2023-01-30 Emacs news
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  - Upcoming events:
    - Emacs.si (in person): Emacs.si meetup 2023 #1 <https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/d8cc520f-e3ba-4408-8852-556e5270bc43> Mon Jan 30 1900 CET
    - EmacsATX: Emacs Social <https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/290740845/> Wed Feb 1 1630 America/Vancouver - 1830 America/Chicago - 1930 America/Toronto -- Thu Feb 2 0030 Etc/GMT - 0130 Europe/Berlin - 0600 Asia/Kolkata - 0830 Asia/Singapore
    - Mastering Emacs book club <https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/> Fri Feb 3 1200 America/Vancouver - 1400 America/Chicago - 1500 America/Toronto - 2000 Etc/GMT - 2100 Europe/Berlin -- Sat Feb 4 0130 Asia/Kolkata - 0400 Asia/Singapore
    - Mastering Emacs book club <https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/> Sat Feb 4 0200 America/Vancouver - 0400 America/Chicago - 0500 America/Toronto - 1000 Etc/GMT - 1100 Europe/Berlin - 1530 Asia/Kolkata - 1800 Asia/Singapore
    - Mastering Emacs book club <https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/> Sun Feb 5 0200 America/Vancouver - 0400 America/Chicago - 0500 America/Toronto - 1000 Etc/GMT - 1100 Europe/Berlin - 1530 Asia/Kolkata - 1800 Asia/Singapore
    - M-x Research (contact them for password): TBA <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Tue Feb 7 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Wed Feb 8 0000 Asia/Singapore
    - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) <https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs> Fri Feb 10 1800 Europe/Paris
    - Mastering Emacs book club <https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/> Fri Feb 10 1200 America/Vancouver - 1400 America/Chicago - 1500 America/Toronto - 2000 Etc/GMT - 2100 Europe/Berlin -- Sat Feb 11 0130 Asia/Kolkata - 0400 Asia/Singapore
    - Mastering Emacs book club <https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/> Sat Feb 11 0200 America/Vancouver - 0400 America/Chicago - 0500 America/Toronto - 1000 Etc/GMT - 1100 Europe/Berlin - 1530 Asia/Kolkata - 1800 Asia/Singapore
    - Mastering Emacs book club <https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/> Sun Feb 12 0200 America/Vancouver - 0400 America/Chicago - 0500 America/Toronto - 1000 Etc/GMT - 1100 Europe/Berlin - 1530 Asia/Kolkata - 1800 Asia/Singapore
  - Beginner:
    - [Asking for help in Emacs] (<https://emacsworld.com/help/2023/01/22/asking-for-help-in-emacs.html>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11112>))
    - ["Copy/paste? Or Is Emacs Just Yanking Your Chain?"] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNzxYfz9M6w>) (11:53)
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [Tim Heaney: Context menus in Emacs 28!] (<https://oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/20230129/>)
    - [FrostyX/current-window-only: Open things only in the current window. No other windows, no splits.] (<https://github.com/FrostyX/current-window-only>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/10morcp/i_created_a_package_that_forces_emacs_to_open/>))
    - [Don't fear the Emacs] (<https://github.com/alexpdp7/alexpdp7/tree/master/emacs>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/10nmcus/dont_fear_the_emacs/>))
    - [faijdherbe's Emacs Config] (<https://www.faijdherbe.net/>)
    - [My org-babel based emacs configuration] (<https://qua.name/mrb/an-org-babel-based-emacs-configuration>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/10lcmwc/my_orgbabel_based_emacs_configuration/>))
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [The Craft of Emacs: A cross-stitch themed guide to Emacs Lisp, written in Racket.] (<https://craft-of-emacs.kebab-ca.se/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/10mpynq/the_craft_of_emacs_a_crossstitch_themed_guide_to/>))
    - [persistent-soft: Persistent storage for Emacs] (<https://github.com/rolandwalker/persistent-soft>)
    - [Structural Editing, a Guide for the Perplexed - Paulus Esterhazy] (<https://diode.zone/videos/watch/4f2037b5-d734-4b95-ab45-eb546a6ff85c>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/10malqu/structural_editing_a_guide_for_the_perplexed/>), 2017)
  - Appearance:
    - [Adjust Emacs text size based on resolution and physical size of monitor] (<https://gist.github.com/cpbotha/e1663767f8497104a2b6f5723af73503>)
    - [Sacha Chua: Making highlight-sexp follow modus-themes-toggle] (<https://sachachua.com/blog/2023/01/making-highlight-sexp-follow-modus-themes-toggle/>)
