* 2021-01-18 Emacs news
@ 2021-01-18 6:31 Sacha Chua
0 siblings, 0 replies; only message in thread
From: Sacha Chua @ 2021-01-18 6:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-tangents
[-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 10353 bytes --]
2021-01-18 Emacs news
=====================
- Upcoming events:
- [Jan 20, 2021 8pm-10pm GMT+1: Emacs Frankfurt (virtual)] (<https://www.meetup.com/emacs-ffm/events/275226261/>)
- [Jan 23, 2021 14:00 IST: Emacs APAC (virtual, in English)] (<https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/announcements/january-2021/>)
- Emacs configuration:
- [What parts of your config do you like best?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kz347f/what_parts_of_your_config_do_you_like_best/>)
- [How do guys include secrets in their init.el?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kxxkg9/how_do_guys_include_secrets_in_their_initel/>)
- [How to Encrypt Your Passwords with Emacs] (<https://youtu.be/nZ_T7Q49B8Y>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kv2ziq/how_to_encrypt_your_passwords_with_emacs/>))
- [Grouped bindings in which-key] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kxd9z4/grouped_bindings_in_whichkey/>)
- [Emacsclient Setup with Desktop Integration] (<https://www.taingram.org/blog/emacs-client.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ky9jzh/emacsclient_setup_with_desktop_integration/>))
- [Emacs configuration created for heavy Orgmode users among non-programmers.] (<https://github.com/lijigang/config-orgmode-within-doom>)
- Emacs Lisp:
- [Types, Conditionals, and Loops - Learning Emacs Lisp #2 (LIVE 1/15, 9:30 am PST)] (<https://youtu.be/XXpgzyeYh_4>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kxyfg1/types_conditionals_and_loops_learning_emacs_lisp/>))
- [Tory Anderson: Applying a replacement map to characters in emacs] (<https://tech.toryanderson.com/2021/01/11/applying-a-replacement-map-to-characters-in-emacs/>)
- [A rabbit hole full of Lisp] (<https://www.murilopereira.com/a-rabbit-hole-full-of-lisp/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kx2jrc/a_rabbit_hole_full_of_lisp/>))
- [Irreal: Yesterday's Date] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=9418>)
- [flashcode/impostman – Import of Postman collections in Emacs] (<https://github.com/flashcode/impostman>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kuzt8q/flashcodeimpostman_import_of_postman_collections/>))
- Emacs development:
- [emacs-ng: Deno's Javascript and Async I/O environment, Mozilla's Webrender (experimental opt-in feature), and others] (<https://github.com/emacs-ng/emacs-ng>)
- [Improve support for the Cham script and languages] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=b215e83a784be1118bb5d729f17597c4f1c62b52>)
- [* lisp/emacs-lisp/pcase.el: Add support for `not` to `pred`] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=0ab56a4e935b3aa759229923804ba33c841f425c>)
- [Add a new function 'buffer-line-statistics'] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=792ba7196ff1171f44571d9ba9b88b96d5be85ad>)
- [Add a new variable `inhibit-interaction'] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ca024b0575c4ea754c4c6e6dbf21ed610e0d1fb8>)
- [Mark previous erc-services change as not needing documentation] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=00908e052a48ed8006485069ce2b2b761f040b67>)
- [Support using auth-source for NickServ passwords in ERC] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=42e72f4adee8809ed754a14e11e058f40b337f78>)
- Appearance:
- [reasoning about colors] (<https://notes.neeasade.net/color-spaces.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/kzbvj7/reasoning_about_colors/>))
- [Protesilaos Stavrou: Modus themes: review of select "faint" colours] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2021-01-11-modus-themes-review-select-faint-colours/>)
