* 2024-10-14 Emacs news - Upcoming events: - [[https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/announcements/october-2024/][Emacs APAC: Announcing Emacs Asia-Pacific (APAC) virtual meetup, Saturday, October 26, 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: - [[https://codeberg.org/Thaodan/use-package-transient][Thaodan/use-package-transient - Codeberg.org]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@thaodan/113285676273914477][@thaodan@mastodon.social]]) - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1fzvisf/announcing_emacskick_a_kickstart_for_emacs/][Announcing Emacs-Kick: A Kickstart for Emacs focused on Vimmers]] - [[https://video.hardlimit.com/w/p/484ZnDn4ktDFDsh7LiSbJt?playlistPosition=1][Configuración de Emacs Vanilla - Hardlimit]] - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcwOtRRObqk][Customizing Emacs And Eshell - DT LIVE]] (01:08:51) - [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12501][Irreal: Emacs Configuration Can Be Easy]] - Emacs Lisp: - [[https://mbork.pl/2024-10-07_Autoloads][Marcin Borkowski: Autoloads]] - [[http://anggtwu.net/2024-find-tryit-links.html][Trying eev with a sexp (2024)]] - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI3BXmBnKsE][Aprendendo Emacs Lisp - Corte 6: Escrevendo em buffers]] (53:02) - Appearance: - [[https://toot.cat/@etenil/113271564137281969][Theme loading macros for light/dark]] - [[https://github.com/konrad1977/cocaine-line][konrad1977/cocaine-line: A minimal mode-line for emacs which is not highly configurable and doesn't work in terminal]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g1vthl/new_modeline_but_its_not_very_good_or_useful/][Reddit]]) - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g092xp/hack_use_pixelscroll_for_all_scrolling_and/][Hack: Use pixel-scroll for all scrolling and recentering functions/commands]] - Navigation: - [[https://themkat.net/2024/01/04/emacs_centaur_tabs.html][Centaur Tabs - The best tab (UI) system for Emacs!]] (Jan 2024) - [[https://github.com/jdtsmith/speedrect][speedrect v0.5: modal tools during rectangle selection, now with column fill]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1fzb73r/speedrect_v05_modal_tools_during_rectangle/][Reddit]]) - [[https://themkat.net/2024/10/14/emacs_tip_windmove.html][Emacs tip: Use windmove to navigate open buffer windows]] - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-10/msg00002.html][Re: Add function to rotate/transpose all windows]] - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ9JE9kRwG8][Making Killing Nicer in Emacs]] (04:22, July 2024) - Hyperbole: - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g2184d/doing_a_research_project_and_using_gnu_hyperboles/][Doing a Research Project and using GNU Hyperbole's Integrated Features]] - Writing: - [[https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-markdown-table-of-contents-update-before-save/][James Cherti: Emacs: Automating Table of Contents Update for Markdown Documents (e.g., README.md)]] - [[https://mbork.pl/2024-10-14_mrr-replace-mode][Marcin Borkowski: mrr-replace-mode]] - multi-replace regexps - [[https://lwn.net/Articles/692872/][Grammar tools for Emacs [LWN.net]​]] (2016, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/1g1xo36/grammar_tools_for_emacs_lwnnet/][Reddit]]) - [[https://chrismaiorana.com/take-smart-notes/][Chris Maiorana: Second Brain, Second Nature]] - build your own system - Org Mode: - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL_rFkJOb78][organize your life, with orgmode]] (30:12) - [[https://fosstodon.org/@marcc/113266234140902483][Tip about using org-agenda-include-diary to display the diary]] - [[http://yummymelon.com/devnull/referencing-org-table-cells-with-text-regions.html][Referencing Org Table Cells with Text Regions]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1fz6i64/referencing_org_table_cells_with_text_regions/][Reddit]]) - [[https://static1.squarespace.com/static/661587048ee66c27f27eecc8/t/66b9334e115dc60c33c31152/1723413327084/orgmode_guide.pdf][Using Org Mode to write and organize a book]] ([[https://mathstodon.xyz/@Jose_A_Alonso/113271773224545549][@Jose_A_Alonso@mathstodon.xyz]]) - [[https://github.com/eugeneandrienko/eugeneandrienko.github.io/blob/master/org-jekyll.el][Building