2025-04-28 Emacs news
=====================
- Help wanted:
- [[ANN] Re: Join the Org Mode project as the Worg maintainer]
(<https://list.orgmode.org/8734duf6an....@bzg.fr>) ([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1k8x7xo/join_the_org_mode_project_as_the_worg_maintainer/>))
- Upcoming events ([iCal file]
(<https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics>), [Org]
(<https://emacslife.com/calendar/>)):
- Emacs Berlin (hybrid, in English) <https://emacs-berlin.org/> Wed Apr 30
0930 America/Vancouver - 1130 America/Chicago - 1230 America/Toronto - 1630
Etc/GMT - 1830 Europe/Berlin - 2200 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu May 1 0030
Asia/Singapore
- M-x Research: TBA <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Fri May 2 0800
America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT
- 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
- EmacsATX: Emacs Social
<https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/306966612/> Wed May 7 1600
America/Vancouver - 1800 America/Chicago - 1900 America/Toronto - 2300 Etc/GMT
-- Thu May 8 0100 Europe/Berlin - 0430 Asia/Kolkata - 0700 Asia/Singapore
- Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person)
<https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs> Fri May 9 1800 Europe/Paris
- EmacsSF (in person): coffee.el in SF
<https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/307404994/> Sat May 10 1100
America/Los_Angeles
- Beginner:
- [Emacs Crash Course - 5 part series - From Vanilla to Custom]
(<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCdoyDeR_rI>) ([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k7tcsf/emacs_crash_course_5_part_series_from_vanilla_to/>))
- [How to (actually) learn Emacs]
(<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW14ncFofm4>) (10:54)
- [Install and Basic Config of Emacs on a Chromebook in Only 10 Minutes!
(Without Elisp)] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai8PDUNJABA>) (10:50)
- Emacs configuration:
- [Evan Moses: Separating work and personal config]
(<https://www.emoses.org/posts/keeping-work-separate/>)
- [By-host configs in Doom. Custom starting window sizes. | hi, it's mike
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔﾉ]
(<https://mike.puddingtime.org/by-host-configs-in-doom.-custom-starting-window-sizes./>)
([@m...@social.lol] (<https://social.lol/@mph/114377406653331502>))
- [Basics of the Emacs Straight Package Manager #coding #programming
#reupload] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub_ARKkCSug>) (09:14)
- [emacs-config 3.0.1.0 released. Cleanups and workarounds]
(<https://github.com/flajann2/emacs-config>) ([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k83xd5/emacsconfig_3010_released_cleanups_and_workarounds/>))
- Emacs Lisp:
- [Emacs Package Development: The Emacs Reader (I: Introduction) - Dyne.org
TV] (<https://tv.dyne.org/w/8W8o4fWz94bMYVMUWExkX7>)
- [Maintain Emacs histories with the ring package (overview)]
(<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7DbqLFyQJk>) (07:17)
- [How to fix two buglets in Ramin Honary's Emacs analog clock - YouTube]
(<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYq-mskrKSM>) ([@lispwizard@techhub.social]
(<https://techhub.social/@lispwizard/114399051139511802>))
- Appearance:
- [FYI: mode-line-collapse-minor-modes]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k7zxjv/fyi_modelinecollapseminormodes/>)
- [Amit Patel: Emacs per-project colors]
(<https://amitp.blogspot.com/2025/04/emacs-per-project-colors.html>)
- [TAONAW - switching themes based on OS]
(<https://taonaw.com/2025/04/22/on-linux-i-now-use.html>)
- [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: show-font version 0.3.0]
(<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-04-26-emacs-show-font-0-3-0/>)
- Navigation:
- [TIL xref-go-back] (<https://defcon.social/@texaco/114414790573265465>)
- [imarko/man-index: An Emacs command to quickly navigate to keywords
within a man page. - Codeberg.org] (<https://codeberg.org/imarko/man-index>)
([@z...@fosstodon.org] (<https://fosstodon.org/@zrzz/114395180769484151>))
- [Hot key to quickly jump out of parens #emacs #coding #programming
#reupload] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf3HivrI5Sk>) (01:08)
- TRAMP:
- [Using SUDO in Emacs with Tramp]
(<https://gnarledgrip.gitlab.io/using-sudo-in-emacs.html>)
([@revrari@mastodon.social]
(<https://mastodon.social/@revrari/114403192754528455>))
- Writing:
- [blogging capture tool to markdown · GitHub]
(<https://gist.github.com/pdxmph/4072412b8517b5d4e2b6c6fa4595d73c>)
([@m...@social.lol] (<https://social.lol/@mph/114379581952367352>))
- [Tim Heaney: Typst]
(<https://oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/20250427/>)
- [Gauging interest in (developing) a Typst table/grid editing package]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k7kg77/gauging_interest_in_developing_a_typst_tablegrid/>)
- [sinhala/emacs-sinhala-wijesekara: Emacs සඳහා විජේසේකර ආදාන-ක්රමය -
Codeberg.org] (<https://codeberg.org/sinhala/emacs-sinhala-wijesekara>)
- [0xd9a/test-emacs-sinhala-singlish-test - Codeberg.org]
(<https://codeberg.org/0xd9a/test-emacs-sinhala-singlish-test>)
- [overleaf-connection.el v1.0.0-rc1 (looking for testers)]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k8n897/overleafconnectionel_v100rc1_looking_for_testers/>)
- Org Mode:
- [Emacs OrgMode Trivialities Emphasis Markers And Timer
2025_04_25_02:38:13 - YouTube] (<https://youtu.be/MeDo_Q2oOuk>)
([@unixbhaskar@mastodon.social]
(<https://mastodon.social/@unixbhaskar/114395274452776767>))
- [Stupidly Simple Notes Taking With Emacs - fossHQ]
(<https://video.fosshq.org/videos/watch/0b4dd8aa-da25-4afb-afe7-1c5bf51a13a2>)
- [How I org with spacemacs ·]
(<https://cmdln.org/2016/04/26/how-i-org-with-spacemacs/>) (2016)
- [Christian Tietze: Keep .org File Outline Items Sorted Alphabetically]
(<https://christiantietze.de/posts/2025/04/keep-org-mode-items-sorted-alphabetically/>)
([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12943>))
- [Assembling Org Mode Files with Transclusion - System Crafters Live!]
