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b3n

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    Comment #48881932

    Hi dakra! > is there something Ghostel is missing eshell allows me to manipulate text as I would in any other Emacs buffer. If I have a function which wraps a word in quotes, and b…

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    Comment #47988730

    Go is a turn based game without this feature (or bug?) because you aren't forced to move, you can instead pass. Both players passing in a row implies neither player thinks they can…

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    Comment #47355439

    This was already done, see: Grokipedia.

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    Comment #47338942

    I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned Eshell has a module built in for exactly what you want, you just need to `(push 'eshell-rebind eshell-modules-list)`. Now C-p, C-r, etc. work…

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    Comment #42945717

    Nice! I made WikTok[1] in the past, but your version looks much better. :-) [1] https://wiktok.org/

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    Comment #39401855

    Guix even comes with a Nix service[0] which is easy to enable if you would like to also use Nix packages. [0] https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Miscellaneous-Servi...

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    Comment #36850315

    This is a Google company, it has nothing to do with Musk.

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    Comment #36791808

    But there's plenty of transpilers: ClojureScript, Nim, etc.

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    Comment #36246977

    Guix comes with a service for using Nix packages[1], if that's what you want. It's very simple to setup, and would allow you to use Nix's Firefox package without any issue. [1] htt…

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    Comment #36049927

    Thank you for taking the time to share all this great feedback! Appreciate it :) I agree with all your points. I will only comment on a few, but will go through each of them and fi…

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    Show HN: WikTok – A Recommendation UI for Wikipedia

    Hi HN, WikTok is a UI for Wikipedia that lets you quickly swipe (or use your arrow keys) to navigate between random and recommended articles (based on the previous articles you int…

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    Comment #35651209

    Availabe on F-Droid at https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.gnu.emacs/

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    Comment #35561258

    > I feel ashamed to live on this side of the Atlantic, sometimes. Let's not forget that DeepMind is of EU origin, and they were one of the forces that kick started this whole AI re…

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    Comment #35023920

    But at that point you may as well use TRAMP[1] and let Emacs do the multiplexing for you. Yes, (e)shell works over TRAMP too. ;) [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/tramp/

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    Comment #34954921

    What is "blatant"? I don't think sister sites[1] are frowned upon. The code is released under a permissive license, after all. [1] https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters/wiki#sister-…

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    Comment #34945422

    These runs (also known as "handroll combos") are one thing that the Colemak layout optimizes for. See: https://colemak.com/Hand_alternation

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    Comment #34588062

    You can also use the built in rgrep functionality with ripgrep, just do something like (grep-apply-setting 'grep-find-command "rg --no-heading ")

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    Comment #32507487

    > not usable at work for me (lack of MacOS support - just 4 of my eng org's ~25 folks use Linux) In case you're not aware, you can easily create a Guix pack[1] in the Docker image …

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    Comment #32384177

    No, the GNU AGPL does not force that. Maybe you are thinking of MongoDB's SSPL[0]? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Side_Public_License