Finaly got dark modes to work in #emacs. I had customized the foreground and background of the default face. I simply did "customize-face" on default, and undid the checkmarks for foreground and background. This had bugged me for years! Now I can properly use a dark theme in emacs to match most of other tools. I'm using mainly #materiail-theme, but occasionally try #monokai.

I forgot one more thing. I wanted to post this last night because I listened to it yesterday and I found it to be very interesting. I know it will interest a lot of my friends in the #FOSS and #Emacs communities as well as they keep warning me about AI.

NYT The Daily: The Sunday Read: “Wikipedia's Moment of Truth”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/10/podcasts/the-daily/wikipedia-ai.html

#ai #chatgpt #podcast #wikipedia

So here's something I didn't expect from going from VSCode -> #emacs / #spacemacs

On a wide screen I actually don't like using the far left of my screen, and having the explorer tree there kind of pushes my editor into the centre.

I suppose I could open a tree view or some other buffer on the left as padding? I like to full screen the app because I dont like seeing the mess behind it . I'm just a fussy person yeah?

Emacs starts utterly maximized -- can't see Dash or System Tray #2204 #gui #unitydash #emacs #systemtray

https://askubuntu.com/q/1485456/612

Application starts utterly maximized -- can't see Dash or System Tray #2204 #gui #unitydash #emacs #systemtray

https://askubuntu.com/q/1485456/612

Interview with an Emacs Enthusiast in 2023 [Colorized]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urcL86UpqZc

#emacs #humor

Does anybody know what mode to use to get syntax highlighting in Emacs/org-mode for XDG like configurations, like Systemd and .desktop files?

#emacs #orgmode

My new NixOS configuration is available now at
https://codeberg.org/klt/configurations
#nix #nixos #homemanager #emacs #wanderlust #offlineimap

I was experimenting with trying to see what #Emacs configuration allowed me to type the fastest without slowdowns.

I tried using alacritty with and without eglot and gui with and without eglot.

I also tried to see if typing on my laptop keyboard vs my split keyboard made a difference.

I typed out a section of code three times each and averaged the numbers. They were all pretty much the same.

What I did notice with this experience is that alacritty felt snappier but not enough to give up the benefits of the GUI

The most surprising discovery was that company-mode's suggestions disrupted my flow state a lot. Every few keystrokes made me pause to look at which options to choice from.

While the time loss from the pause was made up in the auto-complete, the disruption in my flow state is something I didn't realize until now was happening.

I think I'm going to turn off company's auto-start and only use it with a binding when I need it.

Internet: here’s an interesting beginner-friendly #emacs config that you can enjoy

Me: *installs*

Me: What the hell is this even nothing makes sense I fear I am deceased now

most #emacs #ergonomics 'fixes' are wastes of time and effort.

remapping caps lock to ctrl is just a nicer pair of high heels.

look: computer things being what they are, nearly all emacs users have the money to buy a good keyboard.

so:

1. buy a keyboard that supports multi-use keys (e.g. tap-for-L, hold-for-Ctrl)
2. set up homerow modifiers
3. die happy and comfortable

(i use a ZSA #Moonlander and love it.)

But relatedly, this is also why #emacs is one of the most incredible programs ever - it oozes this feature, as if it's dying to teach you everything about it, all the time!

מה קורה עם הפונטים של #emacs על #debian בעברית?

עוד לא פתרנו באמת את https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1029710 ועכשיו נראה שפונט ברירת המחדל השתנה שוב, לאיזשהו כתב-יד.

גם אצלכם @tzafrir @amitar ?

My god that took WAY too long to figure out!

Apparently org-roam doesn't search in tags as default, why oh why!

Isn't that the whole point of adding tags, to be able find shit using them?!

Anyhow adding
(setq org-roam-node-display-template
(concat "${title:*} "
(propertize "${tags:10}" 'face 'org-tag)))

From: https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam/pull/2054)

Personally I preferred more than 10 characters for the tag

#emacs #orgroam

A short report of today’s Sunday morning #Emacs init.el hacking sessions.

Firstly, I knew about flyspell-mode, but I only just discovered flyspell-prog-mode, the companion mode for programming that only spellchecks comments and strings.

Secondly, I discovered all-the-icons-ivy-rich, which makes completions of C-x C-f (counsel-find-file) and many other functions much richer in information. Really nice!

So a few people have wanted me to show them what Emacspeak sounds like, and what it gives over other speech systems. So I made this example. First is a book, a novel (Resident Evil), so be aware of that when listening. The second is a book introducing Linux. The third is a simple Markdown file, showing how company-mode can help a bit with auto-complete, and how Emacspeak makes font-lock (different fonts for different item types in any text), accessible through voice changes. Along the way, you'll hear how Emacspeak handles punctuation, switching buffers, closing buffers, and other such dialogs. I do have typing echo set to speak nothing as I type, because it's distracting to me.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/o99g4p7kf6y66ioh8l5eu/emacspeak-example.mkv?rlkey=wyjaln3byef3to1cumvpexmg0&dl=1

#emacs #emacspeak #tts #foss

Does any know if I can comment out a single s-exp in #Emacs lisp?

For instance:

```lisp
(use-package foo
:config (setq ...))
```

I usually do

```lisp
(use-package foo
:config
;; (setq ...)
)
```

It would be nice if I could do something like the following to comment out just the setq s-exp

```lisp
(use-package foo
:config (; setq ...))
```

Problem with quicklisp slime-helper #emacs

https://askubuntu.com/q/1485225/612

How to Learn Emacs (2012)

Link: https://david.rothlis.net/emacs/howtolearn.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37438842

#emacs

Hello les (neo)vimistes ou les autres développeurs intrigués par les éditeurs modaux.

Sur Paris le 20 septembre aura lieu un #TupperVim. Toutes les infos sont sur https://tuppervim.org/ mais en résumé: Mercredi 20 septembre de 19h30 à 22h dans les locaux de cashbee au 4 rue Thorel et inscription sur https://mensuel.framapad.org/p/95Cf7yZ4QahFl8wN6b24

Pour les curieux, voir ça comme un apéro autour de l'éditeur.
C'est super sympa, ça fait progresser et/ou rencontrer des gens !

#Vim #NVim #Neovim #Helix #Kakoune #Emacs