2024-10-14 Emacs news
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  - Upcoming events:
    - [Emacs APAC: Announcing Emacs Asia-Pacific (APAC) virtual meetup, Saturday, October 26, 2024] (<https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/announcements/october-2024/>)
    - M-x Research: TBA <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Wed Oct 16 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
    - 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 configuration:
    - [Thaodan/use-package-transient - Codeberg.org] (<https://codeberg.org/Thaodan/use-package-transient>) ([@thaodan@mastodon.social] (<https://mastodon.social/@thaodan/113285676273914477>))
    - [Announcing Emacs-Kick: A Kickstart for Emacs focused on Vimmers] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1fzvisf/announcing_emacskick_a_kickstart_for_emacs/>)
    - [Configuración de Emacs Vanilla - Hardlimit] (<https://video.hardlimit.com/w/p/484ZnDn4ktDFDsh7LiSbJt?playlistPosition=1>)
    - [Customizing Emacs And Eshell - DT LIVE] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcwOtRRObqk>) (01:08:51)
    - [Irreal: Emacs Configuration Can Be Easy] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12501>)
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [Marcin Borkowski: Autoloads] (<https://mbork.pl/2024-10-07_Autoloads>)
    - [Trying eev with a sexp (2024)] (<http://anggtwu.net/2024-find-tryit-links.html>)
    - [Aprendendo Emacs Lisp - Corte 6: Escrevendo em buffers] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI3BXmBnKsE>) (53:02)
  - Appearance:
    - [Theme loading macros for light/dark] (<https://toot.cat/@etenil/113271564137281969>)
    - [konrad1977/cocaine-line: A minimal mode-line for emacs which is not highly configurable and doesn't work in terminal] (<https://github.com/konrad1977/cocaine-line>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g1vthl/new_modeline_but_its_not_very_good_or_useful/>))
    - [Hack: Use pixel-scroll for all scrolling and recentering functions/commands] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g092xp/hack_use_pixelscroll_for_all_scrolling_and/>)
  - Navigation:
    - [Centaur Tabs - The best tab (UI) system for Emacs!] (<https://themkat.net/2024/01/04/emacs_centaur_tabs.html>) (Jan 2024)
    - [speedrect v0.5: modal tools during rectangle selection, now with column fill] (<https://github.com/jdtsmith/speedrect>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1fzb73r/speedrect_v05_modal_tools_during_rectangle/>))
    - [Emacs tip: Use windmove to navigate open buffer windows] (<https://themkat.net/2024/10/14/emacs_tip_windmove.html>)
    - [Re: Add function to rotate/transpose all windows] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-10/msg00002.html>)
    - [Making Killing Nicer in Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ9JE9kRwG8>) (04:22, July 2024)
  - Hyperbole:
    - [Doing a Research Project and using GNU Hyperbole's Integrated Features] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g2184d/doing_a_research_project_and_using_gnu_hyperboles/>)
  - Writing:
    - [James Cherti: Emacs: Automating Table of Contents Update for Markdown Documents (e.g., README.md)] (<https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-markdown-table-of-contents-update-before-save/>)
    - [Marcin Borkowski: mrr-replace-mode] (<https://mbork.pl/2024-10-14_mrr-replace-mode>) - multi-replace regexps
    - [Grammar tools for Emacs [LWN.net]​] (<https://lwn.net/Articles/692872/>) (2016, [Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/1g1xo36/grammar_tools_for_emacs_lwnnet/>))
    - [Chris Maiorana: Second Brain, Second Nature] (<https://chrismaiorana.com/take-smart-notes/>) - build your own system
  - Org Mode:
    - [organize your life, with orgmode] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL_rFkJOb78>) (30:12)
    - [Tip about using org-agenda-include-diary to display the diary] (<https://fosstodon.org/@marcc/113266234140902483>)
