• Upcoming events:
  • Emacs APAC: Announcing Emacs Asia-Pacific (APAC) virtual meetup, Saturday, October 26, 2024
  • M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Wed Oct 16 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
  • Emacs APAC (virtual) https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/ Sat Oct 26 0130 America/Vancouver - 0330 America/Chicago - 0430 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT - 1030 Europe/Berlin - 1400 Asia/Kolkata - 1630 Asia/Singapore
• Emacs configuration:
  • Thaodan/use-package-transient - Codeberg.org (@thaodan@mastodon.social)
  • Announcing Emacs-Kick: A Kickstart for Emacs focused on Vimmers
  • Configuración de Emacs Vanilla - Hardlimit
  • Customizing Emacs And Eshell - DT LIVE (01:08:51)
  • Irreal: Emacs Configuration Can Be Easy
• Emacs Lisp:
  • Marcin Borkowski: Autoloads
  • Trying eev with a sexp (2024)
  • Aprendendo Emacs Lisp - Corte 6: Escrevendo em buffers (53:02)
• Appearance:
  • Theme loading macros for light/dark
  • konrad1977/cocaine-line: A minimal mode-line for emacs which is not highly configurable and doesn't work in terminal (Reddit)
  • Hack: Use pixel-scroll for all scrolling and recentering functions/commands
• Navigation:
  • Centaur Tabs - The best tab (UI) system for Emacs! (Jan 2024)
  • speedrect v0.5: modal tools during rectangle selection, now with column fill (Reddit)
  • Emacs tip: Use windmove to navigate open buffer windows (Irreal)
  • Re: Add function to rotate/transpose all windows
  • Making Killing Nicer in Emacs (04:22, July 2024)
• Hyperbole:
  • Doing a Research Project and using GNU Hyperbole's Integrated Features
• Writing:
  • James Cherti: Emacs: Automating Table of Contents Update for Markdown Documents (e.g., README.md)
  • Marcin Borkowski: mrr-replace-mode - multi-replace regexps
  • Grammar tools for Emacs [LWN.net]​ (2016, Reddit)
  • Chris Maiorana: Second Brain, Second Nature - build your own system
• Org Mode:
  • organize your life, with orgmode (30:12)
  • Tip about using org-agenda-include-diary to display the diary
  • Referencing Org Table Cells with Text Regions (Reddit)
  • Using Org Mode to write and organize a book (@Jose_A_Alonso@mathstodon.xyz, Irreal)
  • Building a blog from Org Mode files using only Emacs (@evgandr@mas.to)
  • Summary of org and org-roam statistics
  • Org development:
    • Add repeat-mode keymap for navigation commands
• Completion:
  • James Dyer: Simple Directory and File Creation Using Vertico Completion Exit With Input
  • sway-completing-read
• Coding:
  • Tip: customize cycle-spacing-actions
  • Edit code chunks from multiple files in one buffer (a prototype) (Reddit, HN)
  • SamuelVanie/entr-runner.el: An emacs package that will facilitate hot reloading of custom process or command (Reddit)
  • pythonic-emacs/djangonaut: Emacs minor mode for Django.
  • 33 CL, Add C-c C-j Functionality from Slime to Sly in Emacs (23:42)
  • Debugging GameCube applications/games (in Emacs) (2023)
  • emacs-bazel-mode: Emacs mode for Bazel
• Shells:
  • Emacs package highlight - vterm (2023)
  • pull-shell - a simple utility to run emacs shell from outside of emacs. (Reddit)
• Web:
  • theesm/chrewwmium.el: Open/bookmark/capture links/pages from Chromium in Emacs (@theesm@social.tchncs.de)
  • Send browser URLs to Emacs EWW (Mac)
• Mail, news, and chat:
  • Release v0.16 · Ement.el (Matrix chat client for Emacs)
• Multimedia:
  • Sacha Chua: Yay Emacs 5: Tweaking my video workflow with WhisperX and subed-record
• Fun:
  • Using decide-mode to help with games
• AI:
  • For better or worse, ChatGPT can be your #emacs #orgmode helper… - George Jones (@eludom@fosstodon.org)
  • Integrando AI con mi herramienta de trabajo preferida: Google Gemini, Emacs Lisp y GNU/Linux!!
• Community:
  • Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread - write-region, eglot-stay-out-of, C-x in transients, blamer-bindings
  • 5 Reasons Why I Love and Use Emacs in Linux - Make Tech Easier (Reddit)
  • Ask HN: If you were rewriting Emacs from scratch, what would you do differently? (Reddit)
  • "Philosophical" question: Is elisp the only language that could've made Emacs what it is? If so, why?
  • Irreal: 🥩 Red Meat Friday: Is Lisp Syntax Boring
• Other:
  • Tip: delete-duplicate-lines (@mstempl@mastodon.social)
  • Head & Tail in EmacsLisp (Reddit)
  • a useful snippet to bring emacs client to the front on OS X
• Emacs development:
  • emacs-devel:
    • Problems with using Unicode or non-ASCII in text terminals Re: Question regarding tty special glyphs display defaults
    • Some discussion about minibuffer, child frames (Posframe), and cursors
    • First Posframes on tty
  • Add foldout command for widening to current fold
  • Remove buttons when disabling 'button-mode'
  • Add unbuttonize-region
  • Add imenu support for ODF files in doc-view
  • Make revision completion in vc-diff and vc-root-diff more predictable
  • Implement drag-n-drop for w32 with support for files and text
  • New command-line options for 'etags'
  • Support file creation and deletion in diff-apply-hunk
  • Support calling 'project-current' with custom prompt
• New packages:
  • copilot-chat: Copilot chat interface (MELPA)
  • org-inline-pdfcomment: Export Support for Inline Tasks as PDF Comments (MELPA)
  • sml-ts-mode: SML major-mode using tree-sitter (MELPA)
  • uniline: Draw lines, boxes, & arrows with the keyboard (MELPA)
  • wollok-mode: Major mode for the Wollok programming language (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!

