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• Dynamic Knowledge Repository (DKR)

  • The Four Pillars of a Living Knowledge Base
    The four pillars of a living knowledge base—Store, Relate, Trust, and Retrieve—form the foundation of effective knowledge management. Store ensures data integrity with permanent identifiers and version control, while Relate establishes precise, bidirectional connections between objects. Trust is built through provenance, permissions, and human oversight, and Retrieval enables fast, accurate access across multiple dimensions. These principles, rooted in Doug Engelbart's CODIAK process and the Open Hyperdocument System, support the practical implementation of knowledge repositories that enhance human intellect rather than just moving information around.
  • The Open Hyperdocument System (OHS): A Living Knowledge Base Framework Introduced in 1998 by Douglas Engelbart and His Colleagues
    The Open Hyperdocument System (OHS) is a framework for building a living knowledge base, introduced in 1998 by Douglas Engelbart and his colleagues, which emphasizes four key principles: Store with integrity, Relate with precision, Trust with provenance, and Retrieve with speed and precision. These principles guide the creation of flexible, interconnected, and secure knowledge systems, ensuring that stored information is verifiable, links are bidirectional, access is controlled, and retrieval is efficient and deterministic. The author, having developed a Dynamic Knowledge Repository over 23 years, highlights that Engelbart's blueprint remains relevant and ahead of many current systems, urging readers to adopt the framework for effective knowledge management.
  
  

• Frequently Asked Questions for GNU/Linux Operating Systems

  • Frequently Asked Questions for GNU/Linux Operating Systems
    Frequently Asked Questions related to GNU/Linux Operating Systems and its varieties as answered by Mr. Jean Louis on various online discussion websites or directly through our GNU.Support website.
  • Why do "suits" who are high-volume email users prefer Outlook over mutt?
    Suites don't have time for learning. And use Windows, ahhh. Give me few hours with any of them, and there will be efficiency demonstrated like they have never seen before. All by using mutt email client. Including any kind of calendaring, reminding, and so on.
  
  

• Programming

  
  

• GNU.Support na našem jeziku

  • Kako brže izraditi SQL definiciju neke tabele uz pomoć Emacs Lispa
    Ovde možete vidjeti kako brže izraditi definiciju PostgreSQL tabele koristeći Emacs Lisp. Na ovaj način se štedi vrijeme pisanja SQL definicije.
  • GNU.Support - podrška za korištenje GNU operativnog sistema i softverskih alata
    GNU.Support je jedinstven i međunarodni website koji vodi firma RCD Wealth i putem kojeg se pruža podrška za korištenje GNU operativnog sistema, instaliranje i korištenje Linux jezgre, korištenje softverskih alata i instaliranje GNU/Linux distribucija. Tu se vode i tečajevi programiranja ili kursevi programiranja sa svrhom stvaranja boljeg života i zarade.
  
  

• Contact GNU.Support

  • Contact GNU.Support Website
    Contact GNU.Support Website. There is a simple rule at GNU.Support: if we can help you, we do, whenever and wherever necessary, and it's the way we've been doing business since 2002, and the only way we know.
  
  

• GNU.Support Software

  • GNU.Support Software
    GNU.Support website is publishing software that we are using in our business and management, generation of wealth, and software snippets that helps in everyday activities of maintenance of a GNU operating system.
  
  

  • RCD Business - Software to Generate Wealth

    • RCD Business - Software to Generate Wealth
      RCD Business is software to generate wealth. It is based on RCD principles of Reach, Connect, Deliver, the RCD formula to generate wealth and it is the formula of implementation of wealth generation plan. The software consists of 3 parts, the website revision system generating static websites with dynamic inclusions, the customer relationship management and enterprise resource planning software. It has been devised for Internet and online based companies usually registered offshore and being free of oppressive governmental regulations.
    
    

    • Files loaded and used in RCD Business

      • makemime.lisp - creates the multipart/alternative MIME message by using Courier MTA's makemime tool and sends it by using sendmail
        makemime.lisp is small peace of software that creates the multipart/alternative message by using the Courier MTA's excellent command line tool makemime and sendmail. This piece of software basically replaces in RCD Business the need for cl-sendmail or cl-smtp yet it is effective and fast.
      • shelltools.lisp
        shelltools.lisp contains small Lisp functions that are used in RCD Business software.
      • date-time.lisp
        date-time.lisp is small file with functions relating to date and time, timestamp and similar.
      
      

