* 2022-11-14 Emacs news
- Help wanted:
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ys0nap/orgvcard_seeking_new_maintainer/][org-vcard: seeking new maintainer]]
  - [[https://emacssurvey.org/][Emacs User Survey]] ([[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-10/msg01824.html][emacs-devel]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/yc26yd/the_2022_emacs_user_survey_is_now_open/][Reddit]], [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33328142][HN]], [[https://lobste.rs/s/yjpdsg/emacs_user_survey_2022][lobste.rs]])
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/yo7vto/prot_is_asking_for_help_to_move_countries/][Prot is asking for help to move countries]]
- Upcoming events:
  - [[https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/announcements/november-2022/][Emacs APAC: Announcing Emacs Asia-Pacific (APAC) virtual meetup, Saturday, November 26, 2022]]
  - M-x Research (contact them for password): TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Tue Nov 15 0800 Vancouver / 1000 Chicago / 1100 Toronto / 1600 GMT / 1700 Berlin / 2130 Kolkata -- Wed Nov 16 0000 Singapore
  - Hispa Emacs (virtual) https://hispa-emacs.org/ Fri Nov 18 0800 Vancouver / 1000 Chicago / 1100 Toronto / 1600 GMT / 1700 Berlin / 2130 Kolkata -- Sat Nov 19 0000 Singapore
  - EmacsSF (in person): coffee.el https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/289525306/ Sat Nov 19 1100 Vancouver / 1300 Chicago / 1400 Toronto / 1900 GMT / 2000 Berlin -- Sun Nov 20 0030 Kolkata / 0300 Singapore
  - Emacs APAC (virtual, in English) https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/ Sat Nov 26 0030 Vancouver / 0230 Chicago / 0330 Toronto / 0830 GMT / 0930 Berlin / 1400 Kolkata / 1630 Singapore
- Emacs configuration:
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ysc72i/eglot_tip_build_from_emacs_source_with_straightel/][eglot tip: build from emacs source with straight.el]]
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=764zoG1TxVk][emacs early-init.el and general tips and tricks]] (47:41)
- Emacs Lisp:
  - [[https://www.zwitterio.it/en/software/get-user-inputs-in-emacs-lisp/][Zwitterionic digressions - Get user inputs in Emacs Lisp]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/yubhff/zwitterionic_digressions_get_user_inputs_in_emacs/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://github.com/tonyaldon/jack][[NEW] jack is a HTML renderer library for Emacs Lisp | you might find it useful]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ys5i4r/new_jack_is_a_html_renderer_library_for_emacs/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://i.redd.it/vb5j8zok6qy91.png][shortdoc appreciation]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ypljxj/its_been_a_while_since_this_exists_i_just_want_to/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsVRPwKOuPc][Xah Talk Show 2022-11-10 Emacs Lisp Write a Python Mode from Scratch, and Why Python Sucks]] (50:11)
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGyUEoTXczk][Learn how to write an Emacs mode that highlights lines starting with the dollar sign]] (22:01)
- Appearance:
  - [[https://github.com/erickgnavar/cloak-mode][GitHub - erickgnavar/cloak-mode: A minor mode to hide sensitive values in buffers per major mode]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/yq9kn1/github_erickgnavarcloakmode_a_minor_mode_to_hide/][Reddit]])
- Dired:
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVWZbapDvQA][GNU Emacs: Create directory in dired-mode]] (00:55)
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuRaCDG671g][GNU Emacs: Show/hide dot files.]] (00:21)
- Writing:
  - [[https://www.blogbyben.com/2022/11/wordsmithing-with-emacs.html][Ben Simon: Wordsmithing with Emacs]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=10945][Irreal]])
- Org Mode:
  - [[https://mac4translators.blogspot.com/2022/11/new-capture-app-with-org-protocol-this.html][Jean-Christophe Helary: New Capture app, with org-protocol this time.]]
  - [[https://github.com/mmagnus/EmacsOrgModeClockingXBarConky][GitHub - mmagnus/OrgModeClockingXBar: OrgModeClockingXBar - See what you are working on ;-) [if using orgmode/clocking]​]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/yteilw/github_mmagnusorgmodeclockingxbar/][Reddit]])
  - Org development: [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=6c285af9fb591908578f8cfdc2aec980b4dbae0a][ox-icalendar: Create export backend options for deadline/scheduled-summary-prefix defcustoms]]
- Coding:
  - [[https://github.com/igorepst/gitstatus-el][[ANN] Gitstatus-el : fast and asynchronous Git status information for UI]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ypftsh/ann_gitstatusel_fast_and_asynchronous_git_status/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://hugot.nl/projects/phpinspect.el/index.html][phpinspect.el]]
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgpxlD388hA][Simple personal menu web page built with Emacs Lisp, Jack html generator and hyperscript]] (02:11)
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvkkPY0no28][XLSP Can't Save Emacs]] (06:57)
- Math:
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqEDQaGdIpk][Convert numbers in different bases with the Emacs package Calc]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/yqqusx/convert_numbers_in_different_bases_with_the_emacs/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oznRf8d7k5M][How to assign values to variables in Emacs GNU Calc]] (07:41)
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMM_kJjSMZw][Getting Started With GNU Emacs Calculator (calc)]] (09:38)
- Shells:
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF_Bm5ffgyc][Dynamic buffer-name in term-mode | ansi-term, rename-buffer, after-change-functions, add-hook]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/yrk16y/dynamic_buffername_in_termmode_ansiterm/][Reddit]])
- Community:
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/yqciht/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/][Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/yuntco/i_feel_stuck_in_my_emacs_learning_curve/][I feel stuck in my emacs learning curve.]]
  - [[https://lambdaland.org/posts/2022-11-07_unix_philosophy/][Shower thoughts on how Emacs follows Unix philosophy]] ([[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33522735][HN]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/yq8eel/shower_thoughts_on_how_emacs_follows_unix/][Reddit]], [[https://stormrider.io/swap-day.html][stormrider]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=10943][Irreal]]))
  - [[https://emacs.ch][Mastodon instance for Emacs users and FOSS enthusiasts]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ythdyu/mastodon_instance_for_emacs_users_and_foss/][Reddit]], [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33586172][HN]], [[https://lobste.rs/s/sgvsql/mastodon_instance_for_emacs_enthusiasts][lobste.rs]])
  - [[https://i.redd.it/93g3zd8b2pz91.png][A parallel universe where Emacs is the popular editor (join us!)]] Mastodon ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ytxnun/a_parallel_universe_where_emacs_is_the_popular/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://old.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/lly7po/do_you_use_emacs_lisp_as_a_general_purpose/][In the 1990s a piece of Germany’s air traffic control software ran on Emacs]] (2021, [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33524683][HN]])
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQQTScuApWkjj][Lucid Energize Demo VHS 1993]]
- Other:
  - [[http://xenodium.com/emacs-quick-kill-process][Alvaro Ramirez: Emacs: quickly killing processes]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ytnz3r/quickly_killing_processes/][Reddit]], [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33578948][HN]])
  - [[https://microblog.desipenguin.com/post/mindmaps-in-emacs/][Mindmaps in Emacs]] - plantuml
  - [[https://github.com/gicrisf/tochemfig][New Package: tochemfig.el - Make Emacs write chemfig code from molfile or SMILES.]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ysbnft/new_package_tochemfigel_make_emacs_write_chemfig/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://github.com/samrawal/gpt-emacs-macro/raw/main/assets/emacs-gpt-macro-2.gif][I added a simple hook in emacs to the GPT-3 API -- actions that are a tiny complexity level above what I usually use kbd macros for (like smart capitalization) easily become possible to automate!]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/yuamsr/i_added_a_simple_hook_in_emacs_to_the_gpt3_api/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9AyuPFpm_o][Installing Emacs 28.2 on a Chromebook (The Emacs Mega Tutorial Continues ...)]] (06:57)
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDBK_Ua7CK4][10 Hour Emacs Compilation]] (09:59:07)
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlD8kJ4kXe4][4 Hours of Emacs]] (03:53:12)
  - [[https://git.sr.ht/~declantsien/WREmacs][~declantsien/WREmacs - sourcehut git]] WebRender ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/yuqi6s/emacs_webrender_frontwindow_system/][Reddit]])
- Emacs development:
  - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-11/msg00599.html][progress on tree-sitter support for C-like languages]] ([[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-11/msg00247.html][earlier]])
    - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-11/msg00009.html][emacs-devel: notes on tree-sitter and c-sharp]]
    - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-11/msg00035.html][things to extract from cc-mode]]
  - Shorthands discussions:
    - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-11/msg00196.html][A short defense of shorthands.el (but CL packages are still better)]]
    - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-11/msg00734.html][the story from the beginning]]
    - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-11/msg00469.html][shorthands doesn't negate the need for cl packages]]; ([[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-11/msg00479.html][complications with backwards compatibility]])
    - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-11/msg00628.html][more discussion of challenges]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=9d5fc2c7eb3cfc2ae36cdc750a4605b4b08771b8][* lisp/minibuffer.el (set-message-functions): New user option.]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ed067f08fe1b1338271e5c436da4063687eb7a98][Add to /etc/NEWS a mention of the new C++20 support in CC Mode]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=f7694c80d3ec67b4e79dd240fa7e5d9f1b0f9256][; * etc/NEWS: Mention that order of overlays might change.  (Bug#59067)]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=0e25a39e69acca0324c326ea8e46b1725594bff5][EUDC: Add ecomplete and mailabbrev backends]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=68e2a9cd92996dd55ff9599dc1bf99c70070cddb][EUDC: Add eudc-ignore-options-file customization]]
- New packages:
  - https://melpa.org/#/beans: Major mode for Beans grammar (MELPA)
  - https://melpa.org/#/corfu-prescient: Corfu integration (MELPA)
  - https://melpa.org/#/flymake-elisp-config: Setup load-path for flymake on Emacs Lisp mode (MELPA)
  - https://melpa.org/#/gitstatus: Common front-end for `gitstatusd' (MELPA)
  - https://melpa.org/#/glue: Emacs - Common Lisp interop using SLIME or SLY (MELPA)
  - https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/jarchive.html: Open project dependencies in jar archives (GNU ELPA)
  - https://melpa.org/#/lurk-mode: A major mode for editing lurk files (MELPA)
  - https://melpa.org/#/ob-lurk: Evaluate lurk code blocks in org mode (MELPA)
  - https://melpa.org/#/org-rainbow-tags: Colorize org tags automatically (MELPA)
  - https://melpa.org/#/ptree: Property tree data structure (MELPA)
  - https://melpa.org/#/vertico-prescient: Vertico integration (MELPA)
  - https://melpa.org/#/zk-desktop: Desktop environment for zk (MELPA)

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