Monthly Archives: October 2020

I originally planned this as a short rant on the idea that Emacs needs to be modernized. The discussion has been raging for a while on the Emacs-devel list but was pretty much inside baseball until an lwn.net article on … Continue reading →

Alain M. Lafon, whom I’ve mentioned several times before (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), has posted a useful guide for dealing with long lines in Emacs. One of Emacs’ well known weaknesses is that it can become very slow when … Continue reading →