2024-05-06 Emacs news
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  - Upcoming events:
    - Emacs.si (in person): Emacs.si meetup #8 2024 (v #živo) <https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/7350dff6-e688-4e84-8aad-4c734b4ed61f> Thu May 9 2000 CET
    - Erlangen/Nueremberg: intro to Emacs (in German, in person) <https://wwwcip.cs.fau.de/~oj14ozun/emacs/> Fri May 10 1400 Europe/Berlin
    - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) <https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs> Fri May 10 1800 Europe/Paris
    - M-x Research: TBA <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Wed May 15 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [smartrep.el: Support sequential operation which omit prefix key] (<https://github.com/myuhe/smartrep.el>)
    - [Irreal: Should You Use Key Shortcuts or M-x] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12145>)
    - [Avoiding Emacs Bankruptcy] (<https://b.tuxes.uk/avoiding-emacs-bankruptcy.html>) ([lobste.rs] (<https://lobste.rs/s/lknqgm/avoiding_emacs_bankruptcy_with_good>))
    - [GNU Emacs Which Key and Avy setup !!] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bobKVvWilU8>) (34:59)
    - [Better garbage collection config] (<https://config.phundrak.com/emacs/basic-config.html#better-garbage-collection>) ([@ThierryStoehr@framapiaf.org] (<https://framapiaf.org/@ThierryStoehr/112395116757453984>))
    - [mkleehammer's Basic Emacs Keybindings] (<https://gist.github.com/mkleehammer/d91f5b35496a8ceab680ab9c553d211b>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/1cj46ag/mkleehammers_basic_emacs_keybindings/>))
    - [Aero Emacs: thornjad Spacemacs-based Emacs Config] (<https://github.com/thornjad/aero>)
    - [darth-cheney's Emacs Config] (<https://github.com/darth-cheney/emacs-config/blob/macbook-m1/configuration.org>)
    - [Yet-another-emacs-config] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1civcad/yetanotheremacsconfig/>)
    - [James Dyer: How To Map RAlt to Ctrl for Emacs] (<https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20240425213402-emacs--how-to-map-ralt-to-ctrl/>)
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [Easky is the interface to control Eask CLI, it's a package manager and sandbox tools to test and manage your elisp packages.] (<https://github.com/emacs-eask/easky>)
    - [Xah Ep551 Emacs Lisp Coding, html text commands add related box] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqd1Kut48N0>) (01:30:54)
  - Appearance:
    - [emacs-soothe-theme: Dark Colorful theme for Emacs, built for synesthesiacs with a taste for Skittles™] (<https://github.com/emacsfodder/emacs-soothe-theme>)
  - Navigation:
    - [mwim: `Move Where I Mean: Switch between various line positions, like moving to the beginning/end of code, line or comment.] (<https://github.com/alezost/mwim.el/>)
    - [Custom navigation minor mode] (<https://gist.github.com/Nondv/ee88a926427d1d3e5f54b1f6963ef3ef>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ckqg4n/custom_navigation_minor_mode/>))
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: beframe version 1.1.0] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2024-05-06-emacs-beframe-1-1-0/>)
  - Dired:
    - [nfdn: Announcing Casual Dired - an opinionated porcelain for the Emacs file manager] (<http://yummymelon.com/devnull/announcing-casual-dired---an-opinionated-porcelain-for-the-emacs-file-manager.html>) ([@kickingvegas@sfba.social] (<https://sfba.social/@kickingvegas/112396404316301215>))
  - Org Mode:
    - [Org Mode Fundamentals Volume 10: External Links (Part 1)] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mxdjKDpIZs>) (07:28)
    - [org-refile into archive, preserving header structure] (<https://sqrtminusone.xyz/configs/emacs/#archiving-records>) ([@sqrtminusone@emacs.ch] (<https://emacs.ch/@sqrtminusone/112356880468653074>))
    - [Anand Tamariya: Alternatives in GNU Emacs - File Explorer] (<https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2024/04/alternatives-in-gnu-emacs-file-explorer.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1cgowkg/alternatives_in_gnu_emacs_file_explorer/>)) - Org Mode links
