* 2024-10-28 Emacs news
UPDATE: I'm moving Emacs News to the [[https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu-emacs][info-gnu-emacs]] mailing list instead of [[https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-tangents][emacs-tangents]]. If you're subscribed to Emacs News through emacs-tangents, you may want to switch your subscriptions. Emacs News will also continue to be available [[https://sachachua.com/emacs-news][on the web]] and [[https://sachachua.com/blog/category/emacs-news/feed/][through RSS]]. I'll post to both info-gnu-emacs and emacs-tangents for a little while.

- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-10/msg00627.html][Emacs 30.0.92 pretest is available]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1gcp04e/emacs_30092_pretest_is_available/][Reddit]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12539][Irreal]])
- Upcoming events:
  - Emacs Berlin (virtual, in English) https://emacs-berlin.org/ Wed Oct 30 1030 America/Vancouver - 1230 America/Chicago - 1330 America/Toronto - 1730 Etc/GMT - 1830 Europe/Berlin - 2300 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Oct 31 0130 Asia/Singapore
  - M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Fri Nov 1 0900 America/Vancouver - 1100 America/Chicago - 1200 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Sat Nov 2 0000 Asia/Singapore
  - Emacs Paris: S: Emacs workshop in Paris (online) https://emacs-doctor.com/ Tue Nov 5 0830 America/Vancouver - 1030 America/Chicago - 1130 America/Toronto - 1630 Etc/GMT - 1730 Europe/Berlin - 2200 Asia/Kolkata -- Wed Nov 6 0030 Asia/Singapore
  - Emacs.si (in person): Emacs.si meetup #14 2024 (v #živo) https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/4e3c90f8-e673-40a9-8825-d3717ba8237e Thu Nov 7 1900 CET
  - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs Fri Nov 8 1800 Europe/Paris
  - [[https://emacsconf.org/2024/talks/][EmacsConf 2024 schedule]] Dec 7 and 8 ([[https://social.sachachua.com/@sacha/statuses/01JB78GD9Z54BP9A9TNZ0E1E95][@sacha@social.sachachua.com]])
- Beginner:
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwD4xEdWAek][How to Install Emacs on macOS: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners]] (05:33)
  - [[https://themkat.net/2024/10/27/docs_inside_emacs.html][TheMKat: Read documentation from the comfort of Emacs - man-pages, developer documentation and more]]
- Emacs configuration:
  - [[https://plexwave.org/blog/info-manual-dispatch][Quicker access to Emacs Info manuals]] ([[https://gts.plexwave.org/@spnw/statuses/01JB29VJMK8GYRC0HSVB3F4X4V][@spnw@gts.plexwave.org]])
  - [[https://summeremacs.github.io/posts/universal-keybind/][Summer Emacs: Universal Keybind]]
  - [[http://yummymelon.com/devnull/announcing-casual-redux-and-reorganization.html][Charles Choi: Announcing Casual (Redux) and Reorganization]]
  - [[https://github.com/emacs-twist][Emacs Twist - reproducible package and configuration management for Emacs]] ([[https://mastodon.online/@arialdo/113375624612701999][@arialdo@mastodon.online]])
  - [[https://www.dwarfb.in/blog/optional-dependency-loading-in-emacs/][Bz01: Optional dependency loading in Emacs, a good idea?]]
- Emacs Lisp:
  - [[https://github.com/casouri/restclient.el][A fork of restclient with graphql support & graphql explorer/builder]] ([[https://youtu.be/TiHo10h_hQg][YouTube]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1gaqbfh/a_fork_of_restclient_with_graphql_support_graphql/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41905516][Emacs Lisp is pleasant after hash-table and list libraries and plenty of macros | Hacker News]]
- Appearance:
  - [[https://lor.sh/@tennoseremel/113346754706891563][Function for toggling between wrapping and truncating of lines]]
  - [[https://codeberg.org/mmontone/emacs-snippets][A progress bar in the echo area]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1gcuft6/a_progress_bar_in_the_echo_area/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20241021172036-emacs--enhanced-selected-window-accent-functionality-with-blending-options/][James Dyer: selected-window-accent-mode with window colour blending options]]
  - [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2024-10-27-modus-themes-4.6.0/][Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: modus-themes version 4.6.0]]
- Navigation:
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1gb3vhq/new_package_empxel_is_extended_xrefel_forward_and/][[New Package] empx.el is Extended xref.el forward and backward navigation, more ways to mark the current point.]]
