2017-11-13 Emacs news

2017-11-13 Emacs news

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2017-11-13 Emacs news
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  - [Emacs SF meetup. November, 15] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7ba33o/emacs_sf_meetup_november_15/)
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [faceup - Markup language for faces and font-lock regression testing] (https://github.com/Lindydancer/faceup)
    - [The unbearable yoke of the mode-line] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7bx3ri/the_unbearable_yoke_of_the_modeline/)
  - Emacs development:
    - [Continued discussion about a Windows installer] (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-11/msg00104.html)
    - [Making custom-set-variables easier to copy and paste] (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-11/msg00311.html)
  - Navigation:
    - [Swapping Windows with Ace-window] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=6739)
    - [Inspecting log files with Emacs] (http://manuel-uberti.github.io/emacs/2017/11/11/logs/)
    - [Tiny swiper feature that you may not have noticed] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7c4bix/tiny_swiper_feature_that_you_may_not_have_noticed/)
  - Org Mode:
    - [Org clocktables I: The daily structure] (https://www.miskatonic.org/2017/11/06/clocktable/)
    - [org link shell command] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7blj9t/org_link_shell_command/)
  - Coding:
    - [counsel-etags v1.3.1 is released] (http://blog.binchen.org/posts/counsel-etags-v1-3-1-is-released-enemacsctags.html)
    - [Finally publishing commit-msg-prefix.el] (http://puntoblogspot.blogspot.com/2017/11/finally-publishing-commit-msg-prefixel.html)
    - ["After a week I must begrudgingly admit VSCode is a better editor than Emacs."] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7cawkm/after_a_week_i_must_begrudgingly_admit_vscode_is/) (also [Hacker News] (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15677249))
    - [Is there a support for --since --until in Magit?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7bp5ym/is_there_a_support_for_since_until_in_magit/)
    - [What modes do you recommend to program in python?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7bn847/what_modes_do_you_recommend_to_program_in_python/)
    - [.NET Fringe - Interview with Evelina Gabasova about F# in Emacs and Star Wars visualizations!] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ztxiTA8ZJ8) (7:38)
    - [emacs-lsp] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7c04nr/emacslsp/)
    - [An unexpected Toolbox for a Beginner Programmer] (https://thisissavo.github.io/programming/music/2017/02/03/an-unexpected-toolbox-for-a-beginner-programmer.html) (from Feb)
  - Email and news:
    - [My email workflow - an addendum] (http://mbork.pl/2017-11-12_My_email_workflow_%e2%80%93_an_addendum)
    - [Does anybody have a detailed, noob-friendly guide to email in Emacs?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7bd8v6/does_anybody_have_a_detailed_noobfriendly_guide/)
    - [Take Elfeed everywhere: Mobile rss reading Emacs-style (for free/cheap)] (http://babbagefiles.blogspot.com/2017/03/take-elfeed-everywhere-mobile-rss.html)
  - Other:
    - [More pdf-tools tricks] (http://babbagefiles.blogspot.com/2017/11/more-pdf-tools-tricks.html)
    - [More PDF-tools tweaks] (http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/more-pdf-tools-tweaks/)
    - [erc-scrolltoplace by jgkamat -- helps keeping your erc buffers readable] (https://github.com/jgkamat/erc-scrolltoplace) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7ck88g/ercscrolltoplace_by_jgkamat_helps_keeping_your/))
    - [M-x backward-sexp-reboot-laptop: further misadventures in linux laptop key re-mapping.] (https://beatworm.co.uk/blog/linux/magickal-keyspaces) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7cehkz/mx_backwardsexprebootlaptop_further_misadventures/))
    - [Keyboard macros and asynchronicity] (http://mbork.pl/2017-11-06_Keyboard_macros_and_asynchronicity)
    - [A Mediocre Tour of my Spacemacs (Emacs)] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubVDSbGESq0) (28:56)
  - Opinions and discussion:
    - [Need opinions -- could it be worthwhile to switch to Emacs after using Spacemacs?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7brlns/need_opinions_could_it_be_worthwhile_to_switch_to/)
    - [Best tablet for GUI emacs?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7bq5ff/best_tablet_for_gui_emacs/)
    - [orgmode babel vs separate .el files for emacs configuration] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7bcg9w/orgmode_babel_vs_separate_el_files_for_emacs/)
    - [Do you use Emacs as a GUI window or in the terminal? Why?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7bh79w/do_you_use_emacs_as_a_gui_window_or_in_the/)
    - [Weird uses of Emacs] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7b6erv/weird_uses_of_emacs/)
    - [Question to Hyperbole users: Whats your workflow?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7c5ry8/question_to_hyperbole_users_whats_your_workflow/)
    - [What feature do you miss most from other editors?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7bxz0v/what_feature_do_you_miss_most_from_other_editors/)
  - New package:
    - mines <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/mines.html>: Minesweeper game

  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/2017-10).


