Usually, when writting code (in Emacs, of course), I forget a lot of times how to use a function, or what are their parameters. So frequently I use devhelp-word-at-point, which opens DevHelp and shows the required information.

If you’re using a TrackPoint as your favourite mouse, probably you configured it to allow scrolling with the help of middle button. If not, I suggest to take a look at ThinkWiki.

Are you using Debian for Arm through QEmu? If so, and you want to use it in text mode (useful, for example, to use it outside a graphical window), the key is the special terminal ttyAMA0.

Recently Igalia gave me a new laptop, a Lenovo “The Beast & The Best” Thinkpad, for everyday work. I decided to install Ubuntu Hardy Heron 64bits, as I had never worked with such operating system, and I am eager to learn benefits and drawbacks of working on a 64bits OS.

If you are an Emacs fan, you may have notice a lot of cool changes from Emacs21 to Emacs22. One of those changes is related to defuns. A defun is simply a function definition. But, what is actually a ‘function definition’? Until Emacs21, a function definition is the code that...