2023-04-17 Emacs news
=====================

  - [Emacs 29.0.90 pretest is available] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-04/msg00258.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/12he8ic/emacs_29090_pretest_is_available/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35524928>), [Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11277>))
  - Upcoming events:
    - London Emacs Hacking: Emacs London Meetup <https://www.meetup.com/london-emacs-hacking/events/292808528/> Mon Apr 17 1100 America/Vancouver - 1300 America/Chicago - 1400 America/Toronto - 1800 Etc/GMT - 2000 Europe/Berlin - 2330 Asia/Kolkata -- Tue Apr 18 0200 Asia/Singapore
    - M-x Research (contact them for password): Functional programming: an (Emacs) Lisp view (7/n) <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Wed Apr 19 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 Apr 21 1200 America/Vancouver - 1400 America/Chicago - 1500 America/Toronto - 1900 Etc/GMT - 2100 Europe/Berlin -- Sat Apr 22 0030 Asia/Kolkata - 0300 Asia/Singapore
    - Emacs APAC (virtual) <https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/> Sat Apr 22 0130 America/Vancouver - 0330 America/Chicago - 0430 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT - 1030 Europe/Berlin - 1400 Asia/Kolkata - 1630 Asia/Singapore
    - Mastering Emacs book club <https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/> Sat Apr 22 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 Apr 23 0200 America/Vancouver - 0400 America/Chicago - 0500 America/Toronto - 0900 Etc/GMT - 1100 Europe/Berlin - 1430 Asia/Kolkata - 1700 Asia/Singapore
    - Emacs Berlin (virtual, in English) <https://emacs-berlin.org/> Wed Apr 26 0930 America/Vancouver - 1130 America/Chicago - 1230 America/Toronto - 1630 Etc/GMT - 1830 Europe/Berlin - 2200 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Apr 27 0030 Asia/Singapore
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [Which package manager should I use?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/12jss7z/which_package_manager_should_i_use/>)
    - [What Emacs' package.el can learn from Neovim's packer.nvim] (<https://mehrad.ai/posts/20230405-what-package-el-can-learn-from-packer-nvim/>)
    - [Literate Emacs Init with Org Babel] (<https://petercheng.net/literate-emacs-init-with-org-babel/>) (2020)
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [owinebar/emacs-async-job-queue: Elisp package for managing an arbitrary number of queued async jobs] (<https://github.com/owinebar/emacs-async-job-queue>) ([emacs-devel] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-04/msg00378.html>))
    - [Exploring D-Bus with Emacs APIs - System Crafters Live!] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdzxY3UB3bY>) (01:58:08)
  - Appearance:
    - [Alvaro Ramirez: My Emacs eye candy] (<http://xenodium.com/my-emacs-eye-candy>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/12nbb9x/my_emacs_eye_candy/>), [Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11292>), [lobste.rs] (<https://lobste.rs/s/rdbpe0/my_emacs_eye_candy>))
    - [OS¹ Theme: A light, warm, modern theme inspired by cinematic color palettes] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/12hsztp/os¹_theme_a_light_warm_modern_theme_inspired_by/>)
    - [NANO Dialog : Emacs native dialog box] (<https://i.redd.it/diwx9uebrdua1.png>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/12p3jdf/nano_dialog_emacs_native_dialog_box/>))
    - [myron-themes: a set of light themes for emacs] (<https://github.com/neeasade/myron-themes>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/12ogfwv/myronthemes_a_set_of_light_themes_for_emacs/>))
  - Navigation:
    - [James Dyer: Indexing My Emacs Init File] (<https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20230308203648-emacs--indexing-my-emacs-init-file/>) - occur
    - [James Dyer: Imenu Indexing My emacs Init File] (<https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20230414111409-emacs--indexing-emacs-init/>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11290>))
    - [Optimizing Project Selection in Emacs] (<https://eshelyaron.com/posts/2023-04-11-optimizing-project-selection-in-emacs.html>)
  - Writing:
    - [Looking Up Words in a Dictionary] (<https://emacsredux.com/blog/2023/04/11/looking-up-words-in-a-dictionary/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/12l5mui/looking_up_words_in_a_dictionary/>), [Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11288>))
