2022-02-21 Emacs news
=====================

  - Upcoming events:
    - Emacs Berlin (virtual, in English) <https://emacs-berlin.org/> Wed Feb 23 0930 Vancouver / 1130 Chicago / 1230 Toronto / 1730 GMT / 1830 Berlin / 2300 Kolkata -- Thu Feb 24 0130 Singapore
    - Emacs APAC (virtual, in English) <https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/> Sat Feb 26 0030 Vancouver / 0230 Chicago / 0330 Toronto / 0830 GMT / 0930 Berlin / 1400 Kolkata / 1630 Singapore
    - M-x Research (contact them for password): TBA <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Tue Mar 1 0800 Vancouver / 1000 Chicago / 1100 Toronto / 1600 GMT / 1700 Berlin / 2130 Kolkata -- Wed Mar 2 0000 Singapore
    - EmacsATX: Elisp Debugging and Writing Major Modes <https://www.meetup.com/EmacsATX/events/283667955/> Wed Mar 2 1630 Vancouver / 1830 Chicago / 1930 Toronto -- Thu Mar 3 0030 GMT / 0130 Berlin / 0600 Kolkata / 0830 Singapore
    - Emacs Paris (virtual, in French) <https://www.emacs-doctor.com/emacs-paris-user-group/> Thu Mar 3 0830 Vancouver / 1030 Chicago / 1130 Toronto / 1630 GMT / 1730 Berlin / 2200 Kolkata -- Fri Mar 4 0030 Singapore
  - Beginner:
    - [Emacs Tutorial For Beginners |alx software engineering] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDqv-laTha8>) (09:23)
    - [4.1. Emacs Basics - Unix/Linux Text Editor | Software Engineering Journey] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-DZjXLL8vo>) (32:31)
    - [Emacs Editing Text Part 1] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYKi4QmAcT4>) (16:03)
    - [Emacs Search and Replace] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q39IwgDc-2w>) (16:50)
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [Timo Geusch: How can I pin dependent packages when using use-package?] (<https://www.lonecpluspluscoder.com/2022/02/20/can-i-pin-dependent-packages-use-package/>)
    - [Spartan Emacs (A New Minimal Emacs Configuration Framework ?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/swkq40/spartan_emacs_a_new_minimal_emacs_configuration/>)
  - Appearance:
    - [TopSpace, scroll above the top line to vertically center top text] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sxsg2a/topspace_scroll_above_the_top_line_to_vertically/>) ([HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30414784>))
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Modus themes 2.1.0 for GNU Emacs] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-02-17-modus-themes-2-1-0/>)
    - [I decided to create my own Emacs theme - Feedback appreciated] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/su7vm3/i_decided_to_create_my_own_emacs_theme_feedback/>)
    - [shanty-theme: Theme meant for you and me - the workers - who may not get dirty hands very often but love to code and tinker while looking at a screen full of pleasant colors.] (<https://github.com/qhga/shanty-theme>)
    - [emacs-simplicity-theme: Minimalist dark theme for Emacs.] (<https://github.com/smallwat3r/emacs-simplicity-theme>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/ssrnp7/emacssimplicitytheme_minimalist_dark_theme_for/>))
    - [Native Emojis in Emacs] (<https://ianyepan.github.io/posts/emacs-emojis/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sufy5z/native_emojis_in_emacs/>))
    - [terminal emacs emoji rendering comparison] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R54biaRFohM>) (00:57)
  - Navigation:
    - [Irreal: Ibuffer] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=10329>)
    - [Christian Tietze: Split Window in Emacs and Resize and Recenter Frame to Make Room] (<https://christiantietze.de/posts/2022/02/split-and-resize-frame/>)
    - [emacs IDE #13 🚀 Auto Revert and Saveplace [ES]​] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evLadfLsa5E>) (10:44)
    - [My Avy actions customization] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/swqqzi/my_avy_actions_customization/>)
    - [emacs-wsp: Functions for a workspace-centric workflow] (<https://github.com/petergardfjall/emacs-wsp>)
    - [persp-projectile: Projectile integration for perspective.el] (<https://github.com/bbatsov/persp-projectile>)
    - [Buffer-isolated workspaces for emacs with tab-bar and project.el] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ssjri2/bufferisolated_workspaces_for_emacs_with_tabbar/>)
