2023-09-04 Emacs news
=====================

  - Help wanted:
    - [Treesit next steps] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-09/msg00130.html>)
    - [Volunteers to try out other bugtracking workflows] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-08/msg01216.html>)
  - Upcoming events:
    - EmacsATX: Emacs Social <https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/295467656/> Wed Sep 6 1630 America/Vancouver - 1830 America/Chicago - 1930 America/Toronto - 2330 Etc/GMT -- Thu Sep 7 0130 Europe/Berlin - 0500 Asia/Kolkata - 0730 Asia/Singapore
    - Emacs Paris (virtual, in French) <https://www.emacs-doctor.com/emacs-paris-user-group/> Thu Sep 7 0830 America/Vancouver - 1030 America/Chicago - 1130 America/Toronto - 1530 Etc/GMT - 1730 Europe/Berlin - 2100 Asia/Kolkata - 2330 Asia/Singapore
    - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) <https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs> Fri Sep 8 1800 Europe/Paris
    - Mastering Emacs book club <https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/> Fri Sep 8 1200 America/Vancouver - 1400 America/Chicago - 1500 America/Toronto - 1900 Etc/GMT - 2100 Europe/Berlin -- Sat Sep 9 0030 Asia/Kolkata - 0300 Asia/Singapore
    - Mastering Emacs book club <https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/> Sat Sep 9 0200 America/Vancouver - 0400 America/Chicago - 0500 America/Toronto - 0900 Etc/GMT - 1100 Europe/Berlin - 1430 Asia/Kolkata - 1700 Asia/Singapore
    - Mastering Emacs book club <https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/> Sun Sep 10 0200 America/Vancouver - 0400 America/Chicago - 0500 America/Toronto - 0900 Etc/GMT - 1100 Europe/Berlin - 1430 Asia/Kolkata - 1700 Asia/Singapore
    - OrgMeetup (virtual) <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2023-08/msg00591.html> Wed Sep 13 0900 America/Vancouver - 1100 America/Chicago - 1200 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1800 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Sep 14 0000 Asia/Singapore
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [T. V. Raman: Emacs Ergonomics: Dont Punish Your Finger Tips] (<https://emacspeak.blogspot.com/2023/09/emacs-ergonomics-dont-punish-your.html>)
    - [Hassle-Free Emacs Setup: The Ultimate Beginner's Guide (Part 1) 🔥] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1fgZRgNhf4>) (16:31)
    - [scamx: A modal editing mechanism for emacs] (<https://github.com/MagiFeeney/scamx>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/164b371/an_experimental_modal_editing_mechanism_for_emacs/>))
    - [Emacs "god" mode - an alternative to evil-mode] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI7xsU9XPZk>) (04:14)
    - [Emacs Modified for (macOS|Windows)] (<https://emacs-modified.gitlab.io/>)
    - [Crafted Emacs Update for August and Another New Teammate — Bowmansarrow] (<https://jeffbowman.writeas.com/crafted-emacs-update-for-august-and-another-new-teammate>)
    - [scottstav's Emacs Config] (<https://github.com/scottstav/dotfiles/tree/master/.emacs.d>)
    - [skangas' Emacs configuration] (<https://github.com/skangas/dot-emacs>)
  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [Mike Zamansky: Learning Elisp 9: writing a function header] (<https://cestlaz.github.io/post/learning-elisp-9/>) - defun, save-excursion, eros-mode ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/165bxou/learning_elisp_episode_9_writing_a_function_header/>), [Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11600>))
    - [What influence does case-fold-search have on searches in Emacs Lisp?] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGZCZe5qLUE>) (02:16)
    - [Learn Emacs Lisp One Sexp At A Time | minibuffer.tonyaldon.com] (<https://minibuffer.tonyaldon.com/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/163n3ob/learn_emacs_lisp_one_sexp_at_a_time/>))
      - [How to search for regexp in buffers in Emacs Lisp? | re-search-forward] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD7dNcBavnI>) (02:16)
      - [How to replace regexp in buffers in Emacs Lisp? | replace-regexp] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPup0RjLLmo>) (02:15)
      - [How to list files in a given directory in Emacs Lisp? | directory-files-and-attributes - dolist] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PgMa8bzcv4>) (02:19)
      - [How to insert strings in a given buffer in Emacs Lisp? | with-current-buffer - get-buffer-create] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXlmNjYpjNY>) (2:17, [Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/165jsvd/how_to_insert_strings_in_a_given_buffer_in_emacs/>))
      - [How to turn a function into a command in Emacs Lisp?] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8IJz25EDeA&ab_channel=TonyAldon>) interactive ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/164mhny/how_to_turn_a_function_into_a_command_in_emacs/>))
    - [Sacha Chua: How I keep track of new Emacs packages] (<https://sachachua.com/blog/2023/09/how-i-keep-track-of-new-emacs-packages/>)
  - Appearance:
