2019-02-04 Emacs news
=====================
- Emacs Lisp:
- [Threading IO-bound functions in Emacs]
(https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-12/msg00607.html)
- [elisp.js: Emacs Lisp interpreter in JavaScript]
(https://github.com/samsonjs/elisp.js/)
- [Marcin Borkowski: A simple template mechanism in Elisp]
(http://mbork.pl/2019-02-04_A_simple_template_mechanism_in_Elisp)
- Emacs development:
- [Use IPv6 localhost when family is 'ipv6]
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=49f6243027d910032f014be15b2c4ac2175c25f8)
- [Support (locale-info 'paper) on GNU platforms]
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=713eece307bf48717b868f21789eed8160ada5ba)
- Appearance:
- [Emacs Theme Gallery] (https://pawelbx.github.io/emacs-theme-gallery/)
- [Emacs is Great - Ep 19 I need emoji support]
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeH2Z-nzYTs) (12:32)
- Navigation:
- [Package for SearchEverything (Windows) - easy file searching from inside
emacs]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/amqx0u/package_for_searcheverything_windows_easy_file/)
- [New package: major-mode-hydra inspired by Spacemacs major mode leader
key]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/am0kbn/new_package_majormodehydra_inspired_by_spacemacs/)
- Org Mode:
- [zpresent.el: Make presentation from within Emacs]
(https://bitbucket.org/zck/zpresent.el)
- [Literate Programming against REST APIs]
(https://justinbarclay.me/posts/literate_programming_against_rest_apis/)
([Reddit]
(https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/amv562/literate_programming_against_rest_apis/))
- [Getting Boxes Done, the Code]
(http://howardism.org/Technical/Emacs/getting-more-boxes-done.html) ([Reddit]
(https://reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/alnsco/getting_boxes_done_the_code/),
[Irreal] (https://irreal.org/blog/?p=7801))
- [Minor mode for Dungeon Masters] (https://github.com/spwhitton/org-d20)
([Reddit]
(https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/aly9jh/minor_mode_for_dungeon_masters/))
- [Org mode and google calendar sync]
(https://fuco1.github.io/2019-02-02-Org-mode-and-google-calendar-sync.html)
- [EverOrg: Evernote to Org mode migration tool]
(https://github.com/aladine/EverOrg)
- [Flashcards in Emacs: making and reviewing flashcards]
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKlMJxk1pnk) (12:29, see other videos in the
series too)
- Coding:
- [Using the Rust Language Server]
(http://willspeak.me/2018/12/08/racing-onwards.html)
- [js-arrow-function-inflection, new package
https://github.com/larebsyed/js-arrow-function-inflection.el]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/akys2w/jsarrowfunctioninflection_new_package/)
- [quil-mode.el: Emacs major mode for editing Quil]
(https://github.com/notmgsk/quil-mode.el)
- [The best latex Editor]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/akmwko/the_best_latex_editor/)
- [bibretrieve: BibRetrieve: An Emacs library for searching and downloading
BibTeX entries from the web.] (https://github.com/duetosymmetry/bibretrieve)
([Video, 1:58] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI5q32zqf-w))
- [ess-smart-equals: Better smart-assignment with = in R and S, with no
underscores.] (https://github.com/genovese/ess-smart-equals)
- [Marcin Borkowski: A simple tip with killing and yanking code]
(http://mbork.pl/2019-01-28_A_simple_tip_with_killing_and_yanking_code)
- [How to use Magit to manage Git projects]
(https://opensource.com/article/19/1/how-use-magit?sc_cid=70160000001273HAAQ)
- [A script to quickly move from Xcode to Emacs while keeping point and
region] (https://gist.github.com/accatyyc/600427d62ff13d294923258c4041f5fe)
([Reddit]
(https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/aky89n/a_script_to_quickly_move_from_xcode_to_emacs/))
- Performance:
