Category Archives: General

Multiline Fontification

Posted on 2019-01-04 by jcs

The invaluable fuco1 solves a problem that I’ve stumbled upon in the past: how can you make org-mode emphasis markup—things like italics, bold, etc.—span more than two lines1. I almost never need to do this so I’ve spent zero thought … Continue reading →

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John Weigley on Magit

Posted on 2019-01-03 by jcs

John Weigley has an excellent video on using Magit. It’s very comprehensive and the content is quite dense so you may want to watch it more than once. He covers the usual easy commands that everybody uses but also some … Continue reading →

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Blogging with Emacs Only

Posted on 2019-01-02 by jcs

As most of you know, I enjoy reading about other bloggers’ workflows. I especially like workflows that use only Emacs and Org mode without any third-party tools. In Yesterday’s post, I promised to write about Diego Vicente’s Emacs-only blogging workflow. … Continue reading →

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Diego Vicente’s 2018 Wrapup

Posted on 2019-01-01 by jcs

It’s a new year and thumbing through the Emacs Blogger Manual I see that I’m supposed to offer a year end perspective on my Emacs use. The problem is that after more than a decade of Emacs use, my configuration … Continue reading →

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Notes for Karl Voit’s Talk at 35c3

Posted on 2018-12-31 by jcs

Karl Voit gave a talk about Org mode at the recent 35c3 conference. He argued the position that even if you’re a die hard Vim user—like he is—Org mode has a lot to offer and it’s worth learning a bit … Continue reading →

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How You Know the Copyright Cartel Is Out of Control

Posted on 2018-12-30 by jcs

Remember, kids, when you get a tattoo, its copyright belongs to the tattoo artist, not you. So when you become famous, there’ll be IP problems. https://t.co/hmBmr8kepn — Kontra (@counternotions) December 29, 2018 I get that artists don’t want others ripping … Continue reading →

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Org Mode 9.2

Posted on 2018-12-29 by jcs

A couple of days ago, Bastien tweeted that Org Mode 9.2 has been released: #emacs #orgmode 9.2 is out. Happy Christmas! https://t.co/W2c3ifoFtr — Bastien Guerry (@bzg2) December 27, 2018 I’ve taken to upgrading my packages on Sunday (only) so I … Continue reading →

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Writing and Publishing Emacs Packages

Posted on 2018-12-28 by jcs

NOTE: It turns out that I wrote about Scott’s post before but it has useful information so I’m going to publish this anyway. Al Scott was annoyed that he couldn’t run his Mocha tests from inside Emacs. He knew it … Continue reading →

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A Reminder about MELPA

Posted on 2018-12-27 by jcs

If you’re anything more than a casual Emacs user, one of your most important resources is almost certainly the MELPA package repository. I’ve mentioned this before but apparently a reminder is needed: MELPA is a voluntary operation run by Steve … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas the Linux Way

Posted on 2018-12-25 by jcs

It’s Christmas and the Interweebs are quiet so I’ll just pass on this as your Christmas card from Irreal.

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