    - [James Dyer: My Evolving Modeline] (<https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20230902114449-emacs--my-evolving-modeline/>)
    - [Settings for transparent notes on top of a presentation in Emacs 29] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/164n9p5/settings_for_transparent_notes_on_top_of_a/>)
    - [whame/fontify-patch: Fontify Emacs buffers that contain patch diffs] (<https://github.com/whame/fontify-patch>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/168wcqm/fontifypatch_a_package_to_fontify_patches_in/>))
    - [elastic-modes: spaceship-mode and tabble-mode: text/code alignment for variable-width fonts] (<https://github.com/jyp/elastic-modes>)
    - [Introducing the Naga-Blue theme] (<https://github.com/amolv06/naga-blue>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1685e74/introducing_the_nagablue_theme/>))
  - Navigation:
    - [Release v0.3 · alphapapa/burly.el (Save and restore frames and windows with their buffers)] (<https://github.com/alphapapa/burly.el/releases/tag/0.3>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1662nzl/release_v03_alphapapaburlyel_save_and_restore/>))
  - Org Mode:
    - [My Task Management using Emacs and Org-mode] (<https://deniskyashif.com/2023/08/28/task-management-using-emacs-and-org-mode/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/166gld6/my_task_management_using_emacs_and_orgmode/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37340343>))
    - [Charles Choi: Addendum - Defining Repeating Org Agenda Tasks] (<http://yummymelon.com/devnull/addendum---defining-repeating-org-agenda-tasks.html>)
    - [org-memento: (WIP) An opinionated framework for time management with Org mode] (<https://github.com/akirak/org-memento>)
    - [orgmode-balance: Script that gives feedback on how you are doing in your Org-mode todos] (<https://github.com/novoid/orgmode-balance>) (2013)
    - [[ANN] org-timeblock: Multi-day views] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1641n9a/ann_orgtimeblock_multiday_views/>)
    - [org-du: Visualizing Emacs Org-mode heading lines using du and xdu] (<https://github.com/novoid/org-du>)
    - [devcarbon-com/entable: Small emacs package for easy header <--> table conversion.] (<https://github.com/devcarbon-com/entable>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/167hrti/my_first_little_emacs_package_entable/>))
    - [Andrea: An easier way to try Cljs libraries with shadow-cljs ob-clojure and cider] (<http://ag91.github.io/blog/2023/08/28/an-easier-way-to-try-cljs-libraries-with-shadow-cljs-ob-clojure-and-cider>)
    - [Org Flashcards] (<https://www.leonrische.me/fc/index.html>)
    - [Delighted by org svg preview] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/165zeuu/delighted_by_org_svg_preview/>)
    - [Howto for TTS with Emacs-Reveal] (<https://oer.gitlab.io/emacs-reveal-howto/tts-howto.html>)
    - [‎Xenodium Ltd. Apps on the App Store for Emacs Org Users] (<https://apps.apple.com/gb/developer/xenodium-ltd/id304568690>)
  - Completion:
    - [Switching from helm to vertico and friends] (<https://erick.navarro.io/blog/switching-from-helm-to-vertico-and-friends/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1686ujn/switching_from_helm_to_vertico_and_friends/>))
  - Shells:
    - [with-editor-export-editor] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-09/msg00260.html>)
  - Coding:
    - [Isa Mert Gurbuz: Announcement: swagg.el -- Swagger UI, inside Emacs] (<https://isamert.net/2023/09/04/announcement-swagg-el-swagger-ui-inside-emacs.html>) (working with OpenAPI definitions)
    - [Emacs VHDL Mode 3.39 released] (<http://www.iis.ee.ethz.ch/~zimmi/emacs/vhdl-mode.html>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/167e31p/latest_vhdlmode_package_for_emacs/>)) - VHDL-2019, Emacs 28/29 support
  - Web:
    - [Select a firefox window and sends Control R when calling the function] (<https://gitlab.com/-/snippets/2588835>)
  - Fun:
    - [🥩How to type "blimpy" in Emacs?🥩] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VOnKMJqIL0>) (2:55, [Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/168cun9/how_to_type_blimpy_in_emacs/>), [HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37366341>))
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1658md9/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>)
    - [ELPA and Emacs Zine (August 2023)] (<https://amodernist.com/eaez/>) mockup ([emacs-devel] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-09/msg00076.html>), [Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/168uclc/elpa_and_emacs_zine_august_2023/>))
      - [mailing list] (<https://lists.sr.ht/~pkal/elpa-zine>)
      - [This Month in Org experiences, community draft example from Julia] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-09/msg00045.html>)
    - [Shocked to find Professor Steven Pinker employ Emacs as his word processing tool.] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/168qn2e/shocked_to_find_professor_steven_pinker_employ/>)
  - Other:
    - [Emacs Goodies - #7 Proced Mode - YouTube] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRGYM8GuUUo&feature=youtu.be>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/163sp9q/til_mx_proced/>))
