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Noticed that the comment form was not working here since my last upgrade of Kirby and the komments plugin. Fixed it now.
#TIL that #Emacs also has a Global Mark Ring: the global mark ring records a sequence of buffers that you have been in, and, for each buffer, a place where you set the mark For programming buffers / projects, I've been using the xref stack to go back/forward when jumping around. But the global mark ring is super useful as a general purpose tracker of my context jumps. By default, C-x C-<SPC> jumps back. There is no forward like xref-go-forward, but it' a ring so it's possible to go around. Or…
Reposted: Better Models: Worse ToolsI've also noticed newer models being worse in other harnesses and using other tools. Also mentioned by Simon here: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/4/better-models-worse-tools/
> Reply to KnoppixKnoppix nostalgiaOh man, fond memories. I remember being very interested in programming in middle/high school, but all the environments in our school computer lab had windows (this was in India), and I think at that time (maybe 2001-2003) I didn't even know there were other operating systems. Our school was participating in something called International Cyber Olympiad, and of course I gave the eligibility exam. They sent all students who passed a Knoppix Live CD to prepare…
TIL about describe-personal-keybindings from https://mbork.pl/2026-05-09_describe-personal-keybindings and https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13799 Definitely useful to keep track of things in a central place.
A small #Emacs #OrgMode quality-of-life tweak. I often need to replace an org heading's title while preserving the original text in the body. The problem is that pressing enter on a heading inserts a line above the properties drawer, which breaks things. Here's a function that moves the heading title into the body (below the properties drawer and metadata), and binds it to S-RET: (defun …
