Category Archives: General

Red Meat Friday: Text Editors in Lord of the Rings

Posted on 2021-04-02 by jcs

If editors were places from Lord of the Rings, what would they be? Kieran Healy has an amusing answer. My only complaint is that Word is not a text editor. Still, its assigned place is apt.

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The Interactive Declaration and Modes

Posted on 2021-04-01 by jcs

Something that every Emacser knows is that learning Emacs is a lifelong journey. Even after years of use, we’re always discovering something new. Marcin ‘mbork’ Borkowski is always discovering new things and, happily, sharing them with the rest of us. … Continue reading →

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The Info Index

Posted on 2021-03-31 by jcs

Being an old time Unix head, I had a hard time warming up to the GNU Info system. I preferred the man pages when they were available and found the info utility hard to use. That’s probably because I was … Continue reading →

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Deleting Git Branches

Posted on 2021-03-30 by jcs

Over at Emacs Redux, Bozhidar Batsov has a nice post on deleting Git branches. Batsov says that no one really knows how to do it and those who say they do are lying. That may be ever-so-slightly hyperbolic but probably … Continue reading →

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A New Version of Mu/Mu4e Is Coming

Posted on 2021-03-29 by jcs

Dirk-Jan C. Binnema (DJCB), the developer of the mu/mu4e suite, has announced that version 1.6 of the programs are coming. The current stable version, 1.4.X, was released a year ago and since then development has been taking place in the … Continue reading →

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Org Mode 9.4.5 Released

Posted on 2021-03-28 by jcs

Bastien Guerry tweets that Org 9.4.5 is out: #emacs #orgmode 9.4.5, a bugfix release, is out. Enjoy! Also check announcements for 9.5 on https://t.co/CRNe0q0Kvv 👉 a new Org contrib package will be distributed via NonGNU ELPA and Org ELPA won’t … Continue reading →

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More’s Law

Posted on 2021-03-27 by jcs

Here’s a light moment to brighten your day. It doesn’t rise to Red Meat Friday status but it is amusing. pic.twitter.com/o0VMXIgc7y — Scott Jehl (@scottjehl) March 21, 2021 And, of course, its humor derives from its essential truth.

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Emacs 27.2 Installed

Posted on 2021-03-26 by jcs

Just a quick update on yesterday’s post. Last night I took a few minutes to download, compile, and install Emacs 27.2. The compilation completed without any problems. Really, I don’t know why people go hunting all over the Web for … Continue reading →

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Emacs 27.2 Is Out

Posted on 2021-03-25 by jcs

Bastien Guerry tweets that Emacs 27.2 is out and has the latest stable version of Orgmode included: #Emacs 27.2 is released: https://t.co/BNNAz9l38L It comes with #orgmode 9.4.4, the latest stable Org release. Enjoy! — Bastien Guerry (@bzg2) March 25, 2021 … Continue reading →

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Emacs and TRON

Posted on 2021-03-24 by jcs

Someone posted a pointer to this old item on BoingBoing about the movie TRON: Legacy and Emacs. Most Irreal readers have probably heard the story by now but it’s a nice piece of Emacs arcana that’s worth reposting for anyone … Continue reading →

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