Emacs is the incredible, extensible text editor. It’s an interface for using your brain. See: my complete series on Emacs For Writers.
For a while, I’ve wanted to create a simple note-taking system in Emacs. Inspired by the Denote package, I wanted to create something that Used […]
Before I converted my website over to WordPress, I was generating the HTML files from Org mode. First of all, this was awesome. And honestly, […]
You’ll notice Emacs inspires words like “magical,” “beautiful,” and “elegant” in descriptions of its interface and functionality. It’s not surprising when you consider how nicely […]
I once read somewhere that P.G. Wodehouse wrote 2,000-3,000 words a day at his peak, but that number crept down to about 1,000 in his […]
I have some new, magic commands in Emacs that have become very dear to me in my daily workflow. As you all know, my focus […]
I finally got around to reading the big Zettelkasten book: How To Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning, and Thinking. The […]
How do you measure productivity in writing? Or, how do you know when is a good time to stop working and take a break? If […]
There are a lot of great Emacs configurations out there. You’ve got Doom Emacs, Spacemacs, Aquamacs for Mac users, and so forth. But if you’re […]
Some people have a philosophical aversion to spell-checkers. And I can understand that. (Though, I find grammar checkers more fussy, prescriptive, and generally annoying.) As […]
Oh, line numbers. It’s one of the surprising joys of writing in a text editor. But many writers ignore line numbers. I understand. We think […]
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