    - [Emacs:Multiple Edits At Once 2022 02 21 06:38:30] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_jtVR1K3Vg>) (09:40)
    - [Is there a magit-like interface for grep?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sv6pje/is_there_a_magitlike_interface_for_grep/>)
  - Dired:
    - [emacs IDE #14 🚀 Dired-mode and Dired all the icons [ES]​] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzwBp7pCnls>) (16:26)
  - Writing:
    - [LiTeX mode now available in melpa. For people who like lisp and like LaTeX do give it a look, you might like it.] (<https://github.com/Atreyagaurav/litex-mode/raw/dev/images/litex.png>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sxjoy4/litex_mode_now_available_in_melpa_for_people_who/>))
    - [Emacs Abbreviation Mode] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtdWuYImviw>) (13:36)
    - [Emacs Spell Checking] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZlIJIwS4G8>) (17:22)
  - Org Mode:
    - [Emacs TIL: Open org-capture buffer in a new frame] (<https://emacstil.com/til/2022/02/15/open-orgcapture-buffer-in-a-new-frame/>)
    - [Quickly Tangling] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/steayf/quickly_tangling/>)
    - [Org-babel proved to be excellent for the high volume of code reuse in SICP!] (<https://github.com/nebhrajani-a/sicp>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sthru4/orgbabel_proved_to_be_excellent_for_the_high/>))
    - [Org-mode - Fix problems with publishing] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOpfVh1QQM4>) (03:57)
    - [Org-view-mode with new 'quick-edit' feature is now available from Melpa] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/swm2lb/orgviewmode_with_new_quickedit_feature_is_now/>)
    - [My Org Roam Notes Workflow] (<https://hugocisneros.com/blog/my-org-roam-notes-workflow/>)
    - [you want to write a custom org backend? let's write onlybold backend together to get you started] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/swvbmm/you_want_to_write_a_custom_org_backend_lets_write/>)
  - Completion:
    - [helm-twitch] (<https://github.com/BenediktBroich/helm-twitch>)
    - [Consult-project - consult extension for project.el] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sszyq3/consultproject_consult_extension_for_projectel/>)
    - [Emacs TIL: Use yasnippet for personal planning] (<https://emacstil.com/til/2022/02/19/use-yasnippet-for-personal-planning/>)
  - Coding:
    - [[ANN] cycle-at-point (cycle literals, numbers or dynamically generated values) now on Melpa] (<https://gitlab.com/ideasman42/emacs-cycle-at-point>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/swsohl/ann_cycleatpoint_cycle_literals_numbers_or/>))
    - [Andrey Listopadov: What if structural editing was a mistake?] (<https://andreyorst.gitlab.io/posts/2022-02-20-what-if-structural-editing-was-a-mistake/>)
    - [Sharing my first emacs extension: csharpto.el] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/svr1d6/sharing_my_first_emacs_extension_csharptoel/>)
    - [rustic 3.0 released] (<https://github.com/brotzeit/rustic/tree/3.0>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/swcu9s/rustic_30_released/>))
    - [Learn AWK with Emacs | jherrlin] (<https://jherrlin.github.io/posts/learn-awk/>) (2020, [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30396643>))
    - [Modern Git-Gutter in Emacs] (<https://ianyepan.github.io/posts/emacs-git-gutter/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/suxc9b/modern_gitgutter_in_emacs/>))
    - [Blamer.el 0.4 has been released. Added popup git blame messages with border and rounded corners] (<https://github.com/Artawower/blamer.el>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/swe52c/blamerel_04_has_been_released_added_popup_git/>))
    - [How to setup a remote pair-programming environment with GNU Guix and GNU Emacs] (<https://tiny.write.as/jeko/how-to-setup-a-remote-pair-programming-environment-with-gnu-guix>)
  - Multimedia:
    - [emacs mpv.el control mpv and seek by frames, hydra and waveform-el] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBp5uLw-ns8>) (50:32)
  - EXWM:
    - [ep1. Emacs EXWM Showcase by thecashew | #4BugsWriter] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLX7oGjYhBU>) (05:27)
  - Community:
    - [Getting started with emacs is really hard] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sviw6n/getting_started_with_emacs_is_really_hard/>)