- [Revisiting editor performance]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/albsgd/revisiting_editor_performance/)
- [EmacsCast 7: Evil, vim and performance of Emacs]
(https://emacscast.org/episode_7/) ([Reddit]
(https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/al113s/emacscast_7_evil_vim_and_performance_of_emacs/))
- Other:
- [Tales Of Editors & Keyboards: A Personal Introduction To Vim & Emacs]
(https://akos.ma/books/Tales_Of_Editors_And_Keyboards/Tales_Of_Editors_And_Keyboards.html)
- [Using Emacs Episode 56 - Dictionaries]
(https://cestlaz.github.io/post/using-emacs-56-dictionaries/) ([Reddit]
(https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/aksrks/using_emacs_episode_56_dictionaries/))
- [slow-keys: Emacs minor mode to avoid RSI]
(https://github.com/manuel-uberti/slow-keys)
- [Companies which use emacs as the primary editor?]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ampixe/companies_which_use_emacs_as_the_primary_editor/)
- [textbringer: An Emacs-like text editor written in Ruby]
(https://github.com/shugo/textbringer)
- [Emacs on Windows: Native vs. VMware vs. WSL vs. Mingw-w64]
(https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/47448/emacs-compiles-much-slower-when-displayed-in-x)
([Reddit]
(https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/aklk7e/emacs_on_windows_native_vs_vmware_vs_wsl_vs/))
- [Second trial for a weekly tips/tricks/etc thread]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/also27/second_trial_for_a_weekly_tipstricksetc_thread/)
- [Emacs Introduction and Demonstration]
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6jfrrwR10k) (36:33, 2014)
- [The Ultimate emacs course p1]
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9C5PLJKwYw) (2:12:20)
- [Pomodoro timer and tracking with Emacs]
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmqcdC8bf_A) (18:25)
- New packages:
- ammonite-term-repl <http://melpa.org/#/ammonite-term-repl>: Scala
Ammonite REPL in term mode.
- biblio-bibsonomy <http://melpa.org/#/biblio-bibsonomy>: Lookup
bibliographic entries from Bibsonomy
- dashboard-project-status <http://melpa.org/#/dashboard-project-status>:
Display a git project status in a dashboard widget.
- eldoc-box <http://melpa.org/#/eldoc-box>: Display documentation in
childframe
- flutter <http://melpa.org/#/flutter>: Tools for working with Flutter SDK
- flycheck-ensime <http://melpa.org/#/flycheck-ensime>: ensime for flycheck
- helm-lsp <http://melpa.org/#/helm-lsp>: LSP helm integration
- helm-lxc <http://melpa.org/#/helm-lxc>: Helm interface to manage LXC
containers
- keystore-mode <http://melpa.org/#/keystore-mode>: A major mode for
viewing and managing (java) keystores
- kubel <http://melpa.org/#/kubel>: extension for controlling Kubernetes
with limited permissions
- kubernetes-helm <http://melpa.org/#/kubernetes-helm>: extension for helm,
the package manager for kubernetes
- language-id <http://melpa.org/#/language-id>: Library to work with
programming language identifiers
- lsp-elixir <http://melpa.org/#/lsp-elixir>: Elixir tooling integration
into Emacs
- lsp-elixir.el <http://melpa.org/#/lsp-elixir.el>: No description
available.
- lsp-scala <http://melpa.org/#/lsp-scala>: Scala support for lsp-mode
- lsp-sourcekit <http://melpa.org/#/lsp-sourcekit>: sourcekit-lsp client
for lsp-mode
- major-mode-hydra <http://melpa.org/#/major-mode-hydra>: Major mode
keybindings managed by Hydra
- markless <http://melpa.org/#/markless>: Major mode for Markless documents
- org-d20 <http://melpa.org/#/org-d20>: minor mode for d20 tabletop
roleplaying games
- org-journal-list <http://melpa.org/#/org-journal-list>: Org mode Journal
List
- org-pivotal <http://melpa.org/#/org-pivotal>: Sync Pivotal Tracker to org
buffer
- org-re-reveal <http://melpa.org/#/org-re-reveal>: Org export to reveal.js
presentations
- org-sql <http://melpa.org/#/org-sql>: Org-Mode SQL converter
- panda <http://melpa.org/#/panda>: Client for Bamboo's REST API.
