Monthly Archives: December 2021

Native Compilation in Emacs

Posted on 2021-12-11 by jcs

Andrea Corallo gave an interesting talk at EmacsConf 2021 on his Emacs Lisp native compilation project. For those who don’t know, the native compilation project provides a compiler that converts Emacs Lisp into native code for the host machine. The … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Cursive’s Last Stand

Posted on 2021-12-10 by jcs

It’s been a while since I’ve ventured into the emotional minefield that is cursive handwriting. Here’s a couple of tweets from Paul Graham that make two very good points: They should start by at least not making kids learn the … Continue reading →

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Cloning Buffers

Posted on 2021-12-09 by jcs

Mickey Petersen tweets about cloning buffers and makes explicit a distinction that I must admit I wasn’t clear on. You can clone indirect buffers in #emacs with C-x 4 c — very useful if you want to browse two or … Continue reading →

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An Emacs.app Bundle for macOS

Posted on 2021-12-08 by jcs

A few days ago, I wrote about a script to build Emacs on the Mac M1. It was perfect for Mac users who want to build their own Emacs exactly the way they want. Not everyone wants to do that, … Continue reading →

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The Lab Leak

Posted on 2021-12-07 by jcs

As you all know, I’ve been obsessed with the origins of COVID-19 and what is clearly the cover-up arising from it. To me, there are two main components to the story. The first is the malfeasance of the press, which … Continue reading →

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Rethinking Email

Posted on 2021-12-06 by jcs

Everyone seems to have a love/hate (for some, a mostly hate) relationship with email. Some even speak of it in terms of punishments appropriate to the ninth circle of hell. I don’t get that exercised probably because I’m parsimonious about … Continue reading →

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An Emacs Build Script for macOS

Posted on 2021-12-05 by jcs

Colin McLear (mclearc) has a script for building Emacs on macOS. He uses it to build Emacs on the M1 MacBook pro running Monterrey 12.0.1. I see lots of requests from people asking where they can find an Emacs binary … Continue reading →

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Emacs 28 Pretest 1

Posted on 2021-12-04 by jcs

Stefan Kangas writes to tell us that Emacs 28.0.90, the first Emacs 28 pretest, is available at the usual places. That’s good news because it means that Emacs 28 is within sight. If you can, be sure to try it … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: See? This Is Why We Needed The Revolution

Posted on 2021-12-03 by jcs

As a nice coda to yesterday’s post, Liam Proven offers this bit of heresy: I became a double-hyphener years ago and it’s a hard habit to break. But while the em-dash *is* great — let’s do it the British way, … Continue reading →

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Em-dash, The Video

Posted on 2021-12-02 by jcs

Family obligations are intervening today so all I have to offer you is this video paean to the em-dash. If you’ve been around Irreal for a while, you know I’m a big fan but not nearly so much as Alexis … Continue reading →

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