2022-06-20 Emacs news
=====================

  - Upcoming events:
    - M-x Research (contact them for password): TBA <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Tue Jun 21 0800 Vancouver / 1000 Chicago / 1100 Toronto / 1500 GMT / 1700 Berlin / 2030 Kolkata / 2300 Singapore
    - Emacs APAC (virtual, in English) <https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/> Sat Jun 25 0130 Vancouver / 0330 Chicago / 0430 Toronto / 0830 GMT / 1030 Berlin / 1400 Kolkata / 1630 Singapore
    - Emacs Berlin (virtual, in English) <https://emacs-berlin.org/> Wed Jun 29 0930 Vancouver / 1130 Chicago / 1230 Toronto / 1630 GMT / 1830 Berlin / 2200 Kolkata -- Thu Jun 30 0030 Singapore
    - Emacs FFM: Return of the Emacs FFM Meetup! <https://www.meetup.com/emacs-ffm/events/286448683/> Wed Jun 29 1000 Vancouver / 1200 Chicago / 1300 Toronto / 1700 GMT / 1900 Berlin / 2230 Kolkata -- Thu Jun 30 0100 Singapore
  - Beginner:
    - [Emacs Part I] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReYYGsLFaRM>) (15:32)
    - [Emacs is Powerful Part I and II] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrmT3rWsDkI>) (01:03:48)
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [A Meta-dot Of Your Emacs Dreams] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtvHKyvXrBg>) (03:59) - using the elpaso package manager
    - [Download packages without fetching repositories when using Straight*] (<https://kisaragi-hiu.com/2022-06-14-straight-dont-download-repo>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/vbpiyi/download_packages_without_fetching_repositories/>))
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [scripter.co | Emacs: Emacs Lisp: Advice Combinators] (<https://scripter.co/emacs-lisp-advice-combinators/?utm_source=atom_feed>) - with diagrams
    - [Performance comparison between cl-lib, dash, and seq - Kisaragi Hiu] (<https://kisaragi-hiu.com/performance-cl-lib-dash-seq>)
    - [How to build an editor with Emacs Lisp - 07 Basic Loops] (<https://youtube.com/watch?v=_Y1_tSjcqPU&feature=share>) (16:42, [Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/vfbr9p/how_to_build_an_editor_with_emacs_lisp_07_basic/>))
  - Appearance:
    - [[ANN] info-variable-pitch: View Info with proportional fonts while keeping (most of) what needs to be monospace in mono] (<https://i.redd.it/rxx7p8izs7691.png>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/vel3ix/ann_infovariablepitch_view_info_with_proportional/>))
    - [Irreal: Highlighting] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=10606>)
    - [scripter.co | Emacs: Gujarati fonts in Emacs] (<https://scripter.co/gujarati-fonts-in-emacs/?utm_source=atom_feed>)
  - Writing:
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: demonstration of my Denote package (simple note-taking)] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-06-18-denote-demo/>) (39:04, [YouTube] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLzFJcLpDFI>), [Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/vfdnn7/introduction_to_denote_simple_notetaking/>))
  - Org Mode:
    - [TAONAW - Emacs: Another look at my Journal Capture Templates] (<https://taonaw.com/2022-06-16/>)
    - [scripter.co | Emacs: Org: Show only Post subtree headings] (<https://scripter.co/org-show-only-post-subtree-headings/?utm_source=atom_feed>)
    - [jao: simple note taking] (<https://jao.io/blog/2022-06-19-simple-note-taking.html>)
    - [org-roam is absolutely fantastic!] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/veesun/orgroam_is_absolutely_fantastic/>)
    - [org-verse - bible verse with backlinks] (<https://github.com/DarkBuffalo/org-verse>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/vg6ig0/orgverse_bible_verse_with_backlinks/>))
    - [Emacs org mode library in C++] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg-oljbwf40>) (45:36)
    - Import, export, and integration:
      - [Emacs Notes: How to create a Table with multi-paragraph content & spanned cells using Emacs Org mode] (<https://emacsnotes.wordpress.com/2022/06/20/how-to-create-a-table-with-multi-paragraph-content-spanned-cells-using-emacs-org-mode/>) - transcluded tables using footnotes. Looks neat, wonder if HTML export can do it too.
