2024-07-08 Emacs news
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  - Upcoming events:
    - [EmacsConf - 2024 - Call for Participation] (<https://emacsconf.org/2024/cfp/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1dsk628/emacsconf_2024_call_for_participation/>), [Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12280>), [lobste.rs] (<https://lobste.rs/s/bdr8am/emacsconf_2024_call_for_participation>))
    - OrgMeetup (virtual) <https://bbb.emacsverse.org/b/iho-h7r-qg8-led> Wed Jul 10 0900 America/Vancouver - 1100 America/Chicago - 1200 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1800 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Jul 11 0000 Asia/Singapore
    - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) <https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs> Fri Jul 12 1800 Europe/Paris
    - M-x Research: TBA <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Wed Jul 17 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [I think (GNU) Emacs bankruptcy is inevitable in the longer term] (<https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/EmacsBankruptcyInevitable>) ([HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40902814>))
    - [I Rewrote My Emacs Configuration in Lua] (<https://github.com/MAlba124/memacs>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1dtuodf/i_rewrote_my_emacs_configuration_in_lua/>))
    - [masuconfigs/.doom.d/config.org at master] (<https://github.com/masukomi/masuconfigs/blob/master/.doom.d/config.org>) ([@masukomi@connectified.com] (<https://connectified.com/@masukomi/112741447369862744>))
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [What is it about lisp that works so well for emacs?] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1dv8c26/what_is_it_about_lisp_that_works_so_well_for_emacs/>)
    - [Xah Ep560, Emacs Lisp Coding, Get Youtube Video Thumbnail] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvxc8WBGttU>) (40:06)
    - [multiple-form-version of cl-once-only] (<https://0x0.st/XBg4.txt>) ([@thuna_cing@emacs.ch] (<https://emacs.ch/@thuna_cing/112748026887529452>))
    - [Emacs Elisp If Else Construct To Decide Running Mode 2024_07_06_02:57:09] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1EwDQKEbOE>) (09:25)
  - Appearance:
    - [technicolor: Uniformly access your current theme's color palette] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1dujm5s/technicolor_uniformly_access_your_current_themes/>)
    - [nerd-icons-archive: a new package that integrated nerd-icons in archive-mode and tar-mode] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1dw9l1r/nerdiconsarchive_a_new_package_that_integrated/>)
    - [Customizing the Ellipsis (...) in Emacs Outline and Outline Minor Modes] (<https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-customize-ellipsis-outline-minor-mode/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1dt36c9/customizing_the_ellipsis_in_emacs_outline_and/>))
  - Navigation:
    - [TIL Imenu] (<http://yummymelon.com/devnull/til-imenu.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1dttm21/til_imenu/>), [Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12285>), [Alex Popescu] (<https://alpo.gitlab.io/jots/posts/2024/07/making-emacs-imenu-more-visible-more-useful/>))
    - [Emacs: YAML file code folding and outlining to enhance your workflow] (<https://www.jamescherti.com/outline-yaml-el-code-folding-outlining-yaml-files/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1dt10tn/emacs_yaml_file_code_folding_and_outlining_to/>))
    - [[ANN] undo-fu-session: 0.7 with customizable destination paths] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1dxvafr/ann_undofusession_07_with_customizable/>)
    - [Irreal: Moving To The Beg/End Of Structures] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12294>)
  - Dired:
    - [Ask for creating missing directories on file move/copy/rename] (<https://emacs.ch/@arouene/112735993161070856>)
  - Writing:
    - [Little function for inserting em dashes] (<https://emacs.ch/@dliden/112723028895545038>)
    - [Numeronymize - abbreviate words using numerical contraction numeronyms] (<https://github.com/igb/numeronymize>) ex: accessibility = a11y ([@igb@mastodon.hccp.org] (<https://mastodon.hccp.org/@igb/112734309177807110>))
    - [Chris Maiorana: Emacs Micro Lesson 11: Personal ispell dictionary] (<https://chrismaiorana.com/personal-ispell-dictionary/>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12290>))
