2024-03-18 Emacs news
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  - Help wanted:
    - [ivy-posframe looking for new maintainer] (<https://github.com/tumashu/ivy-posframe/issues/130>) ([@Mehrad@fosstodon.org] (<https://fosstodon.org/@Mehrad/112106996615935396>))
    - [Looking for Emacs users in Hamburg for meetups] (<https://floss.social/@momo/112116674531213196>)
  - Upcoming events:
    - M-x Research: TBA <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Wed Mar 20 0900 America/Vancouver - 1100 America/Chicago - 1200 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Mar 21 0000 Asia/Singapore
    - Emacs APAC (virtual) <https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/> Sat Mar 23 0130 America/Vancouver - 0330 America/Chicago - 0430 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT - 0930 Europe/Berlin - 1400 Asia/Kolkata - 1630 Asia/Singapore
    - Emacs Berlin (virtual, in English) <https://emacs-berlin.org/> Wed Mar 27 1030 America/Vancouver - 1230 America/Chicago - 1330 America/Toronto - 1730 Etc/GMT - 1830 Europe/Berlin - 2300 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Mar 28 0130 Asia/Singapore
    - EmacsSF (in person): Emacs Lisp Hacking Night: Org Mode (Hybrid) <https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/299740714/> Thu Mar 28 1800 America/Vancouver - 2000 America/Chicago - 2100 America/Toronto -- Fri Mar 29 0100 Etc/GMT - 0200 Europe/Berlin - 0630 Asia/Kolkata - 0900 Asia/Singapore
  - Beginner:
    - [Introduction to GNU Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdyV72QohXw>) (54:27)
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [Structuring an Emacs configuration] (<https://web.archive.org/web/20220612233234/https://ruzkuku.com/texts/emacs-conf.html>)
    - [chaosemer/init-dir] (<https://github.com/chaosemer/init-dir>)
    - [Project-specific packages] (<https://fnlog.page/@fn/112098672283192093>)
    - [Accepting your own solutions to your own problems] (<https://andreyor.st/posts/2024-03-05-accepting-your-own-solutions-to-your-own-problems/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1bg4j18/accepting_your_own_solutions_to_your_own_problems/>))
    - [James Dyer: My Dotfile] (<https://www.emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/emacs--init.html>)
    - [public/emacs_settings.org · master · JTR / Taonah] (<https://gitlab.com/taonaw/taonah/-/blob/master/public/emacs_settings.org>) ([@jtr@fosstodon.org] (<https://fosstodon.org/@jtr/112088505867410130>))
    - [haplo's Emacs Config] (<https://github.com/haplo/dotemacs>)
    - [shaleh's Emacs Config] (<https://github.com/shaleh/dot-emacs/blob/master/settings.org>)
    - [broquaint's Emacs Config] (<https://github.com/broquaint/emacs-d>)
    - [Wai Hon's Emacs Config] (<https://whhone.com/emacs-config/>)
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [Arialdo Martini: Emacs: Let's surround! - Prompt the user for inputs] (<http://arialdomartini.github.io//emacs-surround-2>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1bhmegv/emacs_lets_surround_prompting_the_user_for_inputs/>))
    - [Wrote my first function :) - highlight-word] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1bgyq3y/wrote_my_first_function/>)
    - [m-buffer-el: List Oriented Buffer Operations for Emacs] (<https://github.com/phillord/m-buffer-el>)
    - [Declaring Lisp function types] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-02/msg00777.html>)
  - Appearance:
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: ef-themes version 1.6.0] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2024-03-11-ef-themes-1-6-0/>)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: modus-themes version 4.4.0] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2024-03-17-modus-themes-4-4-0/>)
    - [`lsp-treemacs-nerd-icons` - Nerd Icons for `lsp-treemacs`] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1bguo9x/lsptreemacsnerdicons_nerd_icons_for_lsptreemacs/>)
