Tag Archives: Emacs

It’s been a while since we’ve had a EmacsGolf challenge but I just ran across this post from Cameron Saul with the perfect problem for us. Here’s the problem: Saul is writing some Java code that looks like this TextView … Continue reading →

James Bennett over at The B-List has an interesting post on editors and why, no matter what you finally decide, you should learn either Vi(m) or Emacs. He begins by noting that every couple of years there is a wave … Continue reading →

I learned something new from Magnar Sveen’s excellent Emacs Rocks! episode on Paredit: the paredit-convolute-sexp command (bound to【Meta+?】). It’s hard to describe exactly what it does so check out the video to see it in action. The thing is, I … Continue reading →

Irreal readers who follow the comments will be familiar with Fuco, one of our best EmacsGolf/VimGolf in Emacs solvers. In addition to making me feel inadequate about my Emacs Fu, Fuco is also the author of smartparens. You can think … Continue reading →

Bozhidar Batsov is blogging up a storm on his new Emacs Redux blog. The other day, he mentioned a couple of useful modes that, since Emacs 24.1, are built in. The first is electric-pair-mode. It provides the automatic pairing of … Continue reading →

Xah Lee has a nice post that shows how to open files in an external app or on the desktop from Emacs. When opening files in an external application, the current visited file will be opened unless you’re in a … Continue reading →

Daniel Szmulewicz has an interesting post up on his blog about managing Emacs packages when you have multiple machines that you want to keep configured identically. He went through the usual cycle of solutions: First, he managed it by simply … Continue reading →

Xah Lee has updated the look of his Emacs Tutorial pages. He’s organized the material into functional categories that make it a bit easier to find a specific page. Go on over and give it a look.

Bozhidar Batsov has started a new blog, Emacs Redux, that is dedicated to tips and techniques to make the Emacs experience more productive and enjoyable. So far, I like what I see. One of the tips from the first day … Continue reading →

The tireless Sacha Chua is on a roll with another video chat about Emacs. This time it’s with Carsten Dominik, the creator of the essential Org mode. Org mode has become so important that many newcomers are taking up Emacs … Continue reading →