2022-09-05 Emacs news
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  - [EmacsConf 2022 Call for Participation] (<https://emacsconf.org/2022/cfp/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/w1oe55/emacsconf_2022_call_for_participation/>)) by Sept 18 - all levels welcome
  - Upcoming events:
    - M-x Research (contact them for password): Show & Tell - For non RSECon attendees <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Tue Sep 6 0800 Vancouver / 1000 Chicago / 1100 Toronto / 1500 GMT / 1700 Berlin / 2030 Kolkata / 2300 Singapore
    - EmacsATX: Emacs Social <https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/287915164/> Wed Sep 7 1630 Vancouver / 1830 Chicago / 1930 Toronto / 2330 GMT -- Thu Sep 8 0130 Berlin / 0500 Kolkata / 0730 Singapore
    - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) <https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs> Fri Sep 9 0900 Vancouver / 1100 Chicago / 1200 Toronto / 1600 GMT / 1800 Berlin / 2130 Kolkata -- Sat Sep 10 0000 Singapore
  - Beginner:
    - [New to emacs; will you hold my hand?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/x3x23i/new_to_emacs_will_you_hold_my_hand/>)
    - [Here's a list of Emacs keyboard shortcuts that I use on a regular basis, might be useful to some.] (<https://github.com/VernonGrant/emacs-keyboard-shortcuts>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/x43eie/heres_a_list_of_emacs_keyboard_shortcuts_that_i/>), [Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=10784>))
    - [Emacs For Complete Beginners] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwKmeBHLTrc>) (34:37)
    - [What is a dot emacs (.emacs) file?] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgcVw5gAbQU>) (05:40)
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [Learn how to ask for Help while writing Elisp] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46w9e4GAjsU>) (50:36, Jan 2022)
  - Appearance:
    - [Sideframes] (<https://i.redd.it/qooax5n7vdl91.png>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/x3tili/sideframes/>))
    - [[ANN] Image-popup: A package to rescale images to line height and display them in a child frame.] (<https://gitlab.com/OlMon/image-popup>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/x41931/ann_imagepopup_a_package_to_rescale_images_to/>))
    - [Highlighting backticks in comments] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/x692ef/highlighting_backticks_in_comments/>)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: cursory version 0.3.0] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-09-04-cursory-0.3.0/>)
  - Navigation:
    - [Manuel Uberti: Search thing at point with Ugrep] (<https://manueluberti.eu//emacs/2022/08/31/project-find-regexp/>)
    - [Simple but fun hamburger menus on the mode-line (beware if you hate hamburger menus)] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/x15yko/simple_but_fun_hamburger_menus_on_the_modeline/>)
    - [Share Your 'other-window' Commands] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/x0r0pe/share_your_otherwindow_commands/>)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: logos version 0.5.0] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-09-01-logos-0-5-0/>)
  - Writing:
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: denote version 0.6.0] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-08-31-denote-0-6-0/>)
    - [Emacs | Write The Perfect Sentence] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-yk_V5TnNU>) (13:01)
  - Org Mode:
    - [Category/org-roam-search: A search function for org-roam, for finding text inside nodes. - NotABug.org: Free code hosting] (<https://notabug.org/Category/org-roam-search>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/OrgRoam/comments/x4dj8d/my_orgroamsearch_function/>))
    - [Searching org-roam notes with property information] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/x1ura2/searching_orgroam_notes_with_property_information/>)
    - [Migrate Tiddlywiki to org-roam - Part1: Export tiddlers] (<https://blog.dornea.nu/2022/09/03/migrate-tiddlywiki-to-org-roam-part-1-export-tiddlers/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/x6a6fb/migrate_tiddlywiki_to_orgroam_part1_export/>))
    - Org development:
      - [ORG-NEWS: `org-info-description-as-command'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=1b647b00d08354d1c2824d0140149a39b271fab7>)
      - [New babel syntax to pass src block contents as argument] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=72f66ca0b9d336e0da61b17cbe8ce183eef364dd>)
  - Completion:
    - [Manuel Uberti: Ugrep and consult-xref] (<https://manueluberti.eu//emacs/2022/09/01/consult-xref/>)
  - Coding:
    - [From vanilla Emacs to Bash IDE in 17 minutes] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTC6SP7R1hA>) (18:15, [Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/x2mmfc/from_vanilla_emacs_to_bash_ide_in_17_minutes/>))
    - [Build a Basic TypeScript IDE with Emacs | The Astute Developer] (<https://astute.dev/build-a-basic-typescript-ide-with-emacs-6a209c46199e>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/x0vhky/im_trying_to_write_while_i_learn_would_love_some/>))
    - [_P_ython _E_xecutable _T_racker is now available on Melpa] (<https://github.com/wyuenho/emacs-pet/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/x5ruel/p_ython_e_xecutable_t_racker_is_now_available_on/>))
    - [Demo of LanguageTool Integration in Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcFOqkLm00o&feature=youtu.be>)
    - [Improvements to Terraform support for lsp-mode] (<https://psibi.in/posts/lsp-mode.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/x5jqk1/improvements_to_terraform_support_for_lspmode/>))
    - [Bring Zuul into Emacs | λ] (<https://niklaseklund.srht.site/posts/bring_zuul_into_emacs/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/x2nb5a/package_zuulel_now_available_on_elpa/>))
    - [Integrando #emacs con #elixir usando #websockets] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjpKFyxrxtA>) (02:06:23)
  - Shells:
    - [Irreal: Mastering Eshell] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=10774>)
  - Doom Emacs:
    - [How to install Doom Emacs on Windows.] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK25r7jOr4c>) (20:36)
  - Multimedia:
    - [How to Use Emacs to Play Music with EMMS - Make Tech Easier] (<https://www.maketecheasier.com/use-emacs-to-play-music-with-emms/>)
