Tag Archives: Emacs

Org Mode 9.0.2

Posted on 2016-12-15 by jcs

Another Org update is available. It’s already on Melpa if that’s how use handle upgrades. #emacs #orgmode Org 9.0.2 is out. Enjoy! — Bastien Guerry (@bzg2) December 14, 2016

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Resolving Merge Conflicts with magit-ediff

Posted on 2016-12-14 by jcs

A while back I was whining about never remembering how to resolve a merge conflict and took note of thapakazi’s recommendation to use smerge. In the comments, Irreal regular Phil strongly urged me to get comfortable with ediff and use … Continue reading →

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Another Zotero Workflow

Posted on 2016-12-13 by jcs

The other day, I wrote about Michael Behr’s scientific writing workflow that is centered around Zotero, Emacs, and Org mode. Here’s another example of a Zotero workflow, this time from Nick Judd. Like Behr, Judd collects and manages reference papers … Continue reading →

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Running Multiple Emacs Servers

Posted on 2016-12-12 by jcs

Tycho Garen has an interesting use case. Because he uses a single laptop to work on many projects, he wanted a way to have separate Emacs instances so that his buffers don’t get mixed up between projects. That’s easy enough … Continue reading →

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Extreme Buffers

Posted on 2016-12-11 by jcs

If you tend to obsess over the number of open Emacs buffers, worrying about performance, here’s some good news "Operation finished; killed 543 buffers" There's about 400 left still. #Emacs at 29+ days uptime. Still snappy and responsive. — Gergely … Continue reading →

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List of Emacs Configurations

Posted on 2016-12-10 by jcs

When I first started using Emacs, one of the ways I learned about useful configuration settings and emacs-lisp was to read other people’s emacs configurations. Oddly, I’m still reading them today. When I read an expert’s configuration, I almost always … Continue reading →

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Literate Programming with Babel

Posted on 2016-12-07 by jcs

Angelo Basile has an interesting post on using Babel and Org Mode for literate programming. As he remarks, his setup is particularly useful in an educational environment. It’s a short post but has some useful ideas. If you’d like to … Continue reading →

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Moving a File in Emacs

Posted on 2016-12-06 by jcs

Sometimes you want to move a file you have open in Emacs. More often, perhaps, you simply want to rename the file. Emacs has some functions that do this but none of them are entirely satisfactory. The write-file function comes … Continue reading →

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Scientific Writing with Zotero and Org Mode

Posted on 2016-12-05 by jcs

Michael Behr has an interesting post on his scientific writing workflow. The post isn’t really about how he writes his papers but rather how he organizes and curates his research materials. As you’d expect, he uses an Org file to … Continue reading →

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Zamansky 24: Org Capture (Part 2)

Posted on 2016-12-04 by jcs

Mike Zamansky has another video up in his Using Emacs series. This one is a continuation of his last video on Org Mode capture. Most of the video explains how Zamansky pops up an Org capture buffer even if he’s … Continue reading →

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