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diff --git a/README.org b/README.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d40af21 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.org @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +#+TITLE: meen + +/meen/ is a minor mode to hide clocks replacing them with fish icons. +It is useful to escape [[https://libcom.org/article/tyranny-clock-george-woodcock][the tyranny of the clock]] and live a life not +knowing the precise artificial time. + +As Lewis Mumford pointed out, clocks are probably the key invention of +the machine age, and are very hard to escape. They show up in very +many places in Emacs (think the output of /ls -l/, dired buffers, git +commit logs, email, IM, logs, etc.). If you are trying to live a life +free of the precise artificial time produced by the clock, these can +all trip you up. /meen/ helps you by finding clocks in your buffers +and replacing them with cute fish icons. + +* Usage + +Toggle meen mode in all buffers using /M-x global-meen-mode/. Or, +toggle meen mode in the current buffer using /M-x meen-mode/. + +Clocks will be replaced by Unicode fish icons (🐟). You will need a +font that supports the Unicode fish icon. If you would rather use some +other character, customize the /meen-char/ variable. + +* Why is it called /meen/? + +Natural time can be told by the movement of the Sun in the morning and +by the stars at night. /meen/ (மீன்) is a Tamil word meaning both /star/ +and /fish/. It is thought that this is an ancient homophonic +connection going all the way back to the undeciphered Indus valley +script. + +* License + +meen is free software released under the terms of the [[https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt][GNU General +Public License]], either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) +any later version. |