2023-10-30 Emacs news
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  - Upcoming events:
    - EmacsATX: Emacs Social <https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/295467663/> Wed Nov 1 1630 America/Vancouver - 1830 America/Chicago - 1930 America/Toronto - 2330 Etc/GMT -- Thu Nov 2 0030 Europe/Berlin - 0500 Asia/Kolkata - 0730 Asia/Singapore
    - Emacs Paris (virtual, in French) <https://www.emacs-doctor.com/emacs-paris-user-group/> Thu Nov 2 0930 America/Vancouver - 1130 America/Chicago - 1230 America/Toronto - 1630 Etc/GMT - 1730 Europe/Berlin - 2200 Asia/Kolkata -- Fri Nov 3 0030 Asia/Singapore
    - Emacs.si (in person): Emacs.si meetup #12 2023 (v #živo) <https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/b292e3d3-2c53-4c00-b86a-f1bbff4c97b5> Thu Nov 2 1900 CET
    - M-x Research (contact them for password): TBA <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Fri Nov 3 0900 America/Vancouver - 1100 America/Chicago - 1200 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Sat Nov 4 0000 Asia/Singapore
    - Mastering Emacs book club <https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/> Fri Nov 3 1200 America/Vancouver - 1400 America/Chicago - 1500 America/Toronto - 1900 Etc/GMT - 2000 Europe/Berlin -- Sat Nov 4 0030 Asia/Kolkata - 0300 Asia/Singapore
    - Mastering Emacs book club <https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/> Sat Nov 4 0200 America/Vancouver - 0400 America/Chicago - 0500 America/Toronto - 0900 Etc/GMT - 1000 Europe/Berlin - 1430 Asia/Kolkata - 1700 Asia/Singapore
    - Mastering Emacs book club <https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/> Sun Nov 5 0200 America/Vancouver - 0400 America/Chicago - 0500 America/Toronto - 1000 Etc/GMT - 1100 Europe/Berlin - 1530 Asia/Kolkata - 1800 Asia/Singapore
    - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) <https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs> Fri Nov 10 1800 Europe/Paris
    - Emacs.si (in person): Emacs.si meetup #11 2023 (#online) <https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/e4748f47-63cc-4891-8c11-ce288c3b9f4b> Fri Nov 10 2000 CET
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [goofansu's Doom Emacs Config] (<https://git.sr.ht/~goofansu/doom-config>)
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [The conception and depiction of lines in Emacs (Advanced Topic)] (<https://youtube.com/watch?v=oqsFzJdFACE&si=St__7rWVvEkbUtqV>)
  - Appearance:
    - [Charles Choi: Customizing the Emacs Tools Menu] (<http://yummymelon.com/devnull/customizing-the-emacs-tools-menu.html>) ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11732>))
    - [New package: mini-echo.el] (<https://github.com/liuyinz/mini-echo.el>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/17gd9ph/new_package_miniechoel/>))
    - [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: ef-themes version 1.4.0] (<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2023-10-26-ef-themes-1-4-0/>)
    - [Get Emacs to Look like the Pulsar/Atom Editor] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnnGPVMyt2w>) (02:12)
  - Navigation:
    - [Wai Hon: Options to Replace String in Large Scale] (<https://whhone.com/posts/large-scale-replace-string/>)
    - [Can Emacs do this? – Yes, Emacs can do this] (<https://www.youtube.com/shorts/U8-KM6WfzcU>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/17g0kcm/can_emacs_do_this_yes_emacs_can_do_this/>)) - visual-regexp
  - Writing:
    - [Dictionary Integrations | starbreaker.org] (<https://starbreaker.org/blog/emacs/dictionary-integrations/index.html>)
    - [Overleaf vs. Emacs for two-way LaTeX-PDF navigation] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUbvudauyA8>) (04:43)
  - Org Mode:
    - [Share your org-mode agenda theme/screenshot (elisp included to auto-generate based on sample org file)] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/17h6qvt/share_your_orgmode_agenda_themescreenshot_elisp/>)
    - [org-ql-open-link (new command offers links in matching Org entries with completion and opens the selected one directly)] (<https://github.com/alphapapa/org-ql#org-ql-open-link>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/17g04yr/orgqlopenlink_new_command_offers_links_in/>))
    - [Release v0.7.3 · alphapapa/org-ql] (<https://github.com/alphapapa/org-ql/releases/tag/v0.7.3>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/17ez5en/release_v073_alphapapaorgql/>))
    - [Sacha Chua: #EmacsConf backstage: automatically updating talk status from the crontab] (<https://sachachua.com/blog/2023/10/emacsconf-backstage-automatically-updating-talk-status-from-the-crontab/>)
    - [Sacha Chua: #EmacsConf backstage: coordinating captioning volunteers using a backstage area] (<https://sachachua.com/blog/2023/10/emacsconf-backstage-coordinating-captioning-volunteers-using-a-backstage-area/>) (Org and TRAMP)
    - Org development:
      - [org-clock-out-removed-last-clock: New variable to be used by `org-clock-hook'] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=2b15e789ae7b5e900106940587648edfe5e27d80>)
  - Coding:
    - [Emacs Goodies - #24 Json Pretty] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mQee2tVVqo>) (02:09)
    - [Getting Started with OCaml (in Emacs)] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=377B6epeg_w>) (14:55)
    - [Reloading a changed python file in emacs python shell] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnGJQfviq4w>) (04:00)
    - [Alvaro Ramirez: Open in Xcode at line number] (<http://xenodium.com/open-in-xcode-at-line-number>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/17fj16p/emacs_open_file_in_xcode_at_same_line/>), [Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11730>))
  - Shells:
    - [Eric MacAdie: Starting the Transition to Eshell] (<https://macadie.info/2023/10/26/starting-the-transition-to-eshell/>)
    - [Andrey Listopadov: You don't need a terminal emulator] (<https://andreyor.st/posts/2023-10-27-you-dont-need-a-terminal-emulator/>)
  - Mail, news, and chat:
