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Joined March 2009
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@lawofcons
Apr 6
From "An Introduction to Learning Emacs Lisp," part of the Emacs manual that comes with Emacs.
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@samdefmacro
Mar 11
Claude code often requires writing Python scripts to check if the brackets in his Common Lisp programs match. This is much less efficient than using Emacs manually. Are there any optimization methods?
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chaploud@__chaploud__
Mar 10
EmacsのelfeedというのにURLを登録しとけばこんな感じでフィードが流れてくる（閲覧はwebブラウザ）
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Emacs Solo rahuljuliato.com/posts/emacs…

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M-x emacs-uptime tells you exactly how long your current session has been running. Mine is 12 days, 20 hours, 43 minutes, 43 seconds. What’s YOUR uptime right now? Flex below 👇
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Alvaro Ramirez@xenodium
Feb 25
🦬 New Bending Emacs episode ✨ agent-shell Claude Skills youtu.be/ymMlftdGx4I #emacs #claude #anthropic #ai #google #goose #gemini #linux #github #macos #oss #foss #opencode #codex #vibe #windows #video #youtube #indie #indiedev
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leanghok
@Leangphok
Feb 10
i just found out that emacs has a builtin rss reader
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C-x 8 RET runs insert-char allows you to insert Unicode characters by name. Type things like NOT EQUAL TO, LATIN SMALL LETTER A, EM DASH, HEAVY CHECK MARK, HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS, etc…
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Kent Beck 🌻
@KentBeck
30 Dec 2025
Code review made sense when humans wrote code at human speed. Now I'm on a beach with a genie, generating faster than anyone could review. The old model broke. What replaces it? open.substack.com/pub/tidyfi… New post, sponsored by @coderabbitai

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Reminds me of this tech thread from 2004 "DEAR GODS! I'M DEBUGGING TATTOOS NOW! AT THIS RATE I'LL NEVER GET A DATE!" perlmonks.org/?node_id=39520…

Ayushi☄️
@iyoushetwt
30 Dec 2025
What’s stopping you from getting this tattoo?
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anyone have experience with writegood-mode? bnbeckwith.com/code/writegoo…
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Use C-h k to see exactly what any keybinding does.
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Use M-/ for context-aware dabbrev expansion (super fast autocompletion).
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Press C-x C-q to toggle a buffer into read-only or editable mode instantly.
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Run M-x occur to list all matches of a regex in the current buffer.
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Use C-x C-e to evaluate the Lisp expression before point in any buffer.
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I'll often use this for quick math expressions rather than launching a calculator app.
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If you ever feel like your config is getting messy, run: M-x describe-variable RET custom-file If it’s empty, set one: (setq custom-file "~/.emacs.d/custom.el") (load custom-file t) Keeps your init clean, keeps Custom’s noise out of your way. #Emacs
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Hit C-x r t to insert text at the same column across a rectangular region.
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Unlock Org-mode magic: Turn your notes into a todo beast! Use C-c C-t to toggle TODO/DONE states. C-c C-c on a headline brings up the interface to add, edit, or remove tags.
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