    - [I want to give up Vim] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/swblfl/i_want_to_give_up_vim/>)
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/stqq1j/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>)
    - [22 years of Emacs] (<https://arjenwiersma.nl/writeups/emacs/22-years-of-emacs/>) ([HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30382195>))
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Live stream: Emacs, LibrePlanet 2022, philosophy] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-02-19-live-emacs-videos-libreplanet-philosophy/>) - no more Emacs tutorials/videos, focusing on packages
  - Other:
    - [Text books in Emacs] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sw2f1k/text_books_in_emacs/>)
    - [emacsbench: Benchmarking Emacs itself] (<https://github.com/Wilfred/emacsbench>)
    - [Is it only me, or did Emacs without native comp get faster lately?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sunkzx/is_it_only_me_or_did_emacs_without_native_comp/>)
    - [Making a Game in Janet, Part 6: How to patch Emacs] (<https://ianthehenry.com/posts/janet-game/how-to-patch-emacs/>) (2021)
    - [DoomConf February 2022 (Doom Emacs)] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ52Rm0Hc2U>) (01:45:31) - el-secretario, exwm gaps
    - [Emacs Remote File Editing with SSHFS] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBK_qApfRRs>) (05:51)
  - Emacs development:
    - [Discussion re: feature/package+vc 04c4c578c7 3/4: Allow for packages to be installed directly from VCS] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-02/msg00566.html>)
    - [Thinking about advice for global variables] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-02/msg00848.html>)
    - [Public-ize xref-show-xrefs] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3d106897fdd5546797b2fb5bb5a7704f327c4da3>)
    - [Public-ize xref-current-item] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3d2c213ce99fec54bfd5230405e6fde753794b09>)
    - [Adapt Tramp password prompts for sudo-like methods] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=7e4ef09aa0d9587677d44284af72ceb3f44061b7>)
    - [Add a new library to format variable-pitch tables] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=dfaf150631a235f7239774b73676955244513c54>)
    - [Add a NEWS entry for the bookmark changes (bug#54030)] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=c218660d66394ba8306d21dcc182b82b15ba42de>)
    - [Add support for Tai Tham script] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=eb0680bd57bd68ca369dc5133646e8ac9215854c>)
    - [Allow savehist-additional-variables to truncate lists] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8a2f73f12aaec40d9ef56faba00d4a7545b0cf0d>)
    - [Make autoarg obsolete] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=5c9d34cdf8ff3259831a12f19553880c5348de76>)
  - New packages:
    - cycle-at-point <https://melpa.org/#/cycle-at-point>: Cycle (rotate) the thing under the cursor (MELPA)
    - edit-as-format <https://melpa.org/#/edit-as-format>: Edit document as other format (MELPA)
    - litex-mode <https://melpa.org/#/litex-mode>: Minor mode for converting lisp to LaTeX (MELPA)
    - ob-solidity <https://melpa.org/#/ob-solidity>: Org-babel functions for solidity evaluation (MELPA)
    - org-view-mode <https://melpa.org/#/org-view-mode>: Read-only viewer with less markup clutter in org mode files (MELPA)
    - simple-indentation <https://melpa.org/#/simple-indentation>: Simplify writing indentation functions, alternative to SMIE (MELPA)
    - topspace <https://melpa.org/#/topspace>: Scroll above the top line to vertically center top text with a scrollable top margin/padding (MELPA)
    - tramp-nspawn <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/tramp-nspawn.html>: Tramp integration for systemd-nspawn containers (GNU ELPA)
    - wallpreview <https://melpa.org/#/wallpreview>: Set wallpapers with image-dired (MELPA)
    - zk-index <https://melpa.org/#/zk-index>: Index and Desktop for zk (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>), [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/2022-02>), and [lemmy/c/emacs] (<https://lemmy.ml/c/emacs>).

  
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