Tag Archives: Emacs

Why Use Emacs in 2022

Posted on 2022-07-28 by jcs

Torstein Johansen has a short video that addresses the question of why he uses Emacs in 2022. The backstory is that every time he takes a new job or consulting position, the incumbents—who all use things like IntelliJ, Eclipse, or … Continue reading →

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DWIM Shell Command On Melpa

Posted on 2022-07-26 by jcs

A quickie with some good news. Álvaro Ramírez’s excellent dwim-shell-command is now available for download from Melpa. I’ve written several posts on this package [1, 2, 3] and really like what Ramírez is doing with it so I’m glad to … Continue reading →

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The Case for Emacs, Vim, and Nano

Posted on 2022-07-23 by jcs

Over on the Red Hat site there’s a post that makes the cases for the Emacs, Vim, and Nano editors. That may seem like blasphemy to some but different people do have different needs and expectations from their editors. The … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Seek Help

Posted on 2022-07-22 by jcs

Here’s a stunning example of retro abuse. I get that it’s fun—for some people—to revisit old tech but if this looks good to you, seek help. I’m old enough to have worked with those terminals—both the green and amber versions—and … Continue reading →

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Mickey On Shells & Emulators

Posted on 2022-07-21 by jcs

Mickey from Mastering Emacs has posted an excellent summary of shells & emulators in Emacs. The subject can be a little confusing—mostly centering around the difference between a shell and an emulator—so if you’ve ever been uncertain if you should … Continue reading →

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Eshell Prompts

Posted on 2022-07-19 by jcs

Just a quickie today. Bytedude wanted to customize his Eshell prompt to add the date/time. With most shells, that’s simply a matter of changing an environment variable but with Eshell it’s a little more complicated. It turns out the Eshell … Continue reading →

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DWIM Shell Now Supports Multiple Languages

Posted on 2022-07-17 by jcs

Álvaro Ramírez continues to experiment with his DWIM Shell Command package. The basic idea was that to provide a framework that made it simple to invoke a command that has complex arguments and options directly from Emacs. Ramírez has published … Continue reading →

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Mickey on Keyboard Macros

Posted on 2022-07-16 by jcs

The incomparable Mickey of Mastering Emacs fame has a really nice post on the power of keyboard macros. Most of us, even experienced Emacs users, tend to think of keyboard macros as a way of automating repetitive text editing but … Continue reading →

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Inlining Images in Org-mode

Posted on 2022-07-14 by jcs

Bytedude has a short, simple post on how to inline images in Org-mode files. An ankle biter could—and in the comments, did—make a couple of immediate observations: That’s really simple to do It’s covered in the manual Since Irreal doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Presentations With Org-present

Posted on 2022-07-12 by jcs

David Wilson over at System Crafters has an informative video on how he does the slides for his popular video series. The short answer is that he uses org-present. With org-present you can take an ordinary Org file and have … Continue reading →

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