    - [[ANN] tchanges.el: Collaborate with word processor (docx) users using 'track changes'] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2024-07/msg00009.html>)
  - Org Mode:
    - [lf-araujo/MxNotebook: Single-file Emacs configuration for a powerful scientific Notebook system that works flawlessly over ssh] (<https://github.com/lf-araujo/MxNotebook>) ([@lf_araujo@mastodon.social] (<https://mastodon.social/@lf_araujo/112735871640261380>))
    - [Alex Popescu: Emacs OrgMode: Reports About Clocked Time] (<https://alpo.gitlab.io/jots/posts/2024/07/emacs-org-mode-reports-about-clocked-time/>)
    - [Org-mode weather tagger] (<https://gist.github.com/rayslava/aa13a24deb66e9f05c7c2b0b1af3629c>)
    - [using user defined functions in org-tables (example)] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1dtr0i3/using_user_defined_functions_in_orgtables_example/>)
    - [La vida en texto plano: Emacs y org-mode] (<https://video.hardlimit.com/w/m8TgMtuSLDvTuKzcN4T1Aa>)
    - [Instrucciones Taller de Comandos Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR6YVjrHLYQ>) (09:16)
    - [/home/lucio.albenga.es - Como crear y publicar tu sitio web con Emacs y Org Mode] (<https://lucio.albenga.es/web/posts/2024/como-crear-y-publicar-tu-sitio-web-con-emacs-y-org-mode.html>) ([@lfa@hostux.social] (<https://hostux.social/@lfa/112735230343743991>))
    - Org development:
      - [ox-html: Add an ability to specify :html-head as a string or function] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=d38d53a1783dde6ad672473fce7286faf1527462>)
      - [etc/ORG-NEWS: Mention issues with yank-media on Mac and Windows] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=06eb69809a1f35c0eab77b4d1e2fcf52e52db40a>)
  - Denote:
    - [What's New in Denote 3.0 for Emacs - System Crafters Live!] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbLPgn_L050>) (01:55:36)
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: consult-denote version 0.1.0] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2024-07-03-emacs-consult-denote-0-1-0/>)
  - Completion:
    - [ultyas: Convert Ultisnips (Vim) snippets to YASnippet (Emacs) format] (<https://github.com/jamescherti/ultyas>)
  - Coding:
    - [martianh/fj.el: A basic Emacs client for Forgejo instances (such as Codeberg)] (<https://codeberg.org/martianh/fj.el>) ([@mousebot@todon.nl] (<https://todon.nl/@mousebot/112723659165097424>))
    - [Modern Emacs Typescript Web (React) Config with lsp-mode, treesitter, tailwind, TSX &amp; more] (<https://www.ovistoica.com/blog/2024-7-05-modern-emacs-typescript-web-tsx-config>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1dwl8v0/modern_emacs_typescript_web_react_config_with/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40895983>))
    - [Formatting Snakemake using snakefmt in Emacs using Apheleia] (<https://edmundmiller.dev/posts/emacs-snakefmt/>)
    - [Configurando Emacs para trabajar en un proyecto para android] (<https://notxor.nueva-actitud.org/2024/07/06/configurando-emacs-para-trabajar-en-un-proyecto-para-android.html>) ([@geekland@mastodon.social] (<https://mastodon.social/@geekland/112743790000206464>))
    - [Ejecutando scripts en Elisp con Docker | Programador Web Valencia] (<https://programadorwebvalencia.com/ejecutando-scripts-en-elisp-con-docker/>) ([@andros@activity.andros.dev] (<https://activity.andros.dev/@andros/statuses/01J271SWFPQPHN58QP3F2NJPR8>))
  - Mail, news, and chat:
    - [bram85/elfeed-prune: Emacs package to prune stale or undesired entries from the elfeed database] (<https://codeberg.org/bram85/elfeed-prune>) ([@bram85@emacs.ch] (<https://emacs.ch/@bram85/112718153563997277>))
  - Doom Emacs:
    - [Installing Doom Emacs...For Power Noobs (DT LIVE!)] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5kwTKqD23g>)
    - Livestreams: [Writing elisp for customizing doom emacs | Live] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Oudz3j00R0>) (01:48:52), [another livestream] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyekzldSaVg>) (02:36:12), [lsp-bridge] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPtq40-pB4o>) (01:07:13)
  - Multimedia:
    - [Alvaro Ramirez: Ready Player Mode (a lightweight media viewer)] (<https://lmno.lol/alvaro/ready-player-mode>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1duk9pe/ready_player_mode_a_lightweight_media_viewer/>), [lobste.rs] (<https://lobste.rs/s/rejw0l/ready_player_mode>), [Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12287>))
  - Fun:
    - [Text inside a shape] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1dw0s3i/text_inside_a_shape/>)
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1du95xh/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>) - grow-syntactic-selection using treesit
    - [Sharing some my thoughts on Emacs and Learning Emacs after half year of using/learning it.] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1dv91ry/sharing_some_my_thoughts_on_emacs_and_learning/>)
    - [Unpopular opinion! You should learn Vim or Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVartd9A8lc>) (01:36)
    - [The Only Debate That Matters: Vim VS Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDW3cAVIU6Q>) (19:47)
    - [Modern IDEs are magic. Why are so many coders still using Vim and Emacs?] (<https://stackoverflow.blog/2020/11/09/modern-ide-vs-vim-emacs/>) (2020, [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40869467>))
  - Other:
    - [pdf-tools memory reduction] (<https://emacs.ch/@zrzz/112736079894078649>)
    - [Your Text Editor (Probably) Isn’t Malware Any More] (<https://blog.glyph.im/2024/01/no-more-editor-malware.html>)
    - [emacs-memento-mori: Reminder of mortality] (<https://github.com/gvol/emacs-memento-mori>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/1dxk1vf/emacsmementomori_reminder_of_mortality/>))
  - Emacs development:
    - emacs-devel:
      - [Markers in a gap array - ordered array (with gap) of markers] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-07/msg00302.html>)
      - [MPS: weak hash tables; figuring out what is still missing] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-07/msg00397.html>)
      - [new default bindings for winner and windmove] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-07/msg00216.html>) - completion vs cycling
    - [Make `checkdoc-verb-check-experimental-flag` default to nil] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=44a3b21d7b8fad3b3ef42bf233ec882856b81177>)
    - [checkdoc: Flag formatting mistakes in warnings] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=e738c387dac674092eab4b5b32efd9fb6726dee6>)
    - [checkdoc: Relax footer line check for recent Emacs] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=d826240fa56230ef1561d5b4807284ce98a8c6b6>)
    - [Allow using multiple buffers in 'eshell-command'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=7f631a3e2aca97e95b8659c902c25ab21f084e08>)
    - [Fix the different image zoom levels in SHR to work as expected] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=208207c1c07fb4669c6b7d64c27236074f996ae4>)
    - [Slice images based on their height in SHR, not their zoom level] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3ce7e4ee3f1f8bf85c2c455ac624bec6c7cd10a8>)
    - [Port seccomp acceleration to Linux 3.5.0] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=6b5accdc05d007ab4d1804865c1b043260006673>)
  - New packages:
    - casual-ibuffer <http://melpa.org/#/casual-ibuffer>: Transient UI for IBuffer (MELPA)
    - chyla-dark-theme <http://melpa.org/#/chyla-dark-theme>: Chyla.org - dark green color theme (MELPA)
    - clang-format-lite <http://melpa.org/#/clang-format-lite>: Format code on-save with clang-format, supports remote files (MELPA)
    - elcute <http://melpa.org/#/elcute>: Commands for marking and killing lines electrically (MELPA)
    - eshell-command-not-found <http://melpa.org/#/eshell-command-not-found>: Integrate command-not-found in eshell (MELPA)
    - opencl-c-mode <http://melpa.org/#/opencl-c-mode>: Syntax coloring for opencl kernels (MELPA)
    - sdml-mode <http://melpa.org/#/sdml-mode>: Major mode for SDML (MELPA)
    - shortcuts-mode <http://melpa.org/#/shortcuts-mode>: Minor mode providing a buffer shortcut bar (MELPA)
    - vterm-hotkey <http://melpa.org/#/vterm-hotkey>: Control vterm buffers with hotkeys (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>), [Mastodon #emacs] (<https://emacs.ch/deck/tags/emacs>), [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>), [programming.dev] (<https://programming.dev/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New>), [lemmy] (<https://lemmy.ml/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New>), [communick.news] (<https://communick.news/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New>), [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/>), and [emacs-devel] (<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-07>). 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!