notes from /dev/null

30 AUG 2023

Addendum - Defining Repeating Org Agenda Tasks Using a repeating timestamp for Org tasks can be problematic. You might be better off making copies of the same task, which Org makes easy with the command org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift. read more

28 AUG 2023

Defining Org Agenda Tasks (or, I've Been Using Org Agenda Wrong) While I've been using Org Agenda for years, in many ways I've been really using it wrong, resulting with me being surprised, particularly around scheduled timestamps. This post offers guidance on how to implement different kinds of tasks in Org. read more

14 AUG 2023

Tuning Emacs to Write Prose in Org and Markdown Some tips to help you write prose in Org or Markdown when in Emacs. read more

20 JUL 2023

Moving Text Elegantly in Emacs Manually editing around balanced delimiters is a chore. Emacs can make short work of doing that, and more. read more

10 JUL 2023

Using Ediff in 2023 While venerable, viewed with today’s eyes, Ediff is a hot mess. Let’s see what we can do about it. read more

6 JUL 2023

Flavor #4 at Harlan Records SF Gigging again. read more

5 JUL 2023

Surprise and Emacs Defaults Getting surprised by Emacs is an evergreen story. read more

29 JUN 2023

Mousing with Magit Yes, you can drive Magit with a mouse. It's actually quite pleasant. read more

20 JUN 2023

Using Emacs to make phone calls and lookup map places on macOS Selecting text to make a phone call or map a location in a native macOS app is common. You can do this with Emacs too. read more

19 JUN 2023

Happy Juneteenth! Happy Juneteenth! read more

<   Page 5 / 13   >