#emacs
What is the weirdest thing you ever did with GNU #Emacs?
I just want to say as an #emacs prisoner (if I had a car it would have a bumper sticker that said “my other editor is a post modern lisp machine”) that the ux is awful. Executing a mortal kombat fatality on my keyboard to save a file is sadism. #LispHeretic
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This since from the Interview with an Emacs Enthusiast video, but you might have not seen it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/16o5fjj/this_since_from_the_interview_with_an_emacs/
#emacs
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Version 4.3.0 of the Modus themes has been released!
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/16nvh71/version_430_of_the_modus_themes_has_been_released/
#emacs
@zelphirkaltstahl sure thing. Do bear in mind I am new to #emacs
Comments and suggestions are welcome!
Here's my current config, WIP.
https://github.com/strnglp/emacs
Literally programming my #emacs config in org-mode is so satisfying.
Spent an evening specifically learning more about `iedit-mode` in #emacs. Boy howdy, that's a powerful package.
I had used it as multi-cursor updates, but it can double for movement, which is super useful for visiting code/text neighborhoods with matching text.
I used #emacs `find-and-replace-regexp` to reformat my todo list to include the #github issue number (also featuring Anzu) #regexp https://orys.us/v2
Faſʒinierende Inputmethod, um altertümliches Deutſch in den Emacs eingeben ʒu können. Bekommt beſtimmt eine Ausʒeichnung!
https://github.com/mokrates/quail-classic-german/blob/main/README.de.md
https://stackoverflow.com/a/25562120/229467
sometimes , you just take the gloves off #emacs
One of the greatest #emacs commands I've recently started using is M-x transpose-regions. It happens really often that you want to swap the order of something but keep something in between the same. E.g. passed arguments in the wrong order?
foo(bar,baz)
normally you'd have to cut one, remove the delimiter, paste it in front, then put the delimiter back. With M-x transpose-regions this is a single op!
https://github.com/kenranunderscore/dotfiles/blob/main/home-manager-modules/emacs/emacs.d/config.org
I d been thinking about fonts in #emacs with config dot org and definign that in home.nix , st my build doesn't break again .
This is a googd reference
Irreal - Blog
Kitchen Sink
https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11651
#emacs
#orgmode #emacs #Tailscale’s tclip is a self hosted code snippets (as in gists) manager, which can now render org-mode markup.
There are couple of ways to deploy it on one’s infrastructure, including #portablectl and #docker, though I was not able to get it running due to this error https://github.com/tailscale-dev/tclip/issues/40
Tried setting up #mu4e email client in #Emacs so that I can just go through the email and note down the tasks for the day without having to leave Emacs.
It was an interesting experiment, but doesn't work well for me because of the UX. For eg., Gmail smartly condenses into a thread based on related emails, even when they are not a thread. But in mu4e, I have to wade through 8 emails which are essentially the same.
@awkravchuk
cool #TDD #emacs #liveCoding. Is there an alternate frontend for twitch like invidious? Javascript bologna everywhere. Operating deep in a backquote expression somewhere looks so crazy.
Small tip on getting a bunch of projects recursively remembered by #emacs project.el:
(project-remember-projects-under "~/go/src/github.com/" t)
I have not found a good solution for org-mode notes on iOS. The dream would be replacing the Notes and Reminders apps. Anyone in the illustrious #emacs community have a polished solution?
before you start make a list of 2 things you want #emacs to help you accomplish
do not deviate on any other task or area of emacs till you accomplish one of your main 2 goals
be specific about your goals. no general things like "learn emacs"
it has so many features it's easy to get sidetracked
Irreal - Blog
Zamansky: Learning Elisp #10
https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11649
#emacs
@Joe_0237 Just start it up and go, tutorial and documentation are all built-in. Ignore starter kits etc. until you know what you're doing. There's an O'Reilly #Emacs book for learning the basics, and when you're ready the #MasteringEmacs book will give you everything else you need. Good luck, and don't give up!
ワイはorg-modeのためにEmacs :emacs: を使っている。あれは最強のアウトライナー兼タスク管理ツール。
VS Code :vscode: にもorg-modeの移植があったけど、今どの程度の機能まで実装しているのだろうか。 #emacs
reading @hanno 's
#blog post on #gnu #emacs ... thX for sharing !
https://www.hoowl.se/emacs_salutation_auto_complete_for_mail.html
Curious how to get started contributing to Emacs? Colin Woodbury has written a helpful blog post on just that topic, including instructions for copyright assignment: https://u.fsf.org/3fr #emacs #CopyrightAssignment
I wonder how can I change this weird blue in the menu in modus-operandi 🤔
```
(require 'modus-themes)
(setq modus-themes-bold-constructs t)
(setq modus-operandi-palette-overrides
`(
(bg-mode-line-active "#335ea8")
(fg-mode-line-active "#ffffff")
(bg-mode-line-inactive "#f0f0f0")
(fg-mode-line-inactive "#000000")
,@modus-themes-preset-overrides-intense))
(load-theme 'modus-operandi t)
```
Stuff everything into emails and use Notmuch to manage it all? I say let's try it. https://baty.blog/notmuch-email-and-rss2email
Just read this wonder blog post:
https://emacsnotes.wordpress.com/2023/09/14/view-emacs-news-files-as-info-manual-too/
that tells you this magical snippet that converts NEWS, texi, org and md files intoinfo files, which are significantly easier to navigate into.