    - [Emacs Colors - Jessica's Corner of Cyberspace] (<https://www.raebear.net/computers/emacs-colors/>)
  - Navigation:
    - [expreg.el --- Simple expand region] (<https://github.com/casouri/lunarymacs/blob/master/site-lisp/expreg.el>)
    - [James Dyer: Using ripgrep within Projects] (<https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20230124195440-emacs--my-tentative-steps-to-working-with-projects/>)
    - [Emacs - 19 - To Projectile or not? project.el is the one for me.] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GT02-9WTBU>) (03:44)
  - Dired:
    - [Delete files with emacs dired] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2x43E-MVS4>) (01:15)
    - [Get file size in Emacs Dired] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCAFbo_f7TQ>) (00:37)
  - Org Mode:
    - [Daryl Manning | Emacs GTD flow evolved] (<https://daryl.wakatara.com/emacs-gtd-flow-evolved>)
    - [Marcin Borkowski: TODO stats table with parameters] (<https://mbork.pl/2023-01-23_TODO_stats_table_with_parameters>)
    - [My study and note taking setup with Org Roam, Org Roam UI and Zotero] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR5PlXvoXi0>) (19:16)
    - Import, export, and integration:
      - [nfdn: Beautifying Org Plot with YASnippet and Context Menus] (<http://yummymelon.com/devnull/beautifying-org-plot-with-yasnippet-and-context-menus.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/10nr7vu/beautifying_org_plot_with_yasnippet_and_context/>), [YouTube] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrQmiSToo7o>) 04:36)
      - [Personal wiki in org] (<https://thibaultmarin.github.io/blog/posts/2017-08-15-Personal_wiki_in_org.html>)
      - [ob-csharp: Org-babel plugin that utilises dotnet-script to execute c# block] (<https://github.com/samwdp/ob-csharp>)
      - [create-ob-npx: Builder macro for org babel packages that delegate to npx] (<https://github.com/togakangaroo/create-ob-npx>)
      - [org-preview: Asynchronous, super fast LaTeX previews for Org mode.] (<https://github.com/karthink/org-preview>)
      - [Org mode clocking in the macOS menu bar] (<https://mken.weblog.lol/2023/01/org-mode-clocking-in-the-macos-menu-bar>)
      - [Ryan Rix: Moved my Org Site Engine-to-Fediverse cross-posting from feed2toot to Feediverse] (<https://cce.whatthefuck.computer/updates#20230125T171405.734181>)
      - [Sacha Chua: Adding a custom header argument to Org Mode source blocks and using that argument during export] (<https://sachachua.com/blog/2023/01/adding-a-custom-header-argument-to-org-mode-source-blocks-and-using-that-argument-during-export/>)
    - Org development:
      - [ob-python: Remove python-mode.el support] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=aa48c80fe17eaaaf83c11c9ac2f2fd864f2f3ad9>)
      - [org-clock-x11idle-program-name: Prefer "xprintidle", when available] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=1810c625df8c7fa7cc4aaa7ab9bdc0ff842d30ff>)
  - Denote:
    - [My reading workflow (you guys might find some bits from it useful)] (<https://bitspook.in/blog/reading-and-not-forgetting/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/10jl8hm/my_reading_workflow_you_guys_might_find_some_bits/>), [Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11102>))
  - Coding:
    - [Tory Anderson: Emacs Personal Development Environment: accessing my notes] (<https://tech.toryanderson.com/2023/01/26/emacs-personal-development-environment-accessing-my-notes/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/10lh33c/tory_anderson_emacs_personal_development/>))
    - [Emacs as a .NET development environment] (<https://grtcdr.tn/posts/2023-01-24.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/10k0y54/emacs_as_a_net_development_environment/>))
    - [verilog-ext/vhdl-ext: SystemVerilog/VHDL extensions for Emacs] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/10oig9m/verilogextvhdlext_systemverilogvhdl_extensions/>)
    - [No need to use Postman ! Emacs does it Better] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK8yDsLHSDE>) (06:53)
    - [Magit on Spacemacs: How I Became The Only One At Work That Loves Rebasing - Diode Zone] (<https://diode.zone/videos/watch/c9b83c28-a0de-40c4-94b4-7ed8885c8623>) (2017)
    - [Install Emacs (enable tree-sitter) with tree-sitter-grammar* by Guix] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/10n8twr/install_emacs_enable_treesitter_with/>)
  - Math:
    - [Nicolas Martyanoff: Using units in Emacs Calc] (<https://www.n16f.net/blog/using-units-in-emacs-calc/>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11114>))
    - [[mp4] Calc Preview] (<https://abode.karthinks.com/share/calc-preview.mp4>)
