* 2019-04-15 Emacs news - Emacs Lisp: - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/bddxtx/how_to_ensure_that_lexical_binding_wont_break_my/][How to ensure that lexical binding won't break my code?]] - [[https://github.com/ebpa/tui.el][tui.el: An experimental text-based UI framework for Emacs modeled after React - requires emacs 26.1]] - Emacs development: - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2019-04/msg00503.html][Emacs 26.2 released]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/bcfsza/emacs_262_released/][Reddit]], [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19646751][HN]]) - [[https://linux.softpedia.com/progChangelog/Emacs22-Changelog-2382.html][What is new Emacs 26.2 | Linux Softpedia]] - [[https://launchpad.net/%7Ekelleyk/+archive/ubuntu/emacs][Emacs stable releases (including 26.2) on Ubuntu : Kevin Kelley]] - [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=fc0f469fb5b5eb28ca4d9948190be6cb1bd8156e][Bump minimum GTK versions to 2.24 and 3.10]] - [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ca449fb1c1f86589cbf4da49cda1750ffdb2cad4][Rename new user variable `next-error-verbosity' to `next-error-verbose']] - [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3a34f57c7e7ba355c1271c815213fb9c526b27f3][* lisp/simple.el (shell-command-width): New defcustom.]] - [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=896e5802160c2797e689a7565599ebb1bd171295][* lisp/help-fns.el (help-fns-describe-variable-functions): New hook]] - [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=7768581172e11be52b1fcd8224f4594e126bbdb7][Make `next-error' output fewer messages about locus]] - [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=9994bf17cf532f2e1d4310341da7180342202191][Bring back dmpstruct.h]] - [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=526ffbad14265addd63db19903a24a9a6073cea6][* etc/NEWS: Document js-jsx-align->-with-<]] - [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=c0b09f42f5107dc009629ee73a790ca1d62d290a][* etc/NEWS: Document way to revert to old JSX indentation behavior]] - Emacs configuration: - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/barcm6/which_emacs_distrib_do_you_use/][Which Emacs distrib do you use?]] - [[https://github.com/seagle0128/.emacs.d][Centaur Emacs - A Fancy and Fast Emacs Configuration]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/bcapoz/centaur_emacs_a_fancy_and_fast_emacs_configuration/][Reddit]]) - [[https://sanemacs.com/][Sanemacs is a minimal Emacs configuration designed to get out of your way]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/bcs6v7/sanemacs_is_a_minimal_emacs_configuration/][Reddit]]) - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCNOB5jjtmc][Installing and getting started with Spacemacs (video tutorial)]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/spacemacs/comments/bd56pm/installing_and_getting_started_with_spacemacs/][Reddit]]) - [[https://github.com/technomancy/better-defaults][Better Defaults for Emacs]] - Appearance: - [[https://github.com/seagle0128/icons-in-terminal.el][icons-in-terminal: propertize Icon Fonts in both GUI and TUI with Emacs]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/bcfeq1/github_seagle0128iconsinterminalel_a_utility/][Reddit]]) - [[https://github.com/Malabarba/smart-mode-line][smart-mode-line: colors, a prefix feature, and smart truncation]] - [[https://github.com/milkypostman/powerline][powerline: Emacs version of the Vim powerline.]] - [[https://i.redd.it/p4cqezqpbor21.png][Centaur Emacs integrates colorful icons]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/bc2z7n/centaur_emacs_integrates_colorful_icons/][Reddit]]) - Navigation: - [[https://github.com/rakete/bird-mode][bird-mode: Birds eye view for your emacs buffers.]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/bc8hqd/birdmode_birds_eye_view_for_your_emacs_buffers/][Reddit]]) - [[https://github.com/thierryvolpiatto/zop-to-char][zop-to-char: A visual zap-to-char command for Emacs.]] - [[https://github.com/emacsmirror/bookmark-plus][bookmark+: Various improvements to the standard 'bookmark.el'.]] - [[https://github.com/browse-kill-ring/browse-kill-ring][browse-kill-ring: For when 'C-y M-y M-y M-y' gets you down]] - [[https://github.com/leoliu/easy-kill][easy-kill: Kill & Mark Things Easily in Emacs]] - [[https://github.com/bmag/emacs-purpose][emacs-purpose: Manage Windows and Buffers According to Purposes]] - [[https://github.com/ericdanan/counsel-projectile][counsel-projectile: selecting and applying an action without leaving the completion session.]] - [[https://github.com/waymondo/frog-jump-buffer][frog-jump-buffer: Hop to any Emacs buffer in 2-3 key strokes - avy via frog-menu]] - [[https://github.com/waymondo/ace-jump-buffer][ace-jump-buffer: avy and the native bs buffer menu that lets you hop to Emacs buffers in 2-3 key