#emacs
Yes! I got all three of the capture templates I want! I can always update the Todo one to maybe do more with priorities or add tags or properties. But yeah it looks like I've got it working pretty well. Meh I can take out the %u in ideas, I don't really need a timespamp for that. Nah I'll leave it alone. I can use that to see about any stale ideas in filing. Or something.
(setq org-capture-templates
'(("n" "Note"
entry
(file+headline "~/org/notes.org" "Student notes")
"* %?\n %u"
:empty-lines-before 1
:empty-lines-after 1)
("t" "Todo"
entry
(file+headline "~/org/notes.org" "Todo")
"* TODO %?\n %u"
:empty-lines-before 1
:empty-lines-after 1)
("i" "Ideas"
entry
(file+headline "~/org/notes.org" "Ideas")
"* %?\n %u"
:empty-lines-before 1
:empty-lines-after 1)))
just spent far too long futzing with the display of invisible characters in #emacs.
got indention guides running again (not sure when I lost them).
i HAD it showing spaces (and i think tabs) with specific characters but was utterly incapable of getting it only do it for the leading whitespace
"a·sentence·with·!$#@!·space·indicators·between·every·word·sucks"
Is it possible to make #Emacs guess whether to indent using spaces or tabs based on the style used in the current buffer? (or even just the current line)
So last night, I guess I updated some package, and now in Nov-mode in Emacs, for reading Epub files, hitting space to scroll down, well it scrolls *all* the way down to the next chapter instead of just a screenfull. So yeah that sucks. I'll have to just start opening them in Bookworm on Windows I guess. *sigh* this always happens. I get all good with Emacs and then something just *has* to break. It's probably my fault too.
I assume, that supporting multiple accounts would not add much advantage to #Profanity. Having multiple terminal windows or #tmux or #Emacs #vterm buffers is just too easy. Use the `--account` parameter to start multiple instances with different accounts.
I love this feature. Smartparens offers a similar thing. I've been toying with adding a cycling function, though would happily take an existing alternative :) #emacs
@sqrtminusone @fenix @daviwil Very good point, but with a reasonable amount of files, I love using 'woccur".
Find the changes (you can use #emacs built in 'grep'). Turn on 'wiccur" and then just change that buffer to visually see the changes.
every week or two i stumble across some new quality of life improvement in #emacs, which leaves me going "fuck yeah!"
This morning it was the "wrap-region-mode" which surrounds a selected region with whatever. Parens, quotes, language specific comments....
1 week until we have our #Emacs London meetup (Sept 26th).
Please add your topics to https://github.com/london-emacs-hacking/london-emacs-hacking.github.io/blob/master/meetup-agenda.org
Happy to add topics for ya if you prefer. Just ping!
Help get the word out and boost 🙏
If you need someone to scream at you about how they set up a dedicated home server for #Emacs
... look no further!
Yes! I finally got a simple, very simple, toDo system going! In Emacs, I'm using Org-capture, and then I have that file connected to the Org-agenda. That way, when I do C-C a t, for showing the agenda, in todo view, there the todo's are.
#emacs #org-mode #todo #accessibility #blind
Thankfully I was an EMACS guy in school. I loved the ability to split the screen in the Non-GUI OS and type without having to ask permission first.
I don't think anyone has to do development in the shell anymore, so I think Nano is more sane for editing config files.
Still, this is a fascinating story
OMG y'all Emacspeak has my back!
C-<up> runs the command emacspeak-mark-backward-mark (found in
global-map), which is an interactive byte-compiled Lisp function in
‘emacspeak-speak.el’.
It is bound to C-<up>.
(emacspeak-mark-backward-mark)
Cycle backward through the mark ring.
To cycle forward, use pop-to-mark-command bound to C-<down>
#Emacs #Emacspeak
I also got elixir-ts-mode working, which uses Tree-Sitter and is also noticeably better than its standard counterpart, elixir-mode in #Emacs.
