2022-10-03 Emacs news
=====================

  - Help wanted:
    - [Feedback wanted Re: Emacs Survey 2022 - design] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-10/msg00063.html>)
    - [[Request for testers] noverlay branch: Store overlays as balanced binary trees (instead of a naive list), so as to replace an O(N) complexity with O(log N)] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-09/msg01774.html>) (and [more about work needed] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-09/msg01849.html>))
  - Upcoming events:
    - M-x Research (contact them for password): TBA <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Tue Oct 4 0800 Vancouver / 1000 Chicago / 1100 Toronto / 1500 GMT / 1700 Berlin / 2030 Kolkata / 2300 Singapore
    - Emacs Paris (virtual, in French) <https://www.emacs-doctor.com/emacs-paris-user-group/> Tue Oct 4 0830 Vancouver / 1030 Chicago / 1130 Toronto / 1530 GMT / 1730 Berlin / 2100 Kolkata / 2330 Singapore
    - EmacsATX: Emacs Social <https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/288513822/> Wed Oct 5 1630 Vancouver / 1830 Chicago / 1930 Toronto / 2330 GMT -- Thu Oct 6 0130 Berlin / 0500 Kolkata / 0730 Singapore
    - Emacs users group Slovenia <https://emacs.si/> Thu Oct 6 1100 Vancouver / 1300 Chicago / 1400 Toronto / 1800 GMT / 2000 Berlin / 2330 Kolkata -- Fri Oct 7 0200 Singapore
    - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) <https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs> Fri Oct 14 0900 Vancouver / 1100 Chicago / 1200 Toronto / 1600 GMT / 1800 Berlin / 2130 Kolkata -- Sat Oct 15 0000 Singapore
  - Beginner:
    - [Toda la ayuda de Emacs] (<https://notxor.nueva-actitud.org/2022/09/29/toda-la-ayuda-de-emacs.html>)
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [rofi-chemacs: An Emacs profile switcher and manager using Chemacs2 and Rofi!] (<https://github.com/noncog/rofi-chemacs>)
    - [Mastering Key Bindings in Emacs] (<https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/mastering-key-bindings-emacs>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/xpkmr2/mastering_key_bindings_in_emacs/>))
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [Oauth2 sample flow in Elisp] (<https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2022/10/oauth2-sample-flow.html?m=1>)
    - [emacs lisp coding. extract html links, insert to each page] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIjFjQ390o0>) (40:25)
  - Appearance:
    - [Experiments: abusing margins, mode-line and header-line] (<https://i.redd.it/19n1vlyhi7r91.png>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/xsx451/experiments_abusing_margins_modeline_and/>))
    - [TransSide-theme: My own custom emacs theme!!] (<https://github.com/Harith163/TransSide-theme>)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Modus themes 2.7.0 for GNU Emacs] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-10-01-modus-themes-2-7-0/>)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: introduction to the ef-themes "bio" theme] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-10-02-ef-themes-bio-theme/>)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: introduction to the ef-themes "frost" theme] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-10-03-ef-themes-frost-theme/>)
  - Navigation:
    - [Emacs TIL: A trick to speed up projectile-find-file in a large monorepo] (<https://emacstil.com/til/2022/10/01/a-trick-to-speed-up-projectilefindfile-in-a-large-monorepo/>)
    - [conjecture.el --- woolsweater's custom extensions for project.el] (<https://gitlab.com/woolsweater/dotemacs.d/-/blob/main/modules/conjecture.el#L3>)
  - Dired:
    - [ANN: Dired-git-log - display Git logs in Dired buffers (fork of dired-git-info)] (<https://github.com/amno1/dired-git-log>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/xt4yhr/ann_diredgitlog_display_git_logs_in_dired_buffers/>))
    - [ANN: dired-auto-readme - completely reworked] (<https://github.com/amno1/dired-auto-readme>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/xt5dhg/ann_diredautoreadme_completely_reworked/>))
  - Writing:
    - [Using Yasnippet and Emacs for Writing] (<https://arnesonium.com/2022/09/yasnippet-emacs-writing>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/xqnxli/using_yasnippet_and_emacs_for_writing/>), [Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=10849>))
    - [doc-tools-toc: Create, cleanup, add and manage Table Of Contents (TOC) of pdf and djvu documents with Emacs] (<https://github.com/dalanicolai/doc-tools-toc>)
    - Denote:
      - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: denote version 1.0.0] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-09-30-denote-1-0-0/>)
      - [Jeremy Friesen: Exploring the Denote Emacs Package] (<https://takeonrules.com/2022/10/01/exploring-the-denote-emacs-package/>)
