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• Navigation
  • [Use ivy-mode to search bash history] (http://blog.binchen.org/posts/use-ivy-mode-to-search-bash-history.html)
  • [(or emacs: avy 0.4.0 is out] (http://oremacs.com/2016/01/23/avy-0.4.0/): avy-goto-char-timer, switch action, avy-pop-mark
  • [Quickly search for occurrences of the symbol at point] (http://endlessparentheses.com/quickly-search-for-occurrences-of-the-symbol-at-point.html?source=rss)
  • [Comparison of file managers for Emacs] (http://www.ict4g.net/adolfo/notes/2014/11/16/DirTree.html) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/427i6p/comparison_of_file_managers_for_emacs/))
• Configuration:
  • [How to automatically execute commands when launching interactive Emacs sessions?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/421vt3/how_to_automatically_execute_commands_when/)
  • [Defining shortcuts that apply only to files with a specific name] (http://www.jefftk.com/p/shortcuts-in-emacs) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/421r94/defining_shortcuts_that_apply_only_to_files_with/))
  • [emacs OS X smooth scroll] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/41vicb/emacs_os_x_smooth_scroll/)
  • [Associate major mode with files without extensions] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/41sazw/associate_major_mode_with_files_without_extensions/)
  • [Theme recommendations for a projector] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/41r7hr/theme_recommendations_for_a_projector/)
• Org Mode:
  • [Org-mode with the ox-twbs package] (http://clubctrl.com/org/prog/howto.html): Better HTML export ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/41o2xq/quick_intro_to_produce_nice_html_docs_with_org/), [Irreal] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=4899) summary)
  • [London Public Transportation with helm and org] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/42imkk/london_public_transportation_with_helm_and_org/)
  • [Version control or persistent undo for org files?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/42gkl6/version_control_or_persistent_undo_for_org_files/) gitwatch, git gc
  • [Tracking time on tasks in Emacs org-mode (6:45)] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YyYljtnMwM)
• Mail:
  • [Help with save sent messages with Gnus, Offlineimap and office365] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/429bai/help_with_save_sent_messages_with_gnus/) - gnus-message-archive-group
  • [Testing Encrypted Mail Setup] (https://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2016-01-23_Testing_Encrypted_Mail_Setup) - update to [Gmail Gnus GPG guide] (https://github.com/kensanata/ggg)
  • [mu/mu4e 0.9.16 released] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/421xgw/mumu4e_0916_released/), context, UI, indexing
• Coding:
  • [auto insertion of a function header when I write a function.] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/42kppm/auto_insertion_of_a_function_header_when_i_write/) yasnippet
  • [Haskell Mode 2015 retrospective] (https://github.com/haskell/haskell-mode/wiki/Haskell-Mode-2015-retrospective) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/427han/xpost_rhaskell_haskell_mode_2015_retrospective/))
  • [How modern languages will save the text editor] (http://yann.hodique.info/blog/how-modern-languages-save-the-text-editor/) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/41pf5j/how_modern_languages_will_save_the_text_editor/))
• Emacs development:
  • [Xwidget Branch Merged Into Emacs 25.1] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=4903) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4241oy/xwidget_branch_has_been_merged_into_emacs_251/))
  • [About how to use the pcase macro in Emacs] (http://www.newartisans.com/2016/01/pattern-matching-with-pcase/)
  • [Spreadsheet-related bug fixes] (http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=badcd38aa86ed7973f2be2743c405710973a0bdd)
  • [Merges from emacs-25 to master] (http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=140016558bcb462692d8b9f2f3f866e0f337d218)
  • [Discussion of asynchronous DNS] (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-01/msg01348.html)
  • [Discussion of options.el] (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-01/msg01371.html)
• Other:
  • [Matrix-Client.el 0.3.0] (http://whatthefuck.computer/blog/2016/01/18/matrix-client.el-0.3.0/)
  • [What are some lesser-known packages that you love?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/42g6u9/what_are_some_lesserknown_packages_that_you_love/)
  • [EmacsWiki theme v2] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/42dqdg/emacswiki_theme_v2/)
  • [Hand/Finger placement] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4298ll/handfinger_placement/)
  • [Emacs for a cross-platform user–a few questions.] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/428scj/emacs_for_a_crossplatform_usera_few_questions/)
  • [Emacs Shortcuts for Writing Posts Using Jekyll] (http://pasoev.github.io/programming/2015/10/31/jekyll-posts-emacs-capture/) ([Reddit] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/41ho08/emacs_shortcuts_for_writing_posts_using_jekyll/))
  • [Emacs demonstration (3:06)] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPfBGNo_9ts)
  • [AWS - How to edit using Emacs (6:44)] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYSzbilGMFY)
• New packages:
  • avy-menu <http://melpa.org/#/avy-menu>: Library providing avy-powered popup menu
  • doom <http://melpa.org/#/doom>: DOM implementation and manipulation library
  • evil-ediff <http://melpa.org/#/evil-ediff>: Make ediff a little evil
  • faust-mode <http://melpa.org/#/faust-mode>: Basic faust syntax colorizer for emacs.
  • fix-input <http://melpa.org/#/fix-input>: Make input methods play nicely with alternative keyboard layout on OS level
  • flycheck-purescript <http://melpa.org/#/flycheck-purescript>: Flycheck: PureScript support
  • hamburg-theme <http://melpa.org/#/hamburg-theme>: Color Theme with a dark blue background.
  • helm-safari <http://melpa.org/#/helm-safari>: Helm interface for Safari Bookmarks and History
  • html-check-frag <http://melpa.org/#/html-check-frag>: Check html-fragments
  • kaomoji <http://melpa.org/#/kaomoji>: Input kaomoji superb easily
  • mutant <http://melpa.org/#/mutant>: An interface for the Mutant testing tool
  • org-rtm <http://melpa.org/#/org-rtm>: Simple import/export from rememberthemilk to org-mode
  • org-themis <http://melpa.org/#/org-themis>: Experimental project management mode for org-mode
  • psysh <http://melpa.org/#/psysh>: PsySH, PHP interactive shell (REPL)
  • pyenv-mode-auto <http://melpa.org/#/pyenv-mode-auto>: Automatically activates pyenv version if .python-version file exists.
  • rtm <http://melpa.org/#/rtm>: An elisp implementation of the Remember The Milk API
  • slirm <http://melpa.org/#/slirm>: Systematic Literature Review Mode for Emacs.
  • sly-hello-world <http://melpa.org/#/sly-hello-world>: A template SLY contrib
  • sly-macrostep <http://melpa.org/#/sly-macrostep>: fancy macro-expansion via macrostep.el
  • zone-rainbow <http://melpa.org/#/zone-rainbow>: Zone out with rainbow.
  • zone-select <http://melpa.org/#/zone-select>: Select zone programs.
  • gnome-c-style <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/gnome-c-style.html>: minor mode for editing GNOME-style C source code

Links from [reddit.com/r/emacs] (http://reddit.com/r/emacs/new), [/r/orgmode] (http://reddit.com/r/orgmode), [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 [Emacs commit log] (http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/?showmsg=1), 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/2016-01).

[Past Emacs News round-ups] (http://sachachua.com/blog/category/emacs-news)