2024-04-29 Emacs news
=====================

  - Upcoming events:
    - EmacsATX: Emacs Social <https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/299015530/> Wed May 1 1630 America/Vancouver - 1830 America/Chicago - 1930 America/Toronto - 2330 Etc/GMT -- Thu May 2 0130 Europe/Berlin - 0500 Asia/Kolkata - 0730 Asia/Singapore
    - Emacs Paris: S: Emacs workshop in Paris (online) <https://emacs-doctor.com/> Thu May 2 0830 America/Vancouver - 1030 America/Chicago - 1130 America/Toronto - 1530 Etc/GMT - 1730 Europe/Berlin - 2100 Asia/Kolkata - 2330 Asia/Singapore
    - M-x Research: TBA <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Fri May 3 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
    - Emacs.si (in person): Emacs.si meetup #8 2024 (v #živo) <https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/7350dff6-e688-4e84-8aad-4c734b4ed61f> Thu May 9 2000 CET
    - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) <https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs> Fri May 10 1800 Europe/Paris
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [licht1stein/context-transient.el: Context specific transient menus for Emacs] (<https://github.com/licht1stein/context-transient.el>) ([@mykhaylo@fosstodon.org] (<https://fosstodon.org/@mykhaylo/112332658750225433>))
    - [Define git-repo-specific transient menus] (<https://media.emacs.ch/cache/media_attachments/files/112/319/971/898/382/785/original/fa70436367188cfe.jpeg>) ([@mykhaylo@fosstodon.org] (<https://fosstodon.org/@mykhaylo/112319965182011360>))
    - [Elpaca update log live preview] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1cbxi2m/elpaca_update_log_live_preview/>)
    - [Keymacs, a program to generate Emacs keybindings] (<https://plaindrops.de/blog/2024/keymacs/>) ([lemmy.ml] (<https://lemmy.ml/post/14798221?scrollToComments=true>))
    - [Emacs And Vim Inflate Them For The Sake Of Usefulness?] (<https://unixbhaskar.wordpress.com/2024/04/18/emacs-and-vim-inflate-them-for-the-sake-of-usefulness/>) - comparing startup times
    - [t0yv0's Emacs Config] (<https://github.com/t0yv0/t0yv0-emacs>) - nix flake, consult, major-mode-hydra
    - [dchrzanowski's Emacs Config] (<https://github.com/dchrzanowski/.emacs.d>): snippets, evil, development, etc.
    - [tttuuu888's Emacs Config] (<https://github.com/tttuuu888/.emacs.d/>): async, evil, org, development, etc.
    - [Emacs config showcase] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22zyjf7xeuM>) (11:24)
  - Appearance:
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: spacious-padding version 0.5.0] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2024-04-29-spacious-padding-0-5-0/>)
    - [emacs_bgex: Background extension for X, an unofficial patch for Gnu Emacs. Specify an image or color for the background and a different background for each buffer instead of per frame.] (<https://github.com/wachikun/emacs_bgex>)
    - [ultra-scroll-mac: Scroll emacs-mac like lightning. a smooth-scrolling package for emacs-mac. It provides highly optimized, pixel-precise smooth scrolling which can readily keep up with the very high event rates of modern trackpads and high-precision wheel mice.] (<https://github.com/jdtsmith/ultra-scroll-mac>)
    - [most-faces.el --- A List of Most Available Faces] (<https://codeberg.org/mekeor/emacs-most-faces/src/branch/default>)
    - [unsp-theme.el --- Theme unspecifying most face attributes] (<https://codeberg.org/mekeor/emacs-unsp/src/branch/default/unsp-theme.el>)
    - [dingo-theme] (<https://media.emacs.ch/media_attachments/files/112/341/143/494/448/307/original/c7d0e18c0e1abc0e.png>) ([@zyd@emacs.ch] (<https://emacs.ch/@zyd/112341143854861169>))
    - [Emacs Theme: Tomorrow Night Deepblue, a beautiful theme with a deep blue background] (<https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-tomorrow-night-deepblue-theme-a-refreshing-color-scheme-with-a-deep-blue-background/>)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: ef-themes version 1.7.0] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2024-04-28-ef-themes-1-7-0/>)
