2021-06-21 Emacs news
=====================

  - Upcoming events:
    - Emacs APAC (virtual, in English) <https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/> Sat Jun 26 0130 Vancouver / 0330 Chicago / 0430 Toronto / 0830 GMT / 1030 Berlin / 1400 Kolkata / 1630 Singapore
    - Emacs Berlin (virtual, in English) <https://emacs-berlin.org/> Wed Jun 30 0930 Vancouver / 1130 Chicago / 1230 Toronto / 1630 GMT / 1830 Berlin / 2200 Kolkata -- Thu Jul 1 0030 Singapore
    - M-x Research (virtual, contact them for passcode) <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Thu Jul 1 0700 Vancouver / 0900 Chicago / 1000 Toronto / 1400 GMT / 1600 Berlin / 1930 Kolkata / 2200 Singapore
    - EmacsConf 2021 public meeting <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacsconf-discuss/2021-06/msg00001.html> Sat Jul 3 0700 Vancouver / 0900 Chicago / 1000 Toronto / 1400 GMT / 1600 Berlin / 1930 Kolkata / 2200 Singapore ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/o05p3v/first_meeting_of_emacsconf_2021_will_be_on/>))
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [acme-mouse: Acme mouse-chording for Emacs] (<https://github.com/akrito/acme-mouse>)
    - [Philip K.: Lesser known functionalities in core Emacs] (<https://ruzkuku.com/texts/lesser-known.html>)
    - [Christian Tietze: Trash File from Emacs with Put-Back Enabled on macOS] (<https://christiantietze.de/posts/2021/06/emacs-trash-file-macos/>)
    - [Luca's literate Emacs config] (<https://www.lucacambiaghi.com/vanilla-emacs/readme.html>)
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [James Cash: Some Emacs advice] (<https://occasionallycogent.com/emacs_advice/index.html>)
    - [Emacs-Lisp Loops & Lists | while, dotimes, car, cdr, cons and dolist | Switching to Emacs #6.3] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_xpSsMTPnQ>) (13:52)
    - [Andrea: Moldable Emacs: vision, basic concepts and design] (<http://ag91.github.io/blog/2021/06/18/moldable-emacs-vision-basic-concepts-and-design>)
    - [Andrea: Moldable Emacs: how to explore JSON via Elisp] (<http://ag91.github.io/blog/2021/06/18/moldable-emacs-how-to-explore-json-via-elisp>)
  - Emacs development:
    - [Discussion about the Emacs contributor license agreement] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-06/msg00649.html>)
    - [NEWS for tool bar "X" in Help buffers change (bug#49139)] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=09f17ac4752e18bf834d2f20ceef561cc516d917>)
    - [Add input methods for Lakota] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=9bbdd3bac99cf419ad9b8d14b11e96defca6755d>)
    - [Add new convenience command for Help] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=415143de47089983bb3f3d6ba1a610d13166969e>): c: help-customize
    - [New Gnus Summary buffer sort options for extra headers] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=1293ece4613319629f08926d78b6cd5afdc9b2e9>)
    - [Add new convenience commands for Help] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=6fc48df5ae6244485a963d138c6441c50396deed>): s: help-view-source, i: help-goto-info
    - [Allow ERT tests to output the failure reasons, too] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8be9d4a1568c34aed753b085d5d33daef5dfa797>)
    - [Add a new function syntax-class-to-char] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=81fd5603ce701a0acae096314c1f7ab1db69c64f>)
  - Appearance:
    - [Exploring Emacs: Whats new in Emacs 27? Column Indicator Mode] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9X88IWN9II>) (04:34)
    - [Transform Words Into Pretty Symbols In Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iCjhdCUuLg>) (06:27)
    - [Share your prettify-symbols-alist!] (<https://i.redd.it/3yhxn0yplc571.png>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/o04it0/share_your_prettifysymbolsalist/>))
  - Navigation:
    - [Is Ivy worth having?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/o22dn0/is_ivy_worth_having/>)
    - [How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Ibuffer] (<https://jgkamat.gitlab.io/blog/emacs-tabs.html>)
    - [Emacs: introduction to IBUFFER] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KN_oSLFf-k&feature=youtu.be>) (2020)
  - Dired:
    - [The nuts and bolts of Emacs DIRED] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ing9Y53RICs>) (17:58)
    - [Viewing Images with Emacs and the image-dired package] (<https://lucidmanager.org/productivity/using-emacs-image-dired/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/nzxms5/viewing_images_with_emacs_and_the_imagedired/>))
  - Org Mode:
    - [An example paper written in org completely] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2021-06/msg00321.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/o4m9m4/an_example_paper_written_in_org_completely/>))
    - [A dictionary made in Org Mode] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2021-06/msg00348.html>)
    - [Organizacija rada na računaru upotrebom Emacs programa - Savremene računarske tehnologije S01R04] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dr6yzScmHs>) (01:56:37)
    - [TAONAW: How to make all-day events stand out in org-mode] (<https://helpdeskheadesk.net/help-desk-head-desk/2021-06-12/>)
    - [Automatically, recursively sorting an Org file upon save using multiple sorting criteria] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/o2df99/automatically_recursively_sorting_an_org_file/>)
    - [Automatically set the language for org mode src blocks] (<https://blog.florianschroedl.com/org-mode-src-snippet-with-automatic-language-attribute>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/nzohi0/automatically_set_the_language_for_org_mode_src/>))
    - [Org-transclusion (alpha v0.2.0) Demo #8] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JViI7u_PB9M&feature=youtu.be>)
