2017-06-05 Emacs news

2017-06-05 Emacs news

[Sacha Chua]

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2017-06-05 Emacs news
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  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [The absolute awesomeness of anchored font-lock matchers] (https://fuco1.github.io/2017-06-01-The-absolute-awesomeness-of-anchored-font-lock-matchers.html) - thanks to [Irreal] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=6256) for the link
    - [My fancy eshell prompt] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6f0rkz/my_fancy_eshell_prompt/)
    - [Emacs Buffers, Windows, and Frames Explained] (https://smythp.com/emacs_buffers/) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6eqkb5/emacs_buffers_windows_and_frames_explained/))
  - Emacs development:
    - [You can now provide explicit field numbers in format specifiers] (http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=53247108411a1e9d1aa5352c231fa049f3f918aa)
    - [New variable display-raw-bytes-as-hex] (http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=cb9aa3515ac00826fd27ade7dfc829134ed38acc)
    - [Renamed --new-daemon to --fg-daemon and --old-daemon to --bg-daemon] (http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=75b849294656fd92e77a2a6281ff4dceaaa38475)
  - Navigation:
    - [evil-goggles -- displays a visual hint when editing with evil-mode] (https://github.com/edkolev/evil-goggles) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6ete05/evilgoggles_displays_a_visual_hint_when_editing/))
    - [Introducing sidebar.el, a customizable file explorer with git integration] (https://github.com/sebastiencs/sidebar.el) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6f9fv4/introducing_sidebarel_a_customizable_file/))
    - [ELPA - dired-du-mode gives recursive directory size in dired mode] (https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/dired-du.html) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6elfnf/elpa_direddumode_gives_recursive_directory_size/))
    - [Workflow with Emacs, many buffers/windows & tiling window manager?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6facbz/workflow_with_emacs_many_bufferswindows_tiling/)
  - Org Mode:
    - [A shorter shortcut to capture todo tasks] (http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/a-shorter-shortcut-to-capture-todo-tasks/)
    - [Org-mode and ipython enhancements in scimax] (http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2017/05/26/Org-mode-and-ipython-enhancements-in-scimax/) - thanks to [Irreal] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=6254) for the link
    - [Querying RESTful webservices into Emacs orgmode tables] (https://vxlabs.com/2017/06/03/querying-restful-webservices-into-emacs-orgmode-tables/)
    - [Lessons learned when creating a GitHub Wiki using orgmode files] (http://karl-voit.at/2017/06/04/GitHub-Org-Wiki/) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6f8e58/lessons_learned_when_creating_a_github_wiki_using/))
    - [org-toggl] (http://mbork.pl/2017-05-29_org-toggl)
  - Coding:
    - [Emacs cafe: Indium 0.6 is out!] (https://emacs.cafe/indium/emacs/javascript/2017/05/31/indium-0.6-released.html) - JavaScript development environment
    - [Enhance diff-mode with Ivy] (http://blog.binchen.org/posts/enhance-diff-mode-with-ivy.html)
    - [gited.el: : A Dired like interface for Git] (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-06/msg00010.html) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6et4g6/gitedel_a_dired_like_interface_for_git/))
    - [YASnippet is a nice tool! You can make customizable, dynamic code snippets.] (https://blog.alex-miller.co/emacs/spacemacs/2017/05/28/yasnippets.html)
  - Other:
    - [Soji wrapper for Emacs - Pomodoro, note-taking, meditation, reading] (https://github.com/joecannatti/soji-emacs) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6f9lvp/soji_is_a_mindful_workday_system_for_emacs_it/)) - see also [bash script] (https://github.com/joecannatti/soji/blob/master/README.md)
    - [emacs setups on windows] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6ewa2l/emacs_setups_on_windows/)
  - New packages:
    - auto-minor-mode <http://melpa.org/#/auto-minor-mode>: Enable minor modes by file name and contents
    - dired-du <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/dired-du.html>: Dired with recursive directory sizes
    - gift-mode <http://melpa.org/#/gift-mode>: major mode for editing GIFT format quizzes
    - jemdoc-mode <http://melpa.org/#/jemdoc-mode>: Major mode for editing jemdoc files
    - json-navigator <http://melpa.org/#/json-navigator>: View and navigate JSON structures
    - kmb <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/kmb.html>: Kill buffers matching a regexp w/o confirmation
    - org-edna <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/org-edna.html>: Extensible Dependencies 'N' Actions
    - orgnav <http://melpa.org/#/orgnav>: Org tree navigation using helm
    - pfuture <http://melpa.org/#/pfuture>: a simple wrapper around asynchronous processes
    - postcss-sorting <http://melpa.org/#/postcss-sorting>: postcss-sorting interface
    - prettier-js <http://melpa.org/#/prettier-js>: Minor mode to format JS code on file save
    - qt-pro-mode <http://melpa.org/#/qt-pro-mode>: Qt Pro/Pri major mode

  Links from [reddit.com/r/emacs] (http://reddit.com/r/emacs/new), [/r/orgmode] (http://reddit.com/r/orgmode), [/r/spacemacs] (http://reddit.com/r/spacemacs), [Hacker News] (https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story), [planet.emacsen.org] (http://planet.emacsen.org), [YouTube] (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=emacs&search_sort=video_date_uploaded), the changes to the [Emacs NEWS file] (http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS), and [emacs-devel] (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-06).

