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Make Emacs yasnippet work with html-helper-mode

Yasnippet is a great emacs minor mode that lets you have lots of code snippets easily at hand. Also you can create your own snippets in a very easy way without needing to write them in emacs lisp. Basically, like textmate shortcuts for emacs. I use html-helper-mode to edit all my html code, but yasnippet […]

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Identica mode for Emacs update: support for any Laconica server

I’ve updated identica-mode for Emacs and now has a way to connect to any laconica server, instead of just identi.ca. To configure add this to your .emacs file, or your customizations file or your choice: (setq laconica-server “myserver.com”) I’m working on publishing the git repository of the project. In the meantime you can download it […]

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Identi.ca mode for Emacs

Identi.ca is a free software microblogging service, similar to Twitter, based on the Status.net code base. I recently needed to update my status from Emacs, since its faster for me and easier. I’ve been using an an Emacs mode to update my Twitter account, but there was nothing to use for my Identi.ca account. And […]

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Emacs tip: How to edit multiple files on several directories in less than a minute

Recently I had to edit multiple files (239 in total) scattered in a bunch of directories and subdirectories. Here’s a quick and safe way to do it. What I had to do was add the Google Analytics script snippet to a part of a website that was being maintained by a pair of <your favorite […]

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PHP syntax error check as you type with Emacs

For those who have to code in PHP, there’s a nice feature in Emacs that makes your coding horror times less stressing and helps you avoid typos and similar dumb errors. For example in the image above, I missed the colon at the end of the line. Emacs 22.1 comes with flymake mode, a nice […]

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ACM Crossroads issue 14.4 online fast, thanks to Emacs

Just finished publishing ACM Crossroads issue 14.4 online. This speed of publishing is thanks to Emacs. I use tramp mode to edit and fix files remotely on the ACM servers via ssh. Tidy with html-mode to validate and fix all markup so that the files are XHTML 1.1 Strict. Dired mode to rename, move, copy […]