I’m currently using Emacs 24 (pre-release) installed from this repository on Ubuntu 11.04. An error (crash: segmentation fault) that arose after moving from Emacs 23 to Emacs 24 is as follow (could stem from the pre-release repository; might not be the case if I compile from source). I launch emacs via Synapse. I start the read more
Despite the availability of softwares such as Mendeley, Zotero, and JabRef, I like to store my papers (pdf files) and citation information (bib files) using a directory stucture, enter notes into a text file (org-mode), view notes and bibliographic information using a single file, cite references in LaTeX from a single bib file, and manage read more
Suppose you want to execute a command in your emacs init file, but this command sometimes return an error. For example, you ask emacs to open a file for you, but the file doesn’t exist. When an error occurs, the rest of the init will not be loaded. Once can make use of the `condition-case` read more
Here are some habits I think will assist in the writing of LaTeX documents: 1. Always encapsulate your superscripts and subscripts with curly braces, even if they consist only of 1 characters. For example, it should `x_{1}` rather than `x_1`. The reason is that lot’s of time, I go back to changing my subscripts, and read more
Suppose you want to convert a string (e.g., “^{}”) to an emacs regexp representation. Then do evaluate the lisp code: `(regexp-quote “^{}”)`, which would yield `\\^{}`. Remember, you can evaluate elisp with `M-:`.
I [use](http://blog.nguyenvq.com/tag/screen/) [screen](http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/) on a daily basis. I recently discovered [byobu](https://launchpad.net/byobu), an enhanced add-on for screen that makes it even more customizable. A screencast can be found [here](http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2011/05/byobu-video-from-uds-o-lightning-talks.html). After reading some descriptions of `byobu` [here](http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/byobu-a-shortcut-to-a-prettier-screen/) and [here](http://linuxaria.com/howto/screen-byobu), I re-discovered screen’s ability to split screens. I’ll probably begin to use this feature. Not sure if I’ll read more
I’ve been using xpdf and xdvi for reading documents I’ve downloaded or my LaTeX-generated documents on the laptop more and more these days due to their speed. The one thing I require (desire) in all programs I use on a day to day basis, especially when I have to navigate the file, is to have read more
I’ve been using [elscreen](http://www.morishima.net/~naoto/software/elscreen/) for [screen](http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/)-like features in emacs the last couple of years. However, I have a few complaints. Elscreen has issues when used with `emacsclient -c`: a new frame might not be created from the `-c` argument, which messes up my current screen in emacs, and the “Opening Server Files Always in a read more