strokes.]] - [[http://emacsrocks.com/e09.html][Emacs Rocks! Episode 09: expand-region]] - Evil Mode: - [[https://github.com/noctuid/lispyville][lispyville: lispy + evil = lispyville]] - [[https://github.com/krisajenkins/evil-tabs/blob/master/evil-tabs.el][evil-tabs: Vim-style tabs for Evil mode users.]] - [[https://github.com/syl20bnr/evil-escape][evil-escape: Customizable key sequence to escape from insert state and everything else in Emacs.]] - Org Mode: - [[https://medium.com/@lakshminp/publishing-a-book-using-org-mode-9e817a56d144][Publishing a leanpub book using org-mode - Lakshmi Narasimhan]] - [[https://github.com/alphapapa/org-bookmark-heading][org-bookmark-heading: Bookmark headings in org-mode files and jump to them using standard Emacs bookmark commands]] - [[https://karl-voit.at/2017/09/23/orgmode-as-markup-only/][Org-Mode Is One of the Most Reasonable Markup Languages to Use for Text]] - [[https://orgmode.org/guide/Clean-view.html][The compact Org-mode Guide: Clean view]] - [[https://github.com/guancio/org-fit][org-fit: A "fitness tracking utility" (i.e. Strava/Runkeeper) based on org format. and inspired by Runalyze]] - Org Mode productivity: - [[https://oremacs.com/2019/04/11/worf-change-time/][Change the current time in Org-mode]] - [[https://joshrollinswrites.com/help-desk-head-desk/agenda-multiple-files/][Agenda, and the Benfit of Having Multiple Files]] - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQwjSd3X9xE&feature=youtu.be][Plan Your Day: Daily Time Management With Emacs, Org-Mode, and Google Calendar]] - [[https://joshrollinswrites.com/help-desk-head-desk/why-gcal-failed/][My experiences with 'Org-Cal' and why it failed to meet my needs]] - [[https://aqeel.cc/2016/12/21/emacs-org-mode-journal-and-log/][Going paperless, replacing my notebooks and journals with 1's and 0's]] - Org Babel: - [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/intro.html][Introduction to Org Babel]] - [[https://github.com/nikclayton/ob-sql-mode][ob-sql-mode: sql-mode backend for Org Babel]] - [[https://levitanong.com/posts/expense-logging-with-ledger-mode-and-airtable/][Airtable Expense Logging with Ledger Mode and Org Babel - Levi Tan Ong]] - [[http://cachestocaches.com/2018/6/org-literate-programming][Literate Programming with Org-mode]] - [[https://www.fun-mooc.fr/courses/course-v1:inria+41016+session02/about][FUN - Recherche reproductible : principes methodologiques pour une science transparente]] - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/bb823o/solution_runeval_mysql_in_org_babel_source_block/][Solution - Run/eval mysql in org babel source block]] - Org Mode videos: - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgyRdnjRI4o][Emacs Org-mode: Organizing a Scientist's Life and Work by Prof. Carsten Dominik]] (52:44) - [[https://emacscast.org/][EmacsCast Episode 8: Writing in Emacs and Org mode, part 1]] - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0SILI0U4BE&feature=youtu.be][Orgmode TV - A new episode - YouTube]] - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqPhz8aqk2U&feature=youtu.be][Orgmode TV - News about the future plans - YouTube]] - Org Mode and other platforms: - [[https://kulfon.org/][Kulfon: Convert Org-Mode to HTML Without Emacs]] - [[https://github.com/ngortheone/org-rs][org-rs - Org parser rewrite in Rust]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/bd29px/orgrs_org_parser_rewrite_in_rust/][Reddit]]) - Coding: - [[https://sarcasm.github.io/notes/dev/compilation-database.html][Compilation database - A must-have if you are using Language Server Protocol client/server]] - [[https://spin.atomicobject.com/2016/01/26/webstorm-nodejs-development/][Emacs vs. WebStorm For Node.js Development]] - [[https://github.com/ralesi/ahk-mode][ahk-mode: A major mode for editing AutoHotkey scripts (.ahk).]] - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8hCXU99tIY][Let's Code - 202 - Emacs]] (11:56) - Version control: - [[https://v.redd.it/yhh8s3b1k0s21][Magit: How to quickly view the history of a file like in Google Docs?]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/bcpexy/magit_how_to_quickly_view_the_history_of_a_file/][Reddit]]) - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/bbv2mq/view_of_listing_last_commits_of_each_file_like/][View of listing last commits of each file like GitHub repo file list (in dired or Magit)?]] - Completion: - [[https://github.com/racer-rust/emacs-racer][emacs-racer: Rust Auto-Complete-er]] - [[https://github.com/tumashu/company-posframe][company-frame: A company extension, which let company use child frame as its candidate menu.]