2018-02-19 Emacs news

2018-02-19 Emacs news

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2018-02-19 Emacs news
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  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [Emacs adds support for a second (read earlier) init file] (https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=24acb31c04b4048b85311d794e600ecd7ce60d3b) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7yns85/emacs_adds_support_for_a_second_read_earlier_init/), [NEWS] (http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=24acb31c04b4048b85311d794e600ecd7ce60d3b))
    - [Options for Structured Data in Emacs Lisp] (http://nullprogram.com/blog/2018/02/14/)
    - [Exterminate Magit buffers] (http://manuel-uberti.github.io/emacs/2018/02/17/magit-bury-buffer/)
  - Emacs development:
    - [Writing Emacs's dynamic modules in Rust] (https://github.com/ubolonton/emacs-module-rs) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7yfee1/writing_emacss_dynamic_modules_in_rust/))
    - [Would appreciate some feedback on Stefan's patches to package.el] (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2018-02/msg00378.html) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7xugnp/would_appreciate_some_feedback_on_stefans_patches/))
    - [Git Stats for Emacs] (http://ftp.newartisans.com/pub/emacs/gitstats/activity.html) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7xc1ms/git_stats_for_emacs/))
    - [The portable dumper for emacs is now in a branch on savannah] (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2018-02/msg00347.html) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7xs5jz/the_portable_dumper_for_emacs_is_now_in_a_branch/))
    - [Preserve special abbrev properties when writing] (http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=0f5cc9a085565c4f6d6d7e124a8b2965d8800ae5)
    - [Update `server-name' :version & document sockname] (http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=b9a3cd6899136e13088003c3430e227be3faf9bb)
  - Navigation:
    - [Emacs Tutorial 17 - Searching with swiper!] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEB2KdEFH_Y)
  - Org Mode:
    - [Blogging with org-mode and ox-hugo] (https://www.shanesveller.com/blog/2018/02/13/blogging-with-org-mode-and-ox-hugo/) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/7xbl7l/blogging_with_orgmode_and_oxhugo/))
    - [Using Emacs 41 Pandoc] (http://cestlaz.github.io/posts/using-emacs-41-pandoc/#.WoL2XdF33WE.reddit) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7x9qjy/using_emacs_41_pandoc/))
    - [A nice idea to implement kanban boards on org-mode] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7xs2ki/a_nice_idea_to_implement_kanban_boards_on_orgmode/) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7xs2ki/a_nice_idea_to_implement_kanban_boards_on_orgmode/))
  - Coding:
    - [python-pytest now available on MELPA] (https://github.com/wbolster/emacs-python-pytest)
    - [Using Emacs 42 - Git Gutter and Time Machine] (http://cestlaz.github.io/posts/using-emacs-42-git-gutter/#.WomXSYcOjjw.reddit) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7yerze/using_emacs_42_git_gutter_and_time_machine/))
    - [bmx-mode: Action-paced Windows Batch-file editing, powered by GNU Emacs!] (https://github.com/josteink/bmx-mode) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7ylwjw/bmxmode_actionpaced_windows_batchfile_editing/))
  - Other:
    - [Why I still use Emacs] (https://coffeeandcode.neocities.org/why-i-still-use-emacs.html) (2017)
    - [To Luke Smith: Why bother with Emacs? Part 1] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsAkPl3On3E), [Part 2] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgkHGPDeNfA&t=20s)
    - [Why Emacs is Awesome] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuWVHcBCB78)
    - [Introducing bart-mode. Are you a bay area commuter? Check real-time BART info in Emacs] (https://github.com/mschuldt/bart-mode) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7ybv4f/introducing_bartmode_are_you_a_bay_area_commuter/))
    - [Wrote a package: services-mode. Useful to anyone else?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7y6kmp/wrote_a_package_servicesmode_useful_to_anyone_else/) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7y6kmp/wrote_a_package_servicesmode_useful_to_anyone_else/))
    - [Music with Emacs - mpd and EMMS!] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTVN8UDScqk)
    - [(Emacs+Org-Mode) Emacs: Our Home For Creativity, Learning, Fellowship, And Fun] (https://www.wisdomandwonder.com/article/10744/emacsorg-mode-emacs-our-home-for-creativity-learning-fellowship-and-fun)
  - New packages:
    - attrap <http://melpa.org/#/attrap>: ATtempt To Repair At Point
    - aurora-config-mode <http://melpa.org/#/aurora-config-mode>: Major mode for Apache Aurora configuration files
    - bmx-mode <http://melpa.org/#/bmx-mode>: Batch Mode eXtras
    - call-graph <http://melpa.org/#/call-graph>: Library to generate call graph for cpp functions
    - cobalt <http://melpa.org/#/cobalt>: Easily use the Cobalt.rs static site generator
    - flower <http://melpa.org/#/flower>: Emacs task tracker client.
    - gif-screencast <http://melpa.org/#/gif-screencast>: One-frame-per-action GIF recording
    - ibuffer-sidebar <http://melpa.org/#/ibuffer-sidebar>: Sidebar for `ibuffer'
    - ivy-posframe <http://melpa.org/#/ivy-posframe>: Using posframe to show Ivy
    - org-rich-yank <http://melpa.org/#/org-rich-yank>: paste with org-mode markup and link to source
    - pickle <http://melpa.org/#/pickle>: Major mode for editing cucumber gherkin files.
    - python-pytest <http://melpa.org/#/python-pytest>: helpers to run pytest
    - rubik <http://melpa.org/#/rubik>: Rubik's Cube
    - sly-repl-ansi-color <http://melpa.org/#/sly-repl-ansi-color>: Add ANSI colors support to the sly mrepl.
    - stgit <http://melpa.org/#/stgit>: major mode for StGit interaction
    - sudden-death <http://melpa.org/#/sudden-death>: Totsuzen-no-Shi

