2023-08-14 Emacs news
=====================

  - Emacs 29:
    - [Update: MSI Installer for GNU Emacs 29.1 for Windows] (<https://chaoticlab.io/posts/emacs-29-1-msi/>)
    - [Gnu Emacs acaba de publicar su versión 29.1] (<https://lignux.com/gnu-emacs-acaba-de-publicar-su-version-29-1/>)
    - [Emacs 28 Antinews (GNU Emacs Manual)] (<https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Antinews.html>)
  - Help wanted:
    - [[Final call] Please help collecting statistics to optimize Emacs GC defaults] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/15n7yqh/final_call_please_help_collecting_statistics_to/>)
  - Upcoming events:
    - [Emacs London Meetup, Tue, Aug 22, 2023, 7:00 PM | Meetup] (<https://www.meetup.com/london-emacs-hacking/events/294668548>)
    - [Emacs APAC: Announcing Emacs Asia-Pacific (APAC) virtual meetup, Saturday, August 26, 2023] (<https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/announcements/august-2023/>)
    - M-x Research (contact them for password): TBA <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Wed Aug 16 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
    - Mastering Emacs book club <https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/> Fri Aug 18 1200 America/Vancouver - 1400 America/Chicago - 1500 America/Toronto - 1900 Etc/GMT - 2100 Europe/Berlin -- Sat Aug 19 0030 Asia/Kolkata - 0300 Asia/Singapore
    - Mastering Emacs book club <https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/> Sat Aug 19 0200 America/Vancouver - 0400 America/Chicago - 0500 America/Toronto - 0900 Etc/GMT - 1100 Europe/Berlin - 1430 Asia/Kolkata - 1700 Asia/Singapore
    - Mastering Emacs book club <https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/> Sun Aug 20 0200 America/Vancouver - 0400 America/Chicago - 0500 America/Toronto - 0900 Etc/GMT - 1100 Europe/Berlin - 1430 Asia/Kolkata - 1700 Asia/Singapore
    - London Emacs (in person): Emacs London Meetup <https://www.meetup.com/london-emacs-hacking/events/294668548/> Tue Aug 22 1900 Europe/London
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [The Age-Old Question: When to Declare "Configuration Bankruptcy"?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/15ngxpn/the_ageold_question_when_to_declare_configuration/>)
    - [I can't decide when to use elisp, use-package, and the customize interface in my configuration] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/15pmfke/i_cant_decide_when_to_use_elisp_usepackage_and/>)
    - [Configurar Emacs con use-package (0x0006)] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gWIJ07PmiA>) (31:23)
    - [lunarymacs: casouri's Emacs configuration] (<https://github.com/casouri/lunarymacs>)
    - [jimenezrick's Emacs Config] (<https://github.com/jimenezrick/emacs.d/blob/master/init.el>)
    - [aadi58002's Emacs Config] (<https://github.com/aadi58002/stow-dotfiles/blob/main/.config/emacs/init.org>)
    - [bunnylushington's dot-emacs-v29] (<https://github.com/bunnylushington/dot-emacs-v29>)
    - [Miranda's Emacs configuration] (<https://git.mitchmarq42.xyz/mir/emacs/src/branch/master/everything.org>)
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [Isa Mert Gurbuz: Elisp editing/development tips] (<https://isamert.net/2023/08/14/elisp-editing-development-tips.html>)
  - Appearance:
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: pulsar version 1.0.0] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2023-08-12-pulsar-1-0-0/>) - temporarily highlight the current line
    - [My Emacs eye candy] (<https://xenodium.com/my-emacs-eye-candy/>)
    - [James Dyer: Emacs 29.1 Transparency Alpha On Sway] (<https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20230812141900-emacs--emacs-29-1-transparency-alpha-on-sway/>)
    - [Standard Themes] (<https://protesilaos.com/emacs/standard-themes#h:fd5bf657-937d-4e42-b936-b423ef4f45ee>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/15mi9k0/standard_themes/>), [communick] (<https://communick.news/post/43788>))
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: ef-themes version 1.3.0] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2023-08-09-ef-themes-1-3-0/>)
  - Navigation:
    - [jac: Just Another buffer Cloning method] (<https://github.com/TobiasZawada/jac>)
    - [Iggaak: Emacs minor mode: narrow to a certain number of lines] (<https://git.sr.ht/~jamesendreshowell/iggaak>)
    - [Optimising Deft for Emacs] (<https://blog.xot.nl/2023/08/01/optimising-deft-for-emacs/index.html>)
  - Writing:
    - [Zotra is now on MELPA: The power of Zotero in Emacs] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/15m6dnm/zotra_is_now_on_melpa_the_power_of_zotero_in_emacs/>)
  - Org Mode:
    - [org-mode clock tables and spreadsheets] (<https://github.com/clange/org-mode>)
    - [Org-mode - In search of perfect clock time report] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dfz9LMKzVs>) (08:41)
