2023-02-27 Emacs news
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  - Help wanted:
    - [Magit maintainer Tarsius is losing donators at alarming speed. Please help!] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/11cezoq/magit_maintainer_tarsius_is_losing_donators_at/>)
    - [The Emacs Bengaluru group has no organizer - step up if anyone wants to become one] (<https://www.meetup.com/emacs-bengaluru/>) ([Twitter] (<https://twitter.com/kumarshantanu/status/1627321023392808960>))
  - Security:
    - [CVE-2022-48337: GNU Emacs through 28.2 allows attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a source-code file] (<https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-48337>)
    - [CVE-2022-48338: In GNU Emacs through 28.2. In ruby-mode.el, the ruby-find-library-file function has a local command injection vulnerability.] (<https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-48338>)
    - [CVE-2022-48339: Emacs <= 28.2: htmlfontify.el has a command injection vulnerability] (<https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-48339>)
    - [Emacs 28.3 rc1 pretest is available, fixing CVE-2022-45939] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/117mezb/emacs_283_rc1_pretest_is_available_fixing/>)
  - Upcoming events:
    - EmacsATX: Emacs Social <https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/291143186/> Wed Mar 1 1630 America/Vancouver - 1830 America/Chicago - 1930 America/Toronto -- Thu Mar 2 0030 Etc/GMT - 0130 Europe/Berlin - 0600 Asia/Kolkata - 0830 Asia/Singapore
    - Emacs Paris (virtual, in French) <https://www.emacs-doctor.com/emacs-paris-user-group/> Thu Mar 2 0830 America/Vancouver - 1030 America/Chicago - 1130 America/Toronto - 1630 Etc/GMT - 1730 Europe/Berlin - 2200 Asia/Kolkata -- Fri Mar 3 0030 Asia/Singapore
    - M-x Research (contact them for password): TBA <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Fri Mar 3 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Sat Mar 4 0000 Asia/Singapore
    - Mastering Emacs book club <https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/> Fri Mar 3 1200 America/Vancouver - 1400 America/Chicago - 1500 America/Toronto - 2000 Etc/GMT - 2100 Europe/Berlin -- Sat Mar 4 0130 Asia/Kolkata - 0400 Asia/Singapore
    - Mastering Emacs book club <https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/> Sat Mar 4 0200 America/Vancouver - 0400 America/Chicago - 0500 America/Toronto - 1000 Etc/GMT - 1100 Europe/Berlin - 1530 Asia/Kolkata - 1800 Asia/Singapore
    - Mastering Emacs book club <https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/> Sun Mar 5 0200 America/Vancouver - 0400 America/Chicago - 0500 America/Toronto - 1000 Etc/GMT - 1100 Europe/Berlin - 1530 Asia/Kolkata - 1800 Asia/Singapore
    - Emacs.si (in person): Emacs.si meetup #3 2023 <https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/c5630087-b9ec-4f48-9bb1-2ba337c1850f> Mon Mar 6 2000 CET
    - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) <https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs> Fri Mar 10 1800 Europe/Paris
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [emacs can be "heavy" but still blazingly fast] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/119mp95/emacs_can_be_heavy_but_still_blazingly_fast/>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11176>))
    - [The most important snippet in my Emacs init file. (For Newbs)] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/11ap924/the_most_important_snippet_in_my_emacs_init_file/>)
    - [Aimé Bertrand: Custom functions No. 2 - Modules] (<https://macowners.club/posts/custom-functions-2-modules/>)
    - [Jeremy Friesen: My Lesser Sung Packages of Emacs] (<https://takeonrules.com/2023/02/25/my-lesser-sung-packages-of-emacs/>)
    - [5 CONFIGURACIONES BÁSICAS que le hago a Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lCMtpt9iTw>) (06:54)
    - [Elpaca: Async Emacs Package Manager] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ud-TE3iIQY>) (08:03)
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [PLDI 2021: Evolution of Emacs Lisp] (<https://www.pldi21.org/prerecorded_hopl.16.html>)
    - [Xah Talk Show 2023-02-23 Emacs Lisp Writing URL Parser] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHgWyH-aOS4>) (01:20:10)
  - Appearance:
    - [Nicolas Martyanoff: Custom Font Lock configuration in Emacs] (<https://www.n16f.net/blog/custom-font-lock-configuration-in-emacs/>)
    - [New Doom theme and modeline based on NANO Emacs] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/11bsb2y/new_doom_theme_and_modeline_based_on_nano_emacs/>)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: modus-themes version 4.1.0] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2023-02-22-modus-themes-4-1-0/>)
  - Navigation:
    - [Open file from clipboard with common path] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/11b306q/open_file_from_clipboard_with_common_path/>)
    - [query-replace-many—query-replace, but for multiple matches] (<https://github.com/slotthe/query-replace-many>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/118r3i6/queryreplacemanyqueryreplace_but_for_multiple/>))
    - [James Dyer: Moving Away From Deft] (<https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20230204140603-emacs--moving-away-from-deft/>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11169>))
  - Writing:
    - [ekg, a note-taking / knowledge management system for Emacs] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/117epj1/ekg_a_notetaking_knowledge_management_system_for/>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11165>))
    - [I've tried EKG] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/11b1oo6/ive_tried_ekg/>)
  - Org Mode:
    - [Emacs and Org-babel for flaw analysis.] (<https://wmealing.github.io/emacs-org-babel-analysis.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/11cm2al/emacs_and_orgbabel_for_flaw_analysis/>))
    - [Mario Jason Braganza: Org Mode Subtree Expansion With the Mouse] (<https://janusworx.com/blog/org-mode-subtree-expansion-with-the-mouse/>)