- [RFC: theme emacs with a 6-color palette with semantics theming] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ky0ol6/rfc_theme_emacs_with_a_6color_palette_with/>)
- [gunmetal-theme.el] (<http://xelf.me/gunmetal-theme.el>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/kw4rgh/gunmetalthemeel/>))
- [[ANN] Blight, a library to control display backlighting] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kyupp7/ann_blight_a_library_to_control_display/>)
- Navigation:
- [Emacs xref-rst package demo] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCIMd9Ndvbw&feature=youtu.be>)
- [fuzzy-find-in-project: Emacs bindings to the fuzzy_file_finder gem] (<https://github.com/justinweiss/fuzzy-find-in-project>)
- Org Mode:
- [Org Agenda As My New Tab Page] (<https://blog.lambda.cx/posts/org-agenda-new-tab/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/kxj2vp/org_agenda_as_my_new_tab_page/>))
- [4 Years with Literate Configuration] (<https://www.alexeyshmalko.com/2020/literate-config/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kw9dlp/4_years_with_literate_configuration/>))
- [“Programming ≈ Proving” - Org-mode lists as proof trees] (<https://i.redd.it/v2bsud9jvcb61.png>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kxdr7x/programming_proving_orgmode_lists_as_proof_trees/>))
- [AC-Circuits solver] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/kwmmqq/accircuits_solver/>)
- [org-html-themify: Themify org-mode HTML export with installed color theme.] (<https://github.com/DogLooksGood/org-html-themify>)
- [org-linguistics.el: WIP convenience stuff for linguistics (for now three special blocks for simple trees, glosses and enumerated sentences w/o touching LaTeX)] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kypsi8/orglinguisticsel_wip_convenience_stuff_for/>)
- [Publicar html con org-mode] (<https://notxor.nueva-actitud.org/2021/01/13/publicar-html-con-org-mode.html>)
- Coding:
- [Andrea: Emacs as your code-compass: let history show you which files to edit next] (<http://ag91.github.io/blog/2021/01/12/emacs-as-your-code-compass-let-history-show-you-which-files-to-edit-next>)
- [Remote LSP Mode] (<https://emacs-lsp.github.io/lsp-mode/page/remote/>)
- [[ANN] code-cells: Open Jupyter notebooks directly in Emacs] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kz3rfb/ann_codecells_open_jupyter_notebooks_directly_in/>)
- [I created a gist with a full python config with Emacs] (<https://gitlab.com/nathanfurnal/dotemacs/-/snippets/2060535>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kwldon/i_created_a_gist_with_a_full_python_config_with/>))
- [gerrit.el: Interact with the gerrit code review service from emacs] (<https://github.com/thisch/gerrit.el>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ky4y23/gerritel_interact_with_the_gerrit_code_review/>))
- [Andrea: Coverlay for Scala, or how to produce lcov from cobertura] (<http://ag91.github.io/blog/2021/01/11/coverlay-for-scala-or-how-to-produce-lcov-from-cobertura>)
- Mail and news:
- [search-gmail-using-message-id: The emacs-lisp function is to search gmail using a Message ID.] (<https://github.com/enphysoft/search-gmail-using-message-id>)
- [Irreal: Setting Up Mu4e] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=9411>)
- Community:
- [Weekly tips/trick/etc/ thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kvmmq3/weekly_tipstricketc_thread/>)
- [The values of Emacs, the Neovim revolution, and the VSCode gorilla] (<https://www.murilopereira.com/the-values-of-emacs-the-neovim-revolution-and-the-vscode-gorilla/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kzfazl/the_values_of_emacs_the_neovim_revolution_and_the/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25810427>))
- [What is the one thing that Emacs should do differently? Top responses from Emacs Survey Analysis 2020.] (<https://tecosaur.com/public/figures/EmacsSurveyAnalysis2020/tm_emacs_do_one_thing_differently_top_responses.txt>)
