Category Archives: General

Red Meat, Editor Edition

Posted on 2017-02-22 by jcs

Struggling to get through the midweek hump? Here’s a bit of red meat to get you revved up. Would you bet on a #NASCAR driver who can't drive stick? No? Then fire every developer who doesn't use #Vim or #Emacs. … Continue reading →

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Using a Local Bibliography File with Org

Posted on 2017-02-21 by jcs

Charl Botha has posted a handy guide to using a paper-specific bibliography file with Org mode. His use case is roughly that he wants to manage his bibliography with Zotero but wants to use Org Mode and John Kitchins org-ref … Continue reading →

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Another Emacs/GCal Solution

Posted on 2017-02-20 by jcs

Last month, I had three (1, 2, 3) posts on how people are integrating their Google Calendars with Emacs. The common idea was to be able to see some or all of the calendar items in Emacs. Mike Zmansky’s solution … Continue reading →

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Migrating Notes from Evernote to Org

Posted on 2017-02-19 by jcs

I use Evernote to keep copies of resources that I think may disappear over time and I’m pretty happy with it. Recently, they’ve introduced a new fee structure and there’s been some grumbling about finding another platform. As I say, … Continue reading →

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Digital Workflow: Pocket Carry Edition

Posted on 2017-02-16 by jcs

The other day, I wrote about my digital workflow and scanning and then I saw an article about putting ATM cards on our smartphones. This isn’t just pie in the sky. JPMorgan Chase already has a pilot program in four … Continue reading →

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A Security PSA

Posted on 2017-02-15 by jcs

|￣￣￣￣￣￣ || STOP ||INSTALLING ||SOFTWARE || VIA || CURL | SH || ＿＿＿＿＿＿|(\__/) ||(•ㅅ•) ||/ 　 づ — postmodern (@postmodern_mod3) November 6, 2016 Who would do this? Even worse is when they ask you to put sudo in front of … Continue reading →

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Paperless

Posted on 2017-02-14 by jcs

As I’ve written before, I maintain an almost exclusively digital workflow. About 8 years ago I banished pads, pens, and pencils from my desk and started taking notes and doing other record keeping chores on my computers and iOS devices. … Continue reading →

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Another Recommendation for Which-key

Posted on 2017-02-13 by jcs

A few days ago I wrote about Mike Zamansky’s video on rectangles. Most of my commentary involved ways of dealing with the difficulty of remembering the rectangle commands and their key chords. One of the solutions I discussed was which-key, … Continue reading →

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Resetting a defvar Value

Posted on 2017-02-12 by jcs

Apropos of yesterday’s post, I came across this query on Reddit and learned a new keystroke. One of the counterintuitive peculiarities of Elisp—and Lisps in general—is that a value defined by defvar or defcustom is immutable: once set it can’t … Continue reading →

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When Will I Learn All of Emacs?

Posted on 2017-02-11 by jcs

Never, apparently I started using EMACS with Gosling Emacs in 1987. I'm still learning useful new key chords 30 years later. #oldcoder #emacs — awadelewis (@awadelewis) February 7, 2017

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