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2021-07-03

• 17:10 UTC (new) (history) 2021-07-03 Emacs Lisp book - contents . . . . mbork – As you probably know by now, I am writing an intermediate textbook on Emacs Lisp, entitled Hacking your way around in Emacs. Last time I mentioned that I’d like to write something about the contents of the book. So, here it is. (Keep in mind that things may still be subject to some changes, though – the newest of them came to my mind today in the morning!)

2021-06-28

• 18:03 UTC (new) (history) 2021-06-28 Going to where you were when visiting a file . . . . mbork – I don’t close my Emacs very often. Basically, I start it right after I turn my computer on and log in, and usually the only reason for me to close Emacs is when I update the system (given that use Arch Linux, this is actually pretty often, say once every week or two). Usually, after a few days’ worth of work, I have most of files I work on open, and I’m accustomed to just switching to a suitable buffer to continue something at the point I left it a day (or several days) ago. Of course, I lose that information when I close Emacs.

2021-06-21

• 09:28 UTC (new) (history) 2021-06-21 fx - a terminal JSON viewer . . . . mbork – Some time ago I had a need to dig (interactively) into a deeply nested JSON. While I know and use json-navigator, sometimes I’d like to have something similar in the terminal. After a short search, I found fx, which is similar to jq, but has an awesome interactive mode.

2021-06-14

• 19:35 UTC (new) (history) 2021-06-14 New behavior of yank-pop . . . . mbork – I have another short Emacs tip for today. Quite recently (well, in November 2020, which – given the scale of Emacs history – is pretty recently, but I only learned that a few weeks ago or so) the yank-pop command (bound to M-y by default) acquired a very cool new feature. Its main use is (and has been for decades) to cycle through the kill-ring right after the yank command (C-y). It was one of the things that made Emacs a sophisticated editor and not a toy. Of course, M-y did nothing if pressed not immediately after C-y or another M-y, since what it could do then? Well, it’s obvious, isn’t it?

2021-06-07

• 03:52 UTC (new) (history) 2021-06-05 Emacs Lisp book update – what the book is going to look like . . . . mbork – About a month ago I decided to write about the book on Emacs Lisp I am writing. I also made it available on Leanpub where you can download the first chapter and pay me to get the (roughly) 40% of the book that is already written. This post is the first in a series of updates I plan to publish about once per month. Read on if you are curious about the process of writing a book, or want to learn if it is for you, or want to actually help me to write it! First of all, I’d like to thank all the people who trusted me so far and say that I was surprised and humbled to have so many of you. Now I feel even more encouraged to stick to my writing schedule.

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