2017-05-29 Emacs news
=====================
- Emacs development:
- [New user option mouse-drag-and-drop-region]
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=c0f2c298772fbb1dcaa1da3e9c2760e09147e115)
- [New dns-mode command for IPv6 address conversion]
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8f6550b38c8b467a8f26c63050bd842f4fdc0b1e)
- ["Possibly improving the load time further: Changing the .elc file format
to a binary one."]
(https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-05/msg00572.html)
([Reddit]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6crwix/possibly_improving_the_load_time_further_changing/))
- [Lots of discussion around localization]
(http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-05/msg00645.html),
[summary] (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-05/msg00806.html)
- Beginner:
- [Any blogs, tutorials, guides, screencasts, etc. you guys would suggest?]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6d59mo/any_blogs_tutorials_guides_screencasts_etc_you/)
- Navigation:
- [Snippet Search cheat.sh Using Ivy]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6ddr7p/snippet_search_cheatsh_using_ivy/)
- [Have counsel-ag and counsel-projectile-ag open in a clickable links
buffer like igrep]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6dbh7e/have_counselag_and_counselprojectileag_open_in_a/)
- Org Mode:
- [A new iPhone Org-mode app]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/6db7q1/a_new_iphone_orgmode_app/)
- [Fontify broken links in org-mode]
(https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/33064/fontify-broken-links-in-org-mode)
- hat-tip to [Irreal] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=6242) for the link
- [Fontify done checkbox items in org-mode]
(https://fuco1.github.io/2017-05-25-Fontify-done-checkbox-items-in-org-mode.html)
- hat-tip to [Irreal] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=6238) for the link
- [Org mode tables, exporting only specific columns]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6d4eb9/org_mode_tables_exporting_only_specific_columns/)
- [It is possible to display numbers at the beginning of headerlines
instead of asterisks when editing org-mode?]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6crtzw/it_is_possible_to_display_numbers_at_the/)
- [Extending Org-Mode's org-export-as-odt function to convert directly to
Microsoft Word docx format on Windows 10]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/6d396u/extending_orgmodes_orgexportasodt_function_to/)
- [Any way to extract a PDF's contents to use in orgs mode?]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/spacemacs/comments/6d0r93/any_way_to_extract_a_pdfs_contents_to_use_in_orgs/)
- note about [interleave] (https://github.com/rudolfochrist/interleave)
- [emacs-freex] (https://github.com/gregdetre/emacs-freex), [org-brain]
(https://github.com/Kungsgeten/org-brain) - hat-tip to [ThierryStoehr]
(https://twitter.com/ThierryStoehr/status/867063535649554432) for the links
- Coding:
- [Is there a good solution to relative line numbering?]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6drfjz/is_there_a_good_solution_to_relative_line/)
- [pyplotter - Python IDE for working with plots and data]
(https://github.com/christopherjenness/pyplotter)
- [Open license for Emacs configuration files]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6d8c3u/open_license_for_emacs_configuration_files/)
- Other:
- [What are some packages you once used but have found a better
alternative?]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6dk5tv/what_are_some_packages_you_once_used_but_have/)
- [The surprisingly simple path to a foot powered emacs]
(http://www.blogbyben.com/2017/05/the-surprisingly-simple-path-to-foot.html)
- [How can I permanently highlight blocks of text?]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6dwc6s/how_can_i_permanently_highlight_blocks_of_text/)
- [Evil mode users, do you bind CAPS LOCK to ESC or CTRL?]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6cv3ff/evil_mode_users_do_you_bind_caps_lock_to_esc_or/)
- neat tip for using xcape to bind short/long press
- [Reformatting Tabular Data]
(http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/reformatting-tabular-data/)
- [Use wgrep and evil to replace text efficiently]
(http://blog.binchen.org/posts/use-wgrep-and-evil-to-replace-text-efficiently.html)
- [Using less inside of M-x shell]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6d10zd/using_less_inside_of_mx_shell/)
- eless, other workarounds
- [Tips for syncing GNUs messages (and emacs in general) across multiple
computers?]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6cw0qk/tips_for_syncing_gnus_messages_and_emacs_in/)
- [rectangular cut/paste, overwrite mode, ascii-art diagrams]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6cqkvu/rectangular_cutpaste_overwrite_mode_asciiart/)
- picture-mode
- [straight.el - source based package manager for Emacs]
(https://github.com/raxod502/straight.el) ([Reddit]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6di4oy/straightel_source_based_package_manager_for_emacs/))
- New packages:
- counsel-spotify <http://melpa.org/#/counsel-spotify>: Control Spotify
search and select music with Ivy.
- nubox <http://melpa.org/#/nubox>: Nubox color theme (dark, light and tty
versions)
- ob-uart <http://melpa.org/#/ob-uart>: org-babel support for UART
communication
- shx <http://melpa.org/#/shx>: "Extras" for the (comint-mode) shell
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/2017-05).
