2009-09-20 Save trees (en)
Recently, I have discovered a very nice LaTeX package with a funny name: {{{savetrees}}}, by Scott Pakin. . . . your TeX as soon as possible! CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX, KategoriaLaTeX, . . .
1K - last updated 2009-09-20 12:50 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2009-11-19 The 3dplot package (en)
It's been quite a lot of time since I've written anything here; I hope that I will be able to put things . . . kudos to Jeff Hein for this one! CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX, KategoriaLaTeX . . .
2K - last updated 2009-11-19 23:26 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2010-01-15 Customizing end-of-proof marks (en)
I was recently asked by a friend to help him with customizing end-of-proof marks. Say that we are writing . . . {{{ntheorem}}} is better. CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX, KategoriaLaTeX . . .
3K - last updated 2010-01-15 18:34 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2010-01-21 tikz-3dplot revisited (en)
Some time ago [[2009-11-19 The 3dplot package (en)|I wrote about a very nice 3dplot package]]. A few . . . software development like this! CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX, KategoriaLaTeX . . .
1K - last updated 2010-01-21 08:44 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2011-02-24 Wavy lines as delimiters (en)
Well, it's been a while since I posted here; but today, I've got another real-life problem solution. . . . ones that don't have the above disadvantages! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, KategoriaTeX, . . .
3K - last updated 2011-02-25 11:11 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2011-07-01 The latexdiff script (en)
It is quite often the case that when working on some document, one has two versions of the same file . . . need to read it all to use {{{latexdiff}}}. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, KategoriaTeX, . . .
2K - last updated 2011-07-01 12:45 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2011-07-08 New version of the enumitem package (en)
Just about a week ago, Javier Bezos uploaded a new, third version of his celebrated [[http://ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/enumitem|enumitem]] . . . a move in the right direction. Very good job! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, KategoriaTeX, . . .
2K - last updated 2011-07-08 12:56 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2011-07-15 LM Math - breaking news (en)
Just a few hours ago I received a [[http://www.gust.org.pl/gustnews/news-lm-math-en?set_language=en|thrilling . . . MkIV and luatex - that bodes really well! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, KategoriaTeX, . . .
2K - last updated 2011-07-14 22:21 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2011-07-22 The snapshot and bundledoc packages (en)
//Situation A//: you work on a LaTeX document with a friend, and suddenly your pdf and his pdf---made . . . package]] and lots of other stuff). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, KategoriaTeX, . . .
2K - last updated 2011-07-22 19:37 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2011-07-29 Enforcing proper usage of LaTeX2e constructs (en)
Today I wanted to write something about automatic extraction of page ranges from a pdf file, but this . . . {{{onlyamsmath}}} is covered by {{{nag}}}, too. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, KategoriaTeX, . . .
2K - last updated 2011-07-29 21:07 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2011-08-05 Semi-automatic selection of pages in a pdf (en)
As I mentioned in [[2011-07-29 Enforcing proper usage of LaTeX2e constructs (en)|my previous post]], . . . parsing {{{\jobname}}} might be worth sharing. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, KategoriaTeX, . . .
4K - last updated 2011-08-05 21:23 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2011-09-07 How not to typeset formulae (en)
I'm at a maths conference now, and thus I am exposed to numerous slides (usually done in whatever-TeX---{{{beamer}}} . . . mistake and that is why I decided to share it.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, KategoriaTeX . . .
2K - last updated 2011-09-09 06:41 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2011-11-25 First three words macro (en)
Today, I read [[http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/35997/n-first-words-command-for-citation-style|a . . . {} two three} }}}won't work!) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, KategoriaTeX . . .
3K - last updated 2011-11-24 23:28 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2012-06-22 Hyphenation checking in LuaTeX (en)
And again it's been a while since I posted anything here; and today's post is kind of a reminder for . . . to the evergrowing repertoire of LaTeX tools. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, KategoriaTeX . . .
2K - last updated 2012-06-22 00:05 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2012-07-06 My 2 cents in the geek-nerd-dork discussion (en)
If someone calls you a //geek//, you thank him for the compliment. If someone calls you a //dork//, you . . . the term before deciding which of these to do. CategoryEnglish, KategoriaHumor . . .
1K - last updated 2012-07-06 07:06 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2013-05-10 M-x hello-world (en)
So, having [[2009-04-12_Content_AND_Presentation_(en)|blogged]] (a bit irregularly, I have to admit) . . . that this one is the zeroth;)) post about Emacs. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2013-05-10 08:56 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2013-05-18 A presentation on LaTeX editing (en)
I am proud to be the supervisor of a so-called students' TeX scientific circle. It is a revival of a . . . LaTeX editing.pdf|the slides]] -- and the theme! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX . . .
2K - last updated 2015-08-29 22:01 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2013-05-25 Clocking in from anywhere (en)
OK, I'll admit it. I'm an Org-mode fan. (Is there any serious Emacs user nowadays who isn't one - or . . . globally is much better idea. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2013-05-25 20:03 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2013-06-02 Making TAB jump out of the group (en)
I like Yasnippet. I like especially how you can say {{{\frac{$1}{$2}$0}}} in a snippet file, and then . . . should have used {{{defadvice}}} instead. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2013-06-02 14:50 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2013-08-26 docTeX mode and YASnippet (en)
Well, I had a long hiatus in posting here - both real life and then vacation contributed to it. But I'm . . . {{{C-M-x}}}-ing it and reloading my docTeX file. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX . . .
1K - last updated 2013-08-26 06:10 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2013-09-01 end-of-visual-line-p (en)
Am I the only one to hit {{{C-t}}} at the end of line in {{{visual-line-mode}}} and to get a nasty surprise? . . . and its implicit {{{progn}}}. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2013-09-01 22:02 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2013-09-18 Selective replacement in LaTeX documents (en)
A few days ago, I was working on a LaTeX file written by a someone. The person who typed it in didn't . . . like me. It's so good to be an Emacs user. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX, . . .
3K - last updated 2013-09-19 09:10 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2013-09-19 That's no moon (en)
Even though I'm not a huge fan of Star Wars (the philosophy of this film is soooo wrong...), I just could . . . not resist. [[image:that's no moon]] CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryHumor . . .
1K - last updated 2013-09-19 09:03 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2013-09-23 Automatic insertion of habit templates (en)
I have reconciled myself to the fact that more and more of my life is being assimilated by Emacs' Org-mode;). . . . mark after {{{TODO}}}, which introduced a bug. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2013-09-27 07:39 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2013-10-06 Links to directories in Org-mode files
I was wondering whether Org-mode can store links to /directories/, in such a way that {{{C-c C-o}}}'ing . . . and it Just Worked™. Obviously. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
1K - last updated 2013-10-06 20:23 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2013-10-09 Better keymap for org-tree-slide
Recently, I tried out [[https://github.com/takaxp/org-tree-slide|org-tree-slide]] mode for presentations . . . time I've seen a presentation done in Emacs." :) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
4K - last updated 2013-10-16 18:26 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2013-10-13 Changing the default prompting method for YASnippet
I was quite angry at [[https://github.com/capitaomorte/yasnippet|YASnippet]]'s default {{{yas-x-prompt}}} . . . X-like menu. Long live the minibuffer! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2013-10-13 18:37 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2013-10-27 Easy starting Calc on a netbook
This is fairly trivial, but useful nonetheless. Typing {{{C-x *}}} (which executes the {{{calc-dispatch}}} . . . the same command for most keys is interesting. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2013-10-27 00:40 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2013-10-29 The show2e package
I can't (unfortunately) remember where, but somewhere on [[http://tex.stackexchange.com|TeX.StackExchange]] . . . to Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard for this package. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
1K - last updated 2013-10-29 14:57 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2013-12-14 Searching for strings in math mode only
Sometimes I wish AUCTeX had a function similar to {{{search-forward}}}, but looking only at math mode . . . are left as easy exercises for the reader;).) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX . . .
2K - last updated 2013-12-14 19:29 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-01-24 Finding a keybinding for magit-status
In his excellent [[http://www.masteringemacs.org/articles/2013/12/06/introduction-magit-emacs-mode-git/|introduction . . . I'll try different things, and time will tell. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2014-01-24 08:58 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-04-04 Fast buffer switching and friends
It's been a while since I posted here -- not because I have nothing to write about (after all, the world . . . list; and the strongest one just kills it;). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2014-08-16 21:13 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-04-20 Victory
Best wishes of eternal life with our King for everyone!!! //Rejoice, let Mother Church also rejoice, . . . prophets.// (Melito of Sardis) CategoryFaith, CategoryEnglish . . .
2K - last updated 2014-04-20 07:23 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-06-10 I don't put sugar
While learning Italian on Duolingo, I had to translate "Io non metto zucchero nel mio caffè." ([https://translate.google.pl/#auto/en/Io%20non%20metto%20zucchero%20nel%20mio%20caff%C3%A8.|Google . . . that – as a Lisp learner – I like it better... CategoryEnglish, CategoryHumor . . .
1K - last updated 2014-06-10 07:02 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-07-25 What is Emacs, really
This might be old news for more seasoned Emacs users, but as I have been using it for only a bit more . . . will find this post useful. CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2014-07-25 10:38 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-08-02 Converting zeros to hyphens
One of the things I'm a bit ashamed of is that I've never learned to touchtype. (I will, someday. Surely. . . . get kicked out of my {{{.emacs}}} someday. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2014-08-02 20:50 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-08-08 A problem with a command with an optional star
TL;DR: I wanted to be smart, and it backfired. I'm currently writing a (longish) document on mathematics. . . . to {{{B_{\dH} }}}syntax, though. CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
3K - last updated 2014-08-08 10:13 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-08-16 Catastrophic, lamentable idiosyncrasy
Some time ago, I submitted a paper to a mathematical journal. I downloaded the {{{Instruction4authors.pdf}}}, . . . and "idiosyncrasy". How appropriate. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryLaTeX . . .
3K - last updated 2014-08-16 20:29 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-08-18 find-function-view-mode
Tired of doing {{{C-h f}}}, then typing the function name //and// then {{{C-x C-o TAB RET}}} to go to . . . just to //look// at them, not //edit// them. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2014-08-18 15:43 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-08-31 A simple, command-line-driven password store
I am currently in the process of moving my email workflow to a [[http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CategoryMail|saner]] . . . is that Kee{{{}}}Pass has a nice Android client. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2014-08-30 22:35 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-09-01 Quick opening of the init file
Since I'm continuously tweaking my Emacs configuration, I found myself repeatedly opening my init file, . . . and unfold sections of my init file. Finally! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2014-09-01 19:23 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-09-13 TeX input method
Some time ago, someone on the Emacs mailing list [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2014-09/msg00034.html|asked]] . . . {{{\aleph_0}}} (ℵ₀) or {{{\pi r^2}}} (π r²).) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX . . .
2K - last updated 2014-09-13 20:18 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-09-20 Smart ties in Emacs
As all TeX users know, in all flavors of TeX you use the tilde ({{{~}}}), called a "tie" in /The TeXbook/, . . . reading that answer is probably a good idea.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2014-09-20 11:08 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-09-27 show-paren-mode
For today, I only have a short tip. Sorry;-). I guess many Emacs users know about {{{show-paren-mode}}}, . . . so this turns it on basically everywhere.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX . . .
2K - last updated 2014-09-27 21:19 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-10-04 View mode in read-only Emacs buffers
An annoying thing is that if you press e.g. a letter key in a read-only buffer, you just get a message . . . or if you just press {{{C-x C-q}}}. How handy. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2014-10-04 22:58 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-10-10 Pretty printing Emacs Lisp code
Typing (E)lisp code in Emacs is great – the editor takes care of proper indentation etc. Sometimes, however, . . . there is no limit, so you get //everything//. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2014-10-10 07:04 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-10-18 Version Control Systems
It is very often the case that one works on a certain document (it might be a scientific paper, it might . . . In all other cases, you probably //do// need it. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryEmacs . . .
5K - last updated 2014-10-19 00:23 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-10-25 Announcement – org-one-to-many
A few days ago I announced this on the Org-mode mailing list, and let me repeat it here. I started a . . . be it bug reports, feature requests or anything. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
1K - last updated 2014-10-25 16:53 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-10-28 Single vs double spaces
Now don't get me wrong: I have nothing personal against those strange people who end their sentences . . . but hey, I only had 15 minutes for that!) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryHumor . . .
2K - last updated 2014-10-28 20:54 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-11-08 I messed up - Emacs to the rescue
I guess everyone did it at some point: you press /something/ accidentally, and /something/ happens, and . . . says on the tin, and might come handy some day. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2014-11-08 23:34 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-11-15 LaTeX-narrow-to-environment
Hitting {{{C-x n C-h}}} gives a short overview of what narrowing commands are there available in Emacs. . . . up the syntax tree it should go. Happy TeXing! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX . . .
2K - last updated 2014-11-15 05:21 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-11-22 From Ido to Icicle – first steps
I had this in my {{{init.el}}}: {{{ (setq ido-create-new-buffer 'always) (ido-mode 1) (ido-everywhere . . . on Icicles to build new habits. Stay tuned! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryIcicles . . .
2K - last updated 2014-11-22 12:01 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-11-29 async-shell-command and friends
I have quite a busy time lately due to some deadlines, so today there's only a short tip. I used to use . . . it for today, folks. Next week I'll write more. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryLaTeX . . .
1K - last updated 2014-11-29 21:24 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-06 Announcement – Org-edu-HTML
//This is more or less a copy of a [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2014-11/msg00494.html|message]] . . . since many Org users come from academia). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode, . . .
4K - last updated 2014-12-06 15:43 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-13 Escaping madness
I was writing a part of my [http://mbork.pl/2014-12-06_Announcement_%E2%80%93_Org-edu-HTML|Org-edu-HTML] . . . in JS strings have to escaped). Whew. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
2K - last updated 2014-12-13 10:42 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-20 Grepping from within Emacs
It is a well-known fact that a hacker's life without {{{grep(1)}}} would be rather terrible. It is //extremely// . . . files from within Emacs. Happy grepping! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2014-12-20 15:16 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-27 Info dispatch
There has been some talk about ditching (tex)info in favor of some new shiny thingy called Asciidoc. . . . of that manual, which is not really that useful. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
3K - last updated 2014-12-27 10:45 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-01-03 New Emacs
"Breaking" news;-): long after everybody else, I decided to upgrade my Emacs. I started by cloning the . . . (finally!), {{{eww}}} and much more. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2015-01-04 02:03 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-01-10 A few random Emacs tips
I've quite busy recently, so instead of a full-blown post I'll share just a few random Emacs tips. Hopefully . . . manual. You //did// read them, didn't you;-)? CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2015-01-10 23:00 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-01-17 A quick-and-dirty hack with a dollar sign
I sometimes yank some fragments of text into my LaTeX files. This creates some problems, which can be . . . which can be implemented in just a few minutes. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2015-01-17 23:30 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-01-21 Tree Edit Distance
Today I attended a //very// interesting lecture on so-called [[http://www.inf.unibz.it/dis/projects/tree-edit-distance/|tree . . . is being done. We live in an interesting world! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryLaTeX, CategoryEmacs . . .
5K - last updated 2015-01-21 21:32 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-01-31 The Return of the King
I watched fragments of Peter Jackson’s //The Return of the King// yesterday. I almost forgot how good . . . character of the whole epic: Samwise Gamgee. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith . . .
1K - last updated 2015-01-31 19:22 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-02-07 Emms and transcripts
A few days ago there was a [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2015-02/msg00050.html|question . . . more terminal windows dedicated to {{{cmus}}}! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2015-02-07 16:40 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-02-14 Counting visible characters
There was a discussion on the ConTeXt mailing list recently about counting visible characters in a PDF . . . I can't wait to try out the Emacs profiler. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode, . . .
3K - last updated 2015-02-14 20:26 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-02-21 Lorem ipsum dolor sit Emacs
As many LaTeX users know, sometimes you just need some dummy text so that you can test a font, a layout . . . not optimal) code is an opportunity to learn. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode, . . .
3K - last updated 2015-02-21 22:15 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-02-28 Math examples in TeX, part I
I'm currently coauthoring an introductory book on LaTeX. (Yes, yet another one. But apparently there . . . however, is another subject for another post. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
3K - last updated 2015-02-28 10:42 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-03-07 Professional therapy for your Emacs config problems
The other day, abo-abo had an [[http://oremacs.com/2015/03/05/testing-init-sanity/|excellent post]] on . . . but never found out most of them. Fun read! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryHumor . . .
3K - last updated 2015-03-06 23:59 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-03-14 mu4e and human-friendly date format
I'm using the [[http://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/mu4e.html|mu4e]] email client. One of the best things . . . to work fast enough, I decided not to change it. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
6K - last updated 2015-03-14 14:08 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-03-21 2 Tm 2,3 – a great comeback
It’s not a common thing that I write about music here, but today something extraordinary happened. I’m . . . – we do not consider it unpronounceable.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith, CategoryMusic . . .