(<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U9wG-pf-aQ>) (01:58:45)
- [GitHub - Clement-Jean/codetabs.el: Horizontally tabbed code blocks for
org mode] (<https://github.com/Clement-Jean/codetabs.el>) ([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k7dic1/github_clementjeancodetabsel_horizontally_tabbed/>))
- [Editing the ends of emphasized text with hidden emphasis markers]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1k4h82p/editing_the_ends_of_emphasized_text_with_hidden/>)
- [Introducing tagger and tagger-emacs-wrapper]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k8yqit/introducing_tagger_and_taggeremacswrapper/>)
([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1k8ysxs/introducing_tagger_a_cli_utility_to_explore/>))
- [Org Mode requests: [FR] Allow entering time/date range for :time-prompt
capture template property (was: org-capture-fill-template %T drops end time)]
(<https://list.orgmode.org/87tt69py3t.fsf@localhost>)
- [Hugo posting in Emacs | hi, it's mike ʕ•ᴥ•ʔﾉ]
(<https://mike.puddingtime.org/hugo-posting-in-emacs/>) ([@m...@social.lol]
(<https://social.lol/@mph/114376780953458457>))
- [Charles Choi: Announcing Scrim - An Org Protocol Proxy for Emacs on
macOS]
(<http://yummymelon.com/devnull/announcing-scrim--an-org-protocol-proxy-for-emacs-on-macos.html>)
- [TAONAW - Emacs and Org Mode: A month with Journelly]
(<https://taonaw.com/2025/04/27/a-month-with-journelly.html>)
- [[BLOG] #17 [[bbb:OrgMeetup]] on Wed, Apr 9, 19:00 UTC+3]
(<https://list.orgmode.org/87ecxkb1pv.fsf@localhost>) - meeting notes
- Denote:
- [Journaling with Journelly and Denote | Timothy J B Welch]
(<https://cthimothy.github.io/blog/2025/04/28/journelly-and-org.html>)
([@cthimo...@dice.camp] (<https://dice.camp/@Cthimothy/114416008894217783>))
- Coding:
- [Small .bashrc (and elisp) tricks to 'auto activate' python virtual
environments]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k6corx/small_bashrc_and_elisp_tricks_to_auto_activate/>)
- [Commodore 64 Assembly, part 1: Hello World and basic Emacs setup]
(<https://michal.sapka.pl/2025/commodore-64-assembler-day-1-hello-world-and-emacs-setup/>)
- [I made a mode for Grafana Alloy config. Hope somebody else finds it
useful.] (<https://codeberg.org/bgcartman/grafana-alloy-mode>) ([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k99ala/i_made_a_mode_for_grafana_alloy_config_hope/>))
- [Unch revuelto de cosas mías]
(<https://notxor.nueva-actitud.org/2025/04/27/un-revuelto-de-cosas-mias.html>)
([@not...@masto.es] (<https://masto.es/@Notxor/114410979780160235>))
- [Flycheck 35 is out!]