  - Shells:
    - [andyjda/sticky-shell: Minor mode to keep track of previous prompt in your shell] (<https://github.com/andyjda/sticky-shell>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/10kktsb/new_package_stickyshell_to_help_you_keep_track_of/>))
  - Mail, news, and chat:
    - [Setting up and using RMAIL within Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HStDvx-czo>) (10:05)
  - Multimedia:
    - [Sacha Chua: Checking image sizes and aspect ratios in Emacs Lisp so that I can automatically smartcrop them] (<https://sachachua.com/blog/2023/01/checking-image-sizes-and-aspect-ratios-in-emacs-lisp-so-that-i-can-automatically-smartcrop-them/>)
  - Fun:
    - [Elite for Emacs] (<https://www.salkosuo.net/2015/10/22/elite-for-emacs.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/10myr9h/elite_for_emacs/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34550574>)) - a game
  - AI:
    - [Live-editing a react app with plain English] (<https://twitter.com/beguene/status/1615733823278284801>)
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/10ktqj0/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>)
    - [How I Use My Linux Computer - DT LIVE!] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JKzC63JAn4>) (01:40:39)
    - [Jeremy Friesen: Emacs Windows Configuration Desired State] (<https://takeonrules.com/2023/01/29/emacs-windows-configuration-desired-state/>)
    - [[Appendix] All Else is Not Enough] (<https://project-mage.org/all-else-is-not-enough>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/10o1fdn/appendix_all_else_is_not_enough/>))
  - Other:
    - [Irreal: Warning: You're About To Discard Undo Information] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11104>)
    - [count-fold-lines: Emacs hack to fold duplicate lines and count them.] (<https://rants.org/2023/01/count-fold-lines/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/10l5jrt/countfoldlines_emacs_hack_to_fold_duplicate_lines/>))
    - [jdburgosr/softresize] (<https://github.com/jdburgosr/softresize>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/10m0pg7/resizing_emacs_windows/>))
    - [ecron.el: A cron emulator for Emacs] (<https://github.com/haji-ali/elcron>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/10jklyx/ecronel_a_cron_emulator_for_emacs/>))
    - [count-fold-lines: Emacs hack to fold duplicate lines and count them. – rants.org] (<https://rants.org/2023/01/count-fold-lines/>)
    - [Lightning Talk: Giraffe, Visualizng Data With Emacs and ClojureScript] (<https://diode.zone/videos/watch/1d43e382-6692-45cd-81ad-30f0e6507142>) (2017)
    - [From Scratch to Melpa in 14 years and 12 hours] (<https://diode.zone/videos/watch/c0d47cfd-fb80-4a3e-86eb-f13bafa0c9be>) (2017)
  - Emacs development:
    - emacs-devel:
      - [Finalizing 'inhibit-automatic-native-compilation'] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-01/msg00509.html>)
      - [Just a comment about tree-sitter] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-01/msg00514.html>) - tree-sitter version issues
      - [Re: svg library ideas - nanosvg might be useful for the Android port] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-01/msg00513.html>)
    - [Add support for negative indices and index ranges in Eshell] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=dabe0b7d40778496ecb308f54999248ea286d89b>)
  - New packages:
    - empv <https://melpa.org/#/empv>: An interface for MPV (MELPA)
    - file-info <https://melpa.org/#/file-info>: Show pretty information about current file (MELPA)
    - flymake-cspell <https://melpa.org/#/flymake-cspell>: A Flymake backend for CSpell (MELPA)
    - flymake-ruff <https://melpa.org/#/flymake-ruff>: A flymake plugin for python files using ruff (MELPA)
    - gpr-mode <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/gpr-mode.html>: Major mode for editing GNAT project files (GNU ELPA)
    - ibrowse <https://melpa.org/#/ibrowse>: Interact with your browser (MELPA)
    - mic <https://melpa.org/#/mic>: Minimal and combinable configuration manager (MELPA)
    - poke <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/poke.html>: Emacs meets GNU poke! (GNU ELPA)
    - smilefjes <https://melpa.org/#/smilefjes>: View Norwegian Food Safety Authority restaurant ratings (MELPA)
    - treesit-auto <https://melpa.org/#/treesit-auto>: Automatically use tree-sitter enhacned modes, if available (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/2023-01>), 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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