Category Archives: General

Almost There

Posted on 2014-10-13 by jcs

The release candidate for Emacs 24.4 will appear on Friday. If all goes well, the official release will be on the subsequent Monday.

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The End of Emacs 24

Posted on 2014-10-12 by jcs

Bozhidar Batsov reports that after the release of Emacs 24.4, we will move to Emacs 25. The upcoming #Emacs 24.4 will be the last of the 24.x series http://t.co/TbfVUVmZ0z Looking forward to Emacs 25! — Bozhidar Batsov (@bbatsov) October 10, 2014 … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Keyboard Ever Made

Posted on 2014-10-12 by jcs

The Verge has a splendid article on the King of click: the story of the greatest keyboard ever made. That, of course, is the IBM Model M. I’ve written before about how much I love this keyboard. Even Xah Lee, … Continue reading →

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Context

Posted on 2014-10-11 by jcs

Jessica Kerr makes a good point. Context is everything. If you doubt this, try using someone else's emacs. — Jessica Kerr (@jessitron) September 30, 2014 If you have a heavily customized Emacs configuration, using someone else’s Emacs could feel like … Continue reading →

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Emacs Screen Shots

Posted on 2014-10-10 by jcs

I really enjoy looking at Emacs screen shots (I know, I know. I’m seeking help) so I was happy to see this from the estimable Bastien Guerry. In a previous digital life, I created this #flickr group about #emacs screenshots: … Continue reading →

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Emacs for (Non-Programming) Text Processing

Posted on 2014-10-09 by jcs

Om Prakash Singh is fairly new to Emacs and wanted to increase his skills and knowledge so he accepted the Emacs 30-day challenge. I found Day 7, Commands for Human Languages, particularly interesting. I use Emacs for a lot of … Continue reading →

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Xah’s Roundup of Keyboard Articles

Posted on 2014-10-07 by jcs

As I mentioned recently, Xah Lee is obsessed with keyboards and knows a lot about the subject matter. The choice of a keyboard is a lot like the choice of a spouse or boy/girl friend: everyone has their own idea … Continue reading →

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You Can Trust Us

Posted on 2014-10-05 by jcs

When arguing that they be given some new extraordinary power, governments always say, “You can trust us not to abuse this power.” It always turns out to be a lie. Here, from Britain—a democratic country by any honest person’s definition—is … Continue reading →

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How to Have Fast Hyper, Super, and Meta Keys

Posted on 2014-10-04 by jcs

Via EmacsRocks: #Emacs, meet your new Hyper, Super, and Meta keys… pic.twitter.com/R85oGzbl80 — Jaime Fournier (@Jaime_Fournier) September 30, 2014 Seems a bit hardcore but if you’re a good touch typist and have a heavily customized Emacs, this may be just … Continue reading →

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Final Pretest for Emacs 24.4

Posted on 2014-10-03 by jcs

Michael Fogleman gives us the heads up. RT: The last pretest of #emacs 24.4 was released today. Yuppie :) http://t.co/BfLdw1XTs1 . (via @liranzvibel) — Michael Fogleman (@mwfogleman) October 2, 2014 The long wait is almost over.

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