Tag Archives: Emacs

Keeping the Minibuffer Cursor Out of the Prompt

Posted on 2015-04-01 by jcs

Have you ever been annoyed when editing in the minibuffer and you accidently move the cursor into the prompt? If so, here’s a tip from Xah Lee on how to avoid it.

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News From the Emacs vs. Vim Front

Posted on 2015-03-31 by jcs

Via reddit: an oddly satisfying exchange.

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Org Capture Video

Posted on 2015-03-31 by jcs

Jonathan Magen recently gave a talk to the New York Emacs Meetup group on using Org capture. His setup is a little different from mine so it was interesting to see how he did things. If you’re an Emacs user … Continue reading →

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Hunting for Bugs in init.el

Posted on 2015-03-30 by jcs

If you’re an Emacs user and have a non-trivial .emacs or init.el you have almost certainly run into the situation where you make a change or upgrade a package or Emacs and things stop working. I see questions about how … Continue reading →

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Killing dired Buffers

Posted on 2015-03-29 by jcs

Here’s a nice tip on how to get rid of a dired buffer by killing it rather than burying it. I really like that C-u q in dired kills the whole buffer. #emacs — Marco Wahl (@marcowahlsoft) February 17, 2015

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How to Install an Info File

Posted on 2015-03-27 by jcs

I just wrote about implementing abo-abo’s solution for having multiple Info buffers and in particular his using the gcl Info file as a substitute for the Common Lisp HyperSpec. I really wanted to try that out so I downloaded the … Continue reading →

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A Hydra for Info

Posted on 2015-03-26 by jcs

A few months ago, I wrote about mbork’s method for having multiple Info buffers. It was a nice solution but required learning a new key sequence for every Info buffer you wanted a quick link to. Abo-abo liked the method … Continue reading →

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Using Org Mode for Writing Specifications

Posted on 2015-03-23 by jcs

Irreal regulars know that I use Org mode for almost all my writing. There are these blog posts, of course, written with Org mode and published with org2blog but also reports, letters, and pretty much everything else. Org mode is … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Reason…

Posted on 2015-03-20 by jcs

… I’ve got to learn calc: Emacs Calc has probability distribution functions (ltp, utp), but alas no inverses. https://t.co/eiIArll7pL Still, pretty impressive. #emacs — Barton Yadlowski (@bmorphism) February 28, 2015 I keep finding more reasons I should spend some time on … Continue reading →

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Tips on Everyday Emacs Use

Posted on 2015-03-19 by jcs

Daniel Ehrman has a nice post on 11 tips for solving everyday editing problems with Emacs. The list is a must-read for Emacs n00bs but even experienced Emacsers might benefit by being reminded of a few of the tips. I … Continue reading →

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