3K - last updated 2015-03-21 01:35 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-03-28 window-configuration-to-register
Most often I work on a netbook with a small screen. In such a situation every line is precious. That's . . . can imagine more uses for that, too!) How handy! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2015-03-29 00:41 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-04-04 The geometry package cheat sheet
One of the problems I've always had with the {{{geometry}}} package is that I couldn't remember the names . . . (SW|-sw); \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} }}} CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
4K - last updated 2015-04-04 06:43 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-04-05 He rose from the dead
Jesus rose from the dead! Happy Easter everyone! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith . . .
1K - last updated 2015-04-05 21:40 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-04-11 Proofs and refutations
No, I will not write about the famous book by Lakatos. I will write about proofs, or rather “proofs”, . . . so go read that paper. Now. It’s well worth it. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMathematics . . .
7K - last updated 2015-04-11 19:41 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-04-25 Some Dired goodies
Most Emacs users know that Dired – while atypical – is a perfectly reasonable file manager, with quite . . . is one of the best things since sliced bread!) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2015-04-25 10:34 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-05-02 BachoTeX 2015
On Wednesday I came back from Bachotek, where the annual Polish TeX Users' Group conference is held. . . . to the book. [[image:BachoTeX-2015-picture]] CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
2K - last updated 2015-05-03 00:30 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-05-09 Two quotes from John McCarthy
I've been rather busy lately, so here's only a short post today. I finally read (well, skimmed at least) . . . me.// I can't decide which one is more cute... CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryLisp . . .
2K - last updated 2015-05-09 23:18 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-05-16 which-function and LaTeX
There is a very nice minor Emacs mode for programmers: {{{which-function-mode}}}. It is especially useful . . . I filed a bug as per Stefan’s suggestion.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryLaTeX . . .
4K - last updated 2015-05-16 22:43 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-05-23 Math examples in TeX, part II
Some time ago, [[http://mbork.pl/2015-02-28_Math_examples_in_TeX%2c_part_I|I wrote about a macro to typeset . . . touches – but for today that's it. Happy TeXing! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
3K - last updated 2015-05-23 00:02 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-05-23 Math examples in TeX, part III
In the [[2015-02-28 Math examples in TeX, part I|two]] [[2015-05-23 Math examples in TeX, part II|previous]] . . . the book (which is written in Polish) here]]. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX, . . .
2K - last updated 2015-08-15 00:27 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-05-30 Some message-mode goodies
A few months ago I switched with my email to Emacs. My history of email started with pine, then briefly . . . every day, but potentially worth remembering. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2015-05-30 07:51 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-06-06 Mickey Petersen's Mastering Emacs book
After a few months of waiting (and me studying the preview), Mickey Petersen's book “Mastering Emacs” . . . as a pdf or epub file; I read only the pdf.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2015-06-06 15:19 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-06-13 The LaTeX book is out
Some time ago [[http://mbork.pl/2015-02-28_Math_examples_in_TeX%2c_part_I|I alluded]] [[http://mbork.pl/2015-05-23_Math_examples_in_TeX%2c_part_II|to . . . one is still being worked on by the publisher). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
3K - last updated 2015-06-13 08:26 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-06-20 Fast-calc
I've been a fan of accounting for a long time now. My affair with bookkeeping started when I studied . . . with two decimal places. CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryEmacs . . .
6K - last updated 2015-06-20 20:32 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-06-27 Arriving at Amen
I do not often write book reviews on my blog (in fact, this is probably the first time;-)). However, . . . you may find them interesting and inspiring. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith . . .
4K - last updated 2015-06-27 08:38 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-07-04 C-x 4 bindings
Today I’m going to write about some lesser-known Emacs bindings, namely ones beginning with {{{C-x 4}}}. . . . can press {{{C-x 4 C-h}}} to see all of them. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2015-07-04 12:49 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-07-11 A memoir problem
Usually I write about (some kinds of) success stories here: good LaTeX packages, my own tricks, etc. . . . asking for trouble. I should have known that... CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
4K - last updated 2015-07-11 22:57 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-07-18 TLM vs EWOC, or there and back again
I am currently working on an application in Emacs, which will (in particular) display some tabular data . . . yourself, EWOC might be better. Happy hacking! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
5K - last updated 2015-07-18 23:12 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-07-25 Multiple indices in a LaTeX document with splitidx
An often requested feature in a book is multiple indices. Typically, there are separate indices of notions . . . options, read the friendly manual. Happy TeXing! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
6K - last updated 2015-07-25 10:39 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-08-01 case-intern trick
When coding in Elisp, sometimes it happens that you want to branch depending on the value of some variable, . . . (do-something-else-yet))) }}} Worth remembering. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
2K - last updated 2015-08-01 11:53 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-08-08 Concatenation with indentation
Quite recently, I was coding two (independent) Emacs projects involving generating XML files. I found . . . but I was just a bit too lazy to code that.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2015-08-08 21:13 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-08-22 Beeminder.el
Last year, I started using a very interesting service. While I'm usually quite skeptical towards various . . . Bug reports/feature requests are welcome. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
7K - last updated 2015-08-22 20:30 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-08-28 EmacsConf2015
Tomorrow, I’m going to take part in an interesting thing: an [[http://emacsconf2015.org/|Emacs conference]]. . . . bug-free) and feature requests. CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
2K - last updated 2015-08-28 14:02 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-09-05 EmacsConf2015 - afterthoughts, and a book project
So we’re after [[http://emacsconf2015.org/|EmacsConf 2015]]. The conference was //great//. The talks . . . I might set up a mailing list. CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryEmacs, CategoryEmacsBook . . .
5K - last updated 2016-04-24 06:09 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-09-12 A trick with argument for interactive call
Today’s post will be quite technical, but it might be useful for someone, so I’m sharing what I have . . . syntax. That, though, I will try some other day. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2015-09-12 06:18 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-09-19 Theory of hyperconvex spaces – a beginner's guide
I am proud to announce that a book I have written is out. The book is entitled //Theory of hyperconvex . . . Notes in Nonlinear Analysis]]. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMaths . . .
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2015-09-26 A few org-agenda hacks
Like many Emacs users these days, I heavily depend on Org-mode. One particular feature I use a lot (in . . . of my agenda setup might be helpful for someone. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
3K - last updated 2015-09-26 12:59 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-10-03 Annoying Org-mode buffers
In the spirit of my [[2015-09-26 A few org-agenda hacks|previous post]], let me share something I did . . . asking me such a question on startup, but YMMV. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
3K - last updated 2015-10-03 07:08 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-10-10 A trouble with Org-mode HTML export
I'm not sure whether this is going to be useful to anybody but me, but here's a problem that cost me . . . (though perhaps for 0.001% of Emacs users...) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
3K - last updated 2015-10-10 21:44 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-10-17 xkcd-541 mode
I'm still very busy at the moment (and this will look like this for three more months – my current teaching . . . smileys without worrying about matching parens! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryEmacsBook . . .
3K - last updated 2015-10-17 22:50 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-10-24 Yanking from Calc
Using Emacs Calc for calculations is one thing. Yanking the results into the document is another, and . . . into Emacs, and it's surprisingly powerful. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2015-10-24 22:53 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-10-31 Smart comma and other punctuation
I do a lot of natural text editing in Emacs. And by //editing// I mean //editing//, i.e., it is often . . . the point) if there is a space before the point. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2015-10-31 23:10 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-11-07 Converting numbers to strings in a human-friendly way
Converting an Elisp number to a string (so that it can be e.g. displayed) is a surprisingly tricky thing . . . (format (format "%%%ds" width) str) str))) }}} CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2015-11-07 22:24 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-11-14 A simple unfilling function
While the concept of filling text (i.e., putting hard newlines so that no line is longer than some limit) . . . on the whole (visible portion of) buffer. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2015-11-14 07:20 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-11-21 The Emacs widget library and automatic modification of editing fields
A long time ago, I read about the [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/widget.html|Emacs . . . to use, but you can do very nice things with it. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
9K - last updated 2015-11-22 00:47 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-11-28 Fixing mml-attach-file using advice
I use [[http://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/mu4e.html|mu4e]] as my MUA, and I'm quite happy with it. (I . . . but simpler to use). Happy attaching;-)! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2015-11-28 22:56 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-12-05 Emms and hydra
Some time ago [[2015-02-07 Emms and transcripts|I wrote a bit about my Emms setup]]. Well, I changed . . . chord.el – but that will have to wait a bit.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2015-12-06 12:34 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-12-12 Counting sentences
I was a bit astonished that Emacs does not have a {{{count-sentences}}} function. I mean, how is counting . . . for another post – that’s it for now, folks! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2015-12-12 11:56 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2015-12-18 Star Wars crawl in Emacs
As I [[2013-09-19_That's_no_moon_(en)|mentioned a while ago]], I’m not an uncritical fan of Star Wars. . . . fun, and don’t take Star Wars too seriously. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryHumor . . .
6K - last updated 2015-12-18 18:02 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-01-02 Org-mode – how to exclude certain tags from inheritance
Some time ago I decided that I’d like to utilize Org-mode Agenda’s //List stuck projects// feature. (I'm . . . but how many people read it cover to cover? CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
2K - last updated 2016-01-02 19:50 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-01-09 mrr-auto-replace
It is often the case that I need to do some heavy search-and-replace in LaTeX files. Usually, this is . . . replacements. But this is another story. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX . . .
5K - last updated 2016-01-09 12:59 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-01-16 save-excursion changed semantics
Recently, when coding on a new Emacs (compiled from source), I stumbled upon a strange behavior of {{{save-excursion}}}: . . . (which //is// possible, though rather unlikely). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2016-01-18 22:04 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-01-23 Personal Information Managers – a rant
Some time ago I had this weird experience. A friend of mine wrote on some social media site that his . . . for reading, you can get back to Facebook now. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryOrgMode . . .
2K - last updated 2016-01-23 23:26 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-01-30 Dimming out tildes in AUCTeX
I often write LaTeX in Emacs with AUCTeX. One thing [[2014-09-20 Smart ties in Emacs|I use a lot is tildes]] . . . mode, which is most probably not what you want. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX, . . .
3K - last updated 2016-01-30 22:17 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-02-06 An attachment reminder in mu4e
A nice feature of Gmail is that you can ask it to remind you about attachments if the message contains . . . might even find their way to Emacs some day.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2016-02-06 08:37 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-02-13 Looking for keywords
Assume that you want to look through some buffer – say, a log file or something – and you are especially . . . circumstances. As usual, Emacs has you covered. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2016-02-13 19:49 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-02-20 Iedit mode
[[2016-02-13 Looking for keywords|A week ago]], I mentioned Iedit mode. This is a real gem. It’s not . . . of {{{iedit-mode}}}. You won’t be disappointed. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2016-02-20 06:34 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-02-27 Make Yourself Known – introduction
Some time ago, I decided to take part in an interesting endeavor. A friend of mine shared a link to a . . . RSS feed here]]. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
5K - last updated 2016-02-27 06:26 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-03-02 Make yourself known – a few thoughts
I wanted to introduce my project today, but this will wait until tomorrow (well, you can [[https://github.com/mbork/logeox|go . . . hours at most. Good luck to all of you, people! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
3K - last updated 2016-03-02 21:05 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-03-03 About the Logeox project
OK, so let me introduce [[https://github.com/mbork/logeox|my project]]. After some time spent on thinking . . . Only much later did I learn who Abelson is...) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
3K - last updated 2016-03-03 20:19 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-03-08 Let’s start fun – basic layout
OK, so I finally started. Since I was terribly procrastinating with actually doing anything with this . . . have to wait a bit – that’s it for today, folks. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
6K - last updated 2016-03-08 21:31 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-03-10 Drawing is hard
I really wanted to write about my success with drawing something today. Nope. I give up. Not entirely, . . . Internet tomorrow. But for today it's enough. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
1K - last updated 2016-03-10 21:53 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-03-11 Drawing is easy
As could be expected, getting back with a fresh mind on the next morning is a good advice. I can now . . . //other// lines besides the big diagonal. Yay! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
9K - last updated 2016-03-11 21:52 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-03-15 Pure craziness
I really wanted to share a success story today. Nope. Like before, I have no idea what I'm doing wrong... . . . still a good idea. So is initializing objects. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
3K - last updated 2016-03-15 21:16 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-03-16 Back to sanity
//I am smiling a great smile. The smile of a man who f..ked with his car and didn't break it.// (Andy . . . too?”, I declare that I won the contest. Period. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
6K - last updated 2016-03-16 17:53 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-03-19 My most interesting mistakes so far
First, a disclaimer of sorts: you might think that I’m blogging like crazy in the hope of winning through . . . to write about, but they’ll have to wait a bit. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
6K - last updated 2016-03-19 05:24 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-03-22 Where I am now and where I am going
OK, so if you know me personally, please stop reading for a moment now and imagine me singing to the . . . know about it at first. This is really useful! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
7K - last updated 2016-03-22 21:08 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-03-24 Beeminder.el – a follow-up
Some time ago [[2015-08-22 Beeminder.el|I wrote about a Beeminder client I wrote for Emacs]]. I mentioned . . . drop me a line – I’ll see what I could do. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
4K - last updated 2016-03-24 21:24 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-03-26 What and how I’m learning
For today, I decided to write a “softer” post about my learning process. (I did not abandon coding, but . . . hypothesize about something I’m very unsure of.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
5K - last updated 2016-03-26 17:11 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-03-27 Bad news and Good News
Bad news is that you’re a sinner and deserve to die. (Me, too.) Good News is that you no longer have . . . Mother, the Holy Catholic Church: Hallelujah! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith . . .
1K - last updated 2016-03-27 06:53 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-03-30 Turtle uncloaking
I know, I know. I was supposed to write something about the horizontal layout. But this will have to . . . penup/pendown operations). And then we’ll see. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
4K - last updated 2016-03-30 20:36 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-04-02 Pen up and down, smoke test and UI considerations
Yesterday was an interesting day for Logeox. First of all, I added the pen up/pen down feature. It was . . . that there are some interesting choices there.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
4K - last updated 2016-04-02 19:29 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-04-05 Finding Nemo, er, Turtle
Yesterday was a refactoring day: I shuffled the code a bit, made it suck a bit less (for instance, I . . . but it’s not the ultimate goal of my project! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
2K - last updated 2016-04-05 19:40 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-04-07 Hiding those annoying Async Shell Command buffers
I use {{{async-shell-command}}} ({{{M-&}}}) quite often. (I usually ran just {{{shell-command}}}, . . . however, will have to wait for another post. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2016-04-07 19:21 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-04-09 Choosing the unit turning angle
I think this is one of these tiny details which make the UX better or worse, so let us look a bit into . . . back when I implement choosing various units;-). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
5K - last updated 2016-04-09 11:17 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-04-12 Showing some of those Async Shell Command buffers
[[2016-04-07_Hiding_those_annoying_Async_Shell_Command_buffers|Last time]], I showed how to make those . . . something like this without such terrible hacks. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2016-04-12 19:22 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-04-14 Plans
It's been some time since I posted something Logeox-related – real life struck again, and I also had . . . so I’ve got a plan. Now let’s make it happen! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
3K - last updated 2016-04-14 18:21 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-04-16 Things I hate, part I
OK, so Android Studio told me to upgrade itself to version 2.1β, promising (among other things) a faster . . . II. But I’m sure I’ll find something soon;-). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
3K - last updated 2016-04-16 06:36 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-04-19 Plans, update
OK, it might seem that I’ve been procrastinating on Logeox. It’s true (to some extent), but it’s not . . . a clear goal now – death to procrastination!!! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
4K - last updated 2016-04-19 20:21 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-04-21 Pen up and down, reloaded
OK, so today a short post, since it’s quite late here. I thought that making a single button for toggling . . . quite nice: [[image:switch-screenshot-01.png]] CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
1K - last updated 2016-04-21 20:18 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-04-24 The conditional-save-excursion macro
One day I was writing a library of helper functions for writing messages (I will definitely share them . . . upcoming Emacs book]]. Stay tuned! CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryEmacs, CategoryEmacsBook . . .
