Tag Archives: Emacs

The Past Comes Around Again

Posted on 2018-08-16 by jcs

Many (many) years ago in the age of MS-DOS when Unix on the PC was still a dream, there was an editor called Brief. It was far and away the best editor available for DOS. It was fast, had multiple … Continue reading →

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Emacs Podcast #3

Posted on 2018-08-15 by jcs

Rakhim Davletkaliyev is back with another Emacs podcast. As I said in my first post about his podcasts, using a podcast to discuss Emacs may seem odd but it actually works pretty well. Davletkaliyev starts by telling us what’s changed … Continue reading →

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Use The Profiler!

Posted on 2018-08-13 by jcs

For the last year, Matus Goljer (fuco1) has been working on a static analyzer for Elisp. Although still in its early stages, the project is promising and I’ve been following it with interest. Goljer has made good progress and can … Continue reading →

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Emacs for the CEO, Part 2

Posted on 2018-08-12 by jcs

Almost three years ago, I wrote about Josh Stella, a former programmer who had become the CEO of his company. Stella found that he really hated all the context switching required as he moved from application to application. So he … Continue reading →

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Emacs Podcast

Posted on 2018-08-11 by jcs

Rakhim Davletkaliyev is a new Emacs user who has decided to document his journey into the world of Emacs with a series of podcasts. Using a podcast for this might seem like an odd choice given that the subject matter … Continue reading →

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Another Emacs/Vim Survey

Posted on 2018-08-09 by jcs

If you care about this sort of thing, there’s (yet another) survey on whether folks prefer Emacs, Vim, or something else. I wouldn’t bother linking if it were just another “what do you prefer” quickie but the poll asks additional … Continue reading →

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Keyboard Macros: A Reason to Use Emacs

Posted on 2018-08-08 by jcs

Bill over at ATMakers has a short video on Why I Use Emacs. He’s a long term user and the reasons are many, he says, but the video is just one example showing how Emacs can make repetitive tasks easier. … Continue reading →

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Using Emacs at School

Posted on 2018-08-06 by jcs

Over at the Emacs reddit, shackra asks if people use or used Emacs at school. By “school” he appears to mean “at college or university” so this isn’t about whether we should teach 8th graders to use Emacs. So far, … Continue reading →

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A GTD Workflow with Emacs and Org Mode

Posted on 2018-08-03 by jcs

I’ve never bought in to the GTD (Getting Things Done) movement although my own system of scheduling, tracking, and recording tasks probably has a lot in common with the methodology. One often sees the claim that Org mode makes an … Continue reading →

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Eshell Aliases

Posted on 2018-08-01 by jcs

I try to use Eshell for all my shell work. I’m not 100% successful but I mostly am so Eshell is an important part of my workflow. One of the things that makes using Eshell easier is aliases, just as … Continue reading →

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