    - [Org-roam-bibtex - Quick Presentation] (<https://youtube.com/watch?v=Wy9WvF5gWYg&si=ng7UWtSvKN3aVOlZ>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ciyk2e/orgroambibtex_quick_presentation/>))
    - [Macro Slides] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEjWbQEfxZo>) (00:43)
    - [Irreal: Porting From Obsidian To Org Mode] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12143>)
    - Org development:
      - [ob-latex: New custom option `org-babel-latex-process-alist'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=43ba00b2b14adfb2670555f9a4a286bd4d1dc0d5>)
      - [org-element-timestamp-parser: Allow time in diary sexp timestamps] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=5da0eb6ea77742bb8dbff82d105f79e829eaa415>)
      - [org-display-inline-images: Prioritize #+attr_org over other #+attr_...] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=fede1c9909e68fcd6c526ed6e63788e1fdf7d828>)
      - [org-ctags.el: Do not activate on load] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=badb09d679d7cde07e29b6c5fa7b52a0c24cb2f5>)
  - Denote:
    - [Projekt Medusa: Denote | Plain DrOps] (<https://plaindrops.de/blog/2024/medusadenote/>) a Hydra for Denote ([lemmy.ml] (<https://lemmy.ml/post/15188698>))
  - Completion:
    - [Magnus: Orderless completion in lsp-mode] (<https://magnus.therning.org/2024-05-04-orderless-completion-in-lsp-mode.html>)
  - Coding:
    - [Conner, define and run project specific commands] (<https://github.com/tralph3/conner/>)
    - [Marcin Borkowski: Pretty printing SQL] (<https://mbork.pl/2024-05-04_Pretty_printing_SQL>)
    - [Emacs + Python + Hatch - HogLog] (<https://jtmoulia.srht.site/guides/emacs-python-hatch/>) ([@jtmoulia@mstdn.social] (<https://mstdn.social/@jtmoulia/112391859480316643>))
    - [abl-mode: Simplify test-driven development of Python programs using virtual environments] (<https://github.com/afroisalreadyinu/abl-mode>)
    - [Productive Emacs (CIDER): Debugging] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTdyp8VbuUw>) (2016)
    - [ssh-config-mode: Mode for fontification of ~/.ssh/config] (<https://github.com/jhgorrell/ssh-config-mode-el>)
    - [New package scala-repl in MELPA for Scala developers] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ckqy3z/new_package_scalarepl_in_melpa_for_scala/>)
    - [Kyle Meyer: A Tour of Magit] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jp_EdRf4rs&feature=youtu.be>)
    - [bram85-magit-find-file-as-of - display a file at a certain moment] (<https://emacs.ch/@bram85/112365691040649759>)
  - Math:
    - [Mathing in Emacs with Casual] (<http://yummymelon.com/devnull/mathing-in-emacs-with-casual.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ci1ly6/mathing_in_emacs_with_casual/>), [Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12147>))
  - Web:
    - [Anand Tamariya: Alternatives in GNU Emacs - Tag Explorer] (<https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2024/05/alternatives-in-gnu-emacs-tag-explorer.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1clf2tr/alternatives_in_gnu_emacs_tag_explorer/>)) Firefox bookmarks
  - Mail, news, and chat:
    - [How to Use Email within Emacs] (<https://www.maketecheasier.com/use-email-within-emacs/>) (2023)
    - [bram85's elfeed configuration with custom functions, tags, relative dates, and read records] (<https://emacs.ch/@bram85/112356605868045323>)
  - Fun:
    - [Jeremy Friesen: Creating an Emacs Helper Function for Incrementing a Game Clock Track] (<https://takeonrules.com/2024/05/03/creating-an-emacs-helper-function-for-incrementing-a-game-clock-track/>)
    - [My husband has become a vim peasant - please advise] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ck8w2g/my_husband_has_become_a_vim_peasant_please_advise/>)
  - AI:
    - [OpenAI ChatGPT code completion emacs library] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS1si5Lh9lA>) (13:03)
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1chgsxe/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>)
    - [Ask HN: What are your best Emacs tips? | Hacker News] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40193485>)
    - [Re: Why host Emacs packages on GitHub? (Microsoft VS Freedom) | Protesilaos Stavrou] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2024-04-30-re-emacs-github-freedom-microsoft/>) ([HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40208064>))
    - [I challenge anyone to beat my Elisp benchmark results! 13.33s] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ciu2hw/i_challenge_anyone_to_beat_my_elisp_benchmark/>)
  - Other:
    - [ostseepinguin / hide-secrets-el - hides secrets in buffer] (<https://gitlab.com/ostseepinguin1/hide-secrets-el>) ([@SebasTEAan@emacs.ch] (<https://emacs.ch/@SebasTEAan/112373279928713926>))
    - [T. V. Raman: Emacspeak 60.0 (DreamDog) Unleashed!] (<https://emacspeak.blogspot.com/2024/05/emacspeak-600-dreamdog-unleashed.html>)
    - [Irreal: Emacs Everywhere Revisited] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12149>)
  - Emacs development:
    - emacs-devel:
      - [Tip for handling multiple patches attached to an email] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-05/msg00017.html>) M-| git am or piem-am
      - [Explanation of what the pdumper does] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-05/msg00157.html>)
      - [Explanation of bidi structures] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-05/msg00144.html>)
      - [Tip for debugging garbage collection with or without rr] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-04/msg00615.html>)
      - [Discussion of project-type abstraction] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-04/msg00558.html>)
    - [Retract lexical cookie source load warning] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=d51de0c5d90117bc1dc4bc5bc700253d71cd4579>)
    - [New variable 'project-files-relative-names'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=370b216f08699bdd85b910868642df441c06306c>)
    - [Locate error source of ExceptionGroup in Python shell] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=bfb31a06acadd5e819a3cb8dc6886122e53646f3>)
    - [Only issue lexical cookie warning for elisp files] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=1121f17d7c4bc3b71edcd0799b894f50aa3a715e>)
    - [Warn when loading .el files without lexical-binding declaration] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=81bad84a617be38459da313a75719b5627bb15fe>)
    - [Make the buffer displayed by tab-bar-select-restore-windows internal] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=a914667a0071e3a19846fff9ea5ff8e8f1457e17>)
    - [Merge branch 'lisp-func-type-decls' into 'master'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=da8b06bd6181bc56fb0f133d17cae7eff44a83e8>)
    - [New function 'python-shell-send-block' for python-mode] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=b2e92c746eb7d1135d3d4ccecc774d79555ffb99>)
    - [Support hints in the :repeat keyword of defvar-keymap for repeat-mode] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=0023891e84285c2ea2a8029f479135f792c9d1e9>)
    - [* etc/NEWS (Function type declaration): Add entry.] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8e1e8099aad0fbb2bc375b45379913b8ca55e926>)
  - New packages:
    - casual-dired <http://melpa.org/#/casual-dired>: Casual Dired (MELPA)
    - conner <http://melpa.org/#/conner>: Define and run project specific commands (MELPA)
    - context-transient <http://melpa.org/#/context-transient>: Context specific transients (MELPA)
    - mindstream <http://melpa.org/#/mindstream>: Start writing, stay focused, don't worry (MELPA)
    - org-bookmarks <http://melpa.org/#/org-bookmarks>: Manage bookmarks in Org mode (MELPA)
    - xkb-mode <http://melpa.org/#/xkb-mode>: Major mode for editing X Keyboard Extension (XKB) files (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>), [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>), [kbin] (<https://kbin.social/m/emacs/newest>), [programming.dev] (<https://programming.dev/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New>), [lemmy] (<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/2024-05>). 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!