2022-10-31 Emacs news
=====================

  - [Emacs User Survey] (<https://emacssurvey.org/>) ([emacs-devel] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-10/msg01824.html>), [Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/yc26yd/the_2022_emacs_user_survey_is_now_open/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33328142>), [lobste.rs] (<https://lobste.rs/s/yjpdsg/emacs_user_survey_2022>))
  - Upcoming events:
    - M-x Research (contact them for password): TBA <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Tue Nov 1 0900 Vancouver / 1100 Chicago / 1200 Toronto / 1600 GMT / 1700 Berlin / 2130 Kolkata -- Wed Nov 2 0000 Singapore
    - EmacsATX: Mastering Emacs | Crafted Emacs <https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/289100501/> Wed Nov 2 1630 Vancouver / 1830 Chicago / 1930 Toronto / 2330 GMT -- Thu Nov 3 0030 Berlin / 0500 Kolkata / 0730 Singapore
    - Emacs Paris (virtual, in French) <https://www.emacs-doctor.com/emacs-paris-user-group/> Thu Nov 3 0930 Vancouver / 1130 Chicago / 1230 Toronto / 1630 GMT / 1730 Berlin / 2200 Kolkata -- Fri Nov 4 0030 Singapore
    - Emacs users group Slovenia <https://emacs.si/> Thu Nov 3 1200 Vancouver / 1400 Chicago / 1500 Toronto / 1900 GMT / 2000 Berlin -- Fri Nov 4 0030 Kolkata / 0300 Singapore
    - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) <https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs> Fri Nov 11 0900 Vancouver / 1100 Chicago / 1200 Toronto / 1700 GMT / 1800 Berlin / 2230 Kolkata -- Sat Nov 12 0100 Singapore
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [A "new" approach (for me) for project wide variables] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/yhs5zp/a_new_approach_for_me_for_project_wide_variables/>)
    - [Question about the state of package managers] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ycfd3l/question_about_the_state_of_package_managers/>)
    - [melpulls: An Elpaca menu for outstanding MELPA pull requests] (<https://github.com/progfolio/melpulls>)
    - [Crafted Emacs Update] (<https://jeffbowman.writeas.com/crafted-emacs-update>)
    - [Where Did Emacs Go? | Setting Up a New Workstation] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewwl4QuNctI>) (14:09)
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [A little function to merge plists in Elisp] (<https://ag91.github.io/blog/2022/10/30/merge-plists-in-elisp/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/yhneio/a_little_function_to_merge_plists_in_elisp/>))
    - [Emulate keyboard input from elisp] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/yh9mmw/emulate_keyboard_input_from_elisp/>)
  - Appearance:
    - [Alvaro Ramirez: Emacs: A welcoming experiment] (<http://xenodium.com/emacs-a-welcoming-experiment>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ycktcp/a_minimalist_welcome_screen/>))
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: introduction to the ef-themes "cyprus" theme] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-10-24-ef-cyprus-theme/>)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: introduction to the ef-themes "cherie" theme] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-10-25-ef-cherie/>)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: ef-themes version 0.9.0] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-10-28-ef-themes-0-9-0/>)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: modus-themes version 3.0.0] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-10-28-modus-themes-3-0-0/>)
  - Navigation:
    - [Nicolas Martyanoff: Eye level window centering in Emacs] (<https://www.n16f.net/blog/eye-level-window-centering-in-emacs/>)
    - [Irreal: Undo In Region] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=10903>)
    - [What killer feature(s) make you prefer projectile over project.el?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ydenz5/what_killer_features_make_you_prefer_projectile/>)
    - [Projectile 2.6 released!] (<https://github.com/bbatsov/projectile/releases/tag/v2.6.0>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/yd1hkp/projectile_26_released/>))
    - [doc-tools-toc: Create, cleanup, add and manage Table Of Contents (TOC) of pdf and djvu documents with Emacs] (<https://github.com/dalanicolai/doc-tools-toc>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ygmlv7/an_amazing_small_tool_in_emacs_tocmode/>))
    - [jarchive: Navigate to files inside jars.] (<https://git.sr.ht/~dannyfreeman/jarchive>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/ydpi2y/jarchive_navigate_to_files_inside_jars/>))
  - Writing:
    - [What are your favorite packages for improving vanilla emacs text editing?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/yf14tl/what_are_your_favorite_packages_for_improving/>)
    - [Arabic Input Setup] (<https://i.redd.it/6zmdz5spp2w91.png>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ydoba2/arabic_input_setup/>))
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: use custom file type with Denote] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-10-30-demo-denote-custom-file-type/>)