    - [codingquark: A Clean Writing Environment] (<https://codingquark.com/emacs/2023/04/07/a-clean-writing-setup-emacs.html>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11279>))
    - [codingquark: How to setup auctex with borg in emacs] (<https://codingquark.com/emacs/2023/04/12/auctex-with-borg-emacs.html>)
    - [Bibliography Management In Emacs With BibTeX] (<https://unixbhaskar.wordpress.com/2023/04/11/bibliography-management-in-emacs-with-bibtex/>)
    - [Emacs BibTeX Adds Convenience Part II 2023_04_05_17:32:24] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw7bAdkSgfI>) (32:12)
  - Org Mode:
    - [How I'm Working With Tasks and My Agenda] (<https://karl-voit.at/2023/04/09/UOMF-tasks-agenda/>)
    - [Note-taking strategy 2023] (<https://cpbotha.net/2023/04/11/note-taking-strategy-2023/>)
    - [Making a plaintext personal CRM with org-contacts] (<https://mike.puddingtime.org/posts/20230413-making-a-plaintext-personal-crm-with-org-contacts/>)
    - [Emacs | Clean Up Your Org Mode Document With Org Indent Mode] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6JQajD-Rws>) (08:08)
    - [My first couple packages] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/12hh8oo/my_first_couple_packages/>) - KLP for Org naming, org-lectures
    - [org-imgtog: Automatic inline image toggling similar to org-fragtog] (<https://v.redd.it/nwz805y4qdua1>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/12p3e21/orgimgtog_automatic_inline_image_toggling_similar/>))
    - [Org-mode - Agenda file is not in org mode] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGK5_eT0VJg>) (04:16)
    - [Org-Mode Export to Notion] (<https://notes.alexkehayias.com/org-mode-export-to-notion/>)
    - Org development:
      - [org-export--prune-tree: Ensure spaces when removing objects] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=960722661080698e363dd977453599a3ec89b046>)
      - [etc/ORG-NEWS: Mention the new \P entity] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=5b300edf2e44f70af8e1f32dd18f1c784122eacc>) - alias of [pilcrow]
  - Completion:
    - [Manuel Uberti: Tweaking Vertico candidates] (<https://manueluberti.eu//2023/04/16/vertico-current.html>)
  - Math:
    - [garid3000/Emacs-TeQ: Quail input-method for LaTeX in Emacs] (<https://github.com/garid3000/Emacs-TeQ>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/12hk59s/today_i_wrote_my_own_latex_equation_quail/>))
  - Mail, news, and chat:
    - [Emacs The Ultimate: Mail reader - Setting up notmuch with emacs - Pagefault] (<https://pagefault.se/post/email-in-emacs/>)
  - Multimedia:
    - [lorniu/mpvi: Integrated Video Tool on Emacs via MPV] (<https://github.com/lorniu/mpvi>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/12jfrma/another_package_helping_to_taking_video_notes/>)) - includes OCR, subtitles, transcoding
  - EXWM:
    - [Ricing EXWM environment: Generate theme from music video in EMMS] (<https://v.redd.it/teo0gh5q5eua1>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/12p5lh2/ricing_exwm_environment_generate_theme_from_music/>))
  - Fun:
    - [Sacha Chua: Updating my Minecraft command book using Emacs, TRAMP, and mcf.el] (<https://sachachua.com/blog/2023/04/updating-my-minecraft-command-book-using-emacs-tramp-and-mcf-el/>)
  - AI:
    - [Control Emacs with ChatGPT] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYeh7_FdmDg>) (04:57)
    - [Semantic search for Org-Roam using LLM. Demo: https://youtu.be/vHamsOQW_N4] (<https://lgmoneda.github.io/2023/04/08/semantic-search-for-org-roam.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/OrgRoam/comments/12im81z/semantic_search_for_orgroam_using_llm_demo/>))
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/12jexep/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>)
    - [916 days of Emacs] (<https://sqrtminusone.xyz/posts/2023-04-13-emacs/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/12km8el/916_days_of_emacs/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35555481>)) - nice graphs, including time breakdowns
    - [Vimari and my Emacs origin story] (<https://mike.puddingtime.org/posts/2023-04-03-daily-notes-for-2023-04-03/#vimari-and-my-emacs-origin-story>)
