Author Archives: jcs

Next Error Follow Mode

Posted on 2024-04-24 by jcs

Marcin Borkowski (mbork) has a nifty post that discusses a handy Emacs facility that I didn’t know about. A few weeks ago he wrote about follow mode. It was a good post that opened my eyes about the real utility … Continue reading →

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Alphabetical Lists In Org Mode

Posted on 2024-04-23 by jcs

The other day, I wrote that you never stop learning Emacs. There’s always something new to learn. I just saw a post that reminded me that—at least for me—you never stop relearning Emacs either. The post asked about why indentation … Continue reading →

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Emacs: Saving You From Yourself

Posted on 2024-04-22 by jcs

Another quickie today. Evan Moses has a short post that shows how he solved a problem particular to his workflow. He’s an Evil user, which means that when he wants to save a buffer he types :w. Unfortunately, he’s prone … Continue reading →

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Working With Docstrings

Posted on 2024-04-21 by jcs

Charles Choi has been writing a lot of Elisp lately and being a scrupulous developer, is careful to write informative and useful docstrings. Being conscientious, he’s careful to check the formatting of his docstrings by calling describe-function. That sounds simple … Continue reading →

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Defining Eshell Commands

Posted on 2024-04-20 by jcs

It’s a commonplace in the Emacs community that you never stop learning Emacs. No matter how long you’ve been using it, there’s always something new to discover. The truth of that maxim was brought home to me today when I … Continue reading →

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🥩 Red Meat Friday: A Shot Across The Bow

Posted on 2024-04-19 by jcs

Virtually every regular Irreal reader knows that I’m not a Google fan. Along with Meta, they’ve done everything they can to hijack the free and open Web and turn it into a proprietary money machine. I can’t remember taking their … Continue reading →

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Beautifying Org Mode

Posted on 2024-04-18 by jcs

As you all know, I’m not much for editor bling even though I care immensely what my finished text looks like. Still, I did take to heart Charles Choi’s recommendation to use proportional fonts for prose. The idea is that … Continue reading →

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An Interview With Daniel Semyonov

Posted on 2024-04-17 by jcs

Those of you who have been around for a while will remember Sacha Chua’s video interviews with various Emacs luminaries. Those were before the birth of her daughter and as any parent will tell you, young children can gobble up … Continue reading →

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Emacs Nerd Porn

Posted on 2024-04-16 by jcs

For all you Emacs nerds out there here’s a bit of porn. It’s almost like those joke pictures you see of Emacs setups but this one appears to be real. As much as I like the idea of this environment, … Continue reading →

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A Comparison Of Markdown Editors

Posted on 2024-04-15 by jcs

Although I find it hard to believe, the Minions assure me that there are still people who prefer writing in Markdown rather than Org-mode. I don’t want to relitigate that issue here. If you’re interested in why no right thinking … Continue reading →

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