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2026-08-10

• 20:35 UTC (new) (history) 2026-08-10 Emphasizing a region in Org mode . . . . mbork – One of the most basic features of Org mode is its markup. It is basically the Markdown of the Emacs world (although some people, like Karl Voit, claim that it’s superior to Markdown), and it lets do basic things like italic, bold or verbatim very easily – at least if you’re writing text. I, on the other hand, happen to edit text pretty often. This is very different from writing. When I write, typing a slash before and after something I want to emphasize is easy. When I edit and just want to make some text bold, putting stars around it is much less convenient.

2026-08-01

• 05:13 UTC (new) (history) 2026-08-01 A fancier splash screen in terminal Emacs . . . . mbork – I’ve been using Emacs in a terminal for some time now (an experience worth a blog post another day). One thing that bothered me a little was that the “splash screen” (what Emacs displays at the start) does not show the familiar Emacs logo. I decided to fix this.

2026-07-27

• 18:37 UTC (new) (history) 2026-07-27 Outlining in programs . . . . mbork – One of the Emacs’ “killer apps” is Org mode, and one of the most iconic features of Org mode is visibility cycling. It is no wonder people (including me) want a similar feature in other modes.

2026-07-20

• 19:48 UTC (new) (history) 2026-07-20 Hideshow mode . . . . mbork – Recently I discovered a very cool feature of Emacs. Apparently, it’s been present in Emacs for over 30 years, although the Git log shows that it’s been heavily worked on very recently. Meet Hideshow mode. It’s purpose is simple: it allows to, well, hide or show blocks of code.

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