Author Archives: jcs

One of the really nice features of Emacs is its builtin help system, which often results in Emacs being described as the self documenting editor. Experienced Emacsers usually take it for granted but it’s really a wonderful thing. There’s no … Continue reading →

Just a quickie today. Here’s something I didn’t know: > Converting to hexl format discards undo info; ok? (y or n) I really admire how seriously Emacs looks after your undo state. Not enough software will warn you if you’re … Continue reading →

Charanjit Singh says he has a hard time remembering what he reads. It’s a common enough problem and Singh has settled on a common solution: he takes notes on what he reads. There are lots of ways of doing that, … Continue reading →

For those who don’t know, deadgrip is an Emacs interface to ripgrep. It displays the results in an Emacs buffer along with some ancillary information. Check the example at the deadgrip link for some example output. Ripgrep, of course, is … Continue reading →

Years ago, I read and wrote about Ben Maughan’s excellent method of handling his email. It’s an inbox zero method that insists that for each message in your inbox you should Read and delete it, or Read and store it … Continue reading →

Howard Abrams has a nifty idea. Open an Org file by its file name, title, or the tags it contains. If, like me, the majority of the files you deal with are Org files this make a lot of sense. … Continue reading →