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Sacha Chua - category - emacs-news https://sachachua.com/blog/category/emacs-news/feed/index.xml Emacs, sketches, and life Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:27:13 GMT en-US daily 1 11ty 2024-12-23 Emacs news https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/12/2024-12-23-emacs-news/ Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:27:13 GMT emacs emacs-news https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/12/2024-12-23-emacs-news/

Help wanted:

Org Mode requests: [FR] Allow SPC to scroll todo/tag selection menu - for users with huge accessible fonts (was: Transient: accessibility problems for users who need to use large fonts)

Emacs updates:

Upcoming events (iCal file, Org):

Emacs configuration:

How to Share Your Emacs Configuration Between Different Machines (and Architectures) with Native Compilation (Reddit)

Emacs Lisp:

Appearance:

Navigation:

Dired:

Automatic fallback to /sudo: for local dired commands

Writing:

Org Mode:

Completion:

Rahul Juliato: Enhancing icomplete-vertical-mode in Emacs (Reddit)

Coding:

Meta Redux: State of CIDER Survey (2024)
Tree-sitter Changes in Emacs 30 (Reddit)
Run JUnit method or class at point (@skybert@hachyderm.io)
Трошки про Emacs (21:31) - Clojure
Using uv in Emacs | MClare Blog - python environment
Xah Talk Show 2024-12-21 Ep605. Run Code of Python JS Fsharp Etc in Emacs. Are You Based? (53:31)
Bases de Datos-SQLite en GNU Emacs - encuentro/taller - FTV (@hispaemacs@fosstodon.org)

Math:

Ruslan Bekenev: Emacs: quick-calc

Web:

Mail, news, and chat:

Multimedia:

EXWM:

How to Use Emacs as a Desktop Environment in Linux with EXWM - Make Tech Easier

AI:

llm version 0.20 released, with structured JSON output
chatgpt-shell: LaTeX rendering now turned on by default on LLM shell
lepisma/onnx.el: ONNX runtime for Emacs Lisp (Reddit) - optimized and portable ML on the edge, also interchange format for neural network models

Community:

Other:

Emacs development:

New packages:

copilot: An unofficial Copilot plugin (MELPA)
dicom: DICOM viewer - Digital Imaging & Communications in Medicine (GNU ELPA)
kill-dollar-mode: Remove leading $ from shell-script-like text (MELPA)
moc: Master of Ceremonies (MELPA)
ocaml-eglot: An OCaml companion for Eglot (MELPA)
p4-ts-mode: Major mode for the P4_16 programming language (MELPA)
russian-calendar: Russian holidays and conferences. Updated 2024-11-22 (MELPA)
symbol-overlay-mc: Mark highlighted symbols with multiple cursors (MELPA)
uv-mode: Integrate uv with python-mode (MELPA)

Links from reddit.com/r/emacs, r/orgmode, r/spacemacs, r/planetemacs, Mastodon #emacs, Hacker News, lobste.rs, programming.dev, lemmy.world, lemmy.ml, 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!

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]]> 2024-12-16 Emacs news https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/12/2024-12-16-emacs-news/ Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:34:21 GMT emacs emacs-news https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/12/2024-12-16-emacs-news/

Help wanted:

Upcoming events (iCal file, Org):

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
Emacs Berlin (virtual, in English) https://emacs-berlin.org/ Wed Dec 25 0930 America/Vancouver - 1130 America/Chicago - 1230 America/Toronto - 1730 Etc/GMT - 1830 Europe/Berlin - 2300 Asia/Kolkata – Thu Dec 26 0130 Asia/Singapore
Emacs APAC (virtual) https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/ Sat Dec 28 0030 America/Vancouver - 0230 America/Chicago - 0330 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT - 0930 Europe/Berlin - 1400 Asia/Kolkata - 1630 Asia/Singapore

Emacs configuration:

Emacs Lisp:

do-at-point: A generic action dispatcher for Emacs - simpler than Embark, uses thing-at-point
Listful Andrew: map.el vs. other libraries through hundreds of examples
Listful Andrew: seq.el vs. other libraries through hundreds of examples

