* 2024-06-10 Emacs news
- Upcoming events:
  - OrgMeetup (virtual) https://bbb.emacsverse.org/b/iho-h7r-qg8-led Wed Jun 12 0900 America/Vancouver - 1100 America/Chicago - 1200 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1800 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Jun 13 0000 Asia/Singapore
  - EmacsSF: Emacs Lisp Hacking Night: Debugging (Hybrid) https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/301454544/ Thu Jun 13 1800 America/Vancouver - 2000 America/Chicago - 2100 America/Toronto -- Fri Jun 14 0100 Etc/GMT - 0300 Europe/Berlin - 0630 Asia/Kolkata - 0900 Asia/Singapore
  - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs Fri Jun 14 1800 Europe/Paris
  - M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Wed Jun 19 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
  - Emacs APAC (virtual) https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/ Sat Jun 22 0130 America/Vancouver - 0330 America/Chicago - 0430 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT - 1030 Europe/Berlin - 1400 Asia/Kolkata - 1630 Asia/Singapore
- Emacs configuration:
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1d8ekjz/fyi_option_helpenablevariablevalueediting/][FYI: Option `help-enable-variable-value-editing`]]
  - [[https://www.rousette.org.uk/archives/on-the-emacs-from-scratch-cycle/][But She's a Girl: On the 'Emacs From Scratch' cycle]]
- Emacs Lisp:
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1da99bp/how_to_quickly_find_the_emacs_lisp_function_you/][How to quickly find the Emacs Lisp function you need when writing Emacs Lisp code]] - see tips in comments
  - [[https://goykhman.ca/gene/blog/2024-06-09-always-yes-in-emacs-lisp.html][Always Yes in Emacs Lisp]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@genegoykhman/112589080260640831][@genegoykhman@mastodon.social]])
  - [[https://github.com/ichernyshovvv/read-duration.el][read-duration.el - time duration reader]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1d829f1/readdurationel_time_duration_reader/][Reddit]])
- Appearance:
  - [[https://codeberg.org/theesm/simple-set-backlight.el][theesm/simple-set-backlight.el - Codeberg.org]] ([[https://emacs.ch/@thees/112583346054815330][@thees@emacs.ch]])
  - [[https://lmno.lol/alvaro/hey-mouse-dont-mess-with-my-emacs-font-size][Alvaro Ramirez: Hey mouse, dont mess with my Emacs font size]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1dah5h3/avoid_inadvertently_changing_font_size_when/][Reddit]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12228][Irreal]])
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_18ICdAmlTg][A Composition of Emacs Themes that is even ok]] (06:42, [[https://mastodon.catgirl.cloud/@mekeor/112577706405214621][@mekeor@mastodon.catgirl.cloud]])
  - [[https://github.com/amolv06/zathura-sync-theme][Zathura-sync-theme: A package that automatically synchronizes Zathura's colorscheme with your emacs theme]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1dbcpvp/zathurasynctheme_a_package_that_automatically/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://i.redd.it/cpz6scofgp5d1.png][A trans-themed Emacs wallpaper (based on Maria Shanina's Desert Nights)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1dcgng4/a_transthemed_emacs_wallpaper_based_on_maria/][Reddit]])
- Navigation:
  - [[https://dev.to/rajasegar/vim-style-repeatable-key-bindings-for-navigating-windows-in-emacs-5c4l][Vim-style repeatable key bindings for navigating windows in Emacs]]
  - [[https://christiantietze.de/posts/2024/06/fold-search-results-away-in-rg-el/][Christian Tietze: Fold Search Results Away in rg.el]]
  - [[http://yummymelon.com/devnull/announcing-casual-info.html][Announcing Casual Info]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1d7b6vz/announcing_casual_info/][Reddit]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12222][Irreal]])
- Writing:
  - [[https://borretti.me/article/the-best-emacs-microfeature][The Best Emacs Microfeature]] - fill-paragraph ([[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40583976][HN]])