5K - last updated 2016-04-24 06:09 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-04-26 fill-single-char-nobreak-p
Since Emacs 24 (or so), Polish-speaking users got a very nice gift: a function called {{{fill-single-char-nobreak-p}}}, . . . course, I did have //sierotki.el// installed.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2016-04-26 19:34 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-04-28 A problem with storing commands
I knew that at some point I'd hit some wall... Of course, I //will// overcome this issue, but right now . . . code in the near future. Sorry, this is life... CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
4K - last updated 2016-04-28 18:02 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-04-30 Layout rehaul
Some time ago I wrote about some ideas for a better layout. First of all, I wanted a switch for pen up/pen . . . it, so I’ll have to give it some loving care. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
4K - last updated 2016-04-30 18:27 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-05-02 Storing commands again
[[2016-04-28 A problem with storing commands|Two posts ago]] I wrote about my struggle with the {{{TurtleCommand}}} . . . though I have quite a few ideas left to explore! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
2K - last updated 2016-05-02 07:25 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-05-03 All clear
Well, the title of this post does //not// mean (unfortunately) that I’ve overcome all my design/coding . . . I’m open to better ideas. [[image:icon-01.png]] CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
2K - last updated 2016-05-03 03:31 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-05-04 UI considerations again – undo
As you might have guessed, I pay siginificant attention to UI/UX issues. Since I’ve been implementing . . . project... CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
5K - last updated 2016-05-04 06:09 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-05-10 Preserving the drawing during screen rotation
A rather annoying “feature” of Android is the fact that screen rotation causes recreating the current . . . Play Store wouldn’t make much sense, though.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
4K - last updated 2016-05-10 04:30 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-05-12 Make yourself known – summary
So it’s over. I thought that a nice way of finishing the series of posts related to the [[http://devstyle.pl/daj-sie-poznac/|contest]] . . . of a different, popular language). Stay tuned! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
3K - last updated 2016-05-12 05:39 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-05-15 debug-on-whatever
Debugging Elisp is sometimes tricky. Some time ago I had an issue with a variant of {{{show-paren-mode}}}. . . . Bug Hunter]]. Check it out!) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2016-05-15 04:40 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-05-17 Emacs Lisp closures demystified
It is often claimed that one of the advantages of //closures// (as in “lexical scoping”) is information . . . 'counter)) }}} Don’t try this at home, kids.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2016-05-17 17:49 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-05-23 Literal values and destructive functions
In Lisp literature you can often find a warning about not using destructive functions (like {{{sort}}} . . . are going to modify them later. You're welcome. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2016-05-23 05:02 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-06-06 Org clocking and resolving idle time
This post is basically a reminder for myself, though some of you might find it useful. I use the Org-mode . . . {{{K}}}, you are most probably covered in 99%). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
2K - last updated 2016-06-06 19:24 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-06-13 Displaying pdfs on the right
Some time ago I decided that I'll give [[https://github.com/politza/pdf-tools|PDF tools]] a shot. Wow. . . . }}} CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX . . .
6K - last updated 2016-06-13 20:14 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-06-20 Easy Javascript logging
I've been doing some JavaScript coding recently. Before you run off screaming, let me tell you that JavaScript . . . I’ll look into this in some Free Time™.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryJavaScript . . .
2K - last updated 2016-06-20 19:52 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-06-27 Make yourself known – results
Now that the dust has settled, let me write a few words about the results of the [[http://devstyle.pl/daj-sie-poznac/|Make . . . to the winners, and thanks for the great event! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMakeYourselfKnown . . .
2K - last updated 2016-06-27 12:02 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-07-04 Compiling a single Beamer frame in AUCTeX
Some time ago I basically stopped using Beamer. I turned to reveal.js, and did a few presentation in . . . about e.g. which viewer to launch. Happy TeXing! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryLaTeX . . .
6K - last updated 2016-07-04 20:44 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-07-11 How to teach oneself properly, or read the manual again in two months
Today I started writing a blog post on [[http://ledger-cli.org/|Ledger]] and my experience with it, but . . . in way deeper comprehension... CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish . . .
3K - last updated 2016-07-11 07:18 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-07-18 Ledger – virtual postings aka envelopes
As I [[2015-06-20 Fast-calc|mentioned some time ago]], I’ve been a [[http://ledger-cli.org/|ledger]] . . . posts in the future! CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryLedger . . .
5K - last updated 2016-07-18 06:40 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-07-25 Making directories on the fly
Today, a friend asked me how to create a directory – or a hierarchy of them – while finding a file in . . . they should also be executed. Happy mkdir-ing! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2016-07-25 20:36 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-08-01 Highly sophisticated engineering
In one of my Emacs libraries, in which I send HTTP requests to a website, I have something like this: . . . worshipped.// (Andy Weir, //The Martian//) ;-) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryHumor . . .
1K - last updated 2016-08-01 20:07 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-08-08 Two books on personal finance
As I mentioned [[2016-07-18 Ledger – virtual postings aka envelopes|some time ago]], I have been using . . . manage my (or rather “my”) stuff. CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryFaith . . .
6K - last updated 2016-08-08 16:18 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-08-15 JavaScript callbacks
Note: this is an introductory article on JavaScript callbacks. There will be a bit more advanced follow-up . . . – but that will have to wait for another post. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryJavaScript . . .
8K - last updated 2016-08-15 08:09 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-08-22 Jan Góra OP on work and inspiration
I was reading an [[http://www.miesiecznik.wdrodze.pl/?mod=archiwumtekst&id=15858|article]] (in Polish) . . . to God for that extraordinary man. CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryFaith . . .
3K - last updated 2016-08-22 08:58 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-08-29 Geocaching for beginners
With the advent of Pokemon Go and my general dislike of the mainstream, I decided (after one friend mentioned . . . trade //at all times//. Have fun! CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish . . .
2K - last updated 2016-08-29 15:32 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-09-05 Many variants of a Beamer presentation – part I
Some time ago I decided to prepare slides for a certain lecture using Beamer. I thought it would be nice . . . variants of a Beamer presentation – part II]] CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX, . . .
5K - last updated 2016-10-03 03:40 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-09-12 Running Emacs commands not too often
If you are like me, you probably check your email too often. (Maybe nobody does anything stupid like . . . to this post in some time! CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2016-09-12 12:36 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-09-19 C-x SPC (rectangle-mark-mode)
It's old news, but I was reminded about it recently. While Emacs has had support for rectangle operations . . . things like {{{C-w}}} or {{{M-w}}} Just Work™. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2016-09-19 19:42 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-09-26 Emacs now suggests shorter ways of invocating a command
Emacs has had suggesting keybindings for some time (according to {{{git blame}}}, about four years): . . . command command))) }}} CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2016-09-26 03:40 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-10-03 Many variants of a Beamer presentation – part II
Some time ago I wrote [[2016-09-05 Many variants of a Beamer presentation – part I|a post about compiling . . . That's it for today. Hope you find it useful! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX, . . .
4K - last updated 2016-10-03 03:43 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-10-10 Fast font changes in AUCTeX
== Fast font changes in AUCTeX This is a really simple tip, but it saves a lot of dull work. In AUCTeX, . . . command, but that doesn't matter now.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX . . .
2K - last updated 2016-10-10 03:45 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-10-17 reposition-window
Did you know that you can press {{{C-M-l}}} to invoke the command {{{reposition-window}}}? Here’s an . . . works in quite a few modes (including Org-mode). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2016-10-17 20:09 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-10-22 locate-dominating-file
Some time ago there was [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2016-07/msg00273.html|an . . . things. See its docstring for the nitty-gritty. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2016-10-22 06:22 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-10-30 LaTeX-paragraph-commands
When I use AUCTeX to edit Beamer presentations, I usually want {{{\pause}}} to be on its own line. Therefore, . . . of typing. That's it for today. Happy TeXing! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX, . . .
1K - last updated 2016-10-30 05:28 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-11-07 Displaying nonexistent text in Emacs buffers
Some time ago, I received yet another email containing a date in the MM/DD/YY format, which is probably . . . function above is enough anyway. CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryEmacs . . .
6K - last updated 2016-11-07 14:28 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-11-13 debug-on-entry
Some time ago, I had a very strange problem. I was writing a certain library for Emacs, and in one of . . . I later changed that to {{{cond}}} instead.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2016-11-13 18:54 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-11-19 format-spec
Last week I was coding something Emacs-y, and felt the need of a {{{format}}}-like function. It would . . . as customizable as Emacs’ own one. CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2016-11-19 08:44 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-11-27 Life, productivity, faith
//Edit: this post is kind of updated [[2017-10-08 Me an minimalism in 2017|here]].// Today’s post is . . . near future, but we’ll see how this turns out. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith . . .
8K - last updated 2017-10-08 06:21 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-12-04 Making C-c C-j in AUCTeX do something more useful
In AUCTeX’s LaTeX mode, {{{C-c C-j}}} is by default bound to {{{LaTeX-insert-item}}}. By default, it . . . but that will be the topic of another post. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryLaTeX . . .
3K - last updated 2016-12-04 19:05 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-12-12 momentary-string-display
[[2016-11-07_Displaying_nonexistent_text_in_Emacs_buffers|Some time ago]] I wrote about making Emacs . . . Anyway, another thing I learned. CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryEmacs . . .
5K - last updated 2016-12-12 06:43 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-12-18 Generating links to info buffers
When writing an email about Emacs, e.g. on the help-gnu-emacs mailing list, I often want to include a . . . {{{*scratch*}}} or somewhere first, of course.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2016-12-18 18:55 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-12-24 Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to all of you! I wish you that Jesus, our Lord and Savior, who will be born tonight, . . . offer a decade of rosary for you all. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith . . .
1K - last updated 2016-12-24 11:06 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2016-12-31 JavaScript head
Some time ago I needed an equivalent of Unix' {{{head}}} utility in JavaScript. I had a string, spanning . . . change in a few weeks. Happy New Year 2017! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryJavaScript . . .
1K - last updated 2016-12-31 17:37 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-01-08 Last farewell
I've been to a funeral a few days ago. There a few things that always strike me during such ceremonies. . . . be a welcome, and no more farewells //ever//... CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith . . .
1K - last updated 2017-01-08 07:44 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-01-14 I'm now using the right dictionary
Almost one and half years ago I read an [[http://irreal.org/blog/?p=4190|interesting post]] on Irreal, . . . tip. # Relish thy copy of Webster’s in Emacs. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2019-02-01 08:43 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-01-22 Current headline or path in Org-mode
Today I have a short Elisp/Org-mode tip, in case you need something like this (I did a few weeks ago). . . . t) "/")}}} That’s it for today, folks! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
1K - last updated 2017-01-22 08:38 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-01-30 Current Emacs version
/Edit/: the code below is buggy, see [[2021-01-04 Current Emacs commit revisited|here]] for the corrected . . . (emacs-repository-get-version) 0 7)))) }}} CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2021-01-04 20:43 UTC by mbork
2017-02-05 Opening parenthesis at the line beginning
If you press {{{C-M-x}}} or other commands depending on Emacs recognizing defuns in an Elisp buffer, . . . automatically for this and many other problems. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2017-02-05 17:05 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-02-13 Sorting Org entries by most recent activity
As I mentioned a lot of times, I use Org-mode – and in particular, clocking – very heavily. Sometimes . . . (depending on what the point is at). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
3K - last updated 2017-02-13 11:33 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-02-18 Using isearch-string on exit from isearch
Recently, I wanted my function, which asks the user for some string, use the isearch term as the default. . . . suggestion]] on the help-gnu-emacs list.// CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2017-02-18 16:05 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-02-26 other-window-or-switch-buffer
Some time ago I decided to bind {{{f6}}} to {{{other-window}}}. I lived happily with that binding, but . . . prefix argument to something else – we’ll see.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2017-02-26 17:14 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-03-04 Bookmarking directories in Eshell
A friend of mine showed me a nifty trick, basically [[http://jeroenjanssens.com/2013/08/16/quickly-navigate-your-filesystem-from-the-command-line.html|bookmarking . . . function, which wouldn’t be too difficult. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2017-03-04 17:06 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-03-13 Ibuffer
Some day, when you have half an hour to spare, press {{{M-x ibuffer RET}}} and then {{{h}}}. Then take . . . one: query replace //in multiple buffers//. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2017-03-13 20:42 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-03-18 Deleting all instances of a LaTeX environment
Today, someone [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/auctex-devel/2017-03/msg00027.html|asked on the AUCTeX-devel . . . (region-beginning) (region-end)))))) }}} CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryLaTeX . . .
2K - last updated 2017-03-18 20:56 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-03-27 Moving to a certain line on the screen
A short tip: if you want to quickly move the point to the top, center and/or bottom of the current window, . . . addition to standard Emacs navigation! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2017-03-27 19:06 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-04-01 compilation-in-progress
I use [[https://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/|AUCTeX]] pretty heavily; in fact, it was one of the first . . . It's not really a clean solution, but it works. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX . . .
1K - last updated 2017-04-01 06:04 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-04-09 Quickly loading and finding your elisp files
This is a rather obvious hint – at least with hindsight – but someone might find it useful. If you’re . . . the relevant portions of the manual some day. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2017-04-09 12:58 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-04-16 Easter‼
The Lord has risen from the grave today! While it sounds unbelievable, it’s actually //believable//; . . . Rosary for all people reading this. Hallelujah! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith . . .
1K - last updated 2017-04-16 05:37 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-04-24 Many variants of a Beamer presentation – part III
Some time ago I [[2016-09-05 Many variants of a Beamer presentation – part I|wrote]] [[2016-10-03 Many . . . \end{theorem} \end{frame} \end{document} }}} CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX, . . .
3K - last updated 2017-04-24 16:58 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-05-01 show-some-last-messages
I am pretty sure I am not the only one annoyed by the fact that I can’t see more than one message in . . . phenomenon, please share it in the comments. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2017-05-01 05:05 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-05-08 TUG-BachoTeX 2017
Last weekend I attended the Polish TeX meetup in Bachotek again. This time, I was there for the whole . . . a few years... Thank you, friends, for the con! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
2K - last updated 2017-05-15 05:46 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-05-15 Smerge mode
Some time ago, when fixing yet another merge conflict, I noticed something I didn't know about: it turned . . . another) the last remaining conflict. Very nice! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2017-05-15 05:47 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-05-17 Some emacs-devel humor
As you may have noticed, I've blogging here regularly once per week (on average) for a couple of years . . . I’m going to be doing for the next few days:-). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryHumor . . .
1K - last updated 2017-05-17 19:11 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-05-29 org-toggl
(This post is more or less equivalent to a message I sent to the Org-mode mailing list a few days ago.) . . . which one suits you better. Happy clocking! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
2K - last updated 2017-05-29 03:52 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-06-05 More Dired goodies
Some time ago [[2015-04-25 Some Dired goodies|I wrote]] about a few nice Dired features. Recently, I . . . save you a lot of time later. Happy direding;-). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2017-06-05 09:20 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-06-12 smart-next-window-or-buffer
Some time ago, [[2017-02-26 other-window-or-switch-buffer|I wrote about an Emacs command]] I started . . . and I’ll see whether it’s going to stick. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2017-06-13 08:28 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-06-17 Ways in which Emacs selects the major mode
It is well-known that Emacs can select the major mode of a file depending on the file extension. It is . . . write your own function to select the mode!). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2017-06-17 04:21 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-06-26 de Gruyter style and Package babel Error You haven't defined the language ngerman yet
A few days ago, I decided to submit a paper to a journal ran by //de Gruyter//. They have their LaTeX . . . the package has been out for almost a year now?) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
1K - last updated 2017-06-26 04:34 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-07-02 Using yasnippet programmatically
Some time ago I was writing an Emacs function to insert a certain template into a buffer. The template . . . info and an alternative for recursive edit.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2017-07-02 04:30 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-07-09 current-prefix-arg
A [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/auctex-devel/2017-03/msg00036.html|question]] that popped some . . . better, either. But it makes my head spin. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2017-07-09 08:13 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-07-15 org-duration-format and other clock-related settings
As I mentioned many times, I use the clocking feature of Org-mode //a lot//. At first, I used {{{org-clock-display}}} . . . why this is not the default. Happy clocking! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
3K - last updated 2017-07-15 05:33 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-07-22 TeX-parse-macro
In [[2016-12-04 Making C-c C-j in AUCTeX do something more useful|one of my earlier posts]] I promised . . . nil))}}} for a foretaste of what is possible.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX, . . .
2K - last updated 2017-07-22 04:33 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-07-30 Changing the format of Org-mode clock reports
Two posts ago, [[2017-07-15 org-duration-format and other clock-related settings|I wrote]] about Org . . . the most time-consuming stuff. Happy clocking! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
2K - last updated 2017-07-30 06:54 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-08-07 demo-it recording
Some time ago I stumbled across a very nice library by Howard Abrams, called [[https://github.com/howardabrams/demo-it|demo-it]]. . . . be fleshed out and merged into his library. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2017-08-07 17:11 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-08-14 The highlight.el library
[[2016-02-13 Looking for keywords|Last year]], I wrote about a few ways of highlighting things in an . . . more, but even these commands are quite useful! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2017-08-14 19:03 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-08-21 replace-regexen-in-string
Recently, I had a need to do some replacements in a string. Basically, that meant repeatedly calling . . . work fine). Feel free to use it if you need to. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2017-08-21 04:28 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-08-28 Multiple cursors in Emacs
I am aware that I’m kind of late to this party, but I finally (after being taunted a few times by one . . . them in core Emacs, which sounds good. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2017-08-28 17:34 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-09-04 LaTeX-mark-environments
Some time ago, I wrote about a [[2016-07-04 Compiling a single Beamer frame in AUCTeX|simple snippet]] . . . your favorite tool do exactly what you want. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX, . . .
