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) . . . 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 . . . -- 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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? . . . {{{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 . . . be an Emacs user. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
3K - last updated 2013-09-19 09:10 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;). . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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}}} . . . 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}}} . . . is interesting. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2013-10-27 00:40 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . just kills it;). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2014-08-16 21:13 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 . . . 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. . . . someday. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2014-08-02 20:50 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 . . . //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]] . . . 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, . . . 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]] . . . 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/, . . . 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}}}, . . . 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 . . . 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, . . . //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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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. . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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]] . . . from academia). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode, CategoryLaTeX . . .
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] . . . 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// . . . 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. . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryLaTeX, CategoryEmacs . . .
5K - last updated 2015-01-21 21:32 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 . . . 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 . . . Emacs profiler. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode, CategoryTeX . . .
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 . . . to learn. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode, CategoryTeX . . .
3K - last updated 2015-02-21 22:15 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 . . . 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 . . . not to change it. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
6K - last updated 2015-03-14 14:08 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 . . . too!) How handy! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2015-03-29 00:41 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 . . . sliced bread!) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2015-04-25 10:34 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 . . . 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 III
In the [[2015-02-28 Math examples in TeX, part I|two]] [[2015-05-23 Math examples in TeX, part II|previous]] . . . CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX, CategoryEmacs . . .
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 . . . 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” . . . only the pdf.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2015-06-06 15:19 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 . . . decimal places. CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryEmacs . . .
6K - last updated 2015-06-20 20:32 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}}}. . . . see all of them. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2015-07-04 12:49 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 . . . Happy hacking! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
5K - last updated 2015-07-18 23:12 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, . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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]]. . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . some other day. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2015-09-12 06:18 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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) . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 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. . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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}}}: . . . rather unlikely). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2016-01-18 22:04 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]] . . . what you want. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . be disappointed. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2016-02-20 06:34 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 . . . what I could do. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
4K - last updated 2016-03-24 21:24 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}}}, . . . for another post. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2016-04-07 19:21 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 . . . terrible hacks. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2016-04-12 19:22 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 . . . 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}}}, . . . installed.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2016-04-26 19:34 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}}}. . . . 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 . . . 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}}} . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . some Free Time™.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryJavaScript . . .
2K - last updated 2016-06-20 19:52 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 . . . Happy TeXing! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryLaTeX . . .
6K - last updated 2016-07-04 20:44 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 . . . 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: . . . Martian//) ;-) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryHumor . . .
1K - last updated 2016-08-01 20:07 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 . . . 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 . . . 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))) }}} CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2016-09-26 03:40 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, . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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, . . . Happy TeXing! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . Emacs’ own one. CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2016-11-19 08:44 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . of course.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2016-12-18 18:55 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, . . . 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). . . . 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 . . . 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, . . . 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 . . . 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. . . . 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 . . . – 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . }}} 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, . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . manual some day. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2017-04-09 12:58 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 . . . in the comments. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2017-05-01 05:05 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 . . . 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 . . . 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.) . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . the mode!). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2017-06-17 04:21 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 . . . 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 . . . 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}}} . . . 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 . . . is possible.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
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 . . . 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]]. . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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]] . . . what you want. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
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 . . . 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 . . . I imagine). Cool! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
1K - last updated 2017-09-18 04:47 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 . . . CategoryBlog, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2017-10-02 18:14 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 . . . looking for one! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
3K - last updated 2017-10-16 16:22 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . is a long time!). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2017-11-12 13:07 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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]] . . . particular case.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2017-12-18 16:38 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 . . . common tasks. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
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 . . . profession.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
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 . . . the developers! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2018-01-22 04:31 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 . . . killing! ;-) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2018-02-12 20:23 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 . . . 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 . . . much better now! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
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 . . . 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!). . . . enough for me. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2018-03-26 18:56 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 . . . 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 . . . 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]], . . . 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 . . . purposes. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2018-04-28 06:24 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 . . . having me there!) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2018-05-11 13:35 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 . . . CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryGit, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2018-06-04 19:35 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 . . . the command line. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryEshell, CategoryGit . . .
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, . . . line. Very nice! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2018-06-16 18:38 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . at once. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryEshell, CategoryGit . . .
