6 Dec 2018
I spend a fair portion of every day writing programs. As with all professions, using the right tools makes a huge difference in my productivity and general happiness. Having good tools helps me keep my gumption up.
One of my favorite books is Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Contrary to what the title suggests, this book is actually not about motorcycles. It’s about a lot of things; one topic is about tools and caring about your trade.
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23 Sep 2017
Emacs Tips and Tricks
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To Learn About
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- ☒ Company-mode (completion framework for lots of stuff)
- ☒ YASnippets (templates)
- ☒ Auto-YASnippets (something like that—I installed it for temporary
templates)
- ☒ Alchemist mode (integrates with company mode—tooling for Elixir)
- ☐ What do
M-. and M-, do?
- ☐
font-lock-add-keywords would let me add new keywords to a
language
- ☐ hi-lock
- ☐ highlight-phrase, unhighlight-regex
- ☒ Registers
- ☐ Auto-loading packages to make startup time shorter
Things that make me happy
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- Undo in region (just highlight something and hit undo)
- Generate Backus-Nauer Forms with a slightly modified syntax with
ebnf-eps-buffer
Helm
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You can filter buffers by pattern with Helm. Type: @pattern to find
buffers matching pattern. If you want to have spaces in the pattern,
you must escape them with a backslash.
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