Tag Archives: Emacs

Clearing Out the Eshell Buffer

Posted on 2019-10-23 by jcs

Marcin Borkowski has a really handy tip that explains something that I didn’t know. I’m a big fan of Eshell and usually reach for it first when I need a shell. One long standing problem I’ve had with it is … Continue reading →

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Navigating With Spacemacs

Posted on 2019-10-20 by jcs

Over at the GDQuest YouTube Channel, Nathan Lovato has a very nice video on navigating with Spacemacs. Most of the video discusses the Spacemacs interface to the Avy package for jumping around in your code. I’m not a Spacemacs user … Continue reading →

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Zamansky 59: Markdown

Posted on 2019-10-19 by jcs

Most people recognize that Emacs Org mode is superior to Markdown as a markup language. (Sorry Markdown partisans but it is1.) The problem with Org mode is that as a practical matter it’s restricted to Emacs users. Mostly that doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Emacs and MacOS Catalina

Posted on 2019-10-17 by jcs

Last night I upgraded my MacBook Pro to macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15). I’d been holding off to see if there were reports of problems with Emacs on the new OS. That happened last time with the upgrade to Mojave because … Continue reading →

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Generating Slides and a PDF From the Same Org File

Posted on 2019-10-14 by jcs

Karl Voit has a revealing post in his UOMF series that explains how to generate a slide deck and supporting PDF from the same Org file. That has some obvious benefits, not least that it provides a single source of … Continue reading →

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Just A Reminder…

Posted on 2019-10-13 by jcs

…of why I call Steve Purcell an Open Source hero: Incredible! MELPA has passed 100 million package downloads. Thanks, everyone, for your support since 2012. 😍 pic.twitter.com/GRRtWS6btQ — Steve Purcell 🇪🇺 (@sanityinc) October 9, 2019 As I’ve said before, Purcell … Continue reading →

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Swiper and Multiple Cursors

Posted on 2019-10-11 by jcs

As most of you know, I’m a huge fan of the Swiper/Counsel/Ivy suite and consider it one of my most important packages. I’m sure I use it more than any other package or set of commands. I’m also a fan … Continue reading →

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Emacs Keybindings on MacOS

Posted on 2019-10-05 by jcs

Every three or four years, I run across a tweet or post from someone who’s discovered that the Mac recognizes a few basic Emacs keybindings. Here’s the most recent example. The time before that was about three years ago. It’s … Continue reading →

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Uses This Interview with Chris Wellons

Posted on 2019-10-04 by jcs

Uses This has an interview with Chris Wellons. I’ve written about Wellons many many times and consider him an outstanding engineer. I especially liked his post on Mutable String and Emacs Buffer Passing Style, which explains a method of dealing … Continue reading →

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A Quick Tutorial on Elisp Macros

Posted on 2019-10-03 by jcs

Shane Mulligan has an interesting post in which he gives a short tutorial on Elisp macros. He does that by implementing a macro that accepts a Bash shell command and calls the shell to execute it. That boils down to … Continue reading →

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