So a few people have wanted me to show them what Emacspeak sounds like, and what it gives over other speech systems. So I made this example. First is a book, a novel (Resident Evil), so be aware of that when listening. The second is a book introducing Linux. The third is a simple Markdown file, showing how company-mode can help a bit with auto-complete, and how Emacspeak makes font-lock (different fonts for different item types in any text), accessible through voice changes. Along the way, you'll hear how Emacspeak handles punctuation, switching buffers, closing buffers, and other such dialogs. I do have typing echo set to speak nothing as I type, because it's distracting to me.
Some exciting news from a very stable and very mature program.
What's New in #Emacs 29.1? - Mastering Emacs https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/whats-new-in-emacs-29-1
GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali: Seventeen new GNU releases in the last month including #Binutils, #Coreutils, #Emacs, #Gama, #Glibc, #Lilypond, "LinuxLibre #Poke, and more. Full details: https://u.fsf.org/40h Big thanks to @bandali0 @bandali, all the devs, and other contributors!
@TheQuinbox Update to the prerelease WSL2. Install Ubuntu (this is the thing I got it to work with the best). Install Emacs 29: https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2023/08/gnu-emacs-29-1-ubuntu-ppa/
Now, apt install ffmpeg, tcl*, tk*, mplayer, libasound*, sox, mpg123, and make sure tclx is installed too, apt install tclx. Oh also install build-essential
Now, git clone https://www.github.com/tvraman/emacspeak
cd emacspeak
make
Install Voxin if you have it.
make outloud
If it doesn't work, make sure build-essential is installed. If it still doesn't work, look at whatever it's failing with, and install the dev package of whatever it's failing with.
Now, go to the home directory:
cd ~/
nano .emacs.el
(load-file "~/emacspeak/lisp/emacspeak-setup.el")
(outloud)
and it should be working. If not, make sure you're on Win11, have WS2, and WSLG installed, and make sure packages are up to date with sudo apt update; sudo apt upgrade. the stars in package names (*), mean a wildcard character. I do this because I honestly don't know the exact dependencies of all this bullcrap just to get one thing to work. And if I try just the essentials, it doesn't work. So maybe someone smarter than me can make some kind of nix environment that works 100% of the time. Or just a script.
Thanks a lot to whoever makes #emacsbedrock. I've been enjoying using it so far, even though it has parts that aren't my cup of tea.
Previously, for performing a numerical simulation experiment and summarizing the results into a test report, I had to run my C++ programs in the console to generate some data. Then I would use Octave scripts to load the data, process them and produce several figures. Or sometimes I wanted to acquire a visual intuition, I would copy the data into LibreOffice Calc, interact with them and generate some charts. After that, I copied the figure files from Octave and charts in LibreOffice Calc into the test report created in LibreOffice Writer. During the editing, paragraph formats, figure size and position had to be manually adjusted. Such working mode is scattered into a bunch of tools and requires distinct operational techniques or custom.
Now thanks to Emacs and Org mode with its babel module, all the above activities can be coalesced into a uniform environment with a consistent operation style. For example, C++ program can be triggered in a Bash source code block. An Octave session can be started to call existing scripts or perform interactive computation and plotting. I also use Maxima block for symbolic math derivation, LaTeX block for pseudocode, PlantUML block for drawing data structure and algorithm workflow, Asymptote block for generating accurate math illustration.
On Tools and the Aesthetics of Work https://calnewport.com/on-tools-and-the-aesthetics-of-work/
The best thing is the "Mythic I" is basically booting into #NixOS just to launch #Emacs so you can write. Period.
Lubricated thocky keyboard, wooden computer frame. Amazing.
The real #focus mode
@hisham_hm Good question.
Also for programmers, mainly FOSS, that use #emacs, #vim and others development tool with intense handling of key combinations.
Say, the simplest Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-X are useful because they sit adjacent and close to Ctrl-key... in QWERTY keyboards. In Dvorak keyboards they seem located randomly.
We ordered 15,000 Emacs Logo stickers so you don't have to. Order a pack of 10 at https://u.fsf.org/2lg #Emacs
#emacs users, have you ever been frustrated that you could not remember a handy command when you needed it? We've got you covered with this Emacs Reference Card v25 from the #GNUPress Purchase one from https://u.fsf.org/3iz
The Emacs Reference Card is very handy! And if you master what's inside, you'll save way more than $3 of time. https://u.fsf.org/3iz #GNUemacs #GNUpress #Emacs
Mijmeringen over tóch maar weer #Emacs en #orgmode gebruiken voor mijn persoonlijke takenlijst. Obsidian taken beklijft ook niet. https://diggingthedigital.com/bookmark-task-management-using-emacs-and-org-mode/
Dealing with a big file in #emacs, but have a wide physical screen? Split into multiple windows, and call `follow-mode`. The file will now flow as if you had multiple columns. Scrolling works just as you'd expect. Packages like avy-goto become really powerful.