New and Improved Emacs Config!
I finally did it. I moved my Emacs configuration into a .org file. You can see the results here on GitHub. There’s not much else to say in this post, honest...
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emacs
A Possible Paradigm Shift
Lately I’ve been experiencing a change in the way I look at, think about, and use Emacs. Emacs was always a one-stop shop for me. If I could do it in Emacs,...
Emacsagist
I recently released Emacsagist, an Emacs front-end for searching Packagist. You can download Emacsagist via the MELPA repository with M-x list-packages or C...
How My Emacs Setup Changed Me (and is it time to change again)
A little over a year ago, I committed emacs-setup to GitHub. emacs-setup is a package I’d written previously and had tweaked and used enough to finally warra...
Emacs, Paredit, and Multiple Cursors
Inspired by Emacs Rocks, I made my own video showing some of the power of using Emacs with paredit and multiple cursors.
Emacs with TRAMP Causing OS X Kernel Panic
I’ve had a couple of kernel panics while using my MacBook lately, and I have figured out the culprit. It’s Emacs, specifically when using TRAMP (in my case, ...
php+-mode: An apology, a promise, and a call for help
While browsing through some posts in the Google+ Emacs community, I came across at least one post or comment where someone mentioned my php+-mode. While it p...
Kill Multiple Lines with kill-lines
Today, I wrote an Emacs package called kill-lines. It is a simple package with an interactive function of the same name that, when run, allows the user to en...
CLI Emacs and multiple-frames
So, I’ve been using the CLI Emacs again, because I’m fickle like that. Anyway, I’ve gotten used to have two frames: one with my code in a few windows and one...
Vim Influences: Prefixes and Deleting to End of Buffer
So, having used Vim for a while previously, there are some things that I learned or liked that have carried over into my Emacs usage, making it even better. ...
Press ‘q’ to quit, ‘z’ to really quit.
Does it ever bug you that when you press ‘q’ to quit a buffer, like Help, it doesn’t actually quit but, rather, buries the buffer? Well it bugged me and I lo...
Keep the mini buffer from growing
Often, when doing things like switching buffers, the minibuffer will grow beyond its normal height of 1. This has been bugging me lately, so I sought out a w...
Emacs Haiku on Twitter
This is just a bit of shameless self-promotion. I’ve started a Twitter account called @EmacsHaiku. It is exactly what it sounds like: haikus about Emacs! I’v...
Showing what makes a line too long
I’m a programmer. In many ways, I’m a bit of an old-school programmer. For instance, I like my lines no longer than 80 characters. I found myself wanting a v...
package-bundle: Keep track of your dependencies!
I have just pushed a new project to my GitHub account: package-bundle. It acts sort of like Vundle for vim, etc. It keeps track of your installed packages/de...
Major emacs-setup update!
I recently updated my emacs-setup package (available through MELPA) and made some major changes! First, emacs-setup no longer handles window/frame managemen...
Listing all key commands for a given prefix
So, when it comes to register/bookmark/rectangle/etc commands, I tend to forget which keys run which commands. They all use C-x r as a prefix, which makes it...
linum-mode graphical glitch fix/workaround
So, if you use graphical emacs on Mac OS X and you also use linum-mode (to show the line numbers in the left part of a window), you have probably noticed tha...
The Call of the CLI
For some reason, I always find myself wanting to run the command-line emacs. However, this proves an issue when it comes to certain control characters, such ...
ansi-term vs shell: mongodb
So, I’ve been messing about with MongoDB lately. Its pretty cool. You start the server then run the mongo command, which takes you to a repl environment wher...
RE Builder “query replace this”
I use M-x re-builder a lot. Its an interactive regular expression builder that really helps build proper regexps and is an excellent learning tool. However,...
Improving ansi-term
I use ansi-term quite a bit. Why leave Emacs to have a terminal? However, there were a few issues I had with ansi-term that were quite annoying. However, be...
zf-mode is no more… Viva php+!
My emacs package for working with php has just undergone a significant change. It is no longer called zf-mode. Introducing: php+-mode!
checkdoc … I needn’t say anything more
So, in my pursuits to get my emacs packages into MELPA, I learned about checkdoc. In a word, checkdoc is awesome, and essential (in my opinion) to any emacs/...