    - [org-lms: A simple Emacs mode for marking papers with Org.] (<https://github.com/titaniumbones/org-lms>)
    - [org-weather: Weather forecast for the org-mode agenda.] (<https://github.com/kautsig/org-weather>)
    - [org-critical-edition (a package for philologists and classicists)] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2021-06/msg00152.html>)
    - Import, export, and integration:
      - [Write html tables in seconds with orgtbl-mode... REALLY PUNKY FUNKY VIDEO] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyG54FFWu-o>) (3:23, [Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/o1wyvs/write_html_tables_in_seconds_with_orgtblmode/>))
      - [[tip] LaTeX preview of a region] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2021-06/msg00265.html>)
      - [export tables. html org backend. WE GO DEEPER. (INSIDE EMACS)] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LogbcVWb3mQ>) (4:14)
      - [Integrating Org Protocol with Qutebrowser] (<https://sidhartharya.github.io/integrating-org-protocol-with-qutebrowser/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/nzjz8m/integrating_org_protocol_with_qutebrowser/>))
      - [Alvaro Ramirez: Previewing SwiftUI layouts in Emacs (revisited)] (<http://xenodium.com/previewing-swiftui-layouts-in-emacs-revisited>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/o4qz6e/previewing_swiftui_layouts_in_emacs_now_on_melpa/>))
  - Yasnippet:
    - [YASnippet snippets/templating Introduction/Tutorial — Straightforward Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-bRZlseNm0>) (8:16, [Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/o282fq/yasnippet_snippetstemplating_introductiontutorial/>))
    - [Alvaro Ramirez: Blurring the lines between shell and editor] (<http://xenodium.com/yasnippet-in-emacs-eshell>) - eshell+yasnippet ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/o3gj1g/i_dont_always_loop_in_my_eshell_but_when_i_do/>))
  - Coding:
    - [Emacs-LanguageTool.el: LanguageTool correction integrated with Emacs] (<https://github.com/PillFall/Emacs-LanguageTool.el>)
    - [Comfortably Edit C with Emacs] (<http://ruzkuku.com/texts/emacs-c.html>) (2020)
    - [Emacs configuration for C/C++] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/o2uzwn/emacs_configuration_for_cc/>)
    - [Tassilo Horn: Using Eldoc with Magit] (<https://tsdh.org/posts/2021-06-21-using-eldoc-with-magit.html>) - shows a quick summary
  - Mail and news:
    - [Email setup in Emacs with Mu4e on macOS] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/o196un/email_setup_in_emacs_with_mu4e_on_macos/>)
    - [Emacs: podcast manager with Elfeed+Bongo] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWApxQd1sYI&feature=youtu.be>)
  - Doom Emacs:
    - [Looking at Doom Emacs for the First Time] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3SRiTVHkpU>) (01:30:08)
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/o0zvb5/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>)
    - [An Emacs Love Tale] (<https://emacs.love/tales/emacs-love-tale-by-sdp.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/o0k0hx/an_emacs_love_tale/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27516073>))
    - [What Are The Benefits Of Emacs Over Vim?] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRkp-uJTK7s>) (29:44)
    - [Dear VSCODERS, What damn good features would you want in EMACS ?] (</r/vscode/comments/o22xgk/dear_vscoders_what_damn_good_features_would_you/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/o2dw6q/dear_vscoders_what_damn_good_features_would_you/>))
    - [Do you think the time you have spent configuring emacs is justified?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/nzk9ev/do_you_think_the_time_you_have_spent_configuring/>)
  - Other:
    - [Marcin Borkowski: New behavior of yank-pop] (<http://mbork.pl/2021-06-14_New_behavior_of_yank-pop>)
    - [How to Select, Copy, Cut, and Paste Data Tables in Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9_L7Nt6siE>) (09:01) - rectangle-mode
    - [Emacs utilities for your OS] (<https://xenodium.com/emacs-utilities-for-your-os/>) (2018)
    - [search firefox bookmarks and history from emacs] (<https://github.com/cireu/counsel-ffdata>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/o0zdgq/search_firefox_bookmarks_and_history_from_emacs/>))
    - [Sacha Chua: Using inotify to add Plover Clippy suggestions into Emacs] (<https://sachachua.com/blog/2021/06/using-inotify-to-add-plover-clippy-suggestions-into-emacs/>)
    - [Pretty please of seeing emacs running on my eReader!] (<https://i.redd.it/0qc5ui6w4n571.jpg>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/o16nfa/pretty_please_of_seeing_emacs_running_on_my/>))
    - [Trying out doom emacs with iSH on iPad… A bit slow but completely usable.] (<https://i.redd.it/tce3baleba671.png>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/DoomEmacs/comments/o3phkh/trying_out_doom_emacs_with_ish_on_ipad_a_bit_slow/>))
    - [Emacs via Termux on Boox Max 3 eInk Reader] (<https://gregorboes.com/tools/ereader>)
  - New packages:
    - ob-swiftui <http://melpa.org/#/ob-swiftui>: Org babel functions for SwiftUI evaluation
    - ol-notmuch <http://melpa.org/#/ol-notmuch>: Links to notmuch messages
    - project-mode-line-tag <http://melpa.org/#/project-mode-line-tag>: Display a buffer's project in its mode line
    - shellcop <http://melpa.org/#/shellcop>: Analyze info&error in shell-mode

  Links from [reddit.com/r/emacs] (<http://reddit.com/r/emacs>), [r/orgmode] (<http://reddit.com/r/orgmode>), [r/spacemacs] (<http://reddit.com/r/spacemacs>), [r/planetemacs] (<http://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/>) and [emacs-devel] (<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-06>).

  
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