2017-02-20 Emacs news
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  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [Using isearch-string on exit from isearch] (http://mbork.pl/2017-02-18_Using_isearch-string_on_exit_from_isearch) - fiddling with last-command
    - [Asynchronous Requests from Emacs Dynamic Modules] (http://nullprogram.com/blog/2017/02/14/)
    - [BBDB on EIEIO – An Introduction to Object-Oriented Emacs Lisp] (https://ericabrahamsen.net/tech/2016/feb/bbdb-eieio-object-oriented-elisp.html) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/5u7rsu/bbdb_on_eieio_an_introduction_to_objectoriented/))
  - Emacs development:
    - [emacs-announce: Emacs 25.2 RC1] (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-02/msg00106.html)
    - [use-package.el about to be moved to Emacs core] (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-02/msg00577.html) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/5udtw1/usepackageel_about_to_be_moved_to_emacs_core/))
    - [Support 24-bit direct colors on text terminals] (http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=e463e5762bbe628be3d15da066a90f079a8468b3)
    - [Discussion of possible way to ship native modules - GSS support for Gnus] (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-02/msg00678.html)
    - [Continued discussion of overlays as AA-tree] (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-02/msg00601.html)
    - [Gathering input for enwc - Emacs network client] (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-02/msg00583.html)
  - Navigation:
    - [xkeymacs: use emacs keybindings everywhere on Windows] (http://xkeymacs.osdn.jp/) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/5ui37j/xkeymacs_use_emacs_keybindings_everywhere_on/))
    - [Helm vs Counsel/Ivy] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/5txzfd/is_it_just_me_or_is_counselivy_way_way_better/)
  - Appearance:
    - [Mathematical Notation in Emacs] (https://ekaschalk.github.io/post/prettify-mode/) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/5v2uvu/mathematical_notation_in_emacs/))
    - [My first Emacs dark theme] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/5ujvfk/my_first_emacs_dark_theme/)
    - [improving shell-script-mode highlight] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/5tzub2/improving_shellscriptmode_highlight/)
    - [Color function calls in code] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/5umjnv/color_function_calls_in_code/)
  - Org Mode:
    - [Sorting Org entries by most recent activity] (http://mbork.pl/2017-02-13_Sorting_Org_entries_by_most_recent_activity)
    - [Blogging with Hugo (markdown) using org-mode, ox-pandoc, and yasnippet] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/5triiq/blogging_with_hugo_markdown_using_orgmode/)
    - [ob-async: Asynchronous src-block execution for org-babel] (https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/5u8z2e/obasync_asynchronous_srcblock_execution_for/)
    - [Org-Mode: how to create link to a target with completion?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/5tv8c9/orgmode_how_to_create_link_to_a_target_with/) - added to org-ref
    - [Sync Org with Asana] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/5umuh6/i_want_to_sync_org_mode_with_all_the_things/)
    - [Optimal Emacs Settings for Org-mode for Literate Programming] (http://fgiasson.com/blog/index.php/2016/06/21/optimal-emacs-settings-for-org-mode-for-literate-programming/) (2016, [HN] (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13675001))
  - Other:
    - [Paperless] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=5935)
    - [Batch-edit file permissions in dired] (http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/batch-edit-file-permissions-in-dired/)
    - [Just discovered emacs as a Windows user and I LOVE IT] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/5ux1aq/just_discovered_emacs_as_a_windows_user_and_i/) - tips in the comments
    - [Portable and multiplatform Emacs25 (without xwidgets. Comes from Portacle, a Common Lisp development environment)] (https://shinmera.github.io/portacle/) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/5tssbe/portable_and_multiplatform_emacs25_without/))
  - New packages:
    - cov <http://melpa.org/#/cov>: Show coverage stats in the fringe.
    - dokuwiki <http://melpa.org/#/dokuwiki>: Edit Remote DokuWiki Pages Using XML-RPC
    - eslintd-fix <http://melpa.org/#/eslintd-fix>: use eslint_d to automatically fix js files
    - flycheck-checkpatch <http://melpa.org/#/flycheck-checkpatch>: Flycheck support for checkpatch.pl tool
    - futhark-mode <http://melpa.org/#/futhark-mode>: major mode for editing Futhark source files
    - highlight-refontification <http://melpa.org/#/highlight-refontification>: Visualize font-lock refontification.
    - messages-are-flowing <http://melpa.org/#/messages-are-flowing>: visible indication when composing "flowed" emails
    - nocomments-mode <http://melpa.org/#/nocomments-mode>: Minor mode that makes comments invisible.
    - nv-delete-back <http://melpa.org/#/nv-delete-back>: backward delete like modern text editors
    - org-table-sticky-header <http://melpa.org/#/org-table-sticky-header>: Sticky header for org-mode tables

  Links from [reddit.com/r/emacs] (http://reddit.com/r/emacs/new), [/r/orgmode] (http://reddit.com/r/orgmode), [/r/spacemacs] (http://reddit.com/r/spacemacs), [Hacker News] (https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story), [planet.emacsen.org] (http://planet.emacsen.org), [Youtube] (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=emacs&search_sort=video_date_uploaded), the changes to 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/2017-02/).

  [Past Emacs News round-ups] (http://sachachua.com/blog/category/emacs-news)