      - [Citations in org-mode: Org-cite and Citar | Kristoffer Balintona] (<https://kristofferbalintona.me/posts/202206141852/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/vchefn/guide_to_citations_in_orgmode/>))
      - [Org-mode as a Static Site Generator] (<https://qorg11.net/tech_posts/org_mode_as_ssg.xhtml>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/vcb804/orgmode_as_a_static_site_generator/>))
      - [How I run my wiki with org mode] (<https://weakty.com/org-mode>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/vc7ys6/how_i_run_my_wiki_with_org_mode/>))
    - Org development:
      - [Auto-Upcase/downcase #+begin/#+end in structure templates] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=9632401dc6affc09e573e4af7c8898990cd8f04c>)
      - [ob-core.el/babel: Special handling for attachment links in src block] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=226119124d3d434e6db1160b9f561d3ed0b45993>)
  - Coding:
    - [Meta Redux: Compliment 0.3.13] (<https://metaredux.com/posts/2022/06/20/compliment-0-3-13.html>) - Clojure code completon
  - Fun:
    - [Magnus: Power-mode in Spacemacs] (<https://magnus.therning.org/2022-06-15-power-mode-in-spacemacs.html>) - fancy particles
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/vcpk6u/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>)
    - [Most visually impressive emacs packages?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/vcbnht/most_visually_impressive_emacs_packages/>)
  - Emacs development:
    - [emacs-devel: Re: Tree-sitter integration on feature/tree-sitter] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-06/msg01003.html>) - request for feedback on API, porting to use core treesitter API
    - [emacs-devel: Re: [Patch] Avoid recording chars when reading passwords] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-06/msg00743.html>) - probably new default behavior, with the option to restore old behavior (passwords getting captured in lossage)
    - [emacs-devel: Explanation of difference between make distclean and make extraclean] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-06/msg00764.html>)
    - [emacs-devel: Re: Exposing buffer text modifications to Lisp] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-06/msg00884.html>) - technical details on markers, and suggestions for package developers to work more closely with core
      - [also some details on how the Org parser works] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-06/msg00880.html>)
    - [Make images found through `find-image' be handled like `create-image'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=c1453cd6f6b79e050db976bcdcfe68235e45e0a7>)
    - [Allow using :width/:height as normal with xbm images] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=bd0b96d25295c1d29186d4a96a2215ab0239c64c>)
    - [Allow removing quotes around links in *Help* buffers] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=28bfd4db69c357b708e7b711c947122faf499368>)
    - [Let `dired-omit-mode' match lines, as well as file names] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=efc241f4020478122d506b3d42a815ad47f7910b>)
    - [Don't handle reverseVideo X resource specially] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=94d76adde1b4b2bd86168f8d703241f60d1749b2>)
    - [Fix test failures due to 'xterm-select-active-regions'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=7e1f84fa3bc7dfd84415813889c91070c0759da2>)
    - [Filter out NS non-key events from `where-is-internal'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=0dc75daf1189d2327c6efa4d747fa98fcba03ea3>)
    - [Allow pretty-printing results from `C-x C-e' in edebug] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=606275e91ec57cccabeb4ac2feb93753f734cb00>)
    - [Support `select-active-regions' with xterm] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=2cb5ed66c094cc1ea937c72eb7958c2dc674ac7f>)
    - [Extend 'e' in edebug to pretty-print the values] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=0d103e6f79d374766b64e56fb05e440076f4df5c>)
    - [Delete another library obsolete since 24.1] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=c1370d83cb229c9f3f1b077d1e623b1e9ada6b50>)
    - [Add new command `duplicate-line'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=6362f65474bad81c1d57b9b603c65686a0dd853e>)
    - [Cancel editing bookmark annotations with C-c C-k] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=dc6157bef758cf5ba490219eebccaf33e14430d3>)
    - [Delete most libraries obsolete since 24.1 and 24.3] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=17b3f8d56e254f8f0478ce583451f02e6034ed48>)
    - [Add new package.el commands for recompilation] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=feb654b4605cd84d1913d33a7d4c687bd4e71be7>)
    - [; * etc/NEWS: Add entry for recent minibuffer abbrev table changes.] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=82694cdb204ad61b4b08cc66e71d6526949d8e40>)
    - [Leave the contents on the *Backtrace* buffer on `q'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=a02bb84c80f63a7b1199f0e68d605f7d418167fd>)
    - [* lisp/minibuffer.el (minibuffer-complete-history): New command.] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=99cb3a7154cd1e1b751b7cdf84479cd850e7da17>)
    - [* lisp/simple.el (completion-auto-wrap): Rename from completion-wrap-movement.] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=e494222814585cffaafa2c7784a2e4d632b8cd2d>)
  - New packages:
    - ansilove <https://melpa.org/#/ansilove>: Display buffers as PNG images using ansilove (MELPA)
    - cargo-transient <https://melpa.org/#/cargo-transient>: A transient for cargo (MELPA)
    - ebnf-mode <https://melpa.org/#/ebnf-mode>: Major mode for EBNF files (MELPA)
    - insert-random <https://melpa.org/#/insert-random>: Insert random characters from various character sets (MELPA)
    - lingva <https://melpa.org/#/lingva>: Access Google Translate via lingva.ml (MELPA)
    - org-mac-link <https://melpa.org/#/org-mac-link>: Insert org-mode links to items selected in various Mac apps (MELPA)
    - ppcompile <https://melpa.org/#/ppcompile>: Ping-pong compile projects on remote machines (MELPA)
    - smithy-mode <https://melpa.org/#/smithy-mode>: Major mode for editing Smithy IDL files (MELPA)
    - zetteldesk-ref <https://melpa.org/#/zetteldesk-ref>: A zetteldesk extension for interfacing with literature nodes (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>), [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/2022-06>), and [lemmy/c/emacs] (<https://lemmy.ml/c/emacs>). Thanks to Andrés Ramírez for emacs-devel links!

    
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