a blog from Org Mode files using only Emacs]] ([[https://mas.to/@evgandr/113291408511754103][@evgandr@mas.to]]) - [[https://gist.github.com/LukasCBossert/3df7b539713378c3c2d9353d6d0f7ec2][Summary of org and org-roam statistics]] - Org development: - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=b6a72e134ddd47abdc8a4cc85c16a3e9ecab3319][Add repeat-mode keymap for navigation commands]] - Completion: - [[https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20241004102654-emacs--simple-directory-creation-using-vertico-exit-with-input/][James Dyer: Simple Directory and File Creation Using Vertico Completion Exit With Input]] - [[https://spwhitton.name/blog/entry/sway-completing-read/][sway-completing-read]] - Coding: - [[https://mastodon.catgirl.cloud/@mekeor/113290412262347923][Tip: customize cycle-spacing-actions]] - [[https://github.com/vkazanov/chunk-edit][Edit code chunks from multiple files in one buffer (a prototype)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g15zpa/edit_code_chunks_from_multiple_files_in_one/][Reddit]], [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41807980][HN]]) - [[https://github.com/SamuelVanie/entr-runner.el][SamuelVanie/entr-runner.el: An emacs package that will facilitate hot reloading of custom process or command]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g2og2l/new_emacs_hotreload_package/][Reddit]]) - [[https://github.com/pythonic-emacs/djangonaut][pythonic-emacs/djangonaut: Emacs minor mode for Django.]] - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4dgRlGy6dk][33 CL, Add C-c C-j Functionality from Slime to Sly in Emacs]] (23:42) - [[https://themkat.net/2023/01/13/gamecube_debugging.html][Debugging GameCube applications/games (in Emacs)]] (2023) - [[https://github.com/bazelbuild/emacs-bazel-mode][emacs-bazel-mode: Emacs mode for Bazel]] - Shells: - [[https://themkat.net/2023/06/06/emacs_package_highlight_vterm.html][Emacs package highlight - vterm]] (2023) - [[https://codeberg.org/treflip/pull-shell][pull-shell - a simple utility to run emacs shell from outside of emacs.]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g1aiij/pullshell_a_simple_utility_to_run_emacs_shell/][Reddit]]) - Web: - [[https://codeberg.org/theesm/chrewwmium.el][theesm/chrewwmium.el: Open/bookmark/capture links/pages from Chromium in Emacs]] ([[https://social.tchncs.de/@theesm/113290220531782558][@theesm@social.tchncs.de]]) - [[https://gist.github.com/agzam/e90123c0820991ae39fbe61fed5a57df][Send browser URLs to Emacs EWW (Mac)]] - Mail, news, and chat: - [[https://github.com/alphapapa/ement.el/releases/tag/v0.16][Release v0.16 · Ement.el (Matrix chat client for Emacs)]] - Multimedia: - [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/10/yay-emacs-tweaking-my-video-workflow-with-whisperx-and-subed-record/][Sacha Chua: Yay Emacs 5: Tweaking my video workflow with WhisperX and subed-record]] - Fun: - [[https://fosstodon.org/@davemq/113300851064644930][Using decide-mode to help with games]] - AI: - [[https://curious.port111.com/2024/10/11/for-better-or.html][For better or worse, ChatGPT can be your #emacs #orgmode helper... - George Jones]] ([[https://fosstodon.org/@eludom/113290782145367898][@eludom@fosstodon.org]]) - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32hRTNTgBY8&feature=youtu.be][Integrando AI con mi herramienta de trabajo preferida: Google Gemini, Emacs Lisp y GNU/Linux!!]] - Community: - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1fzmgwb/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/][Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread]] - write-region, eglot-stay-out-of, C-x in transients, blamer-bindings - [[https://www.maketecheasier.com/why-use-emacs-in-linux/][5 Reasons Why I Love and Use Emacs in Linux - Make Tech Easier]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/1fy9slp/5_reasons_why_i_love_and_use_emacs_in_linux_make/][Reddit]]) - [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41821545][Ask HN: If you were rewriting Emacs from scratch, what would you do differently?]