2016-04-11 Emacs News
=====================
- Navigation:
- [Extended syntax for hydra docstrings]
(http://oremacs.com/2016/04/04/hydra-doc-syntax/) (hat-tip to [Irreal]
(http://irreal.org/blog/?p=5131) for link)
- [Use general.el to provide multiple leader key in evil-mode]
(http://blog.binchen.org/posts/use-general-el-to-provide-multiple-leader-key-in-evil-mode.html)
- [Super-efficient movement using avy]
(http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/super-efficient-movement-using-avy/)
- [Composable editing for Emacs]
(https://github.com/paldepind/composable.el) ([Reddit]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4e6sas/composable_editing_for_emacs/))
- [Use Different Search Methods Depending on Number of Lines]
(http://karl-voit.at/2016/04/09/chosing-emacs-search-method/) ([Reddit]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4e599o/use_different_search_methods_depending_on_number/))
- Org Mode:
- [A Hydra for the Org Agenda View Dispatcher]
(http://irreal.org/blog/?p=5131)
- [Vim bindings for Org-Agenda?]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4e1sed/vim_bindings_for_orgagenda/)
- Mail:
- [Using postfix instead of smtpmail to send email in mu4e]
(http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/using-postfix-instead-of-smtpmail-to-send-email-in-mu4e/)
- [Emacs and Outlook] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=5128)
- [mu4e with "push" notifications?]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4dntkl/mu4e_with_push_notifications/)
- Coding:
- [Tip: M-( inserts a pair of balanced parentheses. Works everywhere
AFAIK.]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4eb0yr/tip_m_inserts_a_pair_of_balanced_parentheses/)
- [Is anybody else scared that you'll break something?]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4e6rtb/is_anybody_else_scared_that_youll_break_something/)
- [Tabs and Spaces]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4drxlo/tabs_and_spaces/)
- Emacs development:
- [Introduction to Emacs modules]
(http://diobla.info/blog-archive/modules-tut.html) ([Reddit]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4dgli0/introduction_to_emacs_modules/))
- [New options for customizing encoding of Git commit log messages]
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=435da5d2955ce35be4785b7d46566ed9b42ea9fb)
- [New functions sxhash-eq and sxhash-eql]
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=a4aa94d0cdffb45723786aa798174e942d509774)
- [Comint and compile no longer set EMACS]
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=a1f221bd82eb4393ccba83a361b435a4992b532a)
- [Allow url.el to use HTTPS proxies using CONNECT]
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3c623c26ae7d695746e05d8a2e16a67a6256b024)
- [Discussion of compiler warnings]
(http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-04/msg00149.html)
- Other:
- [Hiding those annoying Async Shell Command buffers]
(http://mbork.pl/2016-04-07_Hiding_those_annoying_Async_Shell_Command_buffers)
- [Running Emacs on Android]
(http://endlessparentheses.com/running-emacs-on-android.html?source=rss)
([Reddit]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4dzakp/running_emacs_on_android/),
[Hacker News] (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11438559))
- [Long time vim user looking to try out emacs + evil, but confused about
the options]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4e7pcs/long_time_vim_user_looking_to_try_out_emacs_evil/)
- [Typing game for Emacs similar to tests on 10 fast fingers]
(https://github.com/mrkkrp/typit)
- [use-package (Spanish, 30:15)]
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaetS-aZVwM)
- New packages:
- cask-mode <http://melpa.org/#/cask-mode>: major mode for editing Cask
files
- company-lua <http://melpa.org/#/company-lua>: Company backend for Lua
- composable <http://melpa.org/#/composable>: composable editing
- cql-mode <http://melpa.org/#/cql-mode>: Major mode for editting CQLs
- dix <http://melpa.org/#/dix>: minor mode for editing Apertium XML
dictionary files
- esa <http://melpa.org/#/esa>: Interface to esa.io
- flycheck-apertium <http://melpa.org/#/flycheck-apertium>: Apertium
checkers in flycheck
- howm <http://melpa.org/#/howm>: Wiki-like note-taking tool
- ob-coffee <http://melpa.org/#/ob-coffee>: org-babel functions for
coffee-script evaluation
- ob-diagrams <http://melpa.org/#/ob-diagrams>: org-babel functions for
diagrams evaluation
- redtick <http://melpa.org/#/redtick>: Smallest pomodoro timer (1 char)
- restclient-helm <http://melpa.org/#/restclient-helm>: helm interface for
restclient.el
- spark <http://melpa.org/#/spark>: sparkline generation
- swap-regions <http://melpa.org/#/swap-regions>: Swap two regions of text
- ten-hundred-mode <http://melpa.org/#/ten-hundred-mode>: use only the ten
hundred most usual words
- typit <http://melpa.org/#/typit>: Typing game similar to tests on 10 fast
fingers
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 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/2016-04).
