Tag Archives: Emacs

Debugging With Org-babel

Posted on 2023-02-27 by jcs

Wade Mealing has an interesting article on using org-babel for the analysis of Linux kernel bugs. Mealing is a Red Hat engineer and involved with tracking down problems in the Linux kernel. He has a more-or-less fixed procedure for doing … Continue reading →

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Emacs Startup Time

Posted on 2023-02-26 by jcs

FreeAd7233 has an interesting reddit post on Emacs startup time. He’s recently moved from Doom Emacs to his own configuration and is amazed at how quickly Emacs loads. It’s less than a third of a second on his local (Apple … Continue reading →

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The Mark Ring

Posted on 2023-02-25 by jcs

Vernon Grant over at Discovering Emacs has an interesting video on using the mark ring. Most Irreal readers already know about the mark ring but its exact operation is a little mysterious. That’s especially true about the global mark ring. … Continue reading →

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Leaving Deft for Vanilla Emacs

Posted on 2023-02-23 by jcs

The title almost doesn’t make sense. After all, if you’re using Deft, you’re ipso facto using Emacs. James Dyer explains it in a way that makes sense. The TL;DR is that although he has been using Deft, he’s decided to … Continue reading →

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Webdriver

Posted on 2023-02-22 by jcs

One of the most useful capabilities I have on my computer is the ability to capture the URL of the current page in my browser. That doesn’t sound too exciting but I use it many times a day when I’m … Continue reading →

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EKG

Posted on 2023-02-21 by jcs

No, not electrocardiogram, Emacs Knowledge Graph. It’s a small project by Andrew Hyatt that is best thought of as light weight Zettelkasten sort of like the popular Emacs applications Org-roam and Denote. Take a look at the GitHub README for … Continue reading →

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The History of Emacs

Posted on 2023-02-18 by jcs

Over at Linux User Space, Leo and Dan have a short video giving a reasonably comprehensive history of Emacs: Would you look at that! Another text editor #history hitting @tilvids today. This time, it’s #Emacs. Oh, you didn’t know #TECO … Continue reading →

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Org Mode For Project Breakdown and Estimation

Posted on 2023-02-17 by jcs

Over at In a stream of Random Thoughts .. there’s an interesting post on using Emacs and Org mode for breaking down and estimating projects. The idea is that each new project is given an Org file that breaks down … Continue reading →

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Is VS Code The Spiritual Successor To Emacs?

Posted on 2023-02-16 by jcs

Vivek Haldar is a Python fan and considers Guido von Rossum “one of the best language designers of our time.” He was surprised, therefore, when von Rossum suggested in a Lex Fridman podcast that VS Code was the spiritual successor … Continue reading →

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Xcape on macOS (Sort Of)

Posted on 2023-02-15 by jcs

Yesterday I wrote about T V Raman’s post explaining how he uses the X Windows xcape command to provide extra keys and better ergonomics for Emacs. Raman has some nice ideas about improving the Emacs keyboard interface but they were, … Continue reading →

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