2020-12-28 Emacs news
=====================

  - Beginner:
    - [Master Emacs From Scratch with Solid Procedures: 帮你精通 Emacs] (<https://github.com/AbstProcDo/Master-Emacs-From-Scratch-with-Solid-Procedures>)
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [Turn your .emacs.d Into an Emacs Distribution (with Straight.el) – Terminally Undead] (<https://countvajhula.com/2020/12/27/turn-your-emacs-d-into-an-emacs-distribution-with-straight-el/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kkzyht/turn_your_emacsd_into_an_emacs_distribution_with/>))
    - [Eta - multi dispatch keybindings] (<https://github.com/zcaudate/eta>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ki44je/eta_multi_dispatch_keybindings/>))
    - [A template for straight.el based configuration] (<https://github.com/kinnala/diy-emacs>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kl81gc/a_template_for_straightel_based_configuration/>))
    - [etude: use-package based emacs.d config] (<https://github.com/zcaudate/etude>)
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [Learning a little elisp | Random Geekery] (<https://randomgeekery.org/post/2020/12/learning-a-little-elisp/>)
    - [Making task wizards easily with EIEIO] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kklv3k/making_task_wizards_easily_with_eieio/>)
    - [Demonstrating how font-lock-studio makes debugging font-lock-keywords easy] (<https://github.com/magit/magit/issues/4279#issuecomment-751532998>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/klez7y/demonstrating_how_fontlockstudio_makes_debugging/>))
    - [Christian Tietze: How to Profile Slow Scrolling (And Other Performance Bottlenecks) in Emacs] (<https://christiantietze.de/posts/2020/12/emacs-scroll-performance-projectile/>)
  - Emacs development:
    - [Gap Buffers Are Not Optimized for Multiple Cursors] (<https://nullprogram.com/blog/2017/09/07/>)
    - [Make byte-compiler warn about wide docstrings] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=0ebea8ffbfb7b9b1bd92f30011df0875b54eb663>)
    - [Rename and document the built-in xref-show-definitions-function's] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8c383456291185b029b469061338b5b797a49747>)
    - [* lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el (package-archives): Add NonGNU ELPA] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8d5a6c9ef5272b2a98c2faa0a9308ab69f011570>)
    - [Improve "find definition" in *Help* buffers] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=80420faf4921ffe5e9d4c4f9595941acf3156e50>)
    - [Add new predicates for sequence lengths] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=0f790464d547dd57a857d88dab309b286067ac45>)
    - [Rename Tramp method "media" to "mtp" (Bug#45402)] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=fd658b810056d41fad9edeba8bdba0594fc87867>)
    - [New coding-systems for EBCDIC variants] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3649160f618e7ec36dcca7be3212b3572c03de38>)
    - [Make `remove-hook' interactive] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=174327cefa7b2982722ed5b33248cc6adc5b31bc>)
    - [Remove `string-slice' -- it's not very well defined] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=269cec13a2fc6ac18b675d0dadd07a3d4e074a72>)
    - [authinfo-mode: add option to not hide any elements (and add font-lock)] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3be0dc659fd1a5bc976a545c0bdeda9a3d39e084>)
    - [* lisp/tab-line.el: New options, faces, and functions] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=33210c8dc07fe8e1aed302aff09cac9ba798a221>)
    - [Reject filenames containing NUL bytes.] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3cbd4169d6dd370b4fa8180fc2adfbf426f57837>)
    - [Re-order the items in `profiler-report' output.] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=9920929e7b538f8bf8fb1dd7a9ae7cd1fe5d2b31>)
    - [Add string-chop-newline] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=f329a3180ead740bb85e1edfc48ae360a56f7ffd>)
    - [Rename slice-string to string-slice] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=cf2e8321850f81d9eb0ebc23a4887f12dc3dbfac>)