  Links from [reddit.com/r/emacs] (http://reddit.com/r/emacs/new), [/r/orgmode] (http://reddit.com/r/orgmode), [/r/spacemacs] (http://reddit.com/r/spacemacs), [Hacker News] (https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story), [planet.emacsen.org] (http://planet.emacsen.org), [YouTube] (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=emacs&search_sort=video_date_uploaded), the changes to 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/2018-02).


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* 2018-02-19 Emacs news
- Emacs Lisp:
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=24acb31c04b4048b85311d794e600ecd7ce60d3b][Emacs adds support for a second (read earlier) init file]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7yns85/emacs_adds_support_for_a_second_read_earlier_init/][Reddit]], [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=24acb31c04b4048b85311d794e600ecd7ce60d3b][NEWS]])
  - [[http://nullprogram.com/blog/2018/02/14/][Options for Structured Data in Emacs Lisp]]
  - [[http://manuel-uberti.github.io/emacs/2018/02/17/magit-bury-buffer/][Exterminate Magit buffers]]
- Emacs development:
  - [[https://github.com/ubolonton/emacs-module-rs][Writing Emacs's dynamic modules in Rust]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7yfee1/writing_emacss_dynamic_modules_in_rust/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2018-02/msg00378.html][Would appreciate some feedback on Stefan's patches to package.el]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7xugnp/would_appreciate_some_feedback_on_stefans_patches/][Reddit]])
  - [[http://ftp.newartisans.com/pub/emacs/gitstats/activity.html][Git Stats for Emacs]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7xc1ms/git_stats_for_emacs/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2018-02/msg00347.html][The portable dumper for emacs is now in a branch on savannah]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7xs5jz/the_portable_dumper_for_emacs_is_now_in_a_branch/][Reddit]])
  - [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=0f5cc9a085565c4f6d6d7e124a8b2965d8800ae5][Preserve special abbrev properties when writing]]
  - [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=b9a3cd6899136e13088003c3430e227be3faf9bb][Update `server-name' :version & document sockname]]
- Navigation:
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEB2KdEFH_Y][Emacs Tutorial 17 - Searching with swiper!]]
- Org Mode:
  - [[https://www.shanesveller.com/blog/2018/02/13/blogging-with-org-mode-and-ox-hugo/][Blogging with org-mode and ox-hugo]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/7xbl7l/blogging_with_orgmode_and_oxhugo/][Reddit]])
  - [[http://cestlaz.github.io/posts/using-emacs-41-pandoc/#.WoL2XdF33WE.reddit][Using Emacs 41 Pandoc]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7x9qjy/using_emacs_41_pandoc/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7xs2ki/a_nice_idea_to_implement_kanban_boards_on_orgmode/][A nice idea to implement kanban boards on org-mode]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7xs2ki/a_nice_idea_to_implement_kanban_boards_on_orgmode/][Reddit]])
- Coding:
  - [[https://github.com/wbolster/emacs-python-pytest][python-pytest now available on MELPA]]