- Other:
- [Sanel Zukan: Edit files in (remote) Docker containers] (<https://acidwords.com/posts/2021-01-12-edit-files-in-remote-docker-container.html>)
- [emacs-gcc-wayland-devel-builder: Emacs with native compilation ("gcc") + Wayland support] (<https://github.com/mpsq/emacs-gcc-wayland-devel-builder>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/kvzdny/emacsgccwaylanddevelbuilder_emacs_with_native/>))
- [Marcin Borkowski: Deleting last entry from the kill ring] (<http://mbork.pl/2021-01-11_Deleting_last_entry_from_the_kill_ring>)
- [voicemacs: 🗣️ Utilities for controlling Emacs with your voice. Not production-ready, but you can use it as a reference.] (<https://github.com/jcaw/voicemacs>)
- [SchemeMosaic demo video with EIEIO Wizards, Beatboxing, Beat slicing, and Neural Networks] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW9OhtNc5LA>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kwvcwe/schememosaic_demo_video_with_eieio_wizards/>))
- [Emacs with the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)] (<https://github.com/hubisan/emacs-wsl>)
- New packages:
- avy-embark-collect <http://melpa.org/#/avy-embark-collect>: Use avy to jump to Embark Collect entries
- code-cells <http://melpa.org/#/code-cells>: Work with code split into cells and Jupyter notebooks
- counsel-edit-mode <http://melpa.org/#/counsel-edit-mode>: Edit results of counsel commands in-place
- embark-consult <http://melpa.org/#/embark-consult>: Consult integration for Embark
- flycheck-hledger <http://melpa.org/#/flycheck-hledger>: Flycheck module to check hledger journals
- holy-books <http://melpa.org/#/holy-books>: Org-mode links/tooltips/lookups for Quran & Bible
- indent-control <http://melpa.org/#/indent-control>: Management for indentation level
- virtual-comment <http://melpa.org/#/virtual-comment>: Virtual Comments
Links from [reddit.com/r/emacs] (<http://reddit.com/r/emacs>), [r/orgmode] (<http://reddit.com/r/orgmode>), [r/spacemacs] (<http://reddit.com/r/spacemacs>), [r/planetemacs] (<http://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/results?search_query=emacs&search_sort=video_date_uploaded>), [the Emacs NEWS file] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS>) and [emacs-devel] (<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-01>).
You're receiving this message via the Emacs Tangents mailing list.
View list info/unsubscribe: https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-tangents
[-- Attachment #1.2: Type: text/html, Size: 11952 bytes --]
[-- Attachment #2: emacs-news.org --]
[-- Type: text/x-org, Size: 9976 bytes --]
* 2021-01-18 Emacs news
- Upcoming events:
- [[https://www.meetup.com/emacs-ffm/events/275226261/][Jan 20, 2021 8pm-10pm GMT+1: Emacs Frankfurt (virtual)]]
- [[https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/announcements/january-2021/][Jan 23, 2021 14:00 IST: Emacs APAC (virtual, in English)]]
- Emacs configuration:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kz347f/what_parts_of_your_config_do_you_like_best/][What parts of your config do you like best?]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kxxkg9/how_do_guys_include_secrets_in_their_initel/][How do guys include secrets in their init.el?]]
- [[https://youtu.be/nZ_T7Q49B8Y][How to Encrypt Your Passwords with Emacs]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kv2ziq/how_to_encrypt_your_passwords_with_emacs/][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kxd9z4/grouped_bindings_in_whichkey/][Grouped bindings in which-key]]
- [[https://www.taingram.org/blog/emacs-client.html][Emacsclient Setup with Desktop Integration]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ky9jzh/emacsclient_setup_with_desktop_integration/][Reddit]])
- [[https://github.com/lijigang/config-orgmode-within-doom][Emacs configuration created for heavy Orgmode users among non-programmers.]]