    - [Add `string-pad'] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=b3dec3176673fa99e57e3916b36ea4367d47c0fa>)
    - [Beef up the Emacs string utility set a bit] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=87e422f1044068a4d27e5e4bfdbc664d9e4bbc43>): string-clean-whitespace, string-fill, string-limit
  - Appearance:
    - [Let it snow in Emacs! (now with wind, varying intensity, and accumulation on terrain)] (<https://v.redd.it/ip710nlv14761>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kjd2z2/let_it_snow_in_emacs_now_with_wind_varying/>))
    - [[ANN] A small package to create (SVG) icons on the fly (from online collections) that fit exactly 2x1 characters.] (<https://github.com/rougier/emacs-svg-icon>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kiywvi/ann_a_small_package_to_create_svg_icons_on_the/>))
    - [golden: Modern derivative of golden-ratio.el for automatic window sizing] (<https://git.sr.ht/~wklew/golden>)
    - [solar-viz.el: a package to visualize sunrise/sunset data] (<https://github.com/zkry/solar-viz.el>)
    - [Logically nested fruit salad] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/klcjlw/logically_nested_fruit_salad/>) - prism.el, syntax highlighting
    - [number-separator.el: Automatically separate groups of three (or four) numbers with commas (or periods)] (<https://github.com/legalnonsense/number-separator.el>)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Modus themes: review rainbow-delimiters faces] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2020-12-27-modus-themes-review-rainbow-delimiters/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kl58or/protesilaos_stavrou_modus_themes_review/>))
    - [visions: An emacs theme] (<https://codeberg.org/if/visions>)
  - Org Mode:
    - [Introduction to Luhmann's Zettelkasten in pure Org] (<https://yannherklotz.com/blog/2020-12-21-introduction-to-luhmanns-zettelkasten.html>) ([r/orgmode] (<https://reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/khnfbc/introduction_to_luhmanns_zettelkasten_in_pure_org/>), [r/emacs] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/khnh7u/introduction_to_luhmanns_zettelkasten_in_pure_org/>))
    - [Inside Emacs #6 (part 4) - org-mode - org-table-sort-lines - copy/paste region - insert hlines] (<https://youtu.be/0fbrVArRxUo>)
    - [Org-marginalia to write margin notes for your text files] (<https://i.redd.it/3nds2ax5d5761.png>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kjgjlr/orgmarginalia_to_write_margin_notes_for_your_text/>))
    - [org-linker: Utility package for linking org headings in various ways.] (<https://github.com/toshism/org-linker>)
    - [Stability of Org TOC links: A function for producing nice short links, like an inferior version of reftex-label.] (<https://tecosaur.github.io/emacs-config/config.html#nicer-generated-heading>)
    - [org-special-block-extras v2 released ;; Pretty HTML & LaTeX] (<https://i.redd.it/nlhm2vdzhn661.png>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/khw9ns/orgspecialblockextras_v2_released_pretty_html/>))
    - [using Emacs org-mode as rest client replacement] (<https://youtu.be/tGgat6XJ2tk>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kl54j3/using_emacs_orgmode_as_rest_client_replacement/>))
    - [Org Pomodoro and Polybar] (<https://colekillian.com/posts/org-pomodoro-and-polybar/>)
    - [rofi-org-todo: A rofi script to allow easy hotkey adding of org-mode TODOs to an inbox.org file for later processing.] (<https://github.com/wakatara/rofi-org-todo>)
    - [Yet another browser extension for capturing notes] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2020-12/msg00679.html>)
  - Completion:
    - [Give Emacs Psychic Completion Powers with prescient.el] (<https://youtu.be/T9kygXveEz0>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kitzsc/give_emacs_psychic_completion_powers_with/>))
    - [Embarking in a new affair with completions] (<https://www.manueluberti.eu//emacs/2020/12/25/embark/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kk89rs/embarking_in_a_new_affair_with_completions/>))
