2021-09-06 Emacs news

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2021-09-06 Emacs news

• EmacsConf 2021 Call for Proposals (Reddit, HN) until Sept 30
• Upcoming events:
  • EmacsConf Office Hour https://emacsconf.org/2021/office-hours/
    • Tue Sep 7 1800 Vancouver / 2000 Chicago / 2100 Toronto – Wed Sep 8 0100 GMT / 0300 Berlin / 0630 Kolkata / 0900 Singapore
    • Fri Sep 10 2100 Vancouver / 2300 Chicago – Sat Sep 11 0000 Toronto / 0400 GMT / 0600 Berlin / 0930 Kolkata / 1200 Singapore
    • Sat Sep 11 0800 Vancouver / 1000 Chicago / 1100 Toronto / 1500 GMT / 1700 Berlin / 2030 Kolkata / 2300 Singapore
    • Tue Sep 14 1800 Vancouver / 2000 Chicago / 2100 Toronto – Wed Sep 15 0100 GMT / 0300 Berlin / 0630 Kolkata / 0900 Singapore
    • Fri Sep 17 2100 Vancouver / 2300 Chicago – Sat Sep 18 0000 Toronto / 0400 GMT / 0600 Berlin / 0930 Kolkata / 1200 Singapore
    • Sat Sep 18 0800 Vancouver / 1000 Chicago / 1100 Toronto / 1500 GMT / 1700 Berlin / 2030 Kolkata / 2300 Singapore
  • EmacsSF: Emacs Lisp: Org-mode Hacks https://www.meetup.com/Emacs-SF/events/280469304/ Thu Sep 16 1000 Vancouver / 1200 Chicago / 1300 Toronto / 1700 GMT / 1900 Berlin / 2230 Kolkata – Fri Sep 17 0100 Singapore
  • New package: Eldoc-on-hold, delay the display of eldoc messages. (Reddit)
  • Tory Anderson: My emacs godmode indicators and Elisp equivalent of defonce
  • M-x Research (contact them for password): TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Fri Sep 17 0700 Vancouver / 0900 Chicago / 1000 Toronto / 1400 GMT / 1600 Berlin / 1930 Kolkata / 2200 Singapore
• Emacs configuration:
  • Manuel Uberti: Package report
  • trev-dev's emacs configuration
• Emacs development:
  • Lots of discussions on emacs-devel!
    • Emacs discusses web-based development workflows (Reddit, ) - LWN commentary
    • Discussion about representation of the Emacs userbase on emacs-devel
    • Discussion re: indent-tabs-mode default
    • Gather a list of confusions beginner tend to have
    • Could Emacs Have a Set-up Wizard?
    • Want suggestion on implementing collaborative repls and alikes
    • Emacs default bindings and the idea of profiles
  • Is it a pipe dream for Emacs to be as fast as Neovim?
  • NEWS updates:
    • Clarify completion-list-mode NEWS entry
    • New user options to automatically show the first Xref match: xref-auto-jump-to-first-definition, xref-auto-jump-to-first-xref, etags-xref-prefer-current-file
    • Allow killing the diff buffer after `C-x v u'
    • Add support for customization group hyperlinks in doc strings
    • Add diary-offset to diary-lib.el
    • Allow not putting pasted text onto the kill ring under xterm
    • * etc/NEWS: Announce recent change in 'toggle-truncate-lines'.
    • Add new macro `with-existing-directory'
    • Add new command `clone-frame'
    • Make run-at-time try harder to run at integral multiples
• Appearance:
  • Emacs - zoom in and zoom out (09:35)
  • ocodo-svg-modelines: a collection of beautiful, modern SVG modelines for Emacs
  • Basic WYSIWYG printing in GNU Emacs (Braille)
  • nano-sidebar: Emacs package to have configurable sidebars on a per frame basis. (Reddit)
• Navigation:
  • Fast note-searching with dynamic module (Reddit)
• Writing:
  • Emacs for Distraction-Free Writing (May 2021)
• Org Mode:
  • UOMF: The Right Way to Use Org Mode (Reddit)
  • Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs as a ‘second brain’ and mindfulness (Reddit)
  • Andrea: Moldable Emacs: taking lispy notes that are easier to search!
  • Coming soonish: taxy-org-ql-search (sort of like an org-super-agenda 2.0) (Reddit)
  • org-real: Keep track of real things as org links (preview, Reddit)
  • Import, export, and integration:
    • Classy Slideshows From Emacs Org Mode + org-reveal (8:46, Reddit)
    • ox-activity-streams: Publish org files as fediverse posts by serving only static file
    • ob-grpc - Grpc evaluation functions for org-babel
    • Plotting graphs with emacs (Reddit)
    • Flytte dag - og hvorfor org-mode egentlig bare er sejere end alt andet
  • Org Roam:
    • System Crafters Live! - Exploring the Org Roam DB API (01:57:52)
• Completion:
  • yuri tricys: Emacs Company-Mode Continued : The First Thing To Do When Developing With Emacs
  • company-mode: new Discussions section with hand-picked Q&A, and better Contributing docs
• Coding:
  • [ANN] lsp-mode 8.0.0 released
  • Teaser: A php parser and company backend in emacs lisp
• Mail and news:
  • Phil Jackson: Save all mu4e attachments
• Fun:
  • Scribble notes in GNU Emacs (Reddit)
  • Do Stuff with Books in Emacs (finito.el)
  • 【ゲーム実況】emacs内蔵ゲームdunnetをやってみた (24:15)
• Community:
  • Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread
  • Wishing Henrik quick recovery… (Doom Emacs)
  • Melpa recently passed the 5000 packages mark
• Other:
  • Control Home Assistant from Emacs!
  • Bring a Web Browser, Python, _javascript_ and more to EMACS - Emacs Application Framework (Reddit)
  • Hack Sessions // Improving EXWM #1 (02:00:26)
• New packages:
  • engrave-faces: Convert font-lock faces to other formats
  • earthfile-mode: Major mode for editing Earthly file
  • evil-textobj-tree-sitter: Provides evil textobjects using tree-sitter
  • message-view-patch: Colorize patch-like emails in mu4e
  • org-zettelkasten: Helper functions to use Zettelkasten in org-mode
  • polybar-sesman: Display active sesman connections in polybar
  • streak: Track a daily streak in your Mode Line
  • topsy: Simple sticky header
  • zettelkasten: Helper functions to organise notes in a Zettelkasten style

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