Stories of Emacs in the wild. Early ‘90s, after “Die Wende” and the unification of East and West Germany. I was the person that got sent to the tough jobs, or the ones that nobody else wanted, so I found … Read more
Window management in Emacs gets a bad rap. Some of this is deserved, but mostly this is a consequence of combining a very flexible and granular layout system with rather coarse controls. This leaves the door open to creating and … Read more
The following is an excerpt from a recent exchange that I am publishing with permission. The identity of my correspondent remains private. Something off-topic but I noticed that you had made an announcement in January that you switched git providers … Read more
24 Mar 2024 For the last dozen years, I have used Emacs as my text editor and development environment. But this era ended. In this post, I outline how I went from using Emacs as a cornerstone of my digital … Read more
By Susam Pal on 12 Apr 2024 On #emacs IRC or Matrix channels, we often share references to the built-in Emacs documentation as Elisp expressions that look like this: (info “(emacs) Basic Undo”) Here is another example: (info “(emacs) Word … Read more
Is Emacs dying? Lordy, I get so tired of that trope. Don’t like Emacs? I’m fine with that. Sorry you’re missing out, but fine. What I’m not fine with is people who don’t like Emacs and probably have never used … Read more
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What’s new in Emacs 29.1? I go through every change and annotate the ones I feel are interesting or worth knowing more about. Updated for emacs 29 Wonderful news! Emacs 29.1 is out now. If you’re wondering what’s new, and … Read more
#Bedrock Stepping stones to a better Emacs experience #Synopsis An extremely minimal Emacs starter kit uses just one external package by default, and only GNU-ELPA packages on an opt-in basis. Intended to be copied once and then modified as the … Read more
Most companies that employ me, hand me a “work laptop” as I enter the building. Of course, I do not install personal software and keep a clear division between my “work like” and my “real life.” However, I also don’t … Read more