    - [sallet: Developer notes. Sallet is a new completion framework] (<https://github.com/Fuco1/sallet/blob/master/dev-notes.org>)
  - Coding:
    - [Emacs as your code-compass: how complex is this code?] (<https://ag91.github.io/blog/2020/12/27/emacs-as-your-code-compass-how-complex-is-this-code/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kl3glz/emacs_as_your_codecompass_how_complex_is_this_code/>))
    - [Andrea: Emacs as your code-compass: looking at hotspots evolution] (<http://ag91.github.io/blog/2020/12/24/emacs-as-your-code-compass-looking-at-hotspots-evolution>)
    - [Emacs org-mode build document for self containerisation.] (<https://github.com/zcaudate/etude/blob/master/automation/Ubuntu.org>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ki46xz/emacs_orgmode_build_document_for_self/>))
    - [lisp, slime y emacs] (<https://notxor.nueva-actitud.org/2020/12/23/slime-lisp-y-emacs.html>)
  - Mail and news:
    - [Handling email with Emacs' Wanderlust] (<http://juanjose.garciaripoll.com/blog/emacs-wanderlust-email/index.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/kj4z27/handling_email_with_emacs_wanderlust/>))
  - Community:
    - [Weekly tips/trick/etc/ thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ki09cm/weekly_tipstricketc_thread/>)
    - [Emacs is the two dimensional Command-line Interface] (<http://hongchao.me/cli-and-emacs/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kk1voo/emacs_is_the_two_dimensional_commandline_interface/>))
    - [Andrea: Mastering Emacs is a slow process: an archeological tour of my (archived) beginnings] (<http://ag91.github.io/blog/2020/12/22/mastering-emacs-is-a-slow-process-an-archeological-tour-of-my-(archived)-beginnings>)
    - [Discord Channel for Emacs LSP] (<https://discord.com/invite/swuxy5AAgT>)
  - Other:
    - [Easy (pretty) screenshots] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kixjtt/easy_pretty_screenshots/>)
    - [eshell-git-prompt: Some Eshell prompts for Git users] (<https://github.com/xuchunyang/eshell-git-prompt>)
    - [Some template-based functions of eev that are not five-minute hacks] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kkaqyj/some_templatebased_functions_of_eev_that_are_not/>) (also [blog post] (<http://angg.twu.net/2020-some-template-based.html>) and [MP4] (<http://angg.twu.net/eev-videos/2020_some_template-based_functions.mp4>))
    - [Library for scraping training data from Polar website] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kjwo7o/library_for_scraping_training_data_from_polar/>)
    - [Unlock the Power of the Daemon with emacsclient] (<https://youtu.be/ZjCRxAMPdNc>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/khotr7/unlock_the_power_of_the_daemon_with_emacsclient/>))
    - [Alex Bennée: dired-rsync 0.6 released] (<https://www.bennee.com/~alex/blog/2020/12/24/dired-rsync-06-released/>)
    - [Alex Bennée: Edit with Emacs v1.16 released] (<https://www.bennee.com/~alex/blog/2020/12/24/edit-with-emacs-v116-released/>)
    - [Irreal: Finding Pangrams in the NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=9366>)
    - [emacs-build: Scripts to build a distribution of Emacs from sources, using MSYS2 and Mingw64(32)] (<https://github.com/juanjosegarciaripoll/emacs-build>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kjpz4i/windows_emacs_pdftools_mu_mbsync_hunspell/>))
    - [Guide - Compile emacs with nativecomp on Windows 10 with MSYS2] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kk3ep0/guide_compile_emacs_with_nativecomp_on_windows_10/>)
    - [windows-utils: Launch directly emacs from Windows with wsl2 and x410 window manager] (<https://github.com/olopost/windows-utils>)
    - [Software for the reMarkable tablet] (<https://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucecesf/remarkable/#org788b61f>) (2019)
  - New packages:
    - default-font-presets <http://melpa.org/#/default-font-presets>: Support selecting fonts from a list of presets
    - snow <http://melpa.org/#/snow>: Let it snow in Emacs!

  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/2020-12>).


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