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Emacs is the incredible, extensible text editor. It’s an interface for using your brain. See: my complete series on Emacs For Writers.

Relative Line Numbers in Emacs

June 21, 2024 chris 0

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 […]

Text Editor Judo: One Sentence Per Line

June 19, 2024 chris 1

It makes writing and editing an absolute blast.

Emacs Is Like a Warm Blanket

June 17, 2024 chris 0

A friend of mine said, “You’ve got to stop writing in UNIX, your stories are coming out choppy.” God bless him, he doesn’t know the […]

Writing Accented Characters In Emacs

January 12, 2024 chris 0

In this article, we’re going to take a look at how you can use accented characters when composing documents in Emacs. What Do You Need […]

What’s The Point of `Point’?

November 1, 2023 chris 0

In Emacs, you may see your cursor referred to as “point”. But you may have likewise seen references to a cursor. So what’s the deal? […]

Emacs Micro Lesson #9: Start a Process From Emacs Lisp

October 23, 2023 chris 0

That’s right. Let’s take a common scenario. You’re doing some work in Emacs. Maybe you’re programming. Maybe you’re writing a novel. It doesn’t matter what […]

Using Fountain Mode To Write Screenplays in Emacs

September 20, 2023 chris 2

Screenplays are one of those magical types of documents that come with an instruction manual. The manuals can be purchased from any bookstore and can […]

Getting The Doom Emacs Look Without Doom Emacs

April 17, 2023 chris 0

Learn how to achieve a sleek Doom emacs look in your text editor without installing the entire Doom Emacs package. Follow these steps for a minimalist configuration.

How To Install The Org Contrib Packages The Right Way

July 17, 2022 chris 0

The wonderful, happy accidents of Emacs are part of the fun of using the program. I tried a few different ways of including some org […]

Org Mode GTD Simplified

July 14, 2021 chris 0

Table of Contents 1. Set Agenda Files 2. Set Agenda Headers For GTD View 3. Set The GTD View Here is a simplified Org Mode […]

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