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<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Introduction""" start="00:00:05.980" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""Hello, everyone. My name is Marco""" start="00:00:05.980" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and today I'll talk about gardening with Emacs.""" start="00:00:08.960" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Gardening? Yes, but digital gardening, obviously.""" start="00:00:13.360" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""But first, one thing: I'm sorry, yes,""" start="00:00:17.200" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I'm a Microsoft Windows user.""" start="00:00:20.360" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I know, I know. I said I'm sorry.""" start="00:00:22.520" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Please stick with me.""" start="00:00:24.680" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Do not skip this talk!""" start="00:00:26.160" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Promise, I'll show you only free software!""" start="00:00:27.320" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And speaking about free software,""" start="00:00:31.200" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""yes, this presentation is not made with Emacs,""" start="00:00:33.200" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but I made it with LibreOffice.""" start="00:00:35.920" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]

<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""What is a digital garden?""" start="00:00:39.040" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""So what is a digital garden?""" start="00:00:39.040" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""A digital garden is""" start="00:00:42.000" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""your personal corner of the internet""" start="00:00:43.320" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to cultivate ideas.""" start="00:00:45.480" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Think of it like a real garden""" start="00:00:47.840" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""where you plant seeds (your new thoughts),""" start="00:00:50.080" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you water them (you add the details),""" start="00:00:54.395" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and watch them grow.""" start="00:00:57.380" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Unlike a fixed-date blog,""" start="00:00:59.960" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""which shows only polished results,""" start="00:01:03.200" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""a garden includes works-in-progress--""" start="00:01:06.320" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""like seedlings in a greenhouse.""" start="00:01:09.280" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It's a network of notes""" start="00:01:12.480" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""connected by links and tags,""" start="00:01:14.760" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""helping you see patterns in your thinking.""" start="00:01:17.320" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Here, the ideas are not static;""" start="00:01:21.280" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""they evolve as you learn,""" start="00:01:24.160" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""creating a living archive of your mind,""" start="00:01:26.400" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""just like the plants in a garden grow.""" start="00:01:29.360" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Also here, instead of the blog platform,""" start="00:01:37.740" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you decide the tools, the look, and your pace.""" start="00:01:41.520" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I'll show you how I run my garden""" start="00:01:46.880" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with plain Org Mode files""" start="00:01:50.600" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and our favorite Emacs.""" start="00:01:53.040" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""In short: a digital garden""" start="00:01:55.640" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is a flexible, pressure-free space""" start="00:01:57.880" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to explore, learn in public""" start="00:02:01.040" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and connect the knowledge--""" start="00:02:04.213" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""your own digital ecosystem.""" start="00:02:07.160" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]

<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Why a digital garden?""" start="00:02:11.520" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""Why a digital garden?""" start="00:02:11.520" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Well, a digital garden keeps knowledge alive:""" start="00:02:13.560" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""instead of freezing content after &quot;publish,&quot;""" start="00:02:17.360" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you revisit and refine it,""" start="00:02:21.040" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so ideas stay accurate and useful.""" start="00:02:22.400" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""By sharing half-formed thoughts early,""" start="00:02:26.080" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you lower the barrier to writing""" start="00:02:29.240" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and let concepts evolve gradually--""" start="00:02:31.560" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""no need to wait for one &quot;perfect&quot; essay.""" start="00:02:34.160" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Links and tags weave ideas together,""" start="00:02:37.840" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""revealing unexpected patterns""" start="00:02:41.120" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that isolated posts would hide.""" start="00:02:43.480" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This approach sheds perfectionism,""" start="00:02:46.440" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""encouraging small, regular updates""" start="00:02:49.920" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that build momentum and invite collaboration.""" start="00:02:52.560" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Well, actually, even not regular updates are fine.""" start="00:02:55.880" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Early readers can offer feedback, share resources,""" start="00:03:00.080" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or identify blind spots,""" start="00:03:04.880" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""accelerating your and their improvement.""" start="00:03:07.240" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Over time, your garden can become""" start="00:03:12.040" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""a searchable showcase of your thinking,""" start="00:03:14.720" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""a living résumé for collaborators, peers,""" start="00:03:18.440" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or anyone curious about how you learn.""" start="00:03:21.240" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And what about me?""" start="00:03:25.920" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Why a digital garden?""" start="00:03:27.800" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Well, I actually have started a digital garden""" start="00:03:29.120" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to learn Emacs and Org Mode.""" start="00:03:33.140" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]

