Category Archives: General

Periodic Reminder: Emacs Bindings in macOS

Posted on 2023-09-26 by jcs

Once again, as is occasionally the happens, I’ve stumbled across an Emacs user who discovered that some Emacs keybindings work in macOS. This user, sudeenhux, realized that he could navigate in the Apple Mail app with the normal Emacs bindings. … Continue reading →

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Navigating In View Mode

Posted on 2023-09-25 by jcs

Emacs view mode is one of things that might seem superfluous at first glance. After all, you can always just visit a file and use the normal navigation commands to view the file. But there’s a lot to be said … Continue reading →

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New AWK Book

Posted on 2023-09-24 by jcs

Long time Irreal readers know that I’m a fan of the AWK language. Whatever OS you’re using, AWK is sure to be available. It’s installed by default on all Unix/Linux systems and may be on Windows as well. Linux systems … Continue reading →

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Batch Mode

Posted on 2023-09-23 by jcs

If you’re an even moderately experienced Emacs user, you probably know about batch mode. You can write a file with some Emacs commands and run it either by calling Emacs on the command line with a –script parameter pointing to … Continue reading →

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Live In Emacs Or Die

Posted on 2023-09-22 by jcs

Today, we have a bit of humor that we can all relate to. Reddit has a post announcing the Web browser NYXT inspired by Emacs. I don’t know anything about NXYT but I did love this comment from noooit: Comment … Continue reading →

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Kitchen Sink

Posted on 2023-09-21 by jcs

It’s often said of Emacs that it includes everything including the kitchen sink. Indeed, there’s even an Emacs logo reflecting this sensibility. I don’t know if it was ever an official logo but its use is widespread. Still, it would … Continue reading →

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Zamansky: Learning Elisp #10

Posted on 2023-09-20 by jcs

Mike Zamansky has popped in with another Learning Elisp video before he departs on his vacation. He didn’t want to start the next project and leave it hanging while he was away so this video covers some preliminaries. In particular, … Continue reading →

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Emacs Writing Studio

Posted on 2023-09-19 by jcs

As many of you know, I’m very interested in the use of Emacs for non-technical purposes. In particular, I interested in how prose writers and researchers in disciplines other than Computer Science and its close siblings use Emacs for their … Continue reading →

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Mediating Remote Work Decisions With Gut Feelings

Posted on 2023-09-18 by jcs

As most of you know to your sorrow, I have an obsession with certain non-computer subjects. The origins of COVID and remote work are two examples. Oddly, those two subjects have collided recently. With the end of COVID lockdowns, many … Continue reading →

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Emacs Bookmarks

Posted on 2023-09-16 by jcs

Charles Choi has a new post that considers Emacs bookmarks. His idea is to make Emacs bookmarks as similar as possible to browser bookmarks. That makes sense and, I’m sure, works for lots of folks but I’ve gone in a … Continue reading →

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