Tag Archives: Emacs

Org Source Blocks

Posted on 2020-06-25 by jcs

One of the great things about Emacs is Org-mode. One of the great things about Org-mode is source blocks. They enable literate programming, of course, but are also a great way of taking notes with code examples and a really … Continue reading →

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Using an ODT Style Sheet With Org Mode

Posted on 2020-06-22 by jcs

Over at the Emacs Notes blog there’s an interesting tutorial on how to style ODT output when exporting from Org-mode. The tutorial uses the “problem” of producing a manuscript for a novel. That’s a good example because literary publishers like … Continue reading →

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Emacs: The Editor for All Seasons

Posted on 2020-06-21 by jcs

Derek Taylor is a Linux vlogger who was, apparently, undecided between Emacs and Vim. He likes them both, and he and I are in agreement that they are the two editors for serious developers. He’s been using Emacs more lately—although … Continue reading →

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Elfeed for Videos

Posted on 2020-06-20 by jcs

As you all know, I’m a huge fan of Elfeed. It’s made reading my feeds a breeze, works just the way I want it to, and, of course, runs inside Emacs. You probably also know that I’m not a Google … Continue reading →

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Zamansky 73: Ripgrep

Posted on 2020-06-15 by jcs

Mike Zamansky has another great video up in his Using Emacs Series. This time it’s about using ripgrep to do some refactoring of his blog. The problem is that for reasons explained in the video, he upgraded Hugo—his blog software—and … Continue reading →

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Consistent Documents Redux

Posted on 2020-06-13 by jcs

Just a quickie today. Recently, someone tweeted a link to Mike Hamrick’s terrific video on making consistent documents with Emacs and Org-mode. I’ve written about the video before but having rewatched it, I decided that it was worth revisiting. There’s … Continue reading →

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Emacs Comment Functions

Posted on 2020-06-11 by jcs

Bozhidar Batsov over at Emacs Redux has taken some time off from his open source projects such as rubocop, nrepl, cider, prelude, projectile, and many others to write a useful post on the various Emacs commenting commands. It turns out … Continue reading →

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Editor Keystrokes

Posted on 2020-06-09 by jcs

It’s surprising to me that many people still don’t know where some of the keystrokes we use everyday in our editors came from. The most famous example, I suppose, is why Vi(m) uses the j k h l keys for … Continue reading →

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Zettelkastens in 10 Minutes

Posted on 2020-06-08 by jcs

Tomas Vik has a very nice post introducing the Zettelkasten concept. He says that rather than spending hours researching the Zettelkasten idea, you can just read his post and get a good introduction. I especially liked his section on the … Continue reading →

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A Handwriting Font

Posted on 2020-06-06 by jcs

Sacha Chua has perpetrated a truly wonderful hack. She’s built a font based on her handwriting. She’s using it for blog post titles and a few other places on her website, so take a look there to see what it … Continue reading →

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