• Articles

  • Public Shaming, False Accusations, and a Cartoon Tiger: How Four People Tried to Bully Me Over My Email Address
    Jean Louis defends his use of the email address `bugs@gnu.support` against a public shaming campaign by four individuals on the GNU Emacs mailing list who falsely accused him of confusion and harassment. The author highlights the hypocrisy of his accusers, noting that their own email addresses use misleading symbols like cartoon tigers and penguins without disclaimers, while demanding he clarify his address. He further details a defamatory lie where one accuser claimed his private message was "threatening" when it was merely a question about accountability, labeling the behavior as harassment and gaslighting. Ultimately, Louis refuses to change his email or add disclaimers, maintaining that his voluntary service is clear and that the FSF has never complained, while urging the community to support volunteers against mob bullying.
  • When Public Demands and Disclaimers Become Harassment: A Belgian Legal Perspective on Mailing List Conduct
    This article outlines how repeated public demands for disclaimers, coordinated shaming, and orchestrated pile-ons on mailing lists can constitute criminal harassment under Article 442bis of the Belgian Penal Code. While a single isolated incident is generally not enough, continuous conduct that seriously disturbs a victim's peace and tranquility—especially when the perpetrator knows or should have known the behavior is unwanted—meets the legal definition of harassment. The text emphasizes that legitimate technical disagreement is distinct from harassment, which requires repetition and a hostile effect on the victim. For victims, the recommended steps include clearly demanding cessation, documenting evidence, and filing police or judicial complaints, while moderators are advised to intervene early through warnings and bans to prevent escalation. Although Belgian courts are overburdened and cases can take years, the law provides protection against these specific online behaviors, urging communities to maintain technical discussions free from personal attacks.
  • Karpathy's LLM-Wiki Is a Flawed Architectural Trap
    The author sharply criticizes Andrej Karpathy's viral "LLM-Wiki" concept as a flawed architectural trap that mistakenly treats unstructured Markdown files as a robust database, arguing that relying on LLMs to autonomously generate and maintain knowledge leads to hallucinations, broken links, privacy leaks, and a loss of human cognitive engagement. While acknowledging the appeal of compounding knowledge, the text asserts that Markdown lacks essential database features like referential integrity, permissions, and deterministic querying, causing the system to collapse at scale and contradicting its own "zero-maintenance" promise. Ultimately, the author advocates for proven, structured solutions using real databases and human curation, positioning LLMs as helpful assistants rather than autonomous masters, and warns against blindly following a trend promoted by someone who has publicly admitted to being in a state of psychosis.
  • rcd-maildir-rag.el: Private Offline RAG for Emacs Maildir Emails
    rcd-maildir-rag.el is an Emacs package that enables users to privately converse with their local Maildir emails using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) without sending data to external cloud services. By leveraging a local PostgreSQL database with pgvector for storage, alongside self-hosted local servers for embedding generation and cross-encoder reranking, the system allows Emacs users to query their email archives for specific information or engage in intelligent chat interactions. This fully offline, privacy-focused solution aligns with Doug Engelbart’s vision of augmenting human intelligence, ensuring that all email content and search queries remain strictly within the user’s local network while providing accurate, context-aware answers through vector similarity and reranked relevance.
  • From GPU Poverty to Mastery: Replacing Anti-AI Hypocrisy with Local Innovation
    The text argues that the loudest anti-AI sentiment in the Fediverse stems not from genuine ethical principles, but from a mix of financial inability to run local hardware ("GPU poverty"), envy of AI's efficiency, and hypocrisy regarding Free Software values. Rather than engaging with the technology to build ethical, local alternatives or guide users on responsible implementation, these critics are accused of using moral posturing to protect their own ego and outdated work ethics. The author calls for a shift from blanket bans to "mastery," urging the community to either acquire the necessary tools to run models locally or contribute to open-source solutions that lower barriers, effectively replacing resistance with active participation and innovation.
  • Shepherd's LLM-Wiki vs. Robust Dynamic Knowledge Repository: A Satirical Allegory on AI-Generated Knowledge Management
    This satirical allegory critiques the trend of relying on Large Language Models (LLMs) to automatically generate and manage knowledge bases using simple Markdown files, portraying this approach as a naive "Shepherd's" promise that inevitably leads to data inconsistency, hallucinations, privacy leaks, and unmanageable maintenance. The text contrasts this fragile, probabilistic "LLM-Wiki" method with a robust, 23-year-old "Dynamic Knowledge Repository" (DKR) built on structured databases (like PostgreSQL) and Doug Engelbart's CODIAK principles, arguing that true knowledge management requires human curation, deterministic relationships, and explicit schemas rather than blindly following AI-generated text files.
  • Mozilla Ventures Rebellion: Grassroots Open Source AI Faces Big Tech Infrastructure Crisis
    In early 2026, a coalition of activists, developers, and startups has launched a "Rebellion" against the dominance of Big Tech in the artificial intelligence sector, spearheaded by Mozilla Ventures which is backing mission-driven, open-source alternatives like Oumi and Transformer Lab. This movement gained traction through the "QuitGPT" campaign, which successfully triggered a 295% surge in ChatGPT uninstallations following OpenAI's controversial military partnership, while simultaneously facing a critical infrastructure crisis as open-source repositories are overwhelmed by low-quality, AI-generated code that threatens volunteer maintenance. Despite these grassroots victories and a significant user shift toward privacy-focused models like Claude, the alliance confronts a massive resource asymmetry; while NVIDIA has announced a $26 billion investment in open-source models to create an ecosystem lock-in, the prohibitive costs of model training and the security risks of unregulated open-source AI create a precarious environment where idealism risks being co-opted by trillion-dollar monopolies that control both the capital and the hardware.
  • Hyperscope: Human-Curated Dynamic Knowledge Repositories vs. LLM-Wiki
    The text contrasts Andrej Karpathy's "LLM-Wiki" pattern, where an LLM autonomously maintains a markdown-based knowledge base, with the author's "Hyperscope" system, a PostgreSQL-based Dynamic Knowledge Repository. While the LLM-Wiki offers initial convenience, the author argues it inevitably degrades due to the LLM's lack of persistent memory, inability to enforce data integrity, and failure to protect privacy or scale effectively. In contrast, Hyperscope prioritizes human control by using deterministic programs for factual metadata and database constraints for relationships, reserving the LLM only for descriptive synthesis. Drawing on Douglas Engelbart's vision, the author concludes that a true "dynamic" knowledge repository relies on human judgment, purpose, and accountability rather than automated machine processes, asserting that the human remains the essential curator and the LLM is merely a powerful tool to accelerate workflow.
  • Why should computer science students use GNU/Linux?
    My teacher often advises me to use Linux. And so I installed VMware, and I have played around with Ubuntu terminal for like several days. However, I still don't know what is so special about Linux that computer science students should be familiar with it.
  • I have a 2 TB Hard drive (mostly used) and wish to install a Linux “distro” too along with of Windows (already installed), what do you recommend?
    So should I run them both as a dual boot, maybe use virtual box, or perhaps get an SSD?
  • Articles on GNU Operating System and Free Software
    Articles on GNU Operating System and Free Software may help you understand the importance of using free software on your computers, and gaining control over your information, recording, your data and files. Your privacy shall be the most important to you, yet, today so many are trusting their information to third party companies and allowing the secret, proprietary software to run on their computers. Even without seeing those people face to face.
  • LLM as a Scaffold for Emotional Intelligence: Enhancing Human EQ Through Safe Practice and Reflection
    While AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) do not possess intrinsic emotional intelligence or biological empathy, they can significantly enhance human EQ by serving as safe, low-stakes tools for practicing social skills, analyzing self-reflection, augmenting emotional perception, and providing personalized, continuous feedback. However, these technologies function best as supplements that scaffold learning and reflection rather than replacements for authentic human connection, as over-reliance on simulated empathy risks emotional atrophy, and the ultimate development of EQ still depends on translating digital insights into genuine, felt interactions with other humans.
  • Why would anyone use a UNIX other than GNU/Linux?
    The major reason for the creation of GNU is the strive and intention to create free software. That means the software that respects user’s freedom to use it as they wish, for whatever purpose they wish, to copy the software as they wish, to study it, to modify it and to distribute the original software or modified software. It is about liberty, and not about the price of software.
  • Global Markdown to Org Mode Conversion
    The global Markdown to Org Mode conversion has already started. When I started using Markdown for generation of the HTML pages, I was among the pioneers who adopted it as first. There was no website revision system based on Markdown in those early times. The situation is changing today, the Org Mode, being more complex and superior to Markdown, is the future of website revision systems.
  • Replying to Crocodile, Sun 30 Mar 2025 11:19:10 AM EAT
    
