Last week, I wrote about cargo culting in a much more general context, so this week I’m going to come clean. The file that had me thinking about the topic was the worst case you’ve probably ever seen: ...

Customizing Emacs is important to get the most out of it. You can change the way it operates to reflect your way of doing things, which in turn makes you more efficient. Just as custom-built boots fit ...

This article is a whirlwind introduction to Emacs that assumes you have Emacs installed and running (easy enough on most Linux distributions). It also assumes that you have used Emacs' built-in ...

1- How do I change the mouse pointer shape? I read in the GNU Emacs Lisp Manual that there is a variable to change it to the shape that you like, <I>x-pointer</I>; I did the "M-x apropos thing" but I ...

Seeing the vim kung fu thread as a good idea (and good sport), i thought I'd start an emacs thread.<BR><BR>this is a list of the best configuration/lisps programs I've found for emacs:<BR><BR>;; to ...