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2022-05-02

• 16:47 UTC (new) (history) 2021-05-02 Org-mode to Markdown via the clipboard . . . . mbork – Some time ago I have written about transforming stuff while copying it from Emacs to the system clipboard. Recently, I noticed that I sometimes write something in Org-mode only to subsequently copy it to some place which accepts Markdown formatting. So, I decided to write a simple function transforming the region in Org-mode syntax to Markdown.

2022-04-25

• 15:08 UTC (new) (history) 2022-04-25 Calculating fuel consumption in Org . . . . mbork – 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 over ten years now I am aware that it is not the answer to everything – not even everything related to time-management. That said, it has quite a few unique features which make it very well suited to some specific needs. Some time ago, I decided to make a very simple fuel consumption calculator. A natural choice for most tech-savvy people would be to use a spreadsheet. I thought, why not use Org-mode? So, I came up with this table.

2022-04-17

• 05:09 UTC (new) (history) 2022-04-17 Easter 2022 . . . . mbork – Another difficult time – not only because of COVID-19 (which hopefully seems to finally retreat), but now also war in Ukraine. I honestly cannot imagine what Ukrainian people live through. Though I also think about Russians – often, when someone hurts other people, the aggressor ends up suffering, too… Still, the Good News about Christ living yesterday, and to day, and for ever means that all suffering, however terrible, will come to an end. I pray for all the people suffering because of various reasons – which in fact means all people – and I hope to meet you all in Heaven some day. And even amidst all the suffering and pain we have this one reason for joy greater than all our troubles. Christ lives!

2022-04-11

• 05:38 UTC (new) (history) 2022-04-11 pgrep, or what I do when Vagrant hangs . . . . mbork – I use Virtualbox (via Vagrant) pretty extensively. Unfortunately, sometimes it just hangs. (Two cases when it tends to happen is when I put my laptop to sleep with the VM on or when I try to run too many things on the VM. Not every time, but often enough to be a nuisance – say, maybe once a month. And given that I regularly have uptime on the order of weeks – Emacs uptime, not computer uptime, mind you;-), though in my case it is usually almost the same), I don’t want to reboot the system. Unfortunately, in such situations even vagrant halt --force doesn’t help.
• 05:37 UTC (diff) (history) Comments on 2022-04-04 Warning about trying to setq a non-existent variable . . . . mbork – Well, a function would require me to quote the variable name (unlike {{{setq}}} and unlike my macro).

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