  • ALL COMPUTER PROGRAMS EMBODY ASPECTS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
    I believe that, in essence, all computer programs embody aspects of artificial intelligence. As programmers, we continuously develop systems that recognize patterns, analyze data, and draw conclusions—core functionalities of AI. For instance, consider a simple function that unsubscribes an email and deletes the last mailing. While it may seem straightforward, it automates decision-making based on predefined rules, which is a fundamental aspect of intelligent behavior.
  • The Power of Eev: Enhancing Emacs for Beginners and Experts Alike
    Eev, short for "Emacs Eval," is a powerful extension for the Emacs text editor that significantly enhances its functionality. Whether you are a beginner just starting with Emacs or an experienced user looking to streamline your workflow, Eev offers a range of features that can make your experience more efficient and enjoyable. This article explores the various uses and benefits of Eev, highlighting why it is an essential tool for anyone using Emacs.
  • Website links that automatically improve its accuracy by using assistance from a Large Language Model (LLM)
    Linking within a website enhances navigation and user experience by connecting related content, ensuring users don't get lost as they explore various sections. Webmasters should internally and externally link terms to improve rankings and guide visitors through the site for better sales performance. However, manually creating semantic links is time-consuming due to multiple crucial terms needing linking on each page. To automate this process, a workflow using large language model (LLM) embeddings stored in PostgreSQL can be implemented: divide page texts into chunks, generate embeddings with an LLM, create template markup to identify specific linkable terms. An automated program processes these marked-up terms by converting them into corresponding semantic links through context-based intelligent linking.
  
  

  • Static Websites

    • How to copy HTML snippets from Internet browser to Markdown files
      This short article will explain you how to copy the HTML snippets directly from your Internet browser to Markdown files. In case of any troubles, contact GNU.Support and we will help you set this powerful system for static website publishers and Markdown users. I wish to share how I am copying the HTML snippets from web pages and converting them into markdown files on the hard disk directly.
    
    

  • Licensing

    
    

• Programming

  • Programming with Free Software
    Free Software with its free licenses such as GNU General Public License and others, gives programmers freedom to program and create new software. Plethora of programming languages is available such as Lisp and Common Lisp, Perl, Python, Ruby, C programming language and many others. Once you have an opportunity to learn a programming language, you should start. You don't need more than few hours to grasp the basics of programming and to create some first mathematical and textual interactions. It may be very useful to you. Each individual and each business may be assisted by few programs. And everybody can learn how to program.
  • GNU CLISP is an ANSI Common Lisp Implementation
    GNU Common Lisp - CLISP is an ANSI Common Lisp Implementation and general-purpose programming language and an Artificial Intelligence language, interactive, a Lisp for professional use, a standard language: the syntax and semantics will not change tomorrow at someone's whim, easy to test (interactive), easy to maintain (depending on programming style), portable across hardware/OS platforms and implementations (there is a standard for the language and the library functions), needs only 4 MB of memory, implements most of the ANSI standard, as well as many extensions, can call your preferred editor, is freely distributable.
  
  

• GNU Philosophy

  • GNU Philosophy
    GNU Philosophy
  • Words to Avoid (or Use with Care) in Free Software Community
    There are a number of words and phrases that we recommend avoiding, or avoiding in certain contexts and usages. Some are ambiguous or misleading; others presuppose a viewpoint that we disagree with, and we hope you disagree with it too.
  
  

• GNU Guile Programming Language

  • The Guile Programming Resources
    The GNU Guile is programming language and collection of programming languages, it even represents the implementation of Emacs Lisp, imagine! It is full of resources and excellent for everybody to learn this Lisp dialect.
  
  

• Questions and Answers

  • Questions and Answers
    Questions and Answers by and with GNU.Support, Mr. Jean Louis answering questions and comments from website visitors. All about GNU Emacs, Programming, opening up new computer clubs, federated social networks, Emacs Lisp, teaching children and youth how to program, helping government officers, schools and universities to implement free software, installations of GNU Health for hospitals, promotion of free software and programming
  
  

• Richard Stallman

  • Dr. Richard M. Stallman, GNU Project Founder and Human Rights Activist
    Dr. Richard M. Stallman is GNU Project Founder and Human Rights Activist.
  • Ludovic Courtès (Guix) is accusing Stallman of Thoughtcrime on his own domain GNU.org
    Ludovic Courtès (Guix) is accusing Stallman of Thoughtcrime. By using the same platform that was provided to him by chief gnuissance Dr. Richard Stallman, the subdomain guix.gnu.org on gnu.org domain, Ludovic Courtès is defaming and harassing Stallman for reasons of thoughtcrime (see the book 1984). By that same act Ludovic Courtès abuses Guix code of conduct and kind communication guidelines as set in the community. Hatred, animosity and separation are products of Ludovic Courtès in October 2019.
  • Censorship of the answer to Sandra Loosemore defamation of the founder of GNU project on gnu-misc-discuss mailing list 30th October 2019
    It is cancel culture. One is allowed to post defamation without facts of the founder on founder's established mailing list. Other is not allowed to show the facts. And then somebody speaks about the "bad image", my goodness, I was really nice in my last email and they censored me. Now is going to remain forever on this page.
  
