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STARTED YE16: Sacha and Prot talk Emacs

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2026-04-16-01 Preparing for chat with Prot.jpeg

Questions I'm thinking about / areas I'm working on improving:

  • (Log) Getting more out of livestreams (for yourself or others)
    • You've mentioned that you don't really go back to your videos to listen to them. I was wondering what could make the livestreamed recordings more useful to either the person who made them, people who watched it live, or people who come across it later.
    • Tradeoffs for livestreaming:
      • Plus: debugging help, capturing your thinking out loud, conversation, sharing more practices/tips
      • Minus: Fitting less stuff on screen, distractability
    • A few types of livestreams:
    • (Log) Announcing livestreams
      • You add a post for scheduled/spontaneous livestreams and then you update it with the description; probably fine considering RSS readers - people can visit the page if it's finished

      • Debating whether to embed the channel livestream (picks next public scheduled stream, I think) or embed the specific livestream

      • Now on https://yayemacs.com (also https://sach.ac/live, https://sachachua.com/live)
      • Added timestamp translation to Embark keymap for timestamps, sacha-org-timestamp-in-time-zones
      • ☐ TODO: Post template
      • ☐ TODO: ical file
      • ☐ TODO: Easier workflow for embedding streams
      • ☐ TODO: Google API for scheduling a livestream
    • (Log) Processing the recordings
      • I like editing transcripts because that also helps me quickly split up chapters
      • Tracking chapters on the fly
      • Extracting screenshots and clips
      • Turning videos into blog posts (or vice versa)
      • ☐ TODO: Automate more of the downloading/transcription, common edits, Internet Archive uploads
  • (Log) Do you sometimes find yourself copying non-packaged code from other people? How do you like to integrate it into your config, keep references to the source, check for updates?
    • convert defvar to defcustom

    • Current approach: autoload if possible; if not, add a note to the docstring 

         (use-package prot-comment                ; TODO 2026-04-16:
    :load-path "~/vendor/prot-dotfiles/emacs/.emacs.d/prot-lisp"
          :commands (prot-comment-timestamp-keyword)
          :bind
          (:map prog-mode-map
                                  ("C-x M-;" . prot-comment-timestamp-keyword)))

         ;;;###autoload
(defun sacha-org-capture-region-contents-with-metadata (start end parg)
  "Write selected text between START and END to currently clocked `org-mode' entry.

   With PARG, kill the content instead.
   If there is no clocked task, create it as a new note in my inbox instead.

   From https://takeonrules.com/2022/10/16/adding-another-function-to-sacha-workflow/, modified slightly so that it creates a new entry if we are not currently clocked in."
  (interactive "r\nP")
  (let ((text (sacha-org-region-contents-get-with-metadata start end)))
    (if (car parg)
        (kill-new text)
      (org-capture-string (concat "-----\n" text)
                          (if (org-clocking-p) "c"
                            "r")))))
    • prot-window: run a command in a new frame
    • ☐ Look into using keyd for tap and hold space?
    • ☐ header line format with common tips

Timestamps

  • This is a test
  • Getting more out of livestreams
  • This is a test message that you can ignore.
  • https://protesilaos.com/emacs/dotemacs
  • https://sachachua.com/dotemacs/
  • Getting more out of livestreams
  • Announcing livestreams
  • Processing the recordings
  • Non-packaged code

Updates

Some things we can talk about if people are curious

TODO Figure out how to get https://sachachua.com/blog/category/emacs-chat-podcast/feed/ to be a podcast feed again

Emacs Chat

Meta

I want to get better at livestreaming while I tinker with Emacs because:

  • Getting into the habit of talking out loud while I code might help me retrace my steps or my logic, like Bookclub tapas.
    • I want to turn those demonstrations or discussions into blog posts with screenshots or video clips. If I note down rough timestamps or capture screenshots, I can use those for chapters, and then I can review the transcript once it's available.
  • Other people might notice something that I take for granted and then I can help them learn more about it. I can share more of my implicit knowledge.
  • Other people might even help me get unstuck or let me know about things I haven't gotten the hang of yet.
  • There might eventually be a time when it will be difficult for me to get outside, so it might be helpful to have more ways to enjoy social interaction and mental stimulation.

A few other Emacs streamers:

sources: Reddit

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You can e-mail me at sacha@sachachua.com.