2022-08-29 Emacs news
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  - Upcoming events:
    - [Announcing Emacs Asia-Pacific (APAC) virtual meetup, Saturday, August 27, 2022] (<https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/announcements/august-2022/>)
    - [Upcoming Talk, Featuring Uses of Hyperbole's Koutliner in the Context of Knowledge Management] (<https://events.hackerspace.gent/en/newline2022/public/events/115>)
    - Emacs Berlin (virtual, in English) <https://emacs-berlin.org/> Wed Aug 31 0930 Vancouver / 1130 Chicago / 1230 Toronto / 1630 GMT / 1830 Berlin / 2200 Kolkata -- Thu Sep 1 0030 Singapore
    - Emacs Paris (virtual, in French) <https://www.emacs-doctor.com/emacs-paris-user-group/> Thu Sep 1 0830 Vancouver / 1030 Chicago / 1130 Toronto / 1530 GMT / 1730 Berlin / 2100 Kolkata / 2330 Singapore
    - Emacs users group Slovenia <https://emacs.si/> Thu Sep 1 1100 Vancouver / 1300 Chicago / 1400 Toronto / 1800 GMT / 2000 Berlin / 2330 Kolkata -- Fri Sep 2 0200 Singapore
    - EmacsSF: coffee.el, Playa Edition <https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/287871307/> Sat Sep 3 1100 Vancouver / 1300 Chicago / 1400 Toronto / 1800 GMT / 2000 Berlin / 2330 Kolkata -- Sun Sep 4 0200 Singapore
    - M-x Research (contact them for password): Show & Tell - For non RSECon attendees <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Tue Sep 6 0800 Vancouver / 1000 Chicago / 1100 Toronto / 1500 GMT / 1700 Berlin / 2030 Kolkata / 2300 Singapore
    - EmacsATX: Emacs Social <https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/287915164/> Wed Sep 7 1630 Vancouver / 1830 Chicago / 1930 Toronto / 2330 GMT -- Thu Sep 8 0130 Berlin / 0500 Kolkata / 0730 Singapore
    - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) <https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs> Fri Sep 9 0900 Vancouver / 1100 Chicago / 1200 Toronto / 1600 GMT / 1800 Berlin / 2130 Kolkata -- Sat Sep 10 0000 Singapore
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [Splitting an Unwieldy Emacs `init.el` | Janusworx] (<https://janusworx.com/blog/splitting-an-unwieldy-emacs-init.el-file/>)
    - [But She's a Girl: Keyboard layout updates and Meow] (<https://www.rousette.org.uk/archives/keyboard-layout-updates-and-meow/>)
    - [Request for Comments: Emacs Package management from Source] (<https://amodernist.com/texts/package-vc.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/wwpes6/request_for_comments_emacs_package_management/>))
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [Emacs Lisp Basics] (<http://xahlee.info/emacs/emacs/elisp_basics.html>)
    - [Marcin Borkowski: The Emacs range package] (<http://mbork.pl/2022-08-22_The_Emacs_range_package>)
    - [Let's code Emacs Lisp: creating the beginnings of a package] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRjZ3NUT9JE>) (01:21:43)
    - [Object-Oriented Emacs Lisp with EIEIO - System Crafters Live!] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCmyMCfmUhQ>) (01:45:19)
    - [Compiler from scratch, for fun :p | Emacs Major Mode and Breaking Function Parsing | 019] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nshi4FSYQ8>) (04:57:48)
  - Appearance:
    - [Straightforward Emacs: Automatically Highlight Buffer Text] (<https://jakebox.github.io/blog/posts/highlight_buffer_text/>)
    - [[ANN] jit-lock-stealth-progress (show font locking progress while idle in the mode-line)] (<https://codeberg.org/ideasman42/emacs-jit-lock-stealth-progress>)
    - [Autothemer version 0.2.8] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/wvkh2j/autothemer_version_028/>)
    - [Sakura - a cherry blossom (or cherry cola? flavoured theme)] (<https://github.com/emacsfodder/emacs-theme-sakura>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/wuy9ek/sakura_a_cherry_blossom_or_cherry_cola_flavoured/>))
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Ef themes 0.4.0 for GNU Emacs] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-08-29-ef-themes-0-4-0/>)
    - [The ef-themes now include two deuteranopia-friendly themes | Protesilaos Stavrou] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-08-19-ef-themes-deuteranopia/>)
    - [Modus themes 2.6.0 for GNU Emacs | Protesilaos Stavrou] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-08-19-modus-themes-2-6-0/>)
    - [Emacs: pulsar version 0.5.0 | Protesilaos Stavrou] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-08-19-pulsar-0-5-0/>)
  - Navigation:
    - [Amit Patel: Emacs: marking text] (<http://amitp.blogspot.com/2022/08/emacs-marking-text.html>) - update after a 5-year experiment
  - Writing:
    - [[ANN] spell-fu now supports buffer-local word lists] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/wupjy2/ann_spellfu_now_supports_bufferlocal_word_lists/>)
    - [Ben Simon: Emacs for Project Notes: Quick Capture, Automatic Organization] (<https://www.blogbyben.com/2022/07/emacs-for-project-notes-quick-capture.html>)