Appearance:

Navigation:

James Dyer: Emacs Quick Window Pt 3 - jumping between two windows
- Improvement: James Dyer: Emacs Core Window Jumping With Visual Feedback

Hyperbole:

Android emacs: finger/stylus support for hyperbole buttons

Writing:

litdb and Emacs (11:03)

Org Mode:

Completion:

Thanos Apollo: Emacs 30 Built-in Completion UI & Styles [Video] (Reddit)

Coding:

Shells:

Alvaro Ramirez: An experimental (e)shell pager (Reddit)

Mail, news, and chat:

I'm attempting to write a discourse forum package for Emacs (Reddit)

Fun:

Community:

Other:

Emacs development:

emacs-devel:
- Improve access to documentation in Info format (was: Proposal: Include C
- Re: pdumper on Solaris 10 - mixed news for 32-bit MPS builds on sparc
- Background information on concurrent redisplay Re: Gap buffer problem?
- challenges of garbage collection pauses
- Cluffer vs gap buffer
  - related post about gap buffers vs ropes
New customization variable `completion-eager-display'
Add `browse-url-qutebrowser'
Enable xterm-mouse-mode by default in xterm
Revert Dired buffer when clicking on basename of directory
Rework history Isearch for Eshell

New packages:

consult-vc-modified-files: Show git modified files in a vc project with consult (MELPA)
current-window-only: Open things only in the current window (MELPA)
eldoc-diffstat: Make VCS diffstat available via eldoc (NonGNU ELPA)
hindu-calendar: Arithmetical traditional Hindu calendar (panchanga) (MELPA)
js-pkg-mode: Minor mode for working with javascript projects (MELPA)
le-gpt: Emacs on steroids with GPT (MELPA)
terraform-docs: Generate Terraform modules documentation with terraform-docs (MELPA)

Links from reddit.com/r/emacs, r/orgmode, r/spacemacs, r/planetemacs, Mastodon #emacs, Hacker News, lobste.rs, programming.dev, lemmy.world, lemmy.ml, 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!

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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:

Emacs Lisp:

Appearance:

Navigation:

Monkey Patch Fix for Bookmark+ for Emacs 30 // Take on Rules (@takeonrules@dice.camp)

Writing:

Org Mode:

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:

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:

Community:

Other:

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:

Links from reddit.com/r/emacs, r/orgmode, r/spacemacs, r/planetemacs, Mastodon #emacs, Hacker News, lobste.rs, programming.dev, lemmy.world, lemmy.ml, 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!

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Emacs 30:

New stuff in Emacs 30 (July 2024, @frodjo@mastodon.social)

Upcoming events (iCal file, Org):

Emacs Paris: S: Emacs workshop in Paris (online) https://emacs-doctor.com/ Thu Dec 5 0830 America/Vancouver - 1030 America/Chicago - 1130 America/Toronto - 1630 Etc/GMT - 1730 Europe/Berlin - 2200 Asia/Kolkata – Fri Dec 6 0030 Asia/Singapore
Emacs.si (in person): Emacs.si meetup #15 2024 (v #živo) https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/57815aa7-f253-4768-8059-9fbede8de0f9 Thu Dec 5 1900 CET
M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Fri Dec 6 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata – Sat Dec 7 0000 Asia/Singapore
Emacs.si (in person): Skupni ogled Emacs konference https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/00a6f9ee-9087-400d-9d9b-d51b98561424 Sat Dec 7 1445 Europe/Ljubljana
Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs Fri Dec 13 1800 Europe/Paris

Beginner:

Getting started with Emacs (Reddit)

Emacs configuration:

Emacs Lisp:

Emacs: let's zoom (Reddit) - walkthrough of developing a small Emacs Lisp package that modifies text appearance
Cursos de Emacs Lisp (also available via gemini://maxxcan.flounder.online/informatica/emacs/cursos-elisp/index.gmi )
lisp-edit: amno1's misc. tools for editing lisp files

Appearance:

Crafting Color Overrides for Emacs Modus Themes - System Crafters Live (02:03:21)

Navigation:

Org Mode:

Coding:

Web:

EFLS/readel: Retrieval of Readeck annotations in Emacs (Reddit)

Mail, news, and chat:

Elfeed Adaptive Scoring - The Complete Computer
thundertheidiot/bsky.el: Very WIP Bluesky client for emacs

EXWM:

qutebrowser.el: Tight integration between Qutebrowser and Emacs/EXWM (Reddit)

AI:

Alvaro Ramirez: ob-chatgpt-shell goes multi-model too (lobste.rs)
LLM iterate and insert (Reddit)
chatgpt-shell: Adds an initial Kagi summarizer implementation (@xenodium@indieweb.social)
le-gpt: A fork of gpt.el that adds completion at point, region transforms and project awareness!

Community:

Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread — 2024-11-27 / week 48 - GTK styling, window jumping

Other:

Emacs development:

New packages:

Links from reddit.com/r/emacs, r/orgmode, r/spacemacs, r/planetemacs, Mastodon #emacs, Hacker News, lobste.rs, programming.dev, lemmy.world, lemmy.ml, 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!

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]]> 2024-11-25 Emacs news https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/11/2024-11-25-emacs-news/ Tue, 26 Nov 2024 01:09:06 GMT emacs emacs-news https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/11/2024-11-25-emacs-news/

Upcoming events:

Emacs Berlin (hybrid, in English) https://emacs-berlin.org/ Wed Nov 27 0930 America/Vancouver - 1130 America/Chicago - 1230 America/Toronto - 1730 Etc/GMT - 1830 Europe/Berlin - 2300 Asia/Kolkata – Thu Nov 28 0130 Asia/Singapore
Emacs Paris: S: Emacs workshop in Paris (online) https://emacs-doctor.com/ Thu Dec 5 0830 America/Vancouver - 1030 America/Chicago - 1130 America/Toronto - 1630 Etc/GMT - 1730 Europe/Berlin - 2200 Asia/Kolkata – Fri Dec 6 0030 Asia/Singapore
Emacs.si (in person): Emacs.si meetup #15 2024 (v #živo) https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/57815aa7-f253-4768-8059-9fbede8de0f9 Thu Dec 5 1900 CET
M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Fri Dec 6 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata – Sat Dec 7 0000 Asia/Singapore

Emacs configuration:

Emacs Lisp:

emil: A type-system and data-structures for Emacs-Lisp

Appearance:

Navigation:

Writing:

Org Mode:

Coding:

Mail, news, and chat:

Multimedia:

AI:

Community:

Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread — 2024-11-20 / week 47
My Resignation from Emacs Development - Alan Mackenzie (HN, Reddit)
Emacs On Bluesky

Other:

Charles Choi: Announcing Casual Calendar
Tip about using world-clock when scheduling a meeting
Elisp snippet: open-line-above-and-indent
James Dyer: Reducing Friction when Copying Whole Buffer To Kill Ring
TOTBWF/lyndon-mode: Display the lyndon factorization of an emacs buffer (@totbwf@types.pl)
¿Deseas Unirte a la Iglesia de Emacs? | Hanabi Factory (@indymnv@fosstodon.org)
Alvaro Ramirez: Toggle macOS menu bar from you know where (Reddit)
Discussion about Elisp licensing (GPLv3+ recommended)

Emacs development:

New packages:

Links from reddit.com/r/emacs, r/orgmode, r/spacemacs, r/planetemacs, Mastodon #emacs, Hacker News, lobste.rs, programming.dev, lemmy.world, lemmy.ml, 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!

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]]> 2024-11-18 Emacs news https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/11/2024-11-18-emacs-news/ Mon, 18 Nov 2024 14:29:46 GMT emacs emacs-news https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/11/2024-11-18-emacs-news/

Emacs 30:

What are your favorite changes in emacs 30?

