Beginner’s Guide to Emacs
Emacs is a complex beast with thousands of commands and even more settings that can be customized. No wonder so many people find it difficult to get their footing and opt for simpler editors. That’s a...
View ArticleMastering Eshell
There are several shells for Emacs, but none can match the versatility and integration with Emacs like Eshell. Eshell is a shell written entirely in Emacs-Lisp, and it replicates most of the features...
View ArticleMastering Key Bindings in Emacs
Altering the key bindings in Emacs should not, on the face of it, be a difficult task. But there’s a reason why the Emacs manual has dedicated 30-odd pages to describing, in great detail, all the...
View ArticleSorting Text by Line, Field and Regexp in Emacs
Sorting text is such a common operation that Emacs has several commands dedicated to it, ranging from line-based sorting to complex field sorting by regexp. Important Points Case Sensitivity By default...
View ArticleEvaluating Lisp Forms in Regular Expressions
One of the oft-repeated complaints about Emacs is its antiquated regular expression engine: that it cannot compete with Vims’; that it’s GNU-style regex and not PCRE; and that you have to quote...
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