2015-12-28 Emacs News

[Sacha Chua]

• Navigation:
  • [Use Ivy-mode to tweak workgroups2]
    (http://blog.binchen.org/posts/use-ivy-mode-to-tweak-workgroups2.html)
    ([Reddit]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3xspps/use_ivymode_to_tweak_workgroups2/))
  • [Faster pop-to-mark command]
    (http://endlessparentheses.com/faster-pop-to-mark-command.html?source=rss):
    Go back to the last place - C-u C-SPC
  • [popup-imenu - select imenu items via popup window with fuzzy
    matching] (https://github.com/ancane/popup-imenu) ([Reddit]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3ye9c2/popupimenu_select_imenu_items_via_popup_window/))
  • [super-save - save Emacs buffers when they lose focus]
    (https://github.com/bbatsov/super-save) ([Reddit]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3ya38u/supersave_save_emacs_buffers_when_they_lose_focus/))
  • [10 emacs productivity plugins]
    (http://xmodulo.com/best-plugins-to-increase-productivity-on-emacs.html)
    ([Reddit]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3y4sbi/10_emacs_productivity_plugins/))
    - see suggested substitutions in the comments
  • [ivy+flx for fuzzy matching]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3xzas3/help_with_ivycounsel_fuzzy_matching_and_sorting/)
  • [Evil: map unused "namespace" in operator-pending commands (like
    vim-impaired)]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3xwffe/evil_map_unused_namespace_in_operatorpending/)
• Display:
  • [Adjusting text size in Emacs] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=4823): C-x
    C-+ C-+ C-+, etc.
  • [Evil Mode hack for a colorful mode line]
    
(http://muublog.blogspot.com/2015/12/evil-mode-hack-for-colorful-mode-line.html)
  • [Spellchecking in Emacs]
    (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3yc3el/spellchecking_in_emacs/):
    flyspell, ispell
  • [Using a different colour scheme for M-x shell]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3xw5io/using_a_different_colour_scheme_for_mx_shell/)
• Coding:
  • [fixed vc-darcs package] (https://github.com/velkyel/vc-darcs)
    ([Reddit]
    (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3y7q4w/fixed_vcdarcs_package/))
  • [Autocompletion]
    (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3y78j2/n00b_question/):
    hippie-expand, company-mode
  • [emacs and C/C++, irony or rtags or…both?]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3y6czz/emacs_and_cc_irony_or_rtags_orboth/)
  • [Any cool yasnippets to share with us?]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3xtmq5/any_cool_yasnippets_to_share_with_us/)
  • [Package of the day: press semicolon-key to close it, without
    figuring out which semicolon/parentheses/bracket]
    (https://github.com/emacs-berlin/general-close) ([Reddit]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3xtl10/package_of_the_day_press_semicolonkey_to_close_it/))
• Community:
  • [Learning the right tools] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=4829)
  • [Challenge: enumerate all the things you currently do in Emacs!]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3y8ppo/challenge_enumerate_all_the_things_you_currently/)
  • [Participate In Emacs Mailinglists Via Gmane]
    
(http://emacs-primer.branchable.com/posts/Participate_In_Emacs_Mailinglists_Via_Gmane/)
    ([Reddit]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3y5j63/participate_in_emacs_mailinglists_via_gmane/))
  • [Emacswiki needs cleaning up]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3y1iih/emacswiki_is_a_useful_pile_of_shit_i_say_this_as/)
  • [2015-12-21 Emacs Hangout]
    (http://sachachua.com/blog/2015/12/2015-12-21-emacs-hangout/)
• Emacs development:
  • [Rant: Obfuscation in Emacs]
    (http://yann.hodique.info/blog/rant-obfuscation-in-emacs/):
    inhibit-startup-echo-area-message is special ([Reddit]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3ycj8m/rant_obfuscation_in_emacs_yann_hodique/))
  • [Elang - a small Python-like language for the Emacs VM]
    (https://github.com/vkazanov/elang) ([Reddit]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3yikja/elang_a_small_pythonlike_language_for_the_emacs_vm/))
  • Changes
    • [erc-related fixes]
      
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=1fe73447864345c03fb28005122137419286853b):
      also, [async]
      
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=d50b89dda9478b5e7e20e9b23bf48bd07ee6210a),
      [proxy]
      
