2026-04-27 Emacs news
=====================

  There was a big discussion on lobste.rs about people's favourite Emacs 
packages https://lobste.rs/s/sz3gab/what_are_your_favorite_emacs_packages and 
that sparked similar conversations on Reddit 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1stw78y/what_are_your_favorite_emacs_packages/
 and HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47875031. Discussions like that 
are a great source of inspiration 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ssfwpl/your_sources_for_inspiration/. 
I added a couple of small improvements to my config based on this week's Emacs 
news, like diff-hl 
https://www.emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20260421070329-emacs--getting-diff-hl-just-right/.

  Also, lots of people expressed their appreciation for Chris Wellons 
https://nullprogram.com/blog/2026/04/26/, who is moving on to other editors for 
now. Me, I've enjoyed using https://melpa.org/#/simple-httpd, impatient, and 
skewer, and I'm glad Chris made and shared them. Many of his packages already 
have new maintainers, and the rest are up for adoption 
https://nullprogram.com/blog/2026/04/26/. Perhaps we'll see him around again 
someday!

  - Help wanted:
      - Join Org mode contributor liaison team and help maintaining Org mode 
https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1sv385n/join_org_mode_contributor_liaison_team_and_help/
      - Skeeto: "I have officially retired from Emacs" -- looking for 
maintainers for Elfeed etc. https://nullprogram.com/blog/2026/04/26/ (Reddit 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1svziwa/skeeto_i_have_officially_retired_from_emacs/,
 HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47906651, lobste.rs 
https://lobste.rs/s/plertt/i_have_officially_retired_from_emacs)
  - Upcoming events (iCal file 
https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics, Org 
https://emacslife.com/calendar/):
      - Emacs Berlin: Emacs-Berlin Hybrid Meetup //emacs-berlin.org/ 
https://emacs-berlin.org/ Wed Apr 29 1000 America/Vancouver - 1200 
America/Chicago - 1300 America/Toronto - 1700 Etc/GMT - 1900 Europe/Berlin - 
2230 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Apr 30 0100 Asia/Singapore
      - M-x Research: TBA //m-x-research.github.io/ 
https://m-x-research.github.io/ Fri May 1 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 
America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 
2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
      - Emacs.si (in person): Emacs.si meetup #5 2026 (v #živo) 
//dogodki.kompot.si/events/b4192df7-3da4-41b8-95a3-532b93923656 
https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/b4192df7-3da4-41b8-95a3-532b93923656 Mon May 4 
1900 CET
      - EmacsATX: Emacs Social //www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/314341747/ 
https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/314341747/ Thu May 7 1600 
America/Vancouver - 1800 America/Chicago - 1900 America/Toronto - 2300 Etc/GMT 
-- Fri May 8 0100 Europe/Berlin - 0430 Asia/Kolkata - 0700 Asia/Singapore
      - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) //lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs 
https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs Fri May 8 1800 Europe/Paris
      - Other stuff:
      - Sacha Chua: April 30 Yay Emacs: Sacha and Prot Talk Emacs - 
Newbies/Starter Kits 
https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/04/yay-emacs-sacha-and-prot-talk-emacs-newbies-starter-kits/
 (Prot https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-04-22-emacs-live-with-sacha-chua/)
      - Battle of the Editors - Satellite Event 
https://www.dkz2r.de/events/2026-06-30_battle_of-the_editors - Tue Jun 30 4:30 
PM Aachen, Seffenterweg 23 / Kopernikusstr. 6 (IT Center) for hackathon 
participants and guests
      - Sacha Chua: May 4: Emacs Chat with Amin Bandali 
https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/05/emacs-chat-with-amin-bandali/
      - May 7: Shae Erisson 
https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/05/may-7-emacs-chat-with-shae-erisson/
      - May 21: Raymond Zeitler 
https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/05/emacs-chat-with-raymond-zeitler/
      - June 18: Ross A. Baker 
https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/04/june-18-emacs-chat-with-ross-a-baker/
  - Emacs configuration:
      - What are your favorite Emacs packages? 
https://lobste.rs/s/sz3gab/what_are_your_favorite_emacs_packages (Reddit 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1stw78y/what_are_your_favorite_emacs_packages/,
 HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47875031)
  - Emacs Lisp:
      - What are some common code smells that inexperienced Elispers make? 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1sqk352/what_are_some_common_code_smells_that/
      - Dave Pearson: expando.el v1.6 
https://blog.davep.org/2026/04/22/expando-el-v1-6.html - expand macro in a 
different window; fix keybinding
      - Protesilaos: Emacs livestream: Maintaining Denote, TMR, and more 
https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-04-23-emacs-spontaneous-live-denote-tmr/ 
(YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OSn7udx9LA 3:06:05)
      - Ideas for things to bind to C-z (@[email protected]) 
https://mathstodon.xyz/@oantolin/116461651985853446
  - Appearance:
      - Emacs Configuration: Writing my own Theme Switcher 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMOBeelAgvo (15:33)
      - yotsuba: 4chan aesthetic, this time based on the Tomorrow theme. 
https://github.com/Senka07/yotsuba-emacs-theme (Reddit 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1sr1ynn/guess_what_i_made_another_emacs_theme_based_on/)
  - Navigation:
      - Dave Pearson: itch.el v1.3.0 
https://blog.davep.org/2026/04/24/itch-el-v1-3-0.html - switch to the scratch 
buffer
      - Tip: repeat-map and expreg-expand (@[email protected]) 
https://ottawa.place/@plantarum/116450593361007190
      - The Definitive Guide to Code Folding in Emacs 
https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-the-definitive-guide-to-code-folding/ (Reddit 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1stnc6q/the_definitive_guide_to_code_folding_in_emacs/,
 Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13767)
  - Writing:
      - Dave Pearson: blogmore.el v4.2 
https://blog.davep.org/2026/04/21/blogmore-el-v4-2.html - cycle image extensions
      - Dave Pearson: kbdify.el v1.0.0 
https://blog.davep.org/2026/04/24/kbdify-el-v1-0-0.html - marking up keys in 
Markdown
  - Denote:
      - New package: denote-wordcloud 
https://codeberg.org/treflip/denote-wordcloud
  - Org Mode:
      - (emacs) org mode - your life in plain text 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=figa38Mg-eY (09:49)
      - Spacemacs | Org-contacts Agenda Anniversaires | Productivité 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STagFnaskn8 (02:22)
      - How I use org-roam - The Universe of Joshua Blais 
https://joshblais.com/blog/how-i-use-org-roam/
      - