2018-12-03 Emacs news

2018-12-03 Emacs news

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2018-12-03 Emacs news
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  - Emacs Lisp:
    - [emacs-named-timer: Give timers name and manage them with ease] (https://github.com/DarwinAwardWinner/emacs-named-timer)
    - [hsluv-emacs: An Elisp implementation of the HSLUV colorspace conversions based on [http://www.hsluv.org/]] (https://github.com/hsluv/hsluv-emacs/blob/master/README.md)
    - [Debian Emacsen Team / dh-make-elpa: Helper for creating Debian packages from ELPA packages.] (https://salsa.debian.org/emacsen-team/dh-make-elpa) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/a1qdpt/debian_emacsen_team_dhmakeelpa_helper_for/))
    - [Marcin Borkowski: format-seconds] (http://mbork.pl/2018-11-26_format-seconds)
    - [Spin Your Own Spacemacs-lite] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6INMXmsCCC8) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/a1xx5u/spin_your_own_spacemacslite/))
  - Emacs development:
    - [emacsclient: prefer XDG_RUNTIME_DIR (Bug#33367)] (http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=92282cb50248117185774cf8076d1ff83d501be7)
  - Appearance:
    - [Cycle through themes] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/a10hnr/cycle_through_themes/)
    - [hl-fill-column: This package provide two modes to highlight fill column] (https://github.com/laishulu/hl-fill-column)
  - Navigation:
    - [ska2342/detour: Remember your current cursor position] (https://github.com/ska2342/detour)
  - Org Mode:
    - [slimhtml is an emacs org mode export backend which outputs minimal HTML] (http://bald.cat/slimhtml) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/a1tajt/slimhtml_is_an_emacs_org_mode_export_backend/))
    - [ox-epub: Generate .epub files directly from OrgMode. This will export EPUB version 2] (https://github.com/ofosos/ox-epub/blob/master/README.org)
    - [Better beamer block environments in org mode] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/a27jqh/better_beamer_block_environments_in_org_mode/)
    - [Irreal: The Org-ref Video Revisited] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=7644)
    - [Irreal: Making a Poster with Org-mode] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=7651)
    - [Org-mode, literate programming in Emacs] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK3fij-D1G8) (1:23:03)
    - [org-brain: added new faces and visual options] (https://github.com/Kungsgeten/org-brain/commit/94519aeb3c197cee56ecda4dedd2148fb39e6aef)
  - Coding:
    - [Emacs JIRA integration with Ejira] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/a1gk0a/emacs_jira_integration_with_ejira/)
    - [load-bash-alias: Convert bash aliases into eshell ones] (https://github.com/daviderestivo/load-bash-alias)
    - [Incremental construction of command chains to replace text] (https://www.with-emacs.com/posts/objed/incremental-construction-of-command-chains-to-replace-text/) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/a1vh1v/incremental_construction_of_command_chains_to/))
    - [Emacs cafe: Indium 2.0 is out!] (https://emacs.cafe/emacs/javascript/indium/2018/11/28/indium-20-released.html)
  - Other:
    - [To MELPA or Not: Package authors need not run a separate website] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/a16lmk/melpaorg_seems_down/eapcp5u/)
    - [tic tac toe game in elisp OR How I stay unproductive in Emacs] (https://github.com/analyzeninvest/tic-tac-toe) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/a21rnw/tic_tac_toe_game_in_elisp_or_how_i_stay/))
    - [What to do when melpa.org is down and you have an itch to scratch ....] (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/a202u7/what_to_do_when_melpaorg_is_down_and_you_have_an/)
    - [ialign - a visual version of align-regexp] (https://github.com/mkcms/interactive-align) ([Reddit] (https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/a27w6t/ialign_a_visual_version_of_alignregexp/))
    - [so-long: This library mitigates performance degradation that happens when visiting files with long lines] (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2018-10/msg00473.html)
    - [Rudel - A collaborative editing environment for Emacs] (http://rudel.sourceforge.net/)
  - New packages:
    - alert-termux <http://melpa.org/#/alert-termux>: alert.el notifications on Termux
    - caddyfile-mode <http://melpa.org/#/caddyfile-mode>: Major mode for Caddy configuration files
    - cl-libify <http://melpa.org/#/cl-libify>: Update elisp code to use cl-lib instead of cl
    - detour <http://melpa.org/#/detour>: Take a quick detour and return
    - exwm-firefox-core <http://melpa.org/#/exwm-firefox-core>: Firefox hotkeys to functions
    - flymake-vnu <http://melpa.org/#/flymake-vnu>: Flymake extension for the v.Nu HTML validator.
    - hl-fill-column <http://melpa.org/#/hl-fill-column>: Highlight fill column.
    - hsluv <http://melpa.org/#/hsluv>: hsluv color space conversions
    - ledger-import <http://melpa.org/#/ledger-import>: Fetch OFX files from bank and push them to Ledger
    - load-bash-alias <http://melpa.org/#/load-bash-alias>: Convert bash aliases into eshell ones
    - named-timer <http://melpa.org/#/named-timer>: Simplified timer management for Emacs Lisp
    - ox-slimhtml <http://melpa.org/#/ox-slimhtml>: a minimal HTML org export backend
    - solidity-flycheck <http://melpa.org/#/solidity-flycheck>: Flycheck integration for solidity emacs mode
    - tmux-pane <http://melpa.org/#/tmux-pane>: Provide integration between emacs window and tmux pane
    - vdm-comint <http://melpa.org/#/vdm-comint>: REPL support for vdm-mode
    - writefreely <http://melpa.org/#/writefreely>: Push your Org files as markdown to a writefreely instance

  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), [/r/planetemacs] (https://reddit.com/r/planetemacs), [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/2018-12).