  [Past Emacs News round-ups] (http://sachachua.com/blog/category/emacs-news)


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* 2017-06-05 Emacs news
- Emacs Lisp:
  - [[https://fuco1.github.io/2017-06-01-The-absolute-awesomeness-of-anchored-font-lock-matchers.html][The absolute awesomeness of anchored font-lock matchers]] - thanks to [[http://irreal.org/blog/?p=6256][Irreal]] for the link
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6f0rkz/my_fancy_eshell_prompt/][My fancy eshell prompt]]
  - [[https://smythp.com/emacs_buffers/][Emacs Buffers, Windows, and Frames Explained]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6eqkb5/emacs_buffers_windows_and_frames_explained/][Reddit]])
- Emacs development:
  - [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=53247108411a1e9d1aa5352c231fa049f3f918aa][You can now provide explicit field numbers in format specifiers]]
  - [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=cb9aa3515ac00826fd27ade7dfc829134ed38acc][New variable display-raw-bytes-as-hex]]
  - [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=75b849294656fd92e77a2a6281ff4dceaaa38475][Renamed --new-daemon to --fg-daemon and --old-daemon to --bg-daemon]]
- Navigation:
  - [[https://github.com/edkolev/evil-goggles][evil-goggles -- displays a visual hint when editing with evil-mode]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6ete05/evilgoggles_displays_a_visual_hint_when_editing/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://github.com/sebastiencs/sidebar.el][Introducing sidebar.el, a customizable file explorer with git integration]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6f9fv4/introducing_sidebarel_a_customizable_file/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/dired-du.html][ELPA - dired-du-mode gives recursive directory size in dired mode]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6elfnf/elpa_direddumode_gives_recursive_directory_size/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6facbz/workflow_with_emacs_many_bufferswindows_tiling/][Workflow with Emacs, many buffers/windows & tiling window manager?]]
- Org Mode:
  - [[http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/a-shorter-shortcut-to-capture-todo-tasks/][A shorter shortcut to capture todo tasks]]
  - [[http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2017/05/26/Org-mode-and-ipython-enhancements-in-scimax/][Org-mode and ipython enhancements in scimax]] - thanks to [[http://irreal.org/blog/?p=6254][Irreal]] for the link
  - [[https://vxlabs.com/2017/06/03/querying-restful-webservices-into-emacs-orgmode-tables/][Querying RESTful webservices into Emacs orgmode tables]]
  - [[http://karl-voit.at/2017/06/04/GitHub-Org-Wiki/][Lessons learned when creating a GitHub Wiki using orgmode files]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6f8e58/lessons_learned_when_creating_a_github_wiki_using/][Reddit]])
  - [[http://mbork.pl/2017-05-29_org-toggl][org-toggl]]
- Coding:
  - [[https://emacs.cafe/indium/emacs/javascript/2017/05/31/indium-0.6-released.html][Emacs cafe: Indium 0.6 is out!]] - JavaScript development environment
  - [[http://blog.binchen.org/posts/enhance-diff-mode-with-ivy.html][Enhance diff-mode with Ivy]]
  - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-06/msg00010.html][gited.el: : A Dired like interface for Git]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6et4g6/gitedel_a_dired_like_interface_for_git/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://blog.alex-miller.co/emacs/spacemacs/2017/05/28/yasnippets.html][YASnippet is a nice tool! You can make customizable, dynamic code snippets.]]
- Other:
  - [[https://github.com/joecannatti/soji-emacs][Soji wrapper for Emacs - Pomodoro, note-taking, meditation, reading]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6f9lvp/soji_is_a_mindful_workday_system_for_emacs_it/][Reddit]]) - see also [[https://github.com/joecannatti/soji/blob/master/README.md][bash script]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6ewa2l/emacs_setups_on_windows/][emacs setups on windows]]
- New packages:
  - http://melpa.org/#/auto-minor-mode: Enable minor modes by file name and contents
  - https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/dired-du.html: Dired with recursive directory sizes
  - http://melpa.org/#/gift-mode: major mode for editing GIFT format quizzes
  - http://melpa.org/#/jemdoc-mode: Major mode for editing jemdoc files
  - http://melpa.org/#/json-navigator: View and navigate JSON structures
  - https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/kmb.html: Kill buffers matching a regexp w/o confirmation
  - https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/org-edna.html: Extensible Dependencies 'N' Actions
  - http://melpa.org/#/orgnav: Org tree navigation using helm
  - http://melpa.org/#/pfuture: a simple wrapper around asynchronous processes
  - http://melpa.org/#/postcss-sorting: postcss-sorting interface
  - http://melpa.org/#/prettier-js: Minor mode to format JS code on file save
  - http://melpa.org/#/qt-pro-mode: Qt Pro/Pri major mode

Links from [[http://reddit.com/r/emacs/new][reddit.com/r/emacs]], [[http://reddit.com/r/orgmode][/r/orgmode]], [[http://reddit.com/r/spacemacs][/r/spacemacs]], [[https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story][Hacker News]], [[http://planet.emacsen.org][planet.emacsen.org]], [[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=emacs&search_sort=video_date_uploaded][YouTube]], the changes to the [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS][Emacs NEWS file]], and [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-06][emacs-devel]].

[[http://sachachua.com/blog/category/emacs-news][Past Emacs News round-ups]]