Sorry, off-topic question: does somebody happen to know what tool was used to make this page? I really like the style.
It looks like it was exported straight from org-mode, using the author's custom css.
Get things done with Emacs
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#12Sorry, off-topic question: does somebody happen to know what tool was used to make this page? I really like the style.
The layout and styling are very nice.
However, the main text color is lacking contrast, either the font is too thin or its color too light.
I can read it, but it is borderline uncomfortable.
I don't mind a bit of softened contrast, but in this case, this is a bit too much.
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#13How do you save screenshots?
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#14Nice job!
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#15Thank you for the detailed write up. (I hope the author sees this) I'm always impressed with Emacs users that are capable of such discipline. I've use Emacs well over forty years, with only a few years of interruption, but I have never had a stable or well organized configuration. It's inspirational to see other's use of Emacs. I'm disorganized, and I'm a hoarder (right now, my bedroom has at least 100 books stacked…
As a fellow emacser, I’m also incredibly scatterbrained and just kind of intuit my way through things. When I make plans, systems and processes I do better with less stress until the inevitable stressor completely wrecks my flow and I forget to get back on track.
Luckily emacs lets you save a bunch of useful processes and workflows in a VCS that works the same across multiple environments (modulo 15 minutes here and there to resolve major version conflicts)
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#16Taking a quick peak at managing email in emacs I think I'll keep two separate programs.
I really like the agenda view, I'll need to reconsider using Outlook tasks (I'm using a split system between Outlook, emacs, and my corporate bug tracker). The cleaner history tracking +easy ability to add notes/reorganize makes this such a clear progress update. Might try using this as my future workplan update.
The breakouts by people is also interesting. I've not categorized my interactions in this way (I'm also not mentoring anyone directly or managing someone else's work).
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#17Side comment about the presentation on the blog. Looks like old type-written page, with color. Very clean style, very readable. I like it. The CSS style sheet has the author's name on it, so I guess it is their work. Good job!
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#18Taking a quick peak at managing email in emacs I think I'll keep two separate programs. I really like the agenda view, I'll need to reconsider using Outlook tasks (I'm using a split system between Outlook, emacs, and my corporate bug tracker). The cleaner history tracking +easy ability to add notes/reorganize makes this such a clear progress update. Might try using this as my future workplan update. The breakouts by…
I have a hard time imagining being able to use Emacs as effortlessly with Microsoft Exchange emails as I can with Outlook. I use org-mode todos, and Outlook tasks, and it might be nice to integrate, but I'm not going to bother trying, tbh.
Outlook notes are terrible, imo. Switched to using org-mode with org-crypt, and its worked pretty well, except I have an entry that won't decrypt anymore, and I'm not sure what has happened.
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#19Sorry, off-topic question: does somebody happen to know what tool was used to make this page? I really like the style.
The layout and styling are very nice. However, the main text color is lacking contrast, either the font is too thin or its color too light. I can read it, but it is borderline uncomfortable. I don't mind a bit of softened contrast, but in this case, this is a bit too much.
I find it refreshing and very readable. But everyone's eyes and preferences are different, not to mention screens.
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i don't think so...vscode has been a bit hard for me to adopt ..because it doesn't have a good emacs keybinding. In general, I find it kind of cluttered, and overwhelming. I definitely don't like that it's made by microsoft. If i'm working on a big project, I don't see a reason not to use a jetbrains ide. If i'm on something smaller, or just need to edit some text, it's much easier in emacs than vscode
I’ve been able to get decent Emacs like key bindings to work in VS Code but that’s never been my complaint. My complaint is just that every extension seems to want to show custom UI and even where they have a keyboard and text based workflow it’s wildly inconsistent with everything else. I just can’t… _be_ in VS Code, everything’s so jarring. In Emacs my code, my database client, my terminal, everything is just text in the same sort of buffer that supports the same sort of navigation and manipulation. VS Code’s community (or API) doesn’t seem to value this. Maybe the abstractions will come with time. Either way, good luck to them.