2017-06-05 Emacs news
=====================
- Emacs Lisp:
- [The absolute awesomeness of anchored font-lock matchers]
(https://fuco1.github.io/2017-06-01-The-absolute-awesomeness-of-anchored-font-lock-matchers.html)
- thanks to [Irreal] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=6256) for the link
- [My fancy eshell prompt]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6f0rkz/my_fancy_eshell_prompt/)
- [Emacs Buffers, Windows, and Frames Explained]
(https://smythp.com/emacs_buffers/) ([Reddit]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6eqkb5/emacs_buffers_windows_and_frames_explained/))
- Emacs development:
- [You can now provide explicit field numbers in format specifiers]
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=53247108411a1e9d1aa5352c231fa049f3f918aa)
- [New variable display-raw-bytes-as-hex]
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=cb9aa3515ac00826fd27ade7dfc829134ed38acc)
- [Renamed --new-daemon to --fg-daemon and --old-daemon to --bg-daemon]
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=75b849294656fd92e77a2a6281ff4dceaaa38475)
- Navigation:
- [evil-goggles -- displays a visual hint when editing with evil-mode]
(https://github.com/edkolev/evil-goggles) ([Reddit]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6ete05/evilgoggles_displays_a_visual_hint_when_editing/))
- [Introducing sidebar.el, a customizable file explorer with git
integration] (https://github.com/sebastiencs/sidebar.el) ([Reddit]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6f9fv4/introducing_sidebarel_a_customizable_file/))
- [ELPA - dired-du-mode gives recursive directory size in dired mode]
(https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/dired-du.html) ([Reddit]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6elfnf/elpa_direddumode_gives_recursive_directory_size/))
- [Workflow with Emacs, many buffers/windows & tiling window manager?]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6facbz/workflow_with_emacs_many_bufferswindows_tiling/)
- Org Mode:
- [A shorter shortcut to capture todo tasks]
(http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/a-shorter-shortcut-to-capture-todo-tasks/)
- [Org-mode and ipython enhancements in scimax]
(http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2017/05/26/Org-mode-and-ipython-enhancements-in-scimax/)
- thanks to [Irreal] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=6254) for the link
- [Querying RESTful webservices into Emacs orgmode tables]
(https://vxlabs.com/2017/06/03/querying-restful-webservices-into-emacs-orgmode-tables/)
- [Lessons learned when creating a GitHub Wiki using orgmode files]
(http://karl-voit.at/2017/06/04/GitHub-Org-Wiki/) ([Reddit]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6f8e58/lessons_learned_when_creating_a_github_wiki_using/))
- [org-toggl] (http://mbork.pl/2017-05-29_org-toggl)
- Coding:
- [Emacs cafe: Indium 0.6 is out!]
(https://emacs.cafe/indium/emacs/javascript/2017/05/31/indium-0.6-released.html)
- JavaScript development environment
- [Enhance diff-mode with Ivy]
(http://blog.binchen.org/posts/enhance-diff-mode-with-ivy.html)
- [gited.el: : A Dired like interface for Git]
(https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-06/msg00010.html)
([Reddit]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6et4g6/gitedel_a_dired_like_interface_for_git/))
- [YASnippet is a nice tool! You can make customizable, dynamic code
snippets.]
(https://blog.alex-miller.co/emacs/spacemacs/2017/05/28/yasnippets.html)
- Other:
- [Soji wrapper for Emacs - Pomodoro, note-taking, meditation, reading]
(https://github.com/joecannatti/soji-emacs) ([Reddit]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6f9lvp/soji_is_a_mindful_workday_system_for_emacs_it/))
- see also [bash script]
(https://github.com/joecannatti/soji/blob/master/README.md)
- [emacs setups on windows]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6ewa2l/emacs_setups_on_windows/)
- New packages:
- auto-minor-mode <http://melpa.org/#/auto-minor-mode>: Enable minor modes
by file name and contents
- dired-du <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/dired-du.html>: Dired with
recursive directory sizes
- gift-mode <http://melpa.org/#/gift-mode>: major mode for editing GIFT
format quizzes
- jemdoc-mode <http://melpa.org/#/jemdoc-mode>: Major mode for editing
jemdoc files
- json-navigator <http://melpa.org/#/json-navigator>: View and navigate
JSON structures
- kmb <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/kmb.html>: Kill buffers matching a
regexp w/o confirmation
- org-edna <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/org-edna.html>: Extensible
Dependencies 'N' Actions
- orgnav <http://melpa.org/#/orgnav>: Org tree navigation using helm
- pfuture <http://melpa.org/#/pfuture>: a simple wrapper around
asynchronous processes
- postcss-sorting <http://melpa.org/#/postcss-sorting>: postcss-sorting
interface
- prettier-js <http://melpa.org/#/prettier-js>: Minor mode to format JS
code on file save
- qt-pro-mode <http://melpa.org/#/qt-pro-mode>: Qt Pro/Pri major mode
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/2017-06).
