Tag Archives: Emacs

Annnnd we’re back. Occasionally a package update is broken and aborts the Emacs boot process. Normally I just disable the offending package for a day and keep on trucking. However, when use-package breaks, you’re pretty much restricted to an Emacs … Continue reading →

Good news from Eli Zaretskii: Emacs 26 is almost ready. In the last paragraph of this message on the Emacs Development list, Zaretskii says, Emacs 26 is nearing its release; the stream of serious bugs (or any bugs, actually) seems … Continue reading →

Abo-abo has released Ivy 0.10.0. It’s the result of 8 months work and has several new features. One that I like, is that you can force acceptance of your input when you’re on the first candidate by scrolling up to … Continue reading →

Some people will go to any lengths to do all their work in Emacs. I can sympathize. How I spreadsheeted this evening: export as csv->open with emacs->org-table-convert-region->happily edit using isearch-replace, macros, etc.->org-table-export back to csv->import into spreadsheet. #emacs — Bryan … Continue reading →

I just had one of those “Well Duh! Of course” moments. It came to me with this Emacs Command of the Day tweet: M-x read-only-mode, bound to C-x C-q. Avoid accidentally modifying a buffer with this handy minor mode! — … Continue reading →

In my post the other day on Mike Zamansky’s Dired video, I meant to mention one of the packages he talked about but I forgot. That package is pcre2el, a package to, among other things, convert Perl compatible regular expressions … Continue reading →

If you’ve been wanting to get a copy of Mickey Petersen’s excellent Mastering Emacs, here’s your chance: You don't need a new TV – what you DO need is my book on Mastering #Emacs. It's just $20 for the next … Continue reading →

Mike Zamansky has his latest video up. This time it’s about Dired. Dired is one of the great features of Emacs but many users are only dimly aware of it and don’t make full use of its capabilities. Zamansky’s video … Continue reading →

A couple of years ago, I wrote about Josh Stella’s use of Emacs by a CEO. I’m always interested in how non-technical people use Emacs so I took note when Stella’s piece popped up again. I reread his post and … Continue reading →