  

• Free Software Philosophy

  • GNU Kind Communications Guidelines
    The GNU Project encourages contributions from anyone who wishes to advance the development of the GNU system, regardless of gender, race, ethnic group, physical appearance, religion, cultural background, and any other demographic characteristics, as well as personal political views. People are sometimes discouraged from participating in GNU development because of certain patterns of communication that strike them as unfriendly, unwelcoming, rejecting, or harsh. This discouragement particularly affects members of disprivileged demographics, but it is not limited to them. Therefore, we ask all contributors to make a conscious effort, in GNU Project discussions, to communicate in ways that avoid that outcome—to avoid practices that will predictably and unnecessarily risk putting some contributors off.
  
  

• The GNU Operating System

  • Initial Announcement
    This is the original announcement of the GNU Project, posted by Richard Stallman on September 27, 1983. The actual history of the GNU Project differs in many ways from this initial plan. For example, the beginning was delayed until January 1984. Several of the philosophical concepts of free software were not clarified until a few years later.
  
  

• Large Language Models (LLM)

  • Simple question that Microsoft Phi-4 Large Language Model (LLM) cannot answer
    In the silent stillness of the night, precisely at 4 AM, I was abruptly roused from my fitful slumber by my son’s gentle voice, asking if I possessed a torch as he needed to venture to the bathroom. As I reached out to respond, a sudden realization washed over me—the once comforting glow of the lights had been extinguished, swallowed by the enveloping darkness. The prepaid electricity had expired, and the darkness seemed to loom menacingly, threatening to disrupt the morning routines of our family.
  • Articles about Large Language Models (LLM) and Artificial Intelligence
    Welcome to our comprehensive hub dedicated to exploring the fascinating world of Artificial Intelligence, with a special focus on Large Language Models (LLMs). This section is your go-to resource for insightful articles that delve into various aspects of LLMs—revolutionary tools at the forefront of AI technology. Here you'll find in-depth analyses and expert commentary covering topics such as how these models are transforming industries by enhancing natural language processing capabilities, their role in advancing machine learning research, and practical applications across diverse fields like healthcare, finance, education, and more. Whether you're a seasoned professional or new to the realm of AI technology seeking foundational knowledge on LLMs' impact on society today—and tomorrow—our articles are crafted to inform your understanding with clarity and depth while sparking curiosity about future developments in this dynamic field. Join us as we navigate through breakthrough innovations that continue shaping our digital world, ensuring you stay informed at every turn!
  • Generating shell script with Qwen2.5-Coder-14b-Instruct Large Language Model (LLM)
    This page provides instructions on creating a shell script that selects a file from a specified directory and creates a symbolic link to it. The primary purpose is to set up an environment where users can easily choose their preferred default system prompt for interacting with Large Language Models (LLMs).
  • The Benefits of Sorting Prompts: Enhancing Efficiency and Clarity in Information Processing
    In the digital age, where information is abundant yet often overwhelming, organizing data into manageable categories becomes crucial. The concept of sorting prompts—categorizing them based on their function or purpose—is a powerful tool that enhances both efficiency and clarity when dealing with complex tasks involving content generation, summarization, transformation, retrieval, reasoning, and more.
  • Global Giants Thwarting Progress: The True Reason Behind the Lack of Speech Integration
    This page discusses the supposed opposition from global corporations to integrating speech recognition technology into our daily lives. The author reminisces about a tech conference in 1996 where perfect voice transcription was demonstrated, contrasting it with today's limited and censored versions of such technology. They question whether this resistance is due to technical challenges or hidden agendas, suggesting that without significant progress from these corporations, speech integration may continue to lag far behind other technological advancements.
  • Installing ccache for Faster Compilation
    ccache is a compiler cache that speeds up recompilation by caching previous compilations and detecting when the same compilation is being done again. It's particularly useful when you're frequently recompiling the same code (like during development).
  
  

• software-freedom-fakers

  • MiniMax's Deceptive Open Source Claim Exposed as Proprietary by gnu.support
    The article condemns MiniMax for misleadingly labeling their M2.7 model as "open source" despite releasing it under a restrictive, non-commercial license that requires prior written permission for any commercial use or fine-tuning. The author argues that while MiniMax has the right to restrict usage, falsely claiming "MIT-style" terms or "open source" status exploits the community's goodwill and violates established definitions by the Open Source Initiative and Free Software Foundation. Although MiniMax later replaced the term "open source" with the vague marketing phrase "open weights," the underlying restrictive license remains unchanged, meaning the model still lacks the fundamental freedoms required to be considered truly open.
  • MiniMax-M2.7's MIT-Style License Is a Misleading Restriction That Bans Commercial Use and Fails Free Software Standards
    The text critiques the MiniMax-M2.7 model for misleadingly marketing its license as "MIT-style" while explicitly prohibiting commercial use without prior written authorization. By defining "commercial use" broadly to include everyday activities like freelancing, monetized content creation, and even non-profit fundraising, the license effectively bans most professional and entrepreneurial applications. Consequently, the author argues that MiniMax-M2.7 fails the GNU definition of free software, rendering it merely source-available proprietary software rather than a truly open-source model.
  
