Tag Archives: emacs

Emacs vs Eclipse

Posted on January 18, 2007 by Dominic Mitchell

Steve Yegge has yet another very long, but hugely informative post up: The Pinocchio Problem. It’s all about what makes great software. Or at least, less-bad software. One of the things he touches on is Emacs and Eclipse extensions, when … Continue reading →

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A Month of Mac

Posted on February 3, 2006 by Dominic Mitchell

It’s now been a month since my shiny new Mac arrived. Overall, I’m still really, really happy with it. I’ve bought NetNewsWire for feed reading and textmate for editing. I’m a little concerned that I don’t have the source code … Continue reading →

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TRAMP Rocks

Posted on December 2, 2005 by Dominic Mitchell

TRAMP is a tool for Emacs to let you edit files on another computer, using only an ssh connection. It rocks, as it lets me edit files at work from my laptop at home. Behind the scenes, there’s some serious … Continue reading →

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Nesting

Posted on November 28, 2005 by Dominic Mitchell

I’ve just opened up a new command shell, without thinking about it. Inside an Emacs session. Which is running inside GNU screen. Which is running inside Putty. Transparent? Clear as mud.

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