  - Navigation:
    - [Delete a neighbor window even in complex configurations; current window gets space when possible] (<https://emacs.ch/@zrzz/112335897673928856>)
  - Dired:
    - [TIL: copy the timestamp of a file in Dired with T M-n] (<https://emacs.ch/@candletrading/112321421809586806>)
  - Writing:
    - [Ten 典: A tiny Emacs library to let you list definitions and search them like like a wiki for plain-text documents] (<https://git.sr.ht/~nobiot/ten>)
    - [Academic writing using Emacs, Zotero, and Gnuplot] (<https://youtube.com/watch?v=SUdlOpKLZdA&si=OoVu8ErUPm6rKSjd>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1cazsiz/academic_writing_using_emacs_zotero_and_gnuplot/>))
  - Org Mode:
    - [Double Your Productivity With Emacs Org-Mode] (<https://youtube.com/watch?v=aiBt8CieE7U&si=J-iiHdacHedFoI3S>) (24:15, [Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1cdp5h2/double_your_productivity_with_emacs_orgmode/>))
    - [Irreal: Alphabetical Lists In Org Mode] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12126>)
    - [Org Mode Fundamentals Volume 8: Footnotes] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dwmZ3ZGfRA>) (11:48)
    - [Org Mode Fundamentals Volume 9: Hyperlinks and Internal Links] (<https://youtube.com/watch?v=im5VmuV0WNI&si=67ABnYaZ7b85Ddfc>) (11:37, [Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1cfkhwy/org_mode_fundamentals_volume_9_hyperlinks_and/>))
    - [org-refile-attach.el: Move attachments when refiling org nodes] (<https://gist.github.com/jdtsmith/cb2b94101fd452c4ba6b647531aa5b3d>)
    - [Some of you saw my quickroam.el two weeks ago - now see the fully grown org-node.el, the bizarro org-roam!] (<https://github.com/meedstrom/org-node>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1cfbgqi/some_of_you_saw_my_quickroamel_two_weeks_ago_now/>))
    - [org-mode experiments (WIP)] (<https://gist.github.com/rougier/f6573b7dddb4da23b6bed573e17cbec4>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1cebjwk/orgmode_experiments_wip/>)) - More appearance tweaks
    - Import, export, and integration:
      - [hamacs/elisp/ox-confluence.el at main · howardabrams/hamacs · GitHub] (<https://github.com/howardabrams/hamacs/blob/main/elisp/ox-confluence.el>) ([@howard@emacs.ch] (<https://emacs.ch/@howard/112332645872377825>))
      - [Adding Details/Summary to Hugo Org-Mode Posts | Notes] (<https://www.henryleach.com/2024/04/adding-details/summary-to-hugo-org-mode-posts>) ([@hl@social.lol] (<https://social.lol/@hl/112316808730619187>))
      - [Emacs Org Babel Package Provides Various Facilities 2024_04_27_16:49:17] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmkdxevq4Fg>) (09:18)
    - Org development:
      - [ox-html: Use non-number footnote names as link anchors] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=065af4b42a48862110b8c6f45d1ae9b0e4aad69c>)
      - [lisp/org-colview.el: Add link parameter to colview dynamic block] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=4e6fa96e2659be1f8ec5189bbce661e99aeeb466>)
      - [lisp/org-colview.el: Add formatter parameter to colview dynamic block] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=5a98b4c563dc6e688e805e4ef8411c65f5d0471b>)
      - [oc-biblatex: Allow native biblatex options in CITE_EXPORT] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=f124b616d98aebb9509ef5884d555a3b44ae8ded>)
      - [ob-lua: Support all types and multiple values in results] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=252cc0be07ef2ed0f5d386289251cbc193fbfa16>)
      - [ob-exp: Preserve header arguments in source block after processing] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=c6c5474b7e96fa0c7d858d166ae698e6b5ca69ae>)
