2022-12-05 Emacs news
=====================

  - Emacs 29:
    - [Release branch emacs-29] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-11/msg01774.html>)
    - [The emacs-29 release branch was just cut by the amazing Eli Zaretskii!] (<https://emacs.ch/@cpbotha/109422831468371107>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/z76946/the_emacs29_release_branch_was_just_cut_by_the/>))
    - [Trying Out Emacs 29, Part 2 - System Crafters Live!] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2KGCbLDcp8>) (23:47)
    - [Trying New Emacs 29 Features - System Crafters Live!] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zwNH2Orw8s>) (01:35:44)
    - [Emacs 29 is nigh! What can we expect?] (<https://blog.phundrak.com/emacs-29-what-can-we-expect/>) ([HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33788208>), [Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/z7upya/emacs_29_is_nigh_what_can_we_expect/>), [lobste.rs] (<https://lobste.rs/s/h0apsh/emacs_29_is_nigh_what_can_we_expect>))
    - [Irreal: Emacs-29 Release Branch and Org Mode 9.6] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=10982>)
    - [Irreal: Emacs 29 Changes] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=10984>)
  - Upcoming events:
    - M-x Research (contact them for password): TBA <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Tue Dec 6 0800 Vancouver / 1000 Chicago / 1100 Toronto / 1600 GMT / 1700 Berlin / 2130 Kolkata -- Wed Dec 7 0000 Singapore
    - Emacs Paris: Emacs workshop in Paris (hybrid) Tue Dec 6 1000 Vancouver / 1200 Chicago / 1300 Toronto / 1800 GMT / 1900 Berlin / 2330 Kolkata -- Wed Dec 7 0200 Singapore
    - EmacsATX: Emacs Social <https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/289755647/> Wed Dec 7 1630 Vancouver / 1830 Chicago / 1930 Toronto -- Thu Dec 8 0030 GMT / 0130 Berlin / 0600 Kolkata / 0830 Singapore
    - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) <https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs> Fri Dec 9 0900 Vancouver / 1100 Chicago / 1200 Toronto / 1700 GMT / 1800 Berlin / 2230 Kolkata -- Sat Dec 10 0100 Singapore
    - Hispa Emacs (virtual) <https://hispa-emacs.org/> Wed Dec 14 0800 Vancouver / 1000 Chicago / 1100 Toronto / 1600 GMT / 1700 Berlin / 2130 Kolkata -- Thu Dec 15 0000 Singapore
  - Beginner:
    - [emacs29's C-h q (help-quit-or-quick) is pretty neat] (<https://i.redd.it/nwo260l39r2a1.png>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/z78727/emacs29s_ch_q_helpquitorquick_is_pretty_neat/>))
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [Exploring package-vc-install as an alternative to Quelpa] (<https://tony-zorman.com/posts/2022-11-30-package-vc-install.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/z9i4ce/exploring_packagevcinstall_as_an_alternative_to/>))
    - [Skempo templates to commit new/updated #guix package using #emacs built-in vc.] (<https://paste.sr.ht/~akagi/710d1c261f98ed5f50a175308957ef7dca3c8ded>) ([Mastodon] (<https://fosstodon.org/@fd9a/109436960812187543>))
    - [Advent of emacs #1: How I do package management in emacs] (<https://chainsawriot.com/postmannheim/2022/12/01/aoe1.html>)
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [Breaking through the intermediate wall in elisp / lisps in general] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zd0zal/breaking_through_the_intermediate_wall_in_elisp/>)
    - [Emacs Lisp is everywhere, this is not a joke! Look at query-replace-regexp command] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efBlQF6lb2I>) (5:52, [Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/z87a8l/emacs_lisp_is_everywhere_this_is_not_a_joke_look/>))
    - [Using packages to learn elisp in emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpouE8E6aqI>) (03:31)
    - [gists/xr-for-readable-regular-expressions] (<https://apps.bram85.nl/gitea/bram/gists/src/commit/3556a128eca9f7608de988fefb85d1c7cfbc9eea/gists/xr-for-readable-regular-expressions.org>) ([Mastodon] (<https://emacs.ch/@bram85/109460751703615315>))
  - Appearance:
    - [Grant Rettke: Configuring A Simple-Modeline] (<https://www.wisdomandwonder.com/emacs/13900/configuring-a-simple-modeline>)
