* 2016-07-25 Emacs News
- Learning:
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4u8ly2/learning_as_much_emacs_as_i_can_in_a_weekend/][Learning as Much Emacs as I Can in a Weekend]]
  - [[http://www.nathan1hughes.co.uk/programming/why-i-persisted-to-learn-emacs/][Why I persisted to learn Emacs]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4u1zt7/i_wrote_a_brief_blog_about_why_ive_fallen_in_love/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://github.com/jethrokuan/emacs-workshop][Emacs Course Material (WIP)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4tjk0m/emacs_course_material_wip/][Reddit]])
  - [[http://irreal.org/blog/?p=5410][Emacs Bullet Points]]
  - [[https://twitter.com/emacs_gifs][emacs_gifs on twitter - prompted by vimgifs]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4uhqj4/emacs_gifs_on_twitter_prompted_by_vimgifs/][Reddit]])
- Org Mode:
  - [[http://orgminimal.tizi.moe/][org-minimal-html-theme]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4uey51/orgminimalhtmltheme/][Reddit]])
  - [[http://cestlaz.github.io/posts/using-emacs-11-reveal/][Latest using emacs post - org-mode and reveal.js]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4tly81/latest_using_emacs_post_orgmode_and_revealjs/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYkuzV3Pu68][Emacs for note-taking / outlining, quick demo]] (13:34)
- Coding:
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4ufjof/react_codebase_navigation/][React Codebase Navigation]]
  - [[https://mping.github.io/2015/11/17/clojure-emacs-cider.html][Setting up Emacs for Clojure]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4u98vx/setting_up_emacs_for_clojure/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://gist.github.com/gnuvince/c07405ac141528db6cba97c865b83e40][Attempt at literate programming with org-mode and Rust]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4u5ody/attempt_at_literate_programming_with_orgmode_and/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4tz8hl/variable_inspection_for_rpython/][Variable inspection for R/Python]]
- Emacs development:
  - [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2016-07/msg00000.html][Emacs 25.1 RC1 now available]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4uewug/emacs_251_rc1_now_available/][Reddit]], [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12156511][Hacker News]])
  - [[https://medium.com/@fommil/open-letter-to-the-emacs-maintainers-226cb67a961f#.1pq4ienoh][Open Letter to the Emacs Maintainers]] ([[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12125057][Hacker News]], [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-07/msg00859.html][emacs-devel]])
  - [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-07/msg00670.html][Discussion about managing environments]]
  - [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-07/msg00853.html][Discussion about debbugs tracker]]
- Other:
  - [[http://mbork.pl/2016-07-25_Making_directories_on_the_fly][Making directories on the fly]]
  - [[http://puntoblogspot.blogspot.com/2016/07/slack-jabber-irc-erc_25.html][slack -> jabber -> irc -> erc]]
  - [[http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/use-visible-bookmarks-to-quickly-jump-around-a-file/][Use visible bookmarks to quickly jump around a file]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4uh0f6/use_visible_bookmarks_to_quickly_jump_around_a/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://emacs-china.org/][TIL there's a thriving Emacs community in China.]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4tzq6s/til_theres_a_thriving_emacs_community_in_china/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://gitlab.com/dev-notes/emacs-lisp-not-an-issue/issues/3][m-buffer.el: get a list of strings matching a regexp in a given buffer (very easily)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4twvzs/mbufferel_get_a_list_of_strings_matching_a_regexp/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4twt2w/lets_commit_to_emacs_documentation_on/][Discussion of Emacs documentation on Stack Overflow]]
  - [[http://technomancy.us/180]["Emacs in space, but with a sci-fi novella in it"]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4ttgn9/emacs_in_space_but_with_a_scifi_novella_in_it/][Reddit]])
- New packages:
  - http://melpa.org/#/evil-mc-extras: Extra functionality for evil-mc
  - [[http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/delight.html][delight]]: A dimmer switch for your lighter text.
  - http://melpa.org/#/ivy-purpose: Ivy Interface for Purpose
  - http://melpa.org/#/keyswap: swap bindings between key pairs
  - http://melpa.org/#/kiwix: Kiwix interface and support.
  - http://melpa.org/#/lyrics: Show lyrics
  - http://melpa.org/#/php-scratch: A scratch buffer to interactively evaluate php code
  - http://melpa.org/#/system-packages: functions to manage system packages
  - http://melpa.org/#/widgetjs: Widgetjs mode
  - http://melpa.org/#/xwidgete: enhances usability of current xwidget browser

Links from [[http://reddit.com/r/emacs/new][reddit.com/r/emacs]], [[http://reddit.com/r/orgmode][/r/orgmode]], [[https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story][Hacker News]], [[http://planet.emacsen.org][planet.emacsen.org]], [[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=emacs&search_sort=video_date_uploaded][Youtube]], the changes to the [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS][Emacs NEWS file]], and [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-07][emacs-devel]].

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