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(currently Sen.Dir of Eng. for Oracle Cloud, ex-{DataStax/Cassandra, RethinkDB, co-founder InfoQ})

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2024-09-09 20:46:19

Where is the best summary of the Apple event for someone who couldn’t watch it live?
Thank you

2024-08-15 13:56:41

Follow up on the idea of hooking desktop-save with exiting #Emacs:
"Emacs Optionally Saving Desktop on Exit With Confirmation"
https://alpo.gitlab.io/jots/posts/2024/08/emacs-saving-desktop-on-exit-with-confirmation/
(Thanks to @npub1l5g…wvq0 for the hint to use a hook instead of advice)

2024-07-27 11:50:06

Today in #Emacs #Orgmode:
Use `C-c C-x C-f` bound to `(org-emphasize)` to quickly add
Org emphasis.
1) *bold*
2) /italic/
3) _underlined_
4) =verbatim=
5) ~code~
6) +strikethrough+
(Side note: I can never remember the symbol for verbatim versus code 🙃)

2024-07-25 09:18:41

Today in #Emacs: Key binding and function to jump to Completions buffer
https://alpo.gitlab.io/jots/posts/2024/07/jump-to-emacs-completions-buffer/
Lede could be "How frustration leads to discovery"

2024-07-21 10:53:49

While in an #OrgMode agenda view, is there a way to further filter by todo type?
The `/` brings up some sort of filter,
but the format does not seem to allow filtering by todo type.
#Emacs #OrgMode

2024-07-21 09:46:04

Question for #Emacs users:
What binding are you normally using for undo?
(I believe stock #Emacs binds `(undo)` to `C-_`, `C-/`, `C-x u`)

2024-07-17 16:07:07

I don't know when this started, but now I see these messages in
#Emacs after using M-x:
"You can run the command ‘mu4e-update-index’ with M-x mu-u-i"
Obviously this would be fabulous if it worked.
But it does not.
So now it is twice annoying:
1) it displays a message that makes me wonder if I missed something important
2) it instructs me to do an operation that doesn't work.
Does anyone know what's the source of this incorrect message?

2024-06-25 19:02:18

@npub1tah…4mlz firstly thanks for the podcast. I've only learned about it recently and already enjoyed the last 2 episodes. 🙌🏼🙌🏼
When looking at the website it says 785 episodes. In Apple Podcasts it only loads 12. Is this OK?

2024-06-25 19:02:18

2024-06-23 09:40:53

Today in #Emacs: A short Elfeed story: how I got from can I get a link to copy (sorry yank) as markdown?
https://alpo.gitlab.io/jots/posts/2024/06/a-short-elfeed-story-from-how-do-i-get-a-link-to-copy-as-markdown/

2024-06-15 14:30:15

Is #Emacs a good editor for using in the Terminal?
I'm not asking to create a debate. I'm rather debating it with myself
as the startup, the presence of menus, makes me perceive it as a bit
"heavier" than I'd like. It might be that I have to use it more in
this scenario and actually see if I notice any downsides.

2024-05-25 21:06:22

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@npub1c0m…xqjl Backordered until Nov though

2024-05-23 15:28:42

I took a similar approach for automatically clock in in #Emacs #OrgMode https://alpo.gitlab.io/jots/posts/2024/04/automatic-clock-in-in-org-mode/
From: @npub1h2x…5tav
https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/112490811966870365

2024-05-10 13:50:43

I read a post like this https://spyglass.org/wrongly-banned-by-instagram/
as a clear warning sign to avoid putting anything valuable inside
walled gardens.
Then I take a step back and realize, pretty much everything is inside
walled gardens: Apple, Meta, Google, Microsoft.
Any of these companies can simply "erase" us.

2024-05-08 18:29:25

What am I doing wrong in my attempt to configure the #Emacs font?
I have the following lines in my init.el:
```
(set-face-attribute 'default nil :family "Input Mono Compressed" :height 150)
(set-frame-font "Input Mono Compressed-15" nil t)
```
If I execute them, I get what I want.
But when part of the init.el they seem to get reset.
If I include them towards the top of the init.el,
I can notice the larger font and then it "disappears".
Please send #Emacs doctors :-D.

2023-08-06 13:37:37

I’d very interested to hear @npub15ml…2w4s’s thoughts on this article “Rethinking Window Management” by Tobias Bernard https://blogs.gnome.org/tbernard/2023/07/26/rethinking-window-management/

2023-08-06 09:52:12

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@npub1hg2…k372 @npub13dy…mtfc @npub10aa…fzyl
"vimscript was a mistake" isn't that hindsight?