Some point after my Emacs was upgraded to 26.3, I started seeing errors whenever I try to open file from git repository (i.e. directories with .git subdirectory). The error was annoying as it prevented me from opening files. So I dig a little into the error and found out that it was from magit (the package that deals with git stuff). The error was caused by wrong argument number provided to function magit-turn-on-auto-revert-mode-if-desired: ...
Ok, I’ve been using Emacs for a long time and my Emacs config file is getting bigger and more complex. Emacs is a powerful tool, but it can take longer time to start up with a big config file. However, I want Emacs to be my go-to editor instead of just a heavy-weight IDE. I want to use Emacs when I want to quickly edit something (like “vim <something>” or “nano <something>”). How do I do that with Emacs? ...
Install WSL Basically you need to turn on WSL in Program Features. Refer to this document for the steps: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10 Install Linux distribution in WSL Refer to same document for steps. I installed Ubuntu but there are other distributions available. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10 Install Dependencies GUI applications may have additional dependencies (libraries, etc). An easy way to install proper libraries is by installing some GUI programs, which will automatically resolve and install needed libraries. For example: ...
I’ve been thinking about creating a personal website for a while, and finally I put it into action! There are lots of ways to host a personal website on Alibaba Cloud, just like you will expect from other cloud providers. I picked Simple Application Server which is pretty much a lightweight virtual machine instance with pre-installed configurations (WordPress, Apache, etc). This gives me flexibility of a VM instance, but saves me from the initial setup. A good balance between their Web Hosting and Elastic Computing Service (ECS) in my opinion. ...