In my quest of total immersion into Emacs, I am trying to write blog posts in Emacs instead of TextMate. That means my TextMate macros are gone for good, including insertion of YAML header information. On this very blog and on Zettelkasten.de, I used to type cthead and zkhead respectively, then expanded the YAML header with tab. TextMate’s great template feature even allows you to specify multiple points inside the templates to jump to by tabbing forward. Emacs works a bit differently, so I adapted the templates to request information up front instead and fill in the values.
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Happy GDPR day! With the recent EU law stuff taking effect, I reconsidered my use of tracking information from you. So I just removed Google Analytics tracking on this website, on our productivity blog at zettelkasten.de, and on all my app websites completely. I find the numbers interesting, but not actionable anyway. I don’t do A/B testing. I just write for fun and with the intent to help you do stuff. There’s no benefit in tracking how you use my site. Your visit is much appreciated, and that’s it!
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I noticed that my Emacs didn’t maintain the current line’s indentation when editing code blocks in Markdown (markdown-mode). I indent the first line with 4 spaces like any sane person would. When I hit enter to continue in the next line, thanks to the markdown-mode defaults, I am presented with a new line that’s properly indented visually. Only when committing to git did I notice that Emacs inserted tabs instead of spaces. Gasp!
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I released an update to Move!, my work break timer, the other day. It fixes a timing bug and rare memory leaks. It’s a free update, and the app should notify you about the download automatically when it’s running.
I am using GNU Emacs for a while now to do all kinds of stuff. I’m thinking about migrating away from OmniFocus as my task manager and use Org mode instead. What I like so far is the free-form list nature of Org files. I can have an outline of notes and sprinkle TODO items inside them. This way I can take notes on puzzling problems I’m working on and mark things I need to do later. This is super useful to remind myself what to clean up before a commit, for example write or amend tests or remove debug code somewhere. I like it. I got used to a lot of shortcuts already, so most of the pain of daily use is gone.
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