  

• artificial-intelligence

  • Louis Critiques Stephanie Vee's Anti-AI Stance as Hypocritical Greed and Futile Resistance
    Louis delivers a scathing critique of Stephanie Vee’s anti-AI stance, characterizing her argument not as ethical resistance but as hypocritical greed driven by fear of professional obsolescence. He dismantles her claims by pointing out the irony of using public platforms to protest data scraping, arguing that her proposed "poisoning" of data is merely a desperate, self-sabotaging attempt to monetize public content that she previously exploited for free growth. Louis concludes that Vee’s efforts are futile and intellectually dishonest, as Silicon Valley will simply adapt to the noise while she inadvertently contributes her own hateful rhetoric to the very AI systems she claims to fight.
  
  

• GNU Emacs

  • Emacs' Steep Learning Curve: Community Solutions and Persistent Complexity Challenges
    Newcomers to Emacs often struggle with its steep learning curve, including complex configuration requiring Elisp knowledge, slow startup times after adding plugins, ergonomic issues from heavy Ctrl key use, fragile modern language support, dense documentation, and Unicode handling problems. Community advice suggests using starter kits like Doom Emacs, optimizing performance with lazy loading, remapping keys for ergonomics, and leveraging LSP tools, though the reputation for complexity persists despite recent improvements.
  • GNU Emacs and Emacs Lisp Resources
    This category is about the GNU Emacs powerful piece of software and resources relating to handling business tasks and processes with GNU Emacs an Emacs Lisp.
  • How to insert new line in Emacs editor?
    Several few ways are explained here on how to insert a new line before the current line while editing text with Emacs editor.
  • What is wrong with MELPA on Microsoft Github?
    2020-10-19 This article will tell what is wrong with MELPA as repository of packages for GNU Emacs. It coerces both developers and free software users to use the proprietary Javascript on Microsoft Github, it allows any type of software even if such software is to guide users to use proprietary software, and it lacks basics of any security in software distribution, packages are unsigned, in fact, the continuous build system does not verify packages for security issues, it is an automated machine for distribution of software that lacks care for users.
  • GNU Emacs: Modify any clipboard by using AI and Large Language Models
    This method enables users to modify clipboard content from any application running under a window manager on GNU/Linux systems. When a clipboard change occurs, the data is sent to GNU Emacs, which processes it using the built-in AI and large language models (LLMs). After processing, the script returns focus to the original application and inserts the modified clipboard content.
  
  

