2022-02-14 Emacs news
=====================

  - Help wanted:
    - [Multi-tty todo list] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-02/msg00165.html>)
  - Upcoming events:
    - M-x Research (contact them for password): TBA <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Tue Feb 15 0800 Vancouver / 1000 Chicago / 1100 Toronto / 1600 GMT / 1700 Berlin / 2130 Kolkata -- Wed Feb 16 0000 Singapore
    - Emacs Berlin (virtual, in English) <https://emacs-berlin.org/> Wed Feb 23 0930 Vancouver / 1130 Chicago / 1230 Toronto / 1730 GMT / 1830 Berlin / 2300 Kolkata -- Thu Feb 24 0130 Singapore
    - Emacs APAC (virtual, in English) <https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/> Sat Feb 26 0030 Vancouver / 0230 Chicago / 0330 Toronto / 0830 GMT / 0930 Berlin / 1400 Kolkata / 1630 Singapore
  - Beginner:
    - [How to start learning emacs - my successful method.] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/splayn/how_to_start_learning_emacs_my_successful_method/>)
    - [Ask HN: How to Get Good at Emacs? | Hacker News] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30312812>)
    - [What Is Doom Emacs and How to Install It] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZWm8B5t8B4>) (03:33)
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [Irreal: Emacs Extensibility] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=10314>)
    - [A few cases of literate configuration] (<https://sqrtminusone.xyz/posts/2022-02-12-literate/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sqwgxd/a_few_cases_of_literate_configuration/>))
    - [How to show (temporary) cheat-sheet buffer] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sobkay/how_to_show_temporary_cheatsheet_buffer/>)
    - [Emacs from Source Part 6: Fixing initial evil-mode states and keybindings] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDZp_ut86b0>) (14:03)
    - [/sqrtminusone's Emacs config] (<https://sqrtminusone.xyz/configs/emacs/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/sr98t0/sqrtminusones_emacs_config/>))
    - [System Crafters Live! - Rational Emacs: A New Base Configuration] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB8McDsRyXY>) (01:54:29)
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [How to build an editor with Emacs Lisp - 03 Lisp basics] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqGds-YUJbQ>) (45:49)
    - [Emacs Ninja - Forbidden Emacs Lisp Knowledge: Block Comments] (<https://emacsninja.com/posts/forbidden-emacs-lisp-knowledge-block-comments.html>) ([HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30317088>))
    - [some examples on closures and lexical-binding] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sq1esz/some_examples_on_closures_and_lexicalbinding/>)
    - [Emacs Lisp critique] (<https://dev.to/taw/100-languages-speedrun-episode-86-emacs-lisp-1hml>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sqlgd9/emacs_lisp_critique/>))
  - Appearance:
    - [themes: A megapack of themes for GNU Emacs.] (<https://github.com/doomemacs/themes>)
    - [I made an Emacs theme for Android based on my own configuration] (<https://i.redd.it/9bxf83aje0h81.png>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sp72ql/i_made_an_emacs_theme_for_android_based_on_my_own/>))
    - [Floating window in Emacs] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sppr8x/floating_window_in_emacs/>)
    - [emacs IDE #12 🚀 Rainbow delimiters and Highlight parentheses [ES]​] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM92NK_zvNo>) (09:38)
    - [emacs IDE #11 🚀 Ligatures and trailing whitespace [ES]​] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig-EmZAURAs>) (16:10)
  - Navigation:
    - [UOMF: Path-Independent Links to Local Files Via Locate] (<https://karl-voit.at/2022/02/10/lfile/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/speq69/uomf_pathindependent_links_to_local_files_via/>))
    - [Using Emacs tab-bar-mode] (<https://mmk2410.org/2022/02/11/using-emacs-tab-bar-mode/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/srl236/using_emacs_tabbarmode/>))
    - [Christian Tietze: Add Numbers to Emacs tab-bar-mode Tab Titles for Quick Access] (<https://christiantietze.de/posts/2022/02/emacs-tab-bar-numbered-tabs/>)
    - [Emacs Info Manuals] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozrGXYQIBHg>) (18:17)
  - Dired:
    - [Display README files in Dired buffer similar as on GitHub/GitLab] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sphltg/display_readme_files_in_dired_buffer_similar_as/>)
  - Writing:
    - [Screenwriting with Fountain-Mode and Olivetti-Mode is PERFECTION!] (<https://i.redd.it/7nqj1ge97hg81.png>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sn0xrd/screenwriting_with_fountainmode_and_olivettimode/>))
