Скачать или смотреть Xah Talk Show Ep708 Emacs and AutoHotkey Work Session

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This video, "Xah Talk Show Ep708 Emacs and AutoHotkey Work Session," features Xah Lee discussing and demonstrating AutoHotkey and his Emacs workflow (0:00).

Key topics covered include:

AutoHotkey Introduction (0:33): AutoHotkey is presented as a powerful keyboard utility for Windows, allowing users to remap keys, launch applications, insert text, and automate tasks.
AutoHotkey Demo (2:34): Xah Lee demonstrates how he uses AutoHotkey to switch between the last used window with a single key press and to copy URLs from a browser and paste them into Emacs.
AutoHotkey Version 2 (4:25): The speaker highlights that AutoHotkey Version 2 is a significant upgrade with improved syntax compared to the "lousy" Version 1. He mentions the need to update his tutorials to this new version due to incompatibility.
Using AI for AutoHotkey (8:48): Xah Lee shows how he uses an AI tool (Grok) to generate AutoHotkey code to insert the current date with a keyboard shortcut, demonstrating its effectiveness (10:00).
Tutorial Writing and Philosophy (15:18): The video delves into the intricacies of writing tutorials, including orthography (e.g., capitalization of "AutoHotkey") and how writing styles and tools (like AI) have evolved over two decades (35:36). He also discusses the dwindling relevance of Emacs in modern programming due to the rise of tools like VS Code (36:43).
Coding Style and Idioms (44:52): Xah Lee touches upon changes in his coding style, specifically regarding comment placement, and refers viewers to his extensive articles on programming idioms and coding styles on his website.
Critique of C and C++ (53:01): Towards the end, the speaker passionately criticizes C and C++ programming languages, deeming them "badly designed" and their popularity fueled by misguided perceptions.

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