Monthly Archives: June 2019

Org List Repair

Posted on 2019-06-20 by jcs

Tim Visher, who used to publish the much-missed VimGolf in Emacs videos, just tweeted a useful tip: OMG I have been looking for #emacs `org-list-repair` _forever!_ https://t.co/QMeulfO4KD (sorry if the link breaks, I can’t figure out to get a stable … Continue reading →

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Emacs Bug Reporting Workflow

Posted on 2019-06-19 by jcs

Bhavin Gandhi has a very nice and useful post on how to report and deal with Emacs bugs. He explains the process and mentions many things I didn’t know. For example, you can help with the bug processing simply by … Continue reading →

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Using Org-mode to Make Beautiful Documents

Posted on 2019-06-18 by jcs

Mats Tage Axelsson has a short introduction to making beautiful documents with Org-mode. None of this will be news to regular Irreal readers who are used to me (all too) frequently writing about it. Axelsson shows the basic format of … Continue reading →

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Orgzly

Posted on 2019-06-17 by jcs

In my Portable Operating System post and its comments, I bemoaned the lack of an Emacs port to iOS/ipadOS or at least to the iPad. If I had that, I’d probably still use my MacBook Pro at home but I’d, … Continue reading →

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The Data Gatherers Are Out Of Control

Posted on 2019-06-16 by jcs

The Spanish Soccer League, La Liga, licenses the right to display its games. It’s very aggressive about enforcing that licensing especially in venues like bars where fans naturally gather to watch the games. The situation is much different here in … Continue reading →

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Notmuch For Email

Posted on 2019-06-15 by jcs

As regular readers know, I am a very happy user of mu/mu4e to handle my email. It lets me handle email completely from within Emacs and it happily lives side-by-side with Apple’s mail app so I can read and write … Continue reading →

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Emacs 26.2.90

Posted on 2019-06-14 by jcs

Nicolas Petton writes that the first pretest of Emacs 26.3, 26.2.90, is available for download and testing. If you don’t mind living just a little bit on the edge, download and help with the testing. As always, thanks to John, … Continue reading →

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The Government Can’t Protect Your Data Either

Posted on 2019-06-13 by jcs

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the Equifax and First American Financial Corp breaches. I noted that the situation was out of hand and that even the curmudgeons at Irreal were ready to put aside their distaste for … Continue reading →

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Org 9.2.4 Is Released

Posted on 2019-06-12 by jcs

Bastien Guerry tweets that Org-mode has a new release. #emacs #orgmode 9.2.4, a bugfix release, is out. Enjoy! — Bastien Guerry (@bzg2) June 11, 2019 As usual, thanks to Bastien, Nicolas, and the others for all the work they do … Continue reading →

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The Portable Operating System

Posted on 2019-06-11 by jcs

Unix is often credited with being the first portable operating system because it was written in a higher level language and could relatively easily be ported to new machines. That portability changed everything. But this post isn’t about Unix; it’s … Continue reading →

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