Mastering Emacs

What's New in Emacs 31.1?

Emacs 31.1 adds a slew of quality-of-life features. It retires its quirky unexec dumper; there are general improvements to tree-sitter, including a much-wanted auto-installer for grammars; and much more.

Mastering Emacs Aug 24, 2026

Thoughts on Mechanical Keyboards and the ZSA Moonlander

Mechanical keyboards, the nerd equivalent of obsessing over ferrule weights in golf clubs, are wildly popular, and for a good reason. I've owned and used a ZSA Moonlander for some years now, and here are my thoughts on it and why I think you should literally buy any mechanical keyboard you can get your hands on with programmable firmware. Your fingers will thank you.

Mastering Emacs Sep 26, 2025

Replacing tmux and GNU screen with Emacs

If you live and breathe the terminal, then you are no doubt using a terminal multiplexer like GNU screen or tmux. But why not replace it with 100% all-natural Emacs? It can do everything your favorite multiplexer can do --- it can even edit text.

Mastering Emacs Mar 6, 2025

What's New in Emacs 30.1?

What is new in Emacs 30.1? I go through every change in the NEWS file and talk about the most interesting and useful changes.

Mastering Emacs Feb 24, 2025

Combobulate: Bulk Editing Tree-Sitter Nodes with Multiple Cursors

Combobulate's long had the ability to bulk edit matches using the multiple cursors package, but building seamless and useful bulk editing tooling is not as straightforward as it seems. And what if you don't use multiple cursors? Combobulate now has its own field editor to help you bulk edit.

Mastering Emacs Sep 19, 2024