• Coding
  • Cask Package Toolset v0.9 now Released! (Reddit)
  • What mode(s) should I use for Java?
  • Emacs elpy – Switch to shell demo – YouTube (0:28)
• Navigation
  • Improving Emacs file-name completion: Make filename completion case insensitive, and ignore certain extensions
  • Hello Ivy-mode, bye Helm: git-grep, find file, imenu, bookmarks. (Also: Reddit)
  • Avoid escape nightmares by editing strings in a separate buffer. (Reddit)
• Org Mode
  • Master your inbox with mu4e and org-mode: org-capture can automatically link to e-mails
  • Matrix and IndieWeb: A match made in heaven?: Using Matrix and XMPP messages to publish images, audio, and text with Org
• Fun
  • Star Wars crawl in Emacs: Because. =)
  • Totally useless and utterly awesome packages?
  • Soundscapes On The Emacspeak Audio Desktop: Continuously playing streams of audio
• Other
  • How to setup multiple email accounts in gnus (Reddit)
  • Learning Vim with Spacemacs (Reddit)
  • Elfeed hook to fetch full content: Reading full pages for things pinned with Pinboard
  • Is there any mode that works like Earnest for Emacs?: Distraction-free writing tips
  • A movie subtitle editor (Reddit)
  • emacs pdf file – YouTube (12:16) – avy, ace, pdf tools
  • Emacs: Magic paste in Markdown mode – YouTube (1:07)
  • Scan ~/bin and turn the scripts into Emacs commands
• emacs-devel discussions:
  • The poor state of documentation of pcase like things
  • Removal of versioned autoloads
  • Status of multicolor fonts
• New packages:
  • c-c-combo: Make stuff happen when you reach a target wpm
  • clojars: clojars.org search interface
  • fireplace: A cozy fireplace for emacs (Reddit, Hacker News)
  • highlight-leading-spaces: Highlight leading spaces
  • ob-restclient: org-babel functions for restclient-mode
  • org-ref: citations, cross-references and bibliographies in org-mode
  • private-diary: maintain a private diary in Emacs
  • rand-theme: Random Emacs theme at start-up!
  • smartwin: A minor mode shows shell like buffers.
  • vdirel: Manipulate vdir (i.e., vCard) repositories
  • xquery-tool: A simple interface to saxonb’s xquery.

Links from reddit.com/r/emacs, /r/orgmode, Hacker News, planet.emacsen.org, Youtube, the Emacs commit log, the changes to the Emacs NEWS file, and emacs-devel.

Past Emacs News round-ups