- poet-client <http://melpa.org/#/poet-client>: Client for po.et network api
- pretty-hydra <http://melpa.org/#/pretty-hydra>: A macro for creating
nice-looking hydras
- scalariform <http://melpa.org/#/scalariform>: Format Scala code with
scalariform.
- treemacs-magit <http://melpa.org/#/treemacs-magit>: Magit integration for
treemacs
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),
[/r/planetemacs] (https://reddit.com/r/planetemacs), [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/2019-02).
* 2019-02-04 Emacs news
- Emacs Lisp:
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-12/msg00607.html][Threading IO-bound functions in Emacs]]
- [[https://github.com/samsonjs/elisp.js/][elisp.js: Emacs Lisp interpreter in JavaScript]]
- [[http://mbork.pl/2019-02-04_A_simple_template_mechanism_in_Elisp][Marcin Borkowski: A simple template mechanism in Elisp]]
- Emacs development:
- [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=49f6243027d910032f014be15b2c4ac2175c25f8][Use IPv6 localhost when family is 'ipv6]]
- [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=713eece307bf48717b868f21789eed8160ada5ba][Support (locale-info 'paper) on GNU platforms]]
- Appearance:
- [[https://pawelbx.github.io/emacs-theme-gallery/][Emacs Theme Gallery]]
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeH2Z-nzYTs][Emacs is Great - Ep 19 I need emoji support]] (12:32)
- Navigation:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/amqx0u/package_for_searcheverything_windows_easy_file/][Package for SearchEverything (Windows) - easy file searching from inside emacs]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/am0kbn/new_package_majormodehydra_inspired_by_spacemacs/][New package: major-mode-hydra inspired by Spacemacs major mode leader key]]
- Org Mode:
- [[https://bitbucket.org/zck/zpresent.el][zpresent.el: Make presentation from within Emacs]]
- [[https://justinbarclay.me/posts/literate_programming_against_rest_apis/][Literate Programming against REST APIs]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/amv562/literate_programming_against_rest_apis/][Reddit]])
- [[http://howardism.org/Technical/Emacs/getting-more-boxes-done.html][Getting Boxes Done, the Code]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/alnsco/getting_boxes_done_the_code/][Reddit]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=7801][Irreal]])
- [[https://github.com/spwhitton/org-d20][Minor mode for Dungeon Masters]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/aly9jh/minor_mode_for_dungeon_masters/][Reddit]])
- [[https://fuco1.github.io/2019-02-02-Org-mode-and-google-calendar-sync.html][Org mode and google calendar sync]]
- [[https://github.com/aladine/EverOrg][EverOrg: Evernote to Org mode migration tool]]
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKlMJxk1pnk][Flashcards in Emacs: making and reviewing flashcards]] (12:29, see other videos in the series too)
- Coding:
- [[http://willspeak.me/2018/12/08/racing-onwards.html][Using the Rust Language Server]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/akys2w/jsarrowfunctioninflection_new_package/][js-arrow-function-inflection, new package https://github.com/larebsyed/js-arrow-function-inflection.el]]
- [[https://github.com/notmgsk/quil-mode.el][quil-mode.el: Emacs major mode for editing Quil]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/akmwko/the_best_latex_editor/][The best latex Editor]]
- [[https://github.com/duetosymmetry/bibretrieve][bibretrieve: BibRetrieve: An Emacs library for searching and downloading BibTeX entries from the web.]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI5q32zqf-w][Video, 1:58]])
- [[https://github.com/genovese/ess-smart-equals][ess-smart-equals: Better smart-assignment with = in R and S, with no underscores.]]