    - [Emacs-mini-frame + window-rules + Hyprland = GUI GOODNESS] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zc8zjc/emacsminiframe_windowrules_hyprland_gui_goodness/>)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Introduction to the standard-themes for Emacs] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-11-30-standard-themes-emacs/>)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: ef-themes version 0.10.0] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-12-02-ef-themes-0-10-0/>)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: breaking changes coming to modus-themes version 4] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-12-03-modus-themes-v4-development/>)
  - Navigation:
    - [Get the most of the command query-replace] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JhYATXavoM>)
  - Writing:
    - [A tiny Elisp library to gather synonyms with Wordnet (and how to use it so Emacs can help searching my notes)] (<https://ag91.github.io/blog/2022/11/29/a-tiny-elisp-library-to-gather-synonyms-with-wordnet/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/z80cwq/a_tiny_elisp_library_to_gather_synonyms_with/>))
    - [Emacs For Writers | How To Wrap Text] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr5U5Xq41Hg>) (12:29)
  - Org Mode:
    - [Org 9.6 is out :)] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/z7qulo/org_96_is_out/>)
    - [Learn how to write a command that limits searches to org-mode headlines] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTq11L5zLmE>) (16:35, [Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/z93tbv/learn_how_to_write_a_command_that_limits_searches/>))
    - [My hipster org-mode blog setup! (link handling, server side rendering with next.js, and more)] (<https://youtu.be/mRGFE-Pn86Q>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/z7sxrb/my_hipster_orgmode_blog_setup_link_handling/>))
    - [Using p5js with org-mode in emacs | Ale's Ecke] (<https://alejandrogallo.github.io/blog/posts/ob-p5js/>) ([Mastodon] (<https://masto.ai/@cadr/109435493274376697>))
    - [Emacs | Standard Manuscript Format Export From Org Mode | Just Imagine!] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXYdqEFD_Fw>) (09:48)
    - [Keeping my Org Agenda updated based on Denote keywords · Baty.net] (<https://baty.net/2022/keeping-my-org-agenda-updated/>) ([Mastodon] (<https://fosstodon.org/@jackbaty/109434410486908957>))
    - [A web frontend for your org-files (100% faithful to GNU+Emacs!)] (<https://www.reddit.com/gallery/zalp5r>) ([HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33829934>), [Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=10990>))
    - Org development:
      - [Update version numbers for the 9.6 release] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=b3da427ebb1c401355aa4cba9baeaa92f87ccb2f>)
  - Completion:
    - [GitHub - Crandel/tempel-collection: Collection tempel templates] (<https://github.com/Crandel/tempel-collection>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zd1l2v/new_package_tempelcollection/>))
    - [Selectrum now deprecated in favor of Vertico] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/z75uzh/selectrum_now_deprecated_in_favor_of_vertico/>)
  - Coding:
    - [How to refactor in the current buffer with iedit-mode] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gVm2hVIhqs>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=10986>))
    - [Using Emacs for your Typescript/Node project] (<https://sagot.dev/en/articles/emacs-typescript/>)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: introduction to Clojure (CIDER and clojure-mode)] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-12-05-emacs-intro-clojure-cider/>)
    - [The Emacs Cat: A Simple tree-sitter Config That Works] (<https://olddeuteronomy.github.io/post/a-tree-sitter-config-that-works/>)
  - Shells:
    - [Why use EShell?] (<http://howardism.org/Technical/Emacs/eshell-why.html>) (expanded)
  - Math:
    - [New Package: ess-breakerofchains] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zcs0f5/new_package_essbreakerofchains/>)
  - Web:
    - [GitHub - agzam/browser-hist.el: Search through browser history, in Emacs] (<https://github.com/agzam/browser-hist.el>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/z962at/new_package_status_experimental_early_feedback_is/>))
  - Multimedia:
    - [Marcin Borkowski: Extracting Youtube subtitles in Emacs] (<https://mbork.pl/2022-11-26_Extracting_Youtube_subtitles_in_Emacs>)
