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I just came across this post from Bozhidar Batsov about describe-symbol. It’s a help command, bound to Ctrl+h o, that combines the results of describe-function and describe-variable. The putative advantage of this (newish) command is that a single key shortcut … Continue reading →

Bozhidar Batsov over at Emacs Redux has a short post on the new(ish) Emacs command line option, init-dir. It does just what it sounds like: it allows you to specify where to find the init.el file and other configuration information. … Continue reading →

It seems like only yesterday that Magnar Sveen introduced his Dash library for working with lists. It provided macros and functions for dealing with lists that weren’t covered by the standard Elisp library. Dash gained immediate traction and became a … Continue reading →

Someone posted a link to an old Bozhidar Batsov post that discusses a nifty little function that automates a simple but annoying manual process. Those of you who use package.el or the use-package macro are probably familiar with the problem. … Continue reading →

Aditya Athalye had declared Emacs configuration bankruptcy and decided to start over emphasizing package management. He decided to build his own configuration as opposed to relying on a starter package: build vs. purchase as he put it. He started by … Continue reading →

I ran across a post by James Dyer, Dired Duplicate Here Revisited, that was interesting and I thought was worth writing about but I wasn’t sure there was enough there for a post. Then I saw this post by Álvaro … Continue reading →

Bozhidar Batsov over at Emacs Redux has a nice post on looking up words in a dictionary with Emacs. The post is about the dictionary.el package that’s built into Emacs as of version 28. Dictionary is a package for talking … Continue reading →

Once you’ve been sucked into the event horizon of your Emacs configuration, you’re always adding new bindings. Sometimes it’s for a homegrown function, sometimes it’s to configure a new package. If you longer needed one of those bindings, it’s trivial … Continue reading →

Here’s a nifty bit of Elisp to make opening a file as root a bit easier: #Emacs Tip of the day: Opening a file as root (screenshot attached). If you `M-x uf/sudo-edit`, it will ask for a filename and open … Continue reading →