3K - last updated 2017-09-04 17:24 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-09-11 My email capturing workflow
I’m constantly fiddling with my email workflow. Those of you who are //not// professional procrastinators . . . emails? Share your wisdom in the comments! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
4K - last updated 2017-09-11 09:42 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-09-18 How to hide repeating entries from the Org agenda
For today, I only have a short tip I learned from the Org-mode mailing list recently. If you have a repeating . . . (which can be quite handy, I imagine). Cool! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
1K - last updated 2017-09-18 04:47 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-09-25 The Unconquered
As you probably have noticed, my blog has shifted towards being almost exclusively about technology in . . . most represented nation]]// there. Thank you. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
3K - last updated 2017-09-25 04:39 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-10-02 Converting TeX sequences to Unicode characters
I quite often deal with LaTeX files using stuff like {{{\'a}}} or {{{\"e}}}, and I really prefer having . . . (string-to-char (match-string 1)))) t t))))) }}} CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX, . . .
4K - last updated 2017-10-02 18:14 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-10-08 Me an minimalism in 2017
It’s been very interesting for me to read my post from previous year about [[2016-11-27 Life, productivity, . . . about whether to get rid of some thing or not. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith . . .
4K - last updated 2017-10-08 06:19 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-10-16 emacs-reveal
Some time ago, I learned from the Org-mode mailing list about a very interesting extension to the well-known . . . use for that, but I’ll be looking for one! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
3K - last updated 2017-10-16 16:22 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-10-23 Styles in TikZ
Many TeX users learned to love the great TikZ package. I used to be a great fan of Metapost (even back . . . style (see the manual for more details). Enjoy! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
5K - last updated 2017-10-23 19:26 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-10-30 Pdf-tools and follow mode
Today I discovered an extremely cool feature of pdf-tools. Assume that you have a pdf file with annotations . . . with what you are working on. You’re welcome. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2017-10-30 18:59 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-11-06 Keyboard macros and asynchronicity
Some time ago I wanted to send a bunch of emails from mu4e. I had all the data in a csv file, so I figured . . . addresses, subjects and bodies of my messages. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2017-11-06 18:01 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-11-12 My email workflow – an addendum
Some time ago I wrote about [[2017-09-11 My email capturing workflow|my email capturing workflow]]. After . . . handy in this case -- a second is a long time!). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2017-11-12 13:07 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-11-19 How to trip up yourself using Git
Everyone and their mother seem to be using Git these days. And I have to admit that it is really a clever . . . merging things that involve reverting. Probably. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryGit . . .
3K - last updated 2017-11-19 12:30 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-11-27 Org-mode radio targets
One of the interesting features of Org-mode is hyperlinks. For some documents, having many internal links . . . But this is obvious with many things anyway. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
3K - last updated 2017-11-27 16:40 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-12-04 Embedding files in Org-mode
A few days ago, [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2017-12/msg00015.html|there was a . . . do a lot of stuff. Not that I’m surprised;-). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
3K - last updated 2017-12-04 12:58 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-12-11 Funny places in fill.el
Some time ago, I read parts of {{{fill.el}}}. This turned out to be quite a rewarding experience, in . . . to check who actually committed those lines!) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryHumor . . .
2K - last updated 2017-12-11 21:14 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-12-18 hierarchy.el
A few months ago, Damien Cassou [[https://emacs.cafe/emacs/guest-post/2017/06/26/hierarchy.html|announced]] . . . but annoying in this particular case.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2017-12-18 16:38 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-12-24 Merry Christmas
It’s Christmas time again! Thanks be to God for keeping me and my family alive and well, but even more . . . I will offer a decade of Rosary for all of you! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith . . .
1K - last updated 2017-12-24 05:17 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2017-12-31 LaTeX pillory – macros everywhere
A few years ago, my frustration with what people do with (or to...) LaTeX made me start a (now rather . . . funny. So I had to share it. You’re welcome. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX, . . .
2K - last updated 2017-12-31 06:34 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-01-07 A small editing tool for work with AMSrefs
As I mentioned many times, I often edit LaTeX files written by someone else for a journal. One thing . . . like this to help automate your common tasks. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX, . . .
4K - last updated 2018-01-07 20:22 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-01-15 Counting LaTeX commands in a bunch of files
I hope that I want bore anyone to death with blog posts related to the journal I’m working for, but here’s . . . “difficulty” and choose another profession.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX, . . .
9K - last updated 2018-01-15 05:08 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-01-22 Info-edit
There was an interesting (and sometimes quite amusing) [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2018-01/msg00116.html|discussion . . . some mistake and send a patch to the developers! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2018-01-22 04:31 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-01-29 A simple script for shuffling exam questions
As we approach the end of the semester, my free time shrinks to nearly zero. Today I’m only going to . . . environment, of course). And that’s it! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryJavaScript . . .
3K - last updated 2018-01-29 20:52 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-02-05 The death camps in Poland issue
In the spirit of [[2017-09-25 The Unconquered|another PSA about Poland]], I would like to mention to . . . Wikipedia or any history textbook. Thank you. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
4K - last updated 2018-02-05 07:03 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-02-12 append-next-kill
Today I’d like to share a simple trick which I learned a few days ago. It is well-known that if you perform . . . a one-liner!) What can I say? Happy killing! ;-) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2018-02-12 20:23 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-02-19 A console.log gotcha in Node.js
I've been writing a certain Node.js script recently, and I was caught by surprise with an innocent-looking . . . at all to me, but it is what it is. Be warned. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryJavaScript . . .
2K - last updated 2018-02-19 17:36 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-02-25 Simple way of assigning formulas to fields and columns in Org tables
Today I’m going to share a simple trick concerning Org-mode spreadsheet tables. I knew that I could press . . . the manual from time to time is a good idea!) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
1K - last updated 2018-02-25 07:13 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-03-03 pdf-annot-print-annotation-functions and Windows newlines
Some time ago [[2017-10-30_Pdf-tools_and_follow_mode|I wrote]] about how I use Andreas Politz's excellent . . . as is the tooltip. It’s much better now! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX, . . .
3K - last updated 2018-03-03 07:18 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-03-10 A tip on yanking
I have a few longer posts in the works, but for today I want to share a simple trick. We Emacs users . . . might be for you. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2018-03-10 05:14 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-03-18 My Org-mode hydra
I mentioned a lot of times that I am a big fan of Org-mode clocking feature. Even if I clock some things . . . some other day.) Have a good time clocking! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
2K - last updated 2018-03-18 05:01 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-03-26 Human-readable filesizes
A few days ago I needed to display a filesize (in one of the next blog posts I’ll show why I needed this!). . . . some time now and it works well enough for me. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2018-03-26 18:56 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-04-01 Easter 2018
As usual, I'd like to wish everyone reading this a Happy Easter! Yet again we live to witness the miracle . . . to all my readers: a Rosary decade for you!) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith . . .
1K - last updated 2018-04-01 03:39 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-04-09 counsel-yank-pop
Some time ago I wrote a [[2018-03-10 A tip on yanking|tip about yanking]], and I was [[Comments on 2018-03-10 . . . remapped to their counsel equivalents]]. Nice! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2018-04-09 20:04 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-04-15 counsel-org-clock
Some time ago [[2018-03-18 My Org-mode hydra|I blogged about my Org-mode hydra]]. It turned out that . . . coming back to plain Org clock history at all.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2018-04-15 07:18 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-04-21 counsel-rg and symbol at point
Continuing [[2018-04-09 counsel-yank-pop|my]] [[2018-04-15 counsel-org-clock|streak]] about [[https://oremacs.com/2015/04/09/counsel-completion/|counsel]], . . . are pretty good that it’s already supported. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2018-04-21 12:57 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-04-28 org-mru-clock
After writing about [[2018-04-15 counsel-org-clock|counsel-org-clock]], I got an email from [[https://unhammer.org/k/|Kevin . . . I’m going to use both, for different purposes. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2018-04-28 06:24 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-05-07 Ten years of work in Wiadomości Matematyczne
I mentioned a few times on this very blog that I work for a certain journal, //Wiadomości Matematyczne//. . . . typeset a journal, it may be a nice read. Enjoy! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX . . .
1K - last updated 2018-05-07 05:00 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-05-11 Beeminder and Emacs
Today’s post is special – instead of writing it here, I’m [[https://blog.beeminder.com/mbork/|a guest . . . thanks to Beeminder folks for having me there!) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2018-05-11 13:35 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-05-20 Collaborating with non-Git-users - workflow and basic setup
//This is the first post in a [[2018-05-28 Collaborating with non-Git-users - Emacs support|three-part]] . . . well as committing stuff on people’s behalf.// CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryGit . . .
6K - last updated 2018-06-04 19:37 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-05-28 Collaborating with non-Git-users - Emacs support
In the [[2018-05-20 Collaborating with non-Git-users - workflow and basic setup|previous part]], I showed . . . right thing with a wrong author. Stay tuned!// CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryGit, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2018-06-04 19:35 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-06-04 Collaborating with non-Git-users - Git hook
//In the [[2018-05-20 Collaborating with non-Git-users - workflow and basic setup|first part]], I showed . . . to one {{{pre-commit}}} script.) Problem solved! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryGit . . .
4K - last updated 2018-06-04 19:34 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-06-10 Git diff in Eshell
I try to use Eshell more, as part of a general drive towards moving everything into Emacs. One thing . . . use Git, and then I start with the command line. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryEshell, . . .
2K - last updated 2018-11-16 20:20 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-06-16 ivy-use-selectable-prompt
It’s been a long-standing problem in Ivy that entering a string which was not on the list of candidates, . . . the contents of the prompt line. Very nice! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2018-06-16 18:38 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-06-25 A simple hack with the comma operator and console.log
As we all know, {{{console.log}}} is the best debugging tool there is. I know, I know, it’s primitive, . . . a {{{progn}}}), making this trick possible. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryJavaScript . . .
3K - last updated 2018-06-25 04:43 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-07-02 Smart yanking
//Notice//: this is a long, technical post about a useful piece of Emacs Lisp. What it does it allowing . . . Emacs. For now, I’m staying with the above. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
12K - last updated 2018-07-04 17:56 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-07-09 A mistake with modes and advice
In my [[2018-07-02 Smart yanking|last post]] I wrote about a way to do something only in modes derived . . . know about any Emacs hook which would help here. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2018-07-09 18:10 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-07-16 Eshell aliases
[[2018-06-10 Git diff in Eshell|Some time ago]], I wrote about a way for programs started in Eshell to . . . and enjoy your new Git experience at once. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryEshell, . . .
1K - last updated 2018-07-16 19:17 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-07-23 Handlebars inline and block helpers
In a project I’m involved in, we use a templating library called [[https://handlebarsjs.com/|Handlebars.js]]. . . . post on Handlebars or two in the future.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryJavaScript . . .
6K - last updated 2018-07-23 03:44 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-07-29 2018-07-29 The INSIDE EMACS variable
While [[2018-06-10 Git diff in Eshell|researching]] [[2018-07-16 Eshell aliases|stuff]] connected with . . . can recognize that they run inside Emacs. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2018-07-29 12:45 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-08-06 Editing past Git commits
Everybody and their mother are now writing Git tutorials of various kinds, so I decided to jump on the . . . – but that will have to wait for another time. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryGit . . .
3K - last updated 2018-08-06 19:59 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-08-13 A tip on git stash
I don’t know about you, but I use {{{git stash}}} fairly often. (This //might// be just a bad habit, . . . CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryGit . . .
3K - last updated 2018-09-23 04:21 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-08-18 Embedding files in Org-mode revisited
[[2017-12-04 Embedding files in Org-mode|Some time ago]] I published a snippet of Elisp code to embed . . . one that can be opened with {{{C-c C-o}}}). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
3K - last updated 2018-08-18 04:24 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-08-27 Whitespace in Emacs regexen
Some time ago I wanted to search for a sequence of two words in a buffer. Normally I’d search for {{{lorem<space>ipsum}}}, . . . you have to be careful. I hope this helps a bit. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2018-08-27 19:34 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-09-03 Emacs obsolete commands
In [[2018-01-22 Info-edit|one of my previous posts]] I mentioned that the {{{Info-edit}}} command is . . . obsolete. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2018-09-03 17:09 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-09-10 Persisting Emacs variables
Some time ago I coded a certain Elisp tool (for internal use at [[2018-05-07_Ten_years_of_work_in_Wiadomości . . . (symbol-value variable-name)))))) }}} CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2018-09-10 07:56 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-09-17 Emacs directory variables
Many people know and use Emacs [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/File-Variables.html|file . . . helper commands which can create them for you. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2018-09-23 04:50 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-09-23 add-dir-local-variable and dotted pairs
[[2018-09-17 Emacs directory variables|Last time]] I wrote about directory variables. I mentioned that . . . Take care and beware of dotted pairs and alists! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2018-09-23 18:31 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-09-30 add-dir-local-variable - conclusion
In the [[2018-09-17 Emacs directory variables|last]] [[2018-09-23 add-dir-local-variable and dotted pairs|two]] . . . variables. What can I say? It’s just amazing. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2018-09-30 06:59 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-10-06 The version-control variable
As many of us know, Emacs has a habit (annoying for most people, I guess) of [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Backup.html|making . . . – as usual, it is extensive and well-written. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2018-10-06 06:24 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-10-14 Magit and C-u i
[[2018-10-06 The version-control variable|Last time]] I mentioned that I use multiple backup copies of . . . might reveal more little gems like that! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2018-10-22 11:47 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-10-22 Running visual commands in Eshell
It is a known thing that running commands that control the terminal like {{{top}}} in Eshell is problematic . . . without resorting to writing your own Elisp. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2018-10-22 11:48 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-10-27 Launching terminal in current directory
I am a bit ashamed that I do not always use Eshell – I sometimes rely on a “proper” bash in a terminal. . . . and it should //just work//. And indeed it does. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2018-10-27 14:46 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-11-03 A few remarks about defining minor modes
Today’s post is //extremely// technical and niche, but I just wanted to share an interesting story I . . . a few questionable practices along the way. ;-) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
8K - last updated 2018-11-03 08:54 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-11-11 Poland gained independence 100 years ago
Today we [[http://mbork.pl/2017-09-25_The_Unconquered|again]] [[http://mbork.pl/2018-02-05_The_death_camps_in_Poland_issue|depart]] . . . At such moments I am really proud to be a Pole. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
2K - last updated 2018-11-11 21:13 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-11-19 Font-locking diff blocks in Org-mode
I sometimes miss a feature in Emacs where I could make a diff of two files (using Emacs built-in {{{dired-diff}}} . . . variables) if that is of interest for you. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
2K - last updated 2018-11-19 08:38 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-11-26 format-seconds
If you’ve ever done anything UI- and time-related in Elisp (or whatever language), chances are that you . . . with zeroes to 2 characters”). Very nice! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2018-11-26 16:56 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-12-03 looking-back-p
Warning: this was meant to be a short tip about a simple thing I needed ({{{looking-back-p}}}), but during . . . command doesn't really matter a lot). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
7K - last updated 2018-12-03 08:46 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-12-10 Lesser known Dired stuff
It is not a secret that I am a [[2015-04-25 Some Dired goodies|big]] [[2017-06-05 More Dired goodies|fan]] . . . it’s Emacs!) Consult the manual for the details. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2018-12-10 05:00 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-12-16 A simple tip on using destructive functions
This is something fairly obvious to every seasoned Lisp programmer, but let’s not forget that there are . . . functions and comments to that post.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2018-12-16 11:46 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-12-24 Merry Christmas
As usual at this time of year, I have best Christmas wishes for everyone reading this. I wish that you . . . find truth about God and man. Merry Christmas! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith . . .
1K - last updated 2018-12-24 22:01 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2018-12-31 An info about the size of message attachments
I have been using [[https://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/mu4e.html|mu4e]] for quite a long time as my . . . for a while, and it seems to work very well. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
9K - last updated 2018-12-31 08:26 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-01-06 Emacs server and other Emacs instances
A few years ago, [[2015-01-10 A few random Emacs tips|I mentioned indirectly]] that I use {{{emacs-server}}}. . . . a computer without starting the OS, right? ;-) ) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2019-01-06 21:14 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-01-14 Some Org Agenda keybindings
This post is just a friendly reminder that it may be a good idea to look in the manual from time to time, . . . manual]], there are even more possibilities! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
3K - last updated 2019-01-14 05:23 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-01-20 Filling and version control
It has been said a lot of times that when writing some (natural language) text with version control in . . . mine will probably be a survey of these tools. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX . . .
