Tag Archives: RMF

Red Meat Friday: Once More Unto The Breach

Posted on 2023-07-14 by jcs

You can talk about your Vi versus Emacs, spaces versus tabs, or any of the other religious wars that infect tech but none are so widespread as the proper number of spaces at the end of a sentence. I’ve seen … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Dark R Sessions in ESS

Posted on 2023-06-30 by jcs

lf_araujo has a question: How to fix too dark R session colors in ESS (right pane)? by u/lf_araujo in emacs You know what the Minions would say.

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Red Meat Friday: XEmacs 21.5.35 Released

Posted on 2023-06-23 by jcs

Who knew? It turns out the XEmacs is still a thing. Although until now there’s been no releases since 2013, they have a new Beta release. It’s reasonable to take the position of “Who cares?” but I think it’s always … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: A Conversation With An Emacs User

Posted on 2023-06-16 by jcs

A conversation with a typical Emacs user: Interview with an Emacs Enthusiast in 2033 [Colorized] by u/miversen33 in emacs What makes this so funny is that every outrageous statement the protagonist makes is something that we’d agree with. Sort of. … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Latex vs. Word

Posted on 2023-05-26 by jcs

The minions hate Word even more than they hate dark themes so they insisted I run with this: when a mathematician says they prefer writing with word over latex pic.twitter.com/YJTVoln0iJ — Anthony Bonato (@Anthony_Bonato) May 19, 2023 Like last week’s … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: The Law of Unintended Consequences

Posted on 2023-05-19 by jcs

When I added this item to my blog queue, I marked it as a Red Meat Friday post but now that I’m actually writing it, I’m having second thoughts. That’s because there’s nothing really controversial here. Everyone agrees—or should agree—with … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Gray on Gray

Posted on 2023-04-28 by jcs

Over at the Emacs subreddit, Lalelul wants to know How can I fix hard to read (gray text on gray background) dialog boxe? As soon as I saw it, I deleted the browser tab but I was too late. The … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Throw Away That Soap

Posted on 2023-04-21 by jcs

Another skirmish in the Vi(m) vs. Emacs wars. What do you do when you discover that your girlfriend uses Vim kitchen soap? If you’re an Emacser, the answer is clear: you tell her you have to throw it away. That’s … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Neovim and Astro

Posted on 2023-03-31 by jcs

Regular readers know that I was a Vi/Vim user for many years before I switched to Emacs. I liked Vim and was happy with it but when I started writing in Lisp dialects, trying Emacs seemed liked a worthwhile experiment. … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: What Are They Expecting?

Posted on 2023-03-17 by jcs

This probably isn’t really a Red Meat Friday item—unless you’re a dentist—but it is, nevertheless, pretty funny and perfectly captures a common but annoying occurrence at the dentist’s office: any word yet on what a dentist is expecting when he … Continue reading →

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