(<https://github.com/flycheck/flycheck/blob/master/CHANGES.rst#350-2025-04-23>)
([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k5xu0d/flycheck_35_is_out/>))
- [How to Get Tree-sitter to Work in Emacs in 6 Minutes #coding
#programming #syntax] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZW9TuWeCEU>) (06:01)
- [Binary Reverse-Engineering with Emacs] (<https://youtu.be/e2zSl-jdB9U>)
(08:29, [Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k8drtu/binary_reverseengineering_with_emacs/>))
- [johannes-mueller/devcontainer-mode: Rudimentary support for devcontainer
in emacs] (<https://github.com/johannes-mueller/devcontainer-mode>)
([@johmue@chaos.social] (<https://chaos.social/@johmue/114376443134349992>),
[Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k68w1i/devcontainermode_a_global_minor_mode_to_develop/>))
- [Unwound Stack: eglot-finding-sub-projects]
(<https://www.unwoundstack.com/blog/eglot-finding-sub-projects.html>)
- [my/copy-short-commit-hash]
(<https://mastodon.xyz/@dotemacs/114416352531712098>)
- [TIL: track changes in Emacs with highlight-changes-mode • tommorris.org]
(<https://tommorris.org/posts/2025/til-track-changes-in-emacs-with-highlight-changes-mode/>)
([@tommorris@mastodon.social]
(<https://mastodon.social/@tommorris/114405788233888064>))
- Mail, news, and chat:
- [Alternative headers view for mu4e]
(<https://i.redd.it/1magv1dfnjxe1.png>) ([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k9rbaq/alternative_headers_view_for_mu4e/>))
- [Jack Baty: Consolidating my email handling in Emacs]
(<https://baty.net/posts/2025/04/consolidating-my-email-handling-in-emacs/>)
- [rtrppl/hotsky: Fetches links from Bluesky feed, sorts them by frequency,
and presents them in an Orgmode buffer in Emacs.]
(<https://github.com/rtrppl/hotsky>) ([@laotang@mastodon.social]
(<https://mastodon.social/@laotang/114380101598188435>))
- Evil mode:
- [Wrote an Emacs package to better integrate Evil and god-mode]
(<https://github.com/jam1015/evil-god-toggle>) ([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k7yswk/wrote_an_emacs_package_to_better_integrate_evil/>))
- AI:
- [bajsicki/gptel-org-tools: Tooling for LLM interactions with org-mode.
Requires gptel and org-ql. - Codeberg.org]
(<https://codeberg.org/bajsicki/gptel-org-tools>)
- [(within parens...): Emacs Lisp Programming with DeepSeek: A New Widget]
(<https://within-parens.blogspot.com/2025/04/emacs-lisp-programming-with-deepseek.html>)
([@marcoxa@mastodon.social]
(<https://mastodon.social/@marcoxa/114394943142861919>))
- [Ep647 emacs install ai chatbot interface gptel (ollama, deepseek,
chatgpt)] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz0dADvQG5o>) (50:51)
- [Emacs/Org-mode and ChatGPT]
(<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXpTizHctis>) (24:19)
- [James Dyer: Ollama-Buddy 0.9.35: Grok, Gemini Integration and Enhanced
Sessions]
(<https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20250424085731-emacs--ollama-buddy-0-9-35-grok-gemini-integration-enhanced-sessions/>)
- [ChatGPT Emacs Integration Course]
(<https://go.tonyaldon.com/course-d27bdbe2>) ([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k57dc9/learn_how_to_build_a_fully_functional_emacs/>))
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- Community:
- [Emacs Weekly Tips, Tricks, or Questions - Lemmy.World]
(<https://lemmy.world/post/28587398?scrollToComments=true>) - SES (Simple Emacs
Spreadsheets)
- [Fortnightly Tips, Tricks, and Questions — 2025-04-22 / week 16]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k4w6ov/fortnightly_tips_tricks_and_questions_20250422/>)
- [I Joined The Craftering]
(<https://trevdev.ca/blog/i-joined-the-craftering.html>)
([@trev...@fosstodon.org] (<https://fosstodon.org/@trevdev/114402480205741354>))
- [@emacsnews@emacs.social] (<https://planet.emacslife.com/>)
([@runlevelrobot@emacs.social]
(<https://emacs.social/@runlevelrobot/114401463523970642>))
- [Talk with Theena (Multidisciplinary Artist) | Writing Professionally |
Neovim Emacs LaTeX Org Mode (2 hour video)]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k6s1ou/talk_with_theena_multidisciplinary_artist_writing/>)
- [Emacs' Undeserved Reputation]
(<https://randyridenour.net/posts/2025-03-02-emacs-undeserved-reputation.html>)
([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/1k7akie/emacs_undeserved_reputation/>))
- Other:
- [The Emacs Cat: Emacs Time Stamp]
(<https://olddeuteronomy.github.io/post/emacs-time-stamp/>) ([Irreal]
(<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12941>))
- [TIL global-auto-revert-mode]
(<https://fosstodon.org/@michaelanckaert/114398669856362693>)
- [divyaranjan/emacs-reader: An all-in-one ebook reader for all formats in
Emacs, backed by MuPDF. - Codeberg.org]
(<https://codeberg.org/divyaranjan/emacs-reader>)
- [An Emacs + Nix Workflow | Max's Blog]
(<https://maxtyler.net/blog/emacs-nix-environment>) - direnv, lorri
- [Sorting Strings in a Line in Emacs]
(<http://yummymelon.com/devnull/sorting-strings-in-a-line-in-emacs.html>)
([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k7wqml/sorting_strings_in_a_line_in_emacs/>),
[Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12945>)) sort-regexp-fields
- [Lars Ingebrigtsen: OpenLibrary, LibraryThing, Books and Emacs]
(<https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2025/04/22/openlibrary-librarything-books-and-emacs/>)
- [Much Ado About Emacs 009 - general.el, defalias, recursive-narrow,
bufferfile] (<https://bicycleforyourmind.com/much_ado_about_emacs_009>)
([@macosxg...@fosstodon.org]
(<https://fosstodon.org/@macosxguru/114398855630893694>))
- [Matt Maguire: Plain Text Accounting with Emacs]
(<https://www.teachmaths.org/20250423-pta-emacs/>), also [part 2]
(<https://www.teachmaths.org/20250424-pta-emacs2/>)
- [The Emacs widget toolkit | Aleksandr Petrosyan]
(<https://appetrosyan.github.io/posts/emacs-widget.html>)
- [tusharhero/tinee: This Is Not Emacs Everywhere, in the sense that it's
not as featureful as Emacs-everywhere, and hence tinee.]
