2021-04-19 Emacs news
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  - Upcoming events:
    - Emacs APAC (virtual, in English) <https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/> Sat Apr 24 0130 Vancouver / 0330 Chicago / 0430 Toronto / 0830 GMT / 1030 Berlin / 1400 Kolkata / 1630 Singapore
    - Emacs Berlin (virtual, in English) <https://emacs-berlin.org/> Wed Apr 28 0930 Vancouver / 1130 Chicago / 1230 Toronto / 1630 GMT / 1830 Berlin / 2200 Kolkata -- Thu Apr 29 0030 Singapore
    - EmacsNYC: Monthly Online Meetup - Lightning Talks <https://www.meetup.com/New-York-Emacs-Meetup/events/277390026/> Mon May 3 1600 Vancouver / 1800 Chicago / 1900 Toronto / 2300 GMT -- Tue May 4 0100 Berlin / 0430 Kolkata / 0700 Singapore
  - Beginner:
    - [Installing Doom Emacs for the non-programmers (Windows & Linux)] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VPHA2Lc2zQ>) (20:48)
    - [GNU Emacs. Часть 1. Введение] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3yvl86LbAc>) (05:56) - introduction
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [A simple way to organize the init.el file] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/mte0zx/a_simple_way_to_organize_the_initel_file/>)
    - [Emacs init time decreased %65 after I realized the stupid mistake I have done with straight.el] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/mtb05k/emacs_init_time_decreased_65_after_i_realized_the/>)
    - [Tory Anderson: a cautionary tale on modelines and on updating your emacs config] (<https://tech.toryanderson.com/2021/04/19/a-cautionary-tale-on-modelines-and-on-updating-your-emacs-config/>)
    - [codygman's emacs-config.org] (<https://git.sr.ht/~codygman/emacs-config/tree/master/item/emacs-config.org>)
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [Creating a Custom Minor Mode - System Crafters] (<https://systemcrafters.cc/learning-emacs-lisp/creating-minor-modes>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/mqtwzx/creating_custom_minor_modes_learning_emacs_lisp_7/>))
    - [Sacha Chua: Emacs: Making a hydra cheatsheet for Lispy] (<https://sachachua.com/blog/2021/04/emacs-making-a-hydra-cheatsheet-for-lispy/>)
    - [Let's write some Emacs Lisp - Github helper functions] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikt-Ha4CaY4>) (47:31)
    - [Let's refactor some Emacs Lisp] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HlImNxPEAE>) (01:12:40)
    - [Xah Talk Show 2021-04-09 beginner emacs lisp tutorial. xah-html-copy-change-relative-link] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJq3ItWvZ0o>) (59:40)
    - [Xah Talk Show 2021-04-18 emacs lisp. Fuzzy matching. Explore ido and helm source code] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC5qzH0yxyk>) (01:24:20)
    - [Converting BNFs to skeletons: An example implementation for LOOP and cl-] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-04/msg00901.html>)
  - Emacs development:
    - [Allow use of em in image spec sizes] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=c2372096433e6a7ab173e5f1993f0c65b85f353e>)
    - [Add condition-case success handler (bug#47677)] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=7893945cc8f9421d0be5b07b9ed404bdf25ce140>)
    - [Add two optional arguments to 'string-width'] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=d1559ede54684513b79025ade2b4677447c7a487>)
  - Appearance:
    - [[RFC] hl-prog-extra - context sensitive highlighting package] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/mqjdow/rfc_hlprogextra_context_sensitive_highlighting/>)
    - [minc-mode: Modest and easy on the eyes syntax highlighting for C source code] (<https://github.com/veera-sivarajan/minc-mode>)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Modus themes 1.3.0 for GNU Emacs] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2021-04-17-modus-themes-1-3-0/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/msuns7/protesilaos_stavrou_modus_themes_130_for_gnu_emacs/>))
  - Navigation:
    - [Emacs: use "occur" in practice] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxS3zXwV0PU&feature=youtu.be>)