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/bc9yp3/companyframe_a_company_extension_which_let/][Reddit]]) - [[https://github.com/atilaneves/ac-dcd][ac-dcd: Auto completion for Emacs using DCD: the D completion daemon]] - Databases: - [[http://john.mercouris.online/emacs-database-interface.html][edbi: 'Emacs Database Interface' - deal with multiple databases in a uniform way.]] - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/bb5mnv/sql_workflows_inside_emacs_anyone_have_a_nice/][SQL workflows inside emacs anyone have a nice setup ?]] - [[https://github.com/Trevoke/sqlup-mode.el][sqlup-mode.el: An emacs minor mode to upcase SQL keyword and functions]] - Web development: - [[https://github.com/NateEag/skewer-reload-stylesheets][skewer-reload-stylesheets: Emacs minor-mode for live-editing CSS, SCSS, Less and other stylesheets]] - [[https://github.com/segv/jss/blob/master/README.org][jsSlime - An emacs interface to webkit and mozilla debuggers]] - Clojure: - [[https://www.braveclojure.com/basic-emacs/][How to Use Emacs, an Excellent Clojure Editor | Clojure for the Brave and True]] - [[https://github.com/snoe/clojure-lsp][clojure-lsp: A language server for clojure]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/bc4roq/clojurelsp_a_language_server_for_clojure/][Reddit]]) - Music: - [[https://punchagan.muse-amuse.in/blog/playing-music-using-mpsyt-from-emacs/][Playing music using mpsyt from Emacs - Noetic Nought]] - [[https://github.com/flexibeast/pulseaudio-control][pulseaudio-control: Control PulseAudio volumes from Emacs, via `pactl`.]] - Mail: - [[https://github.com/redguardtoo/mastering-emacs-in-one-year-guide/blob/master/gnus-guide-en.org][Practical guide to use Gnus with Gmail]] - [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=7976][Mu/mu4e 1.2 Available]] - Community: - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pk--kumpC0][First McMaster Emacs Meetup ;; Hamilton ;; Ontario]] (1:03:52) - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/bb5c1w/weekly_tipstricketc_thread/][Weekly tips/trick/etc/ thread]] - [[http://www.norwescon.org/archives/norwescon33/vingeinterview.htm][Norwescon 33 - Vernor Vinge, an Emacs user - incl. a screenshot of him editing his novel in Emacs]] - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/bbb42t/whats_your_job_whats_your_daily_emacs_workflow/][What's your job? What's your daily emacs workflow?]] - Other: - [[https://thb.lt/emacs-cheatsheet/][Emacs cheatsheet]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/bc5pkf/emacs_cheatsheet/][Reddit]]) - [[https://github.com/fsmunoz/wmii-el][wmii-el: elisp-based config and manipulation of wmii, a good alternative to StumpWm]] - [[https://github.com/rnkn/fountain-mode][fountain-mode: Emacs major mode for screenwriting in Fountain plaintext markup]] - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTOhosGQ2f0][My Emacs Workflow: projects, navigation, editing]] (16:25) - [[https://github.com/chrisdone/god-mode][god-mode: Global minor mode for entering Emacs commands without modifier keys]] - [[https://github.com/davep/uptimes.el][uptimes.el: Uptime tracking system for emacs.]] - [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2bc1is][Watch pdf-tools in action - Video Dailymotion]] - [[https://github.com/stardiviner/kiwix.el][kiwix.el: Search offline Wikipedia/Project Gutenberg/TED Talks through Kiwix HTTP Server]] - [[http://www.lonecpluspluscoder.com/2019/04/12/emacs-26-2-on-wsl-with-working-x-windows-ui/][Emacs 26.2 on WSL with working X-Windows UI]] - [[http://www.blogbyben.com/2019/04/the-embarrassingly-simple-source-for-up.html][Ben's Journal: The Embarrassingly Simple Source for An Up To Date Windows Version of emacs]] - [[http://www.lonecpluspluscoder.com/2019/04/14/wrapping-up-the-emacs-on-mac-os-x-saga/][Wrapping up the Emacs on Mac OS X saga]] - [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/emacs#As_a_systemd_unit][Start Emacs server as a systemd unit | Archlinux wiki]] - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/bcd3x4/the_only_thing_in_which_emacs_has_failed_me/][A discussion of the desire for internationalization and localization]] - New packages: - https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/smalltalk-mode.html: Major mode for the GNU Smalltalk programming language - https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/shelisp.html: execute elisp in shell - https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/eev.html: Support for e-scripts (eepitch blocks, elisp hyperlinks, etc) Links from [[http://reddit.com/r/emacs/new][reddit.com/r/emacs]], [[http://reddit.com/r/orgmode][/r/orgmode]], [[http://reddit.com/r/spacemacs][/r/spacemacs]], [[https://reddit.com/r/planetemacs][/r/planetemacs]], [[https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story][Hacker News]], [[http://planet.emacslife.com][planet.emacslife.com]], [[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=emacs&search_sort=video_date_uploaded][YouTube]], the changes to the [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS][Emacs NEWS file]], and [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2019-04][emacs-devel]]. 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