(<https://codeberg.org/tusharhero/tinee>) - write in Emacs, send to other apps;
only for Wayland right now
- [Swankful Software-Individuals]
(<https://screw-lisp.statichost.eu/emacs/swankful-software-individuals.html>)
([@screwt...@mastodon.sdf.org]
(<https://mastodon.sdf.org/@screwtape/114407871385882557>))
- [A Better Meta Key for Emacs]
(<https://duncanbritt.com/blog/ergo-meta/ergo-meta.html>) ([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k935pk/a_better_meta_key_for_emacs/>))
- using ; as meta if held down
- [Emacs pinky solution -> use your thumbs! With this keyboard layout]
(<https://i.redd.it/0i3f7v65u6xe1.jpeg>) ([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k8e0dc/emacs_pinky_solution_use_your_thumbs_with_this/>),
[Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12934>))
- [Emacs hacking 00 - Avoid RSI and "emacs pinky" once and for all.]
(<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9gJxKchkRw>) ([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k4mr9l/emacs_hacking_00_avoid_rsi_and_emacs_pinky_once/>))
- Emacs development:
- emacs-devel:
- [RFC: let's make term.el possible]
(<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-04/msg00879.html>)
- [Re: Next steps for igc feature branch]
(<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-04/msg01007.html>)
- [also, possible issues when it comes to installing the MPS library]
(<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-04/msg00857.html>)
- [Re: Vectorization, SIMD]
(<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-04/msg00889.html>) -
auto-vectorization
- [Re: Trust API]
(<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-04/msg00863.html>) -
working out how trust should work with buffers, maybe regions
- [experience from org-confirm-babel-evaluate]
(<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-04/msg00789.html>)
- [Flymake: Experimental 'fancy' flymake-show-diagnostics-at-end-of-line]
(<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=0262e3e158e35770f864d3131baf8f1793a20e58>)
- [Mark vc-dav.el as obsolete (bug#77626)]
(<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=925ac2ef7043a1cf5356f8fa1f15ae43529319bc>)
- [Add "forward history" support for some debuggers]
(<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=f808f637f57eb0fe87fdc2ea7c2a1fd9e2f9d912>)
- [mode-line-modes-delimiters: New option]
(<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=7bb648eb804c6420cd0f76cd8075a0faa30a4bfd>)
- [; * etc/NEWS: Document deletion of block comment variables.]
(<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3a95e1ede8269f9ba0c223383bc2e8b28e6f7413>)
- [Revert addition of electric-block-comment-mode & follow-up commits]
(<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=4808f785ccb0166a87983405c6317ab2a4d6dfde>)
- New packages:
- jjdescription: Major mode for editing Jujutsu description files (MELPA)
- ob-bigquery: Babel Functions for BigQuery Databases (MELPA)
- org-hide-drawers: Hide drawers in Org using overlays (MELPA)
- termint: Run REPLs in a terminal backend (MELPA)
Links from [reddit.com/r/emacs] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs>),
[r/orgmode] (<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode>), [r/spacemacs]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/spacemacs>), [r/planetemacs]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs>), [Mastodon #emacs]
(<https://mastodon.social/tags/emacs>), [Bluesky #emacs]
(<https://bsky.app/hashtag/emacs>), [Hacker News]
(<https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story>),
[lobste.rs] (<https://lobste.rs/search?q=emacs&what=stories&order=newest>),
[programming.dev]
(<https://programming.dev/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New>),
[lemmy.world] (<https://lemmy.world/c/emacs>), [lemmy.ml]
(<https://lemmy.ml/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New>),
[planet.emacslife.com] (<https://planet.emacslife.com>), [YouTube]
(<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4th0AZixyREOtvxDpdxC9oMuX7Ar7Sdt>),
[the Emacs NEWS file]
(<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS>), [Emacs Calendar]
(<https://emacslife.com/calendar/>), and [emacs-devel]
(<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-04>). Thanks to Andrés
Ramírez for emacs-devel links. Do you have an Emacs-related link or
announcement? Please e-mail me at [sa...@sachachua.com]
(<mailto:sa...@sachachua.com>). Thank you!
