Emacs

Render checkmk's views on Emacs

As demonstrated in a previous post , you can query checkmk from Emacs. Which turns it into an interface for your data. The next step is to create some basic views of checkmk to skip using its Web UI. Most of checkmk’s data is tabular, most of its Web UI shows tables. With Emacs-29 the traditional and limited tabulated-list-mode gained an alternative: the vtable (variable pitch tables). It is way more flexible and useful. Instead of being a major mode for a single table in the entire buffer, a vtable can show up anywhere in your buffer and you can even have many on the same buffer.

By — Dr. Óscar Nájera
| 5 min read | Emacs UI Checkmk

Tracking your packages with org-mode

Emacs is more than my favorite text editor, it is building material. As such, I use it for everything I can, it’s amazing how it always steps up to the challenge! The internet revived the postal service instead of killing it. Today, I receive more packages than ever before. Tracking where they are doesn’t however fit my workflow. It requires me to open websites, input the tracking id, or at least search for the email with the link. Thus I wondered: Is there a better way to do this in Emacs?

By — Dr. Óscar Nájera
| 7 min read | Emacs UI Org-Mode

Why colorize terminal output when you can colorize on the reader?

Colorful text is a must, because we are visual creatures. We process shapes and colors way better than symbols. Confronted to a screen full of text, it is hard to make sense of it, without meaningful coloring. I even find pure text repulsive, I don’t want to look. Command like tools like ls, grep, git offer colorized output, in fact I’m only able to find them useful, when their output is colorful. Color demands attention and focuses it too.

By — Dr. Óscar Nájera
| 5 min read | Emacs