    - [Gruvbox theme Emacs logo] (<https://i.redd.it/3fthokihn4oc1.png>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1bdvlhh/gruvbox_theme_emacs_logo/>))
  - Navigation:
    - [Arthur A. Gleckler: narrow-to-focus] (<https://speechcode.com/blog/narrow-to-focus>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12048>))
    - [replace-from-region: Perform `query-replace-regexp', but getting FROM string from region] (<https://github.com/rubikitch/replace-from-region>)
    - [diff-so-fancy: Good-lookin' diffs. Actually… nah… The best-lookin' diffs. 🎉] (<https://github.com/so-fancy/diff-so-fancy>)
  - Hyperbole:
    - [ANNOUNCE: GNU Hyperbole package major release 9 (V9.0.1) released] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1bdh29d/announce_gnu_hyperbole_package_major_release_9/>)
  - Dired:
    - [Dired-auto-readme is now available via Melpa] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1bhmvb5/diredautoreadme_is_now_available_via_melpa/>)
  - Writing:
    - [Some meow configuration for friendlier LaTeX editing] (<https://aatmunbaxi.netlify.app/comp/configuring_meow_friendly_latex/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1bdza9f/some_meow_configuration_for_friendlier_latex/>))
  - Org Mode:
    - [Ace Maths tool for training basic math skills - Org Mode document with Javascript, tangle and detangle - @ArneBab@rollenspiel.social] (<https://rollenspiel.social/@ArneBab/112090101963669413>)
    - [A meow-state for speedy org structure navigation] (<https://aatmunbaxi.netlify.app/comp/meow_state_org_speed/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1bfm2zm/a_meowstate_for_speedy_org_structure_navigation/>))
    - [orgtbljoin: Enrich an Org-table with a reference table] (<https://github.com/tbanel/orgtbljoin>)
    - [orgtblfit: Do regression fitting on Org Mode tables] (<https://github.com/tbanel/orgtblfit>)
    - [[Blog] Org, AWK, and Anki] (<https://ismailefe.org/blog/org-awk-anki/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1bh91s7/blog_org_awk_and_anki/>))
    - [Jeremy Friesen: Completion at Point for Org Macros] (<https://takeonrules.com/2024/03/16/completion-at-point-for-org-macros/>)
    - [Org-roam causes less complications than Denote] (<https://edstrom.dev/wzvdr/2023-02-26>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/1bcz9ai/orgroam_causes_less_complications_than_denote/>))
    - Org development:
      - [ob-calc.el: Add support for tables in Calc source block :var] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=89b0773c3f54c1cb513802d562e42b5ea0c4afef>)
      - [etc/ORG-NEWS: Fix typo] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=a862ef69061ffdda8133f1a0a791c85a4e1eb4f0>)
      - [org-export: Do not strip link type by default during export] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=72b0e9ff0460aa1d2c734a6d22d970c9942fa188>)
  - Completion:
    - [Emacs Recipes With Yasnippet | Mark's Project Blog] (<https://blog.fixermark.com/posts/2024/emacs-recipes-with-yasnippet/>) ([@mark@mastodon.fixermark.com] (<https://mastodon.fixermark.com/@mark/112107194852116882>))
    - [2024-03-15 Emacs: Completion And Function Bundles] (<http://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20240315-0.gmi>)
  - Coding:
    - [dape: Debug Adapter Protocol for Emacs - Version 0.9] (<https://github.com/svaante/dape>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1bhmpfq/dape_debug_adapter_protocol_for_emacs_version_09/>))
    - [Let's talk about Clojure editors and IDEs: Emacs, IntelliJ IDEA Cursive, VSCode Calva, Vim] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfzg2EYU6NA>) (11:41)
    - [Jeremy Friesen: An Emacs Function for Wrapping Ruby Functions] (<https://takeonrules.com/2024/03/17/an-emacs-function-for-wrapping-ruby-functions/>)
    - [Robe 0.8.4 released] (<https://github.com/dgutov/robe/releases/tag/0.8.4>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1bfwzmq/robe_084_released/>)) - Ruby 3 compatibility, etc.