* 2025-04-28 Emacs news
- Help wanted:
- [[https://list.orgmode.org/8734duf6an....@bzg.fr][[ANN] Re: Join the Org Mode project as the Worg maintainer]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1k8x7xo/join_the_org_mode_project_as_the_worg_maintainer/][Reddit]])
- Upcoming events ([[https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics][iCal file]], [[https://emacslife.com/calendar/][Org]]):
- Emacs Berlin (hybrid, in English) https://emacs-berlin.org/ Wed Apr 30 0930 America/Vancouver - 1130 America/Chicago - 1230 America/Toronto - 1630 Etc/GMT - 1830 Europe/Berlin - 2200 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu May 1 0030 Asia/Singapore
- M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Fri May 2 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
- EmacsATX: Emacs Social https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/306966612/ Wed May 7 1600 America/Vancouver - 1800 America/Chicago - 1900 America/Toronto - 2300 Etc/GMT -- Thu May 8 0100 Europe/Berlin - 0430 Asia/Kolkata - 0700 Asia/Singapore
- Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs Fri May 9 1800 Europe/Paris
- EmacsSF (in person): coffee.el in SF https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/307404994/ Sat May 10 1100 America/Los_Angeles
- Beginner:
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCdoyDeR_rI][Emacs Crash Course - 5 part series - From Vanilla to Custom]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k7tcsf/emacs_crash_course_5_part_series_from_vanilla_to/][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW14ncFofm4][How to (actually) learn Emacs]] (10:54)
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai8PDUNJABA][Install and Basic Config of Emacs on a Chromebook in Only 10 Minutes! (Without Elisp)]] (10:50)
- Emacs configuration:
- [[https://www.emoses.org/posts/keeping-work-separate/][Evan Moses: Separating work and personal config]]
- [[https://mike.puddingtime.org/by-host-configs-in-doom.-custom-starting-window-sizes./][By-host configs in Doom. Custom starting window sizes. | hi, it's mike ʕ•ᴥ•ʔﾉ]] ([[https://social.lol/@mph/114377406653331502][@m...@social.lol]])
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub_ARKkCSug][Basics of the Emacs Straight Package Manager #coding #programming #reupload]] (09:14)
- [[https://github.com/flajann2/emacs-config][emacs-config 3.0.1.0 released. Cleanups and workarounds]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k83xd5/emacsconfig_3010_released_cleanups_and_workarounds/][Reddit]])
- Emacs Lisp:
- [[https://tv.dyne.org/w/8W8o4fWz94bMYVMUWExkX7][Emacs Package Development: The Emacs Reader (I: Introduction) - Dyne.org TV]]
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7DbqLFyQJk][Maintain Emacs histories with the ring package (overview)]] (07:17)
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYq-mskrKSM][How to fix two buglets in Ramin Honary's Emacs analog clock - YouTube]] ([[https://techhub.social/@lispwizard/114399051139511802][@lispwizard@techhub.social]])
- Appearance:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k7zxjv/fyi_modelinecollapseminormodes/][FYI: mode-line-collapse-minor-modes]]
- [[https://amitp.blogspot.com/2025/04/emacs-per-project-colors.html][Amit Patel: Emacs per-project colors]]
- [[https://taonaw.com/2025/04/22/on-linux-i-now-use.html][TAONAW - switching themes based on OS]]
- [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-04-26-emacs-show-font-0-3-0/][Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: show-font version 0.3.0]]
- Navigation:
- [[https://defcon.social/@texaco/114414790573265465][TIL xref-go-back]]
- [[https://codeberg.org/imarko/man-index][imarko/man-index: An Emacs command to quickly navigate to keywords within a man page. - Codeberg.org]] ([[https://fosstodon.org/@zrzz/114395180769484151][@z...@fosstodon.org]])
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf3HivrI5Sk][Hot key to quickly jump out of parens #emacs #coding #programming #reupload]] (01:08)
- TRAMP:
- [[https://gnarledgrip.gitlab.io/using-sudo-in-emacs.html][Using SUDO in Emacs with Tramp]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@revrari/114403192754528455][@revrari@mastodon.social]])
- Writing:
- [[https://gist.github.com/pdxmph/4072412b8517b5d4e2b6c6fa4595d73c][blogging capture tool to markdown · GitHub]] ([[https://social.lol/@mph/114379581952367352][@m...@social.lol]])
- [[https://oylenshpeegul.gitlab.io/blog/posts/20250427/][Tim Heaney: Typst]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k7kg77/gauging_interest_in_developing_a_typst_tablegrid/][Gauging interest in (developing) a Typst table/grid editing package]]
