2021-08-16 Emacs news
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  - Help wanted:
    - [EmacsConf 2021 Call for Proposals] (<https://emacsconf.org/2021/cfp/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/oyl40m/emacsconf_2021_call_for_proposals/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28075442>)) until Sept 30
    - [Prot's laptop is having a hard time] (<https://protesilaos.com/news/2021-08-05-laptop-battery/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/p3ao4a/prot_laptop_is_having_a_hard_time/>)) - Prot has a Paypal donation link at the bottom of the page
    - [Command Discovery in Emacs] (<https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2021/02/16/command-discovery-in-emacs/>) (Feb 2021) - might be a good way to start contributing to Emacs
  - Upcoming events:
    - M-x Research (contact them for password): TBA <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Fri Aug 20 0700 Vancouver / 0900 Chicago / 1000 Toronto / 1400 GMT / 1600 Berlin / 1930 Kolkata / 2200 Singapore
    - Emacs Berlin (virtual, in English) <https://emacs-berlin.org/> Wed Aug 25 0930 Vancouver / 1130 Chicago / 1230 Toronto / 1630 GMT / 1830 Berlin / 2200 Kolkata -- Thu Aug 26 0030 Singapore
    - Emacs APAC (virtual, in English) <https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/> Sat Aug 28 0130 Vancouver / 0330 Chicago / 0430 Toronto / 0830 GMT / 1030 Berlin / 1400 Kolkata / 1630 Singapore
  - Beginner:
    - [30 days of Emacs – Day 1] (<https://kevinsjoberg.com/30-days-of-emacs-day-1>): Installation using Homebrew on macOS, first steps, tutorial, use-package
    - [A gentle introduction to Emacs for ex-ViM users] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvA7UOsO5O8>) (09:08)
    - [The Modern Emacs - Andrew Tropin] (<https://youtu.be/ZbxUJz6a9Io>) (1:33:38, [Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/p2ig2f/the_modern_emacs_andrew_tropin/>))
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [Emacs config without use-package - an experiment] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/p3o2h4/emacs_config_without_usepackage_an_experiment/>)
    - [yuri tricys: Emacs Snitch and How to Improve Performance] (<https://readingworldmagazine.com/emacs/2021-08-11-2021-08-11-emacs-snitch-and-how-to-improve-performance/>)
    - [unpackaged/custom-toggle-all-more-hide: Expand all options’ documentation] (<https://github.com/alphapapa/unpackaged.el#expand-all-options-documentation>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/p1ycf2/unpackagedcustomtoggleallmorehide_expand_all/>)) - discussion of helm in the comments
    - [System Crafters Live! - Emacs Package Potluck (Trying Your Suggestions!)] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmLCTPwhC4I>) (02:02:23)
    - [ahmadnazir's Emacs config] (<https://ahmadnazir.github.io/scribbles/emacs.html>) - Spacemacs, .NET, Helm
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [Submitting a Package to NonGNU ELPA] (<https://emacsredux.com/blog/2021/08/11/submitting-a-package-to-nongnu-elpa/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/p2cn8x/submitting_a_package_to_nongnu_elpa/>))
    - [plz.el: An HTTP library for Emacs, using curl as a backend] (<https://github.com/alphapapa/plz.el>)
    - [Andrea: Moldable Emacs: editing your file via Treesitter (or, how I fixed my CSS with a Playground)] (<http://ag91.github.io/blog/2021/08/11/moldable-emacs-editing-your-file-via-treesitter-(or-how-i-fixed-my-css-with-a-playground)>)
    - [First time writing elisp code from scratch - 1password handler] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/p4ezt7/first_time_writing_elisp_code_from_scratch/>)
  - Emacs development:
    - [* lisp/simple.el (shift-select-mode): Add new choice 'permanent' (bug#50038).] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=7ec057458135eed0dd08e2de4089e4814d71e440>)
    - [Revert "Bind the GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS environment variable"] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=d1dbf7fc9e64add642f3cfe22231afebac62cad2>)
    - [Add new functions for lax mail address splitting] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=e91b574bf8b14c0d8cc33242570bffa8ddc38760>)
    - [Fix merging of ambiguous nil maps] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=37d48edf6d406a4730caa0393f7695de2bfadfcc>)
    - [Add font-lock-doc-markup-face (bug#50041)] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=1bfbb2b706db6a7ca9420b27d22a737deccdd5b0>)