    - [I left Emacs and Org-Mode 8 months ago and switched to more modern note-taking tools. But yesterday I came back to it, and now I feel at home.] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/12nnssx/i_left_emacs_and_orgmode_8_months_ago_and/>)
    - [[NEW] post.tonyaldon.com] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/12jq6pr/new_posttonyaldoncom/>)
    - [Emacs Redux Turns 10] (<https://emacsredux.com/blog/2023/04/11/emacs-redux-turns-10/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/12jhnys/emacs_redux_turns_10/>))
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Interview with Syntopikon on Emacs and life] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2023-04-15-interview-syntopikon-emacs-life/>)
    - [Eric MacAdie: 2023-04 Austin Emacs Meetup] (<https://macadie.info/2023/04/17/2023-04-austin-emacs-meetup/>)
  - Other:
    - [Emacs as a Shell] (<https://d-s.sh/2023/emacs-as-a-shell/>) - trying to think of Emacs as a shell rather than an editor
    - [Combo : Guix shell + Emacs envrc.el] (<https://rednosehacker.com/combo-guix-shell-emacs-envrc-el>) - .env files
    - [Marcin Borkowski: Downcasing word at point in the whole buffer] (<https://mbork.pl/2023-04-15_Downcasing_word_at_point_in_the_whole_buffer>)
    - [Emacs Quick Productivity Enhance Tips] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B-kjKRXelM&feature=youtu.be>) - join lines, enclose, repeat, expand, kill sentence, etc.
    - [deno-bridge] (<https://manateelazycat.github.io/emacs/2022/11/04/deno-bridge.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/12k1ajz/denobridge/>))
    - [Anyone else using the Nextstep build of Emacs with GNUstep under Linux?] (<https://i.redd.it/56deauzxa6ua1.png>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/12nvcj7/anyone_else_using_the_nextstep_build_of_emacs/>))
    - [Taking screenshots or videos (gifs) of any macOS window] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/12lpofy/taking_screenshots_or_videos_gifs_of_any_macos/>)
    - [Jean-Christophe Helary: Launch files in Emacs.app] (<https://mac4translators.blogspot.com/2023/04/launch-files-in-emacsapp.html>)
    - [How To Install Emacs in Ubuntu (in 2023)] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKLI4Z5YFXo>) (04:23)
  - Emacs development:
    - emacs-devel list:
      - [Potential issues with Rust contributions Re: Consideration for Rust contributions in Emacs based on Rust Foundation draft] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-04/msg00279.html>)
      - [Impact of CVEs on Emacs in corporate environments] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-04/msg00316.html>) ([also here] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-04/msg00318.html>))
      - [Explanation of signal handling and cleanup] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-04/msg00340.html>)
      - [Discussion about improving the flymake API] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-04/msg00388.html>)
      - [Discussion about thread challenges] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-04/msg00409.html>)
      - [Delaying feature/android] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-04/msg00334.html>)
    - [Disallow creation of circular variable alias chains] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=c60b59e04c3776a90adaa8c8fe53af3075a833b8>)
    - [Flymake: add new flymake-show-diagnostics-at-end-of-line option] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=d45f450cff757ed520a7ee36c632ab62387c7bc9>)
    - [eshell: Add 'rgrep' builtin] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ebac67129e86ce201d88debb1a8c9d6924215e84>)
  - New packages:
    - code-compass <https://melpa.org/#/code-compass>: Navigate software aided by metrics and visualization (MELPA)
    - nerd-icons-ibuffer <https://melpa.org/#/nerd-icons-ibuffer>: Display nerd icons in ibuffer (MELPA)
    - nordic-night-theme <https://melpa.org/#/nordic-night-theme>: A darker, more colorful version of the lovely Nord theme (MELPA)
    - sentex <https://melpa.org/#/sentex>: Regex-based sentence navigation rules (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>), [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/>), [emacs-devel] (<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-04>), and [lemmy/c/emacs] (<https://lemmy.ml/c/emacs>). 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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