2023-10-09 Emacs news
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  - [ELPA and Emacs Zine: ELPA and Emacs Zine (September 2023)] (<https://amodernist.com/eaez/./sep23.html>) - tree-sitter progress report, emacs-devel thread summary
  - Upcoming events:
    - [EmacsConf - 2023 Talks] (<https://emacsconf.org/2023/talks/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/171m1qh/emacsconf_2023_talks/>), [Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11692>))
    - OrgMeetup (virtual) <https://list.orgmode.org/87mswxi7mk.fsf@localhost/T/#u> Wed Oct 11 0900 America/Vancouver - 1100 America/Chicago - 1200 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1800 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Oct 12 0000 Asia/Singapore
    - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) <https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs> Fri Oct 13 1800 Europe/Paris
    - Mastering Emacs book club <https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/> Fri Oct 13 1200 America/Vancouver - 1400 America/Chicago - 1500 America/Toronto - 1900 Etc/GMT - 2100 Europe/Berlin -- Sat Oct 14 0030 Asia/Kolkata - 0300 Asia/Singapore
    - Mastering Emacs book club <https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/> Sat Oct 14 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 Oct 15 0200 America/Vancouver - 0400 America/Chicago - 0500 America/Toronto - 0900 Etc/GMT - 1100 Europe/Berlin - 1430 Asia/Kolkata - 1700 Asia/Singapore
    - M-x Research (contact them for password): TBA <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Wed Oct 18 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [Speed up Emacs with features, requires, and autoloads] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=iliVOTiKsG6296xr&v=k8RnmeWYZIU&feature=youtu.be>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11690>))
    - [The Emacs "selected" package by Erik Sjöstrand] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t-w07mo408>) (05:25)
    - [site-lisp: Manage site-lisp directories] (<https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/site-lisp.html>)
    - [sniem: Hands-eased united editing method for emacs.] (<https://github.com/SpringHan/sniem>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/173ncc5/sniem_handseased_united_editing_method_for_emacs/>))
    - [x4d6165's Emacs Config] (<https://git.sr.ht/~x4d6165/.emacs.d>)
    - [Every Line of My Emacs Config | Part 3] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI9sE-hExNU>) (01:03:07)
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [suggest.el: Use enumerative program synthesis to discover elisp functions that do what you want based on examples] (<https://github.com/Wilfred/suggest.el>)
    - [How to write tests in Emacs Lisp? | ert-deftest, should] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5FxcTh3QrI>) (02:15, [Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/173la57/how_to_write_tests_in_emacs_lisp/>))
    - [How to convert a filename into an absolute filename in Emacs Lisp? | expand-file-name] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUjRoMTk9lo>) (02:18)
    - [Do you know about default-directory variable in Emacs Lisp?] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpijGcox7nE>) (02:18)
    - [How to copy the content of a directory in Emacs Lisp? | copy-directory] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzGdxuKCups>) (02:19)
    - [How to change values in Emacs Lisp property lists? | plist-put] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZiSsLG4HWk>) (02:11)
    - [How to manipulate property lists in Emacs Lisp? plist-member, plist-get] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFElWA9WPW0>) (02:12)
  - Appearance:
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: introduction to the ef-themes “Melissa” variants] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2023-10-04-ef-melissa-dark-light/>) ([lemmy] (<https://lemmy.ml/post/5999958>))
    - [auto-dark-emacs - Updates on Linux: Gnome / Android (Termux)] (<https://i.redd.it/5mu1w7ddztrb1.gif>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/16y7632/autodarkemacs_updates_on_linux_gnome_android/>))
