Tag Archives: Emacs

Emacsclient and macOS

Posted on 2020-07-16 by jcs

As I’ve said many times, Emacs is the first thing I start after a boot and it stays running until the next boot or I update packages that need a restart. That means that Emacs startup time is a non-issue … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged | Leave a comment

Websockets from Emacs

Posted on 2020-07-15 by jcs

Websockets are a way of providing two way communication between a Web server and a browser. Their benefit is that the server can send data asynchronously to the browser. That differs from the normal protocol of the browser sending a … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged | Leave a comment

Magit: The Emacs Killer App

Posted on 2020-07-12 by jcs

Over at DistroTube, Derek Taylor has posted a video that makes the case that for many people, Magit is the killer app for Emacs. He thinks that’s especially true if you’re primarily a developer. I use Magit everyday all day … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Organizing Workflow with Notion (and Org-mode)

Posted on 2020-07-09 by jcs

Ali Abdaal, whom I’ve written about several times before, is a physician in the UK. Starting back when he was still in medical school, he’s been posting YouTube videos on how he studies and organizes his life. If you’re into … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Some Register Tips

Posted on 2020-07-06 by jcs

Tory Anderson has a handy post that reminds us about the utility of registers in Emacs. It’s easy to forget about them but they’re incredibly useful and flexible. Anderson considers three of the major use-cases: Saving text in a register. … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged | Leave a comment

Org Covers 90% of Blogger’s Life

Posted on 2020-07-04 by jcs

Stormrider has an interesting and inspiring post in which he says that 90% of his life is handled by Org-mode. Stormrider is a technical writer and occasional programmer. As such, he is a perfect example of someone who can benefit … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Eshell vs. Shell

Posted on 2020-07-01 by jcs

Pierre Neidhardt (ambrevar) has a very interesting post on the relative merits of Emacs’ Eshell and Bash using Meta+x shell. Like me, he is, or was, a longtime user, adherent, and booster of Eshell. Lately, though, he’s been feeling some … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged | Leave a comment

A New Take on the Emacs Tutorial

Posted on 2020-06-30 by jcs

Over at Emacs Notes there’s a post offerng a new take on the built-in Emacs Tutorial. There’s nothing special about the default tutorial. It’s merely a file describing Emacs functionality. It’s interactive, sort of, in that you can edit the … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged | Leave a comment

Selective Display

Posted on 2020-06-28 by jcs

Marcin Borkowski (mbork) has a post that reminds me of a useful command that I always forget about: selective-display. Borkowski uses it to make working with some large JSON files easier. Take a look at his post for the details. … Continue reading →

Posted in Programming | Tagged | Leave a comment

Some Org Table Examples

Posted on 2020-06-26 by jcs

John Herrlin has another nice post. This time it’s on using Org-mode tables. Like his post on Org source blocks, he concentrates on examples of how he, himself, uses Org tables. Both of his posts take, I think, an intermediate … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , | Leave a comment