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Nic Ferrier – This Year in Emacs
On 19/02/2013 Nic Ferrier gave a great talk current status of Emacs, and where it’s heading. Skills Matter : In The Brain of Nic Ferrier: This Year in Emacs.
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Error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: Failed to execute program /usr/lib/dbus-1.0/dbus-daemon-launch-helper: Success
I recently migrated my linux box from bare metal hardware to a VMware virtual machine. At the same time, I upgraded from Debian squeeze to Debian Wheezy (testing). After the dust had settled, one nagging problem keep recurring. Every time I did an aptitude update or aptitude install, after everything successfully ran, I would get…
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Australian emacs users mailing list
During the emacs BoF at LCA2013 we decided to set up a mailing list for Australian users. Ben has now set it up and it can be reached here: Emacs-au-discuss
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Linuxconf 2013
I just got back from having an amazing week at LCA2013. That was my first LCA and I was really not quite sure what to expect. It turned out to be an amazing experience. I met so man really smart people, learnt a lot and generally got exposed to all sorts of new ideas and…
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Laser cut stand for HDHomerun
I got sick of my HDHomeruns not stacking nicely so I made a stand on the lasercutter for them.
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Edit a regex search string in Emacs
If you are writing a complex regex search in emacs and need to edit the string, arrow keys takes you out of the search. M-e allows you to really edit the string.
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Watering System
I’ve been working on installing a watering system in my garden. Even though it seems simple on the surface, it took me a while to work out how to do things. Part 1 – The Solenoid Valves and Manifold First of all I sketeched out the garden beds I wanted to install the irrigation system…
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The Mark Ring in emacs
Each time you mark with C-<SPC>, Emacs saves the mark in the mark ring. You can step back through your mark ring with C-u C-<SPC>. You can swap point and mark with C-x C-x.
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Indenting of comments in emacs-lisp mode
Emacs-lisp mode indents comments based on the number of semi-colons prefixing them. One semi-colon indents to column 40. Two semi-colons indent to the same level as the block you are in. Three semi-colons indent to wherever you place it and don’t move if you press <TAB> ;;; column: ;;;34567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789 ; one semi-colon (when (some case)…
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Re-reading the emacs tutorial
It came upon me to re-read the emacs tutorial. Last time I read it was probably about 17 years ago. Things might have changed since then. I picked up two things: C-/ is undo and is equivalent to C-_ C-h c gives you brief help on a keyboard shortcut. I was using C-h k but…