Category Archives: General

Attaching Files to an Org Tree from Dired

Posted on 2021-12-19 by jcs

Daniel Gopar offers up this gem on attaching Dired files to an Org-mode tree: #orgtip: Found this little nugget that I didn’t know existed. You can attach files from a dired buffer to an #orgmode tree.https://t.co/iTfBLHBvVm#emacs — Daniel Gopar (@pygopar) … Continue reading →

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What Could Go Wrong?

Posted on 2021-12-18 by jcs

I feel like that guy in a toga and long white beard parading around with a “Repent” sign. I know I have as much chance of changing any minds as the repent guy does but I can’t help myself. If … Continue reading →

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Five Emacs Features to Love

Posted on 2021-12-17 by jcs

Seth Kenlon of Red Hat has an interesting article on five reasons that he love Emacs. Of course, all of us Emacs users have lots of reasons that we love our editor, but Kenlon’s articles considers how those features are … Continue reading →

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Emacs and Siri Shortcuts

Posted on 2021-12-16 by jcs

MacOS Shortcuts are a recent addition to Apple’s various operating systems that provides an easy way to automate various workflows. You can tap on the shortcut or even ask Siri to run it. It’s an interesting idea but I haven’t … Continue reading →

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Five Hacks for Org Roam

Posted on 2021-12-15 by jcs

David Wilson of the System Crafters Channel has a new video in his Build a Second Brain playlist. The serious is about Org-roam, and is, as I’ve said before, the best introduction to and guide for setting up Org-roam that … Continue reading →

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Deleting Garbage Files

Posted on 2021-12-14 by jcs

John D. Cook who, among other things, publishes the TeX Tips Twitter feed, is an Emacs user and has a useful tip for cleaning up “garbage files”. Garbage files are intermediate files that can easily be regenerated. Examples are the … Continue reading →

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Real Crosswords

Posted on 2021-12-13 by jcs

I like crossword puzzles and when I’m on a roll will do 3 to 5 a day. But being an American, I’m a crossword sissy. American crossword clues are mostly a synonym or direct pointer to the target word. About … Continue reading →

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Native Compilation in Emacs

Posted on 2021-12-11 by jcs

Andrea Corallo gave an interesting talk at EmacsConf 2021 on his Emacs Lisp native compilation project. For those who don’t know, the native compilation project provides a compiler that converts Emacs Lisp into native code for the host machine. The … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Cursive’s Last Stand

Posted on 2021-12-10 by jcs

It’s been a while since I’ve ventured into the emotional minefield that is cursive handwriting. Here’s a couple of tweets from Paul Graham that make two very good points: They should start by at least not making kids learn the … Continue reading →

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Cloning Buffers

Posted on 2021-12-09 by jcs

Mickey Petersen tweets about cloning buffers and makes explicit a distinction that I must admit I wasn’t clear on. You can clone indirect buffers in #emacs with C-x 4 c — very useful if you want to browse two or … Continue reading →

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