• Emacs 30:
  • Emacs 30.2 Release Announcement (FTP, Windows binaries, Reddit, HN, lobste.rs, Irreal) - bugfix release
• Help wanted:
  • Emacs Stack Exchange is looking for moderators (Reddit)
  • Need someone to step up to maintain thread-related code (Eli wants to stop overseeing it)
  • GNUStep testers needed for patch for priority C-g processing on NS (event loop details)
• Upcoming events (iCal file, Org):
  • M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Wed Aug 20 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
  • Emacs APAC: Emacs APAC meetup (virtual) https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/announcements/ Sat Aug 23 0130 America/Vancouver - 0330 America/Chicago - 0430 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT - 1030 Europe/Berlin - 1400 Asia/Kolkata - 1630 Asia/Singapore
  • EmacsSF (in person): coffee.el in SF https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/310514138/ Sat Aug 23 1100 America/Los_Angeles
  • Emacs Berlin (hybrid, in English) https://emacs-berlin.org/ Wed Aug 27 0930 America/Vancouver - 1130 America/Chicago - 1230 America/Toronto - 1630 Etc/GMT - 1830 Europe/Berlin - 2200 Asia/Kolkata – Thu Aug 28 0030 Asia/Singapore
• Emacs configuration:
  • [OC] I created "Package Upgrade Guard" - a diff-checking tool for package upgrades (Reddit)
  • a minor mode inspired by meow (Reddit) - modal editing keys
  • Supreme Sexp System 3.3.22 - SSS - a Lisp machine adventure - Dracula palette, quality of life improvements (@sss_project@mastodon.social)
• Emacs Lisp:
  • Exemplify-ERT — Clean examples that double as ERT declarations (Emacs package) — Listful Andrew (@mousebot@todon.nl)
  • compile-angel.el (Release 1.1.2) - Accelerate Emacs by Byte-compiling and Native-compiling all Elisp files (Reddit) - add support for detecting no-byte-compile
  • isamert/egnuplot: Composable Gnuplot macro for Emacs Lisp (@isamert@mastodon.social)
  • Building Emacs UI for the Scheme test runner (@abcdw@fosstodon.org)
  • Ep692 Emacs Lisp Find Replace Greek Chars, Multiple Pairs Algorithm, Feedback Loop Problem (01:08:01)
  • Timestamp Files - Emacs Lisp | lesson 14 (09:22)
  • Make An Emacs Buffer Pops Up Upon Asynchronous Response | lesson 12 (11:23)
  • Listful Andrew: What is Pansymbolic? And why would you, Emacs package developer, care?
    • Listful Andrew: You using Pansymbolic: examples
• Appearance:
  • Emacs toggle transparency with interactive function
  • New Theme for Emacs - Cacao-Theme (Reddit)
  • Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: in-development "doric-beach" and "doric-valley" themes
• Navigation:
  • Fixing Emacs Page Navigation (Reddit, Irreal)
  • James Dyer: Fast Recent File Navigation in Emacs (Irreal)
  • Imitating framemove in SwayWM
• Org Mode:
  • fediverse username custom Org link type (@masukomi@connectified.com)
  • I made a package to fetch and manage Gmail threads directly in Org Mode: org-gmail (Reddit)
  • Deploy org-beamer slides to gitlab pages via CI
  • ox-leanpub: patch for fixed handling of custom LEANPUB_BOOK_OUTPUT_DIR (@masukomi@connectified.com)
  • phil/org-infosec: An example of using org-mode for information security/ IT - Phil's Git
  • marcuskammer/user-centered-development-book: Book about user-centered development for SaaS - code.metalisp.dev (Reddit) - Exported from Org
  • dock.el and org-agenda-dock - Seamless Emacs + Dock Integration (Reddit)
  • Artawower/raindrop.el: Raindrop integration for OrgMode (Reddit) - bookmarks
  • tanrax/org-social: Org-social is a decentralized social network that runs on an Org Mode file over HTTP. (HN)
  • Org development:
    • lisp/ob-csharp.el: Include support for evaluating C# code blocks
• Denote:
  • Add keyword to Denote filename (@Cnoceda@mastodon.social)
  • Integrating GPTel and Denote (Reddit)
• Coding:
  • Modern Emacs Part 2: Project.el, Eglot and Corfu - VOD - YouTube
  • Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: sxhkdrc-mode version 1.2.0
• Web:
  • Migration from Pocket and Hatena Bookmark to Raindrop.io (and Creating helm-raindrop.el) - DEV Community
    • Emacs helm-raindrop.el demo (00:35)
  • Lars Ingebrigtsen: Filtering data centres from web stats
  • Edite texto no seu navegador usando o Emacs (10:04)
• Mail, news, and chat:
  • The emacs.social Mastodon server continues to be available (thanks, @runlevelrobot@emacs.social)
  • mu4e: code for finding all unread messages from the same sender
• Multimedia:
  • Marcin Borkowski: Cutting clips from videos with Emacs
• Fun:
  • Kaomel: a snappy kaomoji picker for Emacs (Reddit)
  • chip-8 emulator running in emacs
• AI:
  • How To Handle API Errors From OpenAI - Emacs Lisp | lesson 13 (11:11)
  • Pure Elisp MCP server for Emacs (Reddit)
• Community:
  • Fortnightly Tips, Tricks, and Questions — 2025-08-12 / week 32
  • Zac Romero: Elevator Pitch for Emacs: like the terminal with added dimensions
  • first week with emacs (Reddit)
  • Protesilaos Stavrou: Prot Asks: Arni about Emacs, no distractions, socialising, and self-expression through art
  • Protesilaos Stavrou: Prot Asks: Erik about Emacs since the 1990s, Oregon and Portland, and podcasting
  • All ATC message routing in Germany was done through Emacs (2021) (lobste.rs)
  • The Code Editor Wars: A Dev’s Guide to Surviving 2025 (02:25)
  • Matt from The Linux Cast on macOS, NixOS, Emacs & More (02:23:43) (~ 0:48 or so)
• Other:
  • Donovan R.: My Emacs journey (4) - Weird Yet Amazing Modes - svg-clock, artist-mode, follow-mode
  • Recommendation for Android: termux + syncthing + Emacs + Spacemacs + 8vim keyboard
  • Arkadiusz Świętnicki prezentuje działanie edytora Emacs oraz narzędzia Emacspeak…
• Emacs development:
  • emacs-devel:
    • Re: C-g responsiveness expectations (NSApp, maybe more)
    • NSApp: Investigating memory usage anomalies
  • VC: New commands for incoming and outgoing fileset diffs
  • whitespace-mode: New style to prettify page delimiters characters.
  • Add support for updating *​Completions* as you type
  • New user option 'treesit-enabled-modes' (bug#79180)
  • tab-line: Allow to hide excluded buffers in the tab line. (Bug#79159)
• New packages:
  • automoji: Discord-like emoji completion (MELPA)
  • hotdesk: Flexible frame Buffer Lists for projects & workspaces (MELPA)
  • iso-date: Utilities for working with ISO dates (GNU ELPA)
  • pomo-cat: Pomodoro timer with cat-themed breaks (MELPA)

If you're looking for something to write about, consider this month's Emacs Carnival theme: your elevator pitch for Emacs.

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