2017-08-21 Emacs news

2017-08-21 Emacs news

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2017-08-21 Emacs news
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  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [An Elisp Introduction] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=6506)
    - [Developing Elisp] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6un4xo/developing_elisp/)
    - [Emacs Lisp Development Tools] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=6508)
    - [Organizing personal Emacs Lisp code] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6u0f4o/organizing_personal_emacs_lisp_code/)
  - Emacs development:
    - [Enchant is now supported as a spell-checker] (http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=cf74c27ba1401aba216267b5a9900e659d1b2a25)
    - [Don’t adjust CRLF in file names] (http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=83f0d60e498c9cab59e098af6d9c403631ad645c)
    - [Rename `no-delete-other-window' to `no-delete-other-windows'] (http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=f0d5dcc41b680e3b09df93e1be3c663248d160b1)
    - [New major mode less-css-mdode for editing Less files] (http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=85a9f42b6ca7711c64cbd3e4e261fae308eab9d3)
    - [Continued discussion of package-initialize] (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-08/msg00433.html)
    - [Checking if there's interest in refactoring flymake] (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-08/msg00403.html)
  - Dired:
    - [Case-Insensitive Sorting in Dired on OS X] (http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/case-insensitive-sorting-in-dired-on-os-x/)
    - [do we have something like vimv?] (https://github.com/thameera/vimv/blob/master/screencast.gif) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6tq2be/do_we_have_something_like_vimv/)) - PSA, wdired rocks.
  - Navigation:
    - [Never Too Late To Learn `multi-occur-in-matching-buffers’] (https://www.wisdomandwonder.com/article/10682/never-too-late-to-learn-multi-occur-in-matching-buffers)
    - [Tips for navigating a large code base] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6uhtca/i_use_mx_rgrep_all_the_time_when_helping_me/)
  - Org Mode:
    - [CFT - Capture items from Pocket reading list to Org mode] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6ugm7y/cft_capture_items_from_pocket_reading_list_to_org/)
    - [Org refile/navigation hydra] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6u0nh8/org_refilenavigation_hydra/)
    - [Automatically Tangling Generated Code for Export / Exporting Code Generated from Tables] (https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/6uk5v8/automatically_tangling_generated_code_for_export/)
    - [MathJax Support In Org2Blog] (https://www.wisdomandwonder.com/article/10660/mathjax-support-in-org2blog)
  - Other:
    - [What's your coolest Emacs find as of recent?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6u0gmx/whats_your_coolest_emacs_find_as_of_recent/)
    - [Set up a shortcut to insert a symbol] (http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/set-up-a-shortcut-to-insert-a-symbol/)
    - [Yet another emacs terminal emulator] (https://github.com/akermu/emacs-libvterm) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6tmev7/yet_another_emacs_terminal_emulator/))
    - [A simple script that re-indexes emails using mu and sends a desktop notification if new emails are detected.] (https://gist.github.com/gilbertw1/dec02c758c363c2c0430541290565fc6) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6u6mur/a_simple_script_that_reindexes_emails_using_mu/))
    - [straight.el - Next-generation, purely functional package manager for the Emacs hacker] (https://github.com/raxod502/straight.el)
    - [Text Editor Performance Comparison (Emacs turns up respectable numbers)] (https://github.com/jhallen/joes-sandbox/blob/master/editor-perf/readme.md) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6tqkss/text_editor_performance_comparison_emacs_turns_up/))
    - [The highlight.el library] (http://mbork.pl/2017-08-14_The_highlight.el_library)
  - Non-Emacs things:
    - [... I can make the games I'm developing be more like Emacs with this: Minibuffer Console] (https://youtu.be/kX2PMHl8Kic) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6u9dyx/i_love_emacs_i_wish_all_the_apps_i_used_were_more/))
    - [Emacsy browser extensions] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6ubeoi/the_future_of_emacsy_browsing_experiences/)
    - [bit of history - multics emacs extension writer's guide] (https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_honeywellmtnsJul82_9871529) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6uyfbs/bit_of_history_multics_emacs_extension_writers/))
  - New packages:
    - copy-file-on-save <http://melpa.org/#/copy-file-on-save>: Copy file on save, automatic deployment it.
    - old-norse-input <http://melpa.org/#/old-norse-input>: An input method for Old Norse
    - org-mind-map <http://melpa.org/#/org-mind-map>: Creates a directed graph from org-mode files
    - outrespace <http://melpa.org/#/outrespace>: c++ namespace utility functions
    - quiz <http://melpa.org/#/quiz>: Multiple choice quiz game
    - rcirc-menu <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/rcirc-menu.html>: A menu of all your rcirc connections
    - helm-ebdb <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/helm-ebdb.html>: Helm integration for EBDB
    - ebdb-i18n-chn <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/ebdb-i18n-chn.html>: China-specific internationalization support for EBDB
    - ebdb-gnorb <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/ebdb-gnorb.html>: Utilities for connecting EBDB to Gnorb
    - ebdb <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/ebdb.html>: Contact management package
    - counsel-ebdb <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/counsel-ebdb.html>: Counsel integration for EBDB
    - company-ebdb <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/company-ebdb.html>: company-mode completion backend for EBDB in message-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/2017-08).

  [Past Emacs News round-ups] (http://sachachua.com/blog/category/emacs-news)


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* 2017-08-21 Emacs news
- Emacs Lisp:
  - [[http://irreal.org/blog/?p=6506][An Elisp Introduction]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6un4xo/developing_elisp/][Developing Elisp]]
  - [[http://irreal.org/blog/?p=6508][Emacs Lisp Development Tools]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6u0f4o/organizing_personal_emacs_lisp_code/][Organizing personal Emacs Lisp code]]
- Emacs development:
  - [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=cf74c27ba1401aba216267b5a9900e659d1b2a25][Enchant is now supported as a spell-checker]]
  - [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=83f0d60e498c9cab59e098af6d9c403631ad645c][Don’t adjust CRLF in file names]]
  - [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=f0d5dcc41b680e3b09df93e1be3c663248d160b1][Rename `no-delete-other-window' to `no-delete-other-windows']]
  - [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=85a9f42b6ca7711c64cbd3e4e261fae308eab9d3][New major mode less-css-mdode for editing Less files]]
  - [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-08/msg00433.html][Continued discussion of package-initialize]]
  - [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-08/msg00403.html][Checking if there's interest in refactoring flymake]]
- Dired:
  - [[http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/case-insensitive-sorting-in-dired-on-os-x/][Case-Insensitive Sorting in Dired on OS X]]
  - [[https://github.com/thameera/vimv/blob/master/screencast.gif][do we have something like vimv?]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6tq2be/do_we_have_something_like_vimv/][Reddit]]) - PSA, wdired rocks.
- Navigation:
  - [[https://www.wisdomandwonder.com/article/10682/never-too-late-to-learn-multi-occur-in-matching-buffers][Never Too Late To Learn `multi-occur-in-matching-buffers’]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6uhtca/i_use_mx_rgrep_all_the_time_when_helping_me/][Tips for navigating a large code base]]
- Org Mode:
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6ugm7y/cft_capture_items_from_pocket_reading_list_to_org/][CFT - Capture items from Pocket reading list to Org mode]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6u0nh8/org_refilenavigation_hydra/][Org refile/navigation hydra]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/6uk5v8/automatically_tangling_generated_code_for_export/][Automatically Tangling Generated Code for Export / Exporting Code Generated from Tables]]
  - [[https://www.wisdomandwonder.com/article/10660/mathjax-support-in-org2blog][MathJax Support In Org2Blog]]
- Other:
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6u0gmx/whats_your_coolest_emacs_find_as_of_recent/][What's your coolest Emacs find as of recent?]]
  - [[http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/set-up-a-shortcut-to-insert-a-symbol/][Set up a shortcut to insert a symbol]]
  - [[https://github.com/akermu/emacs-libvterm][Yet another emacs terminal emulator]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6tmev7/yet_another_emacs_terminal_emulator/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://gist.github.com/gilbertw1/dec02c758c363c2c0430541290565fc6][A simple script that re-indexes emails using mu and sends a desktop notification if new emails are detected.]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6u6mur/a_simple_script_that_reindexes_emails_using_mu/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://github.com/raxod502/straight.el][straight.el - Next-generation, purely functional package manager for the Emacs hacker]]
  - [[https://github.com/jhallen/joes-sandbox/blob/master/editor-perf/readme.md][Text Editor Performance Comparison (Emacs turns up respectable numbers)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6tqkss/text_editor_performance_comparison_emacs_turns_up/][Reddit]])
  - [[http://mbork.pl/2017-08-14_The_highlight.el_library][The highlight.el library]]
- Non-Emacs things:
  - [[https://youtu.be/kX2PMHl8Kic][... I can make the games I'm developing be more like Emacs with this: Minibuffer Console]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6u9dyx/i_love_emacs_i_wish_all_the_apps_i_used_were_more/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6ubeoi/the_future_of_emacsy_browsing_experiences/][Emacsy browser extensions]]
  - [[https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_honeywellmtnsJul82_9871529][bit of history - multics emacs extension writer's guide]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6uyfbs/bit_of_history_multics_emacs_extension_writers/][Reddit]])
- New packages:
  - http://melpa.org/#/copy-file-on-save: Copy file on save, automatic deployment it.
  - http://melpa.org/#/old-norse-input: An input method for Old Norse
  - http://melpa.org/#/org-mind-map: Creates a directed graph from org-mode files
  - http://melpa.org/#/outrespace: c++ namespace utility functions
  - http://melpa.org/#/quiz: Multiple choice quiz game
  - https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/rcirc-menu.html: A menu of all your rcirc connections
  - https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/helm-ebdb.html: Helm integration for EBDB
  - https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/ebdb-i18n-chn.html: China-specific internationalization support for EBDB
  - https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/ebdb-gnorb.html: Utilities for connecting EBDB to Gnorb
  - https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/ebdb.html: Contact management package
  - https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/counsel-ebdb.html: Counsel integration for EBDB
  - https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/company-ebdb.html: company-mode completion backend for EBDB in message-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/2017-08][emacs-devel]].

[[http://sachachua.com/blog/category/emacs-news][Past Emacs News round-ups]]