Truth be told, my thoughts about the Emacs file manager Dired are complicated. On the one hand, I do buy the argument that Dired is unparalleled as a file manager. It enables workflows that... (more…)

How to use Emacs org-mode to create ASCII art diagrams using ditaa... (more…)

A lot of "my email setup" posts start with telling how the author deals with thousands or millions of messages with probably tens or hundreds of interactions each day. (more…)

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…)

Regular Expression Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems. - Jamie Zawinski... (more…)