    - [Referencing Org Table Cells with Text Regions] (<http://yummymelon.com/devnull/referencing-org-table-cells-with-text-regions.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1fz6i64/referencing_org_table_cells_with_text_regions/>))
    - [Using Org Mode to write and organize a book] (<https://static1.squarespace.com/static/661587048ee66c27f27eecc8/t/66b9334e115dc60c33c31152/1723413327084/orgmode_guide.pdf>) ([@Jose_A_Alonso@mathstodon.xyz] (<https://mathstodon.xyz/@Jose_A_Alonso/113271773224545549>))
    - [Building a blog from Org Mode files using only Emacs] (<https://github.com/eugeneandrienko/eugeneandrienko.github.io/blob/master/org-jekyll.el>) ([@evgandr@mas.to] (<https://mas.to/@evgandr/113291408511754103>))
    - [Summary of org and org-roam statistics] (<https://gist.github.com/LukasCBossert/3df7b539713378c3c2d9353d6d0f7ec2>)
    - Org development:
      - [Add repeat-mode keymap for navigation commands] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=b6a72e134ddd47abdc8a4cc85c16a3e9ecab3319>)
  - Completion:
    - [James Dyer: Simple Directory and File Creation Using Vertico Completion Exit With Input] (<https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20241004102654-emacs--simple-directory-creation-using-vertico-exit-with-input/>)
    - [sway-completing-read] (<https://spwhitton.name/blog/entry/sway-completing-read/>)
  - Coding:
    - [Tip: customize cycle-spacing-actions] (<https://mastodon.catgirl.cloud/@mekeor/113290412262347923>)
    - [Edit code chunks from multiple files in one buffer (a prototype)] (<https://github.com/vkazanov/chunk-edit>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g15zpa/edit_code_chunks_from_multiple_files_in_one/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41807980>))
    - [SamuelVanie/entr-runner.el: An emacs package that will facilitate hot reloading of custom process or command] (<https://github.com/SamuelVanie/entr-runner.el>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g2og2l/new_emacs_hotreload_package/>))
    - [pythonic-emacs/djangonaut: Emacs minor mode for Django.] (<https://github.com/pythonic-emacs/djangonaut>)
    - [33 CL, Add C-c C-j Functionality from Slime to Sly in Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4dgRlGy6dk>) (23:42)
    - [Debugging GameCube applications/games (in Emacs)] (<https://themkat.net/2023/01/13/gamecube_debugging.html>) (2023)
    - [emacs-bazel-mode: Emacs mode for Bazel] (<https://github.com/bazelbuild/emacs-bazel-mode>)
  - Shells:
    - [Emacs package highlight - vterm] (<https://themkat.net/2023/06/06/emacs_package_highlight_vterm.html>) (2023)
    - [pull-shell - a simple utility to run emacs shell from outside of emacs.] (<https://codeberg.org/treflip/pull-shell>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g1aiij/pullshell_a_simple_utility_to_run_emacs_shell/>))
  - Web:
    - [theesm/chrewwmium.el: Open/bookmark/capture links/pages from Chromium in Emacs] (<https://codeberg.org/theesm/chrewwmium.el>) ([@theesm@social.tchncs.de] (<https://social.tchncs.de/@theesm/113290220531782558>))
    - [Send browser URLs to Emacs EWW (Mac)] (<https://gist.github.com/agzam/e90123c0820991ae39fbe61fed5a57df>)
  - Mail, news, and chat:
    - [Release v0.16 · Ement.el (Matrix chat client for Emacs)] (<https://github.com/alphapapa/ement.el/releases/tag/v0.16>)
  - Multimedia:
    - [Sacha Chua: Yay Emacs 5: Tweaking my video workflow with WhisperX and subed-record] (<https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/10/yay-emacs-tweaking-my-video-workflow-with-whisperx-and-subed-record/>)
  - Fun:
    - [Using decide-mode to help with games] (<https://fosstodon.org/@davemq/113300851064644930>)
  - AI:
    - [For better or worse, ChatGPT can be your #emacs #orgmode helper... - George Jones] (<https://curious.port111.com/2024/10/11/for-better-or.html>) ([@eludom@fosstodon.org] (<https://fosstodon.org/@eludom/113290782145367898>))
    - [Integrando AI con mi herramienta de trabajo preferida: Google Gemini, Emacs Lisp y GNU/Linux!!] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32hRTNTgBY8&feature=youtu.be>)
