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# 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)
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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 <del>one</del> 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.
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