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Emacs Surrealism Mode (codeberg.org)
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I wrote a minor GNU Emacs mode for writing surreal texts, that is, stream of consciousness writing.

Ideal surreal writing happens when:

  1. One does not stop oneself from writing the words that come to one's mind.
  2. One does not deletes or replaces the text in part or in whole.

So this mode is designed to stop oneself from breaking rule number 2 - deleting or replacing already written text. It aims to disable movement, deletion, and replacement commands.

It is also incomplete. Anyone who knows how to complete it, please send patches.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thank you for creating a tool to produce more unix_surrealism that is not just cartoons of girls killing crt monitors.

If you're reading this - you too are a unix_surrealist.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

besides you .. as you type it ..

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Does this mean the GNU makes an appearance soon?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"When I sleep, I dream of angels. Part machine, part human, part daemon, part wildebeest."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A ceribus of Foss??

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Cherubim from Ezekiel's vision.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

You have reinvented the typewriter. Ever since I got one, I've been amassing a horde of surrealist writing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

no baxceetaoinshrdluetao
no backspace?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Please be a bit more verbose in your questions as I do not understand them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

i use backspace a lot, since i make typos a lot

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Also, patches welcome!