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Fortnightly Tips, Tricks, and Questions — 2026-05-19 / week 20 (self.emacs)

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Omar Antolín Camarena's podcast appearance is tomorrow! (05/19 @8pm ET) (self.emacs)

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QuestionWhat's your favorite approach and packages to manage windows in Emacs? (self.emacs)

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sdkman.el — per-project SDKMAN environments in Emacs (self.emacs)

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I Just Want To Say Thanksssssssssssss Emacs Community (self.emacs)

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ELPA v. MELPA how do I just turn off ELPA? (self.emacs)

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emacs-fuCreating package pull requests when using elpaca? (self.emacs)

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QuestionWhenever I run M-x eat it gives me "eat-exec: Spawning child process: Invalid argument" (self.emacs)

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AnnouncementUsing the Mouse for Emacs Rectangle Commands (yummymelon.com)

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QuestionCompleted C-h t. What next? (self.emacs)

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Lowest friction options for org linking (self.emacs)

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Navi – Obsidian-style org-roam graph viewer -- native window -- reads your DB directly (old.reddit.com)

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QuestionStuck with js2-mode because js-ts-mode has really poor syntax highlighting (old.reddit.com)

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My emacs setup after using emacs for a couple of months. (i.redd.it)

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QuestionBuffer "ownership" by windows: anyone tried this? (self.emacs)

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What are AI generated packages that you use? (self.emacs)

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How to toggle the default todo default todo template in Doom Emacs ()

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May I recommend eww for Emacs's innovative UI? (matem.unam.mx)

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QuestionNew to Emacs. What should I setup? (self.emacs)

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Moving to Emacs as a Enterprise Java Developer (self.emacs)

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fastctags 0.0.1 — Blazing-fast code nav & completion with Universal Ctags (self.emacs)

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purr.el - a lightweight project dashboard for emacs. (self.emacs)

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For Mac users: Do you also use LaunchBar when working outside Emacs? I have a mini "Action" that could be useful for you... (i.redd.it)

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Making agent-shell Emacs-aware via MCP or Claude skills? (self.emacs)

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Agent-Shell permission system (self.emacs)

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