    - [csv2orgclock: Converting CSV clock logs to Org Mode] (<https://github.com/clange/csv2orgclock>)
    - [Emacs Org Mode Variables Tweak] (<https://youtu.be/-AmQySsFBwE>)
    - [confluence_upload.sh: Upload org-mode files directly to a Confluence server, using its API] (<https://github.com/jochie/misc/blob/master/org-mode/confluence_upload.sh>)
    - [[Emacs/iOS users] How would you pay to fund a polished iOS org agenda app?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/15q60fy/emacsios_users_how_would_you_pay_to_fund_a/>)
    - Org development:
      - [ob-sqlite: Use a transient in-memory database by default] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=68aa438857dddd8e7a7e53a5dbabab8b3d33fda1>)
      - [etc/ORG-NEWS: Fix typo] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=85b74750ebddb0ad192193486f7e36500a48549b>)
      - [etc/ORG-NEWS: Clarify that `org-element-property' can be used with deferred] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=8ed3887821aecd55460f3f02d109ba550fcdcfef>)
      - [org-make-tags-matcher: Add starred property operators, fix quoting] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=f689eb44f175fbbdc4e8ef0ad6f5201b10863438>)
  - Completion:
    - [A brief tutorial on capf-autosuggest: fish like completion in Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpglT4cDACw>) (02:13)
    - [snippets: The Doom Emacs snippets library] (<https://github.com/doomemacs/snippets>)
  - Coding:
    - [sqlcl-shell: Emacs interaction with Oracle SQLcl] (<https://github.com/uhellstr/sqlcl-shell>)
    - [How Magit improved my workflow and my Git knowledge] (<https://seraf.dev/magit-workflow/>)
    - [How to use Pylance in Emacs - Lemmy] (<https://lemmy.ml/post/3292114>)
    - [treesitter-context : A package to show code context] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/15lg7ol/treesittercontext_a_package_to_show_code_context/>)
    - [Extending Emacs 29 sqlite-mode (cell navigation + edit)] (<https://i.redd.it/vwecwftc4ugb1.gif>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/15lad2v/extending_emacs_29_sqlitemode_cell_navigation_edit/>))
    - [Extending sqlite-mode (cell navigation + edits)] (<https://xenodium.com/sqlite-mode-goodies/index.html>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11552>))
    - [justl-mode release v0.13] (<https://github.com/psibi/justl.el/blob/master/Changelog.org#013>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/15n9d4f/justlmode_release_v013/>))
    - [KarimAziev/igist: Work seamlessly with GitHub gists from Emacs.] (<https://github.com/KarimAziev/igist>) ([communick] (<https://communick.news/post/38033>))
    - [bigquery-mode: GNU Emacs Major Mode for Editing and Executing BigQuery Scripts] (<https://github.com/christophstockhusen/bigquery-mode>)
    - [sql-bigquery: Emacs SQL Mode Support for BigQuery] (<https://github.com/MartinNowak/sql-bigquery>)
  - Math:
    - [literate-calc-mode.el: 🧮 Literate programming for M-x calc] (<https://github.com/sulami/literate-calc-mode.el>)
  - Shells:
    - [15 Useful Emacs Eshell Tips] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEdARsXe9FA>) (12:18)
    - [Eric MacAdie: Example of Eshell Use and Thoughts On Eshell] (<https://macadie.info/2023/08/12/example-of-eshell-use-and-thoughts-on-eshell/>)
    - [I created a WIP major mode for PowerShell] (<https://github.com/sch0lars/koopa-mode>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/15kbaxz/i_created_a_wip_major_mode_for_powershell/>))
  - Web:
    - [Ewnium - The Emacs EWW version of Vimium plugin (Experimental!!!)] (<https://github.com/gopar/ewnium>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/15lktox/ewnium_the_emacs_eww_version_of_vimium_plugin/>))
    - [Preview HTML files with Dirvish and Xwidgets in Emacs] (<https://hadi.timachi.com/posts/Preview_HTML_files_with_Dirvish_and_Xwidgets_in_Emacs/>)
  - Multimedia:
    - [mpv and ffmpeg screenshots with the timecode in the filename and emacs tips] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2As4p3LzlI>) (01:15:39)
  - AI:
    - [Discussion of whether an llm package should be in GNU ELPA or NonGNU ELPA] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-08/msg00193.html>)
    - [uniteai: Your AI Stack in Emacs: Voice-to-text, Local LLM, and GPT, +more. Uses `lsp' underneath] (<https://github.com/freckletonj/uniteai>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/15qi8de/uniteai_your_ai_stack_in_emacs_voicetotext_local/>))
    - [gpt-dictionary-sentence · GitHub] (<https://gist.github.com/rtrppl/54ecdb41fb8a47175c2b6bfe1ff4d2ed>)
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/15m8z97/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>)
