2022-01-24 Emacs news
=====================

  - Upcoming events:
    - Emacs Berlin (virtual, in English) <https://emacs-berlin.org/> Wed Jan 26 0930 Vancouver / 1130 Chicago / 1230 Toronto / 1730 GMT / 1830 Berlin / 2300 Kolkata -- Thu Jan 27 0130 Singapore
    - Emacs Paris (virtual, in French) <https://www.emacs-doctor.com/emacs-paris-user-group/> Tue Feb 1 0830 Vancouver / 1030 Chicago / 1130 Toronto / 1630 GMT / 1730 Berlin / 2200 Kolkata -- Wed Feb 2 0030 Singapore
    - EmacsATX: Emacs Social <https://www.meetup.com/EmacsATX/events/283266772/> Wed Feb 2 1630 Vancouver / 1830 Chicago / 1930 Toronto -- Thu Feb 3 0030 GMT / 0130 Berlin / 0600 Kolkata / 0830 Singapore
    - M-x Research (contact them for password): TBA <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Fri Feb 4 0700 Vancouver / 0900 Chicago / 1000 Toronto / 1500 GMT / 1600 Berlin / 2030 Kolkata / 2300 Singapore
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [Discoverablity 2: Use context-menu-mode (since 28.1). Existing packages should leverage it, too] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/s6umyd/discoverablity_2_use_contextmenumode_since_281/>)
    - [Bad Emacs Advice] (<https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/bad-emacs-advice>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/s8hwsw/bad_emacs_advice/>))
    - [Learn Nothing from Emacs's History -- Rebind Default Keys [OC]​] (<https://twitter.com/zckzck/status/1484069908979851268>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/s8dmfr/learn_nothing_from_emacss_history_rebind_default/>))
    - [emacs improving dired, reducing start up time and other tips] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6smCl06QfYc>)
    - [Replacing straight.el with Nix to manage emacs packages] (<https://paretooptimaldev.github.io/replacing-straight.el-with-nix-to-manage-emacs-packages/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/samlrq/replacing_straightel_with_nix_to_manage_emacs/>))
    - [spookmax.d: My Emacs configuration] (<https://github.com/bitspook/spookmax.d>)
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [Manuel Uberti: Handling wildcards in paths] (<https://www.manueluberti.eu//emacs/2022/01/20/wildcards/>)
    - [Emacs Lisp Community Workshop, Videos 1 and 2] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/saxsqw/emacs_lisp_community_workshop_videos_1_and_2/>)
    - [Emacs Lisp Code Evaluation 2022_01_22_05:04:44] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vme7R2AHMTo>)
    - [xah talk show 2022-01-20 emacs lisp coding plus tutorial, xah-add-space-after-comma] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aBG5n3Of5M>)
    - [Xah Talk Show 2022-01-22 emacs lisp coding xah-narrow-to-region, xah-sort-lines, xah-hilight-unicode] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NTQy71J5x4>)
  - Appearance:
    - [Theme Dark/Light automatique] (<https://gnu.xyz/auto_theme.html>)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Re: add the Modus themes to base16?] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-01-23-base16-modus-themes/>)
  - Navigation:
    - [Swap windows easily in Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK6qfDIu1FE>)
    - [emacs open files with external programs with the openwith package] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIrISO_dgjQ>)
  - Writing:
    - [[ANN] titlecase now available on melpa!] (<https://github.com/duckwork/titlecase.el>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/s6g82i/ann_titlecase_now_available_on_melpa/>))
  - Org Mode:
    - [Getting Things Done Simply - With Org Mode] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sb6fmi/getting_things_done_simply_with_org_mode/>)
    - [Org-mode - org hide emphasis markers] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI0BvRSbcM8>) (5:28)
    - [OX-TWBS & RIPGREP on GNU/Emacs (orgmode export with twitter bootstrap JavaScript library)] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3kgKB33RfY>)
    - [Annotate PDF in Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg8z05b48L8>)
    - [Org-remark Demo #1 - Introducing Org-remark] (<https://youtube.com/watch?v=c8DHrAsFiLc&feature=share>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/satp7a/orgremark_demo_1_introducing_orgremark/>))
    - [Marcin Borkowski: Making code snippets in Org-mode easier to type] (<http://mbork.pl/2022-01-17_Making_code_snippets_in_Org-mode_easier_to_type>)
    - Org roam:
      - [5 Org Roam Hacks for Better Productivity in Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUkuyW6hr18&feature=youtu.be>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/saw0o6/5_org_roam_hacks_for_better_productivity_in_emacs/>))
      - [Abusing org-roam as a personal CRM] (<https://youtu.be/DteN5uBV5ts>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sa8i0m/abusing_orgroam_as_a_personal_crm/>))
      - [Org-roam: a way to use subdirectories] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/s8mwiw/orgroam_a_way_to_use_subdirectories/>)
      - [Andrea: Moldable Emacs: query your Org Roam notes by tag] (<http://ag91.github.io/blog/2022/01/21/moldable-emacs-query-your-org-roam-notes-by-tag>)
  - Completion:
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: mct version 0.4.0] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-01-19-mct-0-4-0/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/s7nzv9/protesilaos_stavrou_emacs_mct_version_040/>))
    - [Jeremy Friesen: Switching from Company to Corfu for Emacs Completion] (<https://takeonrules.com/2022/01/17/switching-from-company-to-corfu-for-emacs-completion/>)
    - [21天学会Emacs 2022 Edition（第四天）] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzlLxWTD6QY>) - vertico, orderless, marginalia, embark, consult
  - Coding:
    - [puni: Structured editing (soft deletion, expression navigating & manipulating) that supports many major modes out of the box] (<https://github.com/AmaiKinono/puni>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sb0fk3/find_out_a_great_emacs_package_for_structural/>))
    - [[ANN] DIFF-ANSI view DIFF's with external tools (+ magit support) now on Melpa] (<https://gitlab.com/ideasman42/emacs-diff-ansi>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sb6al4/ann_diffansi_view_diffs_with_external_tools_magit/>))
    - [Eglot for better programming experience in Emacs (Python demo)] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQJBvp77WCo>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sa40ky/eglot_for_better_programming_experience_in_emacs/>))
    - [My emacs clojure journey Ep 1 - Corgi & evil-mode] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q4UmX45ZlM>) (16:45)
    - [My Go Workflow in Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvhIf3ynxgQ>) (30:47)
  - Mail and news:
    - [Automatically creating an "E-Mail" tab to read my mail in Emacs] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/s9d90k/automatically_creating_an_email_tab_to_read_my/>)
  - Chat:
    - [Christian Tietze: Closing Circe IRC Buffers in Emacs Without Leaving the Room] (<https://christiantietze.de/posts/2022/01/circe-bouncer/>)
    - [telega.el - GNU Emacs telegram client] (<https://github.com/zevlg/telega.el>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/s79tld/telegael_gnu_emacs_telegram_client/>))
  - Fun:
    - [asm-blox: a programming game in Emacs similar to TIS-100 but with stack machines and YAML] (<https://github.com/zkry/asm-blox>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/sbajzz/asmblox_a_programming_game_in_emacs_similar_to/>))
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/s7lac1/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>)
    - [Irreal: MELPA Surpasses a Quarter Billion Downloads] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=10272>)
    - [Lars Ingebrigtsen: 13x10%] (<https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2022/01/20/13x10/>)
    - [System Crafters Live! - Planning the New Emacs From Scratch] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlP3EDS6WGE>)
  - Other:
    - [Emacs - command log mode] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct-DJliTN3s>)
    - [Add to a keyboard macro with C-u F3] (<https://twitter.com/ecotd/status/1482534647502290949>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=10274>))
    - [Using emacs as your app launcher! Crosspost from r/unixporn] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/s7p7pr/so_which_run_launcher_do_you_use_rofi_or_dmenu/>)
  - Emacs development:
    - [Revert the other bits related to `load-read-file'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ab73a8785834782ef3a05677dada0c466b926cb0>)
    - [Add direct remote copying in Tramp's scp support] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=6139a05241aa3f082b49cbfe90ce61ceb0189bf7>)
    - [Use load-read-function in byte-compile-from-buffer] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=79e54a1b757dcc127e5dd82fb492227164cb78c6>)
    - [Add new function 'readablep'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=f047d3c5137e75ea22713e1e7a6f715e6544299a>)
    - [Add new variable print-unreadable-function] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=e4d2a7894b4294a31a4311fa81a3644ea06028e5>)
    - ['source' and '.' in Eshell no longer accept the '--help' option] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=87107b05a17af95e190982a7f62671563405c829>)
    - [Don't use 'eshell-eval-using-options' for 'eshell/source' or 'eshell/.'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=1228ec3e1d7657c9eb50184719410f37ed0eb750>)
    - [ruby-toggle-block-space-before-parameters: New user option] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=9a0842dffe0013f4cca4853278ac3eaf94c4d3fc>)
    - [Allow fractional values of `polling-period'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=452f46d3665e1bfab93ec14003484ce57b636471>)
    - [Update documentation of 'clone-indirect-buffer-hook'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=b01604b362755d02a05c65df4fca321ec84007d9>)
    - [Rename the textsec-check function to textsec-suspicious-p] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=55c1670bc52c924d80c72e55bf3864023749be29>)
    - [Document textsec] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=2a3edd1e0acf00587a5243db87bf80e8383a61d8>)
    - [Add new bidi-string-strip-control-characters function] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=7785463c8edbd83e0a7a4c2fe5c233949aa570f2>)
    - [Rename system tooltip variables to `use-system-tooltips'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=95084cec09190d7263ce61d30387c08e7d365ad3>)
    - [Add support for functions that deal with Unicode scripts] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=e2c8091113404971de75a893fb30cac591a82694>)
    - [Revert "Add undelete-frame-max instead of undelete-frame-mode (bug#51883)"] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8cc1b9035cbe12c684139de0ad1590661ea45c3c>)
  - New packages:
    - accent <https://melpa.org/#/accent>: Popup for accented characters (diacritics)
    - asm-blox <https://melpa.org/#/asm-blox>: Programming game involving WAT and YAML
    - chronometrist-spark <https://melpa.org/#/chronometrist-spark>: Show sparklines in Chronometrist buffers
    - diff-ansi <https://melpa.org/#/diff-ansi>: Display diff's using alternative diffing tools
    - exwm-modeline <https://melpa.org/#/exwm-modeline>: A modeline segment for EXWM workspaces
    - harpoon <https://melpa.org/#/harpoon>: Bookmarks on steroids
    - helm-tree-sitter <https://melpa.org/#/helm-tree-sitter>: Helm interface for tree-sitter
    - kmacro-mc <https://melpa.org/#/kmacro-mc>: Multiple cursors emulation with keyboard macros
    - numbex <https://melpa.org/#/numbex>: Manage numbered examples
    - pretty-speedbar <https://melpa.org/#/pretty-speedbar>: Make speedbar pretty
    - syntree <https://melpa.org/#/syntree>: Draw plain text constituency trees
    - titlecase <https://melpa.org/#/titlecase>: Title-case phrases
    - wordel <https://melpa.org/#/wordel>: An Elisp implementation of "Wordle" (aka "Lingo")

  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>), [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/2022-01>), and [lemmy/c/emacs] (<https://lemmy.ml/c/emacs>).

  
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