2021-08-09 Emacs news

[Sacha Chua]

2021-08-09 Emacs news

• EmacsConf 2021 Call for Proposals (Reddit, HN)
• Upcoming events:
  • M-x Research (contact them for password): TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Fri Aug 20 0700 Vancouver / 0900 Chicago / 1000 Toronto / 1400 GMT / 1600 Berlin / 1930 Kolkata / 2200 Singapore
• Emacs configuration:
  • List Unsaved Buffers Before Exiting Emacs (Reddit)
  • Emacs Redux: NonGNU ELPA Package Repository (Reddit)
• Emacs Lisp:
  • The Power of Convoluting (Lispy)
  • Emacs Horrors: How does Emacs determine if you are using a dark or a light background
• Emacs development:
  • Doc update wrt Tramp support of SSH security keys
  • Change how project-find-file's completion works
  • New option etags-xref-prefer-current-file
  • Add function minibuffer-restore-windows (bug#45072)
  • Add support for the oauth2.el library in nnimap and smtpmail
  • Add a new thing-at-point type: existing-filename
  • Add new user option 'read-minibuffer-restore-windows'
  • * lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-generic.el (cl-generic-generalizers): Don't emit warning
  • Evaluate eql specializers
  • Make `global-so-long-mode' use `buffer-line-statistics'
  • Support 'preserved' variables and minor modes in `so-long-mode'
  • Make `global-so-long-mode' handle unrecognised file types
  • Increase `so-long-threshold' and `so-long-max-lines' defaults
• Appearance:
  • prism.el: New feature: colorize parens distinctly (e.g. fade into background) (Reddit)
  • emacs-xhair: Highlight the current line and column
  • xemacs, desert and word-perfect themes for Emacs (11:21)
• Navigation:
  • Interacting with the Menu Bar (Reddit)
  • lusty-emacs: A fast file chooser and buffer switcher for Emacs. Files/buffers are filtered using the LiquidMetal fuzzy/flex matching algorithm (2020)
• Writing:
  • Screenwriting with Emacs Fountain Mode: Getting Started (17:26)
  • Marcin Borkowski: Reordering sentences in Emacs
• Org Mode:
  • This Month in Org: July 2021 Introducing citations (HN)
  • Org-mode - How to get started? (13:18)
  • Emacs Has a Built-in Pomodoro Timer?? #Shorts (00:59)
  • org-roam (Emacs Zettelkasten Package) Version 2 Released
  • System Crafters Live! - Can You Apply Zettelkasten in Emacs? (01:59:04)
  • icsorg Import an ICS file into org to include events in your org agenda
• Completion:
  • Manuel Uberti: Trust me, I complete
  • hotfuzz: Fuzzy matching for the Selectrum/Vertico/Icomplete/default completion ecosystem (Reddit)
• Coding:
  • zeal-at-point: Search the word at point with Zeal (Emacs)
  • Jonas Bernoulli: Magit available from NonGNU Elpa (Reddit)
  • Using Magit Built-in Functions for Workflow // Take on Rules (Reddit)
  • Emacs Script to Review Git Status of Repositories // Take on Rules (Reddit)
  • magit-async-section: Asynchronous session support for magit
• Mail and news:
  • Use BBDB to send a mail to a group
  • yuri tricys: How to Check for Internet and Load Hackernews With Emacs
• Calendar:
  • Navigating the Emacs calendar
  • Work out the number of days between two dates in Emacs (Reddit)
  • Show a Tamil Calender in Emacs
  • Blorg updates: tags & comments
• Fun:
  • Control music from Emacs (13:05)
  • Corwin Brust: Emacs Sandwiches (progress on dungeon-mode)
• Community:
  • Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread
  • What do you miss the most from your previous editor/IDE after you moved to Emacs?
  • 8 Reasons Why Emacs is the Best Text Editor for Programming (Irreal)
  • The Emacs Lock-In Effect or the Emacs Sunk Cost Fallacy (Reddit, HN)
  • Inspiring videos about Emacs
• Other:
  • Sunrise Commander, an orthodox file manager for Emacs
  • Why some key bindings do not work when using Emacs in a terminal (Reddit)
  • hangups.el: Use hangups_cli to chat on Google Hangouts
  • Introduction to keyboard macros in Emacs (Reddit)
  • Andrea: Moldable Emacs: evaluate arithmetic at point (Reddit)
  • Remote Emacs Setup
• New packages:
  • all-the-icons-completion: Add icons to completion candidates
  • epkg-marginalia: Show Epkg information in completion annotations
  • fanyi: English-Chinese translator
  • ftable: Fill a table to fit in n columns
  • hotfuzz: Fuzzy completion style
  • mu4e-column-faces: Faces for individual mu4e coluns
  • notink-theme: A custom theme inspired by e-ink displays
  • notmuch-addr: An alternative to notmuch-address.el
  • notmuch-transient: Command dispatchers for Notmuch
  • pkg-overview: Make org documentation from elisp source file
  • rutils: R utilities with transient
  • tubestatus: Get the London Tube service status
  • xhair: Highlight the current line and column

Links from reddit.com/r/emacs, r/orgmode, r/spacemacs, r/planetemacs, Hacker News, planet.emacslife.com, YouTube, the Emacs NEWS file, Emacs Calendar and emacs-devel.

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