Here's what I've been posting on @sacha@social.sachachua.com:

• Upcoming events:
  • OrgMeetup (virtual) https://bbb.emacsverse.org/b/iho-h7r-qg8-led Thu Oct 10 0900 America/Vancouver - 1100 America/Chicago - 1200 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1800 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata – Fri Oct 11 0000 Asia/Singapore
  • Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs Fri Oct 11 1800 Europe/Paris
  • M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Wed Oct 16 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
  • Call for proposals - European Lisp Symposium 2025: May 19-20 Zürich, deadline March 2
• Beginner:
  • 🤪 emacs tutorial (06:20)
  • Understanding Emacs modes - YouTube (58:19)
  • Wizbango Episode 3 [Emacs Basics]​ (27:02)
  • Emacs link map (@sacha@social.sachachua.com)
  • ¿Se sigue utilizando y desarrollando GNU Emacs en 2024? Una "Breve" Intro de solo 2 horas (02:08:53)
  • Emacs 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 (03:36) (in Spanish; part of a series)
• Emacs configuration:
  • [Emacs-Kicks Project] - For all Neovim users - Seeking Feedback & Interest!
    • Request for Comment: Casual Package Consolidation (@kickingvegas@sfba.social)
  • mehrad/.emacs.d: This is my attempt to put together my own emacs config (@Mehrad@fosstodon.org)
  • patrickdelliott's Emacs Config
• Emacs Lisp:
  • Major Mode Comfort Functions, Because I'm Lazy - how to add a mode to autoloads and auto-mode-alist
  • [ANN] f.el v0.21.0 has been released! (Reddit) file times, mkdir path, shortdoc
  • Aprendendo Emacs Lisp - Corte 5: Jogo da adivinhação (01:07:41)
• Appearance:
  • pulsic.el - Temporarily highlight the current line on window state change (Reddit)
  • James Dyer: Syncing Tab Theme After Theme Load
  • Listing and setting installed coding/monospaced fonts function for your Emacs
• Navigation:
  • Simple ripgrep integration that reuses grep-mode (@jroimartin@fosstodon.org)
  • Combine orgrr-search and metasearch-search-set (@laotang@mastodon.social)
  • rtrppl/metasearch: Metasearch for Emacs (@laotang@mastodon.social)
  • project-root-initialize
  • Avyならなんでもできる | Emacs JP
• Writing:
  • [pdf] A quick guide on writing a book with Emacs Org-mode. (Reddit)
  • Writing with Emacs (Reddit, Irreal)
• Org Mode:
  • SUMMARY - #11 bbb:OrgMeetup on Wed, Sep 11, 19:00 UTC+3 - Ihor Radchenko (@yantar92@fosstodon.org)
  • Beginner tip about tagging Org Mode headings and filtering them
  • Save buffer automatically with org-clock-out (@mocom@mastodon.social)
  • Literate Org Haskell
  • nix-shell-in-emacs-org-mode
  • Ross A. Baker: Creating and Styling Callouts in Hugo (@shom@fosstodon.org) - also ox-hugo
• Denote:
  • denote-capture
  • Bibliographic Notes with the citar-denote Emacs Package
• Completion:
  • Corfu section of an Emacs tutorial (@tristanC@functional.cafe)
  • From Ivy To Vert&co – Tristan's Zettelkasten
  • xvw - Expansion d'abréviations avec YASnippet
• Coding:
