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Monthly Archives: July 2021
Lesser Known Functionalities in Core Emacs
Philip Kaludercic has an interesting post on some little known functionality in core Emacs. One of the wonders of Emacs is the package system that can add practically any desired feature to Emacs. That sometimes means that we forget how … Continue reading
Debugging Field Formulae in Org Tables
Tony Aldon has another video up in his Inside Emacs series. This one considers the debugging of field formulae in Org tables. If you’ve ever used a formula in an Org table, you’ve probably encountered an error where instead of … Continue reading
Ten Useful Emacs Tips
Over at the Emacs-Elements Youtube channel, there’s a new video that presents 10 useful Emacs tips. Some of them are fairly well known things like setting the mark with Ctrl+Space and returning to it with Ctrl+u Ctrl+Space or flushing lines … Continue reading
Irreal Is 12
Today is Irreal’s twelfth birthday. Irreal started off slowly, like most blogs, but for the last 9 years, I’ve posted pretty much everyday except when things like power outages and the flu intervened. As I’ve said before, the blog is … Continue reading
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A Call To Ban Surveillance Advertising
Weather Update Tampa has once again dodged a bullet: the impact from Elsa was minimal. Here at the Irreal bunker, we had some rain and a bit of wind but nothing much worse than our usual afternoon thunderstorms. Now back … Continue reading
Weather Alert
The wannabe hurricane known as tropical storm Elsa is due at the Irreal bunker later tonight. It’s currently on the line between tropical storm and hurricane but in either case the winds will likely be high enough to cause potential … Continue reading
Running Emacs from Systemd
One of the perennial complaints about Emacs is that it takes a long time to start. Of course, the answer to that is just don’t do it. Or at least only do it once when you log in. Many us … Continue reading
The New Luddites Go After Digital Wallets
As you know, Irreal is fond of calling out the new Luddites when they raise their heads to complain about technology, or leaving the farm, or whatever it is they’re upset about at the moment. Now, from Kontra, we have … Continue reading
Using Tramp
Will Schenk has an interesting post entitled Emacs Tramp tricks. It’s not really so much about obscure things you can do with Tramp as an exposition of how to do the normal things you use Tramp for. The most unusual … Continue reading
Video Introduction to Magit
Over at the System Crafters Youtube channel, David Wilson has a new video on Magit. It’s the first in a planned series so it serves as an introduction to the most important Magit facilities with more information on them to … Continue reading