- Emacs Lisp:
- [[https://youtu.be/XXpgzyeYh_4][Types, Conditionals, and Loops - Learning Emacs Lisp #2 (LIVE 1/15, 9:30 am PST)]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kxyfg1/types_conditionals_and_loops_learning_emacs_lisp/][Reddit]])
- [[https://tech.toryanderson.com/2021/01/11/applying-a-replacement-map-to-characters-in-emacs/][Tory Anderson: Applying a replacement map to characters in emacs]]
- [[https://www.murilopereira.com/a-rabbit-hole-full-of-lisp/][A rabbit hole full of Lisp]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kx2jrc/a_rabbit_hole_full_of_lisp/][Reddit]])
- [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=9418][Irreal: Yesterday's Date]]
- [[https://github.com/flashcode/impostman][flashcode/impostman – Import of Postman collections in Emacs]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kuzt8q/flashcodeimpostman_import_of_postman_collections/][Reddit]])
- Emacs development:
- [[https://github.com/emacs-ng/emacs-ng][emacs-ng: Deno's Javascript and Async I/O environment, Mozilla's Webrender (experimental opt-in feature), and others]]
- [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=b215e83a784be1118bb5d729f17597c4f1c62b52][Improve support for the Cham script and languages]]
- [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=0ab56a4e935b3aa759229923804ba33c841f425c][* lisp/emacs-lisp/pcase.el: Add support for `not` to `pred`]]
- [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=792ba7196ff1171f44571d9ba9b88b96d5be85ad][Add a new function 'buffer-line-statistics']]
- [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ca024b0575c4ea754c4c6e6dbf21ed610e0d1fb8][Add a new variable `inhibit-interaction']]
- [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=00908e052a48ed8006485069ce2b2b761f040b67][Mark previous erc-services change as not needing documentation]]
- [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=42e72f4adee8809ed754a14e11e058f40b337f78][Support using auth-source for NickServ passwords in ERC]]
- Appearance:
- [[https://notes.neeasade.net/color-spaces.html][reasoning about colors]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/kzbvj7/reasoning_about_colors/][Reddit]])
- [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2021-01-11-modus-themes-review-select-faint-colours/][Protesilaos Stavrou: Modus themes: review of select "faint" colours]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ky0ol6/rfc_theme_emacs_with_a_6color_palette_with/][RFC: theme emacs with a 6-color palette with semantics theming]]
- [[http://xelf.me/gunmetal-theme.el][gunmetal-theme.el]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/kw4rgh/gunmetalthemeel/][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kyupp7/ann_blight_a_library_to_control_display/][[ANN] Blight, a library to control display backlighting]]
- Navigation:
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCIMd9Ndvbw&feature=youtu.be][Emacs xref-rst package demo]]
- [[https://github.com/justinweiss/fuzzy-find-in-project][fuzzy-find-in-project: Emacs bindings to the fuzzy_file_finder gem]]
- Org Mode:
- [[https://blog.lambda.cx/posts/org-agenda-new-tab/][Org Agenda As My New Tab Page]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/kxj2vp/org_agenda_as_my_new_tab_page/][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.alexeyshmalko.com/2020/literate-config/][4 Years with Literate Configuration]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kw9dlp/4_years_with_literate_configuration/][Reddit]])
- [[https://i.redd.it/v2bsud9jvcb61.png][“Programming ≈ Proving” - Org-mode lists as proof trees]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kxdr7x/programming_proving_orgmode_lists_as_proof_trees/][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/kwmmqq/accircuits_solver/][AC-Circuits solver]]
- [[https://github.com/DogLooksGood/org-html-themify][org-html-themify: Themify org-mode HTML export with installed color theme.]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kypsi8/orglinguisticsel_wip_convenience_stuff_for/][org-linguistics.el: WIP convenience stuff for linguistics (for now three special blocks for simple trees, glosses and enumerated sentences w/o touching LaTeX)]]
- [[https://notxor.nueva-actitud.org/2021/01/13/publicar-html-con-org-mode.html][Publicar html con org-mode]]
- Coding:
- [[http://ag91.github.io/blog/2021/01/12/emacs-as-your-code-compass-let-history-show-you-which-files-to-edit-next][Andrea: Emacs as your code-compass: let history show you which files to edit next]]
- [[https://emacs-lsp.github.io/lsp-mode/page/remote/][Remote LSP Mode]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kz3rfb/ann_codecells_open_jupyter_notebooks_directly_in/][[ANN] code-cells: Open Jupyter notebooks directly in Emacs]]
- [[https://gitlab.com/nathanfurnal/dotemacs/-/snippets/2060535][I created a gist with a full python config with Emacs]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kwldon/i_created_a_gist_with_a_full_python_config_with/][Reddit]])
- [[https://github.com/thisch/gerrit.el][gerrit.el: Interact with the gerrit code review service from emacs]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ky4y23/gerritel_interact_with_the_gerrit_code_review/][Reddit]])
- [[http://ag91.github.io/blog/2021/01/11/coverlay-for-scala-or-how-to-produce-lcov-from-cobertura][Andrea: Coverlay for Scala, or how to produce lcov from cobertura]]
- Mail and news:
- [[https://github.com/enphysoft/search-gmail-using-message-id][search-gmail-using-message-id: The emacs-lisp function is to search gmail using a Message ID.]]