  • Emacs Lisp

    • Emacs Lisp: remove-emails, function for mutt email client to anonymize forwarded messages
      This function is helpful when writing emails with mutt or maybe other email clients that are using Emacs editor for text or mail message composition. It removes all emails displayed from buffer. At some occasions user may want to forward email messages from other people without revealing their email addresses. The mutt email client usually displayes email addresses in this format and all such addresses may be easily removed with this interactive command.
    • Emacs Lisp: renumber-files, rename bunch of file names in Dired by date and number
      This function works within Dired or Directory Editor in GNU Emacs. It will rename bunch of files and renumber them automatically by date and number of the file. It is useful when you are renaming less important images or bunch of files with irrelevant file names.
    • Gemma License (danger) is not Free Software and is not Open Source
      The **Gemma Terms of Use** and **Prohibited Use Policy** govern the use, modification, and distribution of Google's Gemma machine learning model and its derivatives. While Gemma is available for public use, it does not conform to **Free Software** or **Open Source** principles as defined by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) or Open Source Initiative (OSI). The terms impose significant restrictions, including prohibited use cases (e.g., illegal, harmful, or malicious activities), requirements to enforce Google's use restrictions on downstream users, and limitations on redistribution and derived works. Additionally, the terms do not guarantee access to source code or the freedom to use the software for any purpose, and they include broad disclaimers of warranty and liability. As a result, Gemma is a **proprietary model** with limited permissions, rather than a truly free or open-source software offering.
    • Emacs Lisp
      Various Emacs Lisp functions and resources that show how business processes and communication may be supported with programming within the GNU Emacs editor and programming lanugage.
    • Emacs Lisp: how to read file into a string?
      GNU Emacs is the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor with full programming language Emacs Lisp. This function file-to-string will show you how to quickly read file.
    • Emacs Lisp: quick publishing of Emacs Lisp function to Internet
      This is new Emacs Lisp function invented on 2019-07-15 that I am using to publish Emacs Lisp functions to Internet on my gnu.support website. It may not mean much to you as you are not using the PostgreSQL database for WRS or Website Revision System. If you do have a website, you could adapt this function to your own needs and quickly publish functions to Internet without thinking. Forget about those third party websites, just host yourself web pages.
    • Emacs Lisp: use speech on your computer by using festival.el and Festival Speech system
      Festival already has its GNU Emacs Support, just install festival package in your GNU/Linux distribution and you will gain soon functions to output speech. Yes, instead of messages in your Emacs minibuffer, now you can hear the real speech and in several languages. Emacs could thus remind you of new emails or new messages coming and it could tell you about finished tasks or commands. Sounds nice?
    • Emacs Lisp: read-from-buffer versus read-from-minibuffer, returns string from editing
      As I am often editing database fields, and such fields could represent Org Mode or Markdown documents, this function is handy to quickly edit the string and return it back. It has no version control, thus I must take care what I am doing and how I am editing the string. As if something is lost, is lost forever. Unlike the read-from-minibuffer function, this one will open full editing buffer. If I switch the mode I have to use C-M-c option to return back.
    • Emacs Lisp: file-to-list function reads file line by line into a list
      This Emacs Lisp function reads file line by line and returns list of lines. This may be handy when lines of the file need to be processed.
    • Emacs Lisp: string-to-file-force function writes string to file forcefully
      I often need to write strings to file, and without looking if the file exists or not, this handy function is doing exactly that.
    • Emacs Lisp: join-lines function
      When there is need to join the lines, this handy function helps me in editing those formatted and wrapped lines into one single joined line.
    • Emacs Lisp: strip-html by Sacha Chua, remove those tags!
      Sacha Chua is wonderful woman that likes GNU Emacs, notes, she has her thoughts well organized and lives a happy life. Once I had to find the strip-html function and it was just there, on her website, thank you Sacha!
    • Emacs Lisp: Get ATTENTION in those emails by using heading-underlined function
      Sometimes you wish to really put attention in emails to certain facts or paragraphs of text. Using the heading-underlined function you quickly get upcased heading underlined that your reader cannot miss it!
    • Emacs Lisp: produce speech by using espeak shell command
      Espeak shell command is often faster then using Festival Speech. This function may be used to quickly produce some speach. Global variables such as `*espeak-amplitude*` and `*espeak-voice*` can help you set it up for your own language and volume.
    • Emacs Lisp: mkdatedir works in Dired and quickly creates directory by date
      Sorting files is one of tedious jobs we all do on the computer. Sorting is often best done chronologically by dates. Thus function creates directory within GNU Emacs Lisp, usually within Dired listings. Sort files by groups, people, and dates.
    • Emacs Lisp: stockpile.el calculates volumes of stockpiles, heaps, piles, mounds
      This set of function is calculating stockpile volumes depending of sizes of piles, mounds, or heaps. Engineers may be able to dissect various parts of stockpiles and then calculate their volumes by using these functions.
    • Emacs Lisp: quickly remove menu items from GNU Emacs menus
      This shows how one can quickly remove some items from GNU Emacs menus
    • Emacs Lisp: quickly insert Openstreetmap location link
      This function asks the user for location, opens the Openstreetmap and inserts the link into buffer. Imagine you wish to tell your friends where you are located, so you need to give them some pointers.
    • Emacs Lisp: emacs-org-to-html.el on command line, convert your Org files on command line to HTML output
      This is one way of converting the Org files on command line to HTML output. This is script that shall be made executable with chmod +x and it runs on command line. It may be used in website revision systems to feed Org input and get the HTML output. It could redirect to HTML file quickly, without launching full GNU Emacs. You may see inside that one function is to output full HTML and other only the body of the HTML. This is for those people who need to use templates.
    • Emacs Lisp: Common Lisp solution to accept Org files from standard input and emit markdown output
      This was my previous Common Lisp solution, using CLISP implementation, to accept the Org files on standard input and emit markdown export from Org files. This is still working well, but the new solution by using GNU Emacs directly is more elegant.
    • Emacs Lisp: using mutt within GNU Emacs under ansi-term
      This function requires some modifications for your own usage. As small script has to be setup to run the mutt directly with the `ansi-term` function. The script named `emacs-mutt.sh` is executed under ansi-term emulation within GNU Emacs. Editor is set to emacsclient so that all editing takes place within the GNU Emacs. Configuration files without special colors are chosen.
    • Emacs Lisp: switch-to-scratch and return back to previous buffer
      This function is using register 100 to `switch-to-scratch` and remembers where to return back. Global key binding is Hyper key and 8 and once in the `*scratch*` buffer, the local key binding is to return back to previous buffer.
    • Emacs Lisp: take a screenshot withing GNU Emacs and `maim`
      `maim` is small shell utility that takes screenshots, and with the option `-s` it allows cropping of a screenshot. This makes it handy to bind the `<print>` key to `screenshot` function. After taking screenshot, Emacs is to open the Dired buffer with list of screenshots. From there you may send them by email or do whatever you want. If you are giving it the universal argument `C-u` it will crop the rectangle on the screen.
    • Emacs Lisp: mark HTML on the web page and convert it quickly to Markdown format
      Emacs Lisp: mark HTML on the web page and convert it quickly to Markdown format. This function needs your own customizations. You would mark the HTML on a web page within your browser. Then you run the Emacs Lisp function and the clipboard is converted into Markdown file. The file is opened for further editing and saved for future just as a note.
    • Emacs Lisp: opening media files straight from GNU Emacs Dired mode by using xdg-open
      This is my personal GNU Emacs Dired setup on the V key that helps me to quickly open media files or external viewers by using xdg-open and EMMS the Emacs Multimedia System.
    • Emacs Lisp: duden-lookup opens up https://www.duden.de German dictionary to lookup definitions