  - Fun:
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Just some fun with my Emacs packages] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-09-05-backronyms-my-emacs-packages/>)
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/x27yc9/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>)
    - [Your dependency on external packages reduce with experience] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/x2anow/your_dependency_on_external_packages_reduce_with/>)
    - [Can't learn emacs, can't use anything else (rant)] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/x4uo5v/cant_learn_emacs_cant_use_anything_else_rant/>)
    - [Switching From VSCode to DOOM Emacs Recently. Here's My Experience] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/x4rtv7/switching_from_vscode_to_doom_emacs_recently/>)
    - [Anyone sticking with "outdated" Emacs versions?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/x3kxor/anyone_sticking_with_outdated_emacs_versions/>)
    - [GitHub - ag91/emacs-buddy: Emacs Buddy initiative to help new Emacs users with their struggles] (<https://github.com/ag91/emacs-buddy>) (repost)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: showing my award from the Free Software Foundation] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-09-01-emacs-fsf-award/>) ([YouTube] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFyBWCl3Nj8>), 18:08)
  - Other:
    - [Demystifying Emacs's Window Manager] (<https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/demystifying-emacs-window-manager>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/x1lynw/demystifying_emacss_window_manager/>))
    - [New Package: units-mode (is on melpa), convert between units interactively and in lisp code. [uses gnu units for conversion]​] (<https://v.redd.it/cvawqbcaavl91>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/x5qz69/new_package_unitsmode_is_on_melpa_convert_between/>))
    - [Emacs Tricks To Boost Productivity 2022_09_01_16:25:26] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBCscV3Nunc>) (15:39) Commands in other buffer, search tips, query replace, registers
    - [Fix annoying max open files for Emacs] (<https://en.liujiacai.net/2022/09/03/emacs-maxopenfiles/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/x4p7mg/fix_annoying_max_open_files_for_emacs/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32700553>), [Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=10786>))
    - [Start Emacs And Vim In Vanilla Mode 2022_09_02_08:12:30] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2ldwAHpuKk>) (05:36)
    - [which parts of emacs are old exactly?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/x0foln/which_parts_of_emacs_are_old_exactly/>)
  - Emacs development:
    - emacs-devel: [suggestions for a "New user" customize group] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-09/msg00120.html>)
    - emacs-devel: [Continued discussion of unprintable characters] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-09/msg00089.html>) (also [note about function-key-map work needed] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-08/msg01350.html>)
    - emacs-devel: [note about set-frame-position and desktop.el Re: Abysmal state of GTK build] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-09/msg00219.html>)
    - emacs-devel: [request for comparison of various GUI toolkits] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-08/msg01127.html>)
    - [Add support for more kinds of redirect operators in Eshell] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ab7e94fb1d9b794c9d199435d72f569fba6ab017>)
    - [Add new function `seq-positions'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=4751b51d5e1182975aa002af08a625e4859ec276>)
    - [Python shells dedicated to a project] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=4932d26b5df14af01ae757b2a5232d157df69008>)
    - [Add new function `seq-remove-at-position'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=2db8b0e12f913ecd720aa81a70580e58fd032397>)
    - [New command to facilitate text-mode display of unsupported chars] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=b35a93a0619400e93fd76d7de3d837f990802274>)
    - [Teach 'max-char' about the Unicode code range] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=dcfe3314cd78e95d992fe00f757ce906d49586cd>)
    - [Increase image-dired-show-all-from-dir-max-files to 1000] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=db2f8b8415b538ccb43f11a2142567ec6c5451d9>)
    - [image-dired: Make HTML gallery generation obsolete] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=64b208aa6c47fd2de35404a82b8131c9bc6b9865>)
    - [image-dired+.el: Non blocking thumbnail creation and adjust image to window] (<https://github.com/mhayashi1120/Emacs-image-diredx/blob/b68094625d963056ad64e0e44af0e2266b2eadc7/image-dired+.el#L159>)
    - [Make "rlogin" method obsolete in url*.el] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=e13509468b7cc733c3511310d999554e6bcda708>)
    - [Make minibuffer-eldef-shorten-default obsolete] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=99bf269ca035aeb99116a075d5bd42cf6dc1feb1>)
    - [Default show-paren-mode to off in special-mode buffers] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=9474ac1b61935b198a2cf252e7b0ec9cfa70344e>)
    - [* lisp/char-fold.el (describe-char-fold-equivalences): New command.] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=a998591522416c2aebee8daf4ca35a5b4b7177bb>)
  - New packages:
    - for <https://melpa.org/#/for>: Iteration and sequence (MELPA)
    - ini <https://melpa.org/#/ini>: Converting between INI files and association lists (MELPA)
    - jit-lock-stealth-progress <https://melpa.org/#/jit-lock-stealth-progress>: JIT lock stealth mode-line progress (MELPA)
    - mos-mode <https://melpa.org/#/mos-mode>: MOS toolkit usage (MELPA)
    - org-unique-id <https://melpa.org/#/org-unique-id>: Create unique IDs for org headers (MELPA)
    - pet <https://melpa.org/#/pet>: Executable and virtualenv tracker for python-mode (MELPA)
    - units-mode <https://melpa.org/#/units-mode>: Mode for conversion between different units (MELPA)
    - zuul <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/zuul.html>: Interface to Zuul (GNU ELPA)

  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/2022-09>), and [lemmy/c/emacs] (<https://l
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