2024-10-21 Emacs news
=====================

  - Emacs 30:
    - [New stuff in Emacs 30] (<https://mgmarlow.com/words/2024-07-28-emacs-30-news/>) (July 2024)
    - [Twitch video on latest Emacs features from master, buffer/file registers, golang ts tests features and more] (<https://www.twitch.tv/pizzatorque/v/2280011630>) ([@pizzatorque@emacs.ch] (<https://emacs.ch/@pizzatorque/113335259857854470>)) (video available temporarily)
  - Upcoming events:
    - Emacs APAC (virtual) <https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/> Sat Oct 26 0130 America/Vancouver - 0330 America/Chicago - 0430 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT - 1030 Europe/Berlin - 1400 Asia/Kolkata - 1630 Asia/Singapore
    - Emacs Berlin (virtual, in English) <https://emacs-berlin.org/> Wed Oct 30 1030 America/Vancouver - 1230 America/Chicago - 1330 America/Toronto - 1730 Etc/GMT - 1830 Europe/Berlin - 2300 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Oct 31 0130 Asia/Singapore
    - M-x Research: TBA <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Fri Nov 1 0900 America/Vancouver - 1100 America/Chicago - 1200 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Sat Nov 2 0000 Asia/Singapore
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [Exploramos las opciones para instalar paquetes en Emacs con package.el] (<https://fediverse.tv/videos/watch/3c91280a-2d38-450c-97b5-aafc83c76e71>)
    - [diegs' Emacs Config] (<https://github.com/diegs/dotfiles>): nix, Emacs .el, meow
    - [BuddhiLW's Emacs Config] (<https://github.com/BuddhiLW/dotfiles>): Doom Emacs
    - [jjba23's Emacs Config] (<https://github.com/jjba23/dotfiles>): nix, Emacs init.el
    - [Developers Have Jobs to Do] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g6htoz/developers_have_jobs_to_do/>) ([Part 2] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g79nqc/developers_have_jobs_to_do_part_2/>)) - someone sharing notes on a product-manager-ish way of approaching making a new distribution focused on Python and React development
    - [Instalar paquetes en Emacs (0x0004) - FTV] (<https://fediverse.tv/w/3c91280a-2d38-450c-97b5-aafc83c76e71>) ([@barocio@techhub.social] (<https://techhub.social/@barocio/113335229354145879>))
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [TheMKat: Write your own Emacs Lisp macros - a short introduction] (<https://themkat.net/2024/10/17/emacs_lisp_macros.html>)
    - [Marcin Borkowski: substitute-command-keys] (<https://mbork.pl/2024-10-19_substitute-command-keys>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12526>))
    - [show-conses.el (2024)] (<http://anggtwu.net/show-conses.html>)
    - [Lección 1: Introducción | Curso de UI Emacs Lisp] (<https://programadorwebvalencia.com/cursos/ui-emacs-lisp/introducci%C3%B3n/>) ([@csantosb@sigmoid.social] (<https://sigmoid.social/@csantosb/113340914111164746>))
  - Appearance:
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: remap font size in the minibuffer] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2024-10-17-emacs-remap-minibuffer-face/>)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: the Modus themes have a new ‘rotate’ command] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2024-10-20-emacs-modus-themes-rotate/>)
    - [No more drugs, punch-line is here] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g8ku9d/no_more_drugs_punchline_is_here/>) - mode line
    - [Emacs purple theme inspired by Plasma cookies] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g7b6mn/emacs_purple_theme_inspired_by_plasma_cookies/>)
    - [HTML Renderer: CSS Support] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g6ey96/html_renderer_css_support/>)
  - Org Mode:
    - [Emacs para ciencias del dato] (<https://www.cs.us.es/~jalonso/apuntes/Emacs_para_ciencias_del_dato/Emacs_para_ciencias_del_dato.html>) ([@Jose_A_Alonso@mathstodon.xyz] (<https://mathstodon.xyz/@Jose_A_Alonso/113312462621674644>))
    - [Sacha Chua: Thinking about 12 aspects of personal information/knowledge management] (<https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/10/thinking-about-12-aspects-of-personal-information-knowledge-management/>)
    - [Sacha Chua: Shuffling my Org Mode unscheduled tasks] (<https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/10/shuffling-my-org-mode-unscheduled-tasks/>)
    - [Sacha Chua: Change Org Mode TODO keyword color based on the state and the current Modus theme] (<https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/10/change-org-mode-todo-keyword-color-based-on-the-state-and-the-current-modus-theme/>)
    - [Function for calculating all TBLFM lines for the current table in order] (<https://framapiaf.org/@debacle/113319565096451847>)
    - [James Dyer: Transforming Dired File Paths into Org Links] (<https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20240918111443-emacs--transforming-dired-file-paths-into-org-links-with-emacs-lisp/>)
    - [rtrppl/website2org: Turn any website into a minimal Orgmode buffer or .org file] (<https://github.com/rtrppl/website2org>) ([@laotang@mastodon.social] (<https://mastodon.social/@laotang/113328022189833555>))
    - [Como exportar desde orgmode a pdf en castellano - Cyberiadas] (<https://alvarmaciel.gitlab.io/cyberiada/post/2024-02-26-exportando_a_pdf_desde_orgmode_y_en_castellano/>) ([@hispa@emacs.ch] (<https://emacs.ch/@hispa/113339922483340799>))
  - Completion:
