2023-05-15 Emacs news

[Sacha Chua]

    2023-05-15 Emacs news
=====================

  - Emacs 29:
    - [Emacs 29.0.91 (Pretest #2 for 29.1) is out] 
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/13hc64s/emacs_29091_pretest_2_for_291_is_out/>)
 ([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11360>))
  - Help wanted:
    - [Anyone want to help bring url.el up to date, maybe based on plz?] 
(<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-05/msg00242.html>)
  - Upcoming events:
    - M-x Research (contact them for password): Show and Tell! 
<https://m-x-research.github.io/> Wed May 17 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 
America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 
2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
    - Mastering Emacs book club <https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/> 
Fri May 19 1200 America/Vancouver - 1400 America/Chicago - 1500 America/Toronto 
- 1900 Etc/GMT - 2100 Europe/Berlin -- Sat May 20 0030 Asia/Kolkata - 0300 
Asia/Singapore
    - Mastering Emacs book club <https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/> 
Sat May 20 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 May 21 0200 America/Vancouver - 0400 America/Chicago - 0500 America/Toronto 
- 0900 Etc/GMT - 1100 Europe/Berlin - 1430 Asia/Kolkata - 1700 Asia/Singapore
    - Emacs APAC (virtual) <https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/> Sat May 27 0130 
America/Vancouver - 0330 America/Chicago - 0430 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT 
- 1030 Europe/Berlin - 1400 Asia/Kolkata - 1630 Asia/Singapore
  - Emacs configuration:
    - [If you like Straight, you should try Elpaca] 
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/13caudx/if_you_like_straight_you_should_try_elpaca/>)
    - [deianira: Give every Emacs key sequence prefix the power to persist] 
(<https://github.com/meedstrom/deianira>)
    - [Jonas Bernoulli: Transient 0.4 released] 
(<https://emacsair.me/2023/05/10/transient-0.4>) - continuing to look for 
donations
    - [dotfiles/emacs.org at master · kwpav/dotfiles · GitHub] 
(<https://github.com/kwpav/dotfiles/blob/master/emacs.org#org-babel>)
    - [djgoku's Emacs Config] 
(<https://github.com/djgoku/dot-files/tree/main/emacs>)
    - [garyo's Emacs Config] (<https://github.com/garyo/emacs-config>)
    - [ChanderG's Emacs Config] 
(<https://github.com/ChanderG/dotfiles/blob/master/emacs.org>)
    - [My Emacs Config :D] 
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/13gmp5e/my_emacs_config_d/>)
    - [.dotfiles: Top-level Files of tip] 
(<https://code.rosaelefanten.org/dotfiles/dir?type=tree&ci=tip>)
  - Appearance:
    - [face-shift - Shift the color of certain faces in Emacs] 
(<https://git.sr.ht/~pkal/face-shift>)
    - [Changing the region colour for Vanilla Emacs] 
(<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJaIUhPuY7E>) (02:39)
  - Navigation:
    - [joaotavora/breadcrumb: Emacs headerline indication of where you are in a 
large project] (<https://github.com/joaotavora/breadcrumb>) ([Reddit] 
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/13fsiuf/joaotavorabreadcrumb_emacs_headerline_indication/>))
    - [James Dyer: Initial focus in Occur Buffer] 
(<https://www.emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20230503211610-emacs--isearch-occur-advice-window-focus/>)
    - [Emacs Meta Dot And CTRL C CTRL D Are Super Useful 2023_05_07_22:48:48] 
(<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSzj8dLS9Iw&feature=youtu.be>)
  - Dired:
    - [Emacs package nerd-icons-dired] 
(<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wa17HkM8XE>) (02:02)
  - Org Mode:
    - [Marcin Borkowski: Dieting with Org mode] 
(<https://mbork.pl/2023-05-13_Dieting_with_Org_mode>)
    - [Org mode | Refile this under "Totally awesome, dude."] 
(<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGLZCFgk5zE>) (07:56)
    - [Request for feedback on package documentation (org-gtd 3.0, 
pre-release)] 
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/13e2ze3/request_for_feedback_on_package_documentation/>)