    - [This is the story of how I came to use Emacs and other things] (<https://github.com/summeremacs/public/blob/main/20230629T180135--how-i-came-to-use-emacs-and-other-things__emacs_explanation_linux_origin_raspberrypi_story_terminal.org>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/15m6b7t/how_i_came_to_use_emacs_and_other_things/>), [lobste.rs] (<https://lobste.rs/s/2hswwc/how_i_came_use_emacs_other_things>))
    - [communick.news: A welcome to new members and a call to help to make this place even better] (<https://communick.news/post/38584>)
    - [Minutes of Org Meetup on Wed, Aug 9, 19:00 UTC+3] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2023-08/msg00227.html>)
    - [Eric MacAdie: 2023-08 Austin Emacs Meetup] (<https://macadie.info/2023/08/08/2023-08-austin-emacs-meetup/>)
  - Other:
    - [A Complete Tutorial on using DIFF in Emacs for File Comparison] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiO7xJb5Gdw>) (18:56)
    - [Emacs Goodies - #2 Midnight Mode] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS66xerSWeA>) (07:11) - kills buffers periodically
    - [GNU Emacs in a snap] (<https://github.com/alexmurray/emacs-snap>)
    - [Sorting in Emacs] (<https://susam.net/blog/sorting-in-emacs.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/15mbka5/sorting_lines_in_emacs/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37086176>), [Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11559>))
    - [Compilar Emacs desde el código fuente] (<https://notxor.nueva-actitud.org/2023/08/05/compilar-emacs-desde-el-codigo-fuente.html>)
    - [Writing GNU Emacs extensions by Bob Glickstein | Open Library] (<https://openlibrary.org/books/OL752167M/Writing_GNU_Emacs_extensions>) (1997)
    - [calfw-blocks: Visual enhancements for the Emacs Calendar Framework (calfw)] (<https://github.com/ml729/calfw-blocks>)
    - [Compiling GNU Emacs 30 on Debian 12] (<https://famme.sk/blog/compilation-of-gnu-emacs-29-30-in-debian-12.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/15qr4sn/compiling_gnu_emacs_30_on_debian_12/>))
    - [Raise an Emacs window or run Emacs · GitHub] (<https://gist.github.com/alphapapa/86a64b748012915961a83cd7e400a4af>) using xdotool
    - [James Dyer: Saving My Favourite Wallpapers] (<https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20230811043547-emacs--saving-favourite-backgrounds/>) (styli.sh and some Emacs Lisp)
  - Emacs development:
    - emacs-devel:
      - [More explanation of Emacs's performance challenges and why shrinking the C core isn't necessarily the goal] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-08/msg00327.html>)
      - [Intricacies of expand-file-name, primitive functions, and find-file-name-handler] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-08/msg00343.html>)
      - [working around glibc bug, help wanted looking at the original bug in glibc] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-08/msg00503.html>)
      - [Opportunities to improve Emacs performance - regexp search, marker processing] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-08/msg00379.html>)
    - [* etc/NEWS (cl-print-ellipsis): Mention `backtrace-ellipsis`] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=4ff5bb34158b7ddc8a3a1a4403157df3debb7d8b>)
    - [Improve kill-ring-deindent-mode] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3dbf2edb3c6cd7068558f5c453681185f5a40682>)
    - [New global minor mode `kill-ring-deindent-mode'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=dcd551d6c852cfa321d5552e2dfe273609396b45>)
    - [Merge remote-tracking branch 'savannah/master' into master-android-1] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8cd1681c32dad9f0b674d2e6f55d61e1e025a7b1>)
    - [Enable visiting FIFOs as files] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3fb2c174d3a73ee5a2670b438538a5c32ad9d7ac>)
    - [Make Emacs 21 compat aliases easy-mmode-* obsolete] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=b48793253b2e6ed89f6643b72253ed6c827c289a>)
  - New packages:
    - anki-editor-view <http://melpa.org/#/anki-editor-view>: Open anki-editor notes from Anki (MELPA)
    - binky <http://melpa.org/#/binky>: Jump between points like a rabbit (MELPA)
    - project-tasks <http://melpa.org/#/project-tasks>: Efficient task management for your project (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>), [lobste.rs] (<https://lobste.rs/search?q=emacs&what=stories&order=newest>), [kbin] (<https://kbin.social/m/emacs>), [programming.dev] (<https://programming.dev/c/emacs>), [communick.news] (<https://communick.news/c/emacs>), [lemmy] (<https://lemmy.ml/c/emacs>), [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/>), and [emacs-devel] (<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-08>). Thanks to Andrés Ramírez for emacs-devel links. Do you have an Emacs-related link or announcement? Please e-mail me at [sacha@sachachua.com] (<mailto:sacha@sachachua.com>). Thank you!


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