    - [languagetool.el: LanguageTool suggestions integrated within Emacs] (<https://github.com/PillFall/languagetool.el>)
    - [Using Grammarly With Emacs] (<https://notes.alexkehayias.com/using-grammarly-with-emacs/>)
    - [TAONAW - Emacs: Of TiddlyWiki, Emacs, and Digital Gardens] (<https://taonaw.com/2022-10-23/>)
    - [xah talk show 2022-10-30 emacs, best way to insert unicode, emoji, math symbols] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Vg5YiYH64>) (01:06:36)
  - Org Mode:
    - [Jeremy Friesen: Adding a Function to Carry Forward an Org-Mode Agenda Item] (<https://takeonrules.com/2022/10/24/adding-a-function-to-carry-forward-an-org-mode-agenda-item/>)
    - [Minimal Emacs config to work with Bibliographies and references] (<https://gist.github.com/thriveth/f961e42dea4988f464ea67d2d6febbb1>)
    - [An Org-mode to DOCX Pipeline | Erik L. Arneson — Writer and Software Developer] (<https://arnesonium.com/2022/10/org-mode-to-docx-pipeline>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=10911>))
    - [Andrea: Find Org Roam notes via their relations] (<http://ag91.github.io/blog/2021/03/12/find-org-roam-notes-via-their-relations>)
    - [Org-Orgzly RELEASE: v0.0.4.1- Originally planned features implemented...and it works too...] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/yfd3du/orgorgzly_release_v0041_originally_planned/>)
    - Org development:
      - [org.el: Support auto display inline images when cycling] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=46b71f910844c14d8db1feb54c07de26d101cc05>)
      - [org-refile.el: Show refile targets with a title] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=c3aa6a6d43fd621bf82c4510c7a63dca7768e6dd>)
      - [org-agenda.el: Show document title in outline path] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=55767b792ee7dce41e43e6a48d48813dd9ad7f7c>)
      - [org-clock.el: Rename org-clock-get-file-title] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=d4e7bcb4bd87afbcb08a013111ebc976e3cf3b58>)
  - Coding:
    - [Using emacs as a MySQL Client] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/yeijuh/using_emacs_as_a_mysql_client/>)
    - [Manuel Uberti: Automatically format Clojure buffers] (<https://manueluberti.eu//emacs/2022/10/27/cljformat/>)
  - Multimedia:
    - [Marcin Borkowski: Playing videos from the last position in mpv] (<http://mbork.pl/2022-10-24_Playing_videos_from_the_last_position_in_mpv>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=10905>), [Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/yddfzv/irreal_playing_youtube_videos_in_emacs/>))
    - [find-yttranscript-links: downloading transcripts of Youtube videos, in eev style - YouTube] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW3Tx-lHX3o>)
    - [Sacha Chua: subed.el: Word-level timing improvements, TSV support] (<https://sachachua.com/blog/2022/10/subed-el-word-level-timing-improvements/>)
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ydsjfy/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>)
    - [Visual Studio Code is designed to fracture - I am very happy that I will be able to use emacs forever] (<https://ghuntley.com/fracture/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ycmp4k/visual_studio_code_is_designed_to_fracture_i_am/>))
    - [Adventures with Emacs - high12noon blog] (<https://high12noon.neocities.org/emacs-adventures.html>) - why high12noon switched to Emacs
    - [two weeks with emacs as a vimmer] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/yi99cw/two_weeks_with_emacs_as_a_vimmer/>)
    - [Sacha Chua: Learning a lot on the way to EmacsConf] (<https://sachachua.com/blog/2022/10/learning-a-lot-on-the-way-to-emacsconf/>)
  - Other:
    - [Significant Garbage Collection Improvement For Emacs: Reducing Wall Clock Latency For sweep_conses By 50%.] (<https://tdodge.consulting/blog/living-the-emacs-garbage-collection-dream>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ycan6z/significant_garbage_collection_improvement_for/>), [Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=10909>), [emacs-devel] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-10/msg02174.html>))
      - [emacs-devel: original rationale for block sizes] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-10/msg02248.html>)
    - [hammy.el: Programmable, interactive interval timers (e.g. for working/resting)] (<https://github.com/alphapapa/hammy.el>)
    - [twlz0ne/separedit.el: Edit comment or string/docstring or code block inside them in separate buffer with your favorite mode] (<https://github.com/twlz0ne/separedit.el>)
    - [mmm-mode: New official home for mmm-mode, fixed for Emacs >= 23] (<https://github.com/dgutov/mmm-mode>)
    - [Take Charge of PDF in GNU Emacs] (<https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2022/10/take-charge-of-pdf-in-gnu-emacs.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ygj661/take_charge_of_pdf_in_gnu_emacs/>))