3K - last updated 2019-01-20 19:47 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-01-28 A simple tip with killing and yanking code
I often kill (cut) some code and then yank (paste) it somewhere else. Often the level of indentation . . . that line is also indented). You’re welcome. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2019-01-28 18:30 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-02-04 A simple template mechanism in Elisp
A long time ago [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2014-11/msg00210.html|I asked on . . . – but this will wait for another post. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
6K - last updated 2019-02-04 04:46 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-02-10 Making recover-this-file messages more prominent
When I start my Emacs, [[2015-10-03 Annoying Org-mode buffers|I visit all my agenda files automatically]] . . . – time will tell if this is going to be useful.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
2K - last updated 2019-02-10 08:21 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-02-17 Inserting the current file name at point
It is not uncommon to issue some command to Emacs and find oneself in the minibuffer with the need to . . . of a buffer which is not visiting any file.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2019-02-17 07:08 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-02-24 Transferring strings to a phone via QR codes
Sometimes I need to transfer some text (a link, a short note or something else) from my computer to my . . . out of existing tools in under five minutes. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
3K - last updated 2019-02-24 07:17 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-03-03 org-todo-yesterday
I often run my org-agenda in the morning only to see a task I completed yesterday marked as TODO (but . . . want Org to consider it done the previous day. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
1K - last updated 2019-03-03 10:43 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-03-11 Name-based UUID generation
Some time ago, I had a very specific need. I had some data which had to be anonymized before sending . . . column (and then put it back again in my file). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
3K - last updated 2019-03-11 21:05 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-03-18 Free Emacs key bindings
As we all know, most Emacs users customize Emacs in various ways. Usually, at some point in time, the . . . on various minor modes, to running Eshell. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2019-03-18 20:42 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-03-25 Using benchmark to measure speed of Elisp code
[[2019-02-04 A simple template mechanism in Elisp|Some time ago I promised]] that I'll write something . . . to the s-expression itself!) Happy hacking! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
5K - last updated 2019-03-25 20:03 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-04-01 A trick with Git merging
I often have a pull request on BitBucket to review and merge, and – as an Emacs user – I find BitBucket’s . . . to be superior. Not that I’m surprised. ;-) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryGit . . .
1K - last updated 2019-04-01 19:47 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-04-08 Adding an empty file to Git
As a follow-up to the [[2019-04-01 A trick with Git merging|previous post]], let me mention another Git . . . add --patch}}} parts of it. You’re welcome. ;-) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryGit . . .
1K - last updated 2019-04-08 20:01 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-04-15 How to make a menu in Emacs
As we all know, Emacs is so much more than just a text editor. There are quite a few serious applications . . . other features. However, this will have to wait. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
7K - last updated 2019-04-15 20:39 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-04-21 Easter 2019
This is the night,\\when once you led our forebears, Israel's children,\\from slavery in Egypt\\and made . . . let me wish all of my readers a Happy Easter! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith . . .
2K - last updated 2019-04-21 19:47 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-04-29 Multiple timestamps in one Org headline
Some time ago I learned that you can put multiple timestamps under one Org-mode headline, and that it . . . with relative ease. Not that I’m surprized. ;-) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
4K - last updated 2019-04-29 18:34 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-05-05 A few Magit tips
[[2019-04-01 A trick with Git merging|A month ago]] I wrote about merging in Git without actually comitting . . . toy text-editors instead of the real thing. ;-) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryGit . . .
2K - last updated 2019-05-05 04:15 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-05-11 Toggling modeline clock display
As I mentioned a lot of times, I use Org-mode clocking all the time. Among others, I integrated it with . . . grep (or ask wise people than can use it;-)). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
5K - last updated 2019-05-11 06:27 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-05-20 Converting BibTeX files to AMSrefs
It’s been a long time since I’ve written anything TeX-related here. But I’m still working with LaTeX . . . saying {{{texdoc amsxport}}} in your terminal. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX . . .
2K - last updated 2019-05-20 16:37 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-05-27 Programmatically checking for uncommitted changes
One problem that I encounter over and over again is checking if a Git repository is “clean”, i.e., if . . . larger, so this probably doesn’t matter at all. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryGit, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2019-05-27 06:04 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-06-03 Undoing without redoing
Emacs has a somewhat atypical undo feature – if you undo some changes (possibly more than one), and then . . . case you can make Emacs do what //you// want. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2019-06-03 18:50 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-06-09 Defining custom TikZ fill patterns
Some time ago I had a need to define my own filling pattern in TikZ. It turned out to be quite simple, . . . (in fact, //very// similar to what we did here). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX . . .
5K - last updated 2019-06-09 16:09 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-06-15 Debugging Node.js programs in a Vagrant virtual machine
One of the very nice things in a programmer’s toolbox is a debugger. Coming from Emacs, I am accustommed . . . to experiment with, since it is Emacs-based. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryJavaScript . . .
4K - last updated 2019-06-15 18:21 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-06-24 org-agenda-todo-ignore-timestamp vs org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date
Org Agenda is a legendary feature. One of its selling points is customizability (as is usual in Emacs . . . clear in the docstrings. We’ll see how it goes. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
4K - last updated 2019-06-24 04:56 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-07-01 Syntax-aware navigation, keyboard macros, sleeping Emacs and interactive functions
Warning: today’s post is a bit of a “stream of consciousness” in that it describes several unrelated . . . heavy use, Emacs does not stop to astonish me... CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX . . .
5K - last updated 2019-07-01 18:31 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-07-08 Pausing an Emacs keyboard macro
As I [[2019-07-01 Syntax-aware navigation, keyboard macros, sleeping Emacs and interactive functions|promised . . . Hopefully I won’t forget about it anymore! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2019-07-08 21:02 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-07-15 Batch Org agenda
Org-mode agenda is a notoriously complex system. It is really great from a user’s perspective, but a . . . you could think of many others. Happy hacking! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
4K - last updated 2019-07-15 18:31 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-07-22 Increasing timeout in nginx
Today’s is a short follow-up to the post about [[2019-06-15 Debugging Node.js programs in a Vagrant virtual . . . hour to step through our app. Happy debugging! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryJavaScript . . .
1K - last updated 2019-07-22 18:43 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-07-29 Git commands as separate executable files
Today we are going to talk about git commands and how they are implemented. Don’t worry, I won’t get . . . find some //actual// use for all this knowledge! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryGit . . .
6K - last updated 2019-07-29 18:29 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-08-05 datefudge and agenda testing
Some time ago, [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2018-11/msg00080.html|a question was . . . even easily have automated tests for Org agenda. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
3K - last updated 2019-08-05 17:04 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-08-11 A console.dir hint
As everyone knows, {{{console.log}}} is the ultimate debugging tool. ;-) Joking aside, it is genuinely . . . things I hinted at above and more. Good to know! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryJavaScript . . .
2K - last updated 2019-08-11 19:18 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-08-19 Transplanting a directory to another Git repository
Recently, I had a very specific need. I wanted to move a directory to another Git repo, but I really . . . was enough for me, so I decided to share it. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryGit . . .
12K - last updated 2019-08-19 20:57 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-08-26 PostgreSQL – COALESCE and NULLIF
After the last week’s long post I decided that I needed some rest, so today I only have a short tip. . . . this: {{{NULLIF(value, '')}}}. You’re welcome. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryPostgreSQL . . .
2K - last updated 2019-09-05 21:33 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-08-31 A simple tip with overlays and diffs
A few days ago I had an interesting problem. I had to resolve a particlarly nasty Git merge. It involved . . . {{{local-set-key}}} with some unused key). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2019-08-31 11:17 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-09-08 PostgreSQL and computing the number of days between two dates
A few days ago I had a very interesting bug. (Frankly, it’s nothing to be proud of, but it’s interesting . . . this, and maybe even you learned something. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryPostgreSQL . . .
3K - last updated 2019-09-08 20:41 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-09-16 sponge and other moreutils
GNU coreutils are well-known and loved, especially with pipes (of course!). But what may be slightly . . . more. I am sure you will find something useful. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
3K - last updated 2019-09-16 15:30 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-09-23 A comparison between merging and rebasing
Many Git tutorials and howtos discuss the question whether you should merge or rebase your branches on . . . it by yourself – my point is already proven. ;-) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryGit . . .
5K - last updated 2019-09-23 18:44 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-09-30 diff and ignoring lines
One of the most well-known commandline tools is the classical {{{diff}}} program. On my system, it is . . . programs, which have an inherent tree structure. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
2K - last updated 2019-09-30 20:33 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-10-07 A tip with diffing (and committing) program structure changes
As I [[2019-09-30 diff and ignoring lines|mentioned last week]], the fact that {{{diff}}} works on a . . . request on some web-based app like BitBucket. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryJavaScript, . . .
6K - last updated 2020-10-23 13:58 UTC by mbork
2019-10-12 Challenge accepted - a Node.js grep
An old friend of mine posted [[https://twitter.com/deshipu/status/1181146782274863104|a challenge on . . . we have a Python version to compare with. :-) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryJavaScript . . .
3K - last updated 2019-10-12 11:58 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-10-21 Clearing the Eshell buffer
Since I’ve been quite busy recently, I only have one short tip today. I sometimes use Eshell, and sometimes . . . of the buffer are really deleted. Handy. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2019-10-21 18:59 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-10-28 PostgreSQL, jsonb each and cross joins
A few days ago I stumbled on a PostgreSQL query I didn't really understand. I asked a [[https://stackoverflow.com/q/58280136/1181665|question . . . turns out to be really, really clever. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryPostgreSQL . . .
3K - last updated 2019-10-28 17:00 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-11-04 Starting Emacs with custom configuration directory
The usual thing people are told to do when debugging/isolating Emacs problems is to say {{{emacs -Q}}}, . . . might introduce a lot of noise for the audience. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2019-11-04 20:12 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-11-11 Diffing buffer fragments
While working on a certain project, I needed to check the differences between two text fragments. We . . . was possible, it might take more time to write. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2019-11-11 18:49 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-11-17 Diffing buffer fragments, continued
Apparently, my [[2019-11-11 Diffing buffer fragments|last blog post]] about diffing buffer fragments . . . accepting filenames can also accept buffers. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2019-11-17 10:28 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-11-25 Using inotifywait to generate files on the fly
Sometimes I want to edit some file which is then transformed to some kind of “target” format, suitable . . . in the terminal where the loop runs. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
2K - last updated 2019-11-25 20:41 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-12-01 A simple trick with selecting rows created today
For today, I only have a short but useful (at least for me) trick. When I test some new feature involving . . . toolbox just in case someone needs it one day. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryPostgreSQL . . .
2K - last updated 2019-12-01 22:00 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-12-07 Dollar-quoted strings in Bash
As we all know, bash is a terrible but ubiquitous thing. Nowadays I usually avoid writing bash scripts . . . answer]] on Unix & Linux StackExchange. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
2K - last updated 2019-12-07 10:06 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-12-16 rot13 and other Caesar ciphers in Emacs
A few days ago I saw a friend’s message on the Internet. The message looked like a bunch of random characters. . . . {{{message-caesar-region}}}. You’re welcome. ;-) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2019-12-16 21:56 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-12-23 Counting sentences in emails
[[2015-12-12 Counting sentences|Some time ago]] I wrote about sentence counting in Emacs buffers (or . . . streamline that is worth quite a bit for me. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
5K - last updated 2019-12-23 15:01 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-12-24 Christmas 2019
So, it’s Christmas Eve again! Thanks be to God for His mercy and coming to us as the Child! This year, . . . to all my readers is a decade of Rosary for you. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith . . .
1K - last updated 2019-12-24 14:14 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2020-01-06 Org agenda statistics, part I
Some time ago [[2019-07-15 Batch Org agenda|I wrote]] about the {{{org-batch-agenda}}} macro. I decided . . . the day from my smartphone. (to be continued) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
4K - last updated 2020-01-06 09:08 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2020-01-13 Automatic testing during rebasing
I am already accustomed to hidden gems in Git. Still, finding one is always nice. Recently, I was reading . . . (See the manpage for details.) Very handy! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryGit . . .
2K - last updated 2020-01-13 20:03 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2020-01-19 tldr
For today, I only have a short tip. Some time ago, I discovered this little gem called [[https://tldr.sh/|tldr]]. . . . to learn more (also about similar projects!). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
2K - last updated 2020-01-19 17:51 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2020-01-27 Splitting a past commit in two, and a bonus regex trick
[[2018-08-06 Editing past Git commits|More than a year ago]] I described a very simple Git rebase workflow, . . . specify revisions. You may thank me later. ;-) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryGit . . .
4K - last updated 2020-01-27 22:17 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2020-02-02 Encrypted Org-mode journal
I use the Org-mode capturing feature to write a daily journal, where I record various important events . . . for journaling, but YMMV) – and that’s it. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2020-02-02 08:38 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2020-02-10 My first steps with Lua
Well, the title of this post is a misnomer – I am already well past my //first// steps with Lua, since . . . statistics, part I|Org agenda in csv format]]. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryLua . . .
4K - last updated 2020-02-10 19:14 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2020-02-15 PostgreSQL and null values in jsonb
Some time ago I was writing some PostreSQL queries involving columns of type jsonb. For some reason I . . . that are elements of arrays, though. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryPostgreSQL . . .
5K - last updated 2020-02-17 14:16 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2020-02-24 Some psql tips
I have to admit that I’m more and more enamored by PostgreSQL. Since I often use its default client {{{psql}}}, . . . then quoting quickly becomes nightmarish). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryPostgreSQL . . .
4K - last updated 2020-02-24 19:44 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2020-03-02 PostgreSQL on Docker
Lately, I’ve been experimenting with PostgreSQL a lot. It is of course convenient to be able to set up . . . it again, the data are still there. That’s good! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryPostgreSQL . . .
3K - last updated 2020-03-02 21:10 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2020-03-09 Using Org-mode as a PostgreSQL client
I often have to write more or less complex SQL queries. In case of the easy ones, there is no problem . . . building of queries becomes a pleasure. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode, . . .
5K - last updated 2020-03-09 08:12 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2020-03-16 COVID-19
It seems that everyone is talking about the COVID-19 pandemic now. Well, I decided to jump the bandwagon . . . after death, and health. God bless you all! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith . . .
1K - last updated 2020-03-16 20:28 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2020-03-23 A rebase trick with disappearing commit
Today, while working with Git, I discovered a very nice feature. I was working on a dedicated {{{feature}}} . . . / A---B---C---F---G---H develop }}} Clever Git! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryGit . . .
3K - last updated 2020-03-23 22:11 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2020-03-28 psql as a PostgreSQL teacher
A week ago, [[Comments on 2020-03-09 Using Org-mode as a PostgreSQL client|one of the commenters]] of . . . \d #+end_src }}} to see the list of tables etc. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryPostgreSQL . . .
3K - last updated 2020-03-28 18:40 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2020-04-06 Printing from the command line
Recently, I decided that the time has come to go through another geek rite of passage and to learn how . . . coding, which I am going to do soon. Stay tuned! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
4K - last updated 2020-04-07 10:39 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2020-04-12 Easter 2020
According to the tradition of my blog, I wish everyone reading this Happy Easter. May the Christ Risen . . . Rosary for all my readers. God bless you all! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith . . .
1K - last updated 2020-04-12 07:32 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2020-04-18 The main line of history of some branch
Some time ago, it occurred to me that it would be cool to be able to see the history of some branch of . . . describe develop --abbrev=0) }}} Happy gitting! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryGit . . .
2K - last updated 2020-04-18 12:06 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2020-04-27 Printing from pdf-tools
[[2020-04-06 Printing from the command line|Some time ago]] I studied the command-line interface to CUPS. . . . story, and I’m going to cover it another time. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2020-04-27 09:39 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2020-05-03 Help in read-string
[[2020-04-27 Printing from pdf-tools|Last week]] I wrote about making Emacs ask for parameters for {{{lp}}} . . . pressing any key), but is perfectly functional. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2020-05-03 07:08 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2020-05-11 Diffing and font-lock
I often work with diffs in Emacs. I usually do that within Magit, which highlights diffs in the usual . . . in some modes anyway. Go figure.) Happy diffing! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2020-05-11 20:37 UTC by mbork
2020-05-18 entr, a wrapper around inotify
Shortly after my [[2019-11-25 Using inotifywait to generate files on the fly|post from last year]] describing . . . some non-trivial stuff under the hood.) Thanks! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
1K - last updated 2020-05-18 20:19 UTC by mbork
2020-05-24 Two parameters and at least one required in yargs
I happen to write shell scripts in Node.JS quite often. They usually consume some kind of command-line . . . idea what it could be used for, but there it is. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryJavaScript . . .
2K - last updated 2020-05-24 08:17 UTC by mbork
2020-06-01 Node modules working as command-line scripts
Recently, I wanted to run one Node.JS CLI script from another. Of course, being in a hurry and KISS and . . . show_args(1, 2, 3); }}} Happy scripting! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryJavaScript . . .
3K - last updated 2020-06-01 06:20 UTC by mbork
2020-06-08 Emacs as a (very simple) CAT
From time to time, I need to translate something (usually from English to Polish). Being an Emacs user, . . . but this could change in the future, of course.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2020-06-08 20:11 UTC by mbork
2020-06-15 Emacs, Org-mode, Beeminder and pomodoros
As some of my readers probably know, I am a [[http://mbork.pl/2015-08-22_Beeminder.el|happy user of Beeminder]], . . . platform to implement simple but useful tools. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
3K - last updated 2020-06-15 20:51 UTC by mbork
2020-06-22 lodash iteratee shorthand
As is widely known, JavaScript is a language with good semantics, not-so-good syntax and a terrible standard . . . (that is, shorter) than the vanilla JS solution. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryJavaScript . . .
3K - last updated 2020-06-22 21:03 UTC by mbork
2020-06-27 Selective display
A few days ago I was working with some large JSON files. The top level of the file contained a large . . . with no argument shows everything back again.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2020-06-27 11:51 UTC by mbork
2020-07-06 Auto renaming image files
Like probably everyone else, I have //lots// of pictures from digital camera(s). Cataloging them is basically . . . at least it is a nice starting point. Have fun! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
8K - last updated 2020-07-06 17:51 UTC by mbork
2020-07-13 Miller - a csv Swiss Army knife
I often need to work with csv files. Until recently, my go-to tools to do most things with them were . . . to the documentation to see more useful things! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
3K - last updated 2020-07-13 20:42 UTC by mbork
2020-07-19 List all files that were ever present in a Git repo
Sometimes I want to dig deep in Git repo history and find some information about the files that are no . . . know, I’ll see if I can cargo-cult-code a fix. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryGit . . .
2K - last updated 2020-07-19 20:37 UTC by mbork
2020-07-26 Running Node.js scripts from the command line
A few days ago I accidentally ran Node.js from the command line with a wrong argument. I had a script . . . useful to anyone, but here it is – now you know. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
2K - last updated 2020-07-26 08:05 UTC by mbork
2020-08-03 Look up a global variable in the database in Node.js
Today I encountered an interesting problem. Assume that you want a global constant in your Node.js backend, . . . is going to have newer Node.js versions. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
2K - last updated 2020-08-03 14:55 UTC by mbork
2020-08-10 Custom git-log format and a poor man's changelog revisited
[[2020-04-18 The main line of history of some branch|A few months ago]] I wrote about a “poor man’s changelog” . . . of what PRs were merged, when, and by whom. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryGit . . .
2K - last updated 2020-08-10 20:53 UTC by mbork
2020-08-17 A simple bash one-liner to check a bunch of files for the terminating newline
Some time ago I had a bunch of csv files in a directory, and //some// of them had terminating newlines. . . . issue is left as an exercise to the reader. ;-) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
1K - last updated 2020-08-17 19:39 UTC by mbork
2020-08-24 Sorting object keys with Lodash
I have been extremely busy recently, so I have only a short tip today. Imagine having a JavaScript object . . . chaining, but this is not really necessary). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryJavaScript . . .
1K - last updated 2020-08-24 20:24 UTC by mbork
2020-08-31 When were changes from a specific commit merged
A situation that happens to me from time to time is when I have a particular commit in my Git repository . . . a new Git command]] {{{git find-merge}}}.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryGit . . .
3K - last updated 2020-08-31 16:57 UTC by mbork
2020-09-05 Better look of the ivy-occur-grep buffer
Continuing the trend of short tips due to lots of work I have nowadays, here is one thing that bothered . . . 1))) }}} and now I'm a happier Ivy/Counsel user. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2020-09-05 06:01 UTC by mbork
2020-09-14 amsreftex – a long-expected package
I have been a [[2009-04-14 List of publications of a person (en)|long]] [[2018-01-07 A small editing . . . AUCTeX and amsrefs. Good job, Fran! Thank you! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX, . . .
3K - last updated 2020-09-14 07:46 UTC by mbork
2020-09-20 A simple trick with Textern and require-final-newline
I have been using the Textern add-on for Firefox for quite some time now. What it does is it lets you . . . Emacs to benefit from this little improvement. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2020-09-20 10:00 UTC by mbork
2020-09-27 Pretty printing SQL queries
I often work with SQL queries. Sometimes I write them myself, sometimes they are created by an ORM – . . . (region-end) "sqlformat -r -" nil t)) }}} CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryPostgreSQL . . .
2K - last updated 2020-09-27 19:38 UTC by mbork
2020-10-05 Notifying the user about the start of the track in EMMS
I bought a new record a few days ago, and of course the first thing I did was converting it to mp3 files. . . . I’m going off to listen to some music now. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2020-10-05 11:16 UTC by mbork
2020-10-12 Editing subtitles in Emacs with subed
Some time ago I bought a DVD with one of my favorite movies of all time. (I am not really a movie person, . . . to put Polish translations in suitable places. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2020-10-12 04:58 UTC by mbork
2020-10-18 A nice exercise in metric spaces
It’s been a very long time since I posted anything math-y here (more than five years!). It certainly . . . that whenever I feel like it. Happy solving! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryMaths . . .
3K - last updated 2020-10-18 16:31 UTC by mbork
2020-10-26 Scrolling all windows simultaneously
One of the things which I need very seldom is simultaneous scrolling in more than one window. One possible . . . rarely, but when you do, it is really nice. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2020-10-26 07:08 UTC by mbork
2020-11-01 The situation in Poland
I really planned to post something else this weekend (I even have written something about Bash redirection . . . oppose it – they may need prayers a lot more... CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith . . .
2K - last updated 2020-11-01 21:51 UTC by mbork
2020-11-09 A nice tip about Bash redirection
Some time ago I had a minor epiphany about Bash redirection. I needed to perform the same command for . . . {{{file_name}}} I need to change. Quite useful! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
1K - last updated 2020-11-09 21:20 UTC by mbork
2020-11-16 Putting punctuation after closing parens automatically
I (obviously) use Emacs //a lot// for programming. While I would be quite happy to code in Lisp all the . . . just technicalities I'll save for another time.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
7K - last updated 2020-11-16 21:34 UTC by mbork
2020-11-23 Emacs and the X selection
One thing I have been reading about lately is the interaction between Emacs and the outside world via . . . expect more about copying/pasting in the future! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2020-11-23 10:52 UTC by mbork
2020-11-30 Repeating complex commands
Today I learned about a fantastic Emacs feature I had no idea about. I knew that the key {{{C-x z}}} . . . into Elisp code. Also, it is insanely cool;-). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2020-11-30 21:43 UTC by mbork
2020-12-07 Temporary PostgreSQL tables
Today I have yet another small PostgreSQL tip. Sometimes you want just to experiment a bit, or maybe . . . tables won’t survive that. That’s it for today! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryPostgreSQL . . .
1K - last updated 2020-12-07 22:02 UTC by mbork
2020-12-14 My volume control in AwesomeWM
Embrace yourselves, since a heresy is coming! I sometimes am //outside Emacs// (gasp!), and getting to . . . notifications look weird, but it does the job. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
2K - last updated 2020-12-14 08:41 UTC by mbork
2020-12-21 Pretty printing json and jsonb columns in PostgreSQL
And for today I have yet another short PostgreSQL tip. I use a database which has quite a few tables . . . clauses are there just for optimization. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryPostgreSQL . . .
2K - last updated 2020-12-21 19:12 UTC by mbork
2020-12-24 Christmas 2020
As usual, the time has come for Christmas wishes to all my readers. Frankly, I have no idea how many . . . for failure). Anyway, interesting times ahead! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith . . .
3K - last updated 2020-12-24 07:58 UTC by mbork
2021-01-04 Current Emacs commit revisited
[[2017-01-30 Current Emacs version|Almost four years ago]] I described a simple command to insert the . . . (substring emacs-repository-version 0 7)))) }}} CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2021-01-04 20:41 UTC by mbork
2021-01-11 Deleting last entry from the kill ring
The Emacs’ kill ring is a brilliant and extremely useful concept. It has some drawbacks, too, though. . . . like the linked answer does. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2021-01-11 15:09 UTC by mbork
2021-01-25 Generating consecutive dates in Unix shell
It is no surprise for any regular reader that I have a kind of love-hate relationship with the shell. . . . and friends to accomplish simple, one-off tasks. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
3K - last updated 2021-01-25 11:26 UTC by mbork
2021-02-01 Copying symlink targets in Dired
I have a short but pretty useful tip today for everyone who uses Dired as their main file manager ([[2015-04-25 . . . setting {{{dired-dwim-target}}} to {{{t}}}. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2021-02-01 08:06 UTC by mbork
2021-02-06 Unignoring some files by ripgrep
I use the famous [[https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep|ripgrep]] tool a lot. It is extremely useful, . . . log files), and you’re done! Very useful indeed. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
2K - last updated 2021-02-06 18:38 UTC by mbork
2021-02-13 Copying to clipboard with single spaces
I sometimes need to transfer some text from Emacs to another program, like a web browser or terminal. . . . Anyway, this is it for today. Happy hacking! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
6K - last updated 2021-02-13 15:44 UTC by mbork
2021-02-20 Using keyboard macros to emulate query replace
As you might have noticed, I hardly ever write about TeX anymore. This is because I use it much less . . . replacement, like changing the lettercase etc. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX, . . .
5K - last updated 2021-02-20 09:00 UTC by mbork
2021-02-27 Visible bell in Emacs
Emacs has this habit of beeping when something goes wrong (or when the user presses {{{C-g}}}). Frankly, . . . that. And that’s it for today – happy beeping! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2021-02-27 09:44 UTC by mbork
2021-03-07 A directory name as a command-line parameter for Node.js
Some time ago I accidentally discovered a neat feature of Node.js, which seems undocumented (at least . . . shell autocompletion. And that’s it for today! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryJavaScript . . .
1K - last updated 2021-03-07 07:57 UTC by mbork
2021-03-15 Indenting code in Emacs
A few days ago I needed to look up some indenting functions in Emacs, and I found something I either . . . they can definitely be handy once in a while. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2021-03-15 07:34 UTC by mbork
2021-03-20 Using index in the Emacs Info viewer
Recently I was checking how to use the index in the Emacs Info viewer. First of all, let me mention that . . . another one and go up). Happy reading the docs! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2021-03-20 07:31 UTC by mbork
2021-03-27 The interactive clause and modes
I was reading up on the {{{interactive}}} clause recently, and I noticed something I’m quite sure there . . . but Emacs is //even more// self-documenting now! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2021-03-27 09:21 UTC by mbork
2021-04-04 Easter
Christ is risen! So, happy Easter for everyone! I’m looking at [[2020-04-12 Easter 2020|my Easter post . . . a decade of Rosary for everyone who reads this! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith . . .
2K - last updated 2021-04-04 03:37 UTC by mbork
2021-04-10 deactivate-mark
Emacs Lisp has two entities called exactly the same – the {{{deactivate-mark}}} //function// and the . . . code. Phew ;-)// And that’s it for today! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2021-04-10 07:52 UTC by mbork
2021-04-17 Multiple Help buffers
When using many Emacs’ help commands (like {{{C-h f}}}, or {{{describe-function}}}), we are presented . . . day, so I decided to share it. Happy Emacs-ing! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2021-04-17 13:22 UTC by mbork
2021-04-26 Binding a command to what is normally a prefix key
Some time ago, someone on the help-gnu-emacs [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2020-09/msg00238.html|asked]] . . . of Elisp in the very near future. Stay tuned! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2021-04-26 05:34 UTC by mbork
2021-05-01 Emacs Lisp book revived
Five and a half years ago [[2015-09-05 EmacsConf2015 - afterthoughts, and a book project|I mentioned . . . around September, so stay tuned! CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryEmacs, CategoryEmacsBook . . .
6K - last updated 2021-05-01 08:40 UTC by mbork
2021-05-02 Org-mode to Markdown via the clipboard
Some time ago [[2021-02-13 Copying to clipboard with single spaces|I have written]] about transforming . . . (gui-set-selection 'CLIPBOARD markdown)))) }}} CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
2K - last updated 2022-05-02 16:47 UTC by mbork
2021-05-08 Disabling distractions
Like many other people, I have to fight with distractions a lot. The main distractors (at least when . . . up your {{{/etc/hosts}}} before any experiments! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
3K - last updated 2021-05-09 13:37 UTC by mbork
2021-05-17 Updating an Emacs buffer in real-time
I am in the process of writing some Elisp code which needs to provide feedback to the user about a certain . . . just a bit too advanced to make it to the book.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2021-05-17 19:33 UTC by mbork
2021-05-24 Ivy and ignoring the order of tokens
Emacs function naming is //strange//. I rediscovered that fact a few weeks ago when I tried to find a . . . counterparts to many Emacs functions and more.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2021-05-24 04:37 UTC by mbork
2021-05-30 Extending subed-mode
[[2020-10-12 Editing subtitles in Emacs with subed|Some time ago]] I mentioned the [[https://github.com/rndusr/subed|subed-mode]], . . . say that the experience is now even better:-)! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
6K - last updated 2021-05-30 16:55 UTC by mbork
2021-06-05 Emacs Lisp book update – what the book is going to look like
About a month ago I decided to [[2021-05-01 Emacs Lisp book revived|write about the book on Emacs Lisp . . . the book. Till the next time! CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryEmacs, CategoryEmacsBook . . .
7K - last updated 2021-06-07 03:52 UTC by mbork
2021-06-14 New behavior of yank-pop
I have another short Emacs tip for today. Quite recently (well, in November 2020, which – given the scale . . . Anyway, that’s it for today. See you next week! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2021-06-14 19:35 UTC by mbork
2021-06-21 fx - a terminal JSON viewer
Some time ago I had a need to dig (interactively) into a deeply nested JSON. While I know and use [[https://github.com/DamienCassou/json-navigator|json-navigator]], . . . mode. That’s it for today. You’re welcome. ;-) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
1K - last updated 2021-06-21 09:28 UTC by mbork
2021-06-28 Going to where you were when visiting a file
I don’t close my Emacs very often. Basically, I start it right after I turn my computer on and log in, . . . }}} And that’s it for today. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2021-06-28 18:03 UTC by mbork
2021-07-03 Emacs Lisp book - contents
As you [[2021-05-01 Emacs Lisp book revived|probably know]] [[2021-06-05 Emacs Lisp book update – what . . . will be //very// appreciated. CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryEmacs, CategoryEmacsBook . . .
5K - last updated 2021-07-03 17:10 UTC by mbork
2021-07-12 Counting business days
A need that I sometimes have is to know how many business days are there in a given month. It is not . . . and hopefully a simpler way will emerge... CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2021-07-12 21:18 UTC by mbork
2021-07-19 Sorting crontab chronologically
On one of the computers I work on there is a pretty extensive crontab file, with many tasks carefully . . . | sort -k 2g,1g }}} That’s it for today! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
2K - last updated 2021-08-09 07:38 UTC by mbork
2021-07-26 Binding a command to every key bound to another command
For today, I have an //extremely// specific Emacs Lisp tip – this is definitely not something you would . . . there – it is a part of a section-in-progress.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2021-07-26 06:10 UTC by mbork
2021-08-02 Reordering sentences in Emacs
I’m probably in a minority, but I am a heavy user of Emacs’ {{{transpose-*}}} commands, most notably . . . to all people who bought it. CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryEmacs, CategoryEmacsBook . . .
5K - last updated 2021-08-02 04:15 UTC by mbork
2021-08-09 Linking to manpage sections
Some time ago I was looking for some advice on StackOverflow, and one thing caught my eye: someone provided . . . m}}} in either Man or WoMan mode to see them). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2021-08-09 07:37 UTC by mbork
2021-08-16 Remapping commands
[[2021-07-26 Binding a command to every key bound to another command|Several weeks ago]] I wrote about . . . both features exist in Emacs, but here they are. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2021-08-16 16:49 UTC by mbork
2021-08-23 grep and context lines
Sometimes (well, actually pretty often!) I need to search text files with [[https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/|grep]]. . . . use are actually useful and well thought out. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
1K - last updated 2021-08-23 04:22 UTC by mbork
2021-08-30 How I avoid deleting large parts of Org buffers accidentally
For today, I have a kind of obvious trick, but one that saved me a lot of trouble at least once. As many . . . later. That’s it for today, hope it helps! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2021-08-30 04:14 UTC by mbork
2021-09-06 My experience with book writing
This is a rather atypical post in that it is just a bunch of thoughts about how to write a book, how . . . go. Now let’s get back to work! CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryEmacs, CategoryEmacsBook . . .
