View documents (PDF/PostScript/DVI) inside Emacs

Today I wrote an extension for emacs that lets you view pdf, ps or dvi documents in emacs. It’s named doc-view.el and I posted it to the emacs-sources mailing list (here it is). But I recommend that you get the latest version by cloning my Git repository. A description of doc-view.el and how to get [...]

Directory local variables

You probably know file local variables. If not read (info “(emacs)File Variables”). They’re quite handy if you work on projects that use different coding conventions, e.g. some indent with tabs and others don’t. The problem with this approach is that it requires you to modify the files. To escape this restriction I came up with [...]