Tag Archives: Emacs

As I’ve written many times, one of my most used and useful packages is abo-abo’s Ivy/Counsel/Swiper suite. Happily, he is always tweaking it, making it better with each iteration. He latest tweak rethinks the reverse i-search command (Ctrl+r) used in … Continue reading →

I was a bit put off by this tweet: I know that cool kids don’t use #emacs, but I love it. And also even if the last guide isn’t that complete, it still a fast starting point for those who … Continue reading →

Seven or eight years ago when Tim Visher was still producing his VimGolf in Emacs videos, one of his favorite tricks was using the full power of Emacs keyboard macros. Most Emacs users know about keyboard macros and can manage … Continue reading →

Marcin Borkowski (mbork) has an interesting post on Emacs keyboard macros in the wild. He had a seemingly conventional repetitive editing task that he wanted to accomplish via Emacs keyboard macros but a few problems came up. It’s a nice … Continue reading →

Extremeaxe5 has a question: Hardcore emacs users, what rules do you use to separate what you do from within emacs / what you do outside of e https://t.co/TwgxVlW89k #Emacs — Emacs BOT (@emacsbot) July 2, 2019 For me the answer … Continue reading →

If you’ve been paying attention to the Emacs scene, you may have heard about Polymode, a package that lets you have two or more active major modes associated with a buffer. The first question to occur to many is, “Why … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I wrote about abo-abo’s recent enhancements to the Ivy UI. After I wrote that post, I saw this tweet: Yesterday I moved from my Ido & smex based workflow to ivy, sniper, and counsel. Transitioning was mostly smooth, and … Continue reading →

Abo-abo posts that he has made some usability enhancements in Ivy directory handling. If you’re like me, Ivy is a fundamental part of your workflow. As abo-abo says, the original idea was simple: provide a list of strings and a … Continue reading →