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Lessons From Using Org as an Init File

Posted on 2016-11-18 by jcs

Over at the Emacs reddit, tiktaaliki asks how he can put his init.el file in Org format. As it turns out, I learned some really useful things from the post. First off, the easy answer to that question is to … Continue reading →

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Setting a Prefix Argument

Posted on 2016-10-19 by jcs

Here’s a nice quickie from Grant Rettke. You probably won’t need this often but when you do, it’s just what you need.

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Org Babel and Applescript

Posted on 2016-09-30 by jcs

Grant Rettke over at Wisdom and Wonder points to an interesting project that integrates Org Babel and Applescript. If you’re a Mac user and sometimes work with Applescript (or even if you want to play around with it) you should … Continue reading →

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Reevaluating Local Variables

Posted on 2016-09-29 by jcs

An odd but very useful feature of Emacs is (file) local variables. This allows you to specify certain Emacs variables either on the first line of a file or at the end in a special Local Variables block. Typical uses … Continue reading →

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Emacs Modifier Keys on OS X

Posted on 2016-06-09 by jcs

Yesterday, I wrote about using a prefix keymap to help deal with the shortage of available key sequences. That’s a good solution for what Xah Lee calls take-a-break commands. For frequently used commands it’s more efficient to use the 【Hyper】 … Continue reading →

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Quoting with Org Mode

Posted on 2016-05-25 by jcs

Grant Rettke, whom Irreal has mentioned from time to time, has a nice screencast on how he adds quotes to an Org document. Like many of us, Rettke takes notes on material he is watching or reading with Org mode. … Continue reading →

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A Hyper Key on Any USB Keyboard

Posted on 2016-04-18 by jcs

Grant Rettke over at Wisdom and Wonder has a useful post on how to get a 【Hyper】 key on any USB keyboard. As Rettke says, the 【Hyper】 key is the last modifier that’s available almost exclusively for users. My Emacs … Continue reading →

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Dotfile Management

Posted on 2016-03-22 by jcs

Haoyang Xu has a really nice idea for managing your dotfiles. The idea is a generalization of using Org mode to configure Emacs, a strategy that many people have written about (here’s a pointer to a video about it). Using … Continue reading →

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Writing a Book in Org Mode

Posted on 2015-09-22 by jcs

Grant Rettke over at Wisdom and Wonder points to an interesting discussion on the Org mailing list about writing a book in Org mode. The thread starts with Vikas Rawal’s announcement of his book, Ending Malnutrition: from commitment to action … Continue reading →

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DevOps for Your Development System

Posted on 2015-09-14 by jcs

I’ve written before about Howard Abrams’ posts on Literate DevOps and his very nice video illustrating the techniques. As I mentioned in the video post, we can all benefit from these ideas in our day-to-day work. Grant Rettke over at … Continue reading →

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