    - [Jeremy Friesen: The Why of Linking to a Resource Multiple Times] 
(<https://takeonrules.com/2023/05/08/the-why-of-linking-to-a-resource-multiple-times/>)
    - [Emacs | Org id will change how you see things] 
(<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgMlNQf61gM>) (10:38)
    - Import, export, and integration:
      - [Converting an Excel spreadsheet into an org-table] 
(<https://youtu.be/44XH1nJKsVQ>) ([Reddit] 
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/13cln7y/converting_an_excel_spreadsheet_into_an_orgtable/>))
      - [ox-html-markdown-style-footnotes: Markdown-style footnotes for 
ox-html.el] (<https://jeffkreeftmeijer.com/ox-html-markdown-style-footnotes/>)
      - [How to produce formal Indian-style Letters using Org-mode and 
OpenDocument exporter] 
(<https://emacsnotes.wordpress.com/2023/05/13/producing-formal-indian-style-letters-using-org-mode-and-opendocument-exporter/>)
      - Using ox-hugo To Build Websites with Emacs]] (2018)
      - [org-src-context: LSP support for Org source buffers.] 
(<https://github.com/karthink/org-src-context>)
      - [How I Crafted the New Website with Org Publish - System Crafters 
Live!] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atKDa510qaM>) (02:04:40)
    - Org development:
      - [org-crypt-decrypt-entry: Apply initial visibility upon decryption] 
(<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=fe74a3ed2d81704e9e1caae0b6e1be2e0eefc3f2>)
      - [ox.el: Add more customizable `org-export-dispatch' options] 
(<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=9d06e7bf80056a3fb8ae68a86883e2b3c6746553>)
  - Completion:
    - [abbrev-hook: Define hooks for abbrevs in Emacs] 
(<https://github.com/xFA25E/abbrev-hook>)
    - [Emacs Company Mode Is Bloody Good 2023_05_10_03:44:57] 
(<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5MyOy70lwg&feature=youtu.be>)
  - Coding:
    - [sly-stepper: A portable Common Lisp stepper interface] 
(<https://github.com/joaotavora/sly-stepper>)
    - [Using Go on GNU Emacs 29 or later] 
(<https://gluer.org/blog/2023/using-go-on-gnu-emacs-29-or-later/>)
    - [GitHub - vkazanov/quakec-mode: Emacs major mode for QuakeC development] 
(<https://github.com/vkazanov/quakec-mode/>) ([Reddit] 
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/13gbpkn/github_vkazanovquakecmode_emacs_major_mode_for/>))
    - [Peter Hoeg / prometheus-mode · GitLab] 
(<https://gitlab.com/peterhoeg/prometheus-mode>) ([Reddit] 
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/13df0ue/emacs_and_prometheus_new_mode/>))
    - [burakbayramli/emacs-jupyter: emacs plug-in to run python code inside tex 
or markdown buffer] (<https://github.com/burakbayramli/emacs-jupyter>) 
([Reddit] 
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/13dk5uv/running_python_jupyter_notebooks_in_markdown/>))
    - [emacs tree-sitter set up and installing grammars] 
(<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNx1Ab2oqw8>) (01:13:25)
  - Math:
    - [Basic introduction to Emacs Calc] 
(<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibv2e2o8ov8>) (07:10)
  - Mail, news, and chat:
    - [Ement.el v0.9 released (a Matrix client for Emacs)] 
(<https://github.com/alphapapa/ement.el/releases/tag/v0.9>) ([Reddit] 
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/13h4c7w/ementel_v09_released_a_matrix_client_for_emacs/>))
    - [Thread-folding has been merged into mu4e] 
(<https://github.com/djcb/mu/issues/75>)
  - AI:
    - [Turn Emacs into your personal AI assistant with org-ai] 
(<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvBDxiFPG6I&feature=youtu.be>)
  - Community:
    - [Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread] 
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/13dk54r/weekly_tips_tricks_c_thread/>)
    - [Eric MacAdie: 2023-05 Austin Emacs Meetup] 
(<https://macadie.info/2023/05/09/2023-05-austin-emacs-meetup/>)
    - [Why I Prefer Emacs Over VSCode and vim] 
(<https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=cxoE2FhOIgI&amp;feature=youtu.be>)
 ([Reddit] 
