Teaching Notes, Slides, & Handouts

I’ve recently created some functions in emacs to make exporting notes, slides, and handouts somewhat easier. I do all this using org-mode. I figure there are at least a few other people who might find this workflow of interest so I though I would document it here (it will also serve as a document of how all this works in case I forget in the future). I want to be able to turn something like the following: ...

October 15, 2021 · 5 min · Colin McLear

Emacs Configurations

I spend a lot of time writing and editing. I use a text editor for this. I’ve written before on why I think text editors are the best means for writing and editing one can have. But part of why a text editor can be so important is that they tend to be extensible or configurable (or both)—you can fit the editor to your needs. I use emacs, which is perhaps the most configurable and extensible text editor there is. ...

October 22, 2019 · 5 min · Colin McLear