    - [Alex Popescu: An Intro to Emacs packages Vertico, Consult, Marginalia, Orderless, Embark by Protesilaos Stavrou] (<https://alpo.gitlab.io/jots/links/2024/10/an-intro-to-vertico-consult-marginalia-orderless-embark-by-prot/>)
  - Coding:
    - [Using Emacs Lisp in a Makefile by setting SHELL=emacs and setting SHELLFLAGS] (<https://gitlab.com/grinn.amy/projects/-/blob/main/Makefile>) ([@mekeor@mastodon.catgirl.cloud] (<https://mastodon.catgirl.cloud/@mekeor/113319539404480267>))
    - [Insert bug ticket cookie in vc-log for the current thread being read in Gnus] (<https://gist.github.com/9viz/a74281b5c49c414df7646330f08ebd50>) ([@viz@mastinsaan.in] (<https://mastinsaan.in/@viz/113324045290243368>))
    - [Arne Bahlo: Jujutsu in practice] (<https://arne.me/blog/jj-in-practice>) - version control
  - Web:
    - [Sacha Chua: Yay Emacs 6: Inserting links with consult-omni] (<https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/10/yay-emacs-inserting-links-with-consult-omni/>)
  - Multimedia:
    - [shenshou (subtitle downloader) 0.2.0 is published] (<https://github.com/redguardtoo/shenshou>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g46jun/shenshou_subtitle_downloader_020_is_published/>)) - support OpenSubtitles.com REST API
    - [Irreal: Emacs Drawing Tools] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12524>)
  - EXWM:
    - [Emacs: edytor jako window manager? Oct 26 2024, Rybnik] (<https://jesien.org/2024/agenda/>) ([@JesienLinuksowa@fosstodon.org] (<https://fosstodon.org/@JesienLinuksowa/113339873121657210>))
  - AI:
    - [Spiffying up automatic smerge insertions + animated regions] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g57cu7/spiffying_up_automatic_smerge_insertions_animated/>) M-x chatgpt-shell-quick-modify-region, M-x chatgpt-shell-fix-error-at-point ([@xenodium@indieweb.social] (<https://indieweb.social/@xenodium/113311889700473537>))
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g4ucsq/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>): key combos, repeat, exwm, use-package
    - [That Lightbulb Moment with Emacs] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g6dauf/that_lightbulb_moment_with_emacs/>) - novelist/filmmaker who switched from NeoVim
    - [Why do you think emacs is so low in popularity?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g5t9h7/why_do_you_think_emacs_is_so_low_in_popularity/>)
    - [Why you switched to Emacs?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g5maio/why_you_switched_to_emacs/>)
    - [Kent Pitman's memories of TECO and the early history of Emacs] (<https://pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/mit_emacs_170_teco_1220/01/emacs/zbabyl.emacs.html>) ([@kentpitman@climatejustice.social] (<https://climatejustice.social/@kentpitman/113316611208161862>))
    - [Eric MacAdie: 2024-10 Austin Emacs Meetup] (<https://macadie.info/2024/10/19/2024-10-austin-emacs-meetup/>) - new organizers; smex, amx, org-jira, eat, dslide, org-sidebar ([lemmy.ml] (<https://lemmy.ml/post/21602306?scrollToComments=true>))
    - [encontro emacs brasil? - Lemmy] (<https://lemmy.ml/post/21605556>)
  - Other:
    - [Making the Most of Terminal Emacs - System Crafters Live!] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjMTNSdhUvk>) (02:07:05)
    - [jh-mustache-csv.el: Convert CSV to Text using Mustache templates] (<https://github.com/julian-hoch/emacs-utilities>) - also has decide-with-probabilities
    - [The Ultimate Collection of Emacs Resources] (<https://batsov.com/articles/2011/11/30/the-ultimate-collection-of-emacs-resources/>) (2011, [Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/1g3a57l/the_ultimate_collection_of_emacs_resources/>))
    - [martianh/nc.el: Work with Nextcloud shares in Emacs - Codeberg.org] (<https://codeberg.org/martianh/nc.el>) ([@mousebot@todon.nl] (<https://todon.nl/@mousebot/113340464684773333>)) - work in progress
  - Emacs development:
    - emacs-devel: [Re: Improving Emacs' iCalendar support] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-10/msg00452.html>) - looking for feedback on ical library, esp. from Org/Gnus/diary developers
    - [Add ability to crossfade between songs in 'mpc'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=08f3bc1b8e6a3583c8ccda02a7cf1b59c8d3f514>)
    - [Hide default-directory absolute file name in dired-hide-details-mode] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=7cbca90569472af5643905fca5b7ab2dea67f876>)
    - [; * etc/NEWS: Shorten find-function-mode entry back to single line.] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=d6ea735af8ed5e74f1cbc6d3e8285c6c7700239e>)
    - [Add notifications support to 'mpc' (Bug#73538)] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=49084bad7990a614bdd3ea7a24ebab0fc89627e3>)
    - [Add support for chaining conditionals in Eshell] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=fada04cfc788a486265c9da6636611986b48ae49>)
  - New packages:
    - just-ts-mode <http://melpa.org/#/just-ts-mode>: Justfile editing mode (MELPA)
    - tp <http://melpa.org/#/tp>: Utilities for transient menu that POST to an API (MELPA, NonGNU ELPA)

  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>), [Mastodon #emacs] (<https://mastodon.social/tags/emacs>), [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>), [programming.dev] (<https://programming.dev/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New>), [lemmy.world] (<https://lemmy.world/c/emacs>), [lemmy.ml] (<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/2024-10>). 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!