Category Archives: General

An Example of Mode Line Customization

Posted on 2023-08-09 by jcs

The other day I wrote about Protesilaos Stavrou’s video on customization the Emacs mode line. James Dyer saw the video too was inspired to make his own customizations. There’s nothing unusual about that, of course, but I was struck by … Continue reading →

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Zamansky: Learning Elisp #6

Posted on 2023-08-08 by jcs

Mike Zamansky has posted the 6th episode of his Learning Elisp video series. Again, he has split the content into two videos (9 minutes, 4 seconds and 11 minutes, 22 seconds) so as not to have a single overly long … Continue reading →

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What’s New in Emacs 30

Posted on 2023-08-07 by jcs

Emacs 29.1 was just released and most of us are still exploring it’s new features. But time and tide wait for no man and neither, apparently, does Emacs so of course work is already underway on Emacs 30. It seems … Continue reading →

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How To Contribute To Emacs Core

Posted on 2023-08-06 by jcs

Emacs 29 has just been released and as I always do, I thanked the developers who worked so hard to bring it to us. Eli Zaretskii and a handful of others do much of the heavy lifting but there are … Continue reading →

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Emacs As A Window Manager

Posted on 2023-08-05 by jcs

I just ran across a post from the estimable Howard Abrams on using Emacs as a window manager. There are two dates on the post, 2015-01-12 and 2023-01-11, so I’m not sure of its birthdate but either way the post … Continue reading →

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REPL Driven Programming

Posted on 2023-08-04 by jcs

I’ve written many times about what I call “exploratory” or “interactive” programming. The idea is you build your program from the bottom up, trying out expressions, building them into larger and larger units until you have a whole program. For … Continue reading →

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Exporting Clock Tables

Posted on 2023-08-03 by jcs

After watching Jake B’s video on Org Clock Tables and Irreal’s commentary on it, The Emacs Cat decided to share how he uses clock tables. His use is very idiosyncratic and fashioned for his specific circumstances. The TL;DR is that … Continue reading →

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Zamansky: Learning Elisp #5

Posted on 2023-08-02 by jcs

Mike Zamansky is back with the fifth episode of his Learning Elisp Video series. I say “episode” rather than “video” because he’s split Learning Elisp #5 into two videos. That was to prevent a single, overly long video. As it … Continue reading →

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Scanning QR/Bar Codes with Emacs

Posted on 2023-08-01 by jcs

If you’re like me, every once in a while you need to scan a QR code—or even a bar code. Not often but every once in a while. There are all kinds of apps to do that, especially on our … Continue reading →

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Prot On Writing A Custom Mode Line

Posted on 2023-07-31 by jcs

Protesilaos Stavrou (Prot) has a really interesting video on writing a custom mode line. If you’re like me, your mode line customizations are limited to adding the line and column indicators and using diminish to inhibit displaying various minor modes. … Continue reading →

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