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[Emacs] I Tried nyan-mode

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 13:00:33 +0900

I want to try LSP-mode, and when I read Emacs Modernization Plan - Cute Emacs Edition -, it introduced a lot of useful things, so I decided to try them little by little in my own environment.

The first thing that catches the eye is the cat in the mode line. It seems to be called nyan-mode. Instead of showing your position in the buffer as a percentage, the cat shows roughly where you are.

[Emacs] After Trying Mew in Emacs 27 on Windows 10, I Wanted to Display X-Face Too

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 02:06:38 +0900

This drifted a little off track, but while I was migrating my home mail server, I also configured Emacs so I could read and write email there.

Test Environment

Windows 10 Pro version 20H2 (OS build 19042.868)
64-bit GNU Emacs 27.1 official build
"GNU Emacs 27.1 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32) of 2020-08-22"
Mew 6.8 Windows

Overview

I use Mew as the mailer in Emacs. I have not used anything else. I think there was also something called Wanderlust. These days, I almost never read or write email in Emacs anymore. Still, back when email was the main communication tool, being able to write email in Emacs felt deeply impressive.

[Emacs] Try Configuring Fonts in Emacs 27 on Windows 10

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 23:13:52 +0900

When using Emacs, it feels wrong if the fonts are not configured.

I do not really understand the proper way to configure them, but I searched around and tried settings that suit me reasonably well.

Test Environment

Windows 10 Pro version 20H2 (OS build 19042.746)
64-bit GNU Emacs 27.1 official build
"GNU Emacs 27.1 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32) of 2020-08-22"

Overview

The default state is hard to read, so I will start by configuring only the basic fonts. That said, I personally do not understand Emacs font configuration very well.

[Emacs] Use Emacs 27 on Windows 10

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 00:06:24 +0900

To use Emacs on Windows, GNU's official build was effectively hard to use, and comfortable Japanese input required a community build with the IME patch. I am truly grateful for those builds up to now.
This time, W32-IME became easy to use even with the official build, so I tried it.

Test Environment

Windows 10 Pro version 20H2 (OS build 19042.746)
64-bit GNU Emacs 27.1 official build
"GNU Emacs 27.1 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32) of 2020-08-22"

[Emacs] Cannot Send Mail with Mew 6.8 on Windows 10

Sat, 04 Apr 2020 09:33:52 +0900

When I tried using Mew on Windows, I got stuck sending mail through the submission port.

Even when I wrote an email in Mew and sent it with C-c C-c, it froze at "Creating an SSL/TLS connection...". The smtpd log also showed something like "smtpd lost connection after STARTTLS from xxx".

Cause

I found information from someone who had already solved this and fixed it.

When using STARTTLS, specify both smtp-ssl-port and smtp-port.

Use Emacs on Windows 10

Thu, 05 Mar 2020 11:25:55 +0900

It seems inline IME display is possible even with the official build, but for now the following build is more comfortable to use. It supports W32-IME.
mhatta/emacs-26-x86_64-win-ime

Update: Starting with Emacs 27, W32-IME can also be used with GNU's official build.
[Emacs] Use Emacs 27 on Windows 10

I swap Caps and Ctrl with ChangeKey. It is old, but it still works. (There may already be a generation that does not know LZH.)
http://satoshi3.sakura.ne.jp/f_soft/dw_win.htm

I Tried Customizing What Emacs Shows in the Title Bar

Sat, 29 Feb 2020 08:07:00 +0900

After I started opening remote files with Tramp, I wanted a quick way to tell which host the file I was editing belonged to. I found someone who had written a useful article, so I tried applying the same setting to my Emacs.

Configuration

I used the settings described on this page. Much appreciated.
Show the time and file name in the Emacs title bar

With settings like this, the full path of the file is displayed in the title bar. The time is shown too.
For files opened remotely, the path includes the host name, so this works well with Tramp.

How to Directly Edit Ubuntu or CentOS Files from Emacs for Windows - Emacs Tramp

Fri, 28 Feb 2020 14:19:52 +0900

I use Ubuntu and CentOS with VirtualBox + Vagrant. Sometimes I need to edit files such as Java, JavaScript, or CSS files, and installing Emacs in a VM just for that felt tedious. Even if installed, an unconfigured Emacs does not feel very good to use.

Configuration

To edit files remotely from Emacs, use a mechanism called TRAMP. If the environment is accessible over SSH, you can edit files with the same feel as editing local files on Windows.