2017-04-17 Emacs news
=====================
- Emacs Lisp:
- [Emacs symbolism] (http://mp.vv.si/blog/emacs/emacs-symbolism/)
- [Move The Buffer Contents And Cursor Up Or Down By One Line]
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrCTolWO_sA) (0:32)
- [Execute macro as and EmacsScript Help]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/65ggm4/execute_macro_as_and_emacsscript_help/)
- see comments for tips on scripting
- [Idea: a standard set of async hooks for keyboard macros]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/64pt41/idea_a_standard_set_of_async_hooks_for_keyboard/)
- work around it with executing-kbd-macro
- [How to ignore whitespace-only kill-ring entries?]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/64pgfr/how_to_ignore_whitespaceonly_killring_entries/)
- filter-buffer-substring-function
- [Running elisp commands in vim buffers?]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6558wp/running_elisp_commands_in_vim_buffers/)
- Emacs development:
- [Lots of frame and window changes]
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=a61fa4af2802a47defe61543eb97276d74ba60bd)
- [Scroll right and left with the mouse wheel, touchpad, or tracker]
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=88f43dc30cb8d71830e409973cafbaca13a66a45)
- [New variable package-gnupghome-dir]
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=695eacc21ea08b7fa080a232eadae881b5295bef)
- Org Mode:
- [Changing the date roll-over time for org-mode]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/64tzsb/changing_the_date_rollover_time_for_orgmode/)
- org-extend-today-until
- [Emacs Org-Babel MySQL no longer working]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/64qwq5/emacs_orgbable_mysql_no_longer_working/)
- note about incompatible change (org-babel-get-header)
- Coding:
- [Indium – JavaScript REPL w/Object Inspection, stepping debugger ++]
(https://petton.fr/git/nico/Indium#indium----) ([Reddit]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/65lftj/indium_javascript_repl_wobject_inspection/))
- formerly known as jade
- [Announcing terminal-here: Cross-platform package to open an external
terminal in the directory of the current buffer]
(https://github.com/davidshepherd7/terminal-here) ([Reddit]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/65id4r/announcing_terminalhere_crossplatform_package_to/))
- [Interact with an Oracle DB from elisp]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/64x6xw/interact_with_an_oracle_db_from_elisp/)
- Other:
- [Sticking with emacs as a newbie: Ideas/suggestions?]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/64nl7g/sticking_with_emacs_as_a_newbie_ideassuggestions/)
- [Impressive emacs plugins]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/64pblw/impressive_emacs_plugins/)
- [Show manpages always in the same window]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/65lf9y/show_manpages_always_in_the_same_window/)
- major-mode-dedication
- [Emacs.el Episode 7]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/64sdyi/emacsel_episode_7/) -
collecting questions for Charles Lowell, frontside.io
- [A short rant on other applications]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/65pjtv/a_short_rant_on_other_applications/)
- [I Stand Corrected...] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=6141) - enjoying mu4e
- [Anki Deck to learn Spacemacs Bindings]
(https://github.com/AdrieanKhisbe/spacemacs-anki-deck)
- New packages:
- add-hooks <http://melpa.org/#/add-hooks>: Functions for setting multiple
hooks
- arch-packer <http://melpa.org/#/arch-packer>: Arch Linux package
management frontend
- bitbucket <http://melpa.org/#/bitbucket>: Bitbucket API wrapper
- flycheck-joker <http://melpa.org/#/flycheck-joker>: Add Clojure syntax
checker (via Joker) to flycheck
- hierarchy <http://melpa.org/#/hierarchy>: Library to create and display
hierarchy structures
- html2org <http://melpa.org/#/html2org>: Convert html to org format text
- indium <http://melpa.org/#/indium>: JavaScript Awesome Development
Environment
- password-mode <http://melpa.org/#/password-mode>: Hide password text
using overlays
- playerctl <http://melpa.org/#/playerctl>: Control your music player (e.g.
Spotify) with playerctl
- smart-hungry-delete <http://melpa.org/#/smart-hungry-delete>: smart
hungry deletion of whitespace
- sourcetrail <http://melpa.org/#/sourcetrail>: Communication with
Sourcetrail
- spaceline-all-the-icons <http://melpa.org/#/spaceline-all-the-icons>: A
Spaceline theme using All The Icons
- web-narrow-mode <http://melpa.org/#/web-narrow-mode>: quick narrow code
block in web-mode
- zig-mode <http://melpa.org/#/zig-mode>: A major mode for the Zig
programming language
Links from [reddit.com/r/emacs] (http://reddit.com/r/emacs/new), [/r/orgmode]
(http://reddit.com/r/orgmode), [/r/spacemacs] (http://reddit.com/r/spacemacs),
[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/2017-04).