      - [Jeremy Friesen: Migration Plan for Org-Roam Notes to Denote] (<https://takeonrules.com/2022/10/02/migration-plan-for-org-roam-notes-to-denote/>)
      - [A small [elisp] script to migrate from org-roam to denote] (<https://github.com/bitspook/notes-migrator>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/xrdqvy/a_small_elisp_script_to_migrate_from_orgroam_to/>))
  - Org Mode:
    - [Get Things Done with Emacs] (<https://www.labri.fr/perso/nrougier/GTD/index.html>) (2020, [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33033017>))
    - [Org-mode tricks for team management] (<https://juanreyero.com/article/emacs/org-teams.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/xpx28o/what_are_your_thoughts_on_orgmode_tricks_for_team/>))
    - [Mario Jason Braganza: Blocks in Org Mode] (<https://janusworx.com/blog/blocks-in-org-mode/>)
    - [Org mode - Macro replacement, variables in org files] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wipiobbElZE>) (06:50)
    - [Org-mode - Header images, horizontal line and line breaks | Ravi Sagar] (<https://www.ravisagar.in/videos/org-mode-header-images-horizontal-line-and-line-breaks>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=10851>))
    - [Jeremy Friesen: On Storing Glossary Terms in Org Roam Nodes] (<https://takeonrules.com/2022/09/26/on-storing-glossary-terms-in-org-roam-nodes/>)
    - [Org Reveal and gridded layouts] (<https://www.gibiris.org/eo-blog/posts/2022/09/28_org-reveal-and-gridded-layouts.html>)
    - [A script to parse and generate org files for syncing with orgzly.] (<https://codeberg.org/anoduck/org-orgzly>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/xrmdpd/a_script_to_parse_and_generate_org_files_for/>), [Github] (<https://github.com/anoduck/org-orgzly>))
    - [cl-ownpress: Publish all the things (mostly as static websites)] (<https://github.com/bitspook/cl-ownpress>)
    - [So, emacs has a Gemini Client, is there a similar protocol for org documents?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/xt2tfs/so_emacs_has_a_gemini_client_is_there_a_similar/>)
  - Completion:
    - [Magic orderless] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/xt8pj7/magic_orderless/>) - tweaking the OR operator
  - Coding:
    - [Running LSP over Tramp — why?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/xrwx8q/running_lsp_over_tramp_why/>)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: new "agitate" package (extras for VC Git and friends)] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-09-29-agitate-introduction/>)
    - [Manuel Uberti: Update on Eglot and jdtls] (<https://manueluberti.eu//emacs/2022/09/27/jdtls-data/>)
    - [Fermin / islisp-mode · GitLab] (<https://gitlab.com/sasanidas/islisp-mode>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/xontan/islisp_emacs_support/>))
    - [Guix (+ Emacs) for development] (<https://dthompson.us/guix-for-development.html>)
  - Shells:
    - [Alvaro Ramirez: dwim-shell-command usages: pdftotext and scp] (<http://xenodium.com/dwim-shell-command-usages-pdftotext-and-scp/index.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/xsxjft/dwimshellcommand_usages_pdftotext_and_scp_link_in/>))
  - Web:
    - [Search engines in eww / Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-vR8ZZzK_c>) (09:29)
  - Doom Emacs:
    - [A way to manage multiple Doom profiles with Chemacs2 without having to mess with your "~/.profile" or start Emacs from commands or shell scriptlets which set the environment variables first.] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/xs0avw/a_way_to_manage_multiple_doom_profiles_with/>)
  - EXWM:
    - [Garjola Dindi: A workaround for an annoying EXWM behavior] (<https://dindi.garjola.net/exwm-floating.html>)
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/xq6rpa/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>)
    - [Benefits of learning Elisp besides hacking Emacs] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/xr3lyl/benefits_of_learning_elisp_besides_hacking_emacs/>)
    - [(Me) Joining The Church Of Emacs] (<https://fuzzypixelz.com/blog/joining-the-church-of-emacs/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/xu0mqj/me_joining_the_church_of_emacs/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33060527>))
    - [I Switched From Neovim to Emacs, Here’s Why | by Michael Bao] (<https://medium.com/linux-with-michael/i-switched-from-neovim-to-emacs-heres-why-1fb7aafbb189>) (Aug 2022)
    - [TAONAW - Emacs: MS Word Wins… For Now] (<https://taonaw.com/2022-09-26/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/xqqhei/taonaw_emacs_ms_word_wins_for_now/>))
    - [An elegy for GNU and RMS | gay robot noises] (<https://catgirl.ai/log/elegy-gnu/>) ([lobste.rs] (<https://lobste.rs/s/h3gcbb/elegy_for_gnu_rms>))
  - Other:
    - [Mario Jason Braganza: Restart Emacs on System Startup] (<https://janusworx.com/blog/restart-emacs-on-system-startup/>)
