Tag Archives: Emacs

List Commits to Dired-Marked Files

Posted on 2019-11-11 by jcs

Via Wilfred Huges we have this useful tip: Uhm. No, I didn’t. https://t.co/eUQesn9ACk — Jonas Bernoulli (@magit_emacs) November 9, 2019 Apparently, it’s not widely known. I just tried it—I’m running dired+—and it worked perfectly. It’s easy to see how the … Continue reading →

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Project and Org Mode

Posted on 2019-11-09 by jcs

Karl Voit has an interesting post in which he explores ways of defining projects in Org-mode. Note that by “project” Voit doesn’t mean the type of object handled by an app such as Projectile, but a set of tasks meant … Continue reading →

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The Horrors of Word

Posted on 2019-11-06 by jcs

From Eric Fraga we have this long and screamingly funny Twitter thread about the horrors of using Word. Why I use #Emacs with #orgmode and #LaTeX:https://t.co/jUwo8EKyT1 The whole thread is absolutely hilarious! — éric 🇪🇺 #FBPE (@ericsfraga) November 5, 2019 … Continue reading →

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Searching Your Personal Data

Posted on 2019-11-04 by jcs

I’m an inveterate data collector and recorder. I keep records of everything to the point that my wife was making fun of me last week when I used my phone to recall a piece of obscure information that I’d stored … Continue reading →

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Emacs Markdown Cheatsheet

Posted on 2019-11-03 by jcs

A couple of weeks ago when writing about Mike Zamansky’s video on Markdown, I noted that Emacs had excellent support for Markdown. The other day I saw this Tweet pointing at a Markdown cheatsheet: One of our favourites: Emacs Markdown-mode … Continue reading →

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Inline Tasks

Posted on 2019-11-02 by jcs

There an interesting thread on Emacs-Orgmode about the state of the art for using Org-mode to take minutes of meetings. That’s a need that many of us have so you may find it worthwhile taking a look at the thread. … Continue reading →

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Emacs “Plugins”

Posted on 2019-10-30 by jcs

I’ve noticed a lot of Reddit posts and tweets recently that refer to Emacs packages1 as “plugins.” Perhaps I’m growing increasingly cantankerous in my old age or maybe I’m just tired and grumpy—waving your cane at those kids on your … Continue reading →

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Organice

Posted on 2019-10-28 by jcs

If you’re an Emacs user who has an iPhone or iPad, I’d be willing to bet that you’ve been yearning for an implementation of Emacs on iOS/iPadOS. I know I have. Sadly, I’ve haven’t seen any movement in that direction. … Continue reading →

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Zamansky 60: Restclient

Posted on 2019-10-26 by jcs

Mike Zamansky is working on a Web app. As with most such apps, it has a front end that provides the UI and gathers requests for the server, and a back end that runs on the server and does the … Continue reading →

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An Update on Emacs and macOS Catalina

Posted on 2019-10-24 by jcs

Just a quick update on my experience with macOS Catalina and Emacs. Last week, I wrote that after not reading about any significant problems with Emacs on Catalina, I upgraded my laptop. I haven’t seen any problems with Emacs as … Continue reading →

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