Monthly Archives: May 2019

Org-mode Gems

Posted on 2019-05-11 by jcs

Every Org-mode user is aware that Org is a huge package stuffed with all sorts of useful functionality. For most of us, a lot of that functionality remains unknown and hidden. Most often the only way to find out about … Continue reading →

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Another Org-mode with Spacemacs Tutorial

Posted on 2019-05-10 by jcs

Nathan Lovato has a tutorial on using Org-mode with Spacemacs. It’s longer and more comprehensive than Jack of Some’s introductory video on Org with Spacemacs, but as with that video, Lovato’s looks at Org from the Spacemacs user’s point of … Continue reading →

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Alzheimer’s and Gaming

Posted on 2019-05-09 by jcs

Years (and years) ago, the usual crazies were running around making dire predictions about Rock and Roll and how it was going to destroy young people. It seems pretty ludicrous now but these people were serious and generally made pests … Continue reading →

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Tabs and Indentation in Emacs

Posted on 2019-05-08 by jcs

To my mind, one of the most confusing and arcane “everyday things” in Emacs is the subject of tabs, the Tab key, and indentation. I’ve been using Emacs for over a decade but I still remember how hard it was … Continue reading →

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Brian Kernighan & Ken Thompson Chat

Posted on 2019-05-07 by jcs

Last Saturday at the Vintage Computer Festival East, Brian Kernighan and Ken Thompson sat down and chatted about some Unix history and other interesting events in Thompson’s life. The chat was billed as “Kernighan interviewing Thompson” but it was really … Continue reading →

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A Practical Guide to Sed

Posted on 2019-05-06 by jcs

Yesterday, I wrote about Liran B. H’s Practical AWK Guide. He has a similar guide for sed called Understanding sed – Practical Guide. Like the Practical AWK post, it illustrates some of sed’s power by showing a few sed one-liners. … Continue reading →

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A Practical Guide to Understanding AWK

Posted on 2019-05-05 by jcs

Over at the Developers Area, Liran B.H has a nice practical guide to understanding AWK. There’s a whole book dedicated to AWK so obviously a single blog post isn’t going to cover everything but it does speak to one of … Continue reading →

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Two Nice Org-mode Tutorials

Posted on 2019-05-04 by jcs

Today I came across two Org-mode tutorials: one a blast from the past, the other new. If you enjoyed yesterday’s post on Jack of Some’s introductory Spacemacs video, you may also like his new video on the absolute minimum you … Continue reading →

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Introduction to Spacemacs

Posted on 2019-05-03 by jcs

Many Irreal readers are fans of Spacemacs. The Spacemacs motto is “The best editor is neither Emacs nor Vim, it’s Emacs and Vim!” That’s a good summary of what it’s all about. If you’ve wondered about Spacemacs or are thinking … Continue reading →

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Logging Money with Org-mode

Posted on 2019-05-02 by jcs

Ilker Mutlu tweeted a pointer to an old post by Brian Wisti on how he uses Org-mode to log money. His technique uses only elementary features of Org-mode so, in a sense, it’s not worth recapitulating the post but if, … Continue reading →

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