Posts Tagged ‘Emacs’

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 [...]

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 [...]

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″ [...]

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) [...]

Emacs identica-mode with multiple timelines and direct messages

Emacs identica-mode, a way to read and post to Identi.ca microblogging site and any Laconi.ca installation from Emacs, now has support for several (friends, replies, public and user) timelines. Also added support to send direct messages.
Some of the changes are:

All API calls are now through HTTPS
Changed keybinding, pressing “g” on identica-mode buffer now refreshes the [...]

CONSOL 2009

I participated at CONSOL 2009 and had the opportunity to give 4 talks this time and meet with "the software libre community".
The talks were great, with very interesting subjects, and there seems to be a lot of interest in virtualization this time. Rolman gave his talk about virtualization with KVM and the basics of virtualization [...]

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