Packages now available from MELPA!
That’s right, I’ve submitted three of the packages I’ve written (zf-mode, mysql2sqlite, and emacs-setup) to the MELPA repository for package.el and they have...
GitHub Mania!
In lieu of my recent usage of GitHub, I decided to put all of my elisp workings into GitHub repositories. This includes my Jira mode, my mode for working wit...
zf-mode has been released!
That’s right, after all this time, its finally out in the open! You can find it at GitHub here.
CTRL-less emacs? (Or, at least, less CTRL…)
Things I love about emacs:
It Kills Me Every Time…
I always forget about the kill ring, or rather I used to. I’ve made a habit of using it lately. Its just so damn handy, I don’t know why I could never grasp ...
Search Your Open Buffers
I’ve been using emacs for years, and it still amazes me how many features that I would consider “basic” I’m still learning about even now. For a while I’ve a...
It’s 2012!
Where’s my flying car?
zf-mode features teaser #1
Interactive class/method modification.
We’ve created a monster… and it’s call zf-mode!
OK, so it’s been quite a while since I’ve posted anything here. I’ve been busy. Sue me. However, I’ve been busy writing php apps with zf-mode. Why, you may a...
Regular Expressions made easy!
I’m still fairly new to regular expressions. I’ve read many tutorials and web pages on how to use them, and while I understand and remember a lot of what I r...
Demo video of zend-mode now available!
You can check it out here on YouTube.
I’m not dead… I feel happy! Especially for my zend-mode updates!
Well, I’ve put in quite a bit of time with zend-mode. Hopefully I’m getting close to a public release. For those who don’t know, zend-mode is a minor-mode f...
Back to the Terminal
Well, I’ve decided to start using emacs via the terminal again, for a few reasons. 1.) Performance
Proper (Ansi-)Term Yank/Paste
So, I’ve found myself using ansi-term quite a bit, including to run finch for my instant messaging needs. However, there’s one main issue with which I found ...
Google Maps in Emacs
Awesome. ‘nuff said…
Bring out your dead!
I’m not dead. Honest.
I’m Slowly Getting ORGanized
I’ve found myself using ORG mode a LOT lately, mostly at work. I’m really come to like it, and it has basically because my todo list for work. Of all the use...
Robust Startup
I’ve spent quite a bit of time working on my start-up files for emacs. Maybe its my OCD, but I want them as clean as possible (using customize and the ELPA h...
Seek and Hide
Recently I’ve found myself using HideShow more. Its a package that makes it easy to hide or show blocks of code. However, I found it a bit lacking in a parti...
Version Control Conundrum
OK, so its not really a conundrum, so much as a simple question. Recently, I’ve found myself using emacs to program both on my MacBook at home, as well as m...
jira-mode 0.3.3 available!
I have uploaded the latest version of jira-mode (0.3.3) to Emacs Wiki. Information about jira-mode, including the newest features, can be found here. The sou...
Oh yeah…. its a text editor!
First off, so much for trying to have weekly posts. Sorry for slacking so bad. It’s a fail on my end. However, my lack of anything to post got me thinking. ...
Let’s Tag and Load!
Not too long ago, I learned the wonders of using tags for programming projects, in my case, PHP applications. I read an article (geared towards VIM, actually...
Q&A: To dired or Not To dired
OK, emacs community, it’s Q&A time. I ask the question, and you answer! Q: It seems everywhere I look, I keep seeing people discussing dired: IRC, forum...
jira-mode pt. 2
Well, folks, you asked and I’m delivering! I’ve creating a page on EmacsWiki for jira-mode. There you will find information, instructions, and a link to the ...
I Got This (key)Board On Lockdown
The longer I use emacs, I find myself sticking to my keyboard’s home row. Even in my pre-emacs days I was already starting to ignore my mouse, but these days...
jira-mode pt. 1
Well, folks, it’s been only a matter of time. I’ve begun working on my first major mode project. Where I work we use Jira for bug tracking, ticketing, and su...
Buffers and Windows and Frames, Oh My!
