Tag Archives: Emacs

Emacs 27.2 Is Almost Here

Posted on 2021-03-20 by jcs

There’s a lot of news about the upcoming Emacs 27.2. First, Eli Zaretskii wrote that RC1 for Emacs 27.2 has been released. Then he said that barring any problems, this release candidate would become Emacs 27.2 in about a week. … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Prettifying Emacs

Posted on 2021-03-19 by jcs

When I was younger, we had a term for programs that produced some sort of impressive display but were otherwise useless: eyewash. Such programs were produced for the benefit of the suits and visiting firemen. There’s a faction of Emacs … Continue reading →

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Why Use RSS

Posted on 2021-03-15 by jcs

Marc Kydd has a post from last month that I’ve had in the queue to write about. His post is on why he still uses RSS. I’m always a bit surprised by posts like that because why wouldn’t you use … Continue reading →

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Query: Emacs on the M1

Posted on 2021-03-08 by jcs

It’s time for me to upgrade my MacBook Pro. I don’t usually upgrade this soon but my current laptop has the horrible butterfly keyboard and there are flickering problems both with Emacs and other apps. The new hotness, of course, … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Offend a Programmer

Posted on 2021-03-05 by jcs

How to offend a programmer with a survey: #emacs https://t.co/j12Lj1dPpc — (webdev “Tory”) (@Endless_WebDev) February 28, 2021 You gotta admit: It is offensive. The proper survey would have been Emacs Vim VSCode, Atom, Sublime, or other bling-centric editor Eclipse, IntelliJ, … Continue reading →

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How to Implement a Zettelkasten Link Type in Org

Posted on 2021-03-02 by jcs

Christian Tietze is an author at the zettelkasten.de site and, of course, keeps his notes in a Zettelkasten. He has his own app, The Archive, for that but he’s also an Emacs user. He uses a timestamp as a key … Continue reading →

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Emacs Writer

Posted on 2021-02-28 by jcs

As most of you know, I’m very interested in the ways that non-technical people use Emacs and ways of making Emacs more accessible to such people. Ashton Wiersdorf is a technical user married to a non-technical writer looking for a … Continue reading →

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Customizing the Agenda

Posted on 2021-02-24 by jcs

If you’re an Org-mode user you’ve probably seen some of the custom Agenda displays that enterprising users have created. They can be useful for those who like to organize their activities and use the Agenda as a portal into that … Continue reading →

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Configuring Mbsync to Work with Gmail

Posted on 2021-02-21 by jcs

I long ago gave up using Gmail due to privacy concerns. Still, lots of folks—and companies—still use it because, among other things, it does have the advantage of portability that doesn’t depend on your current ISP or your OS. Gmail … Continue reading →

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Managing Window Placement

Posted on 2021-02-20 by jcs

One of the tropes of Emacs use is the idea that there’s always something new to learn about the editor. I know that to be true but today it was brought home to me by a new video from Protesilaos … Continue reading →

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