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=507e98a54d1aa37823c64993d6b59257a82fe8f4),
      [tls]
      
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=5917b504874faaa849f3976e0bfd75383745bd44)
    • [IDNA domain encode/decode]
      
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=1f11b33a780ca4adeff7560cf347ea41cd31bc43)
    • [URL parsing]
      
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=1dee11d874de5ff3d5634e1629054c4398b27b72)
    • [eww-related changes]
      
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=6d124eef1c940b251277b3eed6dd55eb7565d97e):
      [colours]
      
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=6d124eef1c940b251277b3eed6dd55eb7565d97e),
      meta-refresh, file name coding, history, left-to-right,
      checkboxes, filenames
    • [clipboard even without interprogram-*]
      
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=1dcf9a5d2a727913bc53c68756bdaf6db5573671)
    • [dired]
      
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=65c64058b817f169e356ea7825d173eb4c27fcf6)
      - W views files in browser
  • emacs-devel discussions
    • [Apostrophes and the startup message]
      (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-12/msg01285.html)
    • [Bug triage process, how to use debbugs]
      (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-12/msg01341.html);
      also, [debbugs limit]
      (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-12/msg01165.html)
    • [Bug triage progress]
      (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-12/msg01242.html)
    • [Continued discussion of dynamic modules]
      (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-12/msg01053.html)
• Other:
  • [Clock in and get-shit-done]
    (https://punchagan.muse-amuse.in/posts/clock-in-and-get-shit-done.html):
    Disable social media sites temporarily
  • [Running external executables from Emacs Lisp]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3xxlvx/how_can_i_load_external_executable_by_elisp/):
    start-process, shell-command
  • [How can I implement "twiddle case" in emacs?]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3xui8e/how_can_i_implement_twiddle_case_in_emacs/)
  • [Using emacs org mode for fitness - YouTube]
    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGO4RPzAKQY) (7:46)
  • [011 Editing Files with Emacs - YouTube]
    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--eSLDrCtZY) (5:40) - beginner
    tutorial
• New packages:
  • ac-html-angular <http://melpa.org/#/ac-html-angular>: Auto complete
    angular15 data for `ac-html' and `company-web'
  • cff <http://melpa.org/#/cff>: Search of the C/C++ file header by the
    source and vice versa
  • clean-buffers <http://melpa.org/#/clean-buffers>: Clean useless
    buffers
  • crux <http://melpa.org/#/crux>: Miscellaneous commands such as
    crux-open-with, crux-view-url, crux-swap-windows
  • dim <http://melpa.org/#/dim>: Change mode-line names of major/minor
    modes
  • elisp-lint <http://melpa.org/#/elisp-lint>: Basic linting for Emacs
    Lisp
  • git-command <http://melpa.org/#/git-command>: Yet another Git
    interface
  • helm-img <http://melpa.org/#/helm-img>: Utilities for making image
    sources for helm.
  • helm-img-tiqav <http://melpa.org/#/helm-img-tiqav>: An helm-source
    for joking.
  • helm-xcdoc <http://melpa.org/#/helm-xcdoc>: Search Xcode Document by
    docsetutil and eww with helm interface
  • import-js <http://melpa.org/#/import-js>: Import Javascript
    dependencies
  • kooten-theme <http://melpa.org/#/kooten-theme>: Dark color theme
  • latex-math-preview <http://melpa.org/#/latex-math-preview>: preview
    LaTeX mathematical expressions.
  • platformio-mode <http://melpa.org/#/platformio-mode>: PlatformIO
    integration
  • popup-imenu <http://melpa.org/#/popup-imenu>: Imenu index popup
  • super-save <http://melpa.org/#/super-save>: Auto-save buffers, based
    on your activity.
  • verify-url <http://melpa.org/#/verify-url>: Find invalid URLs in the
    buffer or region

Links from [reddit.com/r/emacs] (http://reddit.com/r/emacs/new),
[/r/orgmode] (http://reddit.com/r/orgmode), [Hacker News]
(https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story),
[planet.emacsen.org] (http://planet.emacsen.org), [Youtube]
(https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=emacs&search_sort=video_date_uploaded),
the [Emacs commit log]
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/?showmsg=1), the changes
to the [Emacs NEWS file]
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS), and
[emacs-devel] (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-12).

[Past Emacs News round-ups]
(http://sachachua.com/blog/category/emacs-news)