2024-08-05 Emacs news
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  - Help wanted:
    - [Request for an LLM package to describe images, which is good for accessibility] (<https://tweesecake.social/@pixelate/112903904515367081>)
    - [emacs-devel needs help with MS Windows support] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-07/msg01072.html>)
      - [also macOS] (<https://texandfriends.wordpress.com/2024/07/30/emacs-ohne-maintainer-fuer-macos-und-windows/>) ([@christoph@muenster.im] (<https://muenster.im/@christoph/112877236490618836>))
      - [Some discussion of the challenges with supporting Emacs on non-free operating systems] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-07/msg01222.html>)
  - Upcoming events:
    - EmacsATX: Emacs Social <https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/302002457/> Wed Aug 7 1630 America/Vancouver - 1830 America/Chicago - 1930 America/Toronto - 2330 Etc/GMT -- Thu Aug 8 0130 Europe/Berlin - 0500 Asia/Kolkata - 0730 Asia/Singapore
    - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) <https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs> Fri Aug 9 1800 Europe/Paris
    - OrgMeetup (virtual) <https://bbb.emacsverse.org/b/iho-h7r-qg8-led> Wed Aug 14 0900 America/Vancouver - 1100 America/Chicago - 1200 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1800 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Aug 15 0000 Asia/Singapore
  - Beginner:
    - [Emacs Tutorial: A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners] (<https://machaddr.substack.com/p/emacs-tutorial-a-comprehensive-guide>) ([@machaddr@mastodon.sdf.org] (<https://mastodon.sdf.org/@machaddr/112892410239297631>))
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [Emacs packages: How the pieces fit together] (<https://zellyn.com/2024/08/emacs-packages/>)
    - [Efficient Emacs configuration and startup with minimal-emacs.d] (<https://www.jamescherti.com/minimal-emacs-d/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ej8zxt/efficient_emacs_configuration_and_startup_with/>))
    - [Refactoring my Emacs Config] (<https://www.snamellit.com/blog/emacs-refactor/>)
    - [Hoagie's corner of the internet - Emacs config: big or small] (<https://site.sebasmonia.com/posts/2024-07-30-emacs-config--big-or-small.html>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12349>))
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [Mouse Events on SVG Images in Emacs [2022]​] (<https://www.leonrische.me/pages/mouse_events_on_images_in_emacs.html>)
  - Appearance:
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: Lin version 1.1.0] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2024-08-05-emacs-lin-1-1-0/>)
  - Navigation:
    - [James Cherti: easysession.el – Easily persist and restore your Emacs editing sessions] (<https://www.jamescherti.com/easysession-el-persist-restore-emacs-session/>) ([Github] (<https://github.com/jamescherti/easysession.el>), [Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1eilz20/easily_persist_and_restore_your_emacs_editing/>))
    - [Marcin Borkowski: How to make Emacs not scroll from the current position] (<https://mbork.pl/2024-07-27_How_to_make_Emacs_not_scroll_from_the_current_position>)
  - Writing:
    - [Surrealism Mode is a writing tool that stops you from editing your words] (<https://kaka.farm/posts/gnu-emacs-surrealism-mode-is-a-writing-tool-that-stops-you-from-editing-your-words.html>) ([@kakafarm@emacs.ch] (<https://emacs.ch/@kakafarm/112904489096040500>))
  - Org Mode:
    - [I'm using Orgmode as a makeshift CRM. It's so good.] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1ehmafb/im_using_orgmode_as_a_makeshift_crm_its_so_good/>)
    - [Enable real idletime for Org Mode on Ubuntu] (<https://www.snamellit.com/blog/enable-real-idletime-for-org-mode-on-ubuntu/>) (2011)
    - [Rustic: Enhanced Org Babel integration] (<https://psibi.in/posts/2024-08-04-rustic-babel.html>)
    - [emacsomancer/org-roam-daily-reflection: comparing N org-roam dailies at M intervals (years, months, fortnights, weeks, days)] (<https://github.com/emacsomancer/org-roam-daily-reflection>) ([@emacsomancer@types.pl] (<https://types.pl/@emacsomancer/112888847395419780>), [Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1einc51/org_roam_daily_reflection_a_new_package_for/>))
    - [orgrr 0.9, changes under the hood] (<https://github.com/rtrppl/orgrr/>) ([@laotang@emacs.ch] (<https://emacs.ch/@laotang/112897346729280539>))
    - [Hack: automatically installing the development version of org on new machine] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ehpwe3/hack_automatically_installing_the_development/>)
  - Denote:
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: sort Luhmann-style signatures with ‘denote-sort-dired’] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2024-08-01-emacs-denote-luhmann-signature-sort/>)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: exclude directories in Denote’s Org dynamic blocks] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2024-07-30-emacs-denote-exclude-dirs-org-blocks/>) (09:56 [YouTube] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvKK5vLQiuQ>))
  - Completion:
    - [James Dyer: Efficient File Searching in Emacs: Leveraging completing-read with Customizable Methods] (<https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20240804075952-emacs--finding-files-using-completing-read/>)
  - Coding:
    - [Emacs Debugging with Dape] (<https://www.snamellit.com/blog/dape/>) (2023)
    - [cider-eval-and-reload-browser - @mykhaylo@fosstodon.org] (<https://fosstodon.org/@mykhaylo/112903746198859009>)
    - [Composing Kubectl Commands in Style with Kubed] (<https://eshelyaron.com/posts/2024-07-31-crafting-kubectl-commands-in-style-with-kubed.html>) ([@eshel@emacs.ch] (<https://emacs.ch/@eshel/112882314272366713>))
    - [eshelyaron/kubed: Kubernetes, Emacs, done!] (<https://github.com/eshelyaron/kubed>)
  - Shells:
    - [adapting eshell/make to other compilation tools] (<https://mastodon.social/@lhp/112906055468315899>)
  - Web:
    - [jao: eww to org] (<https://jao.io/blog/eww-to-org.html>)
  - Mail, news, and chat:
    - [bram85/elfeed-export: Export the Elfeed database to more generic data formats.] (<https://codeberg.org/bram85/elfeed-export>) ([@bram85@emacs.ch] (<https://emacs.ch/@bram85/112899951225881357>))
  - Multimedia:
    - [Emacspeak and EMPV coolness - playing an audio book in one ear and using the other ear for something else] (<https://tweesecake.social/@pixelate/112905298742989725>)
  - Fun:
    - [Jeremy Friesen: Releasing v0.8.0 of random-table.el] (<https://takeonrules.com/2024/08/03/releasing-v080-of-random-tableel/>)
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1eghspj/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>)
    - [Discussion of Reddit alternatives] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ej28w9/is_it_time_for_the_remacs_community_to_find/>) - IRC, Mastodon, federated news aggregators, ...
    - [J.e.r.e.m.y B.r.y.a.n.t: Systems and community] (<https://onlisp.co.uk/Systems-and-community.html>) - quotes from 1983-1984
  - Other:
    - [beancount-txn-elisp] (<https://sr.ht/~trs-80/beancount-txn-elisp/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ek0m5w/beancounttxnelisp/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41140547>))
    - [T. V. Raman: Emacspeak --- A Speech Odyssey] (<https://emacspeak.blogspot.com/2024/07/emacspeak-speech-odyssey.html>)
    - [Lars Ingebrigtsen: Text Dimensions Are Hard] (<https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2024/08/02/text-dimensions-are-hard/>)
    - [Running Emacs with wsl2-xrdp] (<https://www.snamellit.com/blog/running-emacs-with-wsl2-xrdp/>) (2021)
  - Emacs development:
    - [Add support for variable-pitch fonts in 'visual-wrap-prefix-mode'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=f70a6ea0ea86ef461e40d20664a75a92d02679ea>)
    - [Remove misspelled rx category `chinse-two-byte`] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=4437d730a5fff6dca61f99a146c99aefd0f67577>)
    - [Improve window/buffer handling code] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=27381d71c65bd0ba93ed61f57011dbc66bd5bfab>)
    - ["Separate" tree-sitter parser list for indirect buffers] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=e4cd26defc0e1a6deafbe4b2310ebdb3ffa4578f>)
  - New packages:
    - outline-indent <http://melpa.org/#/outline-indent>: Outline and fold text using indentation (MELPA)
    - vsh-mode <http://melpa.org/#/vsh-mode>: Alternate PTY interface for complex terminal sessions (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>), [Mastodon #emacs] (<https://emacs.ch/deck/tags/emacs>), [Hacker News] (<https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story>), [lobste.rs] (<https://lobste.rs/search?q=emacs&what=stories&order=newest>), [programming.dev] (<https://programming.dev/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New>), [lemmy] (<https://lemmy.ml/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New>), [communick.news] (<https://communick.news/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New>), [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/2024-08>). Thanks to Andrés Ramírez for emacs-devel links. Do you have an Emacs-related link or announcement? Please e-mail me at [sacha@sachachua.com] (<mailto:sacha@sachachua.com>). Thank you!