- [[http://mbork.pl/2019-01-28_A_simple_tip_with_killing_and_yanking_code][Marcin Borkowski: A simple tip with killing and yanking code]]
- [[https://opensource.com/article/19/1/how-use-magit?sc_cid=70160000001273HAAQ][How to use Magit to manage Git projects]]
- [[https://gist.github.com/accatyyc/600427d62ff13d294923258c4041f5fe][A script to quickly move from Xcode to Emacs while keeping point and region]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/aky89n/a_script_to_quickly_move_from_xcode_to_emacs/][Reddit]])
- Performance:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/albsgd/revisiting_editor_performance/][Revisiting editor performance]]
- [[https://emacscast.org/episode_7/][EmacsCast 7: Evil, vim and performance of Emacs]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/al113s/emacscast_7_evil_vim_and_performance_of_emacs/][Reddit]])
- Other:
- [[https://akos.ma/books/Tales_Of_Editors_And_Keyboards/Tales_Of_Editors_And_Keyboards.html][Tales Of Editors & Keyboards: A Personal Introduction To Vim & Emacs]]
- [[https://cestlaz.github.io/post/using-emacs-56-dictionaries/][Using Emacs Episode 56 - Dictionaries]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/aksrks/using_emacs_episode_56_dictionaries/][Reddit]])
- [[https://github.com/manuel-uberti/slow-keys][slow-keys: Emacs minor mode to avoid RSI]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ampixe/companies_which_use_emacs_as_the_primary_editor/][Companies which use emacs as the primary editor?]]
- [[https://github.com/shugo/textbringer][textbringer: An Emacs-like text editor written in Ruby]]
- [[https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/47448/emacs-compiles-much-slower-when-displayed-in-x][Emacs on Windows: Native vs. VMware vs. WSL vs. Mingw-w64]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/aklk7e/emacs_on_windows_native_vs_vmware_vs_wsl_vs/][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/also27/second_trial_for_a_weekly_tipstricksetc_thread/][Second trial for a weekly tips/tricks/etc thread]]
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6jfrrwR10k][Emacs Introduction and Demonstration]] (36:33, 2014)
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9C5PLJKwYw][The Ultimate emacs course p1]] (2:12:20)
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmqcdC8bf_A][Pomodoro timer and tracking with Emacs]] (18:25)
- New packages:
- http://melpa.org/#/ammonite-term-repl: Scala Ammonite REPL in term mode.
- http://melpa.org/#/biblio-bibsonomy: Lookup bibliographic entries from Bibsonomy
- http://melpa.org/#/dashboard-project-status: Display a git project status in a dashboard widget.
- http://melpa.org/#/eldoc-box: Display documentation in childframe
- http://melpa.org/#/flutter: Tools for working with Flutter SDK
- http://melpa.org/#/flycheck-ensime: ensime for flycheck
- http://melpa.org/#/helm-lsp: LSP helm integration
- http://melpa.org/#/helm-lxc: Helm interface to manage LXC containers
- http://melpa.org/#/keystore-mode: A major mode for viewing and managing (java) keystores
- http://melpa.org/#/kubel: extension for controlling Kubernetes with limited permissions
- http://melpa.org/#/kubernetes-helm: extension for helm, the package manager for kubernetes
- http://melpa.org/#/language-id: Library to work with programming language identifiers
- http://melpa.org/#/lsp-elixir: Elixir tooling integration into Emacs
- http://melpa.org/#/lsp-elixir.el: No description available.
- http://melpa.org/#/lsp-scala: Scala support for lsp-mode
- http://melpa.org/#/lsp-sourcekit: sourcekit-lsp client for lsp-mode
- http://melpa.org/#/major-mode-hydra: Major mode keybindings managed by Hydra
- http://melpa.org/#/markless: Major mode for Markless documents
- http://melpa.org/#/org-d20: minor mode for d20 tabletop roleplaying games
- http://melpa.org/#/org-journal-list: Org mode Journal List
- http://melpa.org/#/org-pivotal: Sync Pivotal Tracker to org buffer
- http://melpa.org/#/org-re-reveal: Org export to reveal.js presentations
- http://melpa.org/#/org-sql: Org-Mode SQL converter
- http://melpa.org/#/panda: Client for Bamboo's REST API.
- http://melpa.org/#/poet-client: Client for po.et network api
- http://melpa.org/#/pretty-hydra: A macro for creating nice-looking hydras
- http://melpa.org/#/scalariform: Format Scala code with scalariform.
- http://melpa.org/#/treemacs-magit: Magit integration for treemacs
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://reddit.com/r/planetemacs][/r/planetemacs]], [[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/2019-02][emacs-devel]].