    - [Add new face diff-changed-unspecified] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=4d51c2c472963d6330925c06d59f16de370c6474>)
    - [Add save-some-buffers-root to save-some-buffers-default-predicate (bug#46374)] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=a9ad3d477441feefa3bf6107d58281cb64e0e78a>)
    - [Add a `pcase-setq' macro] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=2f90fa19b8fdc70303232d389553afa524c72509>)
    - [Add new image-dired commands] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=7dbbe6cbc54b9331f7b32aa8ce96f6eeadfb0dcd>)
    - [Mark marked images in Image-Dired mode] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8b645837d228102a04005b98d75a56f9b78cabae>)
    - [Let image-dired-mouse-toggle-mark act on active region] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=c56e395edf5babdbcc65fa7bdb9fb462c674f156>)
    - [Use ### for outline headings in shell-script-mode] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=a8e89964f3553f40b8807617c3b181f42cd22fd9>)
    - [Add support for outlining in shell-script-mode] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=a6bd0490317371dd49d847a774c8ae73315fe6d1>)
    - [Add new user option `gnus-topic-prepare-topic'] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=877df4eb1ca008556572214a917fb3bef2b994b5>)
    - [Add a new command `revert-buffer-quick'] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ebaae4480eecb7e4757296d0a2b776ad0b960be8>)
  - Appearance:
    - [highlight-parentheses.el: Emacs: highlight surrounding parentheses] (<https://sr.ht/~tsdh/highlight-parentheses.el/>)
    - [Basic WYSIWYG printing in GNU Emacs (Arabic & Hebrew)] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/p0vqrq/basic_wysiwyg_printing_in_gnu_emacs_arabic_hebrew/>)
  - Navigation:
    - [crux - a Collection of Ridiculously Useful eXtensions for Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGOeXKlr10w>) (08:52)
    - [thing-edit: Copy and paste anything under cursor.] (<https://github.com/manateelazycat/thing-edit>) (2020)
    - [[ANN] dogears.el: Never lose your place in Emacs again] (<https://github.com/alphapapa/dogears.el>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/p3mdyg/ann_dogearsel_never_lose_your_place_in_emacs_again/>))
    - [Manuel Uberti: Switching buffers (Take 3)] (<https://www.manueluberti.eu//emacs/2021/08/14/switch-buffer/>)
  - Completion:
    - [consult-dir: switch directories in Emacs at any time] (<https://github.com/karthink/consult-dir>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/p4wk1u/consultdir_switch_directories_in_emacs_at_any_time/>))
  - Writing:
    - [fanyi.el: English-Chinese translator for Emacs.] (<https://github.com/condy0919/fanyi.el>)
    - [mw-dictionaries: This is modified from mw-thesaurus.el with support for Learner dictionary] (<https://github.com/tongjie-chen/mw-dictionaries-emacs>)
  - Org Mode:
    - [Peter Prevos: Ricing Org Mode: A Beautiful Writing Environment] (<https://lucidmanager.org/productivity/ricing-org-mode/>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=9910>))
    - [Emacs Agenda Views | DummyHead] (<https://alphaalgorithms.github.io/2019/05/17/emacs-agenda-views/>) (2019)
    - [Timekeeping with Emacs and Org-Mode] (<https://www.adventuresinwhy.com/post/org-mode-timekeeping/>) (2020)
    - [Irreal: Org-ref-cite Video] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=9897>)
    - [Org parser libraries | org-almanac] (<https://alphapapa.github.io/org-almanac/#Parsing>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/p2711v/org_parser_libraries_orgalmanac/>))
    - [iOS: Improving org task rendering] (<https://v.redd.it/9uhk0rg2akg71>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/p1tii6/ios_improving_org_task_rendering/>))
    - Org Roam:
      - [org-roam (Emacs Zettelkasten Package) Version 2 Released • Zettelkasten Method] (<https://zettelkasten.de/posts/org-roam-version-2/>)
      - [Capturing Notes Efficiently with Org Roam] (<https://youtu.be/YxgA5z2R08I>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/p1oqkg/capturing_notes_efficiently_with_org_roam/>))
      - [Peter Prevos: Visualise Org-Roam Networks With igraph and R] (<https://lucidmanager.org/data-science/visualise-org-roam/>)
      - [Benjamin Slade: Automatically adding information to Org-roam file properties] (<https://babbagefiles.xyz/org-roam-auto-propertise/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/p25rx8/benjamin_slade_automatically_adding_information/>))
