2022-08-22 Emacs news

[Sacha Chua]

2022-08-22 Emacs news

• Upcoming events:
  • Emacs APAC (virtual, in English) https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/ Sat Aug 27 0130 Vancouver / 0330 Chicago / 0430 Toronto / 0830 GMT / 1030 Berlin / 1400 Kolkata / 1630 Singapore
  • Emacs Berlin (virtual, in English) https://emacs-berlin.org/ Wed Aug 31 0930 Vancouver / 1130 Chicago / 1230 Toronto / 1630 GMT / 1830 Berlin / 2200 Kolkata – Thu Sep 1 0030 Singapore
  • Emacs Paris (virtual, in French) https://www.emacs-doctor.com/emacs-paris-user-group/ Thu Sep 1 0830 Vancouver / 1030 Chicago / 1130 Toronto / 1530 GMT / 1730 Berlin / 2100 Kolkata / 2330 Singapore
  • Emacs users group Slovenia https://emacs.si/ Thu Sep 1 1100 Vancouver / 1300 Chicago / 1400 Toronto / 1800 GMT / 2000 Berlin / 2330 Kolkata – Fri Sep 2 0200 Singapore
• Beginner: (Looks like there's an ALX course that might include Emacs, so people are making tutorials. I might not list all of them.)
  • Command in Emacs on ALX projects (30:17)
  • Alx Project 0x02 Working with Emacs (41:07)
  • Understanding emacs navigation and commands (13:49)
  • How to Install Emacs on Ubuntu for WSL (04:29)
  • Install go-mode on Emacs via MELPA (06:46)
  • Org-mode + Emacs 入門ガイド: Emacsのインストール (08:21)
• Appearance:
  • Protesilaos Stavrou: Re: How do I protect my eyes when coding? (modus-themes, ef-themes)
  • Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: demonstration of my ef-themes (YouTube 31:10, Reddit)
• Navigation:
  • Embar: Emacs bar and launcher combination (Reddit) - no public repo yet
• Writing:
  • Compose Emoji in GNU Emacs (YouTube, 00:32)
• Org Mode:
  • Straightforward Emacs: Show all unchecked Org Mode checkboxes
  • Using Org-Mode for Work on Book Writing and Translation - tips in the comments
  • org-bibtex-misc.el - using zotra, citar, and org-cite (Reddit)
  • Emacs org-noter in 2022 screencast and demo. (08:25, Reddit)
  • Have some code: a spaced repetition (SRS) review system for org-roam, and better search (Reddit)
  • John D. Cook: Keeping data and code together with org-mode (Irreal)
  • Org development:
    • lisp/org-clock.el: Show file title in org-clock clocktable
    • doc/org-manual.org: documentation for `org-latex-language-alist'
• Completion:
  • Emacs Snippets and Templates (37:51)
• Coding:
  • rustic 3.3: new command that looks up missing dependencies and adds them to Cargo.toml (Reddit)
  • Manuel Uberti: Fix jdtls configuration for Eglot
• Shells:
  • Mastering Eshell, Emacs's Elisp Shell (Reddit, HN)
  • Alvaro Ramirez: dwim-shell-command with template prompts
• Community:
  • Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread
  • reddit-emacs-tips-n-tricks/out.md at master · LaurenceWarne/reddit-emacs-tips-n-tricks · GitHub
  • Distilling the Essence of Emacs - System Crafters Live! (01:34:02, part 2 11:34)
  • Lucid Emacs was released 30 years ago (Reddit)
• Other:
  • qpdf.el: A transient Emacs wrapper for qpdf
  • Emacs Notes: Who stole "C-.", "C-;" and possibly other keys from my Emacs? - dealing with desktop environments
  • Emacs: Cursores Múltiples, Árbol de Deshacer, Use Package (español argentino) (01:34:11)
• Emacs development:
  • emacs-devel: long discussion on the abysmal state of the GTK build
  • emacs-devel: discussion on Elisp performance
  • emacs-devel: master f117b5df4d: Add new functions eol and bol - lots of thought goes into the naming of functions
  • Make it possible to mark generalized variables as obsolete
  • Rename newly-added eol/bol functions to pos-eol/pos-bol
  • Delete two functions obsolete since Emacs 23
  • Add new functions eol and bol
  • New command image-transform-set-percent
  • Move dired-guess commands from dired-x to dired
  • Make the bookmark fringe icon look like a bookmark
• New packages:
  • calc-prog-utils: Calc programmers utilities (MELPA)
  • citar-org-roam: Citar/org-roam integration (MELPA)
  • codespaces: Connect to GitHub Codespaces via TRAMP (MELPA)
  • cyanometric-theme: A Theme with overwhelming bias towards cyan (MELPA)
  • ef-themes: Colorful and legible themes (GNU ELPA)
  • orangey-bits-theme: A Theme with smashing orangey bits (MELPA)
  • power-mode: Imbue Emacs with power! (MELPA)
  • sakura-theme: Filled with cherry blossoms (MELPA)
  • time-block: Block running commands using time (MELPA)
  • vegetative-theme: A Theme based on green CRT terminals (MELPA)

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