  - [[http://cestlaz.github.io/posts/using-emacs-42-git-gutter/#.WomXSYcOjjw.reddit][Using Emacs 42 - Git Gutter and Time Machine]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7yerze/using_emacs_42_git_gutter_and_time_machine/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://github.com/josteink/bmx-mode][bmx-mode: Action-paced Windows Batch-file editing, powered by GNU Emacs!]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7ylwjw/bmxmode_actionpaced_windows_batchfile_editing/][Reddit]])
- Other:
  - [[https://coffeeandcode.neocities.org/why-i-still-use-emacs.html][Why I still use Emacs]] (2017)
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsAkPl3On3E][To Luke Smith: Why bother with Emacs? Part 1]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgkHGPDeNfA&t=20s][Part 2]]
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuWVHcBCB78][Why Emacs is Awesome]]
  - [[https://github.com/mschuldt/bart-mode][Introducing bart-mode. Are you a bay area commuter? Check real-time BART info in Emacs]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7ybv4f/introducing_bartmode_are_you_a_bay_area_commuter/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7y6kmp/wrote_a_package_servicesmode_useful_to_anyone_else/][Wrote a package: services-mode. Useful to anyone else?]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7y6kmp/wrote_a_package_servicesmode_useful_to_anyone_else/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTVN8UDScqk][Music with Emacs - mpd and EMMS!]]
  - [[https://www.wisdomandwonder.com/article/10744/emacsorg-mode-emacs-our-home-for-creativity-learning-fellowship-and-fun][(Emacs+Org-Mode) Emacs: Our Home For Creativity, Learning, Fellowship, And Fun]]
- New packages:
  - http://melpa.org/#/attrap: ATtempt To Repair At Point
  - http://melpa.org/#/aurora-config-mode: Major mode for Apache Aurora configuration files
  - http://melpa.org/#/bmx-mode: Batch Mode eXtras
  - http://melpa.org/#/call-graph: Library to generate call graph for cpp functions
  - http://melpa.org/#/cobalt: Easily use the Cobalt.rs static site generator
  - http://melpa.org/#/flower: Emacs task tracker client.
  - http://melpa.org/#/gif-screencast: One-frame-per-action GIF recording
  - http://melpa.org/#/ibuffer-sidebar: Sidebar for `ibuffer'
  - http://melpa.org/#/ivy-posframe: Using posframe to show Ivy
  - http://melpa.org/#/org-rich-yank: paste with org-mode markup and link to source
  - http://melpa.org/#/pickle: Major mode for editing cucumber gherkin files.
  - http://melpa.org/#/python-pytest: helpers to run pytest
  - http://melpa.org/#/rubik: Rubik's Cube
  - http://melpa.org/#/sly-repl-ansi-color: Add ANSI colors support to the sly mrepl.
  - http://melpa.org/#/stgit: major mode for StGit interaction
  - http://melpa.org/#/sudden-death: Totsuzen-no-Shi

Links from [[http://reddit.com/r/emacs/new][reddit.com/r/emacs]], [[http://reddit.com/r/orgmode][/r/orgmode]], [[http://reddit.com/r/spacemacs][/r/spacemacs]], [[https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story][Hacker News]], [[http://planet.emacsen.org][planet.emacsen.org]], [[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=emacs&search_sort=video_date_uploaded][YouTube]], the changes to the [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS][Emacs NEWS file]], and [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2018-02][emacs-devel]].