One thing that I really like about emacs is how it manages open files (buffers) and the diversity one has in customizing the workspace. Of course, I didn’t a...
Some Improved Navigation
I’ve added some functions and keybindings to my .emacs file that make navigation quite a bit better for me. Of course, you can bind them to whatever you li...
The Journey Begins (sort of…)
Welcome to my new blog: Emacs Journey! I’d like to take some time at first to explain what this blog is and will be. (If you care, my personal blog is here.)...
php
gopher-php and Phlog Update
I recently updated my gopher-php package on GitHub as well as the web interface to my phlog that uses it. Most of the updates came about due to a change in ...
New GOPHER Library for PHP
Well, I’ve gone and done it. I’ve created a library for reading and parsing [GOPHER](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol%29) files from PHP.
Why the PHP Interactive Shell Isn’t a REPL, and Why It Is Lacking
After a recent conversation on Twitter, I felt like I should explain why I feel that php -a, the PHP Interactive Shell, isn’t a REPL, and where it falls shor...
PHP and chmod
So, here’s a tip that would have saved me about 10 minutes of frustrated work today. As clearly stated in the PHP manual, when you’re setting the mode for a ...
XDebug and Truncated Output
Having used Zend_Debug::dump() with XDebug for quite some time, I’ve finally gotten tired of seeing truncated output. What I mean is, when I have Zend_Debug:...
Changing the REST of My Life
I have more “OMG, why didn’t I know about this sooner!?” moments than I care to admit. In the past week, I’ve had yet another.
Confused about using BEHAT with ACLs (and ACLs in general)
A bit of disclosure before I begin. I’m completely new to behat, so I have little knowledge of it beyond what little bit of work I’ve done with ecukes (which...
zf-mode is no more… Viva php+!
My emacs package for working with php has just undergone a significant change. It is no longer called zf-mode. Introducing: php+-mode!
zf-mode features teaser #1
Interactive class/method modification.
We’ve created a monster… and it’s call zf-mode!
OK, so it’s been quite a while since I’ve posted anything here. I’ve been busy. Sue me. However, I’ve been busy writing php apps with zf-mode. Why, you may a...
acme
Let’s Try Acme: Episode 9 - The End
All good things must come to an end. I’ll be honest with you all. I really enjoyed using Acme, but the required mouse is too inconvenient. When I grab my la...
Let’s Try Acme: Episode 8 - Scrolling and Plumbing
After using Acme for over two months now, I finally figured out two fairly basic things: scrolling and plumbing. Let’s start with scrolling. I knew (and hav...
Let’s Try Acme: Episode 7 - Equilibrium
Guys. I like Acme. Seriously. I’ve been using Acme for all my PHP and Clojure development the past month, as well as a bit of general text editing (for inst...
Let’s Try Acme: Episode 6 - Trouble in Paradise
So, there I was, doing some PHP work in Acme, when I broke down and went back to Emacs for the night. Honestly, there were two reasons for switching back: P...
Let’s Try Acme: Ep. 5 - Well, Shit
Well, shit. I made my first huge Acme mistake, and I paid the price. Long story short: Acme has its own rm command. I don’t know exactly how, but it works d...
Let’s Try Acme: Ep. 4 - Enough Messing Around
This is it, folks. It’s time to finally roll up my sleeves and do some programming in Acme. I’ll get this out of the way right off the bat. So far, I haven’...
Let’s Try Acme: Ep. 3 - Problem Solving
The last few posts have shown some issues and complaints I’ve had with Acme so far. Surprisingly, these issues have quickly begun dissipating. First things ...
Let’s Try Acme: Ep. 2 - Wat
Now that I’ve got Acme running, it’s time to start giving it a fair shot. The first thing I notice is the color scheme. Not bad, but not changeable either. ...
Let’s Try Acme: Ep. 1 - Hello, World
After my initial research, it’s time to give ol’ Acme a try. First things first - I needed to install Acme. Homebrew made that quite easy.
