[2023-12-11 Mon] Update: added OrgMeetup on Wed Dec 13

• Help wanted:
  • Please contribute to Tree-Sitter based JavaScript and TypeScript Modes in GNU Emacs core
  • Plan of attack or division of labor for documenting cl-lib
• Upcoming events:
  • OrgMeetup (virtual) https://emacs.ch/@yantar92/111549860162341841 Wed Dec 13 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata – Thu Dec 14 0000 Asia/Singapore
  • EmacsSF (in person): Holiday Party for Parenthesis Lovers https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/297781144/ Wed Dec 13 1800 America/Los_Angeles
  • Mastering Emacs book club https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/ Fri Dec 15 1200 America/Vancouver - 1400 America/Chicago - 1500 America/Toronto - 2000 Etc/GMT - 2100 Europe/Berlin – Sat Dec 16 0130 Asia/Kolkata - 0400 Asia/Singapore
  • Mastering Emacs book club https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/ Sat Dec 16 0200 America/Vancouver - 0400 America/Chicago - 0500 America/Toronto - 1000 Etc/GMT - 1100 Europe/Berlin - 1530 Asia/Kolkata - 1800 Asia/Singapore
  • Mastering Emacs book club https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/ Sun Dec 17 0200 America/Vancouver - 0400 America/Chicago - 0500 America/Toronto - 1000 Etc/GMT - 1100 Europe/Berlin - 1530 Asia/Kolkata - 1800 Asia/Singapore
  • M-x Research (contact them for password): TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Wed Dec 20 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata – Thu Dec 21 0000 Asia/Singapore
  • Emacs APAC (virtual) https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/ Sat Dec 23 0030 America/Vancouver - 0230 America/Chicago - 0330 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT - 0930 Europe/Berlin - 1400 Asia/Kolkata - 1630 Asia/Singapore announcement
• Emacs configuration:
  • github-elpa: Build and Publish Your Own ELPA Repositories with GitHub Pages
  • dwt1's Emacs Config
  • mrcnski's Emacs Config
• Emacs Lisp:
  • Supercharge your eval-expression with ielm! (Reddit)
  • Emacs Goodies - #32 Which Function Mode (02:40)
  • Marcin Borkowski: Replacing TeX control words behind the point - spelunking for a variable with the desired values; org-entities
  • Sacha Chua: Updating YouTube videos via the YouTube Data API using Emacs Lisp and url-http-oauth
• Appearance:
  • Emacs Advent Calendar 8: emacs-goodnight
  • New Emacs macOS icon
• Navigation:
  • Getting into the straights in Emacs with narrowing
  • James Dyer: Redefining mark-paragraph and mark-word
• Writing:
  • electric-ospl-mode: Automatically enforce a "one-sentence per line" style in text file
• Org Mode:
  • Emacs Tips - How to Show Reminders for Org Mode Tasks
  • Release 1.3.1 · alphapapa/org-bookmark-heading (Reddit)
  • Archive subtrees under the same hierarchy as original in the archive files
  • Literate Documentation with Emacs and Org Mode (42:46)
  • Org development:
    • Add support for yank-media and DND
    • Obsolete `org-src-associate-babel-session' and related functionality
    • org-print-speed-command: Rename and mark for internal use
    • lisp/org.el (org-mode): Force `tab-width' to be 8
    • Merge branch 'bugfix'
  • Non-Emacs:
    • Neorg: Bridging The Gap Between Neovim and Emacs (13:58)
    • Alvaro Ramirez: An iOS journaling app powered by org plain text
    • Corg - An Emacs Org-File Reader and Writer (07:32)
• Denote:
  • Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: Denote version 2.2.0 (Irreal)
• Completion:
  • Emacs Advent Calendar 7: orderless, embark 1.0 and some bric-a-brac
  • Fuzzy Finding with Emacs Instead of fzf (Reddit, HN)
• Coding:
  • Emacs Advent Calendar 9: devdocs, code-cells, dREPL, etc.
  • GitHub - svaante/dape: Debug Adapter Protocol for Emacs (Reddit)
  • New tree-sitter based major mode for TLA+ / PlusCal v0.1.0
  • BrandonIrizarry/Advent-of-Code-Helper: An Emacs Lisp library to aid in downloading Advent of Code input (Reddit)
  • swagg.el: Fetch and interact with OpenAPI (formerly Swagger) definitions
• Web:
  • JasZhe/hurl-mode: emacs major mode for hurl (Reddit) - cli tool for sending HTTP requests
• Mail, news, and chat:
  • emacs lemmy client lem.el 0.4 update - Lemmy
  • Tory Anderson: Emacs message message-mark-inserted-region (Irreal)
• Multimedia:
  • Emacs Advent Calendar 4: chordpro-mode.el v2.2.0
  • Anand Tamariya: Stream ListenBrainz.org Music Playlist in GNU Emacs (Reddit)
• EXWM:
  • My Steam Deck EXWM setup (Reddit)
• Fun:
  • Jeremy Friesen: Test Driving a Campaign Status Document
• AI:
  • Elfeed + LLM
• Community:
  • Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread
  • EmacsConf 2023 Retrospective | Erik L. Arneson
  • starhugger.el: Hugging Face/AI-powered text & code completion client (unofficial)
  • Bad NEWS, Emacs (emacs-devel, Eli's request for feedback, Reddit, HN, lobste.rs, communick.news) - maybe people can be nicer even when frustrated? discussions seem pretty level-headed, things look like they're cooling down
  • Packages that you would like to be in emacs core ?
• Other:
  • More advanced emacs tutorials
  • Emacs Advent Calendar 6: elfeed-tube, popper, consult-dir, gptel and more
  • super-save 0.4 is out with a bunch of new features! (Reddit)
  • How to Lock Yourself out of a GPG encrypted file with Emacs (Irreal)
  • Emacs code editor in browser. Link to the Dockerfile (Reddit)
  • The Emacsen family, the design of an Emacs and the importance of Lisp
• Emacs development:
  • STM (Software Transactional Memory) for Emacs/Elisp?
  • [Results] Please help collecting statistics to optimize Emacs GC defaults
  • NEWS:
    • dired-listing-switches handles connection-local values if exist
    • Document ert-font-lock
    • New macro connection-local-value
    • Add option eshell-history-append
    • * lisp/dired-aux.el (dired-do-open): New command (bug#18132).
• New packages:
  • dape: Debug Adapter Protocol for Emacs (GNU ELPA)
  • dtext-mode: Major mode for Danbooru DText (MELPA)
  • init-dir: Init directory instead of just a single file (MELPA)
  • one: Static Site Generator for org-mode users (MELPA)
  • orgnote: Sync org-roam notes with OrgNote app (MELPA)
  • syncthing: Client for Syncthing (MELPA)

Links from reddit.com/r/emacs, r/orgmode, r/spacemacs, r/planetemacs, Hacker News, lobste.rs, kbin, programming.dev, lemmy, communick.news, planet.emacslife.com, YouTube, the Emacs NEWS file, Emacs Calendar, and emacs-devel. 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. Thank you!