- [[https://codeberg.org/sinhala/emacs-sinhala-wijesekara][sinhala/emacs-sinhala-wijesekara: Emacs සඳහා විජේසේකර ආදාන-ක්රමය - Codeberg.org]]
- [[https://codeberg.org/0xd9a/test-emacs-sinhala-singlish-test][0xd9a/test-emacs-sinhala-singlish-test - Codeberg.org]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k8n897/overleafconnectionel_v100rc1_looking_for_testers/][overleaf-connection.el v1.0.0-rc1 (looking for testers)]]
- Org Mode:
- [[https://youtu.be/MeDo_Q2oOuk][Emacs OrgMode Trivialities Emphasis Markers And Timer 2025_04_25_02:38:13 - YouTube]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@unixbhaskar/114395274452776767][@unixbhaskar@mastodon.social]])
- [[https://video.fosshq.org/videos/watch/0b4dd8aa-da25-4afb-afe7-1c5bf51a13a2][Stupidly Simple Notes Taking With Emacs - fossHQ]]
- [[https://cmdln.org/2016/04/26/how-i-org-with-spacemacs/][How I org with spacemacs ·]] (2016)
- [[https://christiantietze.de/posts/2025/04/keep-org-mode-items-sorted-alphabetically/][Christian Tietze: Keep .org File Outline Items Sorted Alphabetically]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12943][Irreal]])
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U9wG-pf-aQ][Assembling Org Mode Files with Transclusion - System Crafters Live!]] (01:58:45)
- [[https://github.com/Clement-Jean/codetabs.el][GitHub - Clement-Jean/codetabs.el: Horizontally tabbed code blocks for org mode]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k7dic1/github_clementjeancodetabsel_horizontally_tabbed/][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1k4h82p/editing_the_ends_of_emphasized_text_with_hidden/][Editing the ends of emphasized text with hidden emphasis markers]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k8yqit/introducing_tagger_and_taggeremacswrapper/][Introducing tagger and tagger-emacs-wrapper]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1k8ysxs/introducing_tagger_a_cli_utility_to_explore/][Reddit]])
- [[https://list.orgmode.org/87tt69py3t.fsf@localhost][Org Mode requests: [FR] Allow entering time/date range for :time-prompt capture template property (was: org-capture-fill-template %T drops end time)]]
- [[https://mike.puddingtime.org/hugo-posting-in-emacs/][Hugo posting in Emacs | hi, it's mike ʕ•ᴥ•ʔﾉ]] ([[https://social.lol/@mph/114376780953458457][@m...@social.lol]])
- [[http://yummymelon.com/devnull/announcing-scrim--an-org-protocol-proxy-for-emacs-on-macos.html][Charles Choi: Announcing Scrim - An Org Protocol Proxy for Emacs on macOS]]
- [[https://taonaw.com/2025/04/27/a-month-with-journelly.html][TAONAW - Emacs and Org Mode: A month with Journelly]]
- [[https://list.orgmode.org/87ecxkb1pv.fsf@localhost][[BLOG] #17 [[bbb:OrgMeetup]] on Wed, Apr 9, 19:00 UTC+3]] - meeting notes
- Denote:
- [[https://cthimothy.github.io/blog/2025/04/28/journelly-and-org.html][Journaling with Journelly and Denote | Timothy J B Welch]] ([[https://dice.camp/@Cthimothy/114416008894217783][@cthimo...@dice.camp]])
- Coding:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k6corx/small_bashrc_and_elisp_tricks_to_auto_activate/][Small .bashrc (and elisp) tricks to 'auto activate' python virtual environments]]
- [[https://michal.sapka.pl/2025/commodore-64-assembler-day-1-hello-world-and-emacs-setup/][Commodore 64 Assembly, part 1: Hello World and basic Emacs setup]]
- [[https://codeberg.org/bgcartman/grafana-alloy-mode][I made a mode for Grafana Alloy config. Hope somebody else finds it useful.]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k99ala/i_made_a_mode_for_grafana_alloy_config_hope/][Reddit]])
- [[https://notxor.nueva-actitud.org/2025/04/27/un-revuelto-de-cosas-mias.html][Unch revuelto de cosas mías]] ([[https://masto.es/@Notxor/114410979780160235][@not...@masto.es]])
- [[https://github.com/flycheck/flycheck/blob/master/CHANGES.rst#350-2025-04-23][Flycheck 35 is out!]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k5xu0d/flycheck_35_is_out/][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZW9TuWeCEU][How to Get Tree-sitter to Work in Emacs in 6 Minutes #coding #programming #syntax]] (06:01)
- [[https://youtu.be/e2zSl-jdB9U][Binary Reverse-Engineering with Emacs]] (08:29, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k8drtu/binary_reverseengineering_with_emacs/][Reddit]])
- [[https://github.com/johannes-mueller/devcontainer-mode][johannes-mueller/devcontainer-mode: Rudimentary support for devcontainer in emacs]] ([[https://chaos.social/@johmue/114376443134349992][@johmue@chaos.social]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k68w1i/devcontainermode_a_global_minor_mode_to_develop/][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.unwoundstack.com/blog/eglot-finding-sub-projects.html][Unwound Stack: eglot-finding-sub-projects]]