Let’s Try Acme: Ep. 0 - Research
In the vein of the popular “Let’s Play” videos, I’ve decided to start a blog post series of “Let’s Try”’s on my attempt to use the Acme text editor. So, fir...
ed
ed Golf: Letterbox
Well, after a couple of weeks off, I’m back with another episode of ed Golf! Today, we’re taking on a very interesting challenge, so let’s try our hand at Le...
ed Golf: Applying Same Text Modification in Several Lines
Continuing with our ed golf exercises, today we tackle one that is more relevant to programming than the previous ones. We also have the first big mistake… f...
ed Golf: I Forgot Quotes
Well, since the previous ed golf was so much fun and such a hit, especially on Twitter, let’s keep doing more! Today, the challenge is a pretty simple one. H...
ed Golf: One Number Per Line
As I mentioned in my last post, I have been using the text editor ed for lots of things lately. In an effort to become more familiar with it and get some pra...
Learning and Using the Standard Editor
It’s no secret that I enjoy text editors. Emacs. Vim. Acme. Even modern editors like VS Code. I don’t know why, but I just really like learning and using the...
zf-mode
zf-mode is no more… Viva php+!
My emacs package for working with php has just undergone a significant change. It is no longer called zf-mode. Introducing: php+-mode!
zf-mode has been released!
That’s right, after all this time, its finally out in the open! You can find it at GitHub here.
zf-mode features teaser #1
Interactive class/method modification.
We’ve created a monster… and it’s call zf-mode!
OK, so it’s been quite a while since I’ve posted anything here. I’ve been busy. Sue me. However, I’ve been busy writing php apps with zf-mode. Why, you may a...
mac
Emacs with TRAMP Causing OS X Kernel Panic
I’ve had a couple of kernel panics while using my MacBook lately, and I have figured out the culprit. It’s Emacs, specifically when using TRAMP (in my case, ...
OS X Text Substitution
The last couple of versions of OS X have had a cool feature: user-added text substitutions. Meaning, you can set some placeholder text (like “lod”) that will...
Mountain Lion, Safari, and Flash
So, if you’re like me and you upgraded to Mountain Lion (OSX 10.8) only to have Safari continuously tell you that Flash is a “blocked plugin” and is out-of-d...
Mac OS X Screen Locking Made Easy
In “why the hell isn’t the more known or documented better” news, a coworker of mine discovered and shared with me a neat little trick for locking Mac OS X: ...
java
A Whole New World
I started working at Improving this week which has required a major shift in my development ways. First and foremost is the change from PHP (which I’ve been ...
Triangle Game Update
So, I’ve recently pushed a number of changes to my Triangle Game project I’m using to learn Java again. Updates include:
Try and Variable Initialization
So, I learned a valuable lesson today that has taught me how to properly handle a particular error I kept getting when trying to compile some of my Java clas...
So I’m Learning Java
Yep, that’s right. After not touching it for years since college, I’m learning Java. This has been prompted by many things, but mostly I just enjoy learning ...
gopher
gopher-php and Phlog Update
I recently updated my gopher-php package on GitHub as well as the web interface to my phlog that uses it. Most of the updates came about due to a change in ...
Gopherpedia
So, this exists. That’s right. Someone wrote a Gopher wrapper/front end for Wikipedia! It’s not quite perfect (links and stuff don’t work) but it’s Good Eno...
New GOPHER Library for PHP
Well, I’ve gone and done it. I’ve created a library for reading and parsing [GOPHER](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol%29) files from PHP.
Going (back to) Gopher
Remember Gopher? I do, barely. We learned/used it in grade school a couple of decades ago. Turns out it is still around. There are several resources for the...
jira
jira-mode 0.3.3 available!
I have uploaded the latest version of jira-mode (0.3.3) to Emacs Wiki. Information about jira-mode, including the newest features, can be found here. The sou...
jira-mode pt. 2
Well, folks, you asked and I’m delivering! I’ve creating a page on EmacsWiki for jira-mode. There you will find information, instructions, and a link to the ...
jira-mode pt. 1
Well, folks, it’s been only a matter of time. I’ve begun working on my first major mode project. Where I work we use Jira for bug tracking, ticketing, and su...
zend
Demo video of zend-mode now available!
You can check it out here on YouTube.
I’m not dead… I feel happy! Especially for my zend-mode updates!
