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Monthly Archives: January 2023
Emacs: Everything’s a Buffer
It’s a commonplace that one of the features of Emacs is that everything’s a buffer and that this is a feature. Marcin Borkowski (mbork) has a short post that demonstrates the power that this brings. The TL;DR is that he … Continue reading
The New Luddites: The New Frontier
The New Luddites have discovered a new frontier: Digital Minimalism. The term is actually very specific for the new Luddites. It means replacing their smartphones with a “feature phone”—a phone that does little more than make and take phone calls … Continue reading
Units in Emacs Calc
As many of you know, I’m a big fan of Emacs Calc and use it as my calculator of choice whenever I’m on my laptop. Calc has robust conversion capabilities—to convert miles to kilometers, e.g.—but it can be a bit … Continue reading
The Emacs Help System
One of the really nice features of Emacs is its builtin help system, which often results in Emacs being described as the self documenting editor. Experienced Emacsers usually take it for granted but it’s really a wonderful thing. There’s no … Continue reading
Red Meat Friday: Exiting Vim (Again)
One would think—I certainly did—that the “exiting Vim” meme has been exhausted by now and only invoked by the type of people who inspired the eternal September joke. But, it turns out, there is some new wine for the old … Continue reading
Layoffs Generally Don’t Make Sense
Sadly, our industry is undergoing another of its periodic spasms of layoffs. Most of the major software companies—Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and many others with the exception of Apple—have announced significant layoffs. Almost all of us have experienced this and … Continue reading
Warning: You’re About To Discard Undo Information
Just a quickie today. Here’s something I didn’t know: > Converting to hexl format discards undo info; ok? (y or n) I really admire how seriously Emacs looks after your undo state. Not enough software will warn you if you’re … Continue reading
Remembering What You Read
Charanjit Singh says he has a hard time remembering what he reads. It’s a common enough problem and Singh has settled on a common solution: he takes notes on what he reads. There are lots of ways of doing that, … Continue reading
Some Good Advice From Brian Krebs
Brian Krebs over at Krebs on Security has a post on the latest T-Mobile breach in which 10 million users in Australia had their account details stolen by cybercriminals. There aren’t many details about the exploit other than it “abused” … Continue reading
Flexible Grepping With Deadgrep (or Ripgrep)
For those who don’t know, deadgrip is an Emacs interface to ripgrep. It displays the results in an Emacs buffer along with some ancillary information. Check the example at the deadgrip link for some example output. Ripgrep, of course, is … Continue reading