2022-12-19 Emacs news
=====================

  - Upcoming events:
    - M-x Research (contact them for password): TBA <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Tue Dec 20 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Wed Dec 21 0000 Asia/Singapore
    - Emacs APAC (virtual) <https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/> Sat Dec 24 0030 America/Vancouver - 0230 America/Chicago - 0330 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT - 0930 Europe/Berlin - 1400 Asia/Kolkata - 1630 Asia/Singapore
    - Emacs Berlin (virtual, in English) <https://emacs-berlin.org/> Wed Dec 28 0930 America/Vancouver - 1130 America/Chicago - 1230 America/Toronto - 1730 Etc/GMT - 1830 Europe/Berlin - 2300 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Dec 29 0130 Asia/Singapore
  - Beginner:
    - [Setting up and Using Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmFCVc1l2zo>) (06:32)
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [Let's build a comprehensive list of design considerations when making an Emacs configuration.] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zmh07b/lets_build_a_comprehensive_list_of_design/>)
    - [Semicolon to underscore trick] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zl18zw/semicolon_to_underscore_trick/>)
    - [emacs package change management with quelpa and use-package - YouTube] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhItV6dE0Fo>) ([Mastodon] (<https://emacs.ch/@anticomputer/109524201555684328>))
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Re: Questions regarding use-package (Emacs)] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-12-19-re-questions-use-package-emacs/>)
    - [jmcbray/basic-emacs: A very basic emacs config - basic-emacs - Carcosa Git] (<https://git.carcosa.net/jmcbray/basic-emacs>) ([Mastodon] (<https://emacs.ch/@carcosa/109473537548442714>))
    - [Fossil Files: My .Emacs | Hackaday] (<https://hackaday.com/2022/12/10/fossil-files-my-emacs/>)
    - [grtcdr's literate Emacs configuration] (<https://grtcdr.tn/dotfiles/emacs/emacs.html>)
    - [Funmacs - Yet Another Lightweight Emacs Configuration, Using KISS philosophy.] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zpo6mb/funmacs_yet_another_lightweight_emacs/>)
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [Learning To Use the Emacs Debugger - System Crafters Live!] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfwSc-lfFxM>) (01:51:54)
    - [Advent of code ... But in Elisp] (<https://youtu.be/N1PAC5vs15Y>) (15:56, [Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zniyfi/advent_of_code_but_in_elisp/>))
  - Appearance:
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: modus-themes version 4 demo] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-12-17-modus-themes-v4-demo/>) ([YouTube] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPNMHrF4Lq8>), 29:45)
  - Navigation:
    - [liuyinz/binky-mode - jump between positions in buffers and files with the same mechanism of register-to-point] (<https://github.com/liuyinz/binky-mode>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zmtoek/new_package_binkymode/>))
    - [Jeremy Friesen: Walkthrough of my Project Workspace Functionality] (<https://takeonrules.com/2022/12/18/walkthrough-of-my-project-workspace-functionality/>)
  - Dired:
    - [You can be faster at renaming files and changing file permissions in dired buffers] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4s0KKSVuN0>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zk3mgc/you_can_be_faster_at_renaming_files_and_changing/>))
    - [Undo moving, renaming, copying, symlinking in Dired] (<https://gitlab.com/daanturo/e/-/blob/0c45914e756dc7ce25f9b9935e86ad77f2b892a1/lisp/my-dired-undop.el>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zngvo0/undo_moving_renaming_copying_symlinking_in_dired/>))
  - Writing:
    - [Chung-hong Chan: Advent of emacs #15: How I do citation in emacs] (<https://chainsawriot.com/postmannheim/2022/12/15/aoe15.html>)
    - [Chung-hong Chan: Advent of emacs #19: How I do "note taking" in emacs] (<https://chainsawriot.com/postmannheim/2022/12/19/aoe19.html>)
    - [[Update] Zotra: using the power of Zotero in Emacs to manage citations and pdf files] (<https://github.com/mpedramfar/zotra>) ([Reddit update - PDFs] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zock0j/update_zotra_using_the_power_of_zotero_in_emacs/>))
    - [0058. Emacs. Howm. Начало] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwH3IslQlCM>) (11:42)
  - Org Mode:
    - [Irreal: Writing With Org Mode] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11020>)
    - [Using Org Mode to keep track of exercise | Polaris64's blog] (<https://blog.polaris64.net/post/emacs-using-org-mode-to-track-exercises/>) (2020)
    - [Emacs | Never Lose a File Again?] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpDLzjXG5-M>) (07:00)
    - [Reintroducing Opel: Put All Your Pelican Posts in One Org File] (<https://blog.nawaz.org/posts/2022/Dec/reintroducing-opel-put-all-your-pelican-posts-in-one-org-file/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zp64p3/reintroducing_opel_put_all_your_pelican_posts_in/>))
    - [[changed URL] Org-fleuron: extra fancy HTML documents with OrgMode] (<https://davidotoole.info/fleuron.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zn47r7/changed_url_orgfleuron_extra_fancy_html_documents/>))
    - [Programación Literal con Emacs - Introducción] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsXwP4ZsnUs>) (21:24)
    - [Programación literal con Emacs - Integrando LSP] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdVewJoWZFw>) (19:16)
    - [Org-mode - Wrap code in LaTex export] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpxTawA1qQo>) (04:37)
    - [emacs - How to create hyperlinks for noweb references in org-mode - Stack Overflow] (<https://stackoverflow.com/a/74751825/2206438>) ([Mastodon] (<https://emacs.ch/@emme/109488730385241342>))
    - Org development:
      - [lisp/ox-latex.el: Add `org-latex-listings-src-omit-language'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=322b2fd22607f346977399bf5ea95e97268831e7>)
  - Denote:
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: denote version 1.2.0] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-12-16-denote-1-2-0/>)
    - [whhone/consult-denote: A bunch of convenience functions for operating denote with the help of consult] (<https://codeberg.org/whhone/consult-denote>) ([Mastodon] (<https://emacs.ch/@whhone/109467270217162170>))
  - Completion:
    - [Alvaro Ramirez: Emacs: Context-aware yasnippets] (<http://xenodium.com/emacs-generate-a-swift-initializer>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zkb7aq/contextaware_yasnippets_via_treesitter/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34033087>))
    - [burnthekernel/helm-browser: helm-browser is an Emacs package that can be used to quickly find and switch between multiple browser windows and tabs.] (<https://github.com/burnthekernel/helm-browser>) ([Mastodon] (<https://emacs.ch/@burnthekernel/109482393160715990>))
    - [Emacs packages ednc, vertico, consult, embark, marginalia, orderless and fd-dired] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gal3YxBkusY>) (41:14)
  - Coding:
    - [My IDE is too heavy so I moved to Emacs] (<https://renato.athaydes.com/posts/switching-from-heavyweight-ides-to-emacs.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zl6il1/my_ide_is_too_heavy_so_i_moved_to_emacs/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33951866>), [Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11011>))
    - [Yi Tang: PoorMan's CI in Emacs] (<http://yitang.uk/2022/12/16/poor-mans-ci-in-emacs/>) (continuous integration)
    - [Nicolas Martyanoff: Fixing unquote-splicing behaviour with Paredit] (<https://www.n16f.net/blog/fixing-unquote-splicing-behaviour-with-paredit/>)
    - [Jiacai Liu: What I learn by implementing argparser in Zig] (<https://en.liujiacai.net/2022/12/14/argparser-in-zig/>)
    - [Chung-hong Chan: Advent of emacs #18: How I do R package development in emacs] (<https://chainsawriot.com/postmannheim/2022/12/18/aoe18.html>)
    - Tree-sitter:
      - [ruby-ts-mode: Ruby major mode for Emacs 29 based upon tree sitter] (<https://github.com/pedz/ruby-ts-mode>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zky30p/ruby_tree_sitter_mode/>))
      - [(Ab)using straight.el for easy tree-sitter grammar installations!] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zk9zms/abusing_straightel_for_easy_treesitter_grammar/>)
      - [Andrea: Moldable Emacs: remove unused React Native styles for a component with tree-sitter] (<http://ag91.github.io/blog/2022/12/13/moldable-emacs-remove-unused-react-native-styles-for-a-component-with-tree-sitter>)
      - [wkirschbaum/elixir-ts-mode: Experimental Elixir mode using Treesitter for fontification, navigation and indentation] (<https://github.com/wkirschbaum/elixir-ts-mode>) ([Mastodon] (<https://emacs.ch/@whk/109466561212796117>))
  - Web:
    - [Vimium plugin to EWW (not yet packaged)] (<https://github.com/gopar/.emacs.d#eww>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zl0x2n/vimium_plugin_to_eww_package/>))
  - Chat:
    - [mastodon.el: a Hydra to memorize/access it's many commands] (<https://holgerschurig.github.io/en/emacs-mastodon-hydra/>) ([Mastodon] (<https://emacs.ch/@holgerschurig/109502670410519700>))
  - Spacemacs:
    - [Spacemacs: Combining the best of Emacs and Vim] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cv0Pj_GS6A>) (01:18)
  - Multimedia:
    - [ffmpeg and macOS aliasing] (<https://v.redd.it/pnd8q05nqp6a1>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zp70go/ffmpeg_and_macos_aliasing/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34038272>))
  - EXWM:
    - [configuring ement.el to open on a specific tab-bar on a specific tab-group on a specific EXWM workspace] (<https://0x0.st/odp1.txt>) ([Mastodon] (<https://emacs.ch/@barocio/109481292824234251>))
  - Fun:
    - [running vscode inside emacs...] (<https://i.redd.it/1a4yhesko26a1.png>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zmmhmf/running_vscode_inside_emacs/>))
    - [[Fun, old] snow and fireplace] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zl7pcv/fun_old_snow_and_fireplace/>)
  - AI:
    - [Aime Bertrand: Refactoring Emacs Lisp with ChatGPT] (<https://macowners.club/posts/refactoring-emacs-lisp-chatgpt/>)
    - [Is anyone working a gpt3/copilot extension that mimics the copilot prompting methodology?] (<https://thakkarparth007.github.io/copilot-explorer/posts/copilot-internals.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zp6wju/is_anyone_working_a_gpt3copilot_extension_that/>))
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zllfpb/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>)
    - [People who switched from vim/neovim to emacs, what made you switch?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zp69kn/people_who_switched_from_vimneovim_to_emacs_what/>)
    - [EmacsConf 2022: What I'd like to see in Emacs - Richard M. Stallman] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEpk2ZTqJu4>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zktblg/emacsconf_2022_what_id_like_to_see_in_emacs/>), [Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11013>))
    - [Emacs User Survey – 2022 – Results] (<https://emacssurvey.org/results/3425413930>) ([lobste.rs] (<https://lobste.rs/s/eaoa7p/emacs_user_survey_2022_results>))
    - [Amin Bandali: Why I love participating in LibrePlanet] (<https://kelar.org/~bandali/articles/why-libreplanet.html>)
  - Emacs 29:
    - [Irreal: John Wiegley on Emacs 29] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11022>)
    - [Marcin Borkowski: A few new things in Emacs 29] (<https://mbork.pl/2022-12-19_A_few_new_things_in_Emacs_29>)
    - [use-package has been merged into emacs-29] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-12/msg00261.html>) ([lemmy] (<https://lemmy.ml/post/651645?scrollToComments=true>))
  - Other:
    - [I've been waiting for this! Emacs 28 is in debian testing! Thanks Rob Browning!] (<https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/emacs>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/znkzrm/ive_been_waiting_for_this_emacs_28_is_in_debian/>))
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: my new "sxhkdrc-mode" package] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-12-14-sxhkdrc-mode-0-1-0/>)
    - [Irreal: Academic Writing in Emacs] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11015>)
    - [Emacs Flymake] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dIEWYXBRuw>) (00:56)
    - [Chung-hong Chan: Advent of emacs #16: How I use the online LaTeX editor Overleaf in emacs] (<https://chainsawriot.com/postmannheim/2022/12/16/aoe16.html>)
    - [GitHub - natrys/whisper.el: Speech-to-Text interface for Emacs using OpenAI's whisper model and whisper.cpp as inference engine] (<https://github.com/natrys/whisper.el>)
  - Emacs development:
    - emacs-devel:
      - [[RFC] Adding threads to Eshell] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-12/msg00680.html>)
      - [Tree-sitter introduction documentation] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-12/msg00692.html>) - figuring out where to put the info and what Emacs should take care of
        - [example from ruby-ts-mode] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-12/msg00813.html>)
        - [You will have to download and install language grammar libraries yourself] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-12/msg00708.html>)
      - [Possibly defaulting native-compile-target-directory to XDG_CACHE_HOME/..] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-12/msg00682.html>) - Debian and package manager issues with native compilation
      - [Plug treesit.el into other emacs constructs] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-12/msg00439.html>) - forward-sexp, etc.
      - [proposal to improve package discoverability by extending keywords] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-12/msg00696.html>)
    - [Add yaml-ts-mode (Bug#60105)] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=4f9bccef556d57590444e384b16d94c81e5323c9>)
    - [New input method 'cyrillic-chuvash'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=1a66435dda307a49069cb45752f69866a0e5c0c2>)
    - [Add support for the "splice operator" in Eshell] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=e63ef66c57ee74b24998a16b34949f67bbb73d8d>)
    - [Add go-ts-mode and go-mod-ts-mode (Bug#60025)] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=fee2efe1b035d601ac53a32801227402e9be8bca>)
    - [Mention 'tree-sitter' in user manual and NEWS] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=12684c3a199d691899c74c67ff85723a0279c272>)
    - [; Announce 'toml-ts-mode' in NEWS.] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=0ad2112a2f04d122d96c06381b196c4336ee72a9>)
    - [Update the documentation of overlays (bug#59996)] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=f93a5180a61070c14906a86d5665c615bdbc652a>)
    - [Add cmake-ts-mode] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ca67d988d8721e9ec24a040b977393136457873f>)
  - New packages:
    - sxhkdrc-mode <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/sxhkdrc-mode.html>: Major mode for sxhkdrc files (Simple X Hot Key Daemon) (GNU 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>), [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>), [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/>), [emacs-devel] (<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-12>), and [lemmy/c/emacs] (<https://lemmy.ml/c/emacs>). 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!

    
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