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@pheonix

> someone was actively looking for a code editor that had absolutely no "AI" features

#Emacs is no-#AI by default. There are third-party packages to add such features, but I never tried any of them.

In fact, most #freeSoftware applications are still free of #LLM features — or at least are opt-in, not opt-out. I hope, that this will not change.

#programming #softwareEngineering #commonLisp images as communicating #automata screwlisp.small-web.org/comple screwlisp.small-web.org/comple

Article with one minute video showing four lisp images chattering unattended.

There is no leader- they're just talking. However, they are using #emacs #slime #eepitch and sleeps so you can usefully watch them.

A precursor to next week's episode featuring @ksaj discussing breitenbergian vehicles etc.

Do you use a cluster of #lisp images?

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@saaste minulla on Emacsissa org-roamin hallinnoima lappukokoelma vähän vastaavasti kaikki yhdessä hakemistossa. Ei se käytännössä tunnu olevan iso ongelma, juurikin koska haku ja myöskin koska org-roam antaa filuille nimestä riippumattoman uniikin id:n millä linkitetään. Eli tarvittaessa voin nimetä tiedoston uudelleen.

Estoy tan cansado de la informática este verano que se me olvidaba que he escrito un pequeño post en mi cápsula de gémini. Por supuesto hablo de #emacs, pero no os quedéis ahí, también critico la cultura empresarial tecnológica en general. @emacstips @hispaemacs @sacha gemini://maxxcan.flounder.onli maxxcan.flounder.online/gemlog

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@shom Thanks. It goes like this (1) I read an article and think, "I should keep a note on this with highlights and annotations" – in #emacs of course. (2) I add the tag "process" to the article in #readeck (3) In Emacs, I create a note and call `readel-annotations-insert-from-bm`, select the article, and it inserts the article info and annotations in Org format. I edit, add thoughts, whatever. (4) Finally, I call `readel-remove-label-from-bm` to remove the label from the bookmark in Readeck.

I spent some "before work" time today trying to debug a problem displaying names using CJK characters in the #Emacs frontend to #notmuch. I didn't figure it out completely yet, but I made some progress. Some tiny reduction in #FreeSoftware (and notmuch in particular) anglo-centricness, feels good. I am motivated to spend more time on this, especially since a user sent a patch that fixes half the problem. The other half might be my emacs setup, we shall see.

#Emacs peeps, is there a way to control undo/redo points during editing?

For example, I have custom functions (or from packages) to wrap the region in parens, quotes, etc. and sometimes I fat-finger the wrong key. Then I want to undo the text insertion (usually implemented by `goto-char` and `insert` calls in a sequence) and try again. But usually, it undoes the selection/mark/region as well.

Or I tab-complete with capf's and want to undo the completion, not the typing before I hit tab.