  - [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2024-10-23-emacs-beframe-1-2-0/][Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: beframe version 1.2.0]]
  - [[https://gist.github.com/shegeley/cadcb16137fffd911f34ed6aaf673f54][Emacs Treemacs auto-toggling in text and prog-modes. Author: @ichernyshovvv]] ([[https://fosstodon.org/@shegeley/113384017139478393][@shegeley@fosstodon.org]])
- Dired:
  - [[https://lmno.lol/alvaro/hide-another-detail][Alvaro Ramirez: Hide another detail]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12535][Irreal]], [[https://lobste.rs/s/tmewjc/hide_another_detail][lobste.rs]])
- Writing:
  - [[https://howardabrams.com/hamacs/ha-org.html#org1a9b11e][Minor modes for flagging poor grammar]] ([[https://pdx.sh/@howard/113349430881969301][@howard@pdx.sh]])
- Org Mode:
  - [[https://github.com/alphapapa/org-ql/discussions/472][Search other org headings with a link to the current one - org-ql]] ([[https://tooting.ch/@Re420/113346914830874865][@Re420@tooting.ch]])
  - [[https://arnesonium.com/2024/10/todo-lists-in-org-mode][Erik L. Arneson: Examining To-Do Lists in Org-mode]]
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ3BsRvMnpI][Emacs as your Intellectual HQ]] (01:02:48)
  - [[https://social.sciences.re/@zimoun/113351401473201379][MOOC on reproducible research, includes a path for Emacs]] (French with French and English subtitles)
  - [[https://plexwave.org/blog/org-zotero-links][Deep linking with Org mode and Zotero]] ([[https://gts.plexwave.org/@spnw/statuses/01JAXN4Y51APJTFZP8EGWHQB8X][@spnw@gts.plexwave.org]])
  - [[https://github.com/ergopractice/org-catch][org-catch: A concise and more flexible alternative to org-capture]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1gdlnhn/a_concise_and_more_flexible_alternative_to/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/10/insert-a-link-to-an-org-mode-heading-from-an-org-refile-prompt/][Sacha Chua: Insert a link to an Org Mode heading from an org-refile prompt]]
  - [[https://igormelo.org/you_dont_need_org_alert.html][You don't need org-alert, Emacs has it built-in (kinda)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1gdjtcf/you_dont_need_orgalert_emacs_has_it_builtin_kinda/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g9s317/hyperdriveorgtransclusion_v030/][hyperdrive-org-transclusion v0.3.0]]
  - [[https://themkat.net/2024/10/22/how_i_blog_with_emacs.html][TheMKat: How I blog with Emacs - Org-Mode, Jekyll, Github Actions and interesting tidbits]]
- Coding:
  - [[https://lmno.lol/alvaro/magit-amend-commit-author][Magit amend commit author]] ([[https://indieweb.social/@xenodium/113358786039843541][@xenodium@indieweb.social]])
  - [[https://codeberg.org/woolsweater/gambol.el][woolsweater/gambol.el: Emacs text actions using LSP symbol information - Codeberg.org]] ([[https://social.lol/@woolsweater/113366086951307866][@woolsweater@social.lol]])
  - [[http://ag91.github.io/blog/2024/10/27/tips-to-contribute-to-scala-metals-lsp-server-with-emacs][Andrea: A useful function to contribute to Scala Metals lsp server with Emacs]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/scala/comments/1gdn6te/an_emacs_helpful_function_for_contributing_to/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6xxplPS2c0][Prolog大好きおじさん　ver3.36で仕切り直しです。Emacsは無理かも。]] (04:39)
- Mail, news, and chat:
  - [[https://todon.nl/@mousebot/113346182444206033][mastodon.el 1.1.0: link cards, grouped notifications, lots of updates]]
  - [[https://summeremacs.github.io/posts/erc-flipping/][Summer Emacs: ERC Flipping Buffers]]
- Community:
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ga5eax/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/][Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread]]
  - [[https://list.orgmode.org/878qubw5uo.fsf@localhost][[BLOG] #12 [[bbb:OrgMeetup]​] on Wed, Oct 9, 19:00 UTC+3]]
  - [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12531][Irreal: What Keyboard Are You Using With Emacs]]
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2qXIDO-cWw][Keynote presentation by Hal Abelson and Gerald Sussman at the fourteenth RacketCon - YouTube]] ([[https://fosstodon.org/@hadi/113369615460553092][@hadi@fosstodon.org]])