- [[https://mastodon.xyz/@dotemacs/114416352531712098][my/copy-short-commit-hash]]
- [[https://tommorris.org/posts/2025/til-track-changes-in-emacs-with-highlight-changes-mode/][TIL: track changes in Emacs with highlight-changes-mode • tommorris.org]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@tommorris/114405788233888064][@tommorris@mastodon.social]])
- Mail, news, and chat:
- [[https://i.redd.it/1magv1dfnjxe1.png][Alternative headers view for mu4e]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k9rbaq/alternative_headers_view_for_mu4e/][Reddit]])
- [[https://baty.net/posts/2025/04/consolidating-my-email-handling-in-emacs/][Jack Baty: Consolidating my email handling in Emacs]]
- [[https://github.com/rtrppl/hotsky][rtrppl/hotsky: Fetches links from Bluesky feed, sorts them by frequency, and presents them in an Orgmode buffer in Emacs.]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@laotang/114380101598188435][@laotang@mastodon.social]])
- Evil mode:
- [[https://github.com/jam1015/evil-god-toggle][Wrote an Emacs package to better integrate Evil and god-mode]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k7yswk/wrote_an_emacs_package_to_better_integrate_evil/][Reddit]])
- AI:
- [[https://codeberg.org/bajsicki/gptel-org-tools][bajsicki/gptel-org-tools: Tooling for LLM interactions with org-mode. Requires gptel and org-ql. - Codeberg.org]]
- [[https://within-parens.blogspot.com/2025/04/emacs-lisp-programming-with-deepseek.html][(within parens...): Emacs Lisp Programming with DeepSeek: A New Widget]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@marcoxa/114394943142861919][@marcoxa@mastodon.social]])
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz0dADvQG5o][Ep647 emacs install ai chatbot interface gptel (ollama, deepseek, chatgpt)]] (50:51)
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXpTizHctis][Emacs/Org-mode and ChatGPT]] (24:19)
- [[https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20250424085731-emacs--ollama-buddy-0-9-35-grok-gemini-integration-enhanced-sessions/][James Dyer: Ollama-Buddy 0.9.35: Grok, Gemini Integration and Enhanced Sessions]]
- [[https://go.tonyaldon.com/course-d27bdbe2][ChatGPT Emacs Integration Course]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k57dc9/learn_how_to_build_a_fully_functional_emacs/][Reddit]]) ($119)
- Community:
- [[https://lemmy.world/post/28587398?scrollToComments=true][Emacs Weekly Tips, Tricks, or Questions - Lemmy.World]] - SES (Simple Emacs Spreadsheets)
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k4w6ov/fortnightly_tips_tricks_and_questions_20250422/][Fortnightly Tips, Tricks, and Questions — 2025-04-22 / week 16]]
- [[https://trevdev.ca/blog/i-joined-the-craftering.html][I Joined The Craftering]] ([[https://fosstodon.org/@trevdev/114402480205741354][@trev...@fosstodon.org]])
- [[https://planet.emacslife.com/][@emacsnews@emacs.social]] ([[https://emacs.social/@runlevelrobot/114401463523970642][@runlevelrobot@emacs.social]])
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k6s1ou/talk_with_theena_multidisciplinary_artist_writing/][Talk with Theena (Multidisciplinary Artist) | Writing Professionally | Neovim Emacs LaTeX Org Mode (2 hour video)]]
- [[https://randyridenour.net/posts/2025-03-02-emacs-undeserved-reputation.html][Emacs' Undeserved Reputation]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs/comments/1k7akie/emacs_undeserved_reputation/][Reddit]])
- Other:
- [[https://olddeuteronomy.github.io/post/emacs-time-stamp/][The Emacs Cat: Emacs Time Stamp]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12941][Irreal]])
- [[https://fosstodon.org/@michaelanckaert/114398669856362693][TIL global-auto-revert-mode]]
- [[https://codeberg.org/divyaranjan/emacs-reader][divyaranjan/emacs-reader: An all-in-one ebook reader for all formats in Emacs, backed by MuPDF. - Codeberg.org]]
- [[https://maxtyler.net/blog/emacs-nix-environment][An Emacs + Nix Workflow | Max's Blog]] - direnv, lorri
- [[http://yummymelon.com/devnull/sorting-strings-in-a-line-in-emacs.html][Sorting Strings in a Line in Emacs]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k7wqml/sorting_strings_in_a_line_in_emacs/][Reddit]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12945][Irreal]]) sort-regexp-fields
- [[https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2025/04/22/openlibrary-librarything-books-and-emacs/][Lars Ingebrigtsen: OpenLibrary, LibraryThing, Books and Emacs]]
- [[https://bicycleforyourmind.com/much_ado_about_emacs_009][Much Ado About Emacs 009 - general.el, defalias, recursive-narrow, bufferfile]] ([[https://fosstodon.org/@macosxguru/114398855630893694][@macosxg...@fosstodon.org]])
- [[https://www.teachmaths.org/20250423-pta-emacs/][Matt Maguire: Plain Text Accounting with Emacs]], also [[https://www.teachmaths.org/20250424-pta-emacs2/][part 2]]
