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Emacs Identica-mode v0.9 release

I’m glad to announce this new release of identica-mode after a longer than normal. I’ve been constantly directing people to the git repository version instead of doing an official release since there are lots of improvements since the last version.
Some of these improvements include:

Url shortening inline
You can now do url shortening while typing your update [...]

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3 methods on how to backup your Emacs file

The emacs personalization file (dotemacs) is a very important resource for every Emacs user. Typically found at ~/.emacs, this file contains elisp code all the personalization of Emacs to accommodate each user. Its so important that it basically represents your Emacs “personality”.
To loose your .emacs file can mean loosing a lot of hours of tweaking [...]

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Mac OS X from a GNU/Linux User

The Mac OS X slogan I’ve heard from several mac fanboys is “it just works”. Well, being a GNU/Linux user for quite some time and coming to OS X, that is not the case for me. There’s a lot of little things that “just don’t work” on my particular usage.
Recently I’ve been given a 17″ [...]

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Emacs identica-mode with edit buffer, context and favorites

I’ve added new features to identica-mode, the Emacs mode to interact with any Statusnet, an free open microblogging platform previously known as Laconi.ca.
This time I got a patch submitted by Bradley M. Khun, who prefers to write his updates on a full buffer instead of the minibuffer. So he kindly send me a patch to [...]

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5 ways to promote Identi.ca and Open Microblogging over Twitter

On the Free Software Foundation Latinamerica mailing list, there’s been a discussion about supporting Identi.ca and open microblogging and encourage quitting using twitter by setting the example.
The topic about closed network services and its risks is a very important issue that I will cover on a later post with detail or you can read more [...]

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Emacs identica-mode version 0.7

I’ve finally arranged some time to publish a new version of Identica-mode for Emacs to easily track and post updates to any Laconica installation such as Identi.ca
What’s new

Added menu with most useful features
Added re-dent (retweet) feature by pressing C-c C-m with pointer on status to re-dent
User timeline method now prompts for username, gets own (self) [...]

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