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Emacs Config Gems - Part 5

Time for Emacs Gems part 5… Wordcraft. In a way, what Emacs is all about. I’m going into the built-in dictionary, hippie expand, and ispell.

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Oh yes, I think I’m going to enjoy this game very much.

Auto-generated description: A vintage-style diagram illustrates the steps to operate an espresso machine, including selecting the roast, placing a cup, balancing heat and pressure, and starting and stopping the brewing process.
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This is now fixed: GCC drive error on macOS: This seems to show up with almost every new Emacs package I’ve been trying recently on my Mac. I remember trying to dig into it, and I went in circles trying to install something from Homebrew. Has anyone fixed this? I’m on GNU Emacs plus 30.2.

A terminal window displays repeated error messages indicating a failure to invoke the GCC driver while compiling with native-compiler in Emacs.
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A quick update for my Emacs config Gems series:

I am working on part 5, and I’m trying to finalize a few things first. Currently it’s Ispell (I’ve not been using it to its full capacity) and completion… more details soon.

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Uploaded the blog’s custom.css file to Codeberg over at codeberg.org/jayteear/… (someone already has JTR on Codeberg, and I can’t find any evidence it was me, so can the real JTR please stand up?)

A split-screen webpage layout with a dark theme on the left and a light theme on the right features the title The Art Of Not Asking Why along with various navigation buttons
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I Don't use Soap for all my Dishes

Psst. Rinsing single-purpose kitchen items with hot water instead of using soap all the time is fine.

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Microsoft vent #213: Outlook on Mac has shortcomings compared to the web version. Searching on the web client defaults to “all folders,” and on a Mac to the current folder. Can’t change it either. So you forget. The result is this Outlook gaslighting. I know I wrote that email! I just can’t find it!

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Last evening and today, added a few more elements to the site’s CSS:

  • Keyboard keystrokes now stand out more with a small drop-shadow effect and the code font
  • Red arrow (same color as footnotes indicators) points to external links
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A few days ago, after getting annoyed that Apple Mail doesn’t have a normal Zoom-in function (Magnifier isn’t what I consider normal), I downloaded Thunderbird for my personal/blog emails. I’m impressed. I remember it being a mess. It’s still… cluttered, but in a way I can follow.

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Scrolled through BlueSky and Mastodon without my filters. The hate, the anger, the hostility… How can people stand it? When did we become so poisonous to each other? Yeesh