- [[https://appetrosyan.github.io/posts/emacs-widget.html][The Emacs widget toolkit | Aleksandr Petrosyan]]
- [[https://codeberg.org/tusharhero/tinee][tusharhero/tinee: This Is Not Emacs Everywhere, in the sense that it's not as featureful as Emacs-everywhere, and hence tinee.]] - write in Emacs, send to other apps; only for Wayland right now
- [[https://screw-lisp.statichost.eu/emacs/swankful-software-individuals.html][Swankful Software-Individuals]] ([[https://mastodon.sdf.org/@screwtape/114407871385882557][@screwt...@mastodon.sdf.org]])
- [[https://duncanbritt.com/blog/ergo-meta/ergo-meta.html][A Better Meta Key for Emacs]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k935pk/a_better_meta_key_for_emacs/][Reddit]]) - using ; as meta if held down
- [[https://i.redd.it/0i3f7v65u6xe1.jpeg][Emacs pinky solution -> use your thumbs! With this keyboard layout]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k8e0dc/emacs_pinky_solution_use_your_thumbs_with_this/][Reddit]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12934][Irreal]])
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9gJxKchkRw][Emacs hacking 00 - Avoid RSI and "emacs pinky" once and for all.]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1k4mr9l/emacs_hacking_00_avoid_rsi_and_emacs_pinky_once/][Reddit]])
- Emacs development:
- emacs-devel:
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-04/msg00879.html][RFC: let's make term.el possible]]
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-04/msg01007.html][Re: Next steps for igc feature branch]]
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-04/msg00857.html][also, possible issues when it comes to installing the MPS library]]
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-04/msg00889.html][Re: Vectorization, SIMD]] - auto-vectorization
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-04/msg00863.html][Re: Trust API]] - working out how trust should work with buffers, maybe regions
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-04/msg00789.html][experience from org-confirm-babel-evaluate]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=0262e3e158e35770f864d3131baf8f1793a20e58][Flymake: Experimental 'fancy' flymake-show-diagnostics-at-end-of-line]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=925ac2ef7043a1cf5356f8fa1f15ae43529319bc][Mark vc-dav.el as obsolete (bug#77626)]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=f808f637f57eb0fe87fdc2ea7c2a1fd9e2f9d912][Add "forward history" support for some debuggers]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=7bb648eb804c6420cd0f76cd8075a0faa30a4bfd][mode-line-modes-delimiters: New option]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3a95e1ede8269f9ba0c223383bc2e8b28e6f7413][; * etc/NEWS: Document deletion of block comment variables.]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=4808f785ccb0166a87983405c6317ab2a4d6dfde][Revert addition of electric-block-comment-mode & follow-up commits]]
- New packages:
- jjdescription: Major mode for editing Jujutsu description files (MELPA)
- ob-bigquery: Babel Functions for BigQuery Databases (MELPA)
- org-hide-drawers: Hide drawers in Org using overlays (MELPA)
- termint: Run REPLs in a terminal backend (MELPA)
Links from [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs][reddit.com/r/emacs]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode][r/orgmode]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/spacemacs][r/spacemacs]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs][r/planetemacs]], [[https://mastodon.social/tags/emacs][Mastodon #emacs]], [[https://bsky.app/hashtag/emacs][Bluesky #emacs]], [[https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story][Hacker News]], [[https://lobste.rs/search?q=emacs&what=stories&order=newest][lobste.rs]], [[https://programming.dev/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New][programming.dev]], [[https://lemmy.world/c/emacs][lemmy.world]], [[https://lemmy.ml/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New][lemmy.ml]], [[https://planet.emacslife.com][planet.emacslife.com]], [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4th0AZixyREOtvxDpdxC9oMuX7Ar7Sdt][YouTube]], [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS][the Emacs NEWS file]], [[https://emacslife.com/calendar/][Emacs Calendar]], and [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-04][emacs-devel]]. Thanks to Andrés Ramírez for emacs-devel links. Do you have an Emacs-related link or announcement? Please e-mail me at [[mailto:sa...@sachachua.com][sa...@sachachua.com]]. Thank you!
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