    - [panapnamana/org-highlight-hydra: A pop-up menu for highlighting in org-mode.] (<https://github.com/panapnamana/org-highlight-hydra>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/11bwpjs/i_made_a_highlighting_hydra_for_orgmode/>))
    - [OrgMode E02S02: Agenda view (advanced)] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u00pglDfgX4>)
    - [Emacs org-speed commands: WOW!] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-jLg1VaYzo>) (10:56)
    - [MS Word document comments using org-mode] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKo1qb3xxWI>) (06:52)
  - Completion:
    - [What are the benefits of Vertico over Helm or Ivy?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/117zdnu/what_are_the_benefits_of_vertico_over_helm_or_ivy/>)
    - [Manuel Uberti: Jump to minibuffer from completions] (<https://manueluberti.eu//2023/02/25/switch-to-minibuffer.html>)
  - Coding:
    - [Eglot+Tree-Sitter in Emacs 29 | Adventures in Why] (<https://www.adventuresinwhy.com/post/eglot/>)
    - [Eglot "inlay hints" has landed on emacs-29 branch] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-02/msg00841.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/119hmre/eglot_inlay_hints_has_landed_on_emacs29_branch/>))
    - [Emacs Magit Way Of Creating Rudimentary Patch 2023_02_21_03:53:35] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn3YovbsH18&feature=youtu.be>)
  - Mail, news, and chat:
    - [M. Rincón: Adding mu4e Actions] (<https://mrincon.net/posts/mu4e-actions/>)
    - [[ANN] Ement.el v0.6 released (Matrix client for Emacs)] (<https://github.com/alphapapa/ement.el>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/11awijt/ann_ementel_v06_released_matrix_client_for_emacs/>))
  - Fun:
    - [progfolio/marqueeo: Mario in the Emacs header line] (<https://github.com/progfolio/marqueeo>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/11a2tt9/person_animation_in_emacs/>))
    - [Animations with Emacs] (<http://blog.josephwilk.net/art/emacs-animation.html>) (2015, [Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/11bxkei/animations_with_emacs/>))
  - AI:
    - [Setting up Github Copilot in Emacs] (<https://robert.kra.hn/posts/2023-02-22-copilot-emacs-setup/>)
    - [Matus Goljer (Fuco1): Using OpenAI GPT to search your org files] (<https://fuco1.github.io/2023-02-20-Using-OpenAI-GPT-to-search-your-org-files.html>)
    - [emacs+whisper+chatgpt: press F12 to record, use whisper to transcribe and chatgpt answers; proof of concept but surreal] (<https://github.com/jackdoe/emacs-chatgpt-jarvis>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/11axwec/emacswhisperchatgpt_press_f12_to_record_use/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34926743>))
    - [emacs + whisper + chatgpt rewrite text] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jyhs6SfFl0>) (00:19)
    - [emacs + whisper + chatgpt - refactor code] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWJ8-JU0aXY>) (00:33)
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/118sowc/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>)
    - [Non-programmers who use EMacs] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/119ub6d/nonprogrammers_who_use_emacs/>)
  - Other:
    - [Emacs-Appindicator - create and control tray icons with Elisp!] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/118avdd/emacsappindicator_create_and_control_tray_icons/>)
    - [zhenhua-wang/emacs-cpu-temperature: Get cpu temperature in emacs] (<https://github.com/zhenhua-wang/emacs-cpu-temperature>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/11d3bx0/a_package_to_display_cpu_temperature_in_emacs/>))
    - [Gosling's implementation of Emacs now open source] (<https://github.com/bobbae/gosling-emacs>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1175qcp/goslings_implementation_of_emacs_now_open_source/>))
    - [restart-emacs: A simple emacs package to restart emacs from within emacs] (<https://github.com/iqbalansari/restart-emacs>)
    - [Discovering Emacs podcast: 2 - Efficiency With The Mark Ring] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhyr8kvKa2I&t=1s>) (7:14, [Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11173>))
    - [Using Emacs to backup a Raspberry Pi] (<https://fredrikmeyer.net/2023/02/26/backup-pi-emacs.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/11csro8/using_emacs_to_upload_backups_to_s3/>))
    - [Emacs is on F-Droid | Hacker News] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34909546>)
  - Emacs development:
    - emacs-devel:
      - [Figuring out where to put things for the Emacs Android port (Re: tree-sitter)] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-02/msg00763.html>)
      - [Re: Excessive redisplay from lots of process output] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-02/msg00938.html>) - some notes
    - [Detect and prevent function alias loops in `fset` and `defalias`] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=db3fea2e5ce46229ae40aa9ca6a89964261a7a5a>)
  - New packages:
    - beframe <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/beframe.html>: Isolate buffers per frame (GNU ELPA)
    - brec-mode <https://melpa.org/#/brec-mode>: A major mode for editing Breccian text (MELPA)
    - gptai <https://melpa.org/#/gptai>: Integrate with the OpenAI API (MELPA)
    - kconfig-ref <https://melpa.org/#/kconfig-ref>: A simple package for looking up kconfig symbol quickly (MELPA)
    - kkp <https://melpa.org/#/kkp>: Enable support for the Kitty Keyboard Protocol (MELPA)
    - magit-stats <https://melpa.org/#/magit-stats>: Generates GIT Repo Statistics Report (MELPA)
    - no-clown-fiesta-theme <https://melpa.org/#/no-clown-fiesta-theme>: Not-so-colorful-theme (MELPA)
    - squirrel-mode <https://melpa.org/#/squirrel-mode>: A major mode for the Squirrel programming language (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/2023-02>), 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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