1K - last updated 2018-07-16 19:17 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 . . . run inside Emacs. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2018-07-29 12:45 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 . . . {{{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}}}, . . . 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 . . . }}} 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 . . . 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 . . . 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]] . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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. . . . 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 . . . the way. ;-) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
8K - last updated 2018-11-03 08:54 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}}} . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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]] . . . 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 . . . to that post.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2018-12-16 11:46 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 . . . 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}}}. . . . 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, . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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]] . . . 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 . . . any file.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2019-02-17 07:08 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 . . . the previous day. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
1K - last updated 2019-03-03 10:43 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 . . . 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 . . . Happy hacking! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
5K - last updated 2019-03-25 20:03 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 . . . have to wait. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
7K - last updated 2019-04-15 20:39 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . can use it;-)). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
5K - last updated 2019-05-11 06:27 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 . . . 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 . . . //you// want. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2019-06-03 18:50 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . Happy hacking! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
4K - last updated 2019-07-15 18:31 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 . . . for Org agenda. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
3K - last updated 2019-08-05 17:04 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 . . . some unused key). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2019-08-31 11:17 UTC by Marcin Borkowski
2019-10-12 Challenge accepted - a Node.js grep
An old friend of mine posted [[https://twitter.com/deshipu/status/1181146782274863104|a challenge on . . . 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 . . . deleted. Handy. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2019-10-21 18:59 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}}}, . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . accept buffers. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2019-11-17 10:28 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. . . . 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 . . . a bit for me. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
5K - last updated 2019-12-23 15:01 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 . . . (to be continued) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
4K - last updated 2020-01-06 09:08 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 . . . – and that’s it. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2020-02-02 08:38 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 . . . a pleasure. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode, CategoryPostgreSQL . . .
5K - last updated 2020-03-09 08:12 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. . . . 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}}} . . . 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 . . . Happy diffing! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2020-05-11 20:37 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, . . . 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]], . . . but useful tools. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
3K - last updated 2020-06-15 20:51 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 . . . back again.) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2020-06-27 11:51 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 . . . 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 . . . Fran! Thank you! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
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 . . . 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 – . . . -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. . . . 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, . . . suitable places. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2020-10-12 04:58 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 . . . is really nice. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2020-10-26 07:08 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 . . . 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 . . . 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}}} . . . insanely cool;-). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2020-11-30 21:43 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 . . . 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. . . . answer does. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2021-01-11 15:09 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 . . . to {{{t}}}. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2021-02-01 08:06 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. . . . 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 . . . lettercase etc. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
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, . . . – happy beeping! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2021-02-27 09:44 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . now! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2021-03-27 09:21 UTC by mbork
2021-04-10 deactivate-mark
Emacs Lisp has two entities called exactly the same – the {{{deactivate-mark}}} //function// and the . . . 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 . . . 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]] . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . markdown)))) }}} CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
2K - last updated 2022-05-02 16:47 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 . . . 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 . . . 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]], . . . 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 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 . . . you next week! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2021-06-14 19:35 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, . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . will emerge... CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2021-07-12 21:18 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . here they are. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2021-08-16 16:49 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 . . . 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 . . . get back to work! CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryEmacs, CategoryEmacsBook . . .
16K - last updated 2021-09-06 18:31 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 . . . a better idea. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2021-09-20 11:28 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 . . . questions asked!) CategoryBlog, CategoryEnglish, CategoryEmacs, CategoryEmacsBook . . .
4K - last updated 2021-11-05 06:08 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;-)!) . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . variable here. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2021-11-13 04:44 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 . . . of minutes. Nice! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
1K - last updated 2021-12-04 07:59 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 . . . 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. . . . 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 . . . 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, . . . we need. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
4K - last updated 2022-01-24 16:26 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]] . . . find this useful! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
2K - last updated 2022-02-12 10:28 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . use it even now. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2022-03-21 06:18 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 . . . for the win! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2022-04-04 17:28 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 . . . 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 . . . in under 3 hours. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
4K - last updated 2022-05-09 16:59 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 . . . the one I need! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
4K - last updated 2022-05-23 05:39 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 . . . 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 . . . next few weeks!) CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2022-06-20 17:53 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 . . . }}} 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 . . . 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 . . . 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]] . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . location))) }}} CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2022-08-08 15:56 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}}} . . . 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 . . . 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]] . . . for everyone. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2022-09-05 18:53 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 . . . step after that. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2022-09-17 14:21 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 . . . 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 . . . link")))) }}} CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2022-10-10 20:35 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 . . . leaving Emacs! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2022-10-24 06:18 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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, . . . Elisp hacking! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2022-12-05 19:33 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 . . . otherwise! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2022-12-19 07:22 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . }}} 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 . . . Emacs “apps”? CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2023-01-30 15:18 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 . . . something new. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2024-02-05 05:45 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 . . . Emacs Lisp]]. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
8K - last updated 2023-02-18 08:52 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . the next time. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2023-04-01 15:54 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]] . . . 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 . . . Org mode for me! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2023-04-22 19:02 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 . . . 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 . . . task automated! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2023-05-13 11:46 UTC by mbork
2023-06-03 Org agenda clock check
[[https://list.orgmode.org/CAC=HedC5NRmYJ2YdwsXncP8hiih=HYBUMmqDqHxoS50GKZVruQ@mail.gmail.com/|Some time . . . 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 . . . 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]] . . . even better now! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2023-06-19 09:00 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 . . . //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 . . . 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 . . . 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 . . . in Org mode! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
5K - last updated 2023-08-05 09:15 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 . . . 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 . . . very soon! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2023-09-18 18:41 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 . . . Emacs Lisp]]. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
5K - last updated 2023-10-14 05:03 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]] . . . 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 . . . 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]] . . . Happy hacking! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryTeX, CategoryLaTeX . . .