Upcoming events:

M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Wed Nov 20 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata – Thu Nov 21 0000 Asia/Singapore
Emacs APAC (virtual) https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/ Sat Nov 23 0030 America/Vancouver - 0230 America/Chicago - 0330 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT - 0930 Europe/Berlin - 1400 Asia/Kolkata - 1630 Asia/Singapore
Emacs Berlin (virtual, in English) https://emacs-berlin.org/ Wed Nov 27 0930 America/Vancouver - 1130 America/Chicago - 1230 America/Toronto - 1730 Etc/GMT - 1830 Europe/Berlin - 2300 Asia/Kolkata – Thu Nov 28 0130 Asia/Singapore

Beginner:

J.e.r.e.m.y B.r.y.a.n.t: Basics of Emacs manual documentation

Emacs configuration:

Emacs Lisp:

Marcin Borkowski: Discovering functions and variables in Elisp files
Paredit, a Visual Guide - Calva User Guide
timeblock.el - Emacs library for visualizing time data via interactive blocks (Reddit, communick.news)
Emacs creando un widget para controlar mi enchufe inteligente | Programador Web Valencia (@maxxcan@mastodon.social)

Appearance:

Navigation:

Writing:

Org Mode:

Denote:

Package for those who use Denote as a Zettelkasten: denote-zettel-interface

Completion:

Exploring Emacs Completion Styles - System Crafters Live! (02:03:03)

Coding:

Web:

Emacs: A non-intrusive browser (Reddit, YouTube) - based on EWW, SVG rendering

Multimedia:

AI:

Emacs is well positioned in the LLM era
Extract vocab from your screen - chatgpt-shell-japanese-lookup
PSA: chatgpt-shell splits into multiple repositories (preparing for multi-model support) (Reddit)

Community:

Other:

Emacs development:

New packages:

compile-angel: Compile Emacs Lisp libraries automatically (MELPA)
crc: Cyclic Redundancy Check (MELPA)
disproject: Dispatch project commands with Transient (MELPA)
edts-mode: EDTS setup and configuration (MELPA)
evedel: Instructed LLM programmer/assistant (MELPA)
mathjax: Render formulas using MathJax (GNU ELPA)
miasma-theme: Miasma: color theme inspired by the woods (MELPA)
plumber: Run different commands depending on the text format (MELPA)
quick-sdcv: Interface for the sdcv command (StartDict cli dictionary) (MELPA)

Links from reddit.com/r/emacs, r/orgmode, r/spacemacs, r/planetemacs, Mastodon #emacs, Hacker News, lobste.rs, programming.dev, lemmy.world, lemmy.ml, 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!

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Upcoming events:

EmacsSF (in person): coffee.el in SF https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/304301988/ Sat Nov 16 1100 America/Los_Angeles
M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Wed Nov 20 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata – Thu Nov 21 0000 Asia/Singapore
Emacs APAC (virtual) https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/ Sat Nov 23 0030 America/Vancouver - 0230 America/Chicago - 0330 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT - 0930 Europe/Berlin - 1400 Asia/Kolkata - 1630 Asia/Singapore

Beginner:

Emacs Tutorial – Tristan's Zettelkasten (Midirus)

Emacs configuration:

Emacs Lisp:

Navigation:

Dired:

Replace spaces in dired

Org Mode:

Denote:

Tomando Notas con Emacs - FTV

Completion:

completion.tap/after-init.el at main · steve-downey/completion.tap · GitHub - vertico, consult, cape, etc.

Coding:

Mail, news, and chat:

Evil mode:

Emacs/Evil, snake case and camel case (@bbbscarter@mastodon.gamedev.place)

Doom Emacs:

Jack Baty: A Doom Emacs status update after several days

Multimedia:

Fun:

Displaying time as Emoji - Org file (Reddit)

AI:

Using emacs as an interface to llm's: ellama and gptel
llm version 0.18, with image & media handling, batch embeddings, Azure, and more! (Reddit)

Community:

Other:

Emacs development:

New packages:

el-job: Call a function using all CPU cores (MELPA)
inhibit-mouse: Deactivate mouse input during editing (MELPA)
recall: Recall Emacs subprocess (MELPA)

Links from reddit.com/r/emacs, r/orgmode, r/spacemacs, r/planetemacs, Mastodon #emacs, Hacker News, lobste.rs, programming.dev, lemmy.world, lemmy.ml, 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!

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