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Update Highlights
- xah emacs init git status.
- lol, because i stopped publishing my emacs init 6 years ago.
despite ai threat, am still coding
mega massive advanced emacs lisp still coding. despite ai threat.
updated. now all work on buffer, without requiring it to be a file. and you can select a region to format just that region.
- my site have not been updated for 3 months, due to a rsync problem.
- Xah Lee rsync problem depression 2026
now, here's accumulated updates.
updated.
minor updates
add to
- Emacs: Search Text
- Emacs Flaw: isearch Current Word
- emacs init: isearch by Arrow Keys
- Emacs: Search Current Word 📜
updates
misc updates
- keyboard history.
- old article on best keyboard. 10 years ago.
- we can see what is going on in keyboard scene back then.
updates
other updates
code update
code update.
- computer science and history. For lisp fans.
- explains cons car cdr in lisp list.
- https://youtu.be/n_JUKfSf8sc?t=922
- Computer Science, Advanced Functional Programing. Emacs Lisp.
- Demo of supreme functional programing technique, of not using any variable or constant at all, in your program.
- https://youtu.be/n_JUKfSf8sc?t=3563
- Play at 1.5 speed.
bug fix
bug fix
updated
updates
code update. now pass by stdin, not working file. reading file is always slower.
- new way. 3 instances of emacs.
- some are running elisp code.
- tip: never use emacs server.
- setup your emacs so that there is no any possible freeze-the-world prompt when starting up.
- in software ui design, you should never have freeze-the-world, such as do you want to save before close.
- in those situation, simple abort and message.
fixed a minor bug in cycle order.
updates
updated.
updated
- Computer science, emacs lisp.
- Master emacs lisp.
- Buffer Functions
- this buffer thing, makes emacs lisp the best programing language for text processing.
- No other programing language comes close, not perl python fsharp golang.
remove the number sign # pest in keybinding code.
- For coders, emacs lisp.
- Starting to remove the idiotic number sign # pest in elisp.
- The number sign is a ugly redundant thing.
- Emacs lisp priests tell you you need it because it tells emacs lisp compiler that it's a function, so you have better error checking.
- But in practice, that error never actually happens.
- It is a very ugly thing from Common Lisp.
updated
code update.
updates
major updates
- For Big Tech Bros. emacs, advanced editor.
- Explain why emacs undo has keys control+/ but also control+_
- ai bot answers.
- in short, a big baggage of history.
code update.
major rewrites
updated
updated.
more updates
- For Coders. Emacs, Advanced Code Editor.
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This command
xah-extend-selectionnow has high prominence in Emacs: Xah Fly Keys 📦 - Now it has a easy key g (in dvorak layout is i).
- you can use it by grabbing the code.
- link in thread.
- for coders. Wolfram language, emacs lisp.
- success.
xah-wolfram-eval-regionno longer creates a temp file. xah-wolfram-temp-dir-path is removed.
- experimenting with Proportional Font in code again.
- Emacs: Toggle Monospace / Proportional Font
more updates.
more updates
updated with new key change
code update
updated with tip.