9K - last updated 2023-12-11 17:05 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 . . . 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 . . . some other day... CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode, CategoryFaith . . .
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 . . . the next course. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2024-02-17 16:30 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 . . . have them]]! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
8K - last updated 2024-03-14 04:30 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, . . . you next time! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2024-03-18 16:52 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]] . . . 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}}}) . . . a long-term plan. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
13K - last updated 2024-04-15 17:23 UTC by mbork
2024-04-22 Next-Error-Follow mode
[[2024-03-18 Follow mode|A few weeks ago I wrote]] about Emacs’ Follow mode. It turns out that searching . . . etc. in context. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2024-04-22 05:53 UTC by mbork
2024-04-27 Emacs everywhere
A [[2020-09-20 A simple trick with Textern and require-final-newline|few years ago I mentioned]] that . . . you next week! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2024-04-27 16:51 UTC by mbork
2024-05-04 Pretty printing SQL
I work with PostgreSQL on a daily basis, and I often share queries with my teammates. I like to show . . . CategoryBlog, CategoryPostgreSQL, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2024-05-04 07:59 UTC by mbork
2024-05-20 Org-clockify
[[2017-05-29 org-toggl|A long time ago I mentioned]] that we use [[https://track.toggl.com/|Toggl]] in . . . Happy clocking! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
3K - last updated 2024-05-20 17:21 UTC by mbork
2024-06-17 Selecting subtitles’ language with mpv and Emacs hacking
As you know quite well if you’re following my blog, I watch //Doctor Who// regularly. These days, I mostly . . . at home, kids;-)! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
6K - last updated 2024-06-17 06:12 UTC by mbork
2024-06-24 PGmacs - editing PostgreSQL databases from Emacs
As you probably know, I’m not only a fan of Emacs – I also like PostgreSQL very much. It is then no surprise . . . is built on). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryPostgreSQL . . .
5K - last updated 2024-06-24 19:23 UTC by mbork
2024-07-13 Dedicated windows
There are some features of Emacs which you can read about in the manual and go "huh? what is that about? . . . else there. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2024-07-13 06:14 UTC by mbork
2024-07-22 New things in new Emacs
Some time ago I wrote about [[2022-12-19 A few new things in Emacs 29|a few new things in Emacs 29]]. . . . it for today! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
4K - last updated 2024-07-22 19:11 UTC by mbork
2024-07-27 How to make Emacs not scroll from the current position
Emacs – like most or all other editors – scrolls the buffer when the point moves out of the “visible . . . to be satisfying. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
5K - last updated 2024-07-29 19:30 UTC by mbork
2024-08-12 How to require confirmation before launching an Emacs command
Some Emacs commands are potentially destructive (like {{{kill-emacs}}}, which exits Emacs) and may require . . . two easy ways!). CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2024-08-12 08:47 UTC by mbork
2024-08-19 Opening all links in an Org subtree
A few days ago I had an extremely specific need. I had an Org mode subtree consisting entirely of a list . . . if you want more. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
5K - last updated 2024-08-19 05:09 UTC by mbork
2024-09-02 Rounding all timestamps in an srt file
This is [[2020-10-12 Editing subtitles in Emacs with subed|another]] [[2021-05-30 Extending subed-mode|time]] . . . it for today! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
5K - last updated 2024-09-02 19:02 UTC by mbork
2024-09-16 Irregular recurring TODOs in Org mode, part II
So, it’s been over a year since the [[2023-09-02 Irregular recurring TODOs in Org mode, part I|previous . . . the next article! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
11K - last updated 2024-09-16 15:01 UTC by mbork
2024-10-07 Autoloads
I’ve known about the Emacs [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Autoload.html|autoload]] . . . about it here! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2024-10-07 18:56 UTC by mbork
2024-10-14 mrr-replace-mode
I have to admit that this is a bit embarrassing. [[2016-01-09 mrr-auto-replace|A long time ago]] I announced . . . it on Gitlab]]. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