  • Emacs for Python and Poetry Using `basedpyright-langserver` (@webbureaucrat@floss.social)
  • Extending Emacs's Go Tree Sitter Mode’s Imenu Function to Include Test Run // Take on Rules (@takeonrules@dice.camp)
  • martianh/tp.el: Transient utilities for POSTing to an API (@mousebot@todon.nl)
  • `cargo-jump-xref.el`: Help you jump to cargo dependency's source file in `Cargo.toml` file
• Math:
  • [karthink] Emacs 💜 LaTeX (14:13, Reddit) - also Org Mode and Calc, very cool (@ctietze, @Nidish96@emacs.ch)
  • More LaTeX productivity tips
  • Emacs/math/latex twitch stream
• Shells:
  • Customizing Emacs And Eshell - DT LIVE (01:08:51)
• Web:
  • Open with EWW - The Great SummerEmacs Blog (Reddit, @summeremacs@fashionsocial.host)
• Mail, news, and chat:
  • Opening a remote mbox file from Emacs (@jroimartin@fosstodon.org)
• Fun:
  • my-3x4-mode: Pseudofonts in Emacs. (Reddit)
  • Zalgo Mode - A Minor mode for writing spooky looking text
• AI:
  • llm-apply.el: Modify buffer contents via LLMs
  • Introduce aider (AI programming in terminal), and emacs binding for it, aider.el
  • Go talk to the LLM (lobste.rs)
  • 最強ローカルLLM実行環境としてのEmacs
• Community:
  • Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread - ERT run at point
  • 5 Reasons Why I Love and Use Emacs in Linux - Make Tech Easier (@governa@fosstodon.org)
  • What are some advantages to using Emacs as a newbie?
  • On vim vs Emacs - Steve Purcell: emacs can be vim
  • Irreal: Why Emacs: The View From Vim
• Other:
  • Jiewawa: Useful Emacs commands for reading
  • Recommending side-notes and dot-mode
  • Emacs as Menu for Shell Commands, Passwords and Bluetooth Connections (01:04, @mekeor@mastodon.catgirl.cloud)
  • Recording and screenshotting windows: the lazy way - macosrec
  • How to get railwaycat's Mitsuharu 29.4 port in homebrew (Mac OS X)
  • PSA Night and day Mac Emacs builds: caldwell (night) vs. jimeh (day)
  • Emacs-plus PATH in macOS Sequoia | The Art Of Not Asking Why (@jtr@fosstodon.org)
• Emacs development:
  • emacs-devel:
    • Discussion about preconfigured Emacs
    • Preview of tty child frames in scratch/tty-child-frames
  • Add a shortcut to go up in the menu hierarchy.
  • Add file/buffer-to-register (Bug#73308)
  • ; * etc/NEWS: Document Python electric-layout-mode support.
  • Add imenu index function for DjVu files in doc-view
  • New minor mode find-function-mode replaces find-function-setup-keys
  • Add commands to interactively set/unset keyboard translations
  • New M-~ entry in save-some-buffers-action-alist
  • New function shell-command-do-open
  • New value 'permanent-only' for defcustom :local keyword
  • New command diff-delete-other-hunks
• New packages:
  • bitbake-ts-mode: A major mode to use bitbake tree-sitter (MELPA)
  • corsair: Text accumulation enhancements for GPTel (MELPA)
  • flymake-biome: A flymake plugin for SQL files using biome (MELPA)
  • genexpr-mode: Major mode for editing GenExpr files (MELPA)
  • varuga: Send ical calendar invites by email (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!

