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  1. Irreal's post yesterday was about `hl-line-mode`:

    irreal.org/blog/?p=13690

    They don't use the mode because they find that it interferes with `visual-line-mode`, often highlighting a full paragraph and not just the current line. For those that are interested, you can set `hl-line-range-function` to something that correctly identifies the current line even in a visual line mode. I set it to this function:

    ````
    (defun esf/get-visual-line-range ()
    "Identify current visual line (for highlighting mostly)

    Use the visual line functions to define the range in the buffer
    that should be highlighted when ~hl-line-mode~ is enabled. By
    default, the whole line in the file is highlighted. This is not
    particularly useful in org files where I have whole paragraphs in a
    single file line."
    (let (b e)
    (save-excursion
    (beginning-of-visual-line)
    (setq b (point))
    (end-of-visual-line)
    (setq e (point)))
    (cons b e)))
    ````

    #Emacs #Irreal

  2. #irreal: #Blogging Without #Emacs
    irreal.org/blog/?p=13483

    Well, I'm even worse: I took a break from blogging for a couple of years until I had the first working version of *the* blogging system I wanted to use for my #orgmode workflow: #lazyblorg 🙄

    karl-voit.at/tags/lazyblorg/

  3. #Irreal: Why #RSS Is The Right Thing
    irreal.org/blog/?p=13323

    RSS as well as the more modern #Atom feed standard should be used by everybody to follow web page sources without exposing your data to algorithms.

    #PIM #cloud #feeds

  4. #Irreal: The Use Of Tools
    irreal.org/blog/?p=12930

    "Most important, once you find software that’s worth the time to learn, learn it."

    #PIM #education

  5. #irreal and @bbatsov about #Emacs startup time: irreal.org/blog/?p=12903

    I, too, am totally convinced that it really doesn't matter if it is one or sixty seconds.

    However, if your bootup time is much longer than mine (15-30s once a week) then you most probably have room for improvement (if you want). Consistent use of #usepackage with dependencies and "defer" did help on my side.

    My config has 7724 lines of #elisp (19851 including #orgmode comments): github.com/novoid/dot-emacs/bl

  6. #Irreal: 🥩 Red Meat Friday: Is #Emacs Slow For You
    irreal.org/blog/?p=12256

    Well, since I upgraded my NixOS which got me Emacs 29.3 (from 28.2) on that host, it is really slow and I'm not even using LSP. It's one to two words behind when I'm typing.

    I know people who would instantly trash a tool that is as slow as my Emacs right now. 🤷😞

    If somebody has a clue what's wrong here, let me know.

  7. #irreal: "Transparent Windows: Just Say No"

    irreal.org/blog/?p=11948

    Absolutely! I never understood why transparent windows are a thing at all ... 🤷

  8. If you're using #Orgmode with #gpg encryption, you need to read irreal.org/blog/?p=11827 by #irreal about the current issue with #GnuPG 2.4.1.

    I noticed the bug myself already in #NixOS. 😔

    In this case, it's good to have still a Debian machine not running the latest versions.

  9. #irreal with a sneak preview of #EmacsConf23
    irreal.org/blog/?p=11692

    No particular topic was interesting enough for me to hand in a talk myself this year. But you'll see plenty of others doing great stuff related to #Emacs!

    #EmacsConf

  10. #TIL: Emphasise any text you select, in #OrgMode using the keyboard

    Use `Ctrl-c Ctrl-x Ctrl-f` and it’ll let you choose your markup.

    From #irreal’s latest #Emacs blog post
    irreal.org/blog/?p=11572

  11. #Irreal: The Year of #RSS
    irreal.org/blog/?p=11034

    I'd like to add the #Atom standard. From a user's perspective, RSS and Atom are the same. If you get both feeds, use Atom.

    My current aggregator is #Newsblur newsblur.com/ with its Android app.

    Everybody should use such a feed aggregator service or program to curate his or her personal set of input. You'll notice that feed sources that publish rarely are the most important to be used via an aggregator.

    #PIM

  12. #Irreal: Use-package Merged into #Emacs 29
    irreal.org/blog/?p=11003

    Oh what a great improvement for my bootstrap process once I manage to switch to Emacs 29 .... 🕺🥳🎉