5K - last updated 2024-10-14 11:30 UTC by mbork
2024-10-19 substitute-command-keys
Today I have a short tip for everyone that codes Elisp (for other people or even only for themselves), . . . gives you. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2024-10-19 16:49 UTC by mbork
2024-10-28 Command alternatives
Today I’d like to write about an Emacs feature I didn’t know about, even though it’s part of Emacs since . . . case you need it. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
3K - last updated 2024-10-28 20:16 UTC by mbork
2024-11-04 Persisting variables across Emacs sessions
Today, I have a short tip to all people who write Elisp and want to preserve some variable //other// . . . your friend! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2024-11-04 07:24 UTC by mbork
2024-11-18 Discovering functions and variables in Elisp files
Sometimes I have an Elisp file which I suspect contains some useful functions. Even if the file is well-documented . . . it from scratch. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
11K - last updated 2024-11-18 05:41 UTC by mbork
2024-12-01 Automatically inserting Ledger transactions
I wrote [[2015-06-20 Fast-calc|a few]] [[2016-07-18 Ledger – virtual postings aka envelopes|times]] that . . . you next time! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryLedger . . .
6K - last updated 2024-12-02 07:41 UTC by mbork
2024-12-16 Changing the TODO state of an Org entry when refiling
One of the things I do quite often is refiling Org entries to my “archive” file and marking them as {{{DONE}}} . . . in Emacs]]. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
2K - last updated 2024-12-16 05:21 UTC by mbork
2024-12-23 Watching variable changes
Today I have a short Elisp trick, probably slightly more interesting than useful, but still. A long time . . . for reading! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
2K - last updated 2024-12-23 15:48 UTC by mbork
2025-01-05 Killing all buffers visiting files in a certain directory
When I leave the office, I generally close all work-related things – I sign out of Slack, shut down the . . . polished UI. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
5K - last updated 2025-01-05 12:33 UTC by mbork
2025-01-13 A minor Org Clive improvement
It’s been a while since I touched [[2023-07-22 Org Clive - a new Org-mode-based blogging engine|Org Clive]], . . . Petrichor]]! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
2K - last updated 2025-01-13 20:27 UTC by mbork
2025-01-27 org-use-sub-superscripts
Today I have a short tip which is very niche, but potentially useful to some people. At least, it’s very . . . single Org file. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
2K - last updated 2025-01-27 05:51 UTC by mbork
2025-02-01 ketchup.el
A few years ago [[https://mbork.pl/2020-06-15_Emacs%2c_Org-mode%2c_Beeminder_and_pomodoros|I wrote]] . . . see how it goes. CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs, CategoryOrgMode . . .
6K - last updated 2025-02-01 16:18 UTC by mbork
2025-02-10 Running one own's commands
One of the common complaints of Emacs users is “I defined this cool little command to make my life easier . . . I’m surprised! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
5K - last updated 2025-02-10 17:28 UTC by mbork
2025-02-17 isearch-forward-thing-at-point
One thing which I do very often is [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Incremental-Search.html|isearching]] . . . out for yourself! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
1K - last updated 2025-02-17 05:57 UTC by mbork
2025-02-22 Inserting Ledger transactions even faster
After [[2024-12-01 Automatically inserting Ledger transactions|I wrote my mbork-ledger-insert-transaction . . . with it as it is! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
6K - last updated 2025-02-22 08:17 UTC by mbork
2025-03-03 Applying some modification to selected files in a directory
Some time ago I had a rather specific need. I wanted to automatically modify a bunch of files in a directory, . . . you next time! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
5K - last updated 2025-03-03 17:02 UTC by mbork
2025-03-10 Persisting variables across Emacs sessions revisited
You really never know. [[2024-11-04 Persisting variables across Emacs sessions|My post about persisting . . . variables;-)! CategoryEnglish, CategoryBlog, CategoryEmacs . . .
7K - last updated 2025-03-10 17:04 UTC by mbork
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Comments on 2021-05-01 Emacs Lisp book revived
Found this through HackerNews. Thank you for filling this niche. Is there a way to subscribe for updates . . . an [[http://mbork.pl/?action=rss;rcfilteronly=CategoryEmacsBook;rsslimit=all;days=36500;title=mbork%27s%20Emacs%20Lisp%20Book|RSS . . .
2K - last updated 2021-05-17 19:43 UTC by pkd
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