2016-01-10 Emacs News

[Sacha Chua]

• Configuration:
  • [Doing Away with Autosave Files] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=4867)
  • [Define context-aware keys in Emacs]
    
(http://endlessparentheses.com/define-context-aware-keys-in-emacs.html?source=rss)
  • [Smart text templates with yasnippet]
    (http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/smart-text-templates-with-yasnippet/)
  • [Disable tree-ification of Ctrl Left-Click Menu]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3zrvd7/disable_treeification_of_ctrl_leftclick_menu/)
  • [ThemeCreator] (https://mswift42.github.io/themecreator/#)
• Navigation:
  • [Better fuzzy matching support in Ivy]
    (http://oremacs.com/2016/01/06/ivy-flx/)
  • [Make emacs remember position where last self-insert-command
    happened]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/40g130/make_emacs_remember_position_where_last/):
    consider save-place or goto-chg
  • [Ivy is now available in Spacemacs]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/407q2c/ivy_is_now_available_in_spacemacs/)
• Org:
  • [Changing clock timestamps from org mode's agenda view
    (org-clock-convenience.el)]
    (https://github.com/dfeich/org-clock-convenience) ([Reddit]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/407z54/changing_clock_timestamps_from_org_modes_agenda/))
  • [noob: org-mode custom Latex/PDF export custom style.]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3zcr43/nooborgmode_custom_latexpdf_export_custom_style/)
  • [Plugin for bidirectional org-mode sync with RTM - anyone working on
    it?]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3zb362/plugin_for_bidirectional_orgmode_sync_with_rtm/)
• Coding:
  • [Git gutter tip] (http://blog.binchen.org/posts/git-gutter-tip.html)
  • [TIL: ediff-revision]
    (http://puntoblogspot.blogspot.com/2016/01/til-ediff-revision.html)
  • [Store your compile calls for immediate retrieval:
    compilation-bookmarks]
    (https://github.com/edt-devel/compilation-bookmarks) ([Reddit]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/40awsw/store_your_compile_calls_for_immediate_retrieval/))
  • [Setup for JavaScript development]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/402hbk/setup_for_javascript_development/)
  • [List of projects in initial buffer]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3zvtxo/list_of_projects_in_initial_buffer/)
  • [Narrow to embedded CSS and JavaScript of a HTML file]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3zvezh/narrow_to_embedded_css_and_javascript_of_a_html/)
• Emacs Lisp:
  • [mrr-auto-replace] (http://mbork.pl/2016-01-09_mrr-auto-replace):
    multi-replace regex
  • [Buttercup 1.3 released]
    (http://blog.jorgenschaefer.de/2016/01/buttercup-13-released.html):
    Emacs Lisp behaviour-driven tests
• Emacs development:
  • [Attempting to figure emacs long lines issues]
    (https://github.com/codygman/figure-out-emacs-long-lines-issue)
    ([Reddit]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/405a2l/attempting_to_figure_emacs_long_lines_issues/))
  • [A proposal for removing obsolete Emacs packages | Hacker News]
    (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10878618)
  • [Please do not delete this commented-out version | Hacker News]
    (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10839146)
  • [Let users disable unsafe signal handling code]
    
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=989bcc77ab576d7a83cb0194a9fc73ce51939042)
  • [Discussion about possibly filtering M-x]
    (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-01/msg00563.html)
  • [Changing the default keybinding for tags-loop-continue]
    (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-01/msg00689.html)
  • [Proposal for emacsclient and opening a file at a specific line]
    (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-01/msg00542.html)
  • [Continuing discussion of new Emacs homepage]
    (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-01/msg00486.html)
  • [find-file-project]
    (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-01/msg00387.html)
  • [Overriding MS Windows key combination]
    (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-01/msg00361.html)
• Conversion:
  • [Pitfalls moving from Vim to Evil?]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3zo645/pitfalls_moving_from_vim_to_evil/)
  • [Would you recommend spacemacs to a non-vim user?]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3zhf1l/would_you_recommend_spacemacs_to_a_nonvim_user/)
  • [Would you tell 20 year old you now to pick up and learn Emacs?]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3zh6uz/would_you_tell_20_year_old_you_now_to_pick_up_and/)
• Other:
  • [How to use Gnus Group Topics efficiently]
    
(http://blog.binchen.org/posts/how-to-use-gnus-group-topics-efficiently.html)
  • [Realtime markdown preview as you type with Eww]
    (https://github.com/niku/realtime-preview.el) ([Reddit]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/40bj5c/realtime_markdown_preview_as_you_type_with_eww/))
  • [Emacs goes Windows: get a start menu with all your packages]
    (https://github.com/lujun9972/el-start-menu) ([Reddit]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/408la4/emacs_goes_windows_get_a_start_menu_with_all_your/))
  • [reykjavik theme, a theme with low saturated colors and a dark green
    background.] (https://github.com/mswift42/reykjavik-theme) ([Reddit]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/406y90/reykjavik_theme_a_theme_with_low_saturated_colors/))
  • [Now Emacs Lisp is represented in the Github Showcase pages!]
    (https://github.com/showcases/text-editors) ([Reddit]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3zsdu1/now_emacs_lisp_is_represented_in_the_github/))
  • [How I use Emacs (by MJ Wall)]
    (http://mjwall.com/blog/2013/10/04/how-i-use-emacs/) ([Reddit]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3zoejt/how_i_use_emacs_by_mj_wall/))
  • [Just a guy showing of his GNU/Linux-fu and having fun with emacs
    (2:04:44)] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp2b3-Guej0) ([Reddit]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3zfwwb/just_a_guy_showing_of_his_gnulinuxfu_and_having/))
  • [Spacemacs 0.105 released: new website and layouts system]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3ze6gf/spacemacs_0105_released_new_website_and_layouts/)
• New packages:
  • anybar <http://melpa.org/#/anybar>: Control AnyBar from Emacs
  • bitbake <http://melpa.org/#/bitbake>: Running bitbake from emacs
  • caseformat <http://melpa.org/#/caseformat>: Format based letter case
    converter
  • config-parser <http://melpa.org/#/config-parser>: a library for
    parsing config file
  • elscreen-buffer-group <http://melpa.org/#/elscreen-buffer-group>:
    elscreen buffer group
  • mexican-holidays <http://melpa.org/#/mexican-holidays>: Mexico
    holidays for Emacs calendar.
  • multishell <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/multishell.html>: manage
    interaction with multiple local and remote shells
  • projectile-sift <http://melpa.org/#/projectile-sift>: Run a sift
    with Projectile
  • prompt-text <http://melpa.org/#/prompt-text>: Various information in
    minibuffer prompt
  • reykjavik-theme <http://melpa.org/#/reykjavik-theme>: Theme with a
    dark background.
  • tldr <http://melpa.org/#/tldr>: tldr client for Emacs

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).

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