[Past Emacs News round-ups] (http://sachachua.com/blog/category/emacs-news)
* 2017-04-17 Emacs news
- Emacs Lisp:
- [[http://mp.vv.si/blog/emacs/emacs-symbolism/][Emacs symbolism]]
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrCTolWO_sA][Move The Buffer Contents And Cursor Up Or Down By One Line]] (0:32)
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/65ggm4/execute_macro_as_and_emacsscript_help/][Execute macro as and EmacsScript Help]] - see comments for tips on scripting
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/64pt41/idea_a_standard_set_of_async_hooks_for_keyboard/][Idea: a standard set of async hooks for keyboard macros]] - work around it with executing-kbd-macro
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/64pgfr/how_to_ignore_whitespaceonly_killring_entries/][How to ignore whitespace-only kill-ring entries?]] - filter-buffer-substring-function
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6558wp/running_elisp_commands_in_vim_buffers/][Running elisp commands in vim buffers?]]
- Emacs development:
- [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=a61fa4af2802a47defe61543eb97276d74ba60bd][Lots of frame and window changes]]
- [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=88f43dc30cb8d71830e409973cafbaca13a66a45][Scroll right and left with the mouse wheel, touchpad, or tracker]]
- [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=695eacc21ea08b7fa080a232eadae881b5295bef][New variable package-gnupghome-dir]]
- Org Mode:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/64tzsb/changing_the_date_rollover_time_for_orgmode/][Changing the date roll-over time for org-mode]] - org-extend-today-until
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/64qwq5/emacs_orgbable_mysql_no_longer_working/][Emacs Org-Babel MySQL no longer working]] - note about incompatible change (org-babel-get-header)
- Coding:
- [[https://petton.fr/git/nico/Indium#indium----][Indium – JavaScript REPL w/Object Inspection, stepping debugger ++]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/65lftj/indium_javascript_repl_wobject_inspection/][Reddit]]) - formerly known as jade
- [[https://github.com/davidshepherd7/terminal-here][Announcing terminal-here: Cross-platform package to open an external terminal in the directory of the current buffer]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/65id4r/announcing_terminalhere_crossplatform_package_to/][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/64x6xw/interact_with_an_oracle_db_from_elisp/][Interact with an Oracle DB from elisp]]
- Other:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/64nl7g/sticking_with_emacs_as_a_newbie_ideassuggestions/][Sticking with emacs as a newbie: Ideas/suggestions?]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/64pblw/impressive_emacs_plugins/][Impressive emacs plugins]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/65lf9y/show_manpages_always_in_the_same_window/][Show manpages always in the same window]] - major-mode-dedication
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/64sdyi/emacsel_episode_7/][Emacs.el Episode 7]] - collecting questions for Charles Lowell, frontside.io
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/65pjtv/a_short_rant_on_other_applications/][A short rant on other applications]]
- [[http://irreal.org/blog/?p=6141][I Stand Corrected...]] - enjoying mu4e
- [[https://github.com/AdrieanKhisbe/spacemacs-anki-deck][Anki Deck to learn Spacemacs Bindings]]
- New packages:
- http://melpa.org/#/add-hooks: Functions for setting multiple hooks
- http://melpa.org/#/arch-packer: Arch Linux package management frontend
- http://melpa.org/#/bitbucket: Bitbucket API wrapper
- http://melpa.org/#/flycheck-joker: Add Clojure syntax checker (via Joker) to flycheck
- http://melpa.org/#/hierarchy: Library to create and display hierarchy structures
- http://melpa.org/#/html2org: Convert html to org format text
- http://melpa.org/#/indium: JavaScript Awesome Development Environment
- http://melpa.org/#/password-mode: Hide password text using overlays
- http://melpa.org/#/playerctl: Control your music player (e.g. Spotify) with playerctl
- http://melpa.org/#/smart-hungry-delete: smart hungry deletion of whitespace
- http://melpa.org/#/sourcetrail: Communication with Sourcetrail
- http://melpa.org/#/spaceline-all-the-icons: A Spaceline theme using All The Icons
- http://melpa.org/#/web-narrow-mode: quick narrow code block in web-mode
- http://melpa.org/#/zig-mode: A major mode for the Zig programming language
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://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/2017-04][emacs-devel]].
[[http://sachachua.com/blog/category/emacs-news][Past Emacs News round-ups]]