  - [[https://github.com/chenyanming/paw][Finally, paw.el is out. Annotation + Language learning tool in emacs.]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1d7t6pl/finally_penel_is_out_annatation_language_learning/][Reddit]])
- Org Mode:
  - [[https://janusworx.com/blog/note-to-self-linking-to-a-headline-in-an-org-file/][Mario Jason Braganza: Note to Self, Linking to a Headline in an Org File]]
  - [[https://taonaw.com/2024/06/07/rethinking-and-reorganizing.html][Rethinking and organizing my life with org-mode (part 2) - now.org]] ([[https://fosstodon.org/@jtr/112575154091790231][@jtr@fosstodon.org]])
  - [[https://howardism.org/Technical/Emacs/getting-more-boxes-done.html][Getting Boxes Done, the Code]] ([[https://emacs.ch/@howard/112575731842276416][@howard@emacs.ch]])
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR33TetzSkU][Emacs Org File Headings Expand And Collapse Via Keystrokes 2024_06_08_14:56:00]] (02:08)
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWfx7h8NzwY][Emacs Org Mode Emphasis Markers 2024_06_08_02:50:23]] (07:52)
  - [[https://github.com/novoid/dot-emacs/blob/964826c4fe99a6c293ba7cfaa78fedd239286f47/config.org#my-add-description--my-map-u][my-url-linkify with my-add-description, now also sets the description of an ID-link to the heading]] ([[https://graz.social/@publicvoit/112582948662128779][@publicvoit@graz.social]])
  - [[https://github.com/orgtre/ankiorg][orgtre/ankiorg: Emacs anki-editor add-on which pulls Anki notes to Org]]
  - [[https://github.com/anki-editor/anki-editor][anki-editor/anki-editor: Emacs minor mode for making Anki cards with Org Mode]] - maintained fork supports newer Anki features
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1d7gi57/orgkrita_and_orgxournalpp_with_custom_link/][org-krita and org-xournalpp with custom link]]
  - [[https://git.sr.ht/~bkhl/ob-jira/tree/main/item/ob-jira.el][ob-jira]] ([[https://emacs.ch/@bkhl/112578099562760401][@bkhl@emacs.ch]])
  - Org development:
    - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=0c066946668a47c7679de99121dba13d57811c15][etc/ORG-NEWS: Announce removal of searching inside hidden parts of links]]
    - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=266bd1c4a0e158f15473c64232b7a606c1534bc2][org-capture-templates: New placeholder to refer to %^{prompt}X answers]]
    - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=e6c5f25c13dffa8f9b7b7bf61644cee272ec6a57][org-babel-exp-code: Fix exporting src blocks with :var arguments]]
    - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=55e8068d6910f2457eb9369171ec8aa91930d270][ol: Add support for shortdoc link type]]
    - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=c426f49364ac0effb89ef4da47e1450994c3ddba][org-babel-latex-process-alist: Use latemk or run latex trice]]
- Denote:
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2l_EShllus][Crafting Note-Taking Extensions for Denote - System Crafters Live!]] (01:58:18)
- Completion:
  - [[https://takeonrules.com/2024/06/08/adding-a-consult-function-for-visualizing-xref/][Jeremy Friesen: Adding a Consult Function for Visualizing Xref]]
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLBNpNu65ik][Emacs Consult Git Is A Way To See All The Files Of A Git Repo In Minibuffer_2024_06_10 00:47:48]] (07:41)
- Coding:
  - [[https://framagit.org/jeko/guile-gunit64][jeko / Gunit64 · GitLab - tools to fire up SRFI64 tests]] ([[https://framapiaf.org/@jeko/112580091405158800][@jeko@framapiaf.org]])
  - [[https://mastodon.sdf.org/@screwtape/112584924811770807][Live-coding: Hot-recompiling Lisp interface design with CLIM]]
  - [[https://toobnix.org/w/2WYHBTHGvRQ8pUSVmKhKGg][Live clim org emacs lisp slime first steps - 5/31/2024, 12:43:14 AM - toobnix]] ([[https://mastodon.sdf.org/@screwtape/112556846349798338][@screwtape@mastodon.sdf.org]])
  - [[https://jonathanj.in/kele.el/references/changelog/][Kele (Kubernetes management package) 0.6.0 released]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1dazuq6/kele_kubernetes_management_package_060_released/][Reddit]]) - kind-specific keybindings, permission-based keybindings, resource listing
