Read Lisp, Tweak Emacs [Beginner 1/4]: How to try Emacs Lisp
This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Read Lisp, Tweak Emacs Okay! People have given lots of great feedback on the e-mail course. It’s time to post the course content on my blog so that you can read...
View ArticleWhat could Emacs coaching look like?
I asked people on Twitter how much they might pay for 30-60 minutes of Emacs coaching. Based on replies and e-mails, the general consensus seems to be about $25-35 for 30 minutes and $35-50 for an...
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Read Lisp Tweak Emacs [Beginner 2/4]: How to understand what Emacs Lisp code...
This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Read Lisp, Tweak Emacs Some conventions we’ll use: Inline code will be boxed and monospace in the HTML version and generally surrounded by equal signs in plain...
View ArticleSummarizing the last meeting dates in Org Contacts
Steffan Heilmann wanted to be able to quickly see the last time he interacted with someone if he tracked interactions in org-contacts. That is, given something like this: * John Smith ** DONE...
View ArticleRead Lisp Tweak Emacs (Beginner 3/4): How can I make things more convenient?
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Read Lisp, Tweak Emacs “How can I customize Emacs to make things more convenient?” After this module, you’ll be able to: define your own keyboard shortcuts so...
View ArticleRead Lisp, Tweak Emacs (Beginner 4/4): “How can I add more features? How do I...
This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Read Lisp, Tweak EmacsPrevious module: “How can I make things more convenient?” Some conventions we’ll use: Inline code will be boxed and monospace in the HTML...
View ArticleUpgrading from Rails 3 to Rails 4; thank goodness for Emacs and rspec
I spent some time working on upgrading Quantified Awesome from Rails 3 to Rails 4. I was so glad that I had invested the time into writing enough RSpec and Cucumber tests to cover all the code, since...
View ArticleEmacs hangout notes
Prompted by Michael Fogleman’s tweet that he’d like to see a bunch of us Emacs geeks get together in one room for a hackathon, Nic Ferrier and I tried out a casual Emacs hangout. Tinychat didn’t work,...
View ArticlePublishing WordPress thumbnail images using Emacs and Org2Blog
I often include large images in my blog posts since I use sketches as another way to think out loud. I’d gotten used to using the WordPress web interface to drag and drop them into the relevant section...
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Emacs, coaching, and unknowns: Figuring out what I want to learn
I’ve been playing around with the idea of hiring an Emacs coach, since Steve Purcell, Christopher Wellons, and Bastien Guerry all offer this service. It helps to go in with a clear idea of what I want...
View ArticleExperimental Emacs Hangout 2014-11-05
Event page has some comments: https://plus.google.com/events/cib5nqidkg6mpurtfuq60i2quik YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmGTNzfit2A Links:...
View ArticleEmacs: Evaluating Javascript and CSS in Chrome using Skewer Mode
I build a lot of quick prototypes, using Javascript and CSS to build little tools on top of the Jive social business platform. Since Javascript syntax errors could prevent the proper loading of the...
View ArticleEmacs: Limiting Magit status to a directory
I’m probably using Git the wrong way. In addition to the nice neat repositories I have for various projects, I also sometimes have a big grab-bag repository that has random stuff in it, just so that I...
View ArticleUsing Org Mode to keep a process journal
I (re)started keeping a journal in Org Mode – chronologically-ordered snippets on what I’m doing, how I’m doing things, and how I’m thinking of improving. I’d mentioned the idea previously on my blog....
View ArticleRecording from Emacs Hangout #2
Thanks to Cameron Desautels for hosting this one! =D I totally like Emacs Hangouts. We should have more of them. tips for showing people how awesome magit is: partial staging, history browsing, diff...
View ArticleHow I can improve how I organize notes with Org Mode
Let me think about how I organize my Org Mode files, and how I might improve that. =) Separate files You can put different things in different files, of course. I use a few large Org files instead of...
View ArticleEmacs Chat: Karl Voit
Org Mode, Memacs, lazyblorg, .emacs, Yasnippet, tags . http://karl-voit.at , http://twitter.com/n0v0id , http://github.com/novoid. Thanks, Karl! Got an interesting Emacs workflow? Please share. =)...
View ArticleEmacs configuration and use-package
Watching the second Experimental Emacs Hangout nudged me to improve how I use use-package in my Emacs configuration. I had been using use-package‘s :init and :config keywords as a more readable and...
View ArticleEmacs: M-y as helm-show-kill-ring
This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Emacs KaizenAfter realizing that I barely scratched the surface of Helm’s awesomeness (really, I basically use it as an ido-vertical-mode), I made a concerted...
View ArticleEmacs Hangout #3: Emacs can read your mind
We’ve been organizing these Emacs Hangouts as an informal way for folks to get together and swap tips/notes/questions. You can find the previous Hangouts at http://sachachua.com/blog/tag/emacs-hangout/...
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