Tag Archives: Emacs

Duplicating a Line in Emacs

Posted on 2014-10-27 by jcs

I don’t need to duplicate a line often enough to make this worthwhile for me but it’s a nice solution and worth considering if you find yourself duplicating lines a lot. Duplicate a line #emacs (global-set-key "\C-c\C-d" "\C-a\C- \C-e\M-w\C-j\C-y") — … Continue reading →

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Compiling Emacs with eww on OS X

Posted on 2014-10-27 by jcs

I’m old school and like to compile applications myself rather than use something like Homebrew. I have nothing against Homebrew and its brethren, it’s just that compiling things myself helps me stay connected to the development process. Besides, it’s what … Continue reading →

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let with Lexical and Dynamic Scope

Posted on 2014-10-24 by jcs

Artur Malabarba points to this excellent Stack Exchange entry on the speed of let with lexical versus dynamic scope. Malabarba asks why let is faster with lexical scope than it is with dynamic scope. lunaryorn provides an excellent and detailed … Continue reading →

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Lots of New

Posted on 2014-10-23 by jcs

Here at the International Irreal Headquarters there are lots of new things to explore and play with. First, there is OS X Yosemite, the new Apple OS. I’ve been playing with it for a few days and like it so … Continue reading →

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Happy Anniversary to Mickey

Posted on 2014-10-22 by jcs

It’s Mastering Emacs’ fourth anniversary and Mickey has refreshed the site. Drop in and take a look if you haven’t been there lately. Mastering #Emacs is celebrating its fourth anniversary. http://t.co/VQwKnX6pr1 — Mickey Petersen (@mickeynp) October 20, 2014

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Inhibiting Dired Details in Emacs 24.4

Posted on 2014-10-22 by jcs

Who ever thought having Dired hide details by default was a good idea? I know some people like having fewer details but I don’t get it. Why wouldn’t you want as much information about the files as possible? Maybe I’m … Continue reading →

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Emacs 24.4 is Released

Posted on 2014-10-21 by jcs

Emacs 24.4 is finally with us. You can go to the GNU Emacs site to get a copy. When I downloaded it, the mirrors had not yet been updated so I just went to the primary FTP server to get … Continue reading →

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Stallman on the History of Emacs and GNU

Posted on 2014-10-20 by jcs

Here’s an interesting video from 2002 of Richard Stallman talking about the history of Emacs and the GNU project. As far as I can tell, this is the talk whose transcript I wrote about 3 years ago. It’s about 40 … Continue reading →

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Casting Spels in Emacs Lisp

Posted on 2014-10-19 by jcs

Conrad Barski (with Jim Webb) has released an Elisp version of his entertaining introduction to Lisp. Perfect for the N00b but even experts may find it delightful.

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Emacs 24.4 RC1

Posted on 2014-10-18 by jcs

As promised, Emacs 24.4 RC1 was released on Friday. If all goes well, we’ll have the official release of 24.4 on Monday. There’s a lot of great improvements in the new release so, like most Emacers, I can hardly wait … Continue reading →

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