• Org Mode:
  • Changing numbered lists
  • Visualize and navigate an org tree of timestamps using the calendar
• Coding:
  • A simple attemp to create git-based perspectives (Reddit)
  • Is there an emacs equivalent to vim-easy-align?
  • Minimal example for literate programming with noweb in emacs org-mode (Reddit)
  • Setups for using Emacs as Anaconda and R IDE?
  • find-file-in-project v5.2.5
  • Paredit (19:04)
  • Web Development in Emacs, Common Lisp, and Clojurescript – Emacs SC (1:18:42)
  • Open a file with su/sudo inside Emacs using Spacemacs Distribution (1:20)
• Emacs performance:
  • Buttery Smooth Emacs (Reddit, HN, NEWS)
  • PSA: Emacs is not a proper GTK application
• Other:
  • Using Emacs – 17 – misc small packages (Reddit)
  • Copy and paste files with dired-ranger
  • LaTeX-paragraph-commands
  • use-package's :config vs. :init
  • Fun with fonts
  • Just converted to emacs…
  • Edit text area on Chrome with Emacs using Atomic Chrome (Reddit)
  • A better ESC for Dvorak
  • How to get Emacs to highlight all instances of the word selected quickly (Similar to notepad ++)
  • Creamsody – a new color theme from Darktooth and Gruvbox family (Reddit)
  • Apple finally weighs in on the Vim vs. Emacs debate. Chooses Emacs, removes the escape key. (Reddit)
• New packages:
  • atomic-chrome: Edit Chrome text area with Emacs using Atomic Chrome
  • bool-flip: flip the boolean under the point
  • chinese-pyim-wbdict: Some wubi dicts for chinese-pyim
  • creamsody-theme: Straight from the soda fountain.
  • git-blamed: Minor mode for incremental blame for Git
  • gxref: xref backend using GNU Global.
  • helm-rage: Helm command for rage characters.
  • railscasts-reloaded-theme: Railscasts Reloaded color theme
  • schrute: Help you remember there is a better way to do something.
  • sdcv: Interface for sdcv (StartDict console version).
  • smmry: SMMRY client
  • stylefmt: Stylefmt interface

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

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