2021-07-19 Emacs news
=====================

  - Upcoming events:
    - Frankfurt: Emacs FFM Meetup! July 2021 <https://www.meetup.com/emacs-ffm/events/279408068/> Wed Jul 21 1000 Vancouver / 1200 Chicago / 1300 Toronto / 1700 GMT / 1900 Berlin / 2230 Kolkata -- Thu Jul 22 0100 Singapore
    - Emacs APAC (virtual, in English) <https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/> Sat Jul 24 0130 Vancouver / 0330 Chicago / 0430 Toronto / 0830 GMT / 1030 Berlin / 1400 Kolkata / 1630 Singapore
    - Emacs Berlin (virtual, in English) <https://emacs-berlin.org/> Wed Jul 28 0930 Vancouver / 1130 Chicago / 1230 Toronto / 1630 GMT / 1830 Berlin / 2200 Kolkata -- Thu Jul 29 0030 Singapore
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [How I Write Code, Track Time and Tasks, Take Notes, and Stay Organized in Emacs | Hacker News] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27817417>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/oj7dv5/in_detail_my_workflows_for_programming_note/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27817417>))
    - [System Crafters Live! - Do we really need use-package in Emacs?] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWIByv8JOrg>) (1:58:00)
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [lf.el: A Language Features library for Emacs Lisp] (<https://github.com/alhassy/lf.el>)
    - [Geoffrey Lessel's Emacs Videos] (<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLydu3IE1lef0mMa3vvHrbYR1HSOrLpKJn>) - Let's Write Some Emacs Lisp
    - [Looking for more elisp videos] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/okmtcs/looking_for_more_elisp_videos/>)
  - Emacs development:
    - [Add support for sourcehut to bug-reference.el] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=ec3b108c1f91f7adb25db46ae6aacddff762ed8a>)
    - [Allow ignoring local variable values permanently] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=da200ab0491abe17cd98ad6363c1de4dbd704c0e>)
    - [Make indent-tabs-mode into a regular mode instead of just a variable] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=c112f73668f201e8799d265e05874007fec78ca1>)
    - [Add new function 'grep-file-at-point'] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=9ee418b7b95e20fa4d8ae585f33e9b5d9316bc99>)
    - [Add lock-file-mode] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=553ad9c9e8550416d38c50aa5ec188d0b4f4d5cf>)
    - [Add new user option 'query-about-changed-file'] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=9b601d8537422886250588fce22abc4e7ef6b100>)
    - [Add new user option to abbreviate file names in save-place] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ceecac4c79df85a523a8a6bb3ace78105ff0ffe8>)
    - [Allow restoring the original order in 'tabulated-list-mode'] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=fbc9a509935f87e0627c3dba704108458f2b0389>)
    - [Rename shell-split-string to split-string-shell-command] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=28e7b5104141225f997c82c168a5e60a80caaf3e>)
    - [Add a new function 'shell-split-string'] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=4fb6cf3f38511f3ca9ceb350a41993015969bdc1>)
    - [Add new function 'insert-into-buffer'] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=210b10f3fe7d2b847f7af31276c05001c8fc0ed7>)
    - [Add remote-file-name-inhibit-locks] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=cce84822f72e6cd4af7bfa351a4da2c9bdc5bb81>)
    - [Add new user option to avoid piling on Dired buffers] (<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=5afe27624f7168713611dc9c24043091f8f820b6>)
  - Appearance:
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Modus themes 1.5.0 for GNU Emacs] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2021-07-15-modus-themes-1-5-0/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/om8g0q/protesilaos_stavrou_modus_themes_150_for_gnu_emacs/>))
  - Navigation:
    - [emacs-registers-completing-read : This is wrapper for Emacs registers with completing-read function] (<https://gitlab.com/nerding_it/emacs-registers-completing-read>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/oisswr/use_completingread_function_to_insertjump_fromto/>))