  - Navigation:
    - [wrap-search.el: Wrapped, non-incremental search] (<https://dataswamp.org/~incal/emacs-init/wrap-search.el>)
    - [Adjusting Emacs to Shift with a New Project Organization Strategy // Take on Rules] (<https://takeonrules.com/2023/10/04/adjusting-emacs-to-shift-with-a-new-project-organization-strategy/>)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: Beframe has its own menu-bar-mode entry] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2023-10-08-emacs-beframe-menu/>)
    - [project-emacs--folding-mode: A folding-editor-like minor mode] (<https://github.com/jaalto/project-emacs--folding-mode>)
    - [Emacs Goodies - #19 Scroll All Mode] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht4PZWEbE_A>) (03:03)
    - [Emacs package phi-search by zk-phi] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCzA_uuhyHg>) (07:23)
  - Org Mode:
    - [My first post sharing my org agenda setup] (<https://benadha.com/notes/my-ultimate-org-agenda-view-config/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/173llpd/my_first_post_sharing_my_org_agenda_setup/>))
    - [How I Wrote my Book in Emacs + Org] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqLSPo5k70c>) (08:52)
    - [James Dyer: More Improvements To My Weight Loss Org Table] (<https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20231006172548-emacs--improving-weight-loss-org-table/>)
    - [Emacs | Giving Org Mode Some Character(s) 😈] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDjFtnmIOWU>) (11:02)
    - [org-ol-tree: An Org mode outline window that does not use indirect buffers] (<https://github.com/Townk/org-ol-tree>)
    - [Org-capture via completing read instead of read-key] (<https://gist.github.com/amno1/4bfdb3087417fe7e49fc2b0b40a3eb03>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/17317p8/orgcapture_via_completing_read_instead_of_readkey/>))
    - [org-clive: A simple and minimalistic Org-based static weblog generator] (<https://gitlab.com/mbork_mbork_pl/org-clive>)
    - [Showcase of my org-agenda /break-mode integrated into my system bar.] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/171v6om/showcase_of_my_orgagenda_breakmode_integrated/>) ([communick.news] (<https://communick.news/post/214159?scrollToComments=true>))
    - [Sacha Chua: #EmacsConf backstage: looking at EmacsConf's growth over 5 years, and how to do pivot tables and graphs with Org Mode and the Python pandas library] (<https://sachachua.com/blog/2023/10/emacsconf-backstage-looking-at-emacsconf-s-growth-over-5-years-and-how-to-do-pivot-tables-and-graphs-with-org-mode-and-the-python-pandas-library/>)
    - Org development:
      - [* lisp/ob-maxima.el: enable use of `batch' loader and `draw'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=2ba45fcb7822c128913301d622e839f335dd9a66>)
  - Denote:
    - [Exploring Denote 2.0 for Emacs - System Crafters Live!] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLsByub89VY>) (01:41:49)
    - [denote-create-note-url.el] (<https://apps.bram85.nl/git/bram/gists/src/commit/9a76d395249d42a0e81661c4aa59ac7892500f2f/gists/denote-create-note-url.el>)
  - Completion:
    - [Company 0.10.0 is out] (<https://github.com/company-mode/company-mode/blob/master/NEWS.md#2023-10-04-0100>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/16zpk4h/company_0100_is_out/>))
  - Coding:
    - [Amit Patel: Emacs and shellcheck] (<http://amitp.blogspot.com/2023/10/emacs-and-shellcheck.html>) ([HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37797764>))
    - [nick4f42/hexl-note: Emacs library for annotations in hexl-mode.] (<https://github.com/nick4f42/hexl-note>) ([kbin] (<https://github.com/nick4f42/hexl-note>))
    - [Exporting Sqlite Query Results to CSV in Emacs] (<https://shawnhoover.dev/notes/emacs-sqlite-csv.html>)
    - [junos-mode: Emacs major mode for JunOS configuration file] (<https://github.com/vincentbernat/junos-mode>)
    - [inf-ruby: Create a REPL buffer connected to a Ruby subprocess] (<https://github.com/nonsequitur/inf-ruby>)
    - [fpga.el - FPGA & ASIC Utils for Emacs] (<https://github.com/gmlarumbe/fpga>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1736xfe/fpgael_fpga_asic_utils_for_emacs/>))
