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 just starting out, you might…
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 a general rule, I’d say…
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 in sentences and paragraphs. But,…
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 difference between UNIX and Emacs….
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 To Do This? You can…
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? Which is it, point or…
Finally, after ten years of experimentation and rigorous testing, I’m ready to throw back the curtain on my recipe for the perfect cup of coffee. I didn’t think the world…
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 you’re doing. You want to…