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 »
In the past, I’ve described the benefits of a slide show based on html. I used to prefer the html5 method over S5, but after some use, I’ve come to realize that the html5 method (at least the one described here) isn’t ready for prime time yet. The display of the slides can get screwy…. 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: 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 I… 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 screen on a daily basis. I recently discovered byobu, an enhanced add-on for screen that makes it even more customizable. A screencast can be found here. After reading some descriptions of byobu here and here, 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 recently had frustrations with presentations written using MS Powerpoint; I’m not even going to mention KeyNote as it is only available on a Mac. LibreOffice is my WYSIWYG editor on my Linux machine for writing quick and nicely formatted content. I also have MS Office installed on my machine using WINE. I sometimes use… 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 for 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 »