2021-03-22 Emacs news
=====================

  - Upcoming events:
    - Emacs APAC (virtual, in English) <https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/> Sat Mar 27 0130 Vancouver / 0330 Chicago / 0430 Toronto / 0830 GMT / 0930 Berlin / 1400 Kolkata / 1630 Singapore
    - Singapore: Emacs & Never Code Alone SG <https://www.meetup.com/Emacs-SG/events/268260076/> Wed Mar 31 0400 Vancouver / 0600 Chicago / 0700 Toronto / 1100 GMT / 1300 Berlin / 1630 Kolkata / 1900 Singapore
    - Emacs Berlin (virtual, in English) <https://emacs-berlin.org/> Wed Mar 31 0930 Vancouver / 1130 Chicago / 1230 Toronto / 1630 GMT / 1830 Berlin / 2200 Kolkata -- Thu Apr 1 0030 Singapore
    - M-x Research (virtual, contact them for passcode) <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Thu Apr 1 0700 Vancouver / 0900 Chicago / 1000 Toronto / 1400 GMT / 1600 Berlin / 1930 Kolkata / 2200 Singapore
    - EmacsSF: Emacs Lisp - Coding a minor mode; lispy mode; Lightning Talks and Discussion <https://www.meetup.com/Emacs-SF/events/276954899/> Thu Apr 1 1000 Vancouver / 1200 Chicago / 1300 Toronto / 1700 GMT / 1900 Berlin / 2230 Kolkata -- Fri Apr 2 0100 Singapore
    - Emacs Paris (virtual) <https://www.emacs-doctor.com/emacs-paris-user-group/> Tue Apr 6 0830 Vancouver / 1030 Chicago / 1130 Toronto / 1530 GMT / 1730 Berlin / 2100 Kolkata / 2330 Singapore
    - EmacsATX: Emacs as a Spreadsheet and Emacs Social <https://www.meetup.com/EmacsATX/events/277079765/> Wed Apr 7 1630 Vancouver / 1830 Chicago / 1930 Toronto / 2330 GMT -- Thu Apr 8 0130 Berlin / 0500 Kolkata / 0730 Singapore
  - Beginner:
    - [First Steps With Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDUQIx5LvnU>) (7:57)
    - [The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48JlgiBpw_I>) (01:11:56)
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [prefix-overload: Overload key-bindings for Emacs] (<https://github.com/bmag/prefix-overload>)
    - [444 Days of Literate Configuration; 450 Days using Emacs — the config of an Org lover] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/m9zxw6/444_days_of_literate_configuration_450_days_using/>)
    - [Structuring an Emacs configuration] (<https://ruzkuku.com/texts/emacs-conf.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/m9zps3/structuring_an_emacs_configuration/>))
    - [rhoit's emacs config] (<https://github.com/rhoit/dot-emacs>)
    - [chmouel's emacs config] (<https://github.com/chmouel/emacs-config/>)
    - [What is your startup time] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/m8d55l/what_is_your_startup_time/>)
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [Elisp-Tutorial: Call our dragons with interactive functions] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/m96ov5/elisptutorial_call_our_dragons_with_interactive/>)
    - [The ins and outs of setf] (<https://endlessparentheses.com/emacs-advanced-basics-the-ins-and-outs-of-setf.html>)
    - [uuidgen-el: UUID generation implemented in elisp.] (<https://github.com/kanru/uuidgen-el>)
    - [Equipped with dash.el, elisp so nice to apply, parallel aligned with JS array's methods] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/mak6o0/equipped_with_dashel_elisp_so_nice_to_apply/>)
  - Emacs development:
    - [Irreal: Emacs 27.2 Is Almost Here] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=9563>)
    - [Experiment proposal: Change binding of C-o] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-03/msg00870.html>)
    - [Use pop-to-buffer-same-window for shell] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=70b64e0d040e9c57f1a489c9ebee553264033119>)
    - [* lisp/emacs-lisp/pcase.el (pcase-compile-patterns): New function (bug#47261)] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=937b6c18bd6c4806eb1e4c8764db56b314c09056>)
    - [Add a note to NEWS as to how to restore the facemenu] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=04a90d76954901897f0a521552c448f1f4845461>)
    - [* lisp/simple.el (next-error-quit-window): New function (bug#44611).] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=b0902d926dd837ad06c9c6bbde35a5411a351779>)
    - [Extend handled events in 'while-no-input-ignore-events' (Bug#47205)] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ce1b4acd71e962b6a72a779ee04cb5aeb6ceb6f2>)
    - [Don't pre-load facemenu] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=6a75b6fcb10725fb1e352dec506b84e795baa7c8>)
    - [Unbind `M-o' and add new `C-x x f' binding] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=1e9c9ebee3e13773400fe93bf26db923a880be6d>)
    - [* lisp/emacs-lisp/benchmark.el (benchmark-call): New function] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=82c3bd1e4a58f6fefcb7d69b6e04013bd86f54be>)
    - [Add minibuffer input support to commands that set the frame size] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ef122bf45d8ab7f8ec31612ac39fc521039ae19a>)
    - [* lisp/tab-bar.el (tab-bar-new-tab-group): New defcustom.] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=c4549d3b37f7f3b9a9b5376eebb39b1929c48bd1>)
  - Appearance:
    - [emacs-hl-block-mode : Highlight the active block under the cursor.] (<https://gitlab.com/ideasman42/emacs-hl-block-mode>)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Modus themes: packaging changes for GNU ELPA and MELPA] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2021-03-17-modus-themes-packaging-changes/>)
    - [lucius: Lucius color scheme] (<https://github.com/jonathanfilip/lucius>)
    - [Curry-On-theme: A nice, punchy, blue-orange-cream theme for Emacs] (<https://github.com/mvarela/Curry-On-theme>)
    - [color-theme-dirac: A pastel color theme for GNU Emacs] (<https://github.com/nicodds/color-theme-dirac>)
  - Navigation:
    - [Generating an undo tree from buffer-undo-list] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/m8acq9/generating_an_undo_tree_from_bufferundolist/>)
    - [my current favorite feature of emacs] (<https://v.redd.it/1mdfb0qrhmn61>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/m75lt7/my_current_favorite_feature_of_emacs/>)) - undo-tree
    - [Popper.el - Summon and dismiss buffers as popups] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-xUNlZi3rI>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/m5ibyh/popperel_summon_and_dismiss_buffers_as_popups/>))
  - Dired:
    - [Enhance Emacs vanilla dired with Dired-Plus dired+] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/m5kxuh/enhance_emacs_vanilla_dired_with_diredplus_dired/>)
  - Writing:
    - [Emacs Blog Writing and Navigation Mode] (<https://willschenk.com/articles/2021/emacs_blogging_mode/>)
    - [Grab word etymologies in Emacs] (<https://babbagefiles.xyz/emacs_etymologies/>) (2018)
    - [Thesaurus.com via `M-x get-synonyms`] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/m8j0t5/thesauruscom_via_mx_getsynonyms/>) - thesaurus.el
  - Org Mode:
    - [How I Use Org-Roam To Study the Bible | Digital Bible Study Routine | #zettelkasten #emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t8eOkHQB2s>) (34:04)
    - [Exporter un document Org en HTML avec Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3lZBHdiUxU>) (02:57)
    - [Magnus: Todo items in org-roam, an update] (<https://magnus.therning.org/2021-03-21-todo-items-in-org-roam,-an-update.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/m9su20/magnus_todo_items_in_orgroam_an_update/>))
    - [dnd-org-characters: Repo for joseph8th's Emacs org-mode D&D character sheets] (<https://github.com/joseph8th/dnd-org-characters>)
    - [Setting up org-roam protocol in qutebrowser] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/m7ofbh/setting_up_orgroam_protocol_in_qutebrowser/>)
    - [[ANN] Org-Multi-Clock multiple parallel clocks in org-mode.] (<https://gitlab.com/OlMon/org-multi-clock>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/m7ekt2/ann_orgmulticlock_multiple_parallel_clocks_in/>))
    - [A script to sync Outlook Calendar with Org Agenda] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/m9hraq/a_script_to_sync_outlook_calendar_with_org_agenda/>)
    - [Latest Org-9.5 startup to arbitrary heading levels with show-N-levels options] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/m8c006/latest_org95_startup_to_arbitrary_heading_levels/>)
    - [Frictionless org habits on iOS] (<https://xenodium.com/frictionless-org-habits-on-ios/>)
    - [Flat Habits: Org habits for iOS (now on the App Store)] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/m7c9y7/flat_habits_org_habits_for_ios_now_on_the_app/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/m7q2m1/flat_habits_org_habits_for_ios_now_on_the_app/>))
  - Completion:
    - [An Ivy, Swiper, & Counsel tutorial for Emacs Noobs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaUlOH4GTCs&feature=youtu.be>)
    - [[ANN] consult-projectile - Consult integration for projectile] (<https://gitlab.com/OlMon/consult-projectile>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/m9zgwi/ann_consultprojectile_consult_integration_for/>))
    - [orderless, selectrum, prescient, and consult -- basic setup and some key commands] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/m9avdn/orderless_selectrum_prescient_and_consult_basic/>)
  - Coding:
    - [gdb, voltron, gef, tmux debugging the emacs editor... just startup, no deep dive.] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5mYmTI6puY>) (0:53)
    - [dylan-emacs-support: Emacs mode for indenting and highlighting Dylan code] (<https://github.com/dylan-lang/dylan-emacs-support>)
    - [Debugging Clojurescript - LSP Mode] (<https://emacs-lsp.github.io/lsp-mode/tutorials/debugging-clojure-script/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/m6brgo/debugging_clojurescript_lsp_mode/>))
    - [Marcin Borkowski: Indenting code in Emacs] (<http://mbork.pl/2021-03-15_Indenting_code_in_Emacs>)
    - [Elixir in Emacs - Alchemist and Language Server Protocol hybrid approach] (<https://adam.kruszewski.name/articles/2019-10-20-elixir-setup/>)
  - Doom Emacs:
    - [Interview with Henrik Lissner, Emacs Doom Creator] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKegZI9vWUU>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/m6hgi7/interview_with_henrik_lissner_emacs_doom_creator/>))
  - Music:
    - [subsonic.el: A subsonic client for emacs using mpv for music playing.] (<https://git.sr.ht/~amk/subsonic.el>)
    - [Vuiet: music player and explorer] (<https://github.com/mihaiolteanu/vuiet/blob/master/README.md>) ([HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26501729>))
    - [Vuiet, the long road to building my own music player in Lisp] (<https://mihaiolteanu.me/vuiet/>)
    - [Irreal: Control the Apple Music App from Emacs] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=9566>)
  - Community:
    - [Weekly tips/trick/etc/ thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/m634qw/weekly_tipstricketc_thread/>)
  - Other:
    - [Tory Anderson: Best Emacs interfaces] (<https://tech.toryanderson.com/2021/03/15/best-emacs-interfaces/>)
    - [Marcin Borkowski: Using index in the Emacs Info viewer] (<http://mbork.pl/2021-03-20_Using_index_in_the_Emacs_Info_viewer>)
    - [[ANN] revert-buffer-all available on melpa] (<https://gitlab.com/ideasman42/emacs-revert-buffer-all>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/mac67p/ann_revertbufferall_available_on_melpa/>))
    - [GnuPG pinentry via the Emacs minibuffer] (<https://vxlabs.com/2021/03/21/gnupg-pinentry-via-the-emacs-minibuffer/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/m9u3yl/gnupg_pinentry_via_the_emacs_minibuffer/>))
    - [How I convert PDFs to EPUB semi-automatically using Calibre & Emacs] (<https://thoughtpile.tastytea.de/posts/how-i-convert-pdfs-to-epub/>)
    - [Sacha Chua: Using word-level timing information when editing subtitles or captions in Emacs] (<https://sachachua.com/blog/2021/03/using-word-level-timing-information-when-editing-subtitles-or-captions-in-emacs/>)
    - [Emacs is the 2D Command-line Interface] (<https://hongchao.me/cli-and-emacs/>) (2020, [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26521186>))
    - [WSL2+Emacs+VcXSrv open everything with native windows applications] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/m7pe6c/wsl2emacsvcxsrv_open_everything_with_native/>)
    - [EmacsWiki now Has a Dark Mode] (<https://i.redd.it/eoxsck4s5co61.png>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/m9rmu5/emacswiki_now_has_a_dark_mode/>))
    - [Emacs-ng: Emacs with Deno runtime and TypeScript] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/m67wh6/emacsng_emacs_with_deno_runtime_and_typescript/>)
    - [Developers of REMACS have you seen this? Work on REMACS and get paid by Google.] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/m96tvn/developers_of_remacs_have_you_seen_this_work_on/>)
  - New packages:
    - curry-on-theme <http://melpa.org/#/curry-on-theme>: A low contrast color theme
    - dime <http://melpa.org/#/dime>: Dylan interaction mode
    - dylan <http://melpa.org/#/dylan>: Dylan editing modes
    - flycheck-raku <http://melpa.org/#/flycheck-raku>: Raku support in Flycheck
    - geiser-mit <http://melpa.org/#/geiser-mit>: MIT/GNU Scheme's implementation of the geiser protocols
    - org-notifications <http://melpa.org/#/org-notifications>: Creates notifications for org-mode entries
    - revert-buffer-all <http://melpa.org/#/revert-buffer-all>: Revert all open buffers
    - setup <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/setup.html>: Helpful Configuration Macro
    - subsonic <http://melpa.org/#/subsonic>: Browse and play music from subsonic servers with mpv
    - theme-anchor <http://melpa.org/#/theme-anchor>: Apply theme in current buffer only
    - wwg <http://melpa.org/#/wwg>: Writer word goals

  Links from [reddit.com/r/emacs] (<http://reddit.com/r/emacs>), [r/orgmode] (<http://reddit.com/r/orgmode>), [r/spacemacs] (<http://reddit.com/r/spacemacs>), [r/planetemacs] (<http://reddit.com/r/planetemacs>), [Hacker News] (<https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story>), [planet.emacslife.com] (<https://planet.emacslife.com>), [YouTube] (<https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=emacs&search_sort=video_date_uploaded>), [the Emacs NEWS file] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS>) and [emacs-devel] (<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-03>).

  
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