    - [Effortless Ctags with Git] (<https://tbaggery.com/2011/08/08/effortless-ctags-with-git.html>)
  - Dired:
    - [Directories First in Dired on Windows] (<http://www.nextpoint.se/?p=883>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ok4a12/directories_first_in_dired_on_windows/>))
    - [Manuel Uberti: Reuse Dired buffers] (<https://www.manueluberti.eu//emacs/2021/07/14/dired/>)
    - [Christian Tietze: Two Improvements to Open macOS Finder Window in Emacs Dired + Automator Quick Action Downloads] (<https://christiantietze.de/posts/2021/07/open-finder-window-in-dired-updates/>)
  - Calc:
    - [helm-convert: Helm interface for unit conversions in Emacs] (<https://github.com/Zacalot/helm-convert>)
    - [Emacs Calc Tricks: Comparing and Contrasting Curve fitting on spreadsheet columns using LibreOffice Calc and Emacs Calc] (<https://www.remcycles.net/blog/calc.html>)
    - [Calc formulas, all you need to know] (<https://youtu.be/afsBtpEfoG4>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/omnds3/calc_formulas_all_you_need_to_know/>))
    - [Marcin Borkowski: Counting business days] (<http://mbork.pl/2021-07-12_Counting_business_days>)
  - Writing:
    - [Emacs For Writers | Count Words, Goals In Buffer] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WexRlr4c_6U>) (09:33)
  - Org Mode:
    - [Irreal: See the Underlying Org Entry for an Agenda Item] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=9826>)
    - [I made a thing for org: bespoke completion & sparse tree view] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/oil7xw/i_made_a_thing_for_org_bespoke_completion_sparse/>)
    - [Editing formulas at the speed of light - the Org Spreadsheet] (<https://youtu.be/0HgoHiqboc4>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ok8tlq/editing_formulas_at_the_speed_of_light_the_org/>))
    - [How I achieved "named rows” in native org-table formulas] (<https://planeta.github.io/programming/emacs-can-spreadsheets/>)
    - [Nicer org ids] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ojca7q/nicer_org_ids/>)
    - [Citations merged into org-mode] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2021-07/msg00290.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/oiljph/citations_merged_into_orgmode/>))
    - [A quick preview of the next generation of 'org-ref' package] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2021-07/msg00472.html>)
    - [bag.el: convert URLs to org links with tags] (<https://dwim.nl/bagel-emacs-package-to-manage-links>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/oknesu/bagel_convert_urls_to_org_links_with_tags/>))
    - Import, export, and integration:
      - [Hindi/Devanagari presentations using orgmode, R, latex and beamer | R-bloggers] (<https://www.r-bloggers.com/2012/03/hindidevanagari-presentations-using-orgmode-r-latex-and-beamer/amp/>)
      - [ox-context: An Org Mode export backend for ConTeXt] (<https://github.com/Jason-S-Ross/ox-context/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/oitu7e/oxcontext_an_org_mode_export_backend_for_context/>))
      - [org-git-hooks - export and tangle when you commit (new project)] (<https://reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/omcc82/orggithooks_export_and_tangle_when_you_commit_new/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/omcd0h/orggithooks_export_and_tangle_when_you_commit_new/>))
      - [Publishing Articles and Books with Org Mode Export] (<https://lucidmanager.org/productivity/publishing-with-org-mode-export/>) (May 2021)
      - [export large cells in tables to odt and latex: list-->tables: org-mode-ox-odt] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2021-07/msg00375.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/oitpyx/export_large_cells_in_tables_to_odt_and_latex/>))
    - Org Roam:
      - [Org-roam V1 will be deprecated soonish. This is a new repo (with installation instructions) with the current state of V1 while the users transition to V2.] (<https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam-v1>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/OrgRoam/comments/oipzpo/orgroam_v1_will_be_deprecated_soonish_this_is_a/>))