[Past Emacs News round-ups] (http://sachachua.com/blog/category/emacs-news)
* 2016-04-11 Emacs News
- Navigation:
- [[http://oremacs.com/2016/04/04/hydra-doc-syntax/][Extended syntax for hydra docstrings]] (hat-tip to [[http://irreal.org/blog/?p=5131][Irreal]] for link)
- [[http://blog.binchen.org/posts/use-general-el-to-provide-multiple-leader-key-in-evil-mode.html][Use general.el to provide multiple leader key in evil-mode]]
- [[http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/super-efficient-movement-using-avy/][Super-efficient movement using avy]]
- [[https://github.com/paldepind/composable.el][Composable editing for Emacs]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4e6sas/composable_editing_for_emacs/][Reddit]])
- [[http://karl-voit.at/2016/04/09/chosing-emacs-search-method/][Use Different Search Methods Depending on Number of Lines]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4e599o/use_different_search_methods_depending_on_number/][Reddit]])
- Org Mode:
- [[http://irreal.org/blog/?p=5131][A Hydra for the Org Agenda View Dispatcher]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4e1sed/vim_bindings_for_orgagenda/][Vim bindings for Org-Agenda?]]
- Mail:
- [[http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/using-postfix-instead-of-smtpmail-to-send-email-in-mu4e/][Using postfix instead of smtpmail to send email in mu4e]]
- [[http://irreal.org/blog/?p=5128][Emacs and Outlook]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4dntkl/mu4e_with_push_notifications/][mu4e with "push" notifications?]]
- Coding:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4eb0yr/tip_m_inserts_a_pair_of_balanced_parentheses/][Tip: M-( inserts a pair of balanced parentheses. Works everywhere AFAIK.]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4e6rtb/is_anybody_else_scared_that_youll_break_something/][Is anybody else scared that you'll break something?]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4drxlo/tabs_and_spaces/][Tabs and Spaces]]
- Emacs development:
- [[http://diobla.info/blog-archive/modules-tut.html][Introduction to Emacs modules]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4dgli0/introduction_to_emacs_modules/][Reddit]])
- [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=435da5d2955ce35be4785b7d46566ed9b42ea9fb][New options for customizing encoding of Git commit log messages]]
- [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=a4aa94d0cdffb45723786aa798174e942d509774][New functions sxhash-eq and sxhash-eql]]
- [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=a1f221bd82eb4393ccba83a361b435a4992b532a][Comint and compile no longer set EMACS]]
- [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3c623c26ae7d695746e05d8a2e16a67a6256b024][Allow url.el to use HTTPS proxies using CONNECT]]
- [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-04/msg00149.html][Discussion of compiler warnings]]
- Other:
- [[http://mbork.pl/2016-04-07_Hiding_those_annoying_Async_Shell_Command_buffers][Hiding those annoying Async Shell Command buffers]]
- [[http://endlessparentheses.com/running-emacs-on-android.html?source=rss][Running Emacs on Android]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4dzakp/running_emacs_on_android/][Reddit]], [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11438559][Hacker News]])
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4e7pcs/long_time_vim_user_looking_to_try_out_emacs_evil/][Long time vim user looking to try out emacs + evil, but confused about the options]]
- [[https://github.com/mrkkrp/typit][Typing game for Emacs similar to tests on 10 fast fingers]]
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaetS-aZVwM][use-package (Spanish, 30:15)]]
- New packages:
- http://melpa.org/#/cask-mode: major mode for editing Cask files
- http://melpa.org/#/company-lua: Company backend for Lua
- http://melpa.org/#/composable: composable editing
- http://melpa.org/#/cql-mode: Major mode for editting CQLs
- http://melpa.org/#/dix: minor mode for editing Apertium XML dictionary files
- http://melpa.org/#/esa: Interface to esa.io
- http://melpa.org/#/flycheck-apertium: Apertium checkers in flycheck
- http://melpa.org/#/howm: Wiki-like note-taking tool
- http://melpa.org/#/ob-coffee: org-babel functions for coffee-script evaluation
- http://melpa.org/#/ob-diagrams: org-babel functions for diagrams evaluation
- http://melpa.org/#/redtick: Smallest pomodoro timer (1 char)
- http://melpa.org/#/restclient-helm: helm interface for restclient.el
- http://melpa.org/#/spark: sparkline generation
- http://melpa.org/#/swap-regions: Swap two regions of text
- http://melpa.org/#/ten-hundred-mode: use only the ten hundred most usual words
- http://melpa.org/#/typit: Typing game similar to tests on 10 fast fingers
Links from [[http://reddit.com/r/emacs/new][reddit.com/r/emacs]], [[http://reddit.com/r/orgmode][/r/orgmode]], [[https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story][Hacker News]], [[http://planet.emacsen.org][planet.emacsen.org]], [[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/2016-04][emacs-devel]].
[[http://sachachua.com/blog/category/emacs-news][Past Emacs News round-ups]]