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* 2018-12-03 Emacs news
- Emacs Lisp:
  - [[https://github.com/DarwinAwardWinner/emacs-named-timer][emacs-named-timer: Give timers name and manage them with ease]]
  - [[https://github.com/hsluv/hsluv-emacs/blob/master/README.md][hsluv-emacs: An Elisp implementation of the HSLUV colorspace conversions based on http://www.hsluv.org/]]
  - [[https://salsa.debian.org/emacsen-team/dh-make-elpa][Debian Emacsen Team / dh-make-elpa: Helper for creating Debian packages from ELPA packages.]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/a1qdpt/debian_emacsen_team_dhmakeelpa_helper_for/][Reddit]])
  - [[http://mbork.pl/2018-11-26_format-seconds][Marcin Borkowski: format-seconds]]
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6INMXmsCCC8][Spin Your Own Spacemacs-lite]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/a1xx5u/spin_your_own_spacemacslite/][Reddit]])
- Emacs development:
  - [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=92282cb50248117185774cf8076d1ff83d501be7][emacsclient: prefer XDG_RUNTIME_DIR (Bug#33367)]]
- Appearance:
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/a10hnr/cycle_through_themes/][Cycle through themes]]
  - [[https://github.com/laishulu/hl-fill-column][hl-fill-column: This package provide two modes to highlight fill column]]
- Navigation:
  - [[https://github.com/ska2342/detour][ska2342/detour: Remember your current cursor position]]
- Org Mode:
  - [[http://bald.cat/slimhtml][slimhtml is an emacs org mode export backend which outputs minimal HTML]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/a1tajt/slimhtml_is_an_emacs_org_mode_export_backend/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://github.com/ofosos/ox-epub/blob/master/README.org][ox-epub: Generate .epub files directly from OrgMode. This will export EPUB version 2]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/a27jqh/better_beamer_block_environments_in_org_mode/][Better beamer block environments in org mode]]
  - [[http://irreal.org/blog/?p=7644][Irreal: The Org-ref Video Revisited]]
  - [[http://irreal.org/blog/?p=7651][Irreal: Making a Poster with Org-mode]]
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK3fij-D1G8][Org-mode, literate programming in Emacs]] (1:23:03)
  - [[https://github.com/Kungsgeten/org-brain/commit/94519aeb3c197cee56ecda4dedd2148fb39e6aef][org-brain: added new faces and visual options]]
- Coding:
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/a1gk0a/emacs_jira_integration_with_ejira/][Emacs JIRA integration with Ejira]]
  - [[https://github.com/daviderestivo/load-bash-alias][load-bash-alias: Convert bash aliases into eshell ones]]
  - [[https://www.with-emacs.com/posts/objed/incremental-construction-of-command-chains-to-replace-text/][Incremental construction of command chains to replace text]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/a1vh1v/incremental_construction_of_command_chains_to/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://emacs.cafe/emacs/javascript/indium/2018/11/28/indium-20-released.html][Emacs cafe: Indium 2.0 is out!]]
- Other:
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/a16lmk/melpaorg_seems_down/eapcp5u/][To MELPA or Not: Package authors need not run a separate website]]
  - [[https://github.com/analyzeninvest/tic-tac-toe][tic tac toe game in elisp OR How I stay unproductive in Emacs]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/a21rnw/tic_tac_toe_game_in_elisp_or_how_i_stay/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/a202u7/what_to_do_when_melpaorg_is_down_and_you_have_an/][What to do when melpa.org is down and you have an itch to scratch ....]]
  - [[https://github.com/mkcms/interactive-align][ialign - a visual version of align-regexp]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/a27w6t/ialign_a_visual_version_of_alignregexp/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2018-10/msg00473.html][so-long: This library mitigates performance degradation that happens when visiting files with long lines]]
  - [[http://rudel.sourceforge.net/][Rudel - A collaborative editing environment for Emacs]]
- New packages:
  - http://melpa.org/#/alert-termux: alert.el notifications on Termux
  - http://melpa.org/#/caddyfile-mode: Major mode for Caddy configuration files
  - http://melpa.org/#/cl-libify: Update elisp code to use cl-lib instead of cl
  - http://melpa.org/#/detour: Take a quick detour and return
  - http://melpa.org/#/exwm-firefox-core: Firefox hotkeys to functions
  - http://melpa.org/#/flymake-vnu: Flymake extension for the v.Nu HTML validator.
  - http://melpa.org/#/hl-fill-column: Highlight fill column.
  - http://melpa.org/#/hsluv: hsluv color space conversions
  - http://melpa.org/#/ledger-import: Fetch OFX files from bank and push them to Ledger
  - http://melpa.org/#/load-bash-alias: Convert bash aliases into eshell ones
  - http://melpa.org/#/named-timer: Simplified timer management for Emacs Lisp
  - http://melpa.org/#/ox-slimhtml: a minimal HTML org export backend
  - http://melpa.org/#/solidity-flycheck: Flycheck integration for solidity emacs mode
  - http://melpa.org/#/tmux-pane: Provide integration between emacs window and tmux pane
  - http://melpa.org/#/vdm-comint: REPL support for vdm-mode
  - http://melpa.org/#/writefreely: Push your Org files as markdown to a writefreely instance

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://reddit.com/r/planetemacs][/r/planetemacs]], [[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/2018-12][emacs-devel]].