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Control-Excess: The Elegant Simplicity of Vanilla Emacs

August 8, 2024 chris 0

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 […]

Emacs Micro Lesson 11: Personal ispell dictionary

July 4, 2024 chris 1

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 […]

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.

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