Category Archives: General

When I wasn’t paying attention, someone decided that what Emacs really needed was Tabs1. The next thing I knew, they were a feature of Emacs. To flog a tired meme, this brought to mind fish and bicycles. I just don’t … Continue reading →

I’ve noticed that a lot of people treat their editor like a car. Some people like to have more than one and others feel like they should trade them in every couple years. I don’t understand either group but especially … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →