2024-02-26 Emacs news
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  - Help wanted:
    - [FYI: volunteer needed for maintaining centaur-tabs] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1awj1tl/fyi_volunteer_needed_for_maintaining_centaurtabs/>)
  - Upcoming events:
    - Emacs Berlin (virtual, in English) <https://emacs-berlin.org/> Wed Feb 28 0930 America/Vancouver - 1130 America/Chicago - 1230 America/Toronto - 1730 Etc/GMT - 1830 Europe/Berlin - 2300 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Feb 29 0130 Asia/Singapore
    - M-x Research: TBA <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Fri Mar 1 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Sat Mar 2 0000 Asia/Singapore
    - EmacsATX: Emacs Social <https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/299015500/> Wed Mar 6 1630 America/Vancouver - 1830 America/Chicago - 1930 America/Toronto -- Thu Mar 7 0030 Etc/GMT - 0130 Europe/Berlin - 0600 Asia/Kolkata - 0830 Asia/Singapore
    - Emacs Paris: S: Emacs workshop in Paris (online) <https://emacs-doctor.com/> Thu Mar 7 1730 Europe/Paris
    - Emacs.si (in person): Emacs.si meetup #4 2024 (v #živo) <https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/c20d71eb-72ad-4633-8289-5f8623f5e9fb> Thu Mar 7 1900 CET
    - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) <https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs> Fri Mar 8 1800 Europe/Paris
  - Beginner:
    - [Emacs: Guide for Beginners(WIP)] (<https://wenijinew.medium.com/emacs-guide-for-beginners-3da882a56740>)
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [Emacs Redux: Changing The Emacs Configuration Directory] (<https://emacsredux.com/blog/2024/02/23/changing-the-emacs-configuration-directory/>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11997>))
    - [folding everywhere - literate programming (almost) without the tangle] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1axkgx4/folding_everywhere_literate_programming_almost/>) - outline-minor-mode
    - [Notes on text editing] (<https://github.com/noctuid/dotfiles/blob/master/emacs/editing.org>) ([HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39417905>))
    - [Using GIT to sync Emacs config] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0k4iBzM67Q>) (09:51)
    - [Bit of random weeds notes about things I'm learning for Emacs] (<https://marcoxbresciani.codeberg.page/emacs/emacs.html>)
    - [From Doom to Vanilla Emacs] (<https://blog.dornea.nu/2024/02/22/from-doom-to-vanilla-emacs/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1b0do6m/from_doom_to_vanilla_emacs/>))
    - [Nearly halfed my config with new emacs 30] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1azmh4j/nearly_halfed_my_config_with_new_emacs_30/>)
    - [agzam's Doom Emacs Config] (<https://github.com/agzam/.doom.d>)
    - [domsch1988's Emacs Config] (<https://gitlab.com/domsch1988/domacs>)
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [Emacs: how to activate the functionality X for all files of type Y?] (<https://arialdomartini.github.io/emacs-hooks>)
    - [Cycles all way down] (<https://coredumped.dev/2024/02/23/cycles-all-way-down/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ay2ydz/cycles_all_way_down/>), [lobste.rs] (<https://lobste.rs/s/fxbaoj/cycles_all_way_down>))
  - Appearance:
    - [How to change theme in Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0CeZ4t-utQ&feature=youtu.be>)
    - [Andrea: A quick-fix for golden-ratio and lsp-mode] (<http://ag91.github.io/blog/2024/02/19/a-quick-fix-for-golden-ratio-and-lsp-mode>)
    - [My new Emacs macOS icon] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1av0ndp/my_new_emacs_macos_icon/>)
    - [Cute pink icon for Emacs] (<https://media.emacs.ch/cache/media_attachments/files/111/965/781/215/776/776/original/197440106d15a656.png>) ()
  - Navigation:
    - [More UI progress - drag and drop tabs] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ayec4v/more_ui_progress_drag_and_drop_tabs/>)
  - Writing:
    - [crmsnbleyd/djot-mode: Djot (https://www.djot.net/) editing support for emacs; feature requests welcome] (<https://codeberg.org/crmsnbleyd/djot-mode>) () - light markup syntax
    - [Irreal: OSX Dictionary Interface] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11993>)
  - Org Mode:
    - [Guía de Org Mode] (<https://www.davidam.com/docu/orgguide.es.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/1awxydi/guía_de_org_mode/>))
    - [Mario Jason Braganza: Org Mode Narrowing and Widening Buffers] (<https://janusworx.com/blog/org-mode-narrowing-and-widening-buffers/>)
    - [Jeremy Friesen: Update on the Campaign Status Document] (<https://takeonrules.com/2024/02/23/update-on-the-campaign-status-document/>)
    - [Jeremy Friesen: Quick and Dirty Function to Sort My Feed] (<https://takeonrules.com/2024/02/24/quick-and-dirty-function-to-sort-my-feed/>)
    - [ArneBab/emacs-org-clock-daytime: Emacs mode to display the time clocked today in the modeline] (<https://github.com/ArneBab/emacs-org-clock-daytime>) ()
    - [Release v0.8.5 · alphapapa/org-ql] (<https://github.com/alphapapa/org-ql/releases/tag/v0.8.5>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1awa6c6/release_v085_alphapapaorgql/>)) - bugfixes
    - [Jeremy Friesen: Emacs Function to Assign Org-Mode Property to Matching Criteria] (<https://takeonrules.com/2024/02/24/emacs-function-to-assign-org-mode-property-to-matching-criteria/>)
    - [Publicar al blog desde mis notas - Cyberiadas] (<https://alvarmaciel.gitlab.io/cyberiada/post/2024-02-24-publicar_al_blog_desde_mis_notas/>) ()
    - [bramadams/embark-org-roam: Embark export buffer for org roam nodes] (<https://github.com/bramadams/embark-org-roam>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1awezl6/embarkorgroam_embark_export_buffer_for_org_roam/>))
    - [emacs-ssg: Emacs static site generator] (<https://sctlib.gitlab.io/emacs-ssg/>) ([HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39478542>))
    - Org development:
      - [org-table.el: Enhanced table parsing] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=407a55c1c0e24994808b7fa098a14507a7a90755>)
      - [org-bibtex-yank: Allow to populate existing item] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=37e468cf1699653956684869fc1a7dd98be2ebbb>)
      - [org-id.el: Add search strings, inherit parent IDs] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=95554543b98513fb807a72a9fc5256e92c4cece0>)
      - [lisp/org.el (org-insert-heading): Allow specifying heading level] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=6e7e0b2cd30c55201f63c4ff2f6276729b6a415f>)
      - [lisp/ox-beamer.el: customize the beamer frame environment name] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=b3b35b03ff8e0ea74edc2160fa590e8b8b897524>)
  - Denote:
    - [Exploring Your Ideas With the Denote-Explore Package - v1.3 released] (<https://lucidmanager.org/productivity/denote-explore/>) ()
  - Completion:
    - [rahguzar/consult-hoogle: Hoogle for emacs - Codeberg.org] (<https://codeberg.org/rahguzar/consult-hoogle/src/branch/hoogle-buffer>) ()
    - [Agilidad escribiendo en Emacs : abreviación -i] (<https://fediverse.tv/w/aPdQAs2vRcBVsFpK9MMERV>)
  - Coding:
    - [Search Github for code based on current major mode (ex: Python, Emacs Lisp)] (<https://fosstodon.org/@chmouel/111968170968754693>)
    - [justl-mode release v0.14] (<https://github.com/psibi/justl.el/blob/master/Changelog.org#014>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1aylndb/justlmode_release_v014/>)) - support per recipe buffer, major rewrite
    - [golang dape config for debugging tests] (<https://media.emacs.ch/cache/media_attachments/files/111/968/496/931/316/458/original/1cb076c4ecdc914a.png>) ()
    - [Meta Redux: nREPL 1.1.1: Improved Completion with compliment-lite] (<https://metaredux.com/posts/2024/02/20/nrepl-1-1-1-improved-completion-with-compliment-lite.html>)
    - [Unreal Development with just Vim or Emacs (and other text editors)] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtDPi6tZ3I4>) (13:21)
  - Mail, news, and chat:
    - [mu/mu4e release 1.12] (<https://github.com/djcb/mu/blob/master/NEWS.org>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ayxhk6/mumu4e_release_112/>)) - speedups, message composition, query parser, folding, indexing, search
  - Multimedia:
    - [How to play media on Emacs (Linux and Android) using MPV] (<https://github.com/danijelcamdzic/dotemacs/#mpv>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1az1l50/how_to_play_media_on_emacs_linux_and_android/>))
    - [listen.el: Audio/music player for Emacs] (<https://github.com/alphapapa/listen.el>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1aw4ton/listenel_audiomusic_player_for_emacs/>))
    - [Michal Sapka: Emacs: watching YouTube with Yeetube and mpv] (<https://michal.sapka.me/emacs/watching-youtube-with-emacs/>)
  - AI:
    - [ELISA - ellama with Emacs knowledge] (<https://player.vimeo.com/video/916011595>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ay4z0s/elisa_ellama_with_emacs_knowledge/>))
    - [LLMs take control of Emacs] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1awvo2q/llms_take_control_of_emacs/>)
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1aw6xkc/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>) - consult-outline, consult-org-heading, org-ql-find, cleaning up help
    - [Is Emacs dying?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1avn7ox/is_emacs_dying/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1azmvvs/red_meat_friday_is_emacs_dying/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39500275>), [bbatsov] (<https://batsov.com/articles/2024/02/26/emacs-dead-and-loving-it/>), [Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11995>))
    - [Great recent paper on Elisp's History with Interviews] (<https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3386324>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1axatxf/great_recent_paper_on_elisps_history_with/>))
    - [Robert C. Martin back to Emacs] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1axyp1l/ummm/>) (Clean Code author)
    - [Lars Ingebrigtsen: Can you spot the date I said "I'm done"?] (<https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2024/02/22/can-you-spot-the-date-i-said-im-done/>) - and Gnus t-shirts
    - [Live: Emacs package maintenance ('fontaine', 'spacious-padding', 'ef-themes', 'denote', ...)] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gg9PThHYZI>) (01:59:38)
  - Other:
    - [Emacs find of the day: M-X] (<https://svbck.org/blog/2024-02-24-emacs-find-of-the-day-m-x.html>) ()
    - [Emacs için en iyi 5 eklenti] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAAcEn9uLMk>) (07:11) - org-roam, org-roam-ui, gptel, avy, magit
  - Emacs development:
    - emacs-devel:
      - [Docs on ELPA (was Re: Adding Flycheck to NonGNU ELPA)] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-02/msg00779.html>) - web-rendered Texinfo manuals for GNU ELPA / NonGNU ELPA might be nice
      - [Re: Adding Flycheck to NonGNU ELPA] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-02/msg00762.html>) - Flycheck made it in after much discussion
      - [Re: Code for cond*] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-02/msg00843.html>) - easier to understand/debug cond* code, maybe pcase can eventually be rewritten on top of it?
      - [Re: master babe6a5e948 1/2: Introduce a new TRAMP method `androidsu'] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-02/msg00862.html>) - how Android su binaries work
    - [Translations README for Emacs manuals installed, progress being made] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-02/msg00607.html>) ()
    - [Introduce a new TRAMP method `androidsu'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=babe6a5e948985f961ffd36f64323950abd98b7f>)
    - ['read-passwd' can toggle the visibility of passwords] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=39e3fce0d5e0f5db00e44905bcd2590170098d63>)
    - [Improve wording of diff-refine-nonmodified] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3076e79a6a11f9df33c5bcaa7aa58955550aeef0>)
    - [; * etc/NEWS: Recommend obarray-make as correct replacement.] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=1972beda6de3d6895cc197dc292721ca963b234c>)
    - [; * etc/NEWS: How to fix old code that uses vectors as obarrays.] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=15b6d72599b961ebe23e820e44ba2ffc12e49c31>)
    - [diff-mode.el (diff-refine-nonmodified): New option] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=26290870b3505b8971c73fe3a82b69e3c4e86b88>)
    - [Warn about docstrings with control characters] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=90d3b3408e404aba383302c3147d3ca614619986>)
    - [Update NEWS and manual after obarray changes] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=6803b70c1972bc82f7dc1f1d6bbb2a60b6f40367>)
    - [* lisp/help-fns.el (describe-mode-outline): New user option (bug#64684).] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=cc58626f643c1b19e66bab9c6a39026c7e419ab9>)
    - [Add Tramp methods dockercp and podmancp] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=4e9993cada32a866a75b458092de0028db2f5f41>)

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