  - Org Mode:
    - [Sharing some appreciation for how useful org-mode is in my life] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/sof6k6/sharing_some_appreciation_for_how_useful_orgmode/>)
    - [Humanities Dissertation in org-mode? Some Thoughts] (<https://ilmarikoria.com/2022-01-30-blog.html>)
    - [Task Repeaters in Org Mode] (<https://djliden.github.io/posts/20220116-org-time.html>)
    - [Pretty rendering of paragraphs with org-view mode] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/smwg2a/pretty_rendering_of_paragraphs_with_orgview_mode/>)
    - [Org Mode Headlines in Org Source Blocks] (<https://djliden.github.io/posts/20220208-org-source.html>)
    - [journal with the use of org-mode] (<https://github.com/skx/org-diary>)
    - [Data Analysis with Emacs Org Mode: Tables and AWK Source Blocks] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km5nXENXEQE>) (17:34)
    - [Jeremy Friesen: Org Roam, Emacs, and Ever Refining the Note Taking Process] (<https://takeonrules.com/2022/02/07/org-roam-emacs-and-ever-refining-the-note-taking-process/>)
    - [Plain Org v1.2 released] (<https://i.redd.it/1b9nix7jsmh81.png>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/srn77j/plain_org_v12_released/>))
    - Time management:
      - [org-chronos: An opinionated time management layer for Org mode] (<https://github.com/akirak/org-chronos>)
      - [org-pomodoro-third-time: Adapt org-pomodoro to implement the Third Time system] (<https://github.com/telotortium/org-pomodoro-third-time>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/somt9w/orgpomodorothirdtime_adapt_orgpomodoro_to/>))
      - [Marcin Borkowski: tomato.el update] (<http://mbork.pl/2022-02-12_tomato.el_update>)
      - [Org-Cite Citations in Org to Hugo exporter] (<https://ox-hugo.scripter.co/doc/org-cite-citations/>)
    - Import, export, and integration:
      - [Roam-friendly Diigo.com <--> .org file syncing] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/snczi5/roamfriendly_diigocom_org_file_syncing/>)
  - Completion:
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: mct version 0.5.0] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-02-08-mct-0-5-0/>)
    - [Emacs Minibuffer Completions] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9hHMDyF9V4>) (23:08)
    - [Trasteando con yasnippets] (<https://notxor.nueva-actitud.org/2022/02/13/trasteando-con-yasnippets.html>)
  - Coding:
    - [Building an Intelligent Emacs with LSP] (<https://ianyepan.github.io/posts/emacs-ide/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/spn3ri/building_an_intelligent_emacs_with_lsp/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30308272>))
    - [Irreal: Some Comment Tips from Mickey] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=10318>)
    - [Emacs Macros and HTML] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FguHD-eY2N0>) (02:53)
    - [js/react emacs config review] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ss89dj/jsreact_emacs_config_review/>)
    - [I finally got full auto-competion in Swift with emacs, here is how:] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sndriv/i_finally_got_full_autocompetion_in_swift_with/>) - xcodeprojects
    - [User Scripts in mpv with Lua (with Lua LSP setup in Emacs)] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD3rxVTXIJo>) (36:13)
    - [Connect to existing REPL · Clojure development with Spacemacs & Cider] (<https://practical.li/spacemacs/external-repl/connect-to-running-repl.html>)
    - [Emacs from Source Part 5: Rust setup with rustic] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZEgtWfi_3w>) (17:43)
    - [Go Live Coding in Emacs Part 3: Refactoring Input File Parsing] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu1nMfVQwbc>) (01:01:22)
    - [Moldable Emacs: learning syntax from your editor!] (<https://ag91.github.io/blog/2022/02/11/moldable-emacs-learning-syntax-from-your-editor/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sqdc60/moldable_emacs_learning_syntax_from_your_editor/>))
  - Math:
    - [LiTeX mode: Do calculations in Lisp, convert them to LaTeX] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/srmjca/litex_mode_do_calculations_in_lisp_convert_them/>) ([YouTube] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esEf63gSSPg>), 12:04)
  - Science:
    - [Tired of leaving emacs to calculate your primer melting temperatures?? tmcalculator.el can help!] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sq8s9i/tired_of_leaving_emacs_to_calculate_your_primer/>)
    - [sgd-lookup.el: An Emacs API wrapper for Saccharomyces Genome Database (SGD).] (<https://github.com/niwaka-ame/sgd-lookup.el>)
  - Shells:
    - [Dtache Vterm] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/spiel7/dtache_vterm/>)
  - Mail and news:
    - [rmail-ordered-headers: Control order of headers in Emacs Rmail messages buffer.] (<https://github.com/ir33k/rmail-ordered-headers>)
    - [Irreal: Ecomplete] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=10308>) - mail completion
  - Multimedia:
    - [D.V.F.P.: Using Emacs to write scores in LilyPond] (<https://francopasut.netlify.app/post/emacs_write_lilypond/>)
  - Fun:
    - [Emacs as my DnD environment] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sn9u4c/emacs_as_my_dnd_environment/>) ([Follow-up] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sp9bni/emacs_as_my_dnd_enviornment_and_so_can_you/>))
    - [dnd-mode: A minor mode for playing DnD] (<https://github.com/WMaxZimmerman/dnd-mode>)
    - [org-dnd-srd: System Reference Documents for DnD written in org files to be searchable and interactive when in emacs] (<https://github.com/WMaxZimmerman/org-dnd-srd>)
    - [emacs-dnd5e-api: An Emacs interface to the DnD 5e SRD API] (<https://github.com/Rohan-Goyal/emacs-dnd5e-api>)
    - [decide-mode: Random decisions for emacs, with functions and a minor mode. Roll various types of dice etc.] (<https://github.com/lifelike/decide-mode>)
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/so8gdn/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>)
    - [Support MELPA] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/snipk3/support_melpa/>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=10312>))
    - [Lars Ingebrigtsen: 14×10%] (<https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2022/02/13/14x10/>)
    - [Discussion about whether Emacs needs a commercial] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/spcxu8/exciting_new_emacs_commercial/>)
    - [Eric MacAdie: 2022-02 Austin Emacs Meetup] (<https://www.macadie.net/2022/02/08/2022-02-austin-emacs-meetup/>)
  - Other:
    - [Emacs: Search Engine Mode 2022_02_13_03:14:23] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvQPGhd2WCU>) (09:36)
    - [Edit browser textarea with Emacs] (<https://parasurv.neocities.org/emacs/edit-browser-textarea-with-emacs.html>) - Chromium/Firefox
    - [Why MSYS was developed] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2022-02/msg00270.html>)
  - Emacs development:
    - [Continued discussion re: sqlite3] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-02/msg00538.html>)
    - [Continued discussion Re: Can watermarking Unicode text using invisible differences sneak thro] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-02/msg00460.html>)
    - [Note caveat about remapping basic faces] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=daf008e82b8ca7681ebe08b6ac1a1fa4d873bcd2>)
    - [Add a mechanism for querying before executing a command] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=13b9268374669c368343ce4279041f2021b264f6>)
    - [Add a new macro `setopt'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=997dd86a9f6a253e4542d65b17dfec6af2f4e8fd>)
    - [Remove the 'C-k' binding in ido-mode] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=c189ce5a33d93dd74529a6ad091f55b5ef60ac19>)
    - [Make `C-u M-x count-words' also give totals] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=242a2765d3970641887be7a6dedcc14b07fade7e>)
    - [Optionally allow point to enter composed character sequences] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=b5997c0f108d265917f899f6558ac56a8638451d>)
    - [Allow customization of the user's eln-cache directory] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=d3c47011d5ace1e1c3fca830d3ff71d9c693ed5d>)
    - [Mention `overlay' show-paren-context-when-offscreen value in NEWS] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=34772455261fc1508c3623ba549381976dcba258>)
    - [Make connection-local variables user options] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=992908b09a4f95817bbd548fd577d7573ad9cd2d>)
  - New packages:
    - helm-twitch <https://melpa.org/#/helm-twitch>: Navigate Twitch.tv via `helm' (MELPA)
    - org-journal-tags <https://melpa.org/#/org-journal-tags>: Tagging and querying system of org-journal (MELPA)
    - org-remark <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/org-remark.html>: Highlight & annotate any text files (GNU ELPA)
    - paimon <https://melpa.org/#/paimon>: A major mode for Splunk (MELPA)
    - simplicity-theme <https://melpa.org/#/simplicity-theme>: A minimalist dark theme (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>), [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/2022-02>), and [lemmy/c/emacs] (<https://lemmy.ml/c/emacs>).

  Thanks to Andres Ramirez for a few mailing list links!

  
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