    - [Introduction to yomikun, an emacs package for Japanese learners] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOsyCawWjRc&feature=youtu.be>)
    - [Kisaragi Hiu: Emacs 29 pgtk woes] (<https://kisaragi-hiu.com/emacs-29-pgtk-woes/>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/165kt3w/kisaragi_hiu_emacs_29_pgtk_woes/>))
    - [Mastering Emacs [LWN.net]​] (<https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/942962/1be5938bf478b238/>)
    - [It's not perfect, but I was able to install and use Doom Emacs on my S6 Lite.] (<https://i.redd.it/cipjznkjmwkb1.jpg>) ([Reddit] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/163vsv1/its_not_perfect_but_i_was_able_to_install_and_use/>))
  - Emacs development:
    - [Emacs upstream commit feed] (<https://lemmy.ml/post/4355471>)
    - emacs-devel:
      - [makeinfo performance with extensions] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-09/msg00007.html>) ([and why texinfo 4.13] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-08/msg01291.html>))
      - [debbugs moderation] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-09/msg00069.html>)
      - [emacs-devel image] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-08/msg01459.html>), [explanation of some kinds of replies] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-09/msg00223.html>) ([relatable] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-09/msg00093.html>), also [long discussion about email, anonymous subscription, etc.] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-09/msg00005.html>)) - continue on [emacs-tangents] (<https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-tangents>)
      - [planning releases] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-08/msg01439.html>), [cadence and feedback] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-08/msg01197.html>)
      - [note about how searching emacs-devel only goes back to 2021 or so] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-09/msg00165.html>)
      - [documenting along the way in order to simplify releases] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-08/msg01279.html>)
      - [compatibility layer for refactoring to allow for other providers?] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-08/msg01253.html>)
    - [Announce user option tramp-completion-multi-hop-methods] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=55a0f0e047034b3a458b6fdbe245f33b83fd88b0>)
    - [New conditional compilation macro static-if.] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=97652d0e7a53281297010e9f43ec9b5aa7623dc5>) ([clarification] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=f9b43107ce706f351dcb88d1a4af1b3ffd9671c5>))
    - [; * etc/NEWS: Tell users they don't need to change 'eshell-prompt-regexp'.] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=5c181efcf23db493dfa8f15698a81e8766b56f6d>)
    - [Display the exit code if the last command failed in Eshell] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3d08d0dd80a02419f8301b63bb5663710f4f8ee2>)
    - [Obsolete treesit-block/sexp/sentence/text-type-regexp] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=2547fbe9c44c0c4642426c008db8f1b4d6867f4c>)
    - [Make url-gateway-broken-resolution obsolete] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=65dca8db3cd3b76013bfedf73440e322627cb61c>)
    - [Make checkdoc warn if not using lexical-binding] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=7d60d1652fc107c81c95cc7f7406a720996f3b8e>)
    - [Make Makefile browser obsolete] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=f7712bc82a9de80ccbe5da0a36adfd7153d289de>)
    - [Rename 'package-vc-allow-side-effects' to better fit its use] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=b2ba4cb8708996e75cd77b1f218b8ec34d6796d3>)
    - [* lisp/tab-bar.el: Add tab-bar-tab-name-format-functions (bug#65554)] (<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=76938e1789ecf447507199b6f1b7c0d4f7924ea3>)
  - New packages:
    - auto-sort-mode <https://melpa.org/#/auto-sort-mode>: Automatically sort lines between two delimiters (MELPA)
    - compile-multi-embark <https://melpa.org/#/compile-multi-embark>: Integration for `compile-multi' and `embark' (MELPA)
    - defcapture <https://melpa.org/#/defcapture>: A convenience macro for the Doct DSL (MELPA)
    - difftastic <https://melpa.org/#/difftastic>: Wrapper for difftastic (MELPA)
    - duplexer <https://melpa.org/#/duplexer>: Handle conflicts between local minor modes and reuse rules (MELPA)
    - koopa-mode <https://melpa.org/#/koopa-mode>: A major mode for Microsoft PowerShell (MELPA)
    - noir-ts-mode <https://melpa.org/#/noir-ts-mode>: tree-sitter support for Noir (MELPA)
    - swagg <https://melpa.org/#/swagg>: Swagger UI (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>), [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>), [communick.news] (<https://communick.news/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/2023-09>). 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!


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