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1fzmgwb/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>) - write-region, eglot-stay-out-of, C-x in transients, blamer-bindings
    - [5 Reasons Why I Love and Use Emacs in Linux - Make Tech Easier] (<https://www.maketecheasier.com/why-use-emacs-in-linux/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/1fy9slp/5_reasons_why_i_love_and_use_emacs_in_linux_make/>))
    - [Ask HN: If you were rewriting Emacs from scratch, what would you do differently?] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41821545>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g2fa30/ask_hn_if_you_were_rewriting_emacs_from_scratch/>))
    - ["Philosophical" question: Is elisp the only language that could've made Emacs what it is? If so, why?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g2wze5/philosophical_question_is_elisp_the_only_language/>)
    - [Irreal: 🥩 Red Meat Friday: Is Lisp Syntax Boring] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12495>)
  - Other:
    - [Tip: delete-duplicate-lines] (<https://emacsredux.com/blog/2014/03/01/a-peek-at-emacs-24-dot-4-delete-duplicate-lines/>) ([@mstempl@mastodon.social] (<https://mastodon.social/@mstempl/113273836411104259>))
    - [Head & Tail in EmacsLisp] (<https://gist.github.com/amno1/b6a85c99d2b9e8073f6806c3eec45509>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1fy7v04/head_tail_in_emacslisp/>))
    - [a useful snippet to bring emacs client to the front on OS X] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g2hkh8/a_useful_snippet_to_bring_emacs_client_to_the/>)
  - Emacs development:
    - emacs-devel:
      - [Problems with using Unicode or non-ASCII in text terminals Re: Question regarding tty special glyphs display defaults] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-10/msg00214.html>)
      - [Some discussion about minibuffer, child frames (Posframe), and cursors] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-10/msg00021.html>)
      - [First Posframes on tty] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-10/msg00003.html>)
    - [Add foldout command for widening to current fold] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ebfd5874f0b74cec06572ffc3e9bf7288bd5e77b>)
    - [Remove buttons when disabling 'button-mode'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=e631a3f30679d3c4e465a5765e261b068e9357dc>)
    - [Add unbuttonize-region] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=08ee074a6f140a82e327fba446c05c96fe64932c>)
    - [Add imenu support for ODF files in doc-view] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=9ddeeda8ce156201ea3c8cc8d6b388efb4d80bef>)
    - [Make revision completion in vc-diff and vc-root-diff more predictable] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=a295d7de9e8cae03fd4be6838d7eee59381791e4>)
    - [Implement drag-n-drop for w32 with support for files and text] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=9af36e70f83d00eaef2255929e8aed7e1d3ed5b9>)
    - [New command-line options for 'etags'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=339ffd79862c322f5b75fed1b55d61efe90bc7a1>)
    - [Support file creation and deletion in diff-apply-hunk] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=2d139141a6c249691a50ade9c8d08dc35fcdf456>)
    - [Support calling 'project-current' with custom prompt] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=9904376c797665de47ff760bcf8c2fe33d7ae625>)
  - New packages:
    - copilot-chat <http://melpa.org/#/copilot-chat>: Copilot chat interface (MELPA)
    - org-inline-pdfcomment <http://melpa.org/#/org-inline-pdfcomment>: Export Support for Inline Tasks as PDF Comments (MELPA)
    - sml-ts-mode <http://melpa.org/#/sml-ts-mode>: SML major-mode using tree-sitter (MELPA)
    - uniline <http://melpa.org/#/uniline>: Draw lines, boxes, & arrows with the keyboard (MELPA)
    - wollok-mode <http://melpa.org/#/wollok-mode>: Major mode for the Wollok 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>), [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!