copied lots of stuff. so far #Emacs is holding up
hopefully I will be able to use 29. 🤞
Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111171029591013287
now that i inadvertently formatted the main system because of a combination of a weird driver crash, sickness and inattention, i decided to move to #Emacs 29, using the ubuntu-elisp ppa instead of the venerable kelleyk (will move back whenever they release 29)
i get a “pure-gtk” warning, about crashes that might occur during transfer of large selection data. but i have no choice now. i want the new hotness. So in for a penny, in for a pound.
(I did check the system-configuration-options and the package seems to be compiled with both x --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 and wayland --with-pgtk=yes support. so let’s see how stable it is)
also decided to rewrite my init file and the way I install packages. (learning use-package finally.
Looks like a good way to noodle around while recovering from this dastardly viral.
Let’s see how it goes.
Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111169399842730088
I use #Emacs. I write code using #Python
I write in #English
I am #Heterosexual and #Married to a wonderful woman
It’s just because I stumbled into these and I was ok with them.
Later in life when I learnt how to reflect and think critically, I evaluated most of my big life choices and stayed with most of them, because they made me happy
And I am and do all these things, not because these are inherently good or better. it’s just what i like and what i choose to do / be
Folks choosing / being ok with / stumbling into the alternatives are choosing what makes them happy. They aren’t wrong. They aren’t bad.
Just different.
We could all do with a little kindness (and a little bit of self reflection)
and if we can’t do that, at least learn to mind our own business and not to poke our noses into stuff that does not concern us
Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111016400333567109
#emacs, #python, #english, #heterosexual, #married, #mjbBabbles
to close your window *without* closing your buffer, use C-x 0
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#TIL: Emphasise any text you select, in #OrgMode using the keyboard
Use Ctrl-c Ctrl-x Ctrl-f and it’ll let you choose your markup.
From #irreal’s latest #Emacs blog post
https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11572
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#til, #orgmode, #Irreal, #emacs
#TIL: Since I sync my zettelkasten-esque Org Roam folder across multiple devices, using Syncthing, every once in while I’d get file conflicts and revisions and the Org Roam db would panic and log errors, because it would find multiple versions of the same file.
Today I learnt, I could exclude subfolders from my Org Roam path. using org-roam-file-exclude-regexp
I put in both my Syncthing subfolders and et voilà, no more errors!
(setq org-roam-file-exclude-regexp '("\\.stversions" "\\.stfolder"))
[#Syncthing](https://toots.dgplug.org/tags/Syncthing) [#Emacs](https://toots.dgplug.org/tags/Emacs) [#OrgRoam](https://toots.dgplug.org/tags/OrgRoam)
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#til, #syncthing, #emacs, #orgroam
Thank you, God!
New commands 'split-root-window-below' and 'split-root-window-right'.
These commands split the root window in two, and are bound to 'C-x w 2'
and 'C-x w 3', respectively. A number of other useful window-related
commands are now available with key sequences that start with the
'C-x w' prefix.
From the latest #Emacs news file.
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/news/NEWS.29.1
via #MickeyPetersen’s post
https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/whats-new-in-emacs-29-1
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#MickeyPetersen’s (of #MasteringEmacs) thoughts and annotations on the new #Emacs V 29 release
https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/whats-new-in-emacs-29-1
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#MickeyPetersen, #masteringemacs, #emacs
This long, long, thread by @alecui warms my heart.
Even though I am new to writing code, my impression of languages (and editors and ides) has always been that they’ve been built to solve issues, from certain folks’ point of view. It’s endlessly fascinating to me to see how each language tackles some common problem differently.
I don’t see better. I see different. And I love different :)
especially if they are old and warty. (how do i love thee #emacs? )
Worth the read!
https://qoto.org/@alecui/110655659211456591
Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/110688365445857326
wrote the last few blogs posts on https://janusworx.com/blog using #OrgMode in #Emacs and then copy pasted them and rewrote them using markdown
Wondering if it’s worth putting in the time, to move #Writing completely to Org mode using something like @kaushalmodi’s #OxHugo
Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/110599438603182983
#orgmode, #emacs, #writing, #oxhugo