Elisp

Emacs Startup Screen

Constructing a custom startup screen

The Emacs Cat

Some time ago, I decided to customize my Emacs startup screen in order to display something helpful for me. Ultimately, after much consideration, I’ve settled on the following items I just want …

Some Excerpts From My Emacs Config - 2: Functions

Some functions and mode enhancements from my .emacs

The Emacs Cat

In his comment on Irreal’s post Some Configuration To Solve Common Problems, gregbognar noted that some of my configuration is seriously outdated. In some sense, he is absolutely correct – …

Some Excerpts From My Emacs Config

Some mini/micro excerpts from my .emacs

The Emacs Cat

I’m happy to be back after one year away and it feels great.

Below are some chaotic mini/micro – or even nano – excerpts from my ~/.emacs file I have been tuning in for 12 years. …

Org Mode: Exporting Clock Tables

The Emacs Cat

After reading a quite interesting post by Irreal on Org mode clock tables, I decided to share my — a bit specific — experience with the subject.

The Task

Like many of us these days, I’m working …

DMS To Decimal Degree Conversions And More

The Emacs Cat

Working with satellite data I often have to convert a coordinate value or an angle value from the DMS notation (degree@minute’second") to a decimal degree in the floating point number …