• Upcoming events:
  • EmacsATX: Emacs Social https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/303579672/ Wed Oct 2 1600 America/Vancouver - 1800 America/Chicago - 1900 America/Toronto - 2300 Etc/GMT – Thu Oct 3 0100 Europe/Berlin - 0430 Asia/Kolkata - 0700 Asia/Singapore
  • Emacs Paris: S: Emacs workshop in Paris (online) https://emacs-doctor.com/ Thu Oct 3 0830 America/Vancouver - 1030 America/Chicago - 1130 America/Toronto - 1530 Etc/GMT - 1730 Europe/Berlin - 2100 Asia/Kolkata - 2330 Asia/Singapore
  • Emacs.si (in person): Emacs.si meetup #13 2024 (v #živo) https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/cb5ed2be-9c40-49be-a241-64dc14892ef6 Thu Oct 3 1900 CET
  • M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Fri Oct 4 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
  • EmacsSF (in person): coffee.el in SF https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/303396554/ Sat Oct 5 1100 America/Los_Angeles
  • Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs Fri Oct 11 1800 Europe/Paris
• Beginner:
  • Irreal: Emacs Doc Bling
• Emacs configuration:
  • welkomscherm.el - How do you like this simple dashboard? tips for improving the code and UI very welcome - begginner! (Reddit)
  • Configuring Emacs on My New Laptop (02:00:09)
  • Una configuracion minimalista para Emacs — algo para comenzar (0x0003) - FTV (@barocio@techhub.social)
• Emacs Lisp:
  • Emacs Lisp: Inserting to a variable rather than the buffer (@robsws@hachyderm.io)
• Appearance:
  • Closing Pitch | Emacs Appearance Panel | Video 15 (04:09)
• Navigation:
  • Announcing Casual EditKit (Reddit, Irreal)
  • Cycling through most recently windows with ace-window
  • Tip for using Emacs to review logs
• Dired:
  • James Dyer: Simple Directory and File Creation in Dired (Irreal)
• Org Mode:
  • Tip about using org-tree-to-indirect-buffer
  • Emacs Org Mode Instant Preview: A VSCode-inspired setup for Org files
  • `hyperdrive-org-transclusion`: `org-transclusion` add-on (Demo, Reddit)
  • Very happy to annoced: org-zettel-ref-mode 0.3.5 Stable release!
  • Import, export, and integration:
    • Emacs Org Ros Package Take Screenshot And Insert In Open Org Buffer 2024_09_30_08:26:58 (07:36, Reddit)
    • Sacha Chua: org-attaching the latest image from my Supernote via Browse and Access
    • Sacha Chua: Include inline SVGs in Org Mode HTML and Markdown exports
    • Sacha Chua: Using Emacs Lisp to export TXT/EPUB/PDF from Org Mode to the Supernote via Browse and Access
    • Publishing on the web with Jekyll, Emacs and Org-Mode by Christian Dewein (@fabrik42@mastodon.social)
• Completion:
  • From Ivy To Vert&co – Tristan's Zettelkasten (@tristanC@functional.cafe)
• Coding:
  • Augmented nano-modeline to display which-function in orange (@root42@chaos.social)
  • Release CIDER 1.16 ("Kherson") · clojure-emacs/cider · GitHub (@bbatsov@hachyderm.io)
  • meow_king/zig-ts-mode: Emacs Zig Tree Sitter Mode - Codeberg.org (@meowking@mastodon.social)
  • masukomi/private-comments-mode (@masukomi@connectified.com)
• Mail, news, and chat:
  • rcirc-sqlite 1.0.3 new command rcirc-sqlite-stats-per-month (@mattof@functional.cafe)
• AI:
  • Adding Artificial Intelligence To Emacs (15:31)
  • Dictation with small LLMs and linguistic pragmatics (@lepisma@mathstodon.xyz)
  • Evedel: Instructed LLM Programmer/Assistant (HN)
  • Integrando AI con mi herramienta de trabajo preferida: Google Gemini, Emacs Lisp y GNU/Linux!! (10:02)
• Community:
  • Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread
  • VIM vs NANO vs Emacs: Which Linux Text Editor is Best for You? (01:14:08) (Telugu)
  • Part Five of My Battles with Emacs (@macosxguru@fosstodon.org)
  • Buff stacking Emacs (30:23)
• Other:
  • Tip about using save-interprogram-paste-before-kill (@srijan@indieweb.social)
  • Emacs: commands in popup frames with emacsclient (14:41)
  • enote: Simple note taking helper which works literally in-place (Reddit)
  • Anand Tamariya: HTML Renderer (Reddit) - render table via SVG
  • J.e.r.e.m.y B.r.y.a.n.t: Emacs display code on TTY
  • Turbocharging Emacs | Building GCCEmacs from source For Beginners (30:19)
  • Javascript and more to emacs emacs application framework (01:45)
  • localauthor: Emacs Popup Frames Anywere — MacOS Edition (Reddit, Irreal)
• Emacs development:
  • emacs-devel: Nudge to add mouse-8 and mouse-9 bindings wherever there's history navigation
  • Delete some libraries obsolete since Emacs 24.4/24.5
  • Try "python" before "python3" in python-mode
  • Cease accepting the :reverse-video face attribute (bug#73552)
  • Warn about :reverse-video in defface
  • Add buffer-local register commands to DocView
  • Move to start of current header in diff-{file,hunk}-prev
  • New command diff-revert-and-kill-hunk
  • * etc/NEWS: Describe the change to enum handling in CC Mode
  • Declare nested backquotes unsupported in Pcase patterns (bug#72328)
• New packages:
  • consult-gh-embark: Embark Actions for consult-gh (MELPA)
  • consult-gh-forge: Magit/Forge Integration for consult-gh (MELPA)
  • jwt: Interact with JSON Web Tokens (MELPA)
  • omtose-phellack-themes: Two dark themes, with cold blusish touch (MELPA)
  • torrent-mode: Display torrent files in a tabulated view (MELPA)
  • zig-ts-mode: Tree Sitter support for Zig (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!