      This example demonstrates how easy it is to advise your GNU Emacs to query the word on any website. In this case it is https://www.duden.de/ German dictionary. To find a definition of a German word in German language, place your cursor on the word and run `M-x duden-lookup`. Adapt the function for your needs to open up any other website in similar fashion straight from Emacs.
    • Emacs Lisp: dig-txt and dig-txt-short as small extensions `dig` function
      Extending the GNU Emacs built-in `dig` function is very easy with `C-h f` and function name and then inspecting how to make your extension. In this case `dig` is looking for text records which may be suitable to inspect SPF and other related DNS records.
    • Emacs Lisp: avoiding repetition in writing Nginx web server configurations
      Imagine you are handling hundreds of domains, and each time you need to write pretty similar web server configuration for each new domain. GNU Emacs is extensible text editor and operating environment that helps you to speed up your editing. Nginx is a web server with pretty complex configuration syntax. Yet directives for each doman may be similar to each other. By adapting these functions to your own needs you may get some speed in preparation of Nginx configuration.
    • Emacs Lisp: Send Status to your GNU Social instance via XMPP or Jabber protocol
      This is simple customization that helps the user to send status to GNU Social instance by using XMPP protocol. It means you could get notices over messenger from GNU Social and you could send notices over any XMPP or Jabber messenger to GNU Social instance. You are getting connected wherever you are. XMPP is much easier to use then web browser. The username `update@gnusocial.club` is your GNU social instance virtual friend. That is something you set up in your GNU Social profile under IM menu. Requirement is that administrator has enabled the menu and XMPP plugin for the GNU Social instance. As of now 2019-08-07 I just guess there are not so many GNU Social instances with XMPP connection. And then you need to have your own XMPP username or Jabber ID. Such need not be on GNU Social instance, it can be anywhere you wish, on any server, if you already have it, you can use your own Jabber ID to send status updates to GNU Social instance and vice versa, you can also receive messages over GNU Social instance. Change it to suit you. It is just a simplification of the `jabber-send-message` function in the Emacs Lisp package `jabber.el`. Great one! Coordinate with your team members, assign tasks directly from GNU Emacs to their messengers. Possibilities are wide to help in communication and coordination in any team. Otherwise have fun with decentralized GNU Social networks!
    • Emacs Lisp: Record voice notes within GNU Emacs
      Sometimes you have no time to write and maybe you are talking or maybe you simply wish to record a voice note. Maybe you wish to send a voice message to somebody by email. Just use the `record-voice-note` function and it will invoke the shell command `rec` from SOX sound tools system package. Yes, you must have it or this will not work. It will record a sound note and open it in Dired. Press `q` to finish recording the sound.
    • Emacs Lisp: Record screen within GNU Emacs
      The program third party program `recordmydesktop` is used for this function to invoke screen recording within GNU Emacs. You may wish to make a demonstration in video and publish such online. Record it while using few keybindings or `M-x record-screen`. This page is giving you the concept of a workflow. I consider workflow more important then the function itself. You please modify it to suit your own needs. The `screen-record-command` is spitting out the actual screen recording command, customize it as you wish.
    • Emacs Lisp: why is programming language Emacs Lisp so comfortable?
      My thoughts about the programming language Emacs Lisp. Apparently and initially designed to extend the GNU Emacs Editor, Emacs Lisp has grown into fully fledged programming language. Things like CGI, database interfaces, contact management, customer relationship management, project management, and so many other features becamse possible within GNU Emacs. Here is the summary on what I think what makes GNU Emacs and Emacs Lisp so comfortable programming language.
    • Emacs Lisp: The iota function for number ranges in Emacs Lisp
      This is the iota function that I had to make today. I have shamelessly borrowed the description from Guile reference manual on iota function from SRFI-1 and tried to make it compliant. I guess this could be done more elegantly. For me is important that it gives me the same result as intended.
    • Emacs Lisp: Azбukцeдa or azbukceda is a new mixture of cyrillic and latin alphabet as used in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
      Azбukцeдa or azbukceda is a new mixture of cyrillic and latin alphabet as used in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is mixture that is readable by every citizen of the country. Instead of using two alphabets the members of the society Eko Kultura speak and write in one united alphabet named azbukceda. This is new Emacs Lisp input method to write Azбukцeдa.
    • Emacs Lisp: input method for ＦＵＬＬＷＩＤＴＨ ＬＡＴＩＮ ＬＥＴＴＥＲＳ
      This is input method for ＦＵＬＬＷＩＤＴＨ ＬＡＴＩＮ ＬＥＴＴＥＲＳ for easy writing whenever necessary.
    • Emacs Lisp: input method for ⒸⒾⓇⒸⓁⒺⒹ letters
      This enables easy writing of ⒸⒾⓇⒸⓁⒺⒹ letters with GNU Emacs text editor.
    • Emacs Lisp: 𝕸𝖆𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖒𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖑 𝕴𝖓𝖕𝖚𝖙 𝕸𝖊𝖙𝖍𝖔𝖉
      This is 𝖒𝖆𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖒𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖑 𝖎𝖓𝖕𝖚𝖙 𝖒𝖊𝖙𝖍𝖔𝖉 for 𝕲𝕹𝖀 𝕰𝖒𝖆𝖈𝖘. If you wish to write with 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖞𝖕𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖑𝖊𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖘, 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖏𝖚𝖘𝖙 𝖑𝖔𝖆𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖋𝖎𝖑𝖊.
    • Emacs Lisp: calculate interest rates on accrued HYIP investments
      HYIP is High Yield Investment Program, a kind of a fraudulent scheme. We are not promoting such scheme rather dis-advising people who get caught by the greed and possibility to earn high income within few days. Sometimes the "yield" may be as much as 5% per week and more. And people investing into the HYIP or High Yield Investment Programs believe the nonsense. This Emacs Lisp function can demonstrate what money could the company earn would they be collecting money themselves, without asking public to receive more and more investments. Calculate yourself and compare it logically, and you will come to conclusion that a company offering that high interest rates would never ask public for new investments, they could be earning it themselves without sharing with anybody.
    • Emacs Lisp: ffmpeg-cut-dired
      This function is used with Dired within Emacs to cut video files from specific begin time for specific duration. Files are cut and saved in the directory. This may be handy to use your Emacs editor as movie editor application.
    • Emacs Lisp: Optimize JPG images within Dired with help of ImageMagick
      This Emacs Lisp function is optimizing marked JPG images within Dired and GNU Emacs editor. It is using ImageMagick and web recommendation on how images shall be optimized. The quality of images will be 70% of the original and setttings for optimization are made for Internet. Do not use this function on images which quality shall remain intact for printing or publishing purposes others but web.
    • Emacs Lisp: age
      Returns the age of people by using the PostgreSQL. It is very usable to find the age of children, relatives, friends.
    • Emacs Lisp: kdeconnect-sms-send or sending SMS straight from Emacs
      kdeconnect is great program to connect various mobile devices and computers. It works well between mobile devices as well. Emacs as text editor functions as advanced programmable framework that allows users to do just anything with programming language Emacs Lisp allows. Example is that Emacs could be converted into SMS gateway for marketing purposes. Only the concepts are described here.
    • Emacs Lisp: number-to-words-clisp and number-to-words functions using CLISP to get cardinal English numbers
      Emacs Lisp does not have a built in function as Common Lisp to quickly return cardinal English numbers in words, so this function uses the external program CLISP or GNU Common Lisp to get the representation. Then a number 4 can be converted to word "four"
    • Emacs Lisp: Tihs is itneretsing ftuncion taht wlil scarmble the txet in scuh a manenr taht it stlil ramiens readable.
      This interesting Emacs Lisp function in scrambling text in such a manner that it still remains readable, so called jumbled letters. Use GNU Emacs to send funny text to your friends.
    • Emacs Lisp: cf-sql-table
      cf-sql-table is GNU Emacs skeleton that helps with creation of SQL tables. Once table is created it is easy to edit details to adapt it to the mental picture of database designer.
    • Emacs Lisp: Capitalize English Line by Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS)
      While Emacs Lips keyboard binding M-c capitalizes each next word on the line, it is not sufficient to capitalize the English title. There are different capitalization styles in English such as Chicago Manual of Style, Associated Press Style, Modern Language Association, so here we are using Chigago Manual of Style for capitalization.
    
