Occasionally we’d have bits of configuration that are depending on whether Emacs is running in a terminal or in GUI mode. This article aims to cover how to best handle such situations.1 At first it seems the solution is super simple: (if (display-graphic…

Emacspeak: The Complete Audio Desktop Under Pulseaudio 1. Executive Summary Porting Emacspeak sound environment to Pulseaudio. Un...

How I fixed my site content and went down from 46 HTML validations
errors down to 0!

Emacs's buffers are so much more than their name implies. They're not just a vessel for you to read or write from. Buffers in Emacs host network processes, shells, and transient data. They're also a key part to understanding why Elisp is designed the way…

May you live in interesting times. – an old Chinese curse

Denote is a simple note-taking tool, based on the idea that notes should follow a predictable and descriptive file-naming scheme.

Magit binds M-w to magit-copy-buffer-revision. On my Mac, I use the left Command (⌘) key as the Meta key, though, and wired M-x, M-c, M-v to cut/copy/paste, leaving M-w aka ⌘+W to close the current buffer. ...

A new version of Equake, the drop-down “terminal emulator” for Emacs, should be hitting Melpa shortly. This version includes a number of bug fixes, and some new features.
Jeff Kowalski added code for a “close Equake frame on loss of focus feature” (similar…

Whaa… it was less than a month ago I did one of these last time? Down to 2141 from 2260. Er… what to talk about this time… Uhm… (Oh, for new readers, this is a blog post ser…

Information about the latest version of my lin package for GNU Emacs.

New is always better. – Barney Stinson

Operating systems, GUI toolkits and competing editors come and go, but Emacs is forever! – Unknown Yesterday it was announced that the once popular Atom editor is going to be discontinued at the end of this year. I’ve often said that one of the great advantages…