2018-08-27 Emacs news
=====================
- Emacs Lisp:
- [Emacs Horrors - Determining if the server is started, or the wonders of
server-running-p]
(http://emacshorrors.com/posts/determining-if-the-server-is-started-or-the-wonders-of-server-running-p.html)
([Reddit]
(https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9aex0j/emacs_horrors_determining_if_the_server_is/))
- [emacsninja: Fixing My #1 Annoyance With Emacs Lisp]
(http://emacsninja.com/posts/fixing-my-annoyance-with-emacs-lisp.html)
- Emacs development:
- [Some vars now limited to fixnum size.]
(http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2018-08/msg00671.html)
- [Continued discussion on bignums]
(http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2018-08/msg00668.html)
- [Continued discussion on user interaction from multiple threads]
(http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2018-08/msg00860.html)
- [A rough draft of porting Xemacs buffers menu-bar to Emacs 26.]
(https://gist.github.com/lawlist/651685e64bc4d471def7c87e0ef46a65) ([Reddit]
(https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9ac24e/a_rough_draft_of_porting_xemacs_buffers_menubar/))
- [Avoid libgmp aborts by imposing limits]
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=d6a497dd887cdbb35c5b4e2929e83962ba708159)
- Navigation:
- [Interactive grep annotation tool for manual static analysis in Emacs
Lisp - cyrus-and/comb] (https://github.com/cyrus-and/comb) ([Reddit]
(https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/994qip/interactive_grep_annotation_tool_for_manual/))
- [Custom MacBook Pro touchbar buttons with emacs is wicked awesome]
(https://i.redd.it/x7ifhw92j5i11.jpg) ([Reddit]
(https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9a3ifn/custom_macbook_pro_touchbar_buttons_with_emacs_is/))
- [Helm development in bug-fix-only mode for now]
(https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm/issues/2083) ([Reddit]
(https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9a68sh/helm_development_in_bugfixonly_mode_for_now/))
- [Actionable URLs in Emacs buffers]
(http://xenodium.com/#actionable-urls-in-emacs-buffers) ([Irreal]
(http://irreal.org/blog/?p=7434))
- [Irreal: Refreshing the Occur Buffer] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=7436)
- Org Mode:
- [Querying Org files for due items and showing desktop notifications from
a scripted Cron job]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/990swh/querying_org_files_for_due_items_and_showing/)
- [(Org-mode) Switching to Multiple-File Setup]
(http://joshrollinswrites.com/2018/08/23/switching-to-multiple-file-setup/)
([Reddit]
(https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/99n3yu/orgmode_switching_to_multiplefile_setup/))
- [Orgmode for GTD (by Nicolas Petton)]
(https://emacs.cafe/emacs/orgmode/gtd/2017/06/30/orgmode-gtd.html) ([Reddit]
(https://reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/9a3t9b/orgmode_for_gtd_by_nicolas_petton/))
- [Using org mode for studying?]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/997lpf/using_org_mode_for_studying/)
- [TIP: How I organize myself with org-mode]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9ajxqj/tip_how_i_organize_myself_with_orgmode/)
- Coding:
- [opening magit in the local directory]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/99s36y/opening_magit_in_the_local_directory/)
- [Add date headers to Magit log buffers]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9abxhf/add_date_headers_to_magit_log_buffers/)
- [Goodbye VSCode, Hello Emacs (Again)]
(https://hotair.tech/blog/goodbye-vscode/)
- Other:
- [Ren'Py Mode for editing visual novels within Emacs]
(https://github.com/billywade/renpy-mode) ([Reddit]
(https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/98v83k/renpy_mode_for_editing_visual_novels_within_emacs/))
- [font-compare: Display text in selected fonts for comparison]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9a7ggy/fontcompare_display_text_in_selected_fonts_for/)
- [Extreme Customization Syndrome]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9aa4vk/extreme_customization_syndrome/)
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/2018-08).
* 2018-08-27 Emacs news
- Emacs Lisp:
- [[http://emacshorrors.com/posts/determining-if-the-server-is-started-or-the-wonders-of-server-running-p.html][Emacs Horrors - Determining if the server is started, or the wonders of server-running-p]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9aex0j/emacs_horrors_determining_if_the_server_is/][Reddit]])
- [[http://emacsninja.com/posts/fixing-my-annoyance-with-emacs-lisp.html][emacsninja: Fixing My #1 Annoyance With Emacs Lisp]]
- Emacs development:
- [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2018-08/msg00671.html][Some vars now limited to fixnum size.]]
- [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2018-08/msg00668.html][Continued discussion on bignums]]
- [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2018-08/msg00860.html][Continued discussion on user interaction from multiple threads]]
- [[https://gist.github.com/lawlist/651685e64bc4d471def7c87e0ef46a65][A rough draft of porting Xemacs buffers menu-bar to Emacs 26.]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9ac24e/a_rough_draft_of_porting_xemacs_buffers_menubar/][Reddit]])
- [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=d6a497dd887cdbb35c5b4e2929e83962ba708159][Avoid libgmp aborts by imposing limits]]
- Navigation:
- [[https://github.com/cyrus-and/comb][Interactive grep annotation tool for manual static analysis in Emacs Lisp - cyrus-and/comb]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/994qip/interactive_grep_annotation_tool_for_manual/][Reddit]])
- [[https://i.redd.it/x7ifhw92j5i11.jpg][Custom MacBook Pro touchbar buttons with emacs is wicked awesome]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9a3ifn/custom_macbook_pro_touchbar_buttons_with_emacs_is/][Reddit]])
- [[https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm/issues/2083][Helm development in bug-fix-only mode for now]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9a68sh/helm_development_in_bugfixonly_mode_for_now/][Reddit]])
- [[http://xenodium.com/#actionable-urls-in-emacs-buffers][Actionable URLs in Emacs buffers]] ([[http://irreal.org/blog/?p=7434][Irreal]])
- [[http://irreal.org/blog/?p=7436][Irreal: Refreshing the Occur Buffer]]
- Org Mode:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/990swh/querying_org_files_for_due_items_and_showing/][Querying Org files for due items and showing desktop notifications from a scripted Cron job]]
- [[http://joshrollinswrites.com/2018/08/23/switching-to-multiple-file-setup/][(Org-mode) Switching to Multiple-File Setup]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/99n3yu/orgmode_switching_to_multiplefile_setup/][Reddit]])
- [[https://emacs.cafe/emacs/orgmode/gtd/2017/06/30/orgmode-gtd.html][Orgmode for GTD (by Nicolas Petton)]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/9a3t9b/orgmode_for_gtd_by_nicolas_petton/][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/997lpf/using_org_mode_for_studying/][Using org mode for studying?]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9ajxqj/tip_how_i_organize_myself_with_orgmode/][TIP: How I organize myself with org-mode]]
- Coding:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/99s36y/opening_magit_in_the_local_directory/][opening magit in the local directory]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9abxhf/add_date_headers_to_magit_log_buffers/][Add date headers to Magit log buffers]]
- [[https://hotair.tech/blog/goodbye-vscode/][Goodbye VSCode, Hello Emacs (Again)]]
- Other:
- [[https://github.com/billywade/renpy-mode][Ren'Py Mode for editing visual novels within Emacs]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/98v83k/renpy_mode_for_editing_visual_novels_within_emacs/][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9a7ggy/fontcompare_display_text_in_selected_fonts_for/][font-compare: Display text in selected fonts for comparison]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/9aa4vk/extreme_customization_syndrome/][Extreme Customization Syndrome]]
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/2018-08][emacs-devel]].
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