i've made some changes to the last article on blogging with Emacs's Org mode and included some stuff I'd missed out on — handling images, previewing, configuring the head, headers and footers, and some more.

https://peregrinator.site/blog/building-a-blogging-flow-using-emacs-and-emacs-only.html

I've been debating the usefulness of org-roam-dailies. Much happier since switching to one long log/journal file with datetree rather than disparate little dated files all over the place. It's easier to review/show todos in org-agenda. Some simple code for a capture template if you wanna try it out..

(setq org-roam-dailies-capture-templates
'(("d" "default" entry
"* %<%H:%M> %?"
:target (file+datetree "log.org" week))))

I'm trying to write an org-capture-template and supporting functions for it, for a blogging setup that uses individual org files within a specific directory for posts. i want this to work such that I get prompted for a title, which is used to generate the file name, the title metadata of the file, and a description, which is also used to generate another metadata variable. Based on this answer, I've come up with this:

(defun org-new-blog-post ()
  (setq date (format-time-string (org-time-stamp-format :long :inactive) (org-current-time)))
  (setq title (read-string "Post Title: "))
  (setq fname (org-hugo-slug title))
  (setq description (read-string "Description: "))
  (expand-file-name (format "%s.org" fname) "~/git/personal/blog/org/blog/"))

(setq org-capture-templates
  '(("n" "new post"
     plain
     (function org-new-blog-post)
     "%(format \"#+title: %s\n#+date: %s\n#+description: %s\n\n\" title date description)")))

But this doesn't seem to work, and it just prints the output in the buffer I started with. how do I make this work?

I understand that setting global variables in a defun is bad practice but somehow using a let form doesn't allow me to reference those variables in the capture template.

#programming #emacs #lisp #commonLisp #elisp #eev #engineering #computerScience #history
My short but richly referenced bit on the popularity of lisp in the modern era, ranging from 2000 to 2024.
https://screwlisp.small-web.org/programming/popular-and-unpopular-lisp/

I had /meant/ to write something completely different, but this is where we got. I hotly anticipate your flames.

TANGENTIALLY #ELS2025 https://european-lisp-symposium.org/2025/index.html

I planned to connect to #lispgamejam and totally missed it. Try the submissions though! https://itch.io/jam/spring-lisp-game-jam-2025/entries

#emacs #editor #eev #hyperlinking #elisp #lisp #blog
https://screwlisp.small-web.org/e/emacs-eev-anchors/
@eduardoochs while getting myself used to using more hyperlinking in and around emacs (#programming) documents with eev, I briefly introduce eev's anchors with reference to past expectations of nonlinear text processing as mentioned by Kent in his recent interview.

#programming #engineering #emacs #eev #eepitch #markdown #md #intro #howto
https://screwlisp.small-web.org/programming/my-own-eev-eepitch-emacs-intro/
Capturing how I have started programming recently. In an md markdown document, I just weave in eev's red star lines and pitch other lines. Since eev 'inhabits other things' naturally, eepitch makes plain markdown into a powerful interactive evaluation mode.

The eepitching includes #shell #lisp #elisp #commonLisp and my #softwareIndividuals #KRF in the kind of freeform medley it lends itself to.

Emacs Make Compile (or "Emacs Master of Ceremonies")
Please try it out and punch holes into it.

https://within-parens.blogspot.com/2025/05/getting-into-rabbits-hole-and-maybe.html

Outside of #emacs #elisp, what is your favorite #lisp to work in for personal projects?

Please let me know in the replies what implementation do you like/use? Or if you use something less common.

Playing around with #Emacs and DeepSeek

https://within-parens.blogspot.com/2025/04/emacs-lisp-programming-with-deepseek.html

Just a snippet of elisp, that I thought may save some time.

I'm sure there's better/ more elegant ways of doing this, but jank that works is jank that works.

https://bajsicki.com/blog/elisp-neat-tree/

#emacs #elisp

my recipe for making spaghetti with #elisp calls for unhealthy amounts of setq

Ugh, I'm procrastinating putting any actually interesting functionality into my new #emacs #elisp mode #AMA #lisp #deextinction #cognitive #AI

Hey fedi friends, I used to have some custom keyboard shortcuts in my Magit menus in #Emacs when it used "transient", and now it … doesn't use that, I don't think, and my old #ELisp broke and I do not want to reverse engineer the whole thing, I am just … tired. Does anyone happen to know off the top of your head how to add, like, "P" to the "P" menu in magit-status in a way that works on current (20250401.1753) magit?

Since I already complained about (local) #AI and failing to generate #Elisp code for me: #ChatGPT successfully helped me write two elisp functions that are actually working today.

Seems like the current cloud AI is really better than my local AI approaches although privacy as well as the environment are harmed.

Confused by the #Emacs key binding concepts? You might be interested in reading:

#UOMF: My Emacs Key Binding Strategy
https://karl-voit.at/2018/07/08/emacs-key-bindings/

#irreal and @bbatsov about #Emacs startup time: https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12903

I, too, am totally convinced that it really doesn't matter if it is one or sixty seconds.

However, if your bootup time is much longer than mine (15-30s once a week) then you most probably have room for improvement (if you want). Consistent use of #usepackage with dependencies and "defer" did help on my side.

My config has 7724 lines of #elisp (19851 including #orgmode comments): https://github.com/novoid/dot-emacs/blob/master/config.org

Some important acronyms to know. Feel free to add some of your own.

Lisp:
Logic In Symbolic Paradigms
Lisp Inspires Strange People
Lisp Is Secretly Perfect

Python:
Pseudocode You’d Teach Hordes Of Newbies
Probably You'll Try Harder On Next-lang
Python: You'd Think Hardware's Optional Now

Emacs:
Editor Maintained As Community Shrine
Ecosystem Mainly Acquired by Cult Sysadmins
Emacs Means Always Configuring Something

Vim:
Vaguely Interactive Misery
Very Irritating Macros
Vim Isn't Modern

Linux:
Legendary Interface, Notoriously Unforgiving eXperience
Loyal In Nature, Unmatched eXtensibility
Linux Is Natural Under X

For generating rather simple #Elisp functions within #Emacs, #ChatGPT failed in 100% of my use-cases.

Unfortunately, I could not even come up with a fix for those attempts myself either.