2021-07-12 Emacs news
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- Beginner:
- Emacs configuration:
- Further boost start up time with a simple tweak
- emacs-sandbox.sh: Easily run Emacs with alternative configurations, including clean, temporary ones (Reddit)
- Custom Global Emacs Bindings with Key Chord and the Semi-Colon Key
- In 2021, what is the state of the art in Emacs keybinding frameworks? Advice for me?
- Emacs Lisp:
- Emacs development:
- Make package-menu-filter-by-status work as documented
- Make ido-mode override ffap-file-finder
- Add new user option lock-file-name-transforms
- Implement file locks for remote files (Bug#49261)
- Warn when wrapping index matches with `,' after `i' in Info
- Add faces for shr heading elements (bug#49433)
- Support reverting in Customize buffers
- Propagate :safe properties when autoloading defcustoms
- Appearance:
- Navigation:
- Dired:
- Org Mode:
- 10+ tips using org-mode in Doom Emacs | Why I Think Doom Emacs is the Best Writing Software (27:23)
- Org Agenda – Elements (Reddit)
- Inside Emacs #6 (part 9) ▫ org-mode ▫ the bases of the ORG SPREADSHEET (05:49)
- Field substitution in Emacs Lisp Formulas! No need to be angry anymore when you see #ERROR in your table after evaluating an org formula (Reddit)
- org-ytp.el: Convert youtube playlists to org headlines
- Andrea: Org capture in Nyxt: taking notes while browsing
- A Guide for setting up jupyter notebooks in org mode of doom emacs
- New package: preview-org-html-mode (live preview org-exported HTML in xwidget browser)
- How to post a org-mode file to buttondown.email (working solution)
- Coding:
- Evil mode:
- Community:
- Fun:
- Other:
- Basic WYSIWYG printing in GNU Emacs (Unicode with CJK + Image)
- Serenade mode is a minor mode allowing voice-based structure editing and control of Emacs through integration of Serenade (Reddit)
- Managing Emacs Server as Systemd Service (Irreal)
- Alvaro Ramirez: macOS: Show in Finder / Show in Emacs (Reddit)
- From Vim to Emacs - Is this even my final form? (36:50)
- Docker image that contains Emacs 28 with all packages AOT compiled
- Blog post: how I turned my iPad Pro into my main computer (with emacs of course)
- New packages:
- chemtable: Periodic table of the elements
- huecycle: Idle color animation
- ox-750words: Org mode exporter for 750words.com
- pygn-mode: Major-mode for chess PGN files, powered by Python
- zoxide: Find file by zoxide
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