<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""How to digital garden?""" start="00:03:39.200" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""How to digital garden?""" start="00:03:39.200" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Well, start simple.""" start="00:03:41.440" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Pick one place for your notes""" start="00:03:43.000" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and put them online.""" start="00:03:45.080" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Even the worst Github ever out there is fine.""" start="00:03:46.120" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Then, well, maybe you can move out of GitHub,""" start="00:03:50.420" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but that's another story.""" start="00:03:53.520" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Capture your ideas quickly.""" start="00:03:55.020" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Publish them, even rough,""" start="00:03:57.920" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and maybe, if you want, tag them as seeds""" start="00:04:00.240" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to let the other people know they are rough.""" start="00:04:02.940" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Learning in public is useful""" start="00:04:06.440" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""because link-related pages""" start="00:04:09.440" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so that readers can work through your thinking,""" start="00:04:11.580" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""helping them see your connections.""" start="00:04:16.860" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Once a week or whenever you want,""" start="00:04:19.920" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""prune outdated pieces if you want""" start="00:04:22.040" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or keep them there""" start="00:04:24.960" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and add fresh insights if you have any.""" start="00:04:26.520" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Share your updates openly.""" start="00:04:30.460" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Invite comments because steady small steps""" start="00:04:33.400" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""will keep the garden thriving.""" start="00:04:38.080" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And what about me?""" start="00:04:41.560" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""How I do digital garden work with Emacs?""" start="00:04:43.240" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""With Org Mode and its publishing to HTML file,""" start="00:04:46.360" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and we will see it in a moment.""" start="00:04:51.140" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]

<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""How to make Emacs portable, on Windows""" start="00:04:57.440" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""How to make Emacs portable on Windows""" start="00:04:57.440" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is the first topic.""" start="00:05:01.320" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Well, being in Windows,""" start="00:05:03.700" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I have the advantage and the possibility""" start="00:05:06.000" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to bring and use my data""" start="00:05:08.740" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and software basically everywhere:""" start="00:05:10.880" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""home, office, my sister-in-law's PC""" start="00:05:14.300" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""when she needs technical help,""" start="00:05:18.160" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""friends and the like.""" start="00:05:19.440" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So for these reasons,""" start="00:05:21.440" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""it's been many, many years""" start="00:05:23.240" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I'm using exclusively portable applications""" start="00:05:25.320" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that do not need an installation""" start="00:05:28.520" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and bring their own data""" start="00:05:31.540" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and configuration bundled together.""" start="00:05:33.240" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And now also Emacs is portable,""" start="00:05:37.320" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""inside my tiny, really tiny, USB key.""" start="00:05:38.800" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""How?""" start="00:05:43.680" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I mean: not being sure""" start="00:05:44.840" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""if my USB key drive letter""" start="00:05:46.920" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""will be D:, E:, K:,""" start="00:05:48.800" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or whatever other drive letter""" start="00:05:52.120" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""will be assigned to it""" start="00:05:53.640" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""by the system I'm plugging it into,""" start="00:05:54.760" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""how can I specify, to Emacs,""" start="00:05:57.720" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that its home folder is on my USB?""" start="00:06:00.320" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Well, I could maybe have used relative paths,""" start="00:06:04.440" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but then, where's the fun of hacking things?""" start="00:06:07.360" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The trick here is""" start="00:06:10.880" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the not-so-well-known ~dp0 system variable""" start="00:06:12.700" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that contains the execution directory""" start="00:06:17.680" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""full path of the executable file.""" start="00:06:20.700" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And yes, it ends with a backslash,""" start="00:06:25.520" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so composing it with other literal paths is ugly as well.""" start="00:06:29.040" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The ~dp0 variable is only available""" start="00:06:33.340" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""inside a batch file during its execution,""" start="00:06:37.540" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and expands to the drive (d) and the path (p),""" start="00:06:40.760" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""in which that batch file (0th)""" start="00:06:46.720" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""command line parameter is located""" start="00:06:50.701" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""(that obviously cannot change""" start="00:06:55.500" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""because it's executing).""" start="00:06:58.440" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The data are obtained""" start="00:07:02.400" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""from the %0 system variable""" start="00:07:04.680" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that contains the batch file name.""" start="00:07:08.734" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I actually have never tried,""" start="00:07:10.600" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but it should even allow to let the batch run""" start="00:07:12.440" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""from a UNC network location""" start="00:07:16.280" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with no mapped drive letter at all!""" start="00:07:19.820" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And that's the batch file""" start="00:07:22.640" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I'm using to run Emacs with an automatically selected""" start="00:07:24.280" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and fixed Emacs folder,""" start="00:07:28.280" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""emacshome folder,""" start="00:07:31.140" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""sibling of the unzipped Emacs one,""" start="00:07:33.120" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""regardless the computer I'm in""" start="00:07:35.900" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and the assigned drive letter.""" start="00:07:37.680" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""If you need a portable Emacs,""" start="00:07:40.220" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""this is probably the simplest way to go!""" start="00:07:42.160" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Just put the runemacs.bat file""" start="00:07:45.520" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""in your unzipped Emacs""" start="00:07:48.400" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""(well, 30.2 actually now) bin folder,""" start="00:07:50.080" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and your Emacs and its configuration""" start="00:07:54.380" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""will always be there with you.""" start="00:07:56.520" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""With this, I'm basically""" start="00:07:58.620" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""creating the possibility""" start="00:08:00.200" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to bring my own digital garden with me,""" start="00:08:01.560" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""just like a little desk Zen garden,""" start="00:08:05.240" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and together with it, also,""" start="00:08:09.467" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""all the tools that I need to work on it,""" start="00:08:11.480" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""always with me, in my USB key.""" start="00:08:13.860" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]

