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LOLemacs

In looking for an emacs logo for the previous post (which I didn’t use since all of them suck) I ran accross the following from Does Not Compute. I hate this fucking meme, but I almost pissed myself laughing when I saw this.

2007 06 05 Mark Eli Kalderon Text
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Emacs 22.1

Emacs, Richard Stallman’s venerable text editor, has just been updated for the first time in six years! For those unfamiliar with emacs, here is Neil Stephenson from In the Beginning was the Command Line: I use emacs, which might be thought of as a thermonuclear word processor. It was created by Richard Stallman; enough said. […]

2007 06 05 Mark Eli Kalderon Text
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From Editors at War to Kantian Ethics

As a follow up to the last post about the latest manifestation of the Editor Wars, I want to concur with Erik J. Barzeski’s complaint about TextMate’s lack of chunk undo. However, having used TextMate’s character undo, I can see that, in certain contexts, it has its advantages. Personally, I would like the best of […]

2006 11 25 Mark Eli Kalderon BBEdit
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Editors at War

TextMate has got some attention recently for its Halloween easter egg, mostly, but not solely, positive. (See this TUAW post and this post from the TextMate Blog.) This was reflected in the change-log removing the holiday stylings that some consider to be the Best. Change-Log. Ever.: [REMOVED] TextMate no longer pays tribute to human sacrifices, […]

2006 11 10 Mark Eli Kalderon BBEdit
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