    - [reverso.el: Emacs client for reverso.net; translation, grammar check, context and synonyms search] (<https://github.com/SqrtMinusOne/reverso.el>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/x0kb9p/reversoel_emacs_client_for_reversonet_translation/>))
    - [Tamil Phonetic Input Method in Emacs / Emacs-இல் தமிழ் ஃபொனெடிக் முறையில் type செய்வது எப்படி? – Emacs Notes] (<https://emacsnotes.wordpress.com/2022/03/07/tamil-phonetic-input-method-in-emacs-emacs-%e0%ae%87%e0%ae%b2%e0%af%8d-%e0%ae%a4%e0%ae%ae%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b4%e0%af%8d-%e0%ae%83%e0%ae%aa%e0%af%8a%e0%ae%a9%e0%af%86%e0%ae%9f%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%95%e0%af%8d/>)
    - [El mundo de las notas] (<https://notxor.nueva-actitud.org/2022/08/24/el-mundo-de-las-notas.html>) - zetteldeft
  - Org Mode:
    - [P0 beats #A. Using Programmer-style Priorities in Org] (<https://christopherfin.com/emacs/programmer_priorities.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/wwuxvu/p0_beats_a_using_programmerstyle_priorities_in_org/>))
    - [Thoughts on Writing Technical Documentations using Org mode] (<https://taonaw.com/2022-04-12/>) (April 2022)
    - [Sam Wallace's workflow for math research notes (spoiler: lots of org-mode).] (<https://swalla24.people.uic.edu/workflow/org-notes/>)
    - [Moving Tasks Between Org Files in Emacs | Janusworx] (<https://janusworx.com/blog/moving-tasks-between-org-files-in-emacs/>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=10768>)) org-refile
    - [Demo of how to embed source code/text, link, and picture in ORG buffer/file.] (<https://youtu.be/R8HNtnLT2jI>)
    - [Copy Slack behavior of automatically creating link when pasting url with text selected] (<https://gist.github.com/lgmoneda/bc08cb3ebae106b005faea32afe6280d>)
    - [org-project: Capture TODOs in project.el using org-mode] (<https://github.com/delehef/org-project>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/wunbiz/orgproject_capture_todos_in_projectel_using/>))
    - [org-bib-mode redesign] (<https://i.redd.it/63ymlmz6eej91.png>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/wvg48n/orgbibmode_redesign/>))
    - [ob-elixir: org-babel functions for elixir evaluation] (<https://github.com/zweifisch/ob-elixir>)
    - [Latest Org2Blog maybe just broke some of your keybindings 2022-08-22] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/wume11/latest_org2blog_maybe_just_broke_some_of_your/>)
    - Org development: [lisp/ox-md.el: Add top level header setting] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=b7f4afe86c36c36a751cb9dd31daa69051eec506>)
  - Completion:
    - [Caching Yankpad snippets for a quicker note capturing] (<https://ag91.github.io/blog/2022/08/21/caching-yankpad-snippets-for-a-quicker-note-capturing/>)
  - Coding:
    - [Bozhidar Batsov: Setting up Emacs for OCaml Development] (<https://batsov.com/articles/2022/08/23/setting-up-emacs-for-ocaml-development/>)
    - [codespaces.el — a completing-read interface to select and connect to GitHub Codespaces over TRAMP] (<https://github.com/patrickt/codespaces.el>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/wuquid/codespacesel_a_completingread_interface_to_select/>))
    - [what is your config for java programming?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/wzq3rb/what_is_your_config_for_java_programming/>) (some tips in the comments)
    - [c++ programming screenshot] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/wxh5jq/c_programming_screenshot/>) - variable font, symbols
    - [Automatic Code Formatting: JavaScript, Python, PowerShell, Golang, Emacs Lisp, WolframLang] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbQhPL7RlK0>) (01:04:11)
  - Mail and news:
    - [What is your favorite email client?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/wvcuzw/what_is_your_favorite_email_client/>)
    - [How to Use Emacs As a USENET Reader With Gnus] (<https://www.maketecheasier.com/emacs-usenet-reader-with-gnus/>)
    - [Signature above the cited text in mu4e | macOS & (open-source) Software] (<https://macowners.club/posts/signature-above-cited-text-mu4e/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/wzduee/signature_above_the_cited_text_in_mu4e/>))
    - [Tumblr access from GNU Emacs] (<https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2022/08/tumblr-access-from-gnu-emacs.html>)
  - Evil mode:
    - [Code faster by extending Emacs EVIL text object] (<http://blog.binchen.org/posts/code-faster-by-extending-emacs-evil-text-object>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/x0g0m0/code_faster_by_extending_emacs_evil_text_object/>))
    - [Made a EVIL cheat sheet wallpaper, for quick reference, for my friend who's learning Vim bindings and figured I'd share with the community. :D] (<https://i.redd.it/pymavpnbt4k91.png>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/spacemacs/comments/wyltcs/made_a_evil_cheat_sheet_wallpaper_for_quick/>))
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/wwdpju/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>) - change bg color on compile failure, org-roam capture to link, etc.
    - [Lesser known built-in Emacs gems? - Lemmy] (<https://lemmy.ml/post/437349>)
    - [This is how computing should feel] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/wwhwx5/this_is_how_computing_should_feel/>)
    - [The email that made me convert to emacs] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/wx11fl/the_email_that_made_me_convert_to_emacs/>)
    - [19×10% – Random Thoughts] (<https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2022/08/19/19x10/>)
    - [Distilling the Essence of Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0GmFP9hDCc&feature=youtu.be>) (1:34:02)
  - Other:
    - [Marcin Borkowski: Screenshots from Emacs] (<http://mbork.pl/2022-08-27_Screenshots_from_Emacs>)
    - [Calling Emacs from XMonad] (<https://tony-zorman.com/posts/2022-05-25-calling-emacs-from-xmonad.html>)
    - [Yeah, I Run Emacs on my Steam Deck, Ever Heard of It?] (<https://arcology.garden/steam-deck-emacs>) ([YouTube] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9vQ06n7HX4>) 0:58, [Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/wwxc5o/yeah_i_run_emacs_on_my_steam_deck_ever_heard_of_it/>))
    - [Emacs on PinePhone] (<https://jakob.space/blog/i-love-my-pinephone.html#orgf516974>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/wyoyfs/emacs_on_pinephone/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32605597>), [lobste.rs] (<https://lobste.rs/s/rc85uc/i_love_my_pinephone>))
  - Emacs development:
    - [emacs-devel: work needed to prepare for no-toolkit build for more control of Emacs behavior] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-08/msg00758.html>)
      - [and problems with the GTK build] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-08/msg00778.html>)
    - [emacs-devel: long discussion re: display of undisplayable characters in the terminal - recently changed to \U01F3A8 instead of diamond] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-08/msg01188.html>) and discussion of different consoles' capabilities
      - [init file workaround] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-08/msg01352.html>)
    - [emacs-devel: challenges of working with the display engine (Re: locked narrowing in ELisp)] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-08/msg00693.html>)
    - [emacs-devel: cedet/semantic may still be able to work with other parser/taggers] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-08/msg00596.html>)
      - [emacs-devel: how to build a lexer] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-08/msg00733.html>)
    - ['C-x v v' on a diff buffer commits it as a patch (bug#52349)] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=4803fba487d41f0817feab48b5095ef4b4940ff6>)
    - [Use a list of text properties to search in symlink filenames in Wdired] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=0ab49d46ddbe27970c62a56597de000bc1c3232c>)
    - [Support "replacement characters" on TTY frames] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=56aa52c346d5317a9f228ca12d52d4c860c458b0>)
    - [Mention C-x C-q + revert change in NEWS] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=52f9ce5528e3a82c4170be2f3d117966793e8efc>)
    - [Make frame-width obsolete as a generalized variable] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=a8a3608c074c00e32a551c6fa27131b0094c8b2c>)
    - [Add NEWS entry about obsoleted generalized variables] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=de3efaa683804cf60ea86cf119e57c226c949447>) and [update] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=10585c4f30abba0b63f9b8eb4971e814ce910140>)
  - New packages:
    - cern-ldap <https://melpa.org/#/cern-ldap>: Library to interact with CERN's LDAP servers (MELPA)
    - ipp <https://melpa.org/#/ipp>: Implementation of the Internet Printing Protocol (MELPA)
    - media-thumbnail <https://melpa.org/#/media-thumbnail>: Utility package to provide media icons (MELPA)
    - org-bookmarks-extractor <https://melpa.org/#/org-bookmarks-extractor>: Extract bookmarks from Org mode (MELPA)

  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/2022-08>), and [lemmy/c/emacs] (<https://l
 emmy.ml/c/emacs>). Thanks to Andrés Ramírez for links!

    
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