16K - last updated 2021-09-06 18:31 UTC by mbork
2021-09-13 A gotcha with PostgreSQL's jsonb type
As you may probably know, I am a big fan of PostgreSQL. That doesn't mean that it's always easy for me . . . Well, at least now I know about this behavior... CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryPostgreSQL . . .
2K - last updated 2021-09-13 16:18 UTC by mbork
2021-09-20 Simple tmux scripting
I have recently started to use {{{tmux}}} instead of separate tabs in my terminal. I had a few reasons . . . I will defnitely be researching a better idea. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2021-09-20 11:28 UTC by mbork
2021-09-27 Ellipses in math - ldots versus cdots
It's been a while since a TeX-related post here, but I still use TeX and friends once in a while, and . . . advice above should cover at least 95% cases. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
2K - last updated 2021-09-27 20:18 UTC by mbork
2021-10-04 Emacs Lisp book - status update and plans
This post is a status update about the [[https://leanpub.com/hacking-your-way-emacs/|book I started way . . . satisfied, no questions asked!) CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryEmacs, CategoryEmacsBook . . .
4K - last updated 2021-11-05 06:08 UTC by mbork
2021-10-11 Highlighting word differences when diffing
I have a short tip for today. Sometimes it is useful to diff two files (in terminal), highlighting the . . . to define what a “word” is.) You’re welcome! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryGit . . .
1K - last updated 2021-10-11 16:35 UTC by mbork
2021-10-16 The funniest bug I've seen in a pretty long time
I might be in the minority, but I actually do like debugging. It's often like that sort of puzzle game . . . in the hope of making you smile a bit:-). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryJavaScript . . .
3K - last updated 2021-10-18 09:12 UTC by mbork
2021-10-25 debug-on-variable-change
Yet another short tip for today. (Don’t worry, longer, more involved posts will still happen here;-)!) . . . undetectable by this mechanism. Happy debugging! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2021-10-25 17:56 UTC by mbork
2021-11-01 Org timer with sound
For today I have another tip. I often need to know when some amount of time has passed. I know about . . . obviously works everywhere. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
1K - last updated 2021-11-01 19:23 UTC by mbork
2021-11-06 The Emacs Lisp book is finished
So, it’s done! I am very proud to say that after about 10 months of work I finished writing [[https://leanpub.com/hacking-your-way-emacs/|my . . . make Emacs work better for you! CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryEmacs, CategoryEmacsBook . . .
4K - last updated 2021-11-06 18:59 UTC by mbork
2021-11-13 y-or-n-p but with RET meaning yes
Today, I had an //extremely// specific need. I wanted the Elisp function {{{y-or-n-p}}} (which asks the . . . nature of the {{{y-or-n-p-map}}} variable here. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2021-11-13 04:44 UTC by mbork
2021-11-20 Tricks with GNU date
Date- and time-related computations are hard – we all know this. Sometimes the problem is that there . . . in Poland and the US, so it’s a total mess!). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
4K - last updated 2021-11-20 09:14 UTC by mbork
2021-11-29 Counting the number of columns in PostgreSQL
So I had this pretty big PostgreSQL table, and I wanted to know how many columns it had. Should be simple . . . you need to split them up into smaller chunks. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryPostgreSQL . . .
2K - last updated 2021-11-29 13:00 UTC by mbork
2021-12-04 Org timer once again
I’ve been [[2021-11-01 Org timer with sound|writing about the Org timer about a month ago]], and today . . . having to tell it the number of minutes. Nice! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
1K - last updated 2021-12-04 07:59 UTC by mbork
2021-12-11 My productivity system - design
Note: this is another of those //really// long posts. It’s probably only interesting for some productivity . . . your work), but in the proper balance. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
16K - last updated 2021-12-11 10:53 UTC by mbork
2021-12-18 Automatically starting Firefox with a clean profile
I am currently working on a side project, which is a very specific web application. One of the requirements . . . solution – still, it’s much better than nothing. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
5K - last updated 2021-12-18 12:44 UTC by mbork
2021-12-24 Merry Christmas
It seems that it is already a tradition that I wish Merry Christmas to all my readers! Of course, as . . . you with that //now//.) Have a great Christmas! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith . . .
1K - last updated 2021-12-24 09:44 UTC by mbork
2022-01-03 The Emacs Lisp book - looking back and into the future
The time has come to make a short summary about the [[https://leanpub.com/hacking-your-way-emacs/|Hacking . . . way around in Emacs// as it is. CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryEmacs, CategoryEmacsBook . . .
4K - last updated 2022-01-03 18:58 UTC by mbork
2022-01-10 Simple tmux scripting revisited
Some time ago [[2021-09-20 Simple tmux scripting|I wrote]] about my (very simple) {{{tmux}}} script. . . . probably dive deeper into this issue one day...) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2022-01-10 21:59 UTC by mbork
2022-01-17 Making code snippets in Org-mode easier to type
From time to time people tend to discuss the Org markup – some people want to extend it in one way or . . . that can help with that... Just saying! ;-) ) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
6K - last updated 2022-01-17 20:17 UTC by mbork
2022-01-24 Journaling with Org-mode
OK, so let’s admit it. I’ve been journaling with Org-mode for more than 6½ years now. Every day (well, . . . the contents of the journal headlines we need. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
4K - last updated 2022-01-24 16:26 UTC by mbork
2022-01-29 Running a script before (and after) starting the psql prompt
And here I am again, with another PostgreSQL tip. Recently, I had a need of running {{{psql}}} interactively . . . do not survive that.) Have fun querying! ;-) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryPostgreSQL . . .
3K - last updated 2022-01-29 09:56 UTC by mbork
2022-02-07 An inclined plane in tikz
Look, a TeX post again! It's been [[2021-09-27 Ellipses in math - ldots versus cdots|another while]] . . . an inclined plane, without trigonometry. Enjoy! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
5K - last updated 2022-02-07 08:04 UTC by mbork
2022-02-12 tomato.el update
Last year [[2020-06-15 Emacs, Org-mode, Beeminder and pomodoros|I wrote about my pomodoro-like setup]] . . . Gitlab]]. Let me know if you find this useful! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
2K - last updated 2022-02-12 10:28 UTC by mbork
2022-02-21 Graph plotting in TikZ – a caveat
Yet another TeX tip today – I found I wrote this over 6 years ago and never published. So, here it is. . . . plot[domain=-1:1] (\x,\x*\x); }}} Caveat TeXor! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
2K - last updated 2022-02-21 04:46 UTC by mbork
2022-02-28 A clever trick with psql copy and multiline select statements
For today, I have another PostgreSQL tip, which I admit is extremely niche, but useful nevertheless. . . . as}}} before your long query. Happy copying! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryPostgreSQL . . .
2K - last updated 2022-02-28 18:56 UTC by mbork
2022-03-07 Transient input method
A [[2014-09-13 TeX input method|long time ago]] I wrote about my usage of the TeX input method, which . . . //even more pleasant// and friction-free. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2022-03-07 05:53 UTC by mbork
2022-03-14 Proper indentation after a const in Emacs
A few days ago I decided to finally fix [[https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=40760|one of . . . of making this variable a user option.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryJavaScript . . .
2K - last updated 2022-03-14 16:47 UTC by mbork
2022-03-19 Variable-width font in the modeline
Some time ago there was an experimental change on the {{{master}}} branch in Emacs, bringing "variable . . . state of the repo, you can use it even now. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2022-03-21 06:18 UTC by mbork
2022-03-26 A nice use-case for pee
Well, sorry for the click-bait-ish title;-)... Of course I meant [[https://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/|this . . . "grep pattern" }}} What can I say? Happy peeing! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
2K - last updated 2022-03-26 12:29 UTC by mbork
2022-04-04 Warning about trying to setq a non-existent variable
Some time ago [[2022-03-14 Proper indentation after a const in Emacs|I wrote]] about how I changed a . . . to best suit your needs. Emacs for the win! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2022-04-04 17:28 UTC by mbork
2022-04-11 pgrep, or what I do when Vagrant hangs
I use [[https://www.virtualbox.org/|Virtualbox]] (via [[https://www.vagrantup.com/|Vagrant]]) pretty . . . Vagrant processes. That’s it for today! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
3K - last updated 2022-04-11 05:38 UTC by mbork
2022-04-17 Easter 2022
Another difficult time – not only because of COVID-19 (which hopefully seems to finally retreat), but . . . joy greater than all our troubles. Christ lives! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith . . .
1K - last updated 2022-04-17 05:09 UTC by mbork
2022-04-25 Calculating fuel consumption in Org
While I am a big fan of Org-mode, I admit that I don't try to use it for everything. Having used it for . . . Emacs.SE answer]] might be useful then.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
3K - last updated 2022-04-25 15:08 UTC by mbork
2022-05-09 My productivity system - implementation
Last year I wrote about [[2021-12-11 My productivity system - design|the design of my personal productivity . . . pretty rough) productivity app in under 3 hours. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
4K - last updated 2022-05-09 16:59 UTC by mbork
2022-05-16 Two simple helpers for debugging Express.js applications
Sometimes, when debugging [[https://expressjs.com/|Express.js]] applications, it happens that one of . . . of responding at once. That’s it for today! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryJavaScript . . .
3K - last updated 2022-05-16 10:50 UTC by mbork
2022-05-23 Copying code snippets
Two weeks ago [[2021-05-02 Org-mode to Markdown via the clipboard|I wrote]] about copying stuff from . . . to easily select the one I need! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
4K - last updated 2022-05-23 05:39 UTC by mbork
2022-05-29 A short hike in Polish
//Note: The English version of this bilingual post is below.// {{{}}} * * * Dzisiejszy post jest nieco . . . Have fun with //A short hike// if you want! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
4K - last updated 2022-05-29 08:26 UTC by mbork
2022-06-04 Diffing structural changes revisited
Two and a half years ago I blogged about [[2019-10-07 A tip with diffing (and committing) program structure . . . previously. [[image:difftastic-example.png]] CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryJavaScript . . .
1K - last updated 2022-06-04 07:04 UTC by mbork
2022-06-13 Highlighting and de-highlighting things
From time to time I want to perform a kind-of “human search” on a file. For example, there is some keyword . . . day, but can be //very// handy once in a while. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2022-06-13 19:14 UTC by mbork
2022-06-20 Copying the current location
Continuing the [[2021-02-13 Copying to clipboard with single spaces|trend]] of playing around with [[2021-05-02 . . . pretty soon, i.e., within the next few weeks!) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2022-06-20 17:53 UTC by mbork
2022-06-24 A great day for life
God bless America!!! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
1K - last updated 2022-06-24 19:31 UTC by mbork
2022-07-02 Paying my bills with Emacs
I use Emacs to pay my bills. Literally. I mean, I use it in my day job, obviously, but it’s not what . . . 'CLIPBOARD invoice-number)))) }}} CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2022-07-02 19:30 UTC by mbork
2022-07-11 A poor man's Emacs - Jira integration
I use Jira at work. (I know, I know. Actually it’s not //that// bad – at least it’s much better than . . . is false). That’s it for today. Happy coding! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2022-07-11 14:05 UTC by mbork
2022-07-18 Making some things more legible
Continuing the topic of [[2022-07-02 Paying my bills with Emacs|one of the last posts]], let me talk . . . book you must be tired of hearing about]]. ;-) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2022-07-18 18:32 UTC by mbork
2022-07-25 Make pass help me remember my passwords
As I [[2014-08-31 A simple, command-line-driven password store|mentioned a long time ago]], I use [[http://www.passwordstore.org/|pass]] . . . the comments if you consider this a good idea! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2022-07-25 10:44 UTC by mbork
2022-08-01 Making secrets with Emacs
Let’s play with encryption! Well, not //real// encryption – but //fun// encryption. And few things are . . . from Emacs history. Anyway, that’s it for today. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2022-08-01 06:35 UTC by mbork
2022-08-08 Copying the current location revisited
[[2022-06-20 Copying the current location|Some time ago]] I wrote about a snippet of Elisp for copying . . . (kill-new location) (message location))) }}} CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2022-08-08 15:56 UTC by mbork
2022-08-15 Personal accounting in Ledger
As I mentioned a few times, I use [[https://www.ledger-cli.org/|Ledger]] to keep track of my personal . . . I am working on a major update, too. Stay tuned! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
3K - last updated 2022-08-15 05:54 UTC by mbork
2022-08-22 The Emacs range package
Some time ago I discovered something really cool. It turns out Emacs has a package named {{{range}}} . . . place. Like I didn’t know //that// already... CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2022-08-22 15:22 UTC by mbork
2022-08-27 Screenshots from Emacs
Some time ago there was a discussion on the Emacs mailing list about making screenshots from Emacs. From . . . 20 years Emacs never ceases to astonish me! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2022-08-27 15:56 UTC by mbork
2022-09-05 Comments in srt files
As I mentioned [[2020-10-12 Editing subtitles in Emacs with subed|several]] [[2021-05-30 Extending subed-mode|times]] . . . in {{{srt}}} files will just work for everyone. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2022-09-05 18:53 UTC by mbork
2022-09-12 Shifting dates or timestamps in PostgreSQL
For today I only have a short and simple PostgreSQL tip. Recently, for the purpose of testing, I needed . . . reasons. That’s it for today. See you next week! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryPostgreSQL . . .
1K - last updated 2022-09-12 18:35 UTC by mbork
2022-09-17 Safe killing with Emacs
Some time ago Samuel Wales had a [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2022-09/msg00180.html|very . . . Emacs Lisp]] is a possible next step after that. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2022-09-17 14:21 UTC by mbork
2022-09-26 Knex, PostgreSQL and bytea columns
Today I have yet another PostgreSQL-related tip. Some time ago I needed to put contents of some binary . . . I might describe another time. Good luck coding! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryPostgreSQL . . .
3K - last updated 2022-09-26 15:56 UTC by mbork
2022-10-03 Converting words and sentences to identifiers
Some time ago I had a need to “convert” a phrase, or even a whole sentence, into an identifier. By “converting . . . (and pretty basic) things people add to Emacs! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2022-10-03 21:07 UTC by mbork
2022-10-10 Adding timestamps to youtube links
I sometimes keep YouTube links in my Org mode files. They are often links to lectures which I don't usually . . . new-url)) (error "Not on a Youtube link")))) }}} CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2022-10-10 20:35 UTC by mbork
2022-10-15 Converting words and sentences to identifiers in shell
About two weeks ago [[2022-10-03 Converting words and sentences to identifiers|I wrote about a simple . . . pour souls trapped in VSCode (or other editors). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
2K - last updated 2022-10-15 19:20 UTC by mbork
2022-10-24 Playing videos from the last position in mpv
Two weeks ago [[2022-10-10 Adding timestamps to youtube links|I wrote about saving timestamps in YouTube . . . – and all that with hardly leaving Emacs! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2022-10-24 06:18 UTC by mbork
2022-10-29 A bash helper for prefixed scripts
Let’s say we have some project we are working on. The project involves a number of shell scripts for . . . Mickey’s post – it’s also full of useful stuff! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
4K - last updated 2022-10-29 10:16 UTC by mbork
2022-11-07 Counting working days again
Some time ago [[2021-07-12 Counting business days|I wrote about counting business days in Emacs]]. I . . . like in some other environments...) and fast. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2022-11-07 07:18 UTC by mbork
2022-11-14 Doubling backslashes
Today’s post is not meant to be very //useful// to most people, but it serves as a demonstration of a . . . to code little convenience Elisp functions, too! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2022-11-14 20:43 UTC by mbork
2022-11-19 Streamlining my workflow with Magit and BitBucket
We use BitBucket at our company, which is some source of frustration for us. One of the issues we have . . . that the user is a tinkerer kind, of course). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2022-11-19 19:55 UTC by mbork
2022-11-26 Extracting Youtube subtitles in Emacs
A few days ago I [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ywexhw/eww_is_awesome_what_do_you_use_it_for/|read . . . }}} And that’s it for today! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2022-11-28 17:05 UTC by mbork
2022-12-05 A simple function to create abbreviations
A few days ago I wanted to write to a colleague about //accessibility// – or, as it is often called, . . . pretty much it for today. Happy Elisp hacking! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2022-12-05 19:33 UTC by mbork
2022-12-12 Debugging chained operations in Lodash
I use [[https://lodash.com/|Lodash]] in some of my projects. One of the nice features of Lodash is the . . . {{{size}}} elements on the console. Very handy! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryJavaScript . . .
