[[!meta title="Gardening in Emacs: A Windows user's tale of tending, tweaking, and triumph"]] [[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2025 Marco Bresciani"]] [[!inline pages="internal(2025/info/gardening-nav)" raw="yes"]] # Gardening in Emacs: A Windows user's tale of tending, tweaking, and triumph Marco Bresciani - Pronunciation: [mˈarko breʃˈanɪ](https://unalengua.com/ipa-translate?hl=en&ttsLocale=it-IT&voiceId=Giorgio&sl=it&text=Marco%20Bresciani&ttsMode=word&speed=3) , Delta Chat: marco.530@outlook.it, [@AAMfP@fosstodon.org](https://fosstodon.org/@AAMfP), [marcoxbresciani.codeberg.page](https://marcoxbresciani.codeberg.page/) [[!inline pages="internal(2025/info/gardening-before)" raw="yes"]] I'm a not-ashamed Windows user, both at work and at home, since forever. I also like portable applications, to bring everything I need, everywhere, on my tiny USB thumb drive. And now also Emacs is there, on my USB! I'm also not the blogger type of person: I've tried, for a time. I stopped at entry ~8 of a "100 days blogging" saga. But I actually immediately fell in love with the (possibly slower pace) digital garden concept and since I wanted to try Emacs, I decided to catch two pigeons with one stone. This is the story of how I learned the very basics of Emacs and Org Mode, from how to save and exit to how to change letters case of a whole region or the (long searched for) fill-paragraph feature. This is the story of how I learned Org Mode publishing configuration and tricks, to create my digital garden, give it a structure and make it freely available for anyone to read (and hopefully enjoy) in HTML format. This is the story of how I added Japanese furigana and PlantUML diagrams and a one few clicks-away "go to market" strategy. This is the story of my digital garden, how I tend to it while learning the tool(s) I'm using to care of my garden, Emacs and Org Mode. And this is the story of how I ask for your help, to continue learning Emacs and Org Mode. About the speaker: 20+ years software developer and Vi user during university life, now moved to the dark side of agile coaching as Scrum Master. Started learning Emacs by chance since I wanted to try it since ages. [[!inline pages="internal(2025/info/gardening-after)" raw="yes"]] [[!inline pages="internal(2025/info/gardening-nav)" raw="yes"]]