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/13gjq38/why_i_prefer_emacs_over_vscode_and_vim/>))
    - [We've launched Attribution Based Economics] 
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/13e5xw0/weve_launched_attribution_based_economics/>)
    - [emacs-devel discussion: Names are not descriptions; descriptions are not 
names] (<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-05/msg00330.html>)
  - Other:
    - [hckiang/emacs-jyutping: An Emacs Quail input method for Cantonese 
language.] (<https://github.com/hckiang/emacs-jyutping>) (2020)
    - [D.V.F.P.: Notes on resolving differences between two documents with the 
built-in resources of Vim and Emacs] 
(<https://francopasut.netlify.app/post/vimdiff-ediff/>) ([Irreal] 
(<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=11347>))
    - [bash scripts i use daily currently (for non-emacs terminal)] 
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/13ejqj5/bash_scripts_i_use_daily_currently_for_nonemacs/>)
    - [FYI: Github CI for mirrored/forked Emacs' feature/android branch.] 
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/13chck7/fyi_github_ci_for_mirroredforked_emacs/>)
    - [Zachary Kanfer: Nix Development Shells] 
(<https://zck.org/nix-development-shells>)
  - Emacs development:
    - emacs-devel:
      - [Divergence of vhdl-mode development] 
(<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-05/msg00268.html>)
      - [Explanation of why you shouldn't signal errors from a process 
sentinel] 
(<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-05/msg00257.html>)
    - [How msys2/mingw-packages provides clang-built Emacs 28.x binary 
packages] 
(<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2023-05/msg00099.html>)
    - [Use `mutate-constant` as warning identifier] 
(<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=9f856e4cd095c24cf4e6cadbc04efaf533e59f37>)
    - [Byte-compiler warning about mutation of constant values] 
(<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=bfc07100d28d0f687da0a1dd5fdfa42a92a93f88>)
    - [Add safe-local-variable-directories variable.] 
(<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=f24ea84f430d5ae6fd3fa5373610551f62ce25be>)
  - New packages:
    - awk-yasnippets <https://melpa.org/#/awk-yasnippets>: Yasnippets for AWK 
(MELPA)
    - champagne <https://melpa.org/#/champagne>: Graphical countdowns (MELPA)
    - esmond-theme <https://melpa.org/#/esmond-theme>: Esmond dark theme (MELPA)
    - lab <https://melpa.org/#/lab>: An interface for GitLab (MELPA)
    - projection-multi <https://melpa.org/#/projection-multi>: Projection 
integration for `compile-multi' (MELPA)
    - repl-driven-development <https://melpa.org/#/repl-driven-development>: 
Send arbitrary code to a REPL in the background (MELPA)
    - urgrep <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/urgrep.html>: Universal recursive 
grep (GNU ELPA)
    - url-http-oauth <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/url-http-oauth.html>: OAuth 
2.0 for URL library (GNU ELPA)

  Links from [reddit.com/r/emacs] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs>), 
[r/orgmode] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode>), [r/spacemacs] 
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/spacemacs>), [r/planetemacs] 
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs>), [Hacker News] 
(<https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story>),
 [lobste.rs] (<https://lobste.rs/search?q=emacs&what=stories&order=newest>), 
[lemmy] (<https://lemmy.ml/c/emacs>), [planet.emacslife.com] 
(<https://planet.emacslife.com>), [YouTube] 
(<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4th0AZixyREOtvxDpdxC9oMuX7Ar7Sdt>), 
[the Emacs NEWS file] 
(<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS>), [Emacs Calendar] 
(<https://emacslife.com/calendar/>), and [emacs-devel] 
(<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2023-05>). 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] 
(<mailto:sacha@sachachua.com>). Thank you!

    
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