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Comment on Changing your PATH in Emacs’ compilation mode by Shane

Shane — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:32:16 +0000

Hi. Thanks for the tip. Ultimately, I ended up going with something inspired by Chris:

(setenv “PATH” (shell-command-to-string “bash -i -c ‘echo -n $PATH’”))

Comment on Papparoti, He Wrote by kathy

kathy — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 05:54:15 +0000

does anybody know the location of a papparoti in ho chi minh city?? we ate one in hanoi and have been searching everywhere for one in this city. thanks!

Comment on Don’t Get Saucy With Me, Béarnaise by Jessie

Jessie — Sun, 29 May 2011 07:32:36 +0000

I’m impressed! You’ve managed the almost imsopsbile.

Comment on Style Guidelines for People by Better Sentence Filling in Emacs » Chi-kwan Chan's Website at Nordita

Better Sentence Filling in Emacs » Chi-kwan Chan's Website at Nordita — Mon, 23 May 2011 20:52:27 +0000

[...] existing solutions are summarized here. The most promising lisp macro is provided by Chris Conway, which was cribbed from Luca de Alfaro. Their method does the job well. However, suppose I have a [...]

Comment on Style Guidelines for People by Better Sentence Filling in Emacs » Chi-kwan Chan's Website at Nordita

Better Sentence Filling in Emacs » Chi-kwan Chan's Website at Nordita — Mon, 23 May 2011 20:47:07 +0000

[...] existing solutions are summarized in here. The most promising Emacs Lisp macro is provided by Chris Conway, which was cribbed from Luca de Alfaro. Their method does the job well. However, suppose I have a [...]

Comment on Papparoti, He Wrote by Changing Lifestyles

Changing Lifestyles — Mon, 02 May 2011 02:30:47 +0000

Excellent post today! I really enjoyed it. I enjoy making great food for my family and friends when they come over for entertainment. Food can also be entertaining in itself. Thanks again for sharing this. A Delicious Coffee Roll Recipe

Comment on The Last Word on Bánh Mì by Truong Nghiem

Truong Nghiem — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:33:29 +0000

If you have a chance to go to Philly, try Bánh mì Ba Lệ (7th St & Washington Ave). Pretty good and cheap. I’ve never tried bánh mì in NYC, so I cannot compare.

Comment on Iceland Report, Part 2: Haimaey by Iceland Guy

Iceland Guy — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 11:24:09 +0000

That’s a cute blindside sign.

Comment on Comments in BibTeX by sdaau

sdaau — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:18:55 +0000

Hi James,

> The other odd thing about a bibtex
> comment is that it cannot contain an “@”.

I also noticed that bibtex cannot escape the ‘at sign’ – but I found one particular syntax, with which you can include @ in comments without bibtex crashing, which is:

@@{t=t}

… which is simply a cheat – where the second @ is added so it means ‘command’ to bibtex; and any two characters can be used for the ‘t=t’, as that simply makes bibtex acknowledge the entry syntax..

Then you can write:

@Comment {remove the corresponding \@@{t=t} from a command}

… however, arguably, it’s not the most user friendly thing in the world

Cheers!

Comment on What is your good name, sir? by Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 04:12:40 +0000

Well, in Hindi, this phrase is used as a polite way of asking someone’s name. However, I don’t think people realize that it isn’t used in English, so it sounds really weird to native English speakers