Well, I’ve put in quite a bit of time with zend-mode. Hopefully I’m getting close to a public release. For those who don’t know, zend-mode is a minor-mode f...
Bring out your dead!
I’m not dead. Honest.
clojure
Zork Fortress Update: 0.0.2
I recently released version 0.0.2 of my zork-fortress project, and by “released” I mean “added a new git tag”. In spite of my lack of work on the project th...
Clojure Greed Update: Static Typing!
Well, folks. This was long overdue, but I finally did it! My clojure-greed project now has static typing thanks to core.typed! Using core.typed is an intere...
Clojure Time
Anyone who knows me knows I really enjoy Lisp, especially Common Lisp (sbcl) and elisp (Emacs). I can now add to that list Clojure.
terminal
Back to the Terminal
Well, I’ve decided to start using emacs via the terminal again, for a few reasons. 1.) Performance
Proper (Ansi-)Term Yank/Paste
So, I’ve found myself using ansi-term quite a bit, including to run finch for my instant messaging needs. However, there’s one main issue with which I found ...
programming
Quick Save with Git
A feature that video game players are very aware of and often use is something called “quick save”. Quick save allows you to save your game, anytime and anyw...
Design Patterns, or Why Am I Just Learning This Now?!
So, at the recommendation of a good guy I know I am reading “Head First Design Patterns”. So far I’ve read the first two chapters and ZOMG WHY HAVEN’T I READ...
git
Quick Save with Git
A feature that video game players are very aware of and often use is something called “quick save”. Quick save allows you to save your game, anytime and anyw...
Git, GPG, and IDE
Today, I discovered that git allows for signing commits and tags with gpg. Awesome. However, I’ve gotten rather used to using the git integration in IntelliJ...
Google Maps in Emacs
Awesome. ‘nuff said…
behat
Confused about using BEHAT with ACLs (and ACLs in general)
A bit of disclosure before I begin. I’m completely new to behat, so I have little knowledge of it beyond what little bit of work I’ve done with ecukes (which...
xdebug
XDebug and Truncated Output
Having used Zend_Debug::dump() with XDebug for quite some time, I’ve finally gotten tired of seeing truncated output. What I mean is, when I have Zend_Debug:...
zendframework
XDebug and Truncated Output
Having used Zend_Debug::dump() with XDebug for quite some time, I’ve finally gotten tired of seeing truncated output. What I mean is, when I have Zend_Debug:...
zf
XDebug and Truncated Output
Having used Zend_Debug::dump() with XDebug for quite some time, I’ve finally gotten tired of seeing truncated output. What I mean is, when I have Zend_Debug:...
ios
My First iOS App
So, I decided that learning Java just wasn’t time consuming enough, so I decided to learn iOS development, too! The result? I wrote a number slider game in l...
xcode
My First iOS App
So, I decided that learning Java just wasn’t time consuming enough, so I decided to learn iOS development, too! The result? I wrote a number slider game in l...
bash
File Temporary Backup/Move Functions (bash)
A lot of the time, when I’m working in a bash terminal, I find myself needing to move a file out of the way temporarily. I found myself doing this over and ...
node
Node.js and TurnTable.fm
So, a friend recently turned me on to TurnTable.fm which is an awesome place to listen to, discover, and share the music you love. In checking out some of th...
eclipse
Solarized Dark (Color Theme) for Eclipse
I have released a version of the Solarized color theme for Eclipse. If you use Eclipse, you should know about Eclipse Color Themes. It’s great. You can easi...
pebble
Announcing the Release of Etchist
Last night, I released the first version of my first ever Pebble app: Etchist! Having recently purchased a Pebble, I couldn’t wait to write my first app and...
c
Announcing the Release of Etchist
Last night, I released the first version of my first ever Pebble app: Etchist! Having recently purchased a Pebble, I couldn’t wait to write my first app and...
zork-fortress
Zork Fortress Update: 0.0.2
I recently released version 0.0.2 of my zork-fortress project, and by “released” I mean “added a new git tag”. In spite of my lack of work on the project th...
gpg
Git, GPG, and IDE
Today, I discovered that git allows for signing commits and tags with gpg. Awesome. However, I’ve gotten rather used to using the git integration in IntelliJ...