May 21: Emacs Chat with Raymond Zeitler

https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/05/emacs-chat-with-raymond-zeitler/

I chatted with Raymond Zeitler about Emacs, life, automation, Org Mode, Diary, and Calendar. There were a couple of cuts to get rid of accidentally shown passwords, but it was a great glimpse into someone's system for managing things.

00:00 Opening
00:58 Introduction
01:59 I love automating workflows
03:15 Org Mode switch
04:08 diary-float
06:48 Tip: Add links to task titles
06:59 diary-float
07:59 The difference between active timestamps and SCHEDULED
10:06 Including other diary files
11:26 cal-tex-cursor-week-iso, printing planner pages on index cards
14:59 Holidays
16:45 Making calendars for other people
17:27 Keeping track of when things were done on the house
18:49 My first customizations: backspace, buffers
20:32 Windows and super key
23:23 Org Mode class on Udemy, agenda custom commands
25:00 toggling tags
26:57 TODO states
27:21 Functions for Org Agenda
28:34 exeln, shellfn: executing things in DOS
30:22 Middle mouse click
31:59 Keybindings in other apps: Vivaldi
34:09 M-s M-w, eww-search-words
35:50 Saving links with org-store-link
38:29 How I got into Emacs
41:45 Maybe my own theme?
42:26 Other editors? Always Emacs
43:57 Package names
45:54 What's next? Maybe auto maintenance
48:31 Vibe-coding?
50:53 Where people can find me
52:02 Org Mode source blocks
52:49 Slideshows?
53:50 Emacs Chats?
56:33 Other resources that would be nice to have
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