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* 2017-11-13 Emacs news
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7ba33o/emacs_sf_meetup_november_15/][Emacs SF meetup. November, 15]]
- Emacs Lisp: 
  - [[https://github.com/Lindydancer/faceup][faceup - Markup language for faces and font-lock regression testing]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7bx3ri/the_unbearable_yoke_of_the_modeline/][The unbearable yoke of the mode-line]]
- Emacs development:
  - [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-11/msg00104.html][Continued discussion about a Windows installer]]
  - [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-11/msg00311.html][Making custom-set-variables easier to copy and paste]]
- Navigation:
  - [[http://irreal.org/blog/?p=6739][Swapping Windows with Ace-window]]
  - [[http://manuel-uberti.github.io/emacs/2017/11/11/logs/][Inspecting log files with Emacs]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7c4bix/tiny_swiper_feature_that_you_may_not_have_noticed/][Tiny swiper feature that you may not have noticed]]
- Org Mode:
  - [[https://www.miskatonic.org/2017/11/06/clocktable/][Org clocktables I: The daily structure]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7blj9t/org_link_shell_command/][org link shell command]]
- Coding:
  - [[http://blog.binchen.org/posts/counsel-etags-v1-3-1-is-released-enemacsctags.html][counsel-etags v1.3.1 is released]]
  - [[http://puntoblogspot.blogspot.com/2017/11/finally-publishing-commit-msg-prefixel.html][Finally publishing commit-msg-prefix.el]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7cawkm/after_a_week_i_must_begrudgingly_admit_vscode_is/]["After a week I must begrudgingly admit VSCode is a better editor than Emacs."]] (also [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15677249][Hacker News]])
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7bp5ym/is_there_a_support_for_since_until_in_magit/][Is there a support for --since --until in Magit?]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7bn847/what_modes_do_you_recommend_to_program_in_python/][What modes do you recommend to program in python?]]
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ztxiTA8ZJ8][.NET Fringe - Interview with Evelina Gabasova about F# in Emacs and Star Wars visualizations!]] (7:38)
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7c04nr/emacslsp/][emacs-lsp]]
  - [[https://thisissavo.github.io/programming/music/2017/02/03/an-unexpected-toolbox-for-a-beginner-programmer.html][An unexpected Toolbox for a Beginner Programmer]] (from Feb)
- Email and news:
  - [[http://mbork.pl/2017-11-12_My_email_workflow_%e2%80%93_an_addendum][My email workflow - an addendum]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7bd8v6/does_anybody_have_a_detailed_noobfriendly_guide/][Does anybody have a detailed, noob-friendly guide to email in Emacs?]]
  - [[http://babbagefiles.blogspot.com/2017/03/take-elfeed-everywhere-mobile-rss.html][Take Elfeed everywhere: Mobile rss reading Emacs-style (for free/cheap)]]
- Other:
  - [[http://babbagefiles.blogspot.com/2017/11/more-pdf-tools-tricks.html][More pdf-tools tricks]]
  - [[http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/more-pdf-tools-tweaks/][More PDF-tools tweaks]]
  - [[https://github.com/jgkamat/erc-scrolltoplace][erc-scrolltoplace by jgkamat -- helps keeping your erc buffers readable]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7ck88g/ercscrolltoplace_by_jgkamat_helps_keeping_your/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://beatworm.co.uk/blog/linux/magickal-keyspaces][M-x backward-sexp-reboot-laptop: further misadventures in linux laptop key re-mapping.]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7cehkz/mx_backwardsexprebootlaptop_further_misadventures/][Reddit]])
  - [[http://mbork.pl/2017-11-06_Keyboard_macros_and_asynchronicity][Keyboard macros and asynchronicity]]
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubVDSbGESq0][A Mediocre Tour of my Spacemacs (Emacs)]] (28:56)
- Opinions and discussion:
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7brlns/need_opinions_could_it_be_worthwhile_to_switch_to/][Need opinions -- could it be worthwhile to switch to Emacs after using Spacemacs?]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7bq5ff/best_tablet_for_gui_emacs/][Best tablet for GUI emacs?]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7bcg9w/orgmode_babel_vs_separate_el_files_for_emacs/][orgmode babel vs separate .el files for emacs configuration]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7bh79w/do_you_use_emacs_as_a_gui_window_or_in_the/][Do you use Emacs as a GUI window or in the terminal? Why?]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7b6erv/weird_uses_of_emacs/][Weird uses of Emacs]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7c5ry8/question_to_hyperbole_users_whats_your_workflow/][Question to Hyperbole users: Whats your workflow?]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7bxz0v/what_feature_do_you_miss_most_from_other_editors/][What feature do you miss most from other editors?]]
- New package:
  - https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/mines.html: Minesweeper game

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/2017-10][emacs-devel]].