    - [Andrey Listopadov: Compiling Clojure projects in Emacs - Jumping into dependencies] (<https://andreyor.st/posts/2023-10-03-compiling-clojure-projects-in-emacs-jumping-into-dependencies/>)
    - [Emacs stgit-mode Guide] (<https://stacked-git.github.io/guides/emacs-stgit-mode/>)
    - [delta: A syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, and grep output] (<https://github.com/dandavison/delta>)
    - [New package: git-cliff.el to generate and update changelog with git-cliff] (<https://github.com/liuyinz/git-cliff.el>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/16zlegj/new_package_gitcliffel_to_generate_and_update/>))
    - [Emacs Magit Log Segregation 2023_10_08_04:15:55] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVpPQfenKlQ>) (12:10)
  - Mail, news, and chat:
    - [Introducing elfeed-curate | Bob on Medical Device Software] (<https://bobonmedicaldevicesoftware.com/blog/2023/10/02/introducing-elfeed-curate/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/16y818x/introducing_elfeedcurate/>), [communick.news] (<https://communick.news/post/199439?scrollToComments=true>), [Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11683>))
    - [Ryan Rix: A toolkit for Literate Programming roam:imapfilter configurations | Emacs noweb] (<https://cce.whatthefuck.computer/updates#20231002T162108.807896>)
    - [Release v0.13 · alphapapa/ement.el (Matrix client for Emacs)] (<https://github.com/alphapapa/ement.el/releases/tag/v0.13>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/16yka2x/release_v013_alphapapaementel_matrix_client_for/>))
    - [Sacha Chua: #EmacsConf backstage: reviewing the last message from a speaker] (<https://sachachua.com/blog/2023/10/emacsconf-backstage-reviewing-the-last-message-from-a-speaker/>)
  - Multimedia:
    - [Alvaro Ramirez: Displaying image details in mode line] (<http://xenodium.com/displaying-image-details-in-mode-line>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1719lq6/displaying_basic_image_info_in_mode_line/>), [communick.news] (<https://communick.news/post/214322>))
    - [Alvaro Ramirez: Trimming video screenshots] (<http://xenodium.com/trimming-video-screenshots>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1723kaw/trimming_video_screenshot_from_emacs_feat_eshell/>))
  - EXWM:
    - [EXWM is rewiring my brain and I love it] (<https://www.reddit.com/gallery/16xzszb>)
  - Fun:
    - [zone-pgm-spoopy: A spoopy Halloween zone mode for Emacs] (<https://github.com/twitchy-ears/zone-pgm-spoopy>)
    - [Alex Schroeder: 2022-03-20 Torchbearers and bodyguards] (<https://alexschroeder.ch/view/2022-03-20_Torchbearers_and_bodyguards>)
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/16zhgrd/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>)
    - [Is switching to Emacs really worth it?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1708b5m/is_switching_to_emacs_really_worth_it/>)
    - [[Emacs] I'm a turncoat] (<https://strangeloop.blog/posts/emacs-im-a-turncoat/>)
    - [Sacha Chua: Summarizing #EmacsConf's growth over 5 years by year, and making an animated GIF] (<https://sachachua.com/blog/2023/10/summarizing-emacsconf-s-growth-over-5-years-by-year-and-making-an-animated-gif/>)
  - Other:
    - [Renaming files using dired, registers, regex, and macros] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1739bvr/i_found_a_cool_solution_to_a_simple_problem_and/>)
    - [Emacs Tip: How to rename a file while working on it in a buffer #coding #emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1y-xa5kan4>) (00:55)
    - [Release 0.4 of ekg: drafts, "magic tags", llms and file notes!] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/16z9css/release_04_of_ekg_drafts_magic_tags_llms_and_file/>)
    - [Charles Choi: ICYMI: Emacs World Clock] (<http://yummymelon.com/devnull/icmyi-emacs-world-clock.html>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11688>))
    - [New package: cdsync - CalDAV support for Diary/Calendar] (<https://sr.ht/~sebasmonia/cdsync.el/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/170n26u/new_package_cdsync_caldav_support_for/>))
