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al3x

@al3x@hachyderm.io

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(currently Sen.Dir of Eng. for Oracle Cloud, ex-{DataStax/Cassandra, RethinkDB, co-founder InfoQ})

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al3x, to emacs
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In other news, Newsticker seems to forget the status of some of the feeds between restarts.

It might not be its issue. I haven't seen this with RSS reader apps though.

After two days of excitement, I'm entering the trough of disappointment with RSS in .

al3x, to emacs
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What am I doing wrong in this snippet:

(add-hook 'newsticker-mode-hook (lambda ()  
 (setq browse-url-browser-function 'eww-browse-url)))  

I am trying to make newsticker use eww instead of an external browser
for opening links.

Thank you!

al3x, to emacs
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After only one day of fun, this elfeed issues makes it completely
unusable for me https://github.com/skeeto/elfeed/issues/509

Basically the elfeed db gets corrupted after every usage.

How unfortunate as I really liked it.

al3x, to macos
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Does anyone know what happened with the Space Gremlin app? https://www.spacegremlinapp.com

I can’t find it in the Mac App Store. And I don’t seem to see it in the list of apps I bought either even if I do have the email.

al3x,
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The more I look for Space Gremlin, the more confused I am. The forum doesn't seem to work anymore either.
I have sent an email to see if I hear back.
Without the Mac App Store version, Space Gremlin only works in demo mode; that's quite unhelpful.

al3x,
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@siracusa sorry for pinging you, do you happen to know anything about what Space Gremlin’s presence in the App Store? (I believe I learned about the app from you and thus deduced you are the only Space Gremlin user I know)

jschauma, to markdown
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al3x,
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@AAMfP @jschauma ... and with Org I always ask myself [[url][text]] or [[text][url]] 😂

#OrgMode

al3x, to emacs
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I can’t believe it🤪: TIL has support for tabs.

(In and , with their support for windows, I use tabs as workspaces: setting up windows in a particular layout fitting the needs of that project)

al3x, to emacs
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Thanks to the help received from friends on here: “Automatic clock-in in Org Mode” https://alpo.gitlab.io/jots/posts/2024/04/automatic-clock-in-in-org-mode/

al3x, to random
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I am fascinated by John Siracusa’s @siracusa window management.

I have listened to the original episode a few times over the time.
The image I created in my mind had nothing to do with what he’s showing in the “ATP Insider: John’s Windows” <https://atp.fm/atp-insider-johns-windows>.

Next question that bugs me now: how much of that applies (or could be applied) when using a laptop or normal monitor?

al3x, to emacs
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Who has a good setup for quelpa with use-package for ?

I have two packages that seem to be distributed only through quelpa.

🙏

al3x, to random
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Besides not working, what frustrates me further is there’s absolutely no way to tell what features they support.

It’s beneficial to have a single connector. But having a standard to communicate what features they support and with what qualities it will make them really useful and friendly. https://social.lol/@andycarolan/112237460262692817

al3x, to emacs
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Is it possible to automatically attach a property to a heading creating using C-S-RET or M-S-RET?

I do like to have a CREATED property on all tasks so I can purge them when they've stayed too long in the list.

al3x,
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@ctietze It worked perfectly! Thank you Christian!

(I’m still confused when to use add-hook, add-function, ‘ or #’ :-)

factolvictor, to Batman
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April 4. Another day in Commissioner Gordon’s old-new-life in the decrepit and corrupt Gotham City. But that will change, there is a hope, a light at the end of the tunnel. And it has bat wings.

@bookstodon @comics

al3x,
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@factolvictor @bookstodon @comics

wow! I love the drawing style! where is the page from?

khalidabuhakmeh, to rust
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What’s neat about is the polyglot nature of it. I'm writing a library that I later consume in a solution, all without switching context.

I can also run my .NET solution and run my tests. That's a nice workflow.

al3x,
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@khalidabuhakmeh How long have you been using ? About 1year ago, it was a nice editor, but missed tons of features that its elder @Jetbrains' brothers had for long. (Yes, I do know, Fleet is not the same as the rest)

al3x, to orgmode
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After losing some edits of #orgmode files in between #Beorg and #Emacs, tonight I have added a save-on-focus-lost to Emacs:

(add-hook 'focus-out-hook ‘org-save-all-org-buffers)

The simplicity to accomplish this result is incredible. Similar things can be accomplished in #vim too.

Modern editors have to expose configuration flags for such features. Which are indeed easier to use if present, but less configurable and less composable.

galdor, to emacs
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The value of is not in the packages that are available (Gnus, org-mode, Magit, etc.). It is the fact that these packages live in the same application, manipulate text the same way, and can interact with each other to do exactly what you want them to do.

al3x,
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@galdor What is amazing to me is how extensible both and are while using completely differently approaches.

And how little modern editors have learned from them. I don't want to poopoo on modern editors as some are really good and cool. But very few have been build on this fundamental philosophy of extensibility.

al3x, to macos
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Nobody tried yet the AltTab app? https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app

I have installed it a couple of days ago and it’s proving great.

al3x, to random
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Does anyone have any ideas or hypothesis why Shortcuts show up only sometimes in the iPhone searches?

There are times when Shortcuts show up. There are times when they do not. It is completely random. Not showing up is the more frequent result though.

(I'd appreciate any ideas or reposting to get answers. Thank you)

al3x, to emacs
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It’s been about 3 weeks since I’ve took my tasks from Workflowy to Org in .

It took me quite a bit of tweaking to get it as simple as I like it.
This is not my first experience with and the learning curve is pretty steep.

For my usage the results are pretty good so far. The iPhone app is a must have to make it work.

al3x, to random
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This is my Meditation focus mode. Even if no notifications are allowed, an iMessage has pinged me twice on the Apple Watch. Why?!?!

dimillian, to random
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Show me your menu bar! I strive to make mine as informative and as small as possible.

al3x,
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@dimillian Pretty much everything behind Bartender 5.
Still annoyed that the notch hides icons instead of move them over.

al3x, to random
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@siracusa sorry for bothering you with this question.

In SwitchGlass, “Show All Windows - Activate an app and bring all its window to the front.” Is this action supposed to also restore minimized or hidden windows? Or does it apply only to non-minimized, non-hidden? (The behavior I’m observing is the latter which is a bit confusing for me when thinking of “all”).

Thank you

al3x,
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@siracusa Sorry for not understanding yet what’s the expected behavior (as I’m not familiar with these API references).

  1. If an app has only 1 window minimized will this window be brought to the front
  2. If an app has 1 window visible and 1 window minimized will both windows be brought to the front?
  3. If an app has only 1 hidden window will this window be brought to the front?
  4. If an app has 1 window visible and 1 hidden window will both windows be brought to the front?
al3x,
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@siracusa Quick test:

  1. 1 window visible + 1 minimized => only the visible one is brought to front
  2. app windows hidden => all windows brought to front
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