      - [ox-latex: New option to customize LaTeX footnote command] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=46e13c3ebd32f685080914b4d6a5574296ef73cc>)
  - Completion:
    - [consulting spotify in a better way] (<https://jao.io/blog/consulting-spotify-in-a-better-way.html>)
  - Coding:
    - [Better XML Editing for Emacs] (<https://borretti.me/article/better-xml-editing-for-emacs>) ([@jnpn@mastodon.social] (<https://mastodon.social/@jnpn/112349423385409249>))
    - [Setting up C/C++ development environment in Emacs] (<https://fanpengkong.com/post/emacs-ccpp/emacs-ccpp/>)
    - [Do not upgrade tree-sitter, or else Emacs crashes] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1cdq488/do_not_upgrade_treesitter_or_else_emacs_crashes/>)
    - [Hierarchical treesitter based imenu-list with java] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1cej9fr/hierarchical_treesitter_based_imenulist_with_java/>)
  - Math:
    - [Anand Tamariya: Alternatives in GNU Emacs] (<https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2024/04/alternatives-in-gnu-emacs.html>) (0:14, [YouTube] (<https://youtu.be/4ljvsHPBD5g>)) - Stock heatmap with circle packing
  - Web:
    - [Tumblr: martianh/tumblesocks: fork of https://github.com/gcr/tumblesocks.git with some tiny fixes to un-break things] (<https://codeberg.org/martianh/tumblesocks>) ([@teledyn@mstdn.ca] (<https://mstdn.ca/@teledyn/112340446050736071>))
    - [[mp4] consult-web-full-async-demo.mp4] (<https://share.karthinks.com/consult-web-full-async-demo.mp4>)
  - Mail, news, and chat:
    - [rcirc-sqlite update: rcirc-sqlite-register] (<https://codeberg.org/mattof/rcirc-sqlite>) ([@mattof@emacs.ch] (<https://emacs.ch/@mattof/112316509454223855>))
    - [Atom backend for Gnus merged - Lemmy] (<https://lemmy.ml/post/14813983?scrollToComments=true>)
    - [Howard Abram's configuration for Elfeed using feeds in an Org file] (<https://github.com/howardabrams/hamacs/blob/main/ha-feed-reader.org#L93>) ([@howard@emacs.ch] (<https://emacs.ch/@howard/112349303943257673>))
  - Fun:
    - [Emacs Philosophy « Blog « extrema.is] (<https://www.extrema.is/blog/2024/04/29/emacs-philosophy>) ([lemmy.ml] (<https://lemmy.ml/post/15025725>)) - a song
    - [Anand Tamariya: Analyzing 3 Body Problem in GNU Emacs] (<https://lifeofpenguin.blogspot.com/2024/04/analyzing-3-body-problem-in-gnu-emacs.html>)
  - AI:
    - [kagi 0.5: define-kagi-fastgpt-prompt, embed prompts and responses inside Org, no-cache] (<https://emacs.ch/@bram85/112330272114676857>)
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1cbsvxd/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>)
    - [For what is GNU Emacs Useful?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ccsdn2/for_what_is_gnu_emacs_useful/>) (1991)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Re: what keeps you coming back to Emacs?] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2024-04-24-re-what-keeps-you-emacs/>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12131>))
    - [Ask HN: Any fun ways to learn Emacs? | Hacker News] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40156205>)
    - [James Dyer: My Emacs Key Workflow Moments Over The Last 30 Years] (<http://www.emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20240424142938-emacs--emacs-over-the-last-30-years/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/1cdpk1c/james_dyer_my_emacs_key_workflow_moments_over_the/>))
    - [İsmail Efe: Hobbies] (<https://ismailefe.org/blog/hobbies/index.html>)
    - [Vimmer tries Emacs] (<https://nates.fun/vimmer-tries-emacs.html>) ([HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40148985>))
    - [The Evolution of Lisp] (<https://dreamsongs.com/Files/HOPL2-Uncut.pdf>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1cbxtat/the_evolution_of_lisp/>))
    - [Lucid Energize Demo VHS, 1993 - Looking at the past and seeing the future] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLZwLSzkH3E>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ccqily/looking_at_the_past_and_seeing_the_future/>))