    

    • Central Files

      • Central Files - management of personal information
        Central Files is management of personal information. Any information that belongs to any person is managed in Central Files. Everything relating to communication with any person that ever contacted the organization is managed in such collection. It could be paper base. Today, computers are used to manage such information in databases. It is my opinion that every person shall be able to design the database as they think it gives them most benefits. The pages about Central Files will hopefully help GNU Emacs users to design their own relational databases and edit information in a quick and efficient manner thus increasing productivity and communication quality and speed with related persons.
      • Central Files: meta_fields table
        Central Files is management of personal information. Any information that belongs to any person is managed in Central Files. Everything relating to communication with any person that ever contacted the organization is managed in such collection. The table `meta_fields` is necessary requirement for Gedafe generic database frontend. We may have use of it.
      • Central Files: meta_tables
        Central Files is management of personal information. Any information that belongs to any person is managed in Central Files. Everything relating to communication with any person that ever contacted the organization is managed in such collection. The table `meta_tables` may help us in future to indicate if such table need to be hidden or handled in special manner.
      • Central Files: Preparing the GNU Emacs skeleton for PostgreSQL tables
        To easier create PostgreSQL database tables for personal information management system by the name Central Files we will use the built-in GNU Emacs feature named Skeleton.
      • Central Files: creating the countries table for the SQL database
        Here we are creating the `countries` table. Contacts are related to countries. Central Files is management of personal information. Any information that belongs to any person is managed in Central Files. Everything relating to communication with any person that ever contacted the organization is managed in such collection. Central Files may be managed within the GNU Emacs editor and computer operating environment.
      
      

  • packages

    • GNU Emacs package: rcd-org-agenda-dashboard.el -- RCD Org Agenda Dashboard
      The RCD Org Agenda Dashboard is a non-blocking, user-friendly, mouse-compatible Emacs interface for Org Agenda functions, compatible with Emacs 29. To install it, first ensure you have the required dependencies (`rcd-utilities.el` and `rcd-dashboard.el`), then download and install `rcd-org-agenda-dashboard.el` using `M-x package-install-file`. Usage is as simple as running `M-x rcd-org-agenda-dashboard` or binding the command to a custom key sequence.
    • GNU Emacs package: rcd-paps.el
      The RCD Paps package is an incredibly useful tool for Emacs users who need to create high-quality and printable documents without any unnecessary embellishments. With this package, users can easily generate nice PDF documents that are clean, professional, and visually appealing. One of the key benefits of using the RCD Paps package is its simplicity and ease of use. Emacs users can effortlessly create documents without having to deal with complex formatting options or navigating through a maze of unnecessary features. This makes it an ideal choice for those who prioritize efficient document creation.
    • GNU Emacs package: rcd-org-export.el -- use Org to export Org
      The GNU Emacs package rcd-org-export.el is a non-blocking alternative to Org export dispatch function. It will not block user's screen. One can inspect the buffer and any keys and commands. It allows speedy mouse usage to make export breeze.
    • GNU Emacs Package: voice2html.el
      Voice2HTML generates voice mail and publishes it on remote WWW server. This package serves the purpose to provide voice mail that may be quickly published on remote WWW servers. Requirement for user is to have own web hosting and SSH access to it. Why it is useful? You may send voice mail or voice messages to people over SMS, they can just click on the link in the SMS by using their smart phone and listen to the message directly. You could even send voice mail URL by letter to people who will later browse it online. Insert the URL for voice mail into email or other chat applications which otherwise do not allow transfers of voice.
    • GNU Emacs package: rcd-utilities.el
      The GNU Emacs package rcd-utilities.el contains basic Emacs Lisp utilities used by other packages that we are publishing here @ GNU.Support
    • GNU Emacs Package: rcd-encryption.el
      RCD Encryption package uses Emacs built-in encryption capabilities to encrypt and decrypt strings and regions.
    • GNU Emacs Packages @ gnu.support
      At this category of a website we will be publishing various useful GNU Emacs package, be it ours, or from third parties.
    • GNU Emacs Package: rcd-password.el
      The GNU Emacs Package rcd-password.el helps you generate new passwords, save them into an appendable only file and find last passwords. We recommend to keep the password file on the encrypted partition /home, note that this program will not encrypt your password file. You can grep through on a command line to find specific passwords.
    • GNU Emacs package: rcd-dashboard.el -- Tool to build Emacs dashboards
      The GNU Emacs package rcd-dashboard.el provides fundamental functions to build dashboards in Emacs.
    
    

  • RCD Notes for GNU Emacs

    • RCD Notes & Hyperscope for GNU Emacs, The Dynamic Knowledge Repository
      RCD Notes for GNU Emacs is Dynamic Knowledge Repository designed as envisioned by Doug Engelbart. Backed up by PostgreSQL relational database, RCD Notes provides features such as people management also known as CRM or Customer Relationship Management, ERP or Enterprise Resource Planning, WRS or Website Revision System and Hyperscope Dynamic Knowledge Repository. It uses any kind of Emacs major modes and any kind of lightweight markup languages for editing and writing of any of elementary objects.