Yes, I’ve finally written an Emacs book. I spent the first two decades of my career on DEC platforms using EDT and have always been offended by PC editors forcing me to use mice or memorize draconian keystroke combinations. Off and on I used Emacs over the years. Once I found it had an EDT emulation mode I used it a lot more. What has offended me, both morally and professionally is the relentless stream … New Emacs BookRead more
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Emacs GDB Breakpoints
Most books only give you a once-over-lightly when it comes to GDB, especially GDB breakpoints inside of Emacs. They show you how to set a breakpoint. While that is important, it doesn’t do much to tell a developer why they should use the non-sexy Emacs front end for GDB instead of some GUI. To start with GUIs don’t give you the GDB command line. Here is the situation. CsScintilla is a CopperSpice port of Scintilla … Emacs GDB BreakpointsRead more
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Using Your Core Dumps
So, you read the last post and now know where to find your core dumps, great. Now what? That always seems to be the question, doesn’t it. What good is a core dump? The answer is “They can be really good, but you need tools.” Emacs No matter how much you hate it, no matter how much you think it is from the stone age, no matter how bloated you think it is, install GUI … Using Your Core DumpsRead more
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The Best Part of Low End
As I get closer and closer to the cranky old man stage of life I get pickier and picker about my monitors and office lighting. I also find supposed high end products intolerable. Anyone who reads this blog knows I write a lot of books. “The Minimum You Need to Know About the Phallus of AGILE” is off for final editing. I have two more books that are somewhere between 2/3 and 3/4 of the … The Best Part of Low EndRead more
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JED – Long delay at launch issue
Since the mailing list archive isn’t much in the way of searchable or at least doesn’t seem to be well indexed by search engines I will be keeping a series of posts on my blog with some of the “newer” and more interesting Jed issues as well as various configuration stuff I’ve found useful. Most of you have probably already noticed other posts covering this text editor. When one is working in a terminal it … JED – Long delay at launch issueRead more