    - [Become a sponsor to emacs-lsp] (<https://github.com/sponsors/emacs-lsp>)
  - Other:
    - [Ask HN: What are your best Emacs tips? | Hacker News] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40193485>)
    - [Evan Moses: Emacs Tidbit: rectangle-number-lines] (<https://www.emoses.org/posts/rectangle-number-lines/>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12135>), [lobste.rs] (<https://lobste.rs/s/lpodta/emacs_tidbit_rectangle_number_lines>))
    - [Q: SVG Image Map] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1cbq6cx/q_svg_image_map/>)
    - [Voice recognition with Emacs] (<https://simonsafar.com/2024/whisper/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1cajii7/voice_recognition_with_emacs/>))
    - [sharpwin: An emacspeak server written in C# intended to be as async as reasonable, fast and responsive] (<https://github.com/robertmeta/sharpwin>)
    - [rksm/bookstack-editor: Programatically sync & edit bookstack wikis] (<https://github.com/rksm/bookstack-editor>) ([@robert@toot.kra.hn] (<https://toot.kra.hn/@robert/112321719813549678>))
    - [OpenMeteo client update: adding new API features: weather forecast, solar radiation, previous runs, historical weather data] (<https://media.emacs.ch/media_attachments/files/112/338/013/716/059/924/original/fd6d802ba6e6a3a6.png>) ([@sqrtminusone@emacs.ch] (<https://emacs.ch/@sqrtminusone/112338010003150012>))
    - [keepass.el: Retrieve passwords to the kill ring from KeePass] (<https://gitlab.com/grinn.amy/keepass.el>)
    - [Marcin Borkowski: Emacs everywhere] (<https://mbork.pl/2024-04-27_Emacs_everywhere>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/1cel3zw/marcin_borkowski_emacs_everywhere/>), [Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12139>))
  - Emacs development:
    - [A new GC method (MPS) is WIP] (<https://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-04/msg00434.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1cblokb/a_new_gc_method_mps_is_wip/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40154776>))
    - [Declare the variable `rx-constituents` obsolete.] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3be382311fa03b9ec9c571b5e5737ff2d51bc2d3>)
    - [Add `drop` as alias for `nthcdr`] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8718a7c7062eb562e2fda0dee5f7bfddb0861f1d>)
    - [Adapt eww to touch screens, mice and text conversion] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=4c46066cb6b3a9c87fb29be8cbdd4d90312f7020>)
    - [Use a dedicated type to represent interpreted-function values] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=f2bccae22bd47a2e7e0937b78ea06131711b935a>)
    - [Add support for colored and styled underlines on tty frames] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=9f589eb924085a4612f46728e8850073128a2e43>)
    - [Gnus: Add back end for Atom feeds (nnatom)] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=1601c5a518dfa208af4827c56cf9570f3b90e15d>)
  - New packages:
    - colorful-mode <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/colorful-mode.html>: Preview any color in your buffer in real time (GNU ELPA)
    - evil-lispops <http://melpa.org/#/evil-lispops>: Operations for editing lisp evilly (MELPA)
    - mise <http://melpa.org/#/mise>: Support for `mise' cli (MELPA)
    - org-web-track <http://melpa.org/#/org-web-track>: Web data tracking framework in org mode (MELPA)
    - pkl-mode <http://melpa.org/#/pkl-mode>: Major mode for editing Pkl files (MELPA)
    - scala-repl <http://melpa.org/#/scala-repl>: Scala REPL Mode (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>), [lobste.rs] (<https://lobste.rs/search?q=emacs&what=stories&order=newest>), [kbin] (<https://kbin.social/m/emacs/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/2024-04>). 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!