    - [Script in Elisp to generate a unified RSS feed with several feeds] (<https://github.com/tanrax/self-rssingle.el>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/17gqyq1/script_in_elisp_to_generate_a_unified_rss_feed/>))
  - Multimedia:
    - [Listen To Internet Radio With Emacs And Eradio] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8p3zXSzY4c>) (09:25)
  - Fun:
    - [James Dyer: Digital Art Using Artist Mode #1] (<https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20231027211128-emacs--famous-film-using-artist-mode/>) ([YouTube] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JZ6ljIRGus>), 02:22)
  - AI:
    - [Ellama moved to llm library and now supports proprietary LLMs as well as open source] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/17hvcsi/ellama_moved_to_llm_library_and_now_supports/>)
    - [Ollama on Emacs with Ellama] (<https://i.redd.it/g3x7pjlw65xb1.png>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/17j2v8a/ollama_on_emacs_with_ellama/>))
    - [gptel 0.5.0: with multi/local LLM support] (<https://i.imgur.com/M9XNYjo.mp4>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/17ixydg/gptel_050_with_multilocal_llm_support/>))
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/17fzvmx/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>)
    - [Eric MacAdie: 2023-10 Austin Emacs Meetup] (<https://macadie.info/2023/10/25/2023-10-austin-emacs-meetup/>)
  - Other:
    - [third-time: Third Time support for Emacs. See https://ift.tt/vwXVPo2] (<https://git.sr.ht/~swflint/third-time>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/17j35rp/thirdtime_third_time_support_for_emacs_see/>))
    - [A literate Org document on building Emacs from source - conditionally for RedHat or Debian] (<https://gitlab.com/spudlyo/orgdemo2>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/17i0v03/a_literate_org_document_on_building_emacs_from/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38054267>))
    - [Sacha Chua: #EmacsConf backstage: autopilot with crontab] (<https://sachachua.com/blog/2023/10/emacsconf-backstage-autopilot-with-crontab/>)
    - [Redumping with pdumper] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/17g6n6e/redumping_with_pdumper/>)
  - Emacs development:
    - emacs-devel:
      - [proposal for inline completion mechanism] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-10/msg00693.html>)
        - [difference between company and corfu, dependency on popon which is in NonGNU ELPA (and blocks corfu from going into ELPA or core)] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-10/msg00772.html>)
        - [also more about company vs corfu] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-10/msg00758.html>)
      - [recent texinfo behavior change re: non-ASCII characters] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-10/msg00509.html>)
      - [continuation of cl-lib discussion] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-10/msg00726.html>), [what's missing in elisp] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-10/msg00731.html>)
        - [difficulty of using cl-lib] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-10/msg00680.html>)
      - [disabling native compilation] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-10/msg00668.html>)
    - [Add 'server-eval-args-left' to server.el] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=683efb8de5ac3a2ba5ecc073d8c912ec6a61191d>) ([documentation fix] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=cb86120272042df9420a726b3a754d58f300f350>))
    - [Add 'case-symbols-as-words' to configure symbol case behavior] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=5c8fc0b0594b1e3af43d86c0bc96e10d03bc75a2>)
    - [Add easy customization for dir-locals files (Bug#66702)] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=c79ea103efd6fa3004c14f373305a17c49d6462d>)
    - [Remove highlighting trailing whitespace from cperl-mode] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=2ec90ac8ffc3075efc55c7a3f1d2e5e62d895d36>)
    - [Enable DND handlers to receive more than one URI at a time] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=11f44ec6dda8660ad5270ee7c76d8b48062dc327>)
    - [cperl-mode.el: Make commands and options for Perl info pages obsolete.] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=b62ad00981ec98fc07fd798a4e6e75c90aad9200>)
    - [Add toggle-window-dedicated command and mode-line-window-dedicated] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=1d60139a8073c1293b75e41390f2b58bc2eb7943>)
    - [Prefer HTTPS in `M-x webjump´] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8fef7150d6be20b1a2154d501f75bee4977328b5>)
    - [Add a new Eshell special reference type for markers] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=64aa01f60ad17af2bd438895a19343f3c369bc43>)
    - [Make NSM warn if DH key exchange has less than 2048 bit primes] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=d2830c9f319d33f68fad4966ccf9d6b272233973>)
    - [Warn about 3DES when network-security-level is medium] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=dbcaaf375f285a42ff1a81c313a454264374cbdb>)
    - [Remove gmane.org support from nnweb] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ad47beb8231524457fb9415a823db7c224793839>)
  - New packages:
    - chip8 <https://melpa.org/#/chip8>: A CHIP-8 emulator (MELPA)
    - flymake-eask <https://melpa.org/#/flymake-eask>: Eask support in Flymake (MELPA)
    - kanagawa-theme <https://melpa.org/#/kanagawa-theme>: Retro elegant theme (MELPA)
    - mini-echo <https://melpa.org/#/mini-echo>: Echo buffer status in minibuffer window (MELPA)
    - perspective-project-bridge <https://melpa.org/#/perspective-project-bridge>: Integration of perspective.el + project.el (MELPA)
    - surround <https://melpa.org/#/surround>: Easily add/delete/change parens, quotes, and more (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>), [communick.news] (<https://communick.news/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New>), [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>), [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/2023-10>). 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!