      - [Releasing Org-roam v2 - Jethro's blog] (<https://blog.jethro.dev/posts/org_roam_v2/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/om3fjm/releasing_orgroam_v2_jethros_blog/>))
      - [Config for org-roam v2] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/omxl6n/config_for_orgroam_v2/>)
      - [Put all your org-roam files in your fingertips by extending 'consult-buffer"] (<https://dev.arcology.garden/cce/consult-buffer-org-roam>)
  - Completion:
    - [From Ivy & Counsel to Vertico & Consult] (<https://macowners.club/posts/from-ivy-to-vertico/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ol2luk/from_ivy_counsel_to_vertico_consult/>))
  - Coding:
    - [presentations/2020-jhug-emacs-for-java-developers at master · iocanel/presentations · GitHub] (<https://github.com/iocanel/presentations/tree/master/2020-jhug-emacs-for-java-developers>)
    - [Open call for an ELisp hacker to bring GitHub Copilot to Emacs (yes, really)] (<https://twitter.com/migueldeicaza/status/1415391434518171649>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/okcpf2/open_call_for_an_elisp_hacker_to_bring_github/>))
    - [emacs-secondmate: An open-source, mini imitation of GitHub Copilot using EleutherAI GPT-Neo-2.7B for Emacs] (<https://github.com/samrawal/emacs-secondmate>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/oio4a5/emacssecondmate_an_opensource_mini_imitation_of/>))
    - Magit:
      - [Everyday Git Workflow in Emacs with Magit] (<https://youtu.be/qPfJoeQCIvA>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ok7ra6/everyday_git_workflow_in_emacs_with_magit/>))
      - [Everyday Git Workflow in Emacs with Magit - Part 2] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPfJoeQCIvA&feature=youtu.be>)
      - [Christian Tietze: Open Magit for Current Repository from the Terminal] (<https://christiantietze.de/posts/2021/07/magit-from-terminal/>)
      - [Simple explanation of magit-forge fork/pull request workflow] (<https://emacspeak.blogspot.com/2020/05/github-standard-fork-and-pull-request.html>)
  - Web:
    - [Alex Schroeder: Elpher as the universal browser for Emacs] (<https://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2021-07-14_Elpher_as_the_universal_browser_for_Emacs>)
  - TRAMP:
    - [Emacs TRAMP over AWS SSM APIs] (<https://martin.baillie.id/wrote/emacs-tramp-over-aws-ssm-apis/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ojm71g/emacs_tramp_over_aws_ssm_apis/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27808531>))
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ojzv53/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>)
    - [Lars Ingebrigtsen: 9×10% – Random Thoughts] (<https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2021/07/13/9x10/>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/om8mjt/lars_ingebrigtsen_910_random_thoughts/>))
    - [Reading: Mastering Emacs: Chapter 2: The Way of Emacs (2/2)] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A84ssjhj55w>) (39:07)
  - Other:
    - [app-launcher: Launch application from Emacs] (<https://github.com/SebastienWae/app-launcher>)
    - [Package praise: Prodigy and fancy-dabbrev] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/oksdhh/package_praise_prodigy_and_fancydabbrev/>)
    - [Andrea: Moldable Emacs: capturing text from open images with an OCR mold] (<http://ag91.github.io/blog/2021/07/16/moldable-emacs-capturing-text-from-open-images-with-an-ocr-mold>)
    - [Graph Visualization of MELPA with d3] (<https://github.com/nfusionz/melpa-vis>) ([Reddit] (<https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/olpj69/graph_visualization_of_melpa_with_d3/>))
  - New packages:
    - capnp-mode <http://melpa.org/#/capnp-mode>: Major mode for editing Capn' Proto Files
    - logms <http://melpa.org/#/logms>: Log message with clickable links to context

  Links from [reddit.com/r/emacs] (<http://reddit.com/r/emacs>), [r/orgmode] (<http://reddit.com/r/orgmode>), [r/spacemacs] (<http://reddit.com/r/spacemacs>), [r/planetemacs] (<http://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/>) and [emacs-devel] (<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-07>).

  
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