2022-04-04 Emacs news
| emacs, emacs-news- Emacs 28.1 released (Reddit, also Reddit, HN, Irreal)
- Upcoming events:
- M-x Research (contact them for password): show, tell and ask session https://m-x-research.github.io/ Tue Apr 5 0800 Vancouver / 1000 Chicago / 1100 Toronto / 1500 GMT / 1700 Berlin / 2030 Kolkata / 2300 Singapore
- Emacs Paris (virtual, in French) https://www.emacs-doctor.com/emacs-paris-user-group/ Tue Apr 5 0830 Vancouver / 1030 Chicago / 1130 Toronto / 1530 GMT / 1730 Berlin / 2100 Kolkata / 2330 Singapore
- EmacsATX: Functional Programming in Elisp & Rational Emacs https://www.meetup.com/EmacsATX/events/283668029/ Wed Apr 6 1630 Vancouver / 1830 Chicago / 1930 Toronto / 2330 GMT – Thu Apr 7 0130 Berlin / 0500 Kolkata / 0730 Singapore
- Emacs configuration:
- Emacs Lisp:
- Appearance:
- Smooth scrolling on Emacs 29 is a dream come true with pixel-scroll-precision-mode.
- emacs-dragon-icon: A new Emacs icon combines Emacs logo's background and the dragon in Emacs-China logo. (Reddit)
- SVG effects in GNU Emacs
- `textsize` package newly in MELPA
- Protesilaos Stavrou: Modus themes 2.3.0 for GNU Emacs
- vale.el: A space-inspired emacs theme with purples, magentas, and cyans.
- shanty-themes is now also available on melpa : emacs
- Navigation:
- Org Mode:
- emacs-org-mode-tutorial: A primer for users trying to make sense of Org Mode (Reddit)
- Keeping a Simple Journal (in Org) in Emacs
- Jeremy Friesen: Org-Mode, Git Logs, and Org-Babel for Running Reports
- org-modern: Modern Org Style (Reddit)
- Andrea: ol-emacs-slack: Added support for thread links
- ob-bitfield: Generate bitfield diagrams using org-babel (Reddit)
- Coding:
- User Scripts in mpv with Lua (with Lua LSP setup in Emacs)
- Updating My Emacs Rust Setup and Early Thoughts on Writing Rust (09:26)
- An experiment to make diffs easier to read
- Flycheck 32 released
- [RFC] poke.el - Emacs interface for GNU poke, a binary editor. Define your own structures and operate on them using a DSL
- Chatting about code snippets with imaginary helpers! in emacs
- Pen.el - Prompt Engineering in Emacs overview (19:01)
- Shells:
- Web:
- Emacs Browsing the Web (03:57)
- Mail and news:
- Spacemacs:
- EXWM:
- Community:
- Other:
- Leaving Doom Emacs For GNU Emacs? Follow me along …
- Irreal: The Power of Emacs
- Garjola Dindi: Install Emacs with Conda
- emacs-el-fetch : Neofetch-inspired program in Emacs Lisp
- emacs-gentoo : GNU Emacs integration with Gentoo tools
- Pinephone + keyboard case + mobian + emacs: pocket/purse sized emacs cyberdeck (Reddit)
- Emacs development:
- New packages:
- comint-mime: Display content of various MIME types in comint buffers (GNU ELPA)
- consult-org-roam: Consult integration for org-roam (MELPA)
- el-fetch: Show system information in Neofetch-like style (eg CPU, RAM) (MELPA)
- emacsql-sqlite-builtin: EmacSQL back-end for SQLite using builtin support (MELPA)
- emacsql-sqlite-module: EmacSQL back-end for SQLite using a module (MELPA)
- eslint-rc: Use local rc rules with ESLint (MELPA)
- everlasting-scratch: The scratch that lasts forever (MELPA)
- flymake-swi-prolog: A Flymake backend for SWI-Prolog (MELPA)
- private-comments-mode: Minor mode for masukomi/private_comments (MELPA)
- shanty-themes: The themes for digital workers (MELPA, Reddit)
- tabspaces: Leverage tab-bar and project for buffer-isolated workspaces (MELPA)
- taxy-magit-section: View Taxy structs in a Magit Section buffer (GNU ELPA)
Links from reddit.com/r/emacs, r/orgmode, r/spacemacs, r/planetemacs, Hacker News, planet.emacslife.com, YouTube, the Emacs NEWS file, Emacs Calendar, emacs-devel, and lemmy/c/emacs.
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