Category Archives: General

Here’s a bit of humor that I’ve had sitting in one of my browser tabs for some time. Over on the Emacs subreddit, Hlorri asks you to Tell me you use emacs (without telling me you use emacs). Although meant … Continue reading →

Roman Numerals. On the one hand, it’s hard to understand why anyone cares anymore. Some, like the late Rich Stevens considered them an anachronistic barbarism and labeled his books “Volume 1, 2, …” rather than the more conventional “Volume I, … Continue reading →

It’s September so there’s a new Emacs Carnival. This month the topic is Obscure Emacs Packages. I have to admit that when I first saw the topic I wasn’t too hopeful that it would be interesting but, of course, I … Continue reading →

In the developer world, we often talk about two types of bankruptcy: Email Bankruptcy This is when we have so many unread emails that we simply give up, delete them all, and start over. Emacs Bankruptcy This is when our … Continue reading →

A few years ago, starting in 2016, I wrote a series of articles (1, 2, 3) about my favorite Emacs packages and tips. Reading them now, almost ten years later, I find they’ve aged well. I still use everything on … Continue reading →

James Dyer has another in his series of posts describing the sanding down of his workflow. This time he troubleshoots and resolves a problem with minibuffer file completion. His specific problem was that he didn’t like the way fuzzy file … Continue reading →