    - [[https://youtu.be/_2qXIDO-cWw?si=erN2wQ43hXwBr4PB&t=2211]["The real thing I love is Emacs" - Gerald Sussman]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1gbjz9r/the_real_thing_i_love_is_emacs_gerald_sussman/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://commandlinesystems.com/neovim.txt][Neovim Origin Story, An Emacs User's Perspective]]
  - [[https://gist.github.com/jackrusher/5139396][Hofstadter on Lisp: Atoms and Lists, re-printed in Metamagical Themas. · GitHub]] (1983, [[https://lobste.rs/s/kfqgq6/hofstadter_on_lisp_1983][lobste.rs]])
- Other:
  - [[https://framapiaf.org/@debacle/113384429774311210][Using sort-regexp-fields to sort a list of device serial numbers (letters + numbers) by numerical part only]]
  - [[https://howardism.org/Technical/Emacs/demonstrations-part-two.html][Revisitng and refactoring demo-it - demonstrations in Emacs, Part II]] ([[https://pdx.sh/@howard/113349384320487264][@howard@pdx.sh]])
  - [[https://gist.github.com/krisbalintona/f4554bb8e53c27c246ae5e3c4ff9b342][Code to modify PDF metadata (such as its outline and pagination)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1gbkdag/code_to_modify_pdf_metadata_such_as_its_outline/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://github.com/trueroad/tr-emacs-ime-module][trueroad/tr-emacs-ime-module: Emulator of GNU Emacs IME patch for Windows (tr-ime)]] ([[https://fedibird.com/@aoetk/113366031846381588][@aoetk@fedibird.com]])
- Emacs development:
  - emacs-devel:
    - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-10/msg00491.html]["Final" version of tty child frames]]
    - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-10/msg00427.html][Discussion of buffer synchronization as a user-visible feature]]
    - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-10/msg00613.html][Comparing EIEIO with org-element plists]], [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-10/msg00457.html][also this note]]
    - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-10/msg00610.html][Why it's hard to implement truncate-string-to-pixel-width]]
    - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-10/msg00365.html][Asking for ALPN support for GnuTLS connections]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=2030b8c7f24a10024ab973149b10194fd50dd2bb][vc-git-log-edit-toggle-amend: Honor vc-allow-rewriting-published-history]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=e0b21b6c4de4d7f0b7ad9ae112755435f501835e][Add delete-selection-local-mode.]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=d44b94a63d2d407fca5d5ec41fcb92d7b765972e][cond*: Add support for Pcase patterns]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=edf37e811cafa4092b13969613fa83f6e6d69ab3][Implement drawing text with DirectWrite on MS-Windows.]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3eb2a85d10e0ad7b50e96ee4e80ba08b3a71b9ae][Improve drag and drop on MS-Windows (bug#3468)]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=be29879850028d316592ba82cd859d31a67c1ffe][vc-clone: Make interactive; call vc-guess-url-backend]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8903106bb783c2825233c149b6799960aacdea57][Mark if-let and when-let obsolete]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=bc8f416ee97795e77a36d6dd25a2a037bdc4a5c4][; Update the NEWS entry to mention project-prompter correctly]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=00149f18ea90c0c1dae525581ef4924201336be3][Support modifying VC change comments for Git]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=246d68bd2a5468bd428a0406402e7ad2b3005314][Add 'native-compile-directory' (bug#73303)]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=605f26cf70ab3d7c5ea635c19cd2a280812a4ddc][Fix a race condition when running Eshell startup scripts]]
- New packages:
  - http://melpa.org/#/earl: Erlang distribution protocol implementation (MELPA)
  - http://melpa.org/#/visual-replace: A prompt for replace-string and query-replace (MELPA)

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