Tag Archives: Emacs

Project Planning with Org Mode

Posted on 2015-07-28 by jcs

Charles Cave has a useful tutorial on how he uses Org mode to implement David Allen’s Natural Planning Model. Org mode is a natural way of performing the model’s five steps and Cave walks us through how that can be … Continue reading →

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Inputting TeX Characters

Posted on 2015-07-27 by jcs

Ben Maughan has an excellent tip on entering non-standard characters in an Emacs buffer. Mickey had the same tip but it was hidden in a longer article. The idea is that you switch into TeX input mode and then use … Continue reading →

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Org Mode: The Gateway Drug

Posted on 2015-07-26 by jcs

Currently reading: https://t.co/uYuBvU8kml. Actually a little sad, thinking I might be missing out on using emacs just for orgmode. — Markus Barthlen (@MarkusBarthlen) May 31, 2015

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Function Navigation

Posted on 2015-07-24 by jcs

Here’s a handy tip from Wilfred Hughes for navigation around functions: Emacs shortcuts of the day: C-M-a moves to beginning of a function, C-M-e to the end, and C-M-h selects it. — Wilfred Hughes (@_wilfredh) June 18, 2015

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Mickey on Magit 2.x

Posted on 2015-07-24 by jcs

Back before the latest big upgrade, Mickey wrote a wonderful article on Magit that I covered here. Now Mickey is back with What is new in Magit 2.x. He covers the subject in more depth than Nathan Willis’ short summary … Continue reading →

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Tip: Balance Your Windows

Posted on 2015-07-23 by jcs

Samuel Tonini has a handy tip for those occasions when you find yourself with lots of Emacs windows of different sizes. My Emacs tip for today: If you getting lost in a lot of different window splits of any size, … Continue reading →

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Org Mode Cookbook

Posted on 2015-07-22 by jcs

I’ve written about this before but it bears repeating If you use #emacs or #orgmode and you write techincal documents check out: http://t.co/gcw0KMWRXy — David Bjergaard (@dbjergaard) June 10, 2015

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Org Returns

Posted on 2015-07-22 by jcs

Org mode can be a sort of odd beast when you’re editing in one of its buffers. That’s because even though it’s plain text it’s also providing a way of structuring text. Grant Rettke takes note of this fact and … Continue reading →

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Emacs Redux on Avy

Posted on 2015-07-21 by jcs

I’ve been a fan of ace-jump-mode ever since I saw Magnar Sveen’s outstanding video on jumping around. Development on the package has gone dormant but abo-abo came to the rescue with avy. I’ve written about avy previously and agree with … Continue reading →

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Emacs Zen

Posted on 2015-07-20 by jcs

Bryan Roberts over at Soul Physics has an interesting Githup repository, called Emacs Zen, that shows how to set up Emacs on OS X as a LaTeX/Markdown/HTML/CSS/JavaScript system. If you want an Emacs installation geared for writing, his repository has … Continue reading →

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