    - [The Most Efficient Emacs Workflow, more efficient than vim] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iDJV2GPjEY>) (46:30)
    - [Anyone use Emacs Application Framework (EAF)?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/xsl2ws/anyone_use_emacs_application_framework_eaf/>)
    - [mentor: mentor is a GNU Emacs frontend for the rTorrent bittorrent client.] (<https://github.com/skangas/mentor>)
    - [[ANN] Ement.el v0.3 released (Matrix client for Emacs)] (<https://github.com/alphapapa/ement.el>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/xreoru/ann_ementel_v03_released_matrix_client_for_emacs/>))
    - [MSI Installer for GNU Emacs 28.2 for Windows] (<https://chaoticlab.io/posts/emacs-28-2-msi/>) ([HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32992687>))
    - [Browser Emacs] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/xshis8/browser_emacs/>)
    - [How far are we from Magit becoming part of Emacs?] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-07/msg00127.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/xsx4u7/how_far_are_we_from_magit_becoming_part_of_emacs/>))
    - [Evaluating integrated development environments] (<https://macoy.me/blog/programming/IntegratedDevelopmentEnvironment>)
    - [Pédiluve 2025 - Conférence Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVRfZ6SJdEE>) (33:32)
    - [CLiki: CL-Emacs] (<https://www.cliki.net/cl-emacs>) - Emacs-like editors written in Common Lisp ([HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33054430>))
  - Emacs development:
    - [emacs-devel: long discussion about suppressing native compilation (short and long term) ] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-09/msg01911.html>)
    - [emacs-devel discussion about what's needed in order to shift from Texinfo to Org for GNU manuals] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-09/msg01814.html>)
    - [files.el (major-mode-remap-alist): New custom var (bug#58075)] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=59f8c56d9e71a1b61ca8cc0794a6de4aa2f240e4>)
    - [Add new variable 'inhibit-native-compilation'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=5fec9182dbeffa88cef6651d8c798ef9665d6681>)
    - [Fix coding systems used for X input methods] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=da02b9edadbc809b25ac83eccf64089f1cf3b160>)
    - [Add --with-native-compilation=aot configuration option] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=e245c4f226979ccb717cccc8f82b2b0a0f96bdac>)
    - [Add support for the Gothic script (bug#58194)] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=9c3d397adc62427d4dec27fa773a4763965120ed>)
    - [Rename osc.el to ansi-osc.el (bug#58200)] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=abc955d017cc4e6ad33d06d61f8317bd2b6c380f>)
    - [Rename comint-fl-* to comint-fontify-input-* and mention it in NEWS] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=cd4208f6d8e4bcbfa326a2b70489ee3c0643e53f>)
    - [Add vc-edit-next-command] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=fdea378015caa202f2b08f6770f6bb915ccf20be>)
    - [Add support for the Toto script (bug#58181)] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=681cf21ddc042fa9913f12f78d314d5025307955>)
    - [New command `image-dired-do-flagged-delete'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=48c9f9d31d3eab756595c05cd2d3aced0fd856ca>)
    - [Make format-spec accept function substitutions] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=5281946fbf6b3cdbec5ce82e0057c71849faf4d2>)
    - [Add support for the Wancho script (bug#58159)] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=0f94e62d7ef51c486956caa933f7cd5d21e4881b>)
    - [Add support for the Mende Kikakui script (bug#58151)] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=4cb9342a3bcc836db0dfcb38db6f11cb4e7bac7c>)
    - [Add support for the Adlam script (bug#58111)] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=2286fbceaba49473e94011d2c37549f38304497a>)
    - [Add new macro 'while-let'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=12f63c18f6d5a886f62f10b4c8de8de3509e52df>)
    - [image-dired: End thumbnail file names with ".jpg"] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=6cffaa3b6daf767808a9d9ae549fc2aea5c5c07e>)
  - New packages:
    - doc-toc <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/doc-toc.html>: Manage outlines/table of contents of pdf and djvu documents (GNU ELPA)
    - org-tagged <https://melpa.org/#/org-tagged>: Dynamic block for tagged org-mode todos (MELPA)
    - sweeprolog <https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/sweeprolog.html>: Embedded SWI-Prolog (NonGNU ELPA)
    - tesouro <https://melpa.org/#/tesouro>: Brazilian Portuguese synonym search in dicio.com.br (MELPA)
    - xit-mode <https://melpa.org/#/xit-mode>: A [x]it! major mode (MELPA)

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