<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""My Emacs customization""" start="00:08:18.820" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""Speaking about configuration,""" start="00:08:18.820" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""here comes the second topic:""" start="00:08:20.680" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""my Emacs customization.""" start="00:08:22.200" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Having a portable Emacs allows to""" start="00:08:25.480" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""always have the configuration with me.""" start="00:08:28.080" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Yes, okay, but which configuration?""" start="00:08:31.320" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Well, obviously, I'm speaking of the init.el file""" start="00:08:33.560" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that lives inside of the emacs.d folder""" start="00:08:38.520" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""in my emacshome portable configuration folder""" start="00:08:42.000" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that we just saw.""" start="00:08:45.240" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I'm not an Emacs expert,""" start="00:08:46.880" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but I want to highlight a point here""" start="00:08:48.320" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that has to be clear to every one of us:""" start="00:08:51.520" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the set of basic considerations I had""" start="00:08:55.560" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for text width, tabs versus spaces,""" start="00:08:59.160" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""trailing spaces, and so on.""" start="00:09:02.020" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""As you can see here,""" start="00:09:05.140" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I'm pretty opinionated,""" start="00:09:07.300" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but this is the important part:""" start="00:09:08.960" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""we are lucky enough to be able to use Emacs,""" start="00:09:10.760" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that is presumably""" start="00:09:15.340" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the most highly configurable tool ever,""" start="00:09:16.920" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so let's use it!""" start="00:09:20.360" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Remember that it's your Emacs,""" start="00:09:21.680" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and you can and must configure it""" start="00:09:24.280" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for your needs,""" start="00:09:27.860" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""even if it might seem ridiculous to others.""" start="00:09:28.880" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Here, the configuration you see""" start="00:09:33.140" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is not the important part.""" start="00:09:35.280" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The important part is how you feel""" start="00:09:37.240" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with your configuration.""" start="00:09:39.760" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""For example: I have a fill-column-indicator""" start="00:09:42.420" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""at 72 characters,""" start="00:09:45.360" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I prefer spaces instead of tabs,""" start="00:09:47.320" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""no trailing spaces, truncate lines, and so on.""" start="00:09:49.480" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It might seem weird to some of you""" start="00:09:53.020" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and to most of my colleagues""" start="00:09:55.480" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""(and friends as well,""" start="00:09:57.960" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but that's another story!)""" start="00:09:58.960" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and it might even be.""" start="00:10:00.620" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""But I'm comfortable with my configuration,""" start="00:10:02.240" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and you should be with yours too.""" start="00:10:05.200" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""That is: as an owner and worker""" start="00:10:07.600" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""of my own digital garden,""" start="00:10:11.480" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""it's obviously easier for me""" start="00:10:13.480" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to choose my own tools""" start="00:10:15.720" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and adapt those to my needs,""" start="00:10:18.080" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""instead of the opposite!""" start="00:10:21.040" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""If I want to put the roses""" start="00:10:23.160" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""in a circle instead of a row""" start="00:10:25.720" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that is maybe the best practice, who cares?""" start="00:10:27.760" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It's my garden, and I use it as I want.""" start="00:10:30.400" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]

