Protesilaos
Protesilaos
I am a philosopher living in the mountains of Cyprus at a house I built myself which I affectionately call “the hut.” I spend my free time programming on GNU Emacs, writing essays on a wide range of life issues, and doing infrastructure work around my house. My background is diverse and reflects my intellectual curiosity as well as consistently high work ethic.
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In this ~30-minute video I walk through my mountains to check how things are after the wildfires of July (which I posted about here: https://protesilaos.com/news/2025-07-25-dealt-cyprus-wildfires/). The landscape is all ash, which stretches as far as the eye can see. I was hoping to find some new plants growing and...
I am developing two new themes for my minimalistic doric-themes package for Emacs. These combine gold with teal hues. doric-beach is the light theme and doric-valley is its dark counterpart. Here are the screenshots: Coming in version 0.4.0 The character of the themes is well-defined, though I may still make some...
In this new video series, I talk to anybody who is interested to have a video call with me (so do contact me if you want!). The topics cover anything related to Emacs, technology, and life in general. More here: https://protesilaos.com/prot-asks/. Today I talk with Erik Arneson about a number of topics ranging from...
This is a major mode for editing sxhkdrc files. SXHKD is the Simple X Hot Key Daemon which is commonly used in minimalist desktop sessions on Xorg (I use it with bspwm, herbstluftwm, and i3wm). The sxhkdrc file configures key chords, binding them to commands. For the technicalities, read the man page sxhkd(1)....
In this new video series, I talk to anybody who is interested to have a video call with me (so do contact me if you want!). The topics cover anything related to Emacs, technology, and life in general. More here: https://protesilaos.com/prot-asks/. Today I talk to Arni and learn about how Emacs is used as an...
To the unknown journeyman I promise to show courage in upholding my vows What is an adventure if not the commitment to keep going?
These are my minimalist themes. They use few colours and will appear mostly monochromatic in many contexts. Styles involve the careful use of typography, such as italics and bold italics. If you want maximalist themes in terms of colour, check my ef-themes package. For something in-between, which I would consider...
In this new video series, I talk to anybody who is interested to have a video call with me (so do contact me if you want!). The topics cover anything related to Emacs, technology, and life in general. More here: https://protesilaos.com/prot-asks/. Today I learn from PizzaTorque about how Emacs is used for...
In this new video series, I talk to anybody who is interested to have a video call with me (so do contact me if you want!). The topics cover anything related to Emacs, technology, and life in general. More here: https://protesilaos.com/prot-asks/. In this 1-hour video, I learn from James about what goes into...
The Emacs Writing Studio (EWS) by Peter Prevos is a configuration for Emacs designed for writers, researchers, and scientists. It provides an integrated environment to express one’s thoughts and publish them in multiple formats. The book, which is produced using EWS, documents the setup, describes relevant methods...
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