Cyril Northcote Parkinson wrote in his book Parkinson’s Law that “work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” If you squint your eyes, you’ll see that this is also the case for modern software, and in particular Emacs. (more…)

Learn about keybindings in Emacs. How to modify and assign a keybinding to an Emacs command. (more…)

It’s been a while since the last post, one reason is that for the past few months I’ve been drawn to Anki, the spaced-repetition flashcard program. If you haven’t checked it out yet, I strongly recommended it. (Why? Read Michael Nielson’s article)... (more…)

dired extensions and convenience features. Contribute to Boruch-Baum/emacs-diredc development by creating an account on GitHub. (more…)

When it comes to Emacs, every programmer should have heard its name more or less. After all, Emacs has a long history of nearly forty years . However, due to the high learning curve of Emacs, many beginners abandon it before grasping its essence. Before I... (more…)