- [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=9411][Irreal: Setting Up Mu4e]]
- Community:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kvmmq3/weekly_tipstricketc_thread/][Weekly tips/trick/etc/ thread]]
- [[https://www.murilopereira.com/the-values-of-emacs-the-neovim-revolution-and-the-vscode-gorilla/][The values of Emacs, the Neovim revolution, and the VSCode gorilla]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kzfazl/the_values_of_emacs_the_neovim_revolution_and_the/][Reddit]], [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25810427][HN]])
- [[https://tecosaur.com/public/figures/EmacsSurveyAnalysis2020/tm_emacs_do_one_thing_differently_top_responses.txt][What is the one thing that Emacs should do differently? Top responses from Emacs Survey Analysis 2020.]]
- Other:
- [[https://acidwords.com/posts/2021-01-12-edit-files-in-remote-docker-container.html][Sanel Zukan: Edit files in (remote) Docker containers]]
- [[https://github.com/mpsq/emacs-gcc-wayland-devel-builder][emacs-gcc-wayland-devel-builder: Emacs with native compilation ("gcc") + Wayland support]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/kvzdny/emacsgccwaylanddevelbuilder_emacs_with_native/][Reddit]])
- [[http://mbork.pl/2021-01-11_Deleting_last_entry_from_the_kill_ring][Marcin Borkowski: Deleting last entry from the kill ring]]
- [[https://github.com/jcaw/voicemacs][voicemacs: 🗣️ Utilities for controlling Emacs with your voice. Not production-ready, but you can use it as a reference.]]
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW9OhtNc5LA][SchemeMosaic demo video with EIEIO Wizards, Beatboxing, Beat slicing, and Neural Networks]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/kwvcwe/schememosaic_demo_video_with_eieio_wizards/][Reddit]])
- [[https://github.com/hubisan/emacs-wsl][Emacs with the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)]]
- New packages:
- http://melpa.org/#/avy-embark-collect: Use avy to jump to Embark Collect entries
- http://melpa.org/#/code-cells: Work with code split into cells and Jupyter notebooks
- http://melpa.org/#/counsel-edit-mode: Edit results of counsel commands in-place
- http://melpa.org/#/embark-consult: Consult integration for Embark
- http://melpa.org/#/flycheck-hledger: Flycheck module to check hledger journals
- http://melpa.org/#/holy-books: Org-mode links/tooltips/lookups for Quran & Bible
- http://melpa.org/#/indent-control: Management for indentation level
- http://melpa.org/#/virtual-comment: Virtual Comments
Links from [[http://reddit.com/r/emacs][reddit.com/r/emacs]], [[http://reddit.com/r/orgmode][r/orgmode]], [[http://reddit.com/r/spacemacs][r/spacemacs]], [[http://reddit.com/r/planetemacs][r/planetemacs]], [[https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story][Hacker News]], [[https://planet.emacslife.com][planet.emacslife.com]], [[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=emacs&search_sort=video_date_uploaded][YouTube]], [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS][the Emacs NEWS file]] and [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-01][emacs-devel]].
You're receiving this message via the Emacs Tangents mailing list.
[[https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-tangents][View list info/unsubscribe]]
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] only message in thread
only message in thread, other threads:[~2021-01-18 6:31 UTC | newest]
Thread overview: (only message) (download: mbox.gz / follow: Atom feed)
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2021-01-18 6:31 2021-01-18 Emacs news Sacha Chua
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for read-only IMAP folder(s) and NNTP newsgroup(s).