<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""PlantUML and Japanese""" start="00:10:36.120" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""Continuing on the configuration party,""" start="00:10:36.120" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the third topic is PlantUML and Japanese.""" start="00:10:38.440" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Why those two are listed together?""" start="00:10:44.860" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Well, they are weird enough""" start="00:10:47.200" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to be both part of my configuration.""" start="00:10:48.680" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""First, I think PlantUML""" start="00:10:50.880" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is a very nice and powerful tool,""" start="00:10:52.840" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so integrating it in Emacs""" start="00:10:55.020" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is pretty useful,""" start="00:10:57.360" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""even if I'm currently using it""" start="00:10:58.900" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""only to generate SVG images""" start="00:11:01.080" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""when publishing my digital garden to HTML.""" start="00:11:04.240" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""There are some pain points""" start="00:11:08.960" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that I still have to solve,""" start="00:11:10.600" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and I know that it's also possible to use it""" start="00:11:11.760" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for (pre)viewing diagrams""" start="00:11:14.740" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""directly in Emacs, without publishing,""" start="00:11:16.280" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but maybe I don't need this feature at the moment.""" start="00:11:19.160" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And I have to thank our favorite Sacha Chua here,""" start="00:11:22.840" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""because she taught me (through Mastodon)""" start="00:11:27.120" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""how to automatically answer y,""" start="00:11:29.280" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""when publishing in HTML,""" start="00:11:32.360" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""every time that PlantUML has to (re)generate an SVG.""" start="00:11:33.920" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So, thank you Sacha.""" start="00:11:36.920" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Moving to Japanese, let me go back to""" start="00:11:39.200" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the previous slide for a moment""" start="00:11:41.840" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to show you a bit more in detail""" start="00:11:43.560" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the coding system I've configured.""" start="00:11:46.320" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""If this PC is helping me in moving""" start="00:11:49.800" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""back to the previous slide.""" start="00:11:54.240" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Okay, so let me... No, it's not working.""" start="00:11:56.360" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It's not... Okay.""" start="00:12:02.520" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So, speaking about Japanese,""" start="00:12:05.820" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I have studied Japanese.""" start="00:12:09.400" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""My wife is Japanese,""" start="00:12:12.360" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but that's a detail.""" start="00:12:13.800" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So I frequently write in Japanese,""" start="00:12:15.600" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and I wanted to write in Japanese""" start="00:12:18.040" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""also inside Emacs.""" start="00:12:19.640" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I learned, as you can see,""" start="00:12:21.220" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that UTF-8 DOS""" start="00:12:23.240" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is a more than enough coding system""" start="00:12:25.560" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to allow me writing in the same file,""" start="00:12:28.480" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""both Italian with all our accented letters""" start="00:12:31.140" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and Japanese through Windows IME system.""" start="00:12:35.640" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This allows me to properly write, save, read files,""" start="00:12:40.360" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but it was not enough for copying""" start="00:12:44.880" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and pasting Japanese text.""" start="00:12:48.720" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""If I copied some Japanese text from the browser""" start="00:12:51.180" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or even from another text editor,""" start="00:12:55.120" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""it didn't work.""" start="00:12:56.760" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It only pasted the rubbish in Emacs""" start="00:12:57.880" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""until I found out that for whatever reason,""" start="00:13:00.680" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I had to use, as you can see in bold,""" start="00:13:04.560" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""UTF-16LE DOS for the selection coding system.""" start="00:13:07.680" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And this basically allows me""" start="00:13:13.280" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to copy Japanese from another file,""" start="00:13:14.880" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""text editor, browser, whatever,""" start="00:13:17.720" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and paste it in Emacs and vice versa.""" start="00:13:19.600" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So the lesson here is,""" start="00:13:22.700" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""if you need European languages""" start="00:13:24.400" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and Japanese inside your Emacs,""" start="00:13:26.280" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""well, this coding system works.""" start="00:13:29.160" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Let me go back to PlantUML and Japanese.""" start="00:13:32.360" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Another interesting thing about Japanese""" start="00:13:37.000" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is this nice macro I found""" start="00:13:40.520" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""in the Emacs mailing list""" start="00:13:44.280" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to add furigana to Japanese kanjis""" start="00:13:46.980" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""when exporting or publishing to HTML.""" start="00:13:49.720" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It's actually even possible to do the same""" start="00:13:53.640" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with LaTeX export/publish""" start="00:13:55.560" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and I'll give you some references later.""" start="00:13:57.680" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It's very useful because I can show,""" start="00:14:00.360" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""as you can see on the example at the bottom,""" start="00:14:03.240" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I can show the easier-to-read pronunciation""" start="00:14:06.860" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""even for readers with really basic knowledge of Japanese.""" start="00:14:10.220" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""(And it's also useful to myself, actually,""" start="00:14:14.080" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to remember how to pronounce those kanji!)""" start="00:14:17.320" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""For those of you that have no idea""" start="00:14:20.260" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""on how to read or write Japanese, well, sorry.""" start="00:14:22.560" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""As you can see, the garden evolved from the beginning""" start="00:14:27.040" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""on how to use Emacs and Org Mode,""" start="00:14:31.480" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and it's evolving further,""" start="00:14:33.320" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and here it's becoming open to""" start="00:14:35.200" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""different plants (or PlantUML…)""" start="00:14:37.400" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and also be able to adapt""" start="00:14:40.640" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to different foreign visitors' needs.""" start="00:14:43.840" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]

