Tag Archives: Emacs

Toggling Narrowing

Over at the Emacs subreddit, sebhoagie has a short post that some of you may find useful. Sebhoagie really likes narrowing and uses it all the time. Sometimes, though, the narrowed code refers to code outside the narrowed region and … Continue reading

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A Small Git Improvement For Elisp Files

James Cherti has a quick tip on configuring Git to provide more meaningful diffs for Elisp files. The problem, he says, is that by default Git diffs simply provide a line-by-line difference with no added context such as what functions … Continue reading

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Emacs For Non-Programmers

MarchZealousideal543 over at the Emacs subreddit asks a familiar question: Is it really feasible or even possible for a non-programmer to use Emacs productively? I know I write about this a lot but I find the subject fascinating. MarchZealousideal543 got … Continue reading

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Searching The Web With Emacs

If you’re one of those brave folks who doesn’t mind browsing the Web from within Emacs, I just came across a package that may interest you. It’s emacs-websearch a small utility that lets you specify a term, search for it … Continue reading

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Journelly!

Hooray. Journelly, which I think of as an iOS front end for Emacs’ Org mode, has been officially released. For those of you who have been waiting for an official release to try it out, your time has come. I’ve … Continue reading

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Preventing Minor Modes From Appearing On The Mode Line

The Emacs mode line contains a wealth of information, much of which I depend on daily. Some of that information is what the major mode is and what minor modes are active. Again, that’s often useful information. Still, there are … Continue reading

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Scrim Released

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about Charles Choi’s Scrim beta. Scrim is an app that makes the Org Protocol work in macOS. The problem, as Choi explains is that Org Protocol depends on calling emacsclient to deliver the … Continue reading

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JTR’s Month With Journelly

It’s been about a month since JTR (over at TAONAW) and I started using Journelly. Although it’s still in beta—but approaching its release date—I’ve nevertheless come to rely on it for my memo book. It’s smooth integration with Org mode … Continue reading

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Sorting String In A Line

Charles Choi has posted a tip mostly, he says, as a reminder to his future self. It’s about how to sort strings on a single Emacs line. At first blush that may not seem all that useful but a moment’s … Continue reading

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Keeping Org Files Sorted

Christian Tietze has an informative post that tells us how to keep an Org file sorted. Your first question should be, “What do you mean by sorted?” Your second question should be, “What does ‘keep sorted’ mean?” Tietze answers both … Continue reading

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