2K - last updated 2022-12-12 10:39 UTC by mbork
2022-12-19 A few new things in Emacs 29
Everybody with an Emacs blogs raves about Emacs 29 these days. Things like Eglot, tree-sitter, SQL support . . . waiting for the official release otherwise! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2022-12-19 07:22 UTC by mbork
2022-12-25 Merry Christmas 2022
Merry Christmas to you all! Many people seem to fall in the rut of "Christmas again, and my life is still . . . offer a decade of rosary for all my readers!) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith . . .
1K - last updated 2022-12-25 09:17 UTC by mbork
2023-01-02 Computing Org mode TODO stats
When I started using Org mode, I followed the very common (and //very// sound) advice and did not try . . . t 'tree 'archive 'comment) stats)) }}} CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
4K - last updated 2023-01-09 06:07 UTC by mbork
2023-01-09 TODO stats table
Last week I showed how to compute a summary of all TODO keywords in an Org mode subtree. Today we’ll . . . add some parameter parsing to this. Until then! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
3K - last updated 2023-01-09 06:09 UTC by mbork
2023-01-14 My plans for 2023
It is the first time I write a post about my plans for the upcoming year. This is because I keep changing . . . Let me know, and thanks for reading this far! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
6K - last updated 2023-01-14 07:03 UTC by mbork
2023-01-23 TODO stats table with parameters
[[2023-01-09 TODO stats table|Last time I wrote about my TODO stats table]] I promised to make it more . . . params :scope))) (org-table-align)) }}} CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
5K - last updated 2023-01-23 18:12 UTC by mbork
2023-01-30 The benefits of everything being a buffer
For today I only have a //very// short tip – or maybe let’s call it an anecdote. (This is not because . . . synergies between various Emacs “apps”? CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2023-01-30 15:18 UTC by mbork
2023-02-04 My accounting book is finished
As I mentioned in [[2023-01-14 My plans for 2023|my post about plans for 2023]], I spent some time last . . . for any reason (or even //without// any reason). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
2K - last updated 2023-02-04 09:17 UTC by mbork
2023-02-05 From the kill ring to a register revisited
[[2024-01-22 From the kill ring to a register|Two weeks ago]] I wrote about my little command to move . . . variables, so at least I learned something new. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2024-02-05 05:45 UTC by mbork
2023-02-11 Linear scaling of subtitles timestamps
Note: this post is a bit atypical – a tiny bit less technical than usual, a tiny bit more rantish than . . . able to watch one of them in your mother tongue! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
5K - last updated 2023-02-11 08:37 UTC by mbork
2023-02-18 My approach to TODOs
Some time ago I described my [[2021-12-11 My productivity system - design|productivity]] [[2022-05-09 . . . book about Emacs Lisp]]. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
8K - last updated 2023-02-18 08:52 UTC by mbork
2023-02-25 My plans for 2023 - February update
Some time ago [[2023-01-14 My plans for 2023|I wrote about my plans for 2023]]. What I didn’t mention . . . my plans is, well, still a secret. Stay tuned! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
3K - last updated 2023-02-27 20:21 UTC by mbork
2023-03-04 A horrible gotcha with nodenv and Node.js scripts
Some time ago I ran into a terrible issue. It cost me more than an hour to debug and some new gray hairs, . . . requires patience and should be done in secret.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryJavaScript . . .
3K - last updated 2023-03-04 16:17 UTC by mbork
2023-03-11 Adding my TODOs to agenda
[[2023-02-18 My approach to TODOs|Last month I wrote]] about my way of managing TODOs. It occurred to . . . We’ll see how that helps me accomplish my goals! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
6K - last updated 2023-03-11 08:33 UTC by mbork
2023-03-20 Manually entering clocking data
As I alluded many times in the past, I use [[https://orgmode.org/manual/Clocking-Work-Time.html|Org mode’s . . . I really need in Organice?), this will must do. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
3K - last updated 2023-03-20 21:35 UTC by mbork
2023-03-25 Using a thesaurus from within Emacs
Now that I started to devote more time to writing, I need a thesaurus more and more often. What I usually . . . of software that helps users, not hinders them. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2023-03-25 07:20 UTC by mbork
2023-04-01 Showing an image between lines in Emacs
I am now coding a bigger thing in Elisp (and I will definitely blog about it when it’s done), but for . . . That’s it for today, and until the next time. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2023-04-01 15:54 UTC by mbork
2023-04-09 Easter 2023
So, another year has passed since [[2022-04-17 Easter 2022|I last wrote about Easter]]. It would seem . . . a decade of Rosary for all my readers here. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith . . .
2K - last updated 2023-04-09 04:39 UTC by mbork
2023-04-15 Downcasing word at point in the whole buffer
Some time ago, one of the members of the [[https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-humanities|Emacs-humanities]] . . . for the reader{{{;-)}}}. Happy hacking! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
8K - last updated 2023-04-15 18:42 UTC by mbork
2023-04-22 Org mode clock table for the last week
Some time ago I mentioned that I started doing "weekly reviews" of what I have done last week and what . . . and overall greatness of Org mode for me! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2023-04-22 19:02 UTC by mbork
2023-04-29 My plans for 2023 - April update
This is a continuation of my posts from [[2023-01-14 My plans for 2023|January]] and [[2023-02-25 My . . . words, the future is going to be interesting! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
4K - last updated 2023-04-29 19:09 UTC by mbork
2023-05-06 Juggling playlists in EMMS
It's been several times now that I described my productivity system here. While I like it a lot, it still . . . if you want to learn to code stuff like this)! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
10K - last updated 2023-05-06 06:12 UTC by mbork
2023-05-13 Dieting with Org mode
Some time ago [[https://www.beeminder.com/mbork/weighing|I started to weigh myself every day]]. Some . . . well for me. One more repetitive task automated! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2023-05-13 11:46 UTC by mbork
2023-05-20 How to filter rows with duplicate ids in a csv
Some time ago I encountered an interesting problem. I had a CSV file (imported from a database), and . . . it’s //really// hard to beat a spreadsheet! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
3K - last updated 2023-05-20 05:27 UTC by mbork
2023-05-29 A PostgreSQL query to set the serial counter
Some time ago I encountered an unpleasant bug I made in a certain PostgreSQL query. Assume that you have . . . or not. That’s it for today. Happy hacking! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryPostgreSQL . . .
2K - last updated 2023-05-29 18:39 UTC by mbork
2023-06-03 Org agenda clock check
[[https://list.orgmode.org/CAC=HedC5NRmYJ2YdwsXncP8hiih=HYBUMmqDqHxoS50GKZVruQ@mail.gmail.com/|Some time . . . to learn the details! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2023-06-03 05:30 UTC by mbork
2023-06-12 Counting time, backwards
Some time ago I thought that I would like to have a feature Org mode doesn't seem to have. There are . . . book about Emacs Lisp]]. Happy coding! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
4K - last updated 2023-06-12 18:08 UTC by mbork
2023-06-19 Emacs Subed mode can now display waveforms
[[2020-10-12 Editing subtitles in Emacs with subed|As]] [[2020-10-26 Scrolling all windows simultaneously|I]] . . . Editing subtitles in Emacs is even better now! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2023-06-19 09:00 UTC by mbork
2023-06-26 My plans for 2023 - June update
Hello, dear readers! Another two months have passed since the last update, so here is another one. (You . . . another update like this in two months' time. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
4K - last updated 2023-06-26 15:54 UTC by mbork
2023-07-03 From mp3s to podcasts
Many years ago I used to listen to podcasts //a lot//. I had my two favorite ones, and they provided . . . to check for new episodes and that’s it. Ta-da! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
3K - last updated 2023-07-03 05:24 UTC by mbork
2023-07-08 Finding a common prefix of a set of strings
Some time ago I needed a very specific thing. Given two strings, I wanted to find their longest common . . . through the Elisp reference really //did// help. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2023-07-08 13:20 UTC by mbork
2023-07-15 Drawing ASCII art charts in Emacs buffers
[[2023-05-13 Dieting with Org mode|Two months ago I wrote]] about how I track my weight in Emacs. I am . . . it should be perfectly fine for my use-case. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
6K - last updated 2023-07-15 04:26 UTC by mbork
2023-07-22 Org Clive - a new Org-mode-based blogging engine
As [[2023-06-26 My plans for 2023 - June update|I mentioned a few weeks ago]], I am now working on a . . . – after all, I wrote Org Clive to //use// it! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
2K - last updated 2023-07-22 04:45 UTC by mbork
2023-08-05 Plotting ASCII art charts from Org mode tables
[[2023-07-15 Drawing ASCII art charts in Emacs buffers|Three weeks ago]] I wrote about simple ASCII art . . . my weight data as a plot directly in Org mode! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
5K - last updated 2023-08-05 09:15 UTC by mbork
2023-08-21 My plans for 2023 - August update
Since about two months have passed since [[2023-06-26 My plans for 2023 - June update|the last blog post]] . . . hope to be able to share much more in October! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
5K - last updated 2023-08-21 17:47 UTC by mbork
2023-09-02 Irregular recurring TODOs in Org mode, part I
//Warning//: this is the first part of a series which is not even finished yet. And even though it’s . . . useless. How surprising. (to be continued...) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
13K - last updated 2023-09-05 15:25 UTC by mbork
2023-09-18 Making Anki flashcards from subtitles
Those of you who follow my blog know that one of my hobbies is translating subtitles. The main reason . . . be preparing //lots// of flashcards very soon! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2023-09-18 18:41 UTC by mbork
2023-09-30 Confirming potentially dangerous actions
A common situation is when I want to do something on my computer with possibly destructive consequences, . . . how it works -- so far, it seems to do its job. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
3K - last updated 2023-09-30 19:17 UTC by mbork
2023-10-14 Avoiding repetitions
I write a lot of prose. That does not mean I'm //good// at it nor very //creative// -- I haven't written . . . book about Emacs Lisp]]. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
5K - last updated 2023-10-14 05:03 UTC by mbork
2023-10-30 My plans for 2023 - October update
It's been another two months since [[2023-08-21 My plans for 2023 - August update|my last update]], so . . . both my blogs, and have a good rest of the year! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
12K - last updated 2023-10-30 18:52 UTC by mbork
2023-11-13 Coloring CamelCase
Some time ago one of the members of the Emacs mailing list [[https://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2023-10/msg00003.html|asked]] . . . than a complete, production-grade solution. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2023-11-13 06:24 UTC by mbork
2023-11-27 Clocking in to parent entries
Like many, many Emacs users these days, I'm a heavy user of Org mode. In fact, both of my blogs are written . . . As usual, Emacs lets you have it //your way//. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
6K - last updated 2023-11-27 08:33 UTC by mbork
2023-12-11 Replacing TeX control words behind the point
Two weeks ago, a friend from Polish TeX Users' Group mailing list [[https://www.man.torun.pl/archives/arc/gust-l/2023-11/msg00000.html|asked]] . . . spiritual successor to that book. Happy hacking! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX, . . .
9K - last updated 2023-12-11 17:05 UTC by mbork
2023-12-25 Merry Christmas 2023
As usual at this time of year, let me wish all of you Merry Christmas! And also as usual, I promise to . . . of the Holy Rosary for everyone reading my blog. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith . . .
1K - last updated 2023-12-25 21:26 UTC by mbork
2024-01-08 My plans for 2023 - final report
At the beginning of the last year [[2023-01-14 My plans for 2023|I wrote about my plans for 2023]]. As . . . the great stuff God has prepared for me in 2024! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
7K - last updated 2024-01-08 05:32 UTC by mbork
2024-01-22 From the kill ring to a register
I am probably one of the five or six people on this planet who use Emacs registers. I mostly use them . . . I //might// consider writing one more chapter! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
6K - last updated 2024-01-22 04:18 UTC by mbork
2024-02-12 Finding Bible quotes
I often have the need to find some particular quote of the Bible – either I am reading some religious . . . that on a backburner. Maybe some other day... CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode, . . .
3K - last updated 2024-02-12 05:39 UTC by mbork
2024-02-17 Opening external drives in Dired
I use external drives pretty often – for backups, for moving files between machines, and for storing . . . your way around in Emacs]], as the next course. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2024-02-17 16:30 UTC by mbork
2024-02-26 A simple trick with URL parsing in plain text emails
Today I only have a very short tip I thought up a few days ago. If you sometimes send URL via emails . . . before the end-sentence period. You’re welcome! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
2K - last updated 2024-02-26 17:48 UTC by mbork
2024-03-02 Some tips about Emacs keyboard macros
Some time ago I had to create some rather repetitive code. These days I often use [[https://github.com/magnars/multiple-cursors.el|multiple . . . actually have them]]! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
8K - last updated 2024-03-14 04:30 UTC by mbork
2024-03-11 More psql tricks
As I mentioned many times, I am a PostgreSQL fan. I [[2020-02-24 Some psql tips|wrote]] [[2020-03-28 . . . output). That’s it for today. Happy querying! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryPostgreSQL . . .
6K - last updated 2024-03-12 12:43 UTC by mbork
2024-03-18 Follow mode
It is a fairly common opinion that a function should not be larger than your screen. The reality, though, . . . And that’s it for today – see you next time! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2024-03-18 16:52 UTC by mbork
2024-03-31 Easter 2024
Christ has risen from the dead! And so shall we all. I wish you the best for Easter! And of course, as . . . leave the yesterday’s date of the post, though.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryFaith . . .
1K - last updated 2024-04-01 06:14 UTC by mbork
2024-04-08 Even more Magit tips
Almost five years ago I wrote [[2019-05-05 A few Magit tips|a short post]] with some [[https://magit.vc/|Magit]] . . . hope this is useful for some of you out there! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryGit . . .
4K - last updated 2024-04-08 06:30 UTC by mbork
2024-04-15 Improving recenter-top-bottom and reposition-window
If one can be a fan of an Emacs command, then I am a huge fan of {{{recenter-top-bottom}}} ({{{C-l}}}) . . . prose). But that is more like a long-term plan. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
13K - last updated 2024-04-15 17:23 UTC by mbork
About me
My name is Marcin Borkowski. I am Polish and live in Poland. I'm interested in religion (I'm a Roman . . . official page about me]]. CategoryEnglish . . .
1K - last updated 2013-05-10 08:50 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
CategoryEnglish
<list > KategoriaKategoria . . .
1K - last updated 2008-08-26 08:55 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
Computer related jokes
* Why are vim users so egocentric? -- Because they begin every sentence with "I". * Why is Emacs missing . . . Lisp// by Robert J. Chassell. KategoriaHumor, CategoryEnglish . . .
1K - last updated 2008-08-26 08:53 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
Content AND Presentation
<journal 3 "^\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d.*"> CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog . . .
1K - last updated 2017-05-06 06:23 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
English page
This site exists mostly in Polish. Sorry. If you want to complain about it or just tell me anything, . . . languages;). Also, you should be able to see [[CategoryEnglish|all English pages on this site]] by . . . clicking the link [[CategoryEnglish]] on any one of them. CategoryEnglish . . .
2K - last updated 2013-09-27 20:42 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
Faith
I'm Roman Catholic, which is //very// important for me. I occasionally blog about things connected with . . . I usually do it on the Polish part of this site. CategoryEnglish, CategoryFaith . . .
1K - last updated 2013-05-10 08:46 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
IB corner
I used to teach Math Studies in an [http://www.ibo.org/ IB] school. Here I've put some things for IB . . . - IB corner|commentary page]] for this page. CategoryEnglish, CategoryIB . . .
1K - last updated 2008-08-26 08:56 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
Lista kategorii (tematycznie)
=== Techniczna strona - spis kategorii === A technical page - category list * KategoriaWiara * KategoriaMatematyka . . . * KategoriaTest * KategoriaKategoria * CategoryEnglish ** CategoryIB ** CategoryFaith ** CategoryTeX . . .
1K - last updated 2012-05-16 12:35 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
Math Studies SL FAQ
Here I will put answers to questions concerning the Math Studies SL course. If you have a question not . . . - Math Studies SL FAQ|commentary page]]. CategoryEnglish, KategoriaMatematyka, CategoryIB . . .
1K - last updated 2008-08-28 11:33 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
Math Studies SL Project ideas
I'm going to put some [[IB corner|Math Studies SL]] project ideas. If you have some more, let me know . . . feature, possibly finding some best-fit line. CategoryEnglish, KategoriaMatematyka, CategoryIB . . .
1K - last updated 2008-08-28 11:33 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
Math Studies SL materials
Here you can find some downloadable pdf's with materials for the Math Studies SL IB course. The [[Komentarz . . . CategoryEnglish, KategoriaMatematyka, CategoryIB . . .
2K - last updated 2008-08-28 11:34 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
Mathematical Analysis for Computer Science 2
Should you have any questions concerning this class, feel free to ask them on the [[Komentarz - Mathematical . . . 2|Polish version]]. KategoriaMatematykaStudia, CategoryEnglish . . .
2K - last updated 2010-01-10 16:29 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
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