<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""My Org Mode publishing configuration""" start="00:14:50.660" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""Third topic: my Org Mode publishing configuration,""" start="00:14:50.660" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or where the digital garden is born.""" start="00:14:54.880" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The latest (but not least!) part of""" start="00:14:58.160" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the creation and tending of my digital garden""" start="00:15:00.840" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is the publishing file that is needed to export""" start="00:15:03.360" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the whole Org Mode project into HTML.""" start="00:15:07.120" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Here I do not have many fancy configurations,""" start="00:15:11.280" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""even though I'm copying the publishing.el file itself""" start="00:15:14.760" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""in the output folder,""" start="00:15:19.520" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to make it available in the published version of the garden.""" start="00:15:21.460" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Also I have added the mentioned configuration""" start="00:15:24.860" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to manage SVG (or PNG) exports from PlantUML""" start="00:15:28.520" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""(thank you again, Sacha),""" start="00:15:32.980" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and I'm also forcing HTML5""" start="00:15:34.280" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""without scripts as the result format.""" start="00:15:37.000" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Together with this,""" start="00:15:40.060" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I also have a fancy CSS addition""" start="00:15:41.240" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to the default one""" start="00:15:43.440" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that uses the System Font Stack concept""" start="00:15:44.360" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to harmonize fonts""" start="00:15:48.240" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with readers' local systems,""" start="00:15:49.760" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""without downloading or injecting""" start="00:15:51.880" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""external fonts.""" start="00:15:54.320" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I've customized links and tags a bit,""" start="00:15:55.280" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with the CSS, together with tables""" start="00:15:57.800" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and some other pieces here and there,""" start="00:15:59.840" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but nothing too much fancy.""" start="00:16:01.160" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]

<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""The final result""" start="00:16:04.520" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""So, this is one (not-so-)random page""" start="00:16:04.520" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""of my digital garden,""" start="00:16:08.440" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or my knowledge 枯山水,""" start="00:16:10.040" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""my knowledge Zen garden, as I prefer to call it.""" start="00:16:12.360" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This is, specifically, the page related""" start="00:16:17.620" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to write about the Digital Garden concept itself,""" start="00:16:20.520" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""as a sort of meta-writing.""" start="00:16:23.640" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""You can see the different""" start="00:16:26.080" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""rendering of the links,""" start="00:16:27.320" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""depending if they are internal, in blue,""" start="00:16:28.880" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or external to the garden in gray-ish.""" start="00:16:31.640" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""You can see the Japanese furigana""" start="00:16:37.660" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""on top of the kanjis,""" start="00:16:39.440" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and you also can see the automatic table of contents,""" start="00:16:40.920" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the custom aside component that highlights""" start="00:16:44.360" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the latest modification date, and so on.""" start="00:16:47.600" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Everything I've spoke about here""" start="00:16:50.820" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is available in my digital garden""" start="00:16:53.280" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""in my knowledge kare-san-sui, again,""" start="00:16:55.920" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""as a sort of self-description""" start="00:16:57.600" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""of the digital garden itself.""" start="00:17:00.600" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]

<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Thank you for listening""" start="00:17:03.280" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""Thank you, everyone,""" start="00:17:03.280" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for being with me till the end.""" start="00:17:04.280" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So as I said, if you want more details""" start="00:17:06.080" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""about these topics,""" start="00:17:08.720" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""take a look at my knowledge kare-san-sui.""" start="00:17:10.040" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The link is here, and feel free to contact me""" start="00:17:13.160" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""through Delta Chat""" start="00:17:16.360" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""at this email address.""" start="00:17:17.480" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Yes, I know.""" start="00:17:20.320" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It's a Microsoft email address.""" start="00:17:21.320" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It's an old one.""" start="00:17:23.720" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I recycled it. I know. It's my fault.""" start="00:17:25.080" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Thank you again, and happy Emacs everyone!""" start="00:17:29.020" video="mainVideo-gardening" id="subtitle"]]

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