[Past Emacs News round-ups] (http://sachachua.com/blog/category/emacs-news)
* 2017-05-29 Emacs news
- Emacs development:
- [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=c0f2c298772fbb1dcaa1da3e9c2760e09147e115][New user option mouse-drag-and-drop-region]]
- [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8f6550b38c8b467a8f26c63050bd842f4fdc0b1e][New dns-mode command for IPv6 address conversion]]
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-05/msg00572.html]["Possibly improving the load time further: Changing the .elc file format to a binary one."]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6crwix/possibly_improving_the_load_time_further_changing/][Reddit]])
- [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-05/msg00645.html][Lots of discussion around localization]], [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-05/msg00806.html][summary]]
- Beginner:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6d59mo/any_blogs_tutorials_guides_screencasts_etc_you/][Any blogs, tutorials, guides, screencasts, etc. you guys would suggest?]]
- Navigation:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6ddr7p/snippet_search_cheatsh_using_ivy/][Snippet Search cheat.sh Using Ivy]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6dbh7e/have_counselag_and_counselprojectileag_open_in_a/][Have counsel-ag and counsel-projectile-ag open in a clickable links buffer like igrep]]
- Org Mode:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/6db7q1/a_new_iphone_orgmode_app/][A new iPhone Org-mode app]]
- [[https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/33064/fontify-broken-links-in-org-mode][Fontify broken links in org-mode]] - hat-tip to [[http://irreal.org/blog/?p=6242][Irreal]] for the link
- [[https://fuco1.github.io/2017-05-25-Fontify-done-checkbox-items-in-org-mode.html][Fontify done checkbox items in org-mode]] - hat-tip to [[http://irreal.org/blog/?p=6238][Irreal]] for the link
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6d4eb9/org_mode_tables_exporting_only_specific_columns/][Org mode tables, exporting only specific columns]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6crtzw/it_is_possible_to_display_numbers_at_the/][It is possible to display numbers at the beginning of headerlines instead of asterisks when editing org-mode?]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/6d396u/extending_orgmodes_orgexportasodt_function_to/][Extending Org-Mode's org-export-as-odt function to convert directly to Microsoft Word docx format on Windows 10]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/spacemacs/comments/6d0r93/any_way_to_extract_a_pdfs_contents_to_use_in_orgs/][Any way to extract a PDF's contents to use in orgs mode?]] - note about [[https://github.com/rudolfochrist/interleave][interleave]]
- [[https://github.com/gregdetre/emacs-freex][emacs-freex]], [[https://github.com/Kungsgeten/org-brain][org-brain]] - hat-tip to [[https://twitter.com/ThierryStoehr/status/867063535649554432][ThierryStoehr]] for the links
- Coding:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6drfjz/is_there_a_good_solution_to_relative_line/][Is there a good solution to relative line numbering?]]
- [[https://github.com/christopherjenness/pyplotter][pyplotter - Python IDE for working with plots and data]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6d8c3u/open_license_for_emacs_configuration_files/][Open license for Emacs configuration files]]
- Other:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6dk5tv/what_are_some_packages_you_once_used_but_have/][What are some packages you once used but have found a better alternative?]]
- [[http://www.blogbyben.com/2017/05/the-surprisingly-simple-path-to-foot.html][The surprisingly simple path to a foot powered emacs]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6dwc6s/how_can_i_permanently_highlight_blocks_of_text/][How can I permanently highlight blocks of text?]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6cv3ff/evil_mode_users_do_you_bind_caps_lock_to_esc_or/][Evil mode users, do you bind CAPS LOCK to ESC or CTRL?]] - neat tip for using xcape to bind short/long press
- [[http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/reformatting-tabular-data/][Reformatting Tabular Data]]
- [[http://blog.binchen.org/posts/use-wgrep-and-evil-to-replace-text-efficiently.html][Use wgrep and evil to replace text efficiently]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6d10zd/using_less_inside_of_mx_shell/][Using less inside of M-x shell]] - eless, other workarounds
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6cw0qk/tips_for_syncing_gnus_messages_and_emacs_in/][Tips for syncing GNUs messages (and emacs in general) across multiple computers?]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6cqkvu/rectangular_cutpaste_overwrite_mode_asciiart/][rectangular cut/paste, overwrite mode, ascii-art diagrams]] - picture-mode
- [[https://github.com/raxod502/straight.el][straight.el - source based package manager for Emacs]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6di4oy/straightel_source_based_package_manager_for_emacs/][Reddit]])
- New packages:
- http://melpa.org/#/counsel-spotify: Control Spotify search and select music with Ivy.
- http://melpa.org/#/nubox: Nubox color theme (dark, light and tty versions)
- http://melpa.org/#/ob-uart: org-babel support for UART communication
- http://melpa.org/#/shx: "Extras" for the (comint-mode) shell
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/2017-05][emacs-devel]].
[[http://sachachua.com/blog/category/emacs-news][Past Emacs News round-ups]]
