Category Archives: General

Customizing The Emacs Startup Screen

Posted on 2024-12-09 by jcs

The Emacs Cat has another interesting post. This time it’s about customizing the Emacs startup screen. He wants to see something useful when Emacs starts up. In particular, he’d like to see A calendar His agenda His diary A random … Continue reading →

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Narrowing To A Subtree From Org Agenda

Posted on 2024-12-08 by jcs

Over at the Emacs subreddit, seidenkaufman asks how he can narrow to a subheading when he types Tab in the Org Agenda. If you don’t do that sort of thing it may not seem all that useful but, believe me, … Continue reading →

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How Passwords Are Stolen

Posted on 2024-12-07 by jcs

As most you know by now, I live a digital life as much as possible. I pay my bills, do my banking, order my food and other shopping, communicate with friends and family, and get my news electronically. For someone … Continue reading →

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🥩 Red Meat Friday: Emacs Use == Skills

Posted on 2024-12-06 by jcs

Over at the Emacs subreddit, Thick_Rest7609 says that he associates Emacs use with skill. In particular, he says that he’s inclined to presume presentations using Emacs are representative of a skilled user, whereas a presentation using VS Code is not. … Continue reading →

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Reading Email With Emacs

Posted on 2024-12-05 by jcs

As most of you know, we here at the Irreal bunker try to use Emacs for as much as we can. That includes, of course, email. I use the excellent mu4e for that and communicate with my email provider with … Continue reading →

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Charles Choi At EmacsConf 2024

Posted on 2024-12-04 by jcs

If, like me, you’re a Charles Choi fan and like his Casual App Suite, you’ll be happy to know that he’s giving a talk at EmacsConf 2024. His talk is prerecorded but he will be available to answer questions and … Continue reading →

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Some Useful Editing Functions

Posted on 2024-12-03 by jcs

In my recent post, Some Configuration To Solve Common Problems, I got a bit of pushback from GB who said some of the configuration was outdated. That’s true but does it really make much difference? The Emacs Cat has a … Continue reading →

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Pair Programming: The Poll

Posted on 2024-12-01 by jcs

Well, not really a poll but at least some random opinions. A while ago, I mentioned a discussion I had with Perry Metzger about pair programming. Metzger, who is a serious person and well worth listening to, is a huge … Continue reading →

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Shrinking And Widening Org Table Columns

Posted on 2024-11-30 by jcs

Just a quickie today because I’m still recovering from the Thanksgiving festivities. The Irreal bunker sealed the doors and refused to venture outside on Black Friday, a day in which many stores have stupendous sales resulting in unhinged behavior on … Continue reading →

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🥩 Red Meat Friday: Using The Command Line

Posted on 2024-11-29 by jcs

When I saw this post, I knew was getting old. The post was about why every developer should learn to use the command line in 2024. My reaction was, “Say what!?!” To me, it was like saying every baby should … Continue reading →

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