2018-09-24 Emacs news

2018-09-24 Emacs news

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2018-09-24 Emacs news
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  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [Marcin Borkowski: add-dir-local-variable and dotted pairs] (http://mbork.pl/2018-09-23_add-dir-local-variable_and_dotted_pairs)
  - Emacs development:
    - [Complement to last commit] (http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=596ccc087c8f844f81b075da643e5c554a8de9d6)
    - [Fix ambiguity in nil DST flag] (http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=0bec064454adac2bdff04a11bbdfaa79aa4ce052)
    - [New input methods hawaiian-postfix and hawaiian-prefix] (http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=229c51afbf741b20504b821e6fd5da4145a776f5)
  - Appearance:
    - [Packages that take advantage of the Fringe?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9hufzz/packages_that_take_advantage_of_the_fringe/)
    - [Mode line package recommendation] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9hqf0q/mode_line_package_recommendation/)
    - [Irreal: Clean Screen Writing] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=7497)
  - Navigation:
    - [Whats your preferred method of switching buffers?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9hmh8n/whats_your_preferred_method_of_switching_buffers/)
    - [TIP: dedicated frames] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9igsru/tip_dedicated_frames/)
    - [emacs xah-find.el demo] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=072mV2CMCmw) (20:41)
    - [emacs extend selection 2018 09 19 01 06 57] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCBgiAmRro8) (0:55)
  - Org Mode:
    - [Record Org-mode Recent Activity] (http://yqrashawn.com/2018/09/17/record-org-mode-recent-activity/) ([Irreal] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=7499))
    - [GitHub - alphapapa/org-now: Conveniently show current Org tasks in a sidebar window] (https://github.com/alphapapa/org-now) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9gnfgg/github_alphapapaorgnow_conveniently_show_current/))
    - [I can finally preview LaTeX in org-mode! Took me quite some while to get it because I had the wrong TeX installed, but I'm satisfied!] (https://gfycat.com/JealousOrdinaryHoverfly) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9h44lk/i_can_finally_preview_latex_in_orgmode_took_me/))
    - [org-web-tools: New attach-url-archive command attaches zip archive of web page] (https://github.com/alphapapa/org-web-tools) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9hbl5k/orgwebtools_new_attachurlarchive_command_attaches/))
    - [O: Please, upvote support for org-mode in GitLab's wiki pages] (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2018-08/msg00135.html) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/9hm69b/o_please_upvote_support_for_orgmode_in_gitlabs/))
    - [How to completely hide the properties drawer in org-mode!] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9htd0r/how_to_completely_hide_the_properties_drawer_in/)
    - [Poll results for Most Frequently Customized Variables in `Org Mode` (ca 2009)] (http://orgmode.org/worg/org-configs/org-customization-survey.html)
  - Coding:
    - [I got inspired to post how I'm taking notes in LaTeX on emacs. suggestions are welcome!] (https://i.redd.it/60n7tttmj9n11.gif) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9h99n3/i_got_inspired_to_post_how_im_taking_notes_in/))
    - [Getting started with Magit (Or what I hope I could've read when I first tried out Magit)] (https://kisaragi-hiu.com/blog/2018-09-20-magit-introduction/) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9hh5ag/getting_started_with_magit_or_what_i_hope_i/))
    - [Videos demonstrating "pro level" use of emacs for programming?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9ih9wg/videos_demonstrating_pro_level_use_of_emacs_for/)
    - [emacs realtime. mwe log command, editing elisp] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JgNEpiZ_wo) (35:50)
  - Other:
    - [Emacs Evil Starter Kit. Good or bad idea?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9gneot/emacs_evil_starter_kit_good_or_bad_idea/)
    - [A short post on how I got into Emacs :)] (http://blog.abhixec.com/post/emacs/) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9h75jf/a_short_post_on_how_i_got_into_emacs/))
    - [Castlemacs: modern, minimalist Emacs setup tailored to macOS users] (https://github.com/freetonik/castlemacs) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9hexk6/castlemacs_modern_minimalist_emacs_setup_tailored/))
    - [EmacsWiki: Most Frequently Enabled Minor Modes] (https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/FrequentlyEnabledPackages_Emacs244_Survey_Results) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9hnr6s/emacswiki_most_frequently_enabled_minor_modes/))
    - [Outshine users: big changes ahead, some testing needed!] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9hpkfr/outshine_users_big_changes_ahead_some_testing/)
    - [Emacs: More pro-tips] (https://ambrevar.xyz/emacs2/) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9i8q97/emacs_more_protips/))
    - [Emacs Notes: Delim Col: A handy tool for creating pretty tables, and converting those to different table formats] (https://emacsnotes.wordpress.com/2018/09/24/delim-col-a-handy-tool-for-creating-pretty-tables-and-converting-those-to-different-table-formats/) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9ib1mq/emacs_notes_delim_col_a_handy_tool_for_creating/))
    - [Another handy use for multiple-cursors: killing multiple processes in list-processes] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9i2684/another_handy_use_for_multiplecursors_killing/)
    - [Communicate with daemon using `nc`] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9h87of/oc_communicate_with_daemon_using_nc/)
    - [Using Emacs Series] (https://cestlaz.github.io/stories/emacs/)
  - New package:
    - flycheck-pact <http://melpa.org/#/flycheck-pact>: Flycheck support for pact-mode

  Links from [reddit.com/r/emacs] (http://reddit.com/r/emacs/new), [/r/orgmode] (http://reddit.com/r/orgmode), [/r/spacemacs] (http://reddit.com/r/spacemacs), [Hacker News] (https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story), [planet.emacsen.org] (http://planet.emacsen.org), [YouTube] (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=emacs&search_sort=video_date_uploaded), the changes to 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/2018-09).


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* 2018-09-24 Emacs news
- Emacs Lisp:
  - [[http://mbork.pl/2018-09-23_add-dir-local-variable_and_dotted_pairs][Marcin Borkowski: add-dir-local-variable and dotted pairs]]
- Emacs development:
  - [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=596ccc087c8f844f81b075da643e5c554a8de9d6][Complement to last commit]]
  - [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=0bec064454adac2bdff04a11bbdfaa79aa4ce052][Fix ambiguity in nil DST flag]]
  - [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=229c51afbf741b20504b821e6fd5da4145a776f5][New input methods hawaiian-postfix and hawaiian-prefix]]
- Appearance:
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9hufzz/packages_that_take_advantage_of_the_fringe/][Packages that take advantage of the Fringe?]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9hqf0q/mode_line_package_recommendation/][Mode line package recommendation]]
  - [[http://irreal.org/blog/?p=7497][Irreal: Clean Screen Writing]]
- Navigation:
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9hmh8n/whats_your_preferred_method_of_switching_buffers/][Whats your preferred method of switching buffers?]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9igsru/tip_dedicated_frames/][TIP: dedicated frames]]
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=072mV2CMCmw][emacs xah-find.el demo]] (20:41)
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCBgiAmRro8][emacs extend selection 2018 09 19 01 06 57]] (0:55)
- Org Mode:
  - [[http://yqrashawn.com/2018/09/17/record-org-mode-recent-activity/][Record Org-mode Recent Activity]] ([[http://irreal.org/blog/?p=7499][Irreal]])
  - [[https://github.com/alphapapa/org-now][GitHub - alphapapa/org-now: Conveniently show current Org tasks in a sidebar window]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9gnfgg/github_alphapapaorgnow_conveniently_show_current/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://gfycat.com/JealousOrdinaryHoverfly][I can finally preview LaTeX in org-mode! Took me quite some while to get it because I had the wrong TeX installed, but I'm satisfied!]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9h44lk/i_can_finally_preview_latex_in_orgmode_took_me/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://github.com/alphapapa/org-web-tools][org-web-tools: New attach-url-archive command attaches zip archive of web page]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9hbl5k/orgwebtools_new_attachurlarchive_command_attaches/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2018-08/msg00135.html][O: Please, upvote support for org-mode in GitLab's wiki pages]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/9hm69b/o_please_upvote_support_for_orgmode_in_gitlabs/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9htd0r/how_to_completely_hide_the_properties_drawer_in/][How to completely hide the properties drawer in org-mode!]]
  - [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-configs/org-customization-survey.html][Poll results for Most Frequently Customized Variables in `Org Mode` (ca 2009)]]
- Coding:
  - [[https://i.redd.it/60n7tttmj9n11.gif][I got inspired to post how I'm taking notes in LaTeX on emacs. suggestions are welcome!]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9h99n3/i_got_inspired_to_post_how_im_taking_notes_in/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://kisaragi-hiu.com/blog/2018-09-20-magit-introduction/][Getting started with Magit (Or what I hope I could've read when I first tried out Magit)]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9hh5ag/getting_started_with_magit_or_what_i_hope_i/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9ih9wg/videos_demonstrating_pro_level_use_of_emacs_for/][Videos demonstrating "pro level" use of emacs for programming?]]
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JgNEpiZ_wo][emacs realtime. mwe log command, editing elisp]] (35:50)
- Other:
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9gneot/emacs_evil_starter_kit_good_or_bad_idea/][Emacs Evil Starter Kit. Good or bad idea?]]
  - [[http://blog.abhixec.com/post/emacs/][A short post on how I got into Emacs :)]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9h75jf/a_short_post_on_how_i_got_into_emacs/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://github.com/freetonik/castlemacs][Castlemacs: modern, minimalist Emacs setup tailored to macOS users]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9hexk6/castlemacs_modern_minimalist_emacs_setup_tailored/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/FrequentlyEnabledPackages_Emacs244_Survey_Results][EmacsWiki: Most Frequently Enabled Minor Modes]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9hnr6s/emacswiki_most_frequently_enabled_minor_modes/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9hpkfr/outshine_users_big_changes_ahead_some_testing/][Outshine users: big changes ahead, some testing needed!]]
  - [[https://ambrevar.xyz/emacs2/][Emacs: More pro-tips]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9i8q97/emacs_more_protips/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://emacsnotes.wordpress.com/2018/09/24/delim-col-a-handy-tool-for-creating-pretty-tables-and-converting-those-to-different-table-formats/][Emacs Notes: Delim Col: A handy tool for creating pretty tables, and converting those to different table formats]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9ib1mq/emacs_notes_delim_col_a_handy_tool_for_creating/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9i2684/another_handy_use_for_multiplecursors_killing/][Another handy use for multiple-cursors: killing multiple processes in list-processes]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9h87of/oc_communicate_with_daemon_using_nc/][Communicate with daemon using `nc`]]
  - [[https://cestlaz.github.io/stories/emacs/][Using Emacs Series]]
- New package:
  - http://melpa.org/#/flycheck-pact: Flycheck support for pact-mode

Links from [[http://reddit.com/r/emacs/new][reddit.com/r/emacs]], [[http://reddit.com/r/orgmode][/r/orgmode]], [[http://reddit.com/r/spacemacs][/r/spacemacs]], [[https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story][Hacker News]], [[http://planet.emacsen.org][planet.emacsen.org]], [[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=emacs&search_sort=video_date_uploaded][YouTube]], the changes to the [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS][Emacs NEWS file]], and [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2018-09][emacs-devel]].