2023-09-25 Emacs news

Upcoming events:
- london-emacs-hacking.github.io/meetup-agenda.org
- London Emacs (in person): Emacs London Meetup https://www.meetup.com/london-emacs-hacking/events/295656446/ Tue Sep 26 1900 Europe/London
- Emacs Berlin (virtual, in English) https://emacs-berlin.org/ Wed Sep 27 0930 America/Vancouver - 1130 America/Chicago - 1230 America/Toronto - 1630 Etc/GMT - 1830 Europe/Berlin - 2200 Asia/Kolkata – Thu Sep 28 0030 Asia/Singapore
- Mastering Emacs book club https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/ Fri Sep 29 1200 America/Vancouver - 1400 America/Chicago - 1500 America/Toronto - 1900 Etc/GMT - 2100 Europe/Berlin – Sat Sep 30 0030 Asia/Kolkata - 0300 Asia/Singapore
- Mastering Emacs book club https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/ Sat Sep 30 0200 America/Vancouver - 0400 America/Chicago - 0500 America/Toronto - 0900 Etc/GMT - 1100 Europe/Berlin - 1430 Asia/Kolkata - 1700 Asia/Singapore
- Mastering Emacs book club https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/ Sun Oct 1 0200 America/Vancouver - 0400 America/Chicago - 0500 America/Toronto - 0900 Etc/GMT - 1100 Europe/Berlin - 1430 Asia/Kolkata - 1700 Asia/Singapore
- EmacsATX: Emacs Social https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/295467659/ Wed Oct 4 1630 America/Vancouver - 1830 America/Chicago - 1930 America/Toronto - 2330 Etc/GMT – Thu Oct 5 0130 Europe/Berlin - 0500 Asia/Kolkata - 0730 Asia/Singapore
- Emacs.si (in person): Emacs.si meetup #10 2023 (v #živo) https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/0ce54adb-a94c-4cf0-a422-0fc6efc8c8e9 Thu Oct 5 1900 CET
- M-x Research (contact them for password): TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Fri Oct 6 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
Beginner:
- Learning resources for Emacs
Emacs configuration:
- Become an Emacs Super User with Global Keys (16:03)
- What's something in your emacs config that makes a real difference for you?
- cus-dir: Easy Customization for .dir-locals.el files
- magic-filetype.el: Enhance filetype major mode
- Limit number of async processes ever created at a time · GitHub
- conchiglie's Emacs Config
- Robert Hepple's Emacs Config
Emacs Lisp:
- Emacs Batch Mode: A quick dive into an overlooked feature (Irreal)
- How to run some Emacs Lisp code in batch mode #2? –batch, –eval, –load, princ, read-string (02:17)
- Mike Zamansky: Learning Elisp 10 - elisp data structures (YouTube, Reddit, Irreal)
- emacs-async: Simple library for asynchronous processing in Emacs
Appearance:
- How to properly set your language environment and font in Emacs (03:26)
- Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: modus-themes version 4.3.0 (Reddit)
- gruber-darker-theme: Gruber Darker color theme for Emacs 24+
Navigation:
- Charles Choi: Enhancing Navigation in Emacs View Mode
- akib/emacs-iwindow: Interactively manipulate windows - emacs-iwindow - Codeberg.org - 1.1 released (Reddit)
- emacs-universal-sidecar: A universal "sidecar" buffer for emacs, inspired by the `org-roam-mode` buffer
- A hot key in Emacs to quickly jump out of parens (Reddit)
TRAMP:
- 'doas' persistence with emacs and tramp. 'doas' is a simpler alternative to 'sudo' (2020)
Writing:
- John D. Cook: Navigating a LaTeX file - RefTeX
Org Mode:
- Tory Anderson: using regexp find and replace to reformat my todo list
- James Dyer: Plotting Org Table Weight Loss Using gnuplot
- Analyze Your Time with Org Mode — Org Mode Clocktables — Straightforward Emacs
- Release v1.3 · alphapapa/org-super-agenda (Reddit)
- Import, export, and integration:
Completion:
- Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: mct version 1.0.0 - completion
Coding:
- Haiku OS: Emacs As A Python IDE (part 1) (19:07)
- mmm-mode: New official home for mmm-mode, fixed for Emacs >= 23
- Defining a formatter for Cabal files (Reddit)
- New Tree Sitter Major Mode: typst-ts-mode
- Emacs From Scratch #4 - Projectile and Magit
Shells:
- mistty: Shell/Comint alternative with a fully functional terminal for Emacs 29.1 and later. (Reddit)
- New package: MisTTY, a comint alternative with a fully-functional terminal
Mail, news, and chat:
- RSS feeds as emails using Notmuch and rss2email - Jack Baty
Multimedia:
- Marcin Borkowski: Making Anki flashcards from subtitles
- ~breatheoutbreathein/chordpro-mode.el - Major mode for ChordPro lead sheet file format - 2.1.0 ( Reddit)
Fun:
- Emacs Goodies - #10 Morse Code + Nato Alphabet (Irreal)
AI:
- New library package 'llm'
- llama-cpp.el: A client for llama-cpp server
Community:
- Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread
- Do you know that warm fuzzy feeling one gets from using Magit?
- Andrey Listopadov: Why Kakoune (lobste.rs)
- The Value of Community - System Crafters Live! (01:38:43)
Other:
- Emacs and the Cybernetic Productivity (Reddit)
- Emacs as a window manager but without EXWM
- Check Syncthing status within Emacs
- Emacs Goodies - #14 Time Stamp Mode (03:34)
- Guix channel with latest Emacs packages from master branch
- Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: aLtCaPs version 1.2.0
- various tips: kmacro-name-last-macro, insert-kbd-macro, restclient, eshell and TRAMP
Emacs development:
- emacs-devel:
- Make insert-directory-program a defcustom; use "gls" on *BSD
- On GNU/Linux, Emacs is now the default application for org-protocol
New packages:
- aiken-mode: Major mode for Aiken (MELPA)
- asyncloop: Non-blocking series of functions (MELPA)
- llm: Interface to pluggable llm backends (GNU ELPA)
- tam: Manage use of slots in a fixed size table (GNU ELPA)
- universal-sidecar-elfeed-score: Show Elfeed Score information in sidecar (MELPA)

Links from reddit.com/r/emacs, r/orgmode, r/spacemacs, r/planetemacs, Hacker News, lobste.rs, kbin, programming.dev, communick.news, lemmy, planet.emacslife.com, YouTube, the Emacs NEWS file, Emacs Calendar, and emacs-devel. Thanks to Andrés Ramírez for emacs-devel links. Do you have an Emacs-related link or announcement? Please e-mail me at sacha@sachachua.com. Thank you!

From:	Sacha Chua
Subject:	2023-09-25 Emacs news
Date:	Mon, 25 Sep 2023 20:33:21 -0400