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Is exotropy really the opposite of entropy? I was glad to stumble upon this word, but on searching the internet, it does not seem to be. Could someone informed shed some light on t…

I have in fact. I use Emacs for org-mode and markdown. Because of some reason, evil and org-mode did not mix well - for me. There is evil-org, which I did not try.

Thank you for mentioning this. I do have something similar... (global-unset-key (kbd "ESC ESC ESC"))

Do have a look at the second question in the FAQ :). I do find Helix very impressive. I remember the Python LSP working without any configuration whatsoever. However, I have vim mu…

Textadept is lightweight, and more...

- GTK2 is only one of the supported widget sets for Lazarus. It supports Qt5 & 6 too. I feel Lazarus should switch to Qt5 or 6 until GTK3 is mature. - Hexchat IRC client is another…

Libre Office does allow customising shortcuts. I got peeved when Ctrl+Plus (or Ctrl+Shift+=) is not available to add rows or columns, but found that it is very much possible to add…

Late 90s and early 2000s were the best days for Reverse Engineering. +Fravia, Woodmann's forum and SoftIce flickers in the back of my memory... And yes, many of the old-school (and…

Fedora has the following aliases in the root .bashrc. alias rm='rm -i' alias cp='cp -i' alias mv='mv -i'

There is a relatively successful corporate backed political party in Kerala, India. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty20_Kizhakkambalam They have done quite well over the years, …

It is already there and it works. https://sourceforge.net/projects/android-ports-for-gnu-emacs... There is a catch though, you need to download and install Termux & Emacs from this…

Same here. You can drop as many ISO files as you want and select during boot...

With _array formulae_ you can live without pivot tables, to a certain extent. They would auto-refresh, too...

This can be compared with fine art (as against photography or digital art), theatre (as against films), handmade (as against factory produced) etc. In all these cases, the original…

To tmux's clipboard and if required to the system clipboard too... set -s copy-command 'xsel -i'

From what I have seen, tmux is the _only_ multiplexer with with you can select from the scroll-back buffer using only the keyboard (without using the mouse).

Insightful and pithy! Well written too... Along similar lines, after decades of struggling with the demands of multi-taskng, I came to realise that I am clearly incapable of it. I …

An easier alternative is Ventoy. https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html Install Ventoy on a USB flash drive. Copy the ISO - copy as in cp. That's it. You can add as many ISOs and sel…

I checked the Malayalam page for David Woodard as I have native proficiency and also when it comes to translation to Malayalam, even the finer engines are patchy at best. Firstly, …

Well, Bridge remains unconquered, although it is unclear whether it is because of disinterest or incapability. As I have highlighted before, the day a computer false-cards will be …

Ah, one more reason to access e-mail through Thunderbird then...

Reminded me of the Satish Acharya incident in India years back. https://www.firstpost.com/india/drop-cartoon-take-photo-cart... India has since slid many slots down in the World Pr…

Could you please elaborate on _screwy Linux support_ ? I use Linux exclusively and was planning to buy a Thinkpad.

CMYK, finally. Hopefully this will lead to wider adoption, especially in the professional circles...