[Past Emacs News round-ups] (http://sachachua.com/blog/category/emacs-news)
* 2017-06-05 Emacs news
- Emacs Lisp:
- [[https://fuco1.github.io/2017-06-01-The-absolute-awesomeness-of-anchored-font-lock-matchers.html][The absolute awesomeness of anchored font-lock matchers]] - thanks to [[http://irreal.org/blog/?p=6256][Irreal]] for the link
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6f0rkz/my_fancy_eshell_prompt/][My fancy eshell prompt]]
- [[https://smythp.com/emacs_buffers/][Emacs Buffers, Windows, and Frames Explained]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6eqkb5/emacs_buffers_windows_and_frames_explained/][Reddit]])
- Emacs development:
- [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=53247108411a1e9d1aa5352c231fa049f3f918aa][You can now provide explicit field numbers in format specifiers]]
- [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=cb9aa3515ac00826fd27ade7dfc829134ed38acc][New variable display-raw-bytes-as-hex]]
- [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=75b849294656fd92e77a2a6281ff4dceaaa38475][Renamed --new-daemon to --fg-daemon and --old-daemon to --bg-daemon]]
- Navigation:
- [[https://github.com/edkolev/evil-goggles][evil-goggles -- displays a visual hint when editing with evil-mode]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6ete05/evilgoggles_displays_a_visual_hint_when_editing/][Reddit]])
- [[https://github.com/sebastiencs/sidebar.el][Introducing sidebar.el, a customizable file explorer with git integration]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6f9fv4/introducing_sidebarel_a_customizable_file/][Reddit]])
- [[https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/dired-du.html][ELPA - dired-du-mode gives recursive directory size in dired mode]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6elfnf/elpa_direddumode_gives_recursive_directory_size/][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6facbz/workflow_with_emacs_many_bufferswindows_tiling/][Workflow with Emacs, many buffers/windows & tiling window manager?]]
- Org Mode:
- [[http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/a-shorter-shortcut-to-capture-todo-tasks/][A shorter shortcut to capture todo tasks]]
- [[http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2017/05/26/Org-mode-and-ipython-enhancements-in-scimax/][Org-mode and ipython enhancements in scimax]] - thanks to [[http://irreal.org/blog/?p=6254][Irreal]] for the link
- [[https://vxlabs.com/2017/06/03/querying-restful-webservices-into-emacs-orgmode-tables/][Querying RESTful webservices into Emacs orgmode tables]]
- [[http://karl-voit.at/2017/06/04/GitHub-Org-Wiki/][Lessons learned when creating a GitHub Wiki using orgmode files]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6f8e58/lessons_learned_when_creating_a_github_wiki_using/][Reddit]])
- [[http://mbork.pl/2017-05-29_org-toggl][org-toggl]]
- Coding:
- [[https://emacs.cafe/indium/emacs/javascript/2017/05/31/indium-0.6-released.html][Emacs cafe: Indium 0.6 is out!]] - JavaScript development environment
- [[http://blog.binchen.org/posts/enhance-diff-mode-with-ivy.html][Enhance diff-mode with Ivy]]
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-06/msg00010.html][gited.el: : A Dired like interface for Git]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6et4g6/gitedel_a_dired_like_interface_for_git/][Reddit]])
- [[https://blog.alex-miller.co/emacs/spacemacs/2017/05/28/yasnippets.html][YASnippet is a nice tool! You can make customizable, dynamic code snippets.]]
- Other:
- [[https://github.com/joecannatti/soji-emacs][Soji wrapper for Emacs - Pomodoro, note-taking, meditation, reading]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6f9lvp/soji_is_a_mindful_workday_system_for_emacs_it/][Reddit]]) - see also [[https://github.com/joecannatti/soji/blob/master/README.md][bash script]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/6ewa2l/emacs_setups_on_windows/][emacs setups on windows]]
- New packages:
- http://melpa.org/#/auto-minor-mode: Enable minor modes by file name and contents
- https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/dired-du.html: Dired with recursive directory sizes
- http://melpa.org/#/gift-mode: major mode for editing GIFT format quizzes
- http://melpa.org/#/jemdoc-mode: Major mode for editing jemdoc files
- http://melpa.org/#/json-navigator: View and navigate JSON structures
- https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/kmb.html: Kill buffers matching a regexp w/o confirmation
- https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/org-edna.html: Extensible Dependencies 'N' Actions
- http://melpa.org/#/orgnav: Org tree navigation using helm
- http://melpa.org/#/pfuture: a simple wrapper around asynchronous processes
- http://melpa.org/#/postcss-sorting: postcss-sorting interface
- http://melpa.org/#/prettier-js: Minor mode to format JS code on file save
- http://melpa.org/#/qt-pro-mode: Qt Pro/Pri major mode
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/2017-06][emacs-devel]].
[[http://sachachua.com/blog/category/emacs-news][Past Emacs News round-ups]]
