2015-12-14 Emacs News

[Sacha Chua]

- Configuration:
  - [Magnar's collection of defuns]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3w02ue/ladies_and_gentlemen_may_i_present_magnars_most/)
  - [ocodo's collection of defuns]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3vvlpz/a_big_collection_of_handy_functions_for_emacs/)
  - [Making My Emacs Start Faster | Hacker News]
    (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10697849): emacsclient, lazy
    loading, dumping; also on [Reddit]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3w2kjb/eric_cole_making_my_emacs_start_faster/)
  - [Vertical Minibuffer list]
    (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3w4vn4/vertical_minibuffer_list/)
  - [Spacemacs for Emacs users?]
    (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3w7xbc/spacemacs_for_emacs_users/)
- Coding:
  - [Magit key commands changed?]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3w2yo8/magit_key_commands_changed/):
    Good explanation of change
  - [Is there anything like tagbar for Emacs/Spacemacs?]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3w5exj/is_there_anything_like_tagbar_for_emacsspacemacs/)
  - [Omnisharp extension to emacs]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3w7gtj/omnisharp_extension_to_emacs/)
  - [evil-nerd-commenter v2.2]
    (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3wn4az/evilnerdcommenter_v22/)
  - [What mode(s) should I use for Java?]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3wovee/what_modes_should_i_use_for_java/)
  - [emacs one day - YouTube]
    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eln2dXiiZqs) (2:35)
- Org Mode:
  - [Org-mode basics VII: A TODO list with schedules and deadlines]
    
(http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/org-mode-basics-vii-a-todo-list-with-schedules-and-deadlines/)
  - [Reading offline in batch mode with Org Mode]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3wfjjp/reading_offline_in_batch_mode_with_org_mode/)
  - [Storing a collection of web bookmarks with Org Mode]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/3vtxz1/storing_a_collection_of_web_bookmarks_with_org/)
  - [fniessen/org-html-themes]
    (https://github.com/fniessen/org-html-themes): Pretty themes for
    exporting HTML
- Other:
  - ["How did I get here" - command]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3w46xu/how_did_i_get_here_command/):
    view-lossage
  - [Drawille library in elisp: graphics with text using braille
    characters.]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3w0s00/drawille_library_in_elisp_graphics_with_text/)
  - [Counting sentences] (http://mbork.pl/2015-12-12_Counting_sentences)
  - [Ivy-mode 0.7.0 is out] (http://oremacs.com/2015/12/07/ivy-0.7.0/)
  - [Moving from mu4e to gnus?]
    (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3wkccd/moving_from_mu4e_to_gnus/)
  - [Marking Emacs chat buffers as read (erc, jabber, etc)]
    
(http://endlessparentheses.com/marking-emacs-chat-buffers-as-read.html?source=rss)
  - [Emacs Chat: John Wiegley on maintaining Emacs and how you can help]
    
(http://sachachua.com/blog/2015/12/2015-12-10-emacs-chat-john-wiegley-maintaining-emacs-can-help/)
    (summary on [Irreal] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=4789), discussion on
    [Reddit]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3wcje4/emacs_chat_john_wiegley_on_maintaining_emacs_and/))
  - [An improved Firefox controller for Emacs]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3w9zg9/an_improved_firefox_controller_for_emacs/)
- A few recent EmacsWiki changes:
  - [Python programming in Emacs]
    (http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/PythonProgrammingInEmacs): Added
    anaconda-mode, updated [Indenting Python]
    (http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/IndentingPython)
  - [User groups] (http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Usergroups): Added
    Denver Emacs meetup
  - [Tramp mode] (http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TrampMode): Added plink
    with keyfile without pageant
- emacs-devel discussions:
  - [What would be the best screenshot of Emacs for the homepage?]
    (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-12/msg00492.html)
    Might be a good idea to have a gallery...
  - [Visual lines and keyboard macro performance]
    (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-12/msg00385.html)
  - [Autoloads and MD5sums]
    (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-12/msg00474.html)
  - [builds are getting slower?]
    (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-12/msg00352.html)
  - [UP and DOWN with multi-line minibuffer history]
    (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-12/msg00506.html)
  - [Switch to Automake?]
    (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-12/msg00551.html)
  - [Emacs website updates]
    (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-12/msg00531.html)
- New packages:
  - company-sourcekit <http://melpa.org/#/company-sourcekit>:
    company-mode completion backend for SourceKit
  - dired-filetype-face <http://melpa.org/#/dired-filetype-face>: Set
    different faces for different filetypes in dired
  - dmenu <http://melpa.org/#/dmenu>: use ido to simulate the dmenu
    command line program
  - drawille <http://melpa.org/#/drawille>: Drawille implementation in
    elisp
  - firefox-controller <http://melpa.org/#/firefox-controller>: An
    improved Firefox controller
  - fxrd-mode <http://melpa.org/#/fxrd-mode>: Major mode for editing
    fixed field width files
  - golden-ratio-scroll-screen
    <http://melpa.org/#/golden-ratio-scroll-screen>: Scroll half screen
    down or up, and highlight current line
  - idea-darkula-theme <http://melpa.org/#/idea-darkula-theme>: Color
    theme based on IntelliJ IDEA Darkula color theme
  - minizinc-mode <http://melpa.org/#/minizinc-mode>: Major mode for
    MiniZinc code
  - org-iv <http://melpa.org/#/org-iv>: a tool used to view html (in
    browser) generated by org-file once the org-file changes
  - slack <http://melpa.org/#/slack>: Slack client for Emacs
  - sourcekit <http://melpa.org/#/sourcekit>: Library to interact with
    sourcekittendaemon

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/2015-12).

[Past Emacs News round-ups]
(http://sachachua.com/blog/category/emacs-news)