    - [Marcin Borkowski: Multiple Help buffers] (<http://mbork.pl/2021-04-17_Multiple_Help_buffers>)
    - [open-conf: Open conf files via M-x buffer] (<https://github.com/enisozgen/open-conf>)
  - Org Mode:
    - [How I get work done with Emacs and org-mode] (<https://www.philnewton.net/blog/how-i-get-work-done-with-emacs/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/mrlbf0/how_i_get_work_done_with_emacs_and_orgmode/>))
    - [Strike through org-done tasks in agenda to intensify the sense of achievement] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/mt51h4/strike_through_orgdone_tasks_in_agenda_to/>)
    - Export:
      - [Writing Technical Documentation with Emacs | by alpha2phi | Apr, 2021 | Medium] (<https://alpha2phi.medium.com/writing-technical-documentation-with-emacs-276f13284e54>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=9635>))
      - [Create Beautiful Websites Using Emacs Org Mode] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6S-AKm5snc>) (15:51)
      - [ORG-NEWS: Mention DOI links export] (<https://github.com/bzg/org-mode/commit/962690ef6ad8b9d1c5a70215eec2ca2b8a7bd9c7>)
      - [Amit Patel: Automatically generate IDs for emacs org-mode headings] (<http://amitp.blogspot.com/2021/04/automatically-generate-ids-for-emacs.html>)
      - [Sacha Chua: This is a test post from Org Mode to 11ty] (<https://sachachua.com/blog/2021/04/this-is-a-test/>)
  - Completion:
    - [Configuring Minibuffer Completion in Projectile] (<https://emacsredux.com/blog/2021/04/19/configuring-minibuffer-completion-in-projectile/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/mu01e3/configuring_minibuffer_completion_in_projectile/>))
    - [PSA: icomplete-vertical-mode is available since commit 5761e90] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/mu3lpl/psa_icompleteverticalmode_is_available_since/>)
    - [Manuel Uberti: Would Alfred Hitchcock use Emacs?] (<https://www.manueluberti.eu//emacs/2021/04/12/vertico/>) - about vertico, vertical interactive completion
    - [[ELPA] Corfu (Completion Overlay Region FUnction)] (<https://i.redd.it/9g4h1bfzast61.png>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/msx6s1/elpa_corfu_completion_overlay_region_function/>))
  - Coding:
    - [freepascal-mode: emacs mode for the free pascal compiler] (<https://github.com/tangentstorm/freepascal-mode>)
    - [dune-format-el: Reformat dune files from within Emacs] (<https://github.com/purcell/dune-format-el>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/mqr5wz/duneformatel_reformat_dune_files_from_within_emacs/>))
    - [Andrea: Emacs as your code-compass: quietly show who can help] (<http://ag91.github.io/blog/2021/04/18/emacs-as-your-code-compass-quietly-show-who-can-help>)
    - [Using Emacs for Literate Programming with Clojure] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhNvwxFV5vU>) (23:19)
  - Mail and news:
    - [The BIG Comparison of Emacs Mail Clients | Muto] (<https://muto.ca/posts/the-big-comparison-of-emacs-mail-clients.html>)
    - [Re: SV: Re: SV: Re: SV: Your misbehaved email] (<https://idiomdrottning.org/svolternet>)
    - [mu4e: IMAP-server-push with imap-filter] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/mq2ff7/mu4e_imapserverpush_with_imapfilter/>)
  - Web:
    - [An Emacs wallabag client - the Emacser way to manage web pages!] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/mptr7f/an_emacs_wallabag_client_the_emacser_way_to/>)
    - [Wallabag en Emacs] (<https://ugeek.github.io/blog/post/2021-04-15-wallabag-en-emacs.html>) - for saving webpages
  - Chat:
    - [Mastodon in emacs - tchncs] (<https://tube.tchncs.de/videos/watch/ffdb18b0-d9e0-4c70-91d4-cce54113dd3d>) (17:42)
  - Diary:
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs Diary and Calendar for tracking appointments] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2021-04-14-emacs-diary-calendar/>) (34:44, [Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/mqyysd/emacs_diary_and_calendar/>))
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Make the Emacs Diary work as an Outline (outline-minor-mode)] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2021-04-15-emacs-diary-outline-minor-mode/>)
    - [Add file paths and URLs to the Emacs Diary] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8o66i08fzs&feature=youtu.be>)
  - Community:
    - [tycho garen: The Org Mode Product] (<https://tychoish.com/post/the-org-mode-product/>)
    - [Moral lessons from free software and GNU Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwT5PoXrLVs>) (47:08, [Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/msnphh/moral_lessons_from_free_software_and_gnu_emacs/>))
    - [People should not bombard newbies with messages with subtle messages containing warning of emacs pinky] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/mtuvyw/people_should_not_bombard_newbies_with_messages/>)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Moral lessons from free software and GNU Emacs] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2021-04-16-emacs-moral-lessons/>)
    - [Gretzuni: Free lunches and the burden of responsibility] (<https://gretzuni.com/articles/free-lunches-and-the-burden-of-responsibility>)
    - [Weekly tips/trick/etc/ thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/mpwapo/weekly_tipstricketc_thread/>)
  - Other:
    - [yatemplate: Simple file templates for Emacs with YASnippet] (<https://github.com/mineo/yatemplate>)
    - [Using abbrev-mode - create and expand abbreviations in Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ONNXDlN3RU>) (19:37)
    - [Automatic saving of modes, scratch buffer, and registers in Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9gzO9nCnWI&feature=youtu.be>)
    - [Emacs: Building Ledger Reports — sandeepk] (<https://blogs.dgplug.org/sandeepk/emacs-building-ledger-reports>)
    - [Leaving Doom Emacs For GNU Emacs? - DT Live!] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoP4I9ounyQ>) (01:33:40)
    - [Sway.el] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/mtjn8f/swayel_sway_integration_for_emacs/>) - controls creation of Emacs frames in the Sway window manager
    - Building/installing:
      - [MSI Installer for GNU Emacs 27.2 for Windows] (<https://chaoticlab.io/posts/emacs-27-2-msi/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/mq758x/msi_installer_for_gnu_emacs_272_for_windows/>))
      - [Building emacs on Cent OS - tchncs] (<https://tube.tchncs.de/videos/watch/c6c1bbea-f5a6-4c2d-87aa-167b6aef3ae0>)
      - [Emacs.AppImage: This repository builds GNU Emacs from git on Travis CI and packages it as an AppImage.] (<https://github.com/probonopd/Emacs.AppImage>)
  - New packages:
    - corfu <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/corfu.html>: Completion Overlay Region FUnction
    - vertico <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/vertico.html>: VERTical Interactive COmpletion
    - dream-theme <http://melpa.org/#/dream-theme>: Maximalist Nordic/Zenburn-inspired color theme
    - dune-format <http://melpa.org/#/dune-format>: Reformat OCaml's dune files automatically
    - dyncloze <http://melpa.org/#/dyncloze>: Language alternatives self-testing
    - eping <http://melpa.org/#/eping>: Ping websites to check internet connectivity
    - filetree <http://melpa.org/#/filetree>: File tree view/manipulatation package
    - merlin-ac <http://melpa.org/#/merlin-ac>: Merlin and auto-complete integration.
    - merlin-company <http://melpa.org/#/merlin-company>: Merlin and company mode integration.
    - merlin-iedit <http://melpa.org/#/merlin-iedit>: Merlin and iedit integration.
    - nix-modeline <http://melpa.org/#/nix-modeline>: Info about in-progress Nix evaluations on your modeline
    - openfoam <http://melpa.org/#/openfoam>: OpenFOAM files and directories
    - pyim-smzmdict <http://melpa.org/#/pyim-smzmdict>: Sanma(triple) Zhengma dict for pyim

  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/results?search_query=emacs&search_sort=video_date_uploaded>), [the Emacs NEWS file] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS>) and [emacs-devel] (<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-04>).

  
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