Author: ersi

Inside Emacs at (info "(eintr)Buffer Exercises") there is the following exercise:

Pandoc handles most text format conversions effortlessly, but there are some major glitches when the source is Emacs Org.

The previous post shows the following command to automatically take the selected region, add asterisks around it and rename the buffer accordingly:

For some workflows that include keeping an eye on many open buffers, it is sometimes useful to rename buffers. This is where inbuilt function rename-buffer comes in, by default bound to C-x x r.

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In Emacs, it is possible to bookmark a file at a certain location, or bookmark locations in any other Emacs’ buffers, such as in dired (Emacs’ file manager). Bookmarking is a quick way of finding and opening files that you need often.

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Emacs has out of the box selection for word, sentence, paragraph, and whole buffer, but apparently not for line. Let’s fix this.

Org mode is a markup language built with minimal resources around plain text, so it is as easy to adopt as markdown. In fact, Org mode is even easier because it does not have different implementations (flavours) that require a specific text editor where that particular flavour is fully implemented, as is the case with markdown. There is just one full-featured Org mode fully implemented in its single editor – Emacs.

Before copying or cutting, the normal thing to do is to select a region for it. Here are some of the relevant commands and configuration options.

A word processor is distinct from an editor. Editors are for coders. Word processors are for (prose) writers. In either case, plain text is best and formatting is to be kept to a bare minimum, so that e.g. copy and paste across programs would work as expected.