• Upcoming events (iCal file, Org):
  • OrgMeetup (virtual) https://orgmode.org/worg/orgmeetup.html Wed Dec 11 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata – Thu Dec 12 0000 Asia/Singapore
  • Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs Fri Dec 13 1800 Europe/Paris
  • M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Wed Dec 18 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata – Thu Dec 19 0000 Asia/Singapore
  • Karl Voit - Dec 20 14:15-16:00 demonstration of PIM tools at Graz
• Emacs configuration:
  • The Emacs Cat: Emacs Startup Screen
  • Package Upgrade (from the terminal) (Reddit)
  • James Dyer: Core Emacs Init Without External Packages
  • Much Ado about Emacs 003 - Bicycle For Your Mind (@macosxguru@fosstodon.org) - org-roam, god-mode, hydra, elfeed, etc.
  • dotf/emacs at main - oxo/dotf - Codeberg.org (@oxo@qoto.org)
  • rgoswami's literate Doom Emacs Config
  • Hieu Phay's Doom Emacs Config
  • Mi Configuración De Emacs Con Elpaca - comacero (@salvari@mastodon.gal)
• Emacs Lisp:
  • Alvaro Ramirez: Awesome elisp
  • Listful Andrew: The art of replacing long lambdas I: llamas, anaphorics, and combinators (Reddit)
    • II: llamas vs. anaphorics in dash and xht
    • III: nested anaphoras and threading annoyances
  • tip about using ert to test point movement in Emacs Lisp functions
• Appearance:
  • Emacs color theme inspired by the Helix editor default color scheme. (Reddit)
  • Translucent Emacs Fork (MacOS)!
• Navigation:
  • Monkey Patch Fix for Bookmark+ for Emacs 30 // Take on Rules (@takeonrules@dice.camp)
• Writing:
  • Emacs Lisp: Capitalize English Line by Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS)
  • Tareas intelectuales y toma de notas (@Notxor@tuiter.rocks)
• Org Mode:
  • Bastien Guerry: 🦄 Org Mode has a new maintainer (mailing list, Reddit)
  • TAONAW - Emacs and Org Mode: Filtering org-agenda to exclude a category
  • Christian Tietze: Org-Mode Emphasis Keymap with Mnemonics
  • Add Work Link Type to Org-Mode // Take on Rules (@takeonrules@dice.camp)
  • om-dash 0.3: improved github support, imap support, more (Reddit) - org-mode dynamic blocks for dashboards
  • Suivi de rédaction de livre Orgmode / Follow-up to the writing of Orgmode books
  • Import, export, and integration:
    • Как я сделал Emacs-плагин для сборки своего блога / How I Made an Emacs Plugin to assemble my blog - jekyll
    • on writing freely — csantosb (@csantosb@sigmoid.social)
    • Import appointments exported from StudIP into org agenda
    • Add target blank property to external links in Org Mode export (@len@toot.si)
  • orgrr update: show-multiverse, quick-add, rename-title-and-file, rename-and-move - @laotang@mastodon.social
  • OrgNote 0.22.7: Now with Android file system sync and GPG support (Reddit)
• Denote:
  • sarcom-sar/denote-tree: Visualize your notes as a tree (Reddit)
• Coding:
  • emacs as an IDE (long discussion)
  • Keybindings - LSP Mode - LSP support for Emacs (@rtn@chaos.social)
  • Emacs + Python (34:45)
  • New package: eglot-inactive-regions (Reddit) - dim inactive ifdef
  • YAML Schemas in Emacs with Eglot - just renewed blog, help feedback welcome
• Shells:
  • Experimenting with generic pager for Emacs shells
• Mail, news, and chat:
  • Warn about unsent mail buffers
  • Email providers that still work reasonably with Emacs? (Irreal)
  • elfeed plugin recommendations
  • mastodon.el update - bugfixes, notifications, domain blocking, toot visibility, etc.
• Evil mode:
  • evil-matchit 4.0.1 is published
• Multimedia:
  • rtrppl/streams: Emacs package to collect, organize and start web streams (via mpv) (@laotang@mastodon.social)
• AI:
  • gptel 0.9.7 released (dynamic directives, improved rewrite UI and more)
  • Alvaro Ramirez: LLM chat navigation
• Community:
  • Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread — 2024-12-04 / week 49
  • Considering ELPA package video reviews
  • Which EmacsConf 2024 Talks Have Your Attention?
  • HispaEmacs Conf 2024? (@libretics@mast.lat)
  • ASMR Livecode | Advent Of Code Day 6 In Emacs Lisp! (59:07)
• Other:
  • windows emacs picture pathname capture and display hack - YouTube (@lispwizard@techhub.social)
  • rstocker/emacs-bluetooth: Manage Bluetooth devices using GNU Emacs - Codeberg.org (@frodjo@mastodon.social)
  • epa-pinentry-mode tip
  • Transliterate Cyrillic text into ISO 9:1995 Latin (@tennoseremel@lor.sh)
  • Tory Anderson: Why is my emacs crashing? Answer: bad garbage collection
  • Release 1.1.0: buffer-terminator.el - Safely Terminate Emacs Buffers Automatically (Github, Reddit)
  • Guile Emacs updated in Guix
• Emacs development:
  • emacs-devel:
    • Enabling Xterm-Mouse-Mode
    • Tip: tty mode-line popup menus
    • Discussion about texinfo and highlighting source code blocks
    • Info manual distribution challenges
      • GNU Free Documentation License vs Debian Free Software Guidelines
    • Making decoded-times and calendar dates compatible?
    • Proposal for a new filter-based customization interface (with screenshot)
    • Re: pdumper on Solaris 10 - discussion of mpc and other branches
      • continued relevance of 32-bit
      • some notes on rare and unusual systems
    • Some info on phases of redisplay
  • Remove obsolete 'display-comint-buffer-action' (bug#74361)
  • Add new keyword :continue-only to defvar-keymap for repeat-mode (bug#74140)
• New packages:
  • buffer-terminator: Safely Terminate/Kill Buffers Automatically (MELPA)
  • diredfd: Dired functions and settings to mimic FD/FDclone (MELPA)
  • eglot-inactive-regions: Highlight inactive code regions with eglot power (NonGNU ELPA)
  • fancy-urls-menu: Interface for viewing and opening URLs in current buffer (MELPA)
  • gotest-ts: Gotest with treesitter (MELPA)
  • hardtime: Prevents overuse of specified commands (MELPA)
  • nice-org-html: Prettier org-to-html export (MELPA)
  • speedrect: Fast modal rectangle commands (GNU ELPA)
  • sticky-scroll-mode: Sticky scrolling (MELPA)
  • transform-symbol-at-point: Transforming your symbols at point (MELPA)

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