Tag Archives: Org-mode

Chris Maiorana has a very nice video up on how he configured Org mode to export to standard manuscript format. The standard manuscript format is the format that’s used—or at least used to be used—for submitting manuscripts for novels and … Continue reading →

There’s a disadvantaged group of people in our industry that use Markdown to prepare their text for output to, say, PDF or HTML. I call these folks disadvantaged because Markdown, although fine for preparing simple documents for publication, has some … Continue reading →

Like many people, Simon Pugnet likes to keep a record of his exercising. His regime includes several types of exercise such as running, sit-ups, and pushups. Also like many of us, he maintains a daily journal so, of course, it … Continue reading →

Chris Mariana has an interesting video on how to prevent losing files when writing in Org mode. It’s a useful post but not really enough to write about. The TL;DR is that it explains how to locate files that were … Continue reading →

I recently came across this post by Chung-hong Chan on academic writing in Emacs that really annoyed me. It’s not anything that Chan said that put my back up but rather a common supposition that he mentioned that I and … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I wrote about Org-9.6 failing to load after my weekly update. I’m happy to report that due to the advice of the excellent Irreal readers Fran Burstall and Mike S, I have resolved the problem. The problem turns out … Continue reading →

My usual routine is to update my Emacs packages on Sunday. After my last update, I restarted Emacs and Org wouldn’t load, complaining that org-assert-version was an invalid function. After a bit of messing around, I uninstalled Org-9.6 from my … Continue reading →

Kiran Gopinathan has built an interesting little app to view Org files in the browser. If you’re like me and want to stay in Emacs as much as possible, you may be wondering anyone would build such a thing. Gopinathan … Continue reading →

Eli Zaretskii just announced that he’s cut the Emacs-29 release branch. Emacs 29.1 is still some time away; Zaretskii says that’s he’s hoping to have the first pretest in a couple of months. Still, it’s great to see progress being … Continue reading →

Everybody hates slide decks. Jeff Bezos even famously banned them from Amazon. Still, most of us who are called upon to give a presentation will make slides the center of that presentation. There are, of course, dedicated programs like PowerPoint, … Continue reading →