the answer is clear: you tell her you have to throw it away. That’s … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Describing Emacs In A Single Line

Posted on 2023-04-20 by jcs

SnipingMan18 has posed an interesting questions on the Emacs sub-reddit: How would you describe the Emacs philosophy in a single line? If you’re an Emacser, take a moment to think how you would answer that question. My answer popped into … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged | Leave a comment

The Model F Keyboard Resurrected

Posted on 2023-04-19 by jcs

If you’ve been around for a while, you know that I’m a big fan of the Model M keyboard and even had one that I lost at my last job when I left. Fortunately, Unicomp resurrected the Model M and … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged | Leave a comment

A Coda to Álvaro Ramírez’s Eye Candy Post

Posted on 2023-04-18 by jcs

The other day, I wrote about Álvaro Ramírez’s post on his Emacs theme. In a nice coda to Ramírez’s post, Aimé Bertrand writes about how he configures his UI and the functions he uses to support it. Bertrand has some … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged | Leave a comment