    - [Mickey Petersen: Keyboard Shortcuts every Command Line Hacker should know about GNU Readline] (<http://www.masteringemacs.org/article/keyboard-shortcuts-every-command-line-hacker-should-know-about-gnu-readline?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=rss>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/yerc61/keyboard_shortcuts_every_command_line_hacker/>), [Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=10913>), [lobste.rs] (<https://lobste.rs/s/xooyhy/keyboard_shortcuts_every_command_line>))
    - [Using emacs artist-mode] (<https://imgur.com/gallery/zMv0ub8>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/yc7g6j/using_emacs_artistmode/>))
    - [Emacs Notes: Use xkb to setup full-spectrum of modifiers (Meta, Alt, Super, and Hyper) for use with Emacs] (<https://emacsnotes.wordpress.com/2022/10/30/use-xkb-to-setup-full-spectrum-of-modifiers-meta-alt-super-and-hyper-for-use-with-emacs/>)
    - [Crafting a Configuration Site Generator in Emacs - System Crafters Live!] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMzkorlfqLA>) (56:16)
    - [Emacs: adattamento nella Storia del software @ Linux Day 2022 Roma] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DREuC020X0>) (01:50:42)
  - Emacs development:
    - [The "noverlay" branch was merged to master. This should speed up overlays in emacs] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-10/msg02166.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/yg4mvt/the_noverlay_branch_was_merged_to_master_this/>))
    - [emacs-devel: challenge with shorthands Re: Help sought understanding shorthands wrt modules/packages] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-10/msg02309.html>) ([context of shorthands] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-10/msg02259.html>))
    - [emacs-devel: CL packages landed] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-10/msg01654.html>) ([goal] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-10/msg01734.html>), [versus shorthands] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-10/msg01786.html>))
    - [emacs-devel: explanation of feature/ and scratch/ branches Re: CL packages landed] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-10/msg01681.html>)
    - [emacs-devel: libgccjit leaking memory Re: Suppressing native compilation (short and long term)] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-10/msg01588.html>)
    - [emacs-devel: tip for building on macOS - com.apple.security.get-task-allow Re: Volunteering to help on etc/TODO item: Improved xwidgets support] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-10/msg01604.html>)
    - [emacs-devel discussion about whitespace in commits] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-10/msg02117.html>)
    - [; * etc/NEWS: Add entry about more performant overlays.] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=647c36cbfa485e54bbe8e4f0825b4fc3be7c5706>)
    - [Allow Hierarchy to delay computation of children] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=c6ec08e49af84ac35d0f793d01390a8b8c991f18>)
    - [Allow applying Rmail summary filters consecutively] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8728da58ab319cbffc160b49c716b65429c8d5a6>)
    - [(Ffunction): Make interpreted closures safe for space] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=1b1ffe07897ebe06cf96ab423fad3cde9fd6c981>)
    - [Handle context changes in Tramp kubernetes method] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=fe816fc679ead2100cddb4e51bc81c329bcb4265>)
  - New packages:
    - ddate <https://melpa.org/#/ddate>: Manage Discordian dates with ddate (MELPA)
    - farmhouse-themes <https://melpa.org/#/farmhouse-themes>: Farmhouse Themes, dark and light versions (MELPA)
    - guake <https://melpa.org/#/guake>: Interact with Guake via DBus (MELPA)
    - nameframe-project <https://melpa.org/#/nameframe-project>: Nameframe integration with project.el (MELPA)
    - ox-linuxmag-fr <https://melpa.org/#/ox-linuxmag-fr>: Org-mode exporter for the French GNU/Linux Magazine (MELPA)
    - url-scgi <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/url-scgi.html>: SCGI support for url.el (GNU ELPA)

  Links from [reddit.com/r/emacs] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs>), [r/orgmode] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode>), [r/spacemacs] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/spacemacs>), [r/planetemacs] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs>), [Hacker News] (<https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story>), [lobste.rs] (<https://lobste.rs/search?q=emacs&what=stories&order=newest>), [planet.emacslife.com] (<https://planet.emacslife.com>), [YouTube] (<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4th0AZixyREOtvxDpdxC9oMuX7Ar7Sdt>), [the Emacs NEWS file] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS>), [Emacs Calendar] (<https://emacslife.com/calendar/>), [emacs-devel] (<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-10>), and [lemmy/c/emacs] (<https://lemmy.ml/c/emacs>). Thanks to Andrés Ramírez for emacs-devel links. Do you have an Emacs-related link or announcement? Please e-mail me at [sacha@sachachua.com] (<mailto:sacha@sachachua.com>). Thank you!

    
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