2024-03-11 Emacs news
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  - Upcoming events:
    - Atelier Emacs (in French): Dans une semaine c'est l'atelier Emacs Montpellier au Bib ! <https://mobilizon.fr/events/572c3f25-aaee-4406-9eff-f8726a9a4fbe> Fri Mar 15 1800 Europe/Paris
    - Emacs.si: Emacs.si meetup #5 2024 (#online) <https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/756c654d-2f30-4e19-b151-e2cc4ee840f8> Sat Mar 16 1230 America/Vancouver - 1430 America/Chicago - 1530 America/Toronto - 1930 Etc/GMT - 2030 Europe/Berlin -- Sun Mar 17 0100 Asia/Kolkata - 0330 Asia/Singapore
    - M-x Research: TBA <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Wed Mar 20 0900 America/Vancouver - 1100 America/Chicago - 1200 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Mar 21 0000 Asia/Singapore
    - Emacs APAC (virtual) <https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/> Sat Mar 23 0130 America/Vancouver - 0330 America/Chicago - 0430 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT - 0930 Europe/Berlin - 1400 Asia/Kolkata - 1630 Asia/Singapore - [announcement] (<https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/announcements/march-2024/>)
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [Noticed that GNU ELPA and NonGNU ELPA now have percentile ranks - @pkal@emacs.ch] (<https://emacs.ch/@pkal/112071203615073146>)
    - [Andrey Listopadov: Accepting your own solutions to your own problems] (<https://andreyor.st/posts/2024-03-05-accepting-your-own-solutions-to-your-own-problems/>)
    - [deadblackclover's Emacs config update: updated theme, added emms and multiple-cursors] (<https://github.com/deadblackclover/clover/releases/tag/v1.3.0>)
    - [Xah Talk Show Ep541, emacs org-mode key, WolframLang tiling, plane curves, math] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZA6tojsGfU>) (01:14:25)
    - [shaohme's Emacs Config] (<https://github.com/shaohme/dotfiles>)
    - [Michael-Allan's Emacs Config] (<https://github.com/Michael-Allan/Breccia.Emacs>)
    - [phundrak's Emacs Config] (<https://config.phundrak.com/emacs/>)
    - [jcsims' emacs.nix] (<https://github.com/jcsims/home.nix/blob/main/emacs.nix>)
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [How to make your GNU Emacs commands 'relevant' for M-X] (<https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/EmacsMetaXRelevantCommands>)
    - [Let's surround, part 1] (<https://arialdomartini.github.io/emacs-surround>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1b7yhep/lets_surround_part_1/>))
    - [elispdoc - a javadoc like mechanism for elisp files] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ba0a53/elispdoc_a_javadoc_like_mechanism_for_elisp_files/>)
  - Appearance:
    - [How to change theme in Emacs] (<https://linuxrenaissance.com/post/emacs-theme-change/>) ([@darth@silversword.online] (<https://silversword.online/@darth/112008452680827093>))
    - [Emacs With Blurred Background] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1bb4qki/emacs_with_blurred_background/>)
    - [How to show row numbers in Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbhI60-kjgA&feature=youtu.be>) - global-display-line-numbers-mode
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: ef-themes version 1.6.0] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2024-03-11-ef-themes-1-6-0/>)
  - Navigation:
    - [Faster buffer bookmarking in Emacs] (<https://jcubic.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/faster-buffer-bookmarking-in-emacs/>)
    - [James Dyer: Unified Interface for Switching Contexts - Switch to Thing] (<https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20240305160708-emacs--unified-interface-for-switching-contexts/>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12022>))
    - [Persistent project switching in Emacs] (<https://karthinks.com/software/persistent-project-switching-in-emacs/>)
    - [Code Dive: Project.el in Emacs - System Crafters Live!] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6hMwJfaXV8>) (01:58:47)
    - [Release v0.6 · activities.el] (<https://github.com/alphapapa/activities.el/releases/tag/v0.6>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1b6rlir/release_v06_activitiesel/>)) - switch, rename, kill
  - Writing:
    - [Emacs Transient Input Method For Different Languages 2024_02_28_02:37:03] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WN4Xm4M9nk&feature=youtu.be>)
  - Org Mode:
    - [Org Capturing Introduction] (<https://howardism.org/Technical/Emacs/capturing-intro.html>) ([org-mode] (<https://list.orgmode.org/8734tfr2f0.fsf@bzg.fr/T/#u>))