  - [[https://erick.navarro.io/blog/mermaid-preview-using-wxwidget-browser/][Mermaid preview using wxwidget browser]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1d8rlyw/mermaid_preview_using_wxwidget_browser/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://youtu.be/1Jp_EdRf4rs?si=6H6-KNysmjzpC-Ir][Kyle Meyer: A Tour of Magit]]
- Math:
  - [[https://github.com/kickingvegas/Casual/releases/tag/1.6.0][Casual Calc 1.6.0 update, renamed casual-main-menu to casual-calc-tmenu]] ([[https://sfba.social/@kickingvegas/112567143467972071][@kickingvegas@sfba.social]])
- Shells:
  - [[https://lmno.lol/alvaro/imenu-on-emacs-eshell][imenu on Emacs eshell]] ([[https://indieweb.social/@xenodium/112580662409838161][@xenodium@indieweb.social]])
- Mail, news, and chat:
  - [[https://codeberg.org/mattof/rcirc-sqlite][rcirc-sqlite update: toggle display of server in channel name with ( and )]] ([[https://emacs.ch/@mattof/112571403663929774][@mattof@emacs.ch]])
- Doom Emacs:
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf4wiY5bchk][update: doom emacs && dotfile management]] (07:59) - welcome to the Emacs community, bashbunni!
- Community:
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1d8kpjb/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/][Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1dcj2pi/emacs_and_me/][Emacs and me]]
  - [[https://emacs.si/zapisniki/2024-06-06.html][Zapisnik sestanka čet 6. 6. 2024]] ([[https://toot.si/@len/112580782829103731][@len@toot.si]])
  - [[https://macadie.info/2024/06/08/2024-06-austin-emacs-meetup/][Eric MacAdie: 2024-06 Austin Emacs Meetup]]
- Other:
  - [[https://danielde.dev/blog/what-emacs-got-right][What Emacs got right, or how I wish modern apps were more like a 50 year old text editor]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1d9k813/what_emacs_got_right_or_how_i_wish_modern_apps/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://github.com/scovl/pomodoro][scovl/pomodoro: A simple emacs pomodoro timer]] ([[https://hachyderm.io/@lobocode/112587254234617588][@lobocode@hachyderm.io]])
  - [[https://mastodon.xyz/@mfranc/112583656311051998][Sunrise/sunset and lunar phases]]
  - [[https://github.com/alphapapa/hammy.el/releases/tag/v0.3][Release v0.3 · hammy.el: Simple, programmable timers for Emacs (intervals, one-shot, etc)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1dau5j8/release_v03_hammyel_simple_programmable_timers/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12220][Irreal: TABs or Spaces]]
  - [[https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2024/06/04/using-emacs-to-monitor-dbus/][Lars Ingebrigtsen: Using Emacs to Monitor Dbus]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12226][Irreal]])
  - [[http://yummymelon.com/devnull/announcing-a-plan-to-change-some-casual-package-names.html][Announcing a plan to change some Casual package names]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1dbe0l8/announcing_a_plan_to_change_some_casual_package/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://github.com/neetware/emacsOS][neetware/emacsOS: EmacsOS Linux installer]] - installs Emacs and X, changes OS name from Debian/Arch to emacsOS, starts Emacs when X starts
- Emacs development:
  - emacs-devel:
    - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-06/msg00099.html][Maintaining support for really old systems]]
      - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-06/msg00066.html][also a note about locale.h and Android 4.4 or earlier]]
    - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-06/msg00150.html][Help wanted Re: master 5eb729c0b36 1/2: Report touch events on MS-Windows]] - just need to [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-06/msg00166.html][build Emacs, verify that the toolbar works and touch-screen gestures are recognized properly]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=060c48435f49eb03019cc9eb7f1657f756f56ceb][cperl-mode.el: Update for the current Perl version 5.040]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=12d44fe6420e84eab8f750f9a0f8cd73c3e70bb2][* etc/NEWS: Announce Org update.]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8254e50e2d892453004d453c58b54947d14f123a][Text improvements for the documentation of 'some-window' (bug#70949)]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=5eb729c0b36a31869cf4928bc7bf5111b6f59ebb][Report touch events on MS-Windows]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=a5c0d682b10fa60925641c6abc3a5dbee024fa46][Add documentation for window-tool-bar package]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=19806248167b9c4edaadbf4ed428a62fd8c5e412][Add new command 'package-vc-log-incoming']]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8253228d55b368ad7ea4d66d802059e8afff2b12][(hack-dir-local-get-variables-functions): New hook]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3ecc6b4f3c2b070ed2c4463e2c5d8755ccc19f1c][(find-auto-coding): Provide filename to `auto-coding-functions`]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=d4bbffe83d85662f3c168870df6916187f654088][read-process-output-max: Increase the default value]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=bbc18031aff6f22a1f2b63355f18f294fbdeb797][Go around calling the default process filter (reducing GC churn)]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=2fac71255f2e216481f956ad318378cdfddb9402][Be more efficient when buffering output in Eshell]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=979365eef2f09e2c9d21cbf5ff0d350b210d4127][Add new alist entry 'some-window' for 'display-buffer-use-some-window']]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=b18bdbb2c1ea004a3ad8f7c1716fcbc6a61ef927][* lisp/buff-menu.el: Mark all entries in outline.]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=23ef989935d38fe5c2c105933ae5f4d692656c72][Add 'sqlite-execute-batch' command]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=636461686f1d36388d4523cbb10eb7ec3bbbd63e][Add manual entry for treesit-primary-parser]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=2ee3edce3f5de55fc11997f522cbe2f00a4471fd][Revert "New function treesit-parser-changed-ranges"]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=4395f4d4530db77156b20209c1a81dce22c6e62d][New commands to show/hide outlines by regexp (bug#49731)]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=a525cfb3af0c49c5c64e8af548ab23d086348fed][New variable 'revert-buffer-restore-functions' (bug#69511)]]
- New packages:
  - denote-citar-sections: Universal Sidecar sections for citar-denote (MELPA)
  - denote-sections: Universal Sidecar Sections for Denote (MELPA)
  - qwen-chat-shell: Qwen-chat shell + buffer insert commands (MELPA)
  - regswap: Functionality for swapping two regions (MELPA)
  - vim-tab-bar: Vim-like tab bar (MELPA)
  - wiz: Macros to simplify startup initialization (MELPA)

Links from [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs][reddit.com/r/emacs]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode][r/orgmode]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/spacemacs][r/spacemacs]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs][r/planetemacs]], [[https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story][Hacker News]], [[https://lobste.rs/search?q=emacs&what=stories&order=newest][lobste.rs]], [[https://kbin.social/m/emacs/newest][kbin]], [[https://programming.dev/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New][programming.dev]], [[https://lemmy.ml/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New][lemmy]], [[https://communick.news/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New][communick.news]], [[https://planet.emacslife.com][planet.emacslife.com]], [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4th0AZixyREOtvxDpdxC9oMuX7Ar7Sdt][YouTube]], [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS][the Emacs NEWS file]], [[https://emacslife.com/calendar/][Emacs Calendar]], and [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-06][emacs-devel]]. Thanks to Andrés Ramírez for emacs-devel links. Do you have an Emacs-related link or announcement? Please e-mail me at [[mailto:sacha@sachachua.com][sacha@sachachua.com]]. Thank you!