I want to get better at working in tiny chunks. Some of the things I find hard are:

• getting incomplete thoughts out of my head when the kiddo interrupts so that I don't get grumpy (because of the Ovsiankina effect)
• managing the stack of interrupting tasks and yak-shaving temptations
• still making time for larger projects or things with less-immediate or more uncertain payoffs

Some general ways to improve:

• Reduce friction so that more things can fit in less time.
  • Take notes
  • Improve workflows and tools
  • Create templates
• Build momentum: focusing several chunks on one project to minimize context switches and make more progress
• Lower expectations and split things up.
• Start with a rough cut and then refine.
• Use different types of work:
  • Organizing information can be easier than thinking up something new
  • Recognizing things from a list can be easier than recalling them from scratch

How can I get better at using tiny chunks in different aspects of my life?

• Code:
  • Now that I'm on a more powerful computer, I'm looking forward to learning how to take advantage of LSP, completion, and other modern conveniences.
  • I can replace social media doomscrolling with reading APIs, guides, and code samples.
  • I can take more notes and review them.
• Writing:
  • If I sketch my thoughts, that can help me think through things in a more nonlinear way at the beginning. Mindmaps and sketchnotes might actually be easier than using text outlines, since I can do them off my computer.
  • Dictation might help me turn other pockets of time into writing time, and then turn computer time into editing time.
  • Improving my workflows makes it easier for me to get the text out into a blog post that has a sketch or a video or a screenshot.
• Drawing:
  • I can ask smaller questions so that I can get to an answer faster. I also don't have to flesh out the full thought in the drawing - I can use dictation or writing to add more details.
  • I can crop the image to remove the pressure to use the full page. I used to draw my thoughts on index cards. That was a good size for a small thought, and they were easier to build up into larger chunks.
  • I can use visual organizers, metaphors, and other structures to help me think through things. That might also give me additional insights.
• Bigger projects: One of the things that sometimes frustrates me is having bigger projects that I can't figure out how to fit into smaller segments, or that take a lot of setup time and therefore tend to get deprioritized in favor of things with more immediate payoffs.
  • I have a few 1.5-hour chunks of focused time because of A+'s virtual school, and I might be able to reserve more time eventually. It might be good to have that time when I'm not prioritizing short tasks and quick wins. Aside from that, if I get focused time in the evening, the trade-off is usually that A+ binge-watches YouTube videos when I'm not focusing on her. Sometimes I'm okay with this because I really want some thinking time. It's better when I'm getting that focused time because she's off doing something with W-, though.
  • I tend to work on whatever I've been thinking about lately (availability bias), but it might be good to review longer-term projects/interests to keep them on my radar or make peace with archiving them.
  • Even the stuff that feels like very slow progress can be worthwhile.
• Life:
  • Sometimes I feel a little distracted by things I want to do, but it's worth figuring out how to put stuff aside so that I can play. Bluey has plenty of examples of short games that could be fun to play with A+.
  • There's always time to work on health. Sometimes doing a single pushup makes it easier to do another, especially when the kiddo jumps in and starts exercising too.
  • Similarly, a small chunk of time is great for tidying.