  - Fun:
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: aLtCaPs version 1.1.0] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-11-28-altcaps-1-1-0/>)
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/z8ltei/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>)
    - [Christian Tietze: Dec 3 and Dec 4: EmacsConf 2022 Live] (<https://christiantietze.de/posts/2022/12/dec-3---4-emacsconf-2022/>)
    - [Show Me Your REPL #2: Andrey Orst @andreyorst] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_e7vwJ7HLM>) (01:26:23)
    - [Why do we hack? · Curious Musings] (<http://curious.galthub.com/blog/2022-12-04/>)
    - [Christine Lemmer-Webber: "emacs, lisp, guix, guile, scheme excitement thread" - the Octodon] (<https://octodon.social/@cwebber/109433522674939837>)
  - Other:
    - [Philip K.: More things I'd like to see done in Emacs] (<https://amodernist.com/texts/emacs-hopes-2.html>)
    - [My "age-mode" for working with age encrypted files] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/zcewll/my_agemode_for_working_with_age_encrypted_files/>)
    - [Is there a chance TRAMP will be rearchitected at some point?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/z6ys5f/is_there_a_chance_tramp_will_be_rearchitected_at/>)
    - [Sanel Zukan: Faster man pages rendering] (<https://acidwords.com/posts/2022-12-01-faster-man-pages-rendering.html>)
    - [Christian Tietze: Use System File Open Dialog for File Actions in Emacs (Just Once!)] (<https://christiantietze.de/posts/2022/12/use-file-open-dialog-for-file-actions/>)
    - [Emacs standing alone on a Linux Kernel] (<http://informatimago.free.fr/i/linux/emacs-on-user-mode-linux.html>) ([HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33849556>))
    - [GitHub - natrys/diagram-preview: Emacs minor mode to show preview for graphviz, plantuml, mermaid.js] (<https://github.com/natrys/diagram-preview>) (uses kroki - 3rd party service but can be self-hosted) ([Mastodon] (<https://emacs.ch/@natrys/109457310431469957>))
  - Emacs development:
    - emacs-devel:
      - [Re: Delegating user-reserved key binding space definition to users] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-11/msg01773.html>)
      - [Org 9.6 will be the one in Emacs 29] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-11/msg01799.html>)
      - [how to use the eat terminal] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-11/msg01880.html>)
      - [It would be nice to have a single Emacs executable which uses different toolkits] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-11/msg01856.html>)
      - [Downsides of trying to do all graphics in Emacs] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-11/msg01858.html>)
    - [Improve passing user switches to Git log commands (bug#59414)] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=5be502a697c4253270c9c3aa7536db239adc1572>)
    - [Speed up handling X selection requests] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=e961a31507e6fba86a5d45fec7fa616e80028882>)
    - [Bump master Emacs version to 30.0.50] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=65456668ab1048fe8d77dc76a9e4d84481c218a5>)
  - New packages:
    - eat <https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/eat.html>: Emulate A Terminal, in a region, in a buffer and in Eshell (NonGNU ELPA)
    - latex-table-wizard <https://melpa.org/#/latex-table-wizard>: Magic editing of LaTeX tables (MELPA)
    - ligature-pragmatapro <https://melpa.org/#/ligature-pragmatapro>: PragmataPro support for ligature.el (MELPA)
    - org-calibre-notes <https://melpa.org/#/org-calibre-notes>: Extract highlights and notes from Calibre EPUB reader (MELPA)
    - standard-themes <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/standard-themes.html>: Like the default theme but more consistent (GNU ELPA)
    - tempel-collection <https://melpa.org/#/tempel-collection>: Collection of templates for Tempel (MELPA)
    - wgsl-mode <https://melpa.org/#/wgsl-mode>: Syntax highlighting for the WebGPU Shading Language (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>), [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/2022-12>), and [lemmy/c/emacs] (<https://lemmy.ml/c/emacs>). 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!

    
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