      - [Benjamin Slade: Org-roam on Android] (<https://babbagefiles.xyz/org-roam-on-android/>)
  - Coding:
    - [Getting Emacs and Julia to work] (<https://sntag.github.io/post/2020-04-13-getting-emacs-and-julia-to-work/>)
    - [30 days of Emacs - Day 2 — kevinsjoberg] (<https://kevinsjoberg.com/30-days-of-emacs-day-2>) OCaml
    - [datum Query databases from the command line, via ODBC. Plays nicely with Emacs' SQLi mode] (<https://github.com/sebasmonia/datum>)
    - [parcont.el: Continuation-based sexp editing commands] (<https://git.sr.ht/~wklew/parcont/tree/main/item/parcont.el>)
    - [comp-ide.el: A simple and efficient Emacs Competitive IDE.] (<https://github.com/SidharthArya/comp-ide.el>) ([Youtube] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY0gr3Tv3hU&feature=youtu.be>))
    - [Fast switching between two git branches] (<https://github.com/amno1/helm-git-branch>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/p4knug/fast_switching_between_two_git_branches/>)) helm-git-branch
  - Math:
    - [Easy Entry of Math Symbols (Global Keybindings)] (<https://github.com/ashok-khanna/math-hydras>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/p37g6b/easy_entry_of_math_symbols_global_keybindings/>))
  - Mail and news:
    - [Tassilo Horn: Make your RSS enjoyable in feed readers such as elfeed] (<https://tsdh.org/posts/2021-08-12-make-your-rss-enjoyable-in-feed-readers-such-as-elfeed.html>)
    - [[ANN] New package: mu4e-column-faces] (<https://github.com/Alexander-Miller/mu4e-column-faces>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/p0ynlj/ann_new_package_mu4ecolumnfaces/>))
  - Web:
    - [Switch nyxt buffers and run nyxt commands from emacs] (<https://gist.github.com/gregoryhugaerts/96aca36ad4da29dee0919d467db80bab>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/p28ehx/switch_nyxt_buffers_and_run_nyxt_commands_from/>))
    - [Andrea: Following wise suggestions: making emacs-with-nyxt more consistent] (<http://ag91.github.io/blog/2021/08/09/following-wise-suggestions-making-emacs-with-nyxt-more-consistent>)
  - Spacemacs:
    - [GUI Spacemacs support for Dockerized Pen.el] (<https://semiosis.github.io/posts/gui-spacemacs-support-for-dockerized-pen-el/>)
  - Doom Emacs:
    - [One year of doom emacs and never looked back] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/DoomEmacs/comments/p1uq2u/one_year_of_doom_emacs_and_never_looked_back/>)
    - [Use Emacs-Tree-Sitter for Highlighting in Doom Emacs] (<https://hungyi.net/posts/use-emacs-tree-sitter-doom-emacs/>) (2020)
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/p28rl5/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>)
    - [Telegram @emacs_posts: Emacs News and Posts] (<https://t.me/emacs_posts>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/p50n8h/created_a_telegram_channel_with_posts_from_sacha/>))
    - [Lars Ingebrigtsen: 10×10% – Random Thoughts (closing 45% of open Emacs bugs)] (<https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2021/08/14/10x10/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/p4e078/lars_ingebrigtsen_1010_random_thoughts_closing_45/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28181575>))
  - Other:
    - [Termux + Emacs] (<https://portal.mozz.us/gemini/gem.shom.dev/20210807_TermuxEmacs.gmi>)
    - [How to run multiple Emacs daemon instances] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/p45akt/how_to_run_multiple_emacs_daemon_instances/>)
  - New packages:
    - consult-dir <http://melpa.org/#/consult-dir>: Consult based directory picker
    - efar <http://melpa.org/#/efar>: FAR-like file manager
    - evil-textobj-treesitter <http://melpa.org/#/evil-textobj-treesitter>: Provides evil textobjects using treesitter
    - gumshoe <http://melpa.org/#/gumshoe>: Scoped spatial and temporal POINT movement tracking
    - netease-cloud-music <http://melpa.org/#/netease-cloud-music>: Netease Cloud Music client
    - session-async <http://melpa.org/#/session-async>: Asynchronous processing in a forked process session
    - streamlink <http://melpa.org/#/streamlink>: A major mode for streamlink output
    - untappd <http://melpa.org/#/untappd>: Display your latest Untappd feed

  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/>) and [emacs-devel] (<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-08>).

  
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