Another question I'm going to have is how to maintain a print edition.

GNU EMACS

Mode-Specific

Markdown Mode

There are a lot of random keystrokes for stuff. Most of it is not an advantage over just typing.

Markdown Lists

Run from first column.

SimpleNote2.el

Simplenote is a web-based notetaking application, similar to Evernote or OneNote. It takes notes as plain text, but can also support MarkDown. It does lack some capabilities I would like (the ability to suck down a web page or take images), but it’s a good option. In addition to a browser interface and desktop/mobile apps, there is an elisp module, simplenote2.el, to access it. While there are keyboard shortcuts, I’ve mostly run these through M-x.

Markdown

Most of this is from markdownguide.org.

General

Other General Markdown

Horizontal Rule

Three or more asterisks ( *** ), dashes ( --- ), or underscores ( ___ ) on a line by themselves.

Example:

---

Multi-Line Code

Start and end the section with three backticks or tildes on a row on their own.

Backtick example:

```
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
```

Produces:

Line 1
Line 2
Line 3

Tilde example:

~~~
Line A
Line B
Line C
~~~

Produces:

Line A
Line B
Line C

Headings

Just add hashes in front:

# Heading 1

Heading 1

## Heading 2

Heading 2

### Heading 3

Heading 3

#### Heading 4

Heading 4

##### Heading 5

Heading 5

###### Heading 6

Heading 6

List

Ordered Lists

Number followed by a period. The numbers don't matter--a good Markdown converter will figure it out.

So:

1. First Item
2. Second Item
3. Third Item

Would be:

1. First Item
2. Second Item
3. Third Item

Indented items become subitems:

1. First Item
   1. First Subitem
   2. Second Subitem
2. Second Item
3. Third Item

Would be:

1. First Item
   1. First Subitem
   2. Second Subitem
2. Second Item
3. Third Item

Unordered Lists

Use asterisk (*), dash (-), or plus signs (+). I tend to use asterisks.

So...

* First Item
* Second Item
* Third Item

Is

• First Item
• Second Item
• Third Item

It can be structured:

* First Item
    * First Subitem
    * Second Subitem
* Second Item
* Third Item

Is

• First Item
  • First Subitem
  • Second Subitem
• Second Item
• Third Item

Mix and Match

1. First Item
   * First Subitem
   * Second Subitem
2. Second Item
3. Third Item

Would be:

1. First Item
   • First Subitem
   • Second Subitem
2. Second Item
3. Third Item

Tables

Use pipes (|) to delineate columns. Top row delineated with three or more dashes (---) per column.

| Header 1 | Header 2 | Header 3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Row 1    | Row 1    | Row 1    |
| Row 2 | Row 2 (Columns don't have to be even) | Row 2 |
| Row 3 | Row 3 | Row 3 |

Produces

Colons (:) on the dash row suggest alignment.

| Header 1 | Header 2 | Header 3 |
| :------- | :------: | -------: |
| Row 1    | Row 1    | Row 1    |
| Row 2 | Row 2 | Row 2 |
| Row 3 | Row 3 | Row 3 |

TMUX

Within tmux, there is a key prefix for commands. Default is C-b. To access a command line, it's prefix then colon (C-b :).

Start/Stop

This is from the command line.

Start new:

tmux

...or with a name:

tmux new -s session name

What sessions am I running: tmux list-sessions or tmux ls

Attaching...

• To default session: tmux attach
• To a numbered session: tmux attach session number
• To a named session: tmux attach -t session name

Killing a session: tmux kill-session session number or tmux kill-session -t session name

Detaching from a session: C-b d Display time: C-b t

Panes

Panes are splits within a screen.

Windows

Windows replace what's in your terminal session. Think of a virtual screen in a GUI system.

Pandoc

This is a handy conversion tool for various formats. At it's most basic:

pandoc input file -f input format -t output format -o output filename

A PDF can be specified by putting a .pdf extension on the output file name.

Templates

Pandoc can accept a parameter to use a file as a template (defining page parameters, what typeface, size, etc. for "heading 1," etc.). This allows control of how the document should look.

The options for a PDF would be a LaTeX document.

To specify a template, use the --reference-doc option. For instance, to create a PDF from a MarkDown document with options you would enter:

pandoc document.md -f markdown -o document.pdf --reference-doc=template.latex

WeeChat

Text Entry/Command

The area to enter commands and messages has EMACS like key bindings to get around (C-a, etc.). Special ones below...

Buffers and Windows

Commands

Commands are initiated with a forward-slash (/) character in the command/message line. Some key ones:

Miscellaneous Tricks

Pandoc an EMACS Region

Example will be for Markdown to HTML. Works for any pandoc format that can use STDIN/STDOUT

1. Select the region
2. Type M-1 M-| (M-| is shell-command-on-region. The numerical argument (M-1) will have the out put replace the region.
3. When prompted, type pandoc -f markdown -t html

Skip the replace

Assumes output to HTML.

1. Select the region
2. Type M-|
3. When prompted, type pandoc -f markdown -t html -o filename.html

Be sure to use the right path separator (\ or /) based on your operating system.

Pandoc from STDIN

From Windows

Example assumes output to Word, but do what works for you.

1. pandoc con -f markdown -t docx -o filenamex.docx
2. Type stuff (or paste)
3. Hit C-z for end of file, then enter.

From UNIX

Also going to assume Word. Again, do what floats your boat.

1. cat|pandoc -f markdown -t docx -o filename.docx
2. Type stuff (or paste)
3. Hit C-d.

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