    - [[tip] Export to PDF with latexmk 'continuous preview' option] (<https://list.orgmode.org/877cihmr45.fsf@posteo.net/T/#u>)
    - [Chicago-style essays in org-mode] (<https://honza.pokorny.ca/2024/03/chicago-style-essays-in-org-mode/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1b9of3g/chicagostyle_essays_in_orgmode/>))
    - [Consistent Technical Documents Using Emacs and Org Mode] (<https://youtu.be/0g9BcZvQbXU?si=OD5awJtaZWc2l9lo>) (2019, [Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1b9lynf/consistent_technical_documents_using_emacs_and/>))
    - [refile-by-created, refile-browser-org-capture-by-date] (<https://gist.github.com/otfrom/6b4d9a54dff2d4edcf16d8a39a5469de>) ([@otfrom@functional.cafe] (<https://functional.cafe/@otfrom/112065569894034260>))
    - [extract-headlines-by-tag] (<https://emacs.ch/@qhBidG3d/112070824165903696>)
    - [Irreal: Executing All Babel Buffers] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12020>)
    - [Ada/SPARK support in Babel] (<https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87cyskn7xa.fsf@localhost/T/#mb5774149b4b90712e4bccc0f936ebbbbe138e065>) ([@louis@emacs.ch] (<https://emacs.ch/@louis/112066594281203957>))
    - [`org-linker`, another approach to `org-attach`] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1b6y7ik/orglinker_another_approach_to_orgattach/>)
    - [jorge - A personal site generator with org-mode support] (<https://jorge.olano.dev/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1b8visu/jorge_a_personal_site_generator_with_orgmode/>))
    - Org development:
      - [ox-texinfo:: Always provide a @direntry] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=b0c3c90574ed79a63e56acaeee156ef8d9593233>)
  - Completion:
    - [Emacs : Completado y busqueda ( con-Ivy+Swiper )] (<https://fediverse.tv/w/2r5b2JCkazgiW2NnNJP9k7>)
  - Coding:
    - [Screen cast demonstrating the use of lenticular text using 'lentic.el'] (<https://vimeo.com/116078853>)
    - [go-rcp.el: Crandel's Golang config] (<https://github.com/Crandel/home/blob/master/.config/emacs/recipes/go-rcp.el>)
    - [Tim Heaney: Gleam] (<https://oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/20240304/>)
    - [Install a LSP in Emacs] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9bH6xMxEZ0>) (22:03)
    - [Committing a partial changeset in Emacs] (<https://gutov.dev/blog/2024/03/03/committing-a-partial-changeset-in-emacs/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1b6tb7d/committing_a_partial_changeset_in_emacs/>))
    - [Viewing file history across renames] (<https://gutov.dev/blog/2024/03/05/viewing-file-history-across-renames/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1b7g273/viewing_file_history_across_renames/>))
  - Shells:
    - [Advent of emacs #5: How I use shell in emacs] (<https://chainsawriot.com/postmannheim/2022/12/05/aoe5.html>) (2022)
    - [Eshell from the CLI] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1b70vlu/eshell_from_the_cli/>)
    - [eshell-atuin] (<https://media.emacs.ch/media_attachments/files/112/061/345/079/111/164/original/0796d8b57d9f158a.png>) ([@sqrtminusone@emacs.ch] (<https://emacs.ch/@sqrtminusone/112061387782848625>))
  - Mail, news, and chat:
    - [Improve your mu4e workflow with consult-mu] (<https://www.armindarvish.com/post/improve_your_mu4e_workflow_with_consult-mu/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1bb4iii/introducing_consultmu/>))
  - Multimedia:
    - [Release v0.5 · listen.el (audio/music player)] (<https://github.com/alphapapa/listen.el/releases/tag/v0.5>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1b7nps9/release_v05_listenel_audiomusic_player/>))
  - Fun:
    - [Sacha Chua: Cubing and Emacs: Checking out the competition] (<https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/03/cubing-and-emacs-checking-out-the-competition/>)
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1b7uj43/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>)
    - [This week marks 10 years of my silly project to promote Emacs: Emacs.sexy - Lemmy] (<https://lemmy.ml/post/12806961>)
    - [Big disagree on Bozhidar Batsov... - pkal's Blog] (<https://pkal.emacs.ch/112014458219007559>)
    - [Editor/IDE Tier List] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?amp;t=3994&si=Ytm-NoGqEXN7TPxG&v=odi248rgkw8&feature=youtu.be>) (2023)
    - [「テスト駆動開発の定義」/Claude 3はめちゃくちゃ速い/再びEmacsの黄金期が来た件【LAPRAS Tech News Talk #140】] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX-t0G2KFms>) (26:16)