    - [RPM Treesitter grammar parser packaging for Emacs, Vim and co] (<https://mastodon.social/@thaodan/112113040844752251>)
    - [Committing a partial changeset in Emacs | On coding and tools] (<https://gutov.dev/blog/2024/03/03/committing-a-partial-changeset-in-emacs/>) ([@ArneBab@rollenspiel.social] (<https://rollenspiel.social/@ArneBab/112081066594213680>))
  - Web:
    - [EWW Redirecting reddit to old.reddit.com automatically] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1bcf8v3/eww_redirecting_reddit_to_oldredditcom/>)
  - Fun:
    - [Spotted Emacs in a comic - Emacs Cultural References in the Wild] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1bcxyps/spotted_emacs_in_a_comic_emacs_cultural/>)
    - [GC-geiger: Make a click sound when emacs does garbage collection] (<https://github.com/mpardalos/gc-geiger>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1bcfehe/gcgeiger_make_a_click_sound_when_emacs_does/>))
  - AI:
    - [Release Version 0.8.0 · gptel (LLM client for Emacs)] (<https://github.com/karthink/gptel/releases/tag/v0.8.0>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1bgp9bb/release_version_080_gptel_llm_client_for_emacs/>))
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1bdm6mc/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>)
    - [Things you do in Emacs that will make non-Emacs users go WOW?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1benj4g/things_you_do_in_emacs_that_will_make_nonemacs/>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12044>))
    - [How do you collaborate/interact with the non-emacs users in your life?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1bg9vq1/how_do_you_collaborateinteract_with_the_nonemacs/>)
    - [A little vent about people who are trying to change Emacs] (<https://youtube.com/shorts/rdH45hlG3xQ?si=8sYgVmLl88r6qnk5>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1bfvif9/a_little_vent_about_people_who_are_trying_to/>))
    - [GNU Emacs sessions streaming on Twitch, Sundays] (<https://www.twitch.tv/shakthimaan/schedule>) ([@shakthimaan@mastodon.social] (<https://mastodon.social/@shakthimaan/112105551921552243>))
    - [emacs@groups.io: Emacs users group Slovenia] (<https://groups.io/g/emacs>)
    - [emacs_si: Spletna stran slovenske skupnosti, ki se dobiva na temo emacsa] (<https://codeberg.org/g1smo/emacs_si>)
    - [Telegram Channel Emacs (español) A nosotros nos gusta Emacs, y hablamos en español ;)] (<https://t.me/emacs_es>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/1beb300/telegram_channel_emacs_español_a_nosotros_nos/>))
  - Other:
    - [Emacs Mode Specific Commands 2024_03_17_06:27:52] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlzyzPqv8zw>) (04:28)
    - [lentic-server: A literate web server for Emacs] (<https://github.com/phillord/lentic-server>)
    - [The revised edition of the howm manual.] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1bh5kh2/the_revised_edition_of_the_howm_manual/>)
    - [Anand Tamariya: Data Visualization with GNU Emacs] (<https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2024/03/data-visualization-with-gnu-emacs.html>) ([YouTube] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdXlIV2Hvk4>) 00:50, [Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1bduco6/data_visualization_with_gnu_emacs/>))
    - [Gijs Hillenius: Blog - Gopher - Elpher] (<https://hillenius.net/post/getback/>)
    - [boox-attach.el · GitHub] (<https://gist.github.com/lucasvreis/d031bb66ec5a4b4af15e80024dc64064>) ([@lucasvreis@mathstodon.xyz] (<https://mathstodon.xyz/@lucasvreis/112114936249699585>)) - insert last figure drawn on Boox tablet into an Org note as SVG
    - [Introducing Chrome-Emacs: Elevate Your Live Coding Experience in Online Editors] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1bg7tgn/introducing_chromeemacs_elevate_your_live_coding/>)
  - Emacs development:
    - [An alternate pattern-matching conditional for Elisp] (<https://lwn.net/Articles/961682/>)
    - [Continued work on faster JSON parsing] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-03/msg00360.html>)
    - [* lisp/tab-bar.el (tab-bar-select-restore-windows): New defcustom.] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=c29b6df2273347946d5b8c88b5dee39d8d6fd202>)
    - [Document and announce 'marker-last-position'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=c12852bbf61ebb9ae124033deb427b15ce1a2ffb>)
    - [Further adjustments for restoring killed buffer windows (Bug#68235)] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=5bba1b95b8088048808b306bf8b00eb9b342ce92>)
    - [* lisp/textmodes/flyspell.el (flyspell-check-changes): New user option.] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=f03f14165ed51148b72b431ac99c4a4829bb1a7f>)
    - [Add user option to disable JavaScript in xwidget webview] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=f6a27bc32d19727dfcbee65fb9894b53aec46c65>)
  - New packages:
    - bril-mode: Major mode for Bril text format (MELPA)
    - dired-auto-readme: Auto-display README file in Dired buffers (MELPA)
    - dired-hist: Traverse Dired buffer history: back, forward (MELPA)
    - elisa: Emacs Lisp Information System Assistant (MELPA)
    - mpdired <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/mpdired.html>: A dired-like client for Music Player Daemon (GNU ELPA)
    - sops: SOPS encrypt and decrypt without leaving the editor (MELPA)
    - sqlite-mode-extras: Extensions for sqlite-mode (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>), [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>), [communick.news] (<https://communick.news/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/2024-03>). 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!