Irreal's post yesterday was about `hl-line-mode`:

https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13690

They don't use the mode because they find that it interferes with `visual-line-mode`, often highlighting a full paragraph and not just the current line. For those that are interested, you can set `hl-line-range-function` to something that correctly identifies the current line even in a visual line mode. I set it to this function:

````
(defun esf/get-visual-line-range ()
"Identify current visual line (for highlighting mostly)

Use the visual line functions to define the range in the buffer
that should be highlighted when ~hl-line-mode~ is enabled. By
default, the whole line in the file is highlighted. This is not
particularly useful in org files where I have whole paragraphs in a
single file line."
(let (b e)
(save-excursion
(beginning-of-visual-line)
(setq b (point))
(end-of-visual-line)
(setq e (point)))
(cons b e)))
````

#Emacs #Irreal

#Irreal: Never try #Emacs 😲
https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13507

#PIM

#irreal: #Blogging Without #Emacs
https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13483

Well, I'm even worse: I took a break from blogging for a couple of years until I had the first working version of *the* blogging system I wanted to use for my #orgmode workflow: #lazyblorg 🙄

https://karl-voit.at/tags/lazyblorg/

(Video) “Inédito video de una pequeña que en el año 1996 predijo que este año no hay que votar por Kast”: #Irreal | vía #FastCheckCL

https://www.fastcheck.cl/2025/11/18/video-inedito-video-de-una-pequena-que-en-el-ano-1996-predijo-que-este-ano-no-hay-que-votar-por-kast-irreal/

#chequeo #chile #desinformación #elecciones2025 #factchecking #falso #fastcheckcl #ia #inteligenciaartificial #irreal #joséantoniokast #niñapredice #video

📰 (Video) “Inédito video de una pequeña que en el año 1996 predijo que este año no hay que votar por Kast”: #Irreal
🏷️ #FastCheck #Artículo #Noticias

🔗 https://www.fastcheck.cl/2025/11/18/video-inedito-video-de-una-pequena-que-en-el-ano-1996-predijo-que-este-ano-no-hay-que-votar-por-kast-irreal/

#Irreal: Why #RSS Is The Right Thing
https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13323

RSS as well as the more modern #Atom feed standard should be used by everybody to follow web page sources without exposing your data to algorithms.

#PIM #cloud #feeds

#Irreal: The Use Of Tools
https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12930

"Most important, once you find software that’s worth the time to learn, learn it."

#PIM #education

#irreal and @bbatsov about #Emacs startup time: https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12903

I, too, am totally convinced that it really doesn't matter if it is one or sixty seconds.

However, if your bootup time is much longer than mine (15-30s once a week) then you most probably have room for improvement (if you want). Consistent use of #usepackage with dependencies and "defer" did help on my side.

My config has 7724 lines of #elisp (19851 including #orgmode comments): https://github.com/novoid/dot-emacs/blob/master/config.org