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g2fa30/ask_hn_if_you_were_rewriting_emacs_from_scratch/][Reddit]]) - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g2wze5/philosophical_question_is_elisp_the_only_language/]["Philosophical" question: Is elisp the only language that could've made Emacs what it is? If so, why?]] - [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12495][Irreal: 🥩 Red Meat Friday: Is Lisp Syntax Boring]] - Other: - [[https://emacsredux.com/blog/2014/03/01/a-peek-at-emacs-24-dot-4-delete-duplicate-lines/][Tip: delete-duplicate-lines]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@mstempl/113273836411104259][@mstempl@mastodon.social]]) - [[https://gist.github.com/amno1/b6a85c99d2b9e8073f6806c3eec45509][Head & Tail in EmacsLisp]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1fy7v04/head_tail_in_emacslisp/][Reddit]]) - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1g2hkh8/a_useful_snippet_to_bring_emacs_client_to_the/][a useful snippet to bring emacs client to the front on OS X]] - Emacs development: - emacs-devel: - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-10/msg00214.html][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/msg00021.html][Some discussion about minibuffer, child frames (Posframe), and cursors]] - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-10/msg00003.html][First Posframes on tty]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ebfd5874f0b74cec06572ffc3e9bf7288bd5e77b][Add foldout command for widening to current fold]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=e631a3f30679d3c4e465a5765e261b068e9357dc][Remove buttons when disabling 'button-mode']] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=08ee074a6f140a82e327fba446c05c96fe64932c][Add unbuttonize-region]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=9ddeeda8ce156201ea3c8cc8d6b388efb4d80bef][Add imenu support for ODF files in doc-view]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=a295d7de9e8cae03fd4be6838d7eee59381791e4][Make revision completion in vc-diff and vc-root-diff more predictable]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=9af36e70f83d00eaef2255929e8aed7e1d3ed5b9][Implement drag-n-drop for w32 with support for files and text]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=339ffd79862c322f5b75fed1b55d61efe90bc7a1][New command-line options for 'etags']] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=2d139141a6c249691a50ade9c8d08dc35fcdf456][Support file creation and deletion in diff-apply-hunk]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=9904376c797665de47ff760bcf8c2fe33d7ae625][Support calling 'project-current' with custom prompt]] - New packages: - http://melpa.org/#/copilot-chat: Copilot chat interface (MELPA) - http://melpa.org/#/org-inline-pdfcomment: Export Support for Inline Tasks as PDF Comments (MELPA) - http://melpa.org/#/sml-ts-mode: SML major-mode using tree-sitter (MELPA) - http://melpa.org/#/uniline: Draw lines, boxes, & arrows with the keyboard (MELPA) - http://melpa.org/#/wollok-mode: Major mode for the Wollok programming language (MELPA) Links from [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs][reddit.com/r/emacs]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode][r/orgmode]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/spacemacs][r/spacemacs]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs][r/planetemacs]], [[https://mastodon.social/tags/emacs][Mastodon #emacs]], [[https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story][Hacker News]], [[https://lobste.rs/search?q=emacs&what=stories&order=newest][lobste.rs]], [[https://programming.dev/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New][programming.dev]], [[https://lemmy.world/c/emacs][lemmy.world]], [[https://lemmy.ml/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New][lemmy.ml]], [[https://communick.news/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New][communick.news]], [[https://planet.emacslife.com][planet.emacslife.com]], [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4th0AZixyREOtvxDpdxC9oMuX7Ar7Sdt][YouTube]], [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS][the Emacs NEWS file]], [[https://emacslife.com/calendar/][Emacs Calendar]], and [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-10][emacs-devel]]. Thanks to Andrés Ramírez for emacs-devel links. Do you have an Emacs-related link or announcement? Please e-mail me at [[mailto:sacha@sachachua.com][sacha@sachachua.com]]. Thank you!