    - [package-build: Tools for assembling a package archive] (<https://github.com/melpa/package-build>)
    - [Alex Schroeder: Mysterious empty Copyright files appearing] (<https://alexschroeder.ch/view/2023-10-04-emacs>)
    - [youdao-dictionary.el: Youdao Dictionary(有道词典) interface for Emacs] (<https://github.com/xuchunyang/youdao-dictionary.el>)
    - [How much support for old versions of Emacs should I provide?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/16zi0ud/how_much_support_for_old_versions_of_emacs_should/>)
    - [New package: vzi.el - Pipe data from emacs to the browser (and visualize it)] (<https://github.com/jflatow/vzi.el>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/170sne1/new_package_vziel_pipe_data_from_emacs_to_the/>))
    - [The role of keyboard design in advanced shell programs] (<https://nyxt.atlas.engineer/article/keyboard.org>)
  - Emacs development:
    - emacs-devel:
      - [explanation of SVAR and CL argument lists] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-10/msg00108.html>)
      - [explanation of face-remapping-alist] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-10/msg00073.html>)
      - [possible performance boost on macOS in feature/more-fds branch] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-10/msg00106.html>)
      - [man integration with tramp?] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-10/msg00125.html>) ([also continued discussion about man completion] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-10/msg00092.html>))
      - [not yet fully reproducible builds] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-10/msg00144.html>)
    - [Rename 'vc-switch-backend' to 'vc-change-backend'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=35bb629eca9a60fb2cc9c7eaa953bf1b0dfc5860>)
    - [Omit the `omake` compilation-mode rule by default] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ca9f0e75b1f25b02b32538246ea64e50be6c97c0>)
  - New packages:
    - aangit <https://melpa.org/#/aangit>: Quickly scaffold new Angular apps with Aangit (MELPA)
    - agenix <https://melpa.org/#/agenix>: Decrypt and encrypt agenix secrets (MELPA)
    - company-eask <https://melpa.org/#/company-eask>: Company backend for Eask-file (MELPA)
    - derl <https://melpa.org/#/derl>: Erlang distribution protocol implementation (MELPA)
    - form-feed-st <https://melpa.org/#/form-feed-st>: Display ^L glyphs as full-width horizontal lines (MELPA)
    - git-cliff <https://melpa.org/#/git-cliff>: Generate and update changelog using git-cliff (MELPA)
    - halloweenie-theme <https://melpa.org/#/halloweenie-theme>: Dark and spooky Halloween color theme (MELPA)
    - hush <https://melpa.org/#/hush>: Pluggable secret manager (auth-source alternative) (MELPA)
    - latex-labeler <https://melpa.org/#/latex-labeler>: Simplify equation labeling in LaTeX (MELPA)
    - nerd-icons-corfu <https://melpa.org/#/nerd-icons-corfu>: Icons for Corfu via nerd-icons (MELPA)
    - prisma-ts-mode <https://melpa.org/#/prisma-ts-mode>: Major mode for prisma using tree-sitter (MELPA)
    - projection-multi-embark <https://melpa.org/#/projection-multi-embark>: Integration for `projection-multi' and `embark' (MELPA)
    - pumpkin-spice-theme <https://melpa.org/#/pumpkin-spice-theme>: Spice up your day with a delightful pumpkin colored theme (MELPA)
    - test-cockpit <https://melpa.org/#/test-cockpit>: A command center to run tests of a software project (MELPA)
    - wrap-search <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/wrap-search.html>: wrapped, non-incremental search (GNU ELPA)

  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>), [communick.news] (<https://communick.news/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New>), [lobste.rs] (<https://lobste.rs/search?q=emacs&what=stories&order=newest>), [kbin] (<https://kbin.social/m/emacs/newest>), [programming.dev] (<https://programming.dev/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New>), [lemmy] (<https://lemmy.ml/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New>), [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/2023-10>). 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!