Monthly Archives: September 2020

Gnus and Gmail

Posted on 2020-09-30 by jcs

If you’re in the intersection of Gnus and Gmail users, T. V. Raman over at Emacspeak has a bit of Elisp that might interest you. He’s a Gmail user who wants to do Gmail type searches from within Gnus. That … Continue reading →

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An Org Template for Meeting Minutes

Posted on 2020-09-29 by jcs

When I was a Unix n00b, one of the things that really impressed me was the format of the Bell Labs technical memoranda. I especially liked the cover sheet, which captured all the vital information. It was, of course, generated … Continue reading →

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The Org Agenda

Posted on 2020-09-28 by jcs

Derek Taylor over at DistroTube has another useful video. This time it’s on Org agenda. Taylor is a Doom Emacs user so the keybindings will be unfamiliar to vanilla Emacs users but a couple of minutes with the manual can … Continue reading →

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The Law of Unintended Consequences

Posted on 2020-09-27 by jcs

I find this hilarious: Brilliant: When the euro bank notes were designed, they used European-style bridges which were *non-existing*, not to have to choose between countries. The Dutch town of Spijkenisse claimed them all for the Netherlands by building them … Continue reading →

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Document Preparation with Org, LaTeX, and Docker

Posted on 2020-09-26 by jcs

Marco Ieni was tired of working with Microsoft Word so he he built a workflow that uses Org mode for document preparation. Irreal readers know he won’t be getting any arguments here. Even putting aside the brain-dead Word UI there … Continue reading →

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Blocking Melpa

Posted on 2020-09-25 by jcs

Here’s a mystery to entertain you as you segue into the weekend. Jerror was complaining on the Emacs subredit that their university had blocked MELPA. What?!? Why in the world would anyone block MELPA? It doesn’t appear to be one … Continue reading →

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Doom for N00bs

Posted on 2020-09-24 by jcs

Derek Taylor has an interesting take on learning Doom Emacs. Most immigrants to Doom are coming from Vim or are Emacs users who need the more ergonomic evil keybindings because of RSI problems. But, says Taylor, some people coming to … Continue reading →

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Zamansky 75: Bufler

Posted on 2020-09-23 by jcs

Mike Zamansky has added another video to his Using Emacs Series. This time it’s about bufler, a replacement for ibuffer. Mostly when I call up ibuffer, I just want to see a list of my buffers and I don’t care … Continue reading →

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Taking Notes By Hand

Posted on 2020-09-22 by jcs

Longtime readers know that Irreal is, um, skeptical of most studies put out by the psychology community. They are, largely, not reproducible and often just silly. One finding that is popular among psychologists that that note-taking is more effective when … Continue reading →

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Binder for Your Writing Projects

Posted on 2020-09-21 by jcs

When writers ask for software suggestions, one of the most frequent recommendations I see—other than the evil whose name must not be uttered—is Scrivener. The idea is that you can write in any order you like and keep project notes … Continue reading →

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