Monthly Archives: June 2019

Ivy, Swiper, and Counsel Gain a New User

Posted on 2019-06-30 by jcs

Yesterday, I wrote about abo-abo’s recent enhancements to the Ivy UI. After I wrote that post, I saw this tweet: Yesterday I moved from my Ido & smex based workflow to ivy, sniper, and counsel. Transitioning was mostly smooth, and … Continue reading →

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Ivy and Directories

Posted on 2019-06-29 by jcs

Abo-abo posts that he has made some usability enhancements in Ivy directory handling. If you’re like me, Ivy is a fundamental part of your workflow. As abo-abo says, the original idea was simple: provide a list of strings and a … Continue reading →

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iPhone Security

Posted on 2019-06-28 by jcs

One of the reasons I have an iPhone rather than an Android device is that I feel it’s more secure. Everyone—except maybe the bad guys—likes more security, of course, but not everyone is willing to pay the price to get … Continue reading →

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GitHub/GitLab Pull Requests from Emacs

Posted on 2019-06-27 by jcs

Prathamesh Sonpatki has a useful post that shows how to make pull requests for GitHub and GitLab from Emacs using Magit. Sonpatki took some code from one of Artur Malabarba’s posts on Endless Parentheses and made the trivial changes necessary … Continue reading →

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Judge Orenstein in the New York Times

Posted on 2019-06-26 by jcs

Remember Judge James Orenstein? He’s the federal magistrate judge in the Eastern District of New York who refused the FBI’s request to order Apple to help them break into an iPhone. I found his decision particularly interesting because the facts … Continue reading →

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Haldar Reads Reflections on Trusting Trust

Posted on 2019-06-25 by jcs

I’ve written at least twice about Ken Thompson’s Turing Award Lecture, Reflections on Trusting Trust and each time I told you to be sure to read it. It describes one of the—if not the—greatest hacks of all time. In the … Continue reading →

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Light or Dark

Posted on 2019-06-24 by jcs

I’ve long been a member of the much maligned minority who strongly prefer a light theme for Emacs and, for that matter, everything else too. All the cool kids have dark themes, some even using grotesque combinations like blue on … Continue reading →

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Working With Google Cloud Compute Instances in Emacs

Posted on 2019-06-23 by jcs

If you work with Google Cloud Compute Instances, Jack Rusher has an excellent tip in the form of a GitHub Gist for you. It turns out that Tramp connection methods are table driven and you can easily add a new … Continue reading →

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The Open Access Wars

Posted on 2019-06-22 by jcs

I’ve written before (1, 2, 3, 4) about Open Access and the struggles associated with it. I used to think the debate was nuanced but the behavior of the publishers have convinced me that they’re getting what they deserve. I … Continue reading →

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Emacs! In the New York Times!

Posted on 2019-06-21 by jcs

Paul Ford, co-founder and chief executive of Postlight, has a delightful paean to open source in The New York Times Magazine. In the article, Letter of Recommendation: Bug Fixes, Fords talks about the joys of open source and the pleasures … Continue reading →

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