    - [[pdf] Kelty-TwoBits.pdf: The Cultural Significance of Free Software] (<https://twobits.net/pub/Kelty-TwoBits.pdf>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/1b9jw83/pdf_keltytwobitspdf_the_cultural_significance_of/>))
  - Other:
    - [What is emacs?] (<https://michal.sapka.me/emacs/>)
    - [My Must Emacs Functions] (<https://ismailefe.org/blog/emacs_functions/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1b82kqk/blog_post_my_must_emacs_functions/>), [Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12026>))
    - [Watching other people code is pain.mov - learn yourself some #emacs!] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf0mmd3rARg>) (05:18, [Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1bbo84l/i_made_a_small_video_about_the_pain_of_watching/>))
    - [Modern Emacs: New tools that make Emacs better and faster] (<https://mint.westdri.ca/emacs/wb_emacs_new_tools_slides#/title-slide>) ([YouTube] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOxlQ7ogplA>) 59:19)
    - [Emacs Redux: Tracking World Time with Emacs] (<https://emacsredux.com/blog/2024/03/11/tracking-world-time-with-emacs/>)
    - [Emacs Facilities World Clock And Buffer Clone 2024_03_09_04:56:32] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEpmAz1ojL8>) (06:37)
    - [Arthur A. Gleckler: ntfy] (<https://speechcode.com/blog/ntfy/>) - notifications
    - [Texinfo: el sistema de ayuda de Emacs] (<https://notxor.nueva-actitud.org/2024/03/09/texinfo-el-sistema-de-ayuda-de-emacs.html>) ([@Notxor@tuiter.rocks] (<https://tuiter.rocks/@Notxor/112066865979579900>))
    - [A Basic Demo of Local tts in emacs.] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1b8upzj/a_basic_demo_of_local_tts_in_emacs/>)
    - [Using gopass with Emacs - Lemmy] (<https://lemmy.ml/post/12769689>)
    - [Emacs on Android - use with Termux] (<https://marek-g.github.io/posts/tips_and_tricks/emacs_on_android/>)
    - [chrome-emacs: Use Emacs to edit in Chrome] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JpQDZCxERM>) (00:53)
    - [GNU Emacs - ویرایشگر ایمکس] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxbosHIdhhQ>) (49:11)
    - [James Dyer: kmonad Sticky Keys on Sway to Help Prevent RSI] (<https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20240308115556-emacs--sticky-keys-on-sway-using-kmonad/>)
  - Emacs development:
    - [8x faster JSON parsing (can be useful for language servers)] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1b8qmv5/8x_faster_json_parsing_can_be_useful_for_language/>) ([emacs-devel] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-03/msg00244.html>))
      - [fuzz testing] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-03/msg00325.html>)
    - [You can use native-comp-jit-compilation-deny-list to skip native compilation of specific files] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-03/msg00180.html>)
    - [Continue reading in 'read-event' etc. at the end of a keyboard macro] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=6f46dd516b84ad7d59b49c2e9e3fc1a2d4ef4d1c>)
    - [Add non-TS modes as extra parent of TS modes (bug#68246)] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=c79a509384d33dab6a964ef9a97cbc9a1f1b5bf7>)
    - [cl-preloaded.el (built-in-class): New type] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=4fdcbd09af29e72456c9ca4cfbc9f6e97a88f8b8>)
    - [Single string literal in body is return value only, not doc string] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=61b2f5f96b1d9dfd2fd908e09fac0d4163049c42>)
    - [When navigating through history in EWW, don't keep adding to 'eww-history'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=59e470dd5de6e75c4d3bb91c876c8540faf33fdb>)
    - [* lisp/tab-bar.el (tab-bar-tab-post-select-functions): New hook (bug#69093).] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3cb06145070ff5d4a220f1144434f1ba6c1976f7>)
    - [New property 'context-menu-functions' (bug#62250)] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=f16a85e317d940aa2e0f0375ec5d1917cb04ade3>)
  - New packages:
    - afterglow <http://melpa.org/#/afterglow>: Temporary Highlighting after Function Calls (MELPA)
    - fmo-mode <http://melpa.org/#/fmo-mode>: Format only changed lines (MELPA)
    - magit-gptcommit <http://melpa.org/#/magit-gptcommit>: Git commit with help of gpt (MELPA)
    - org-clock-agenda-daytime-mode <http://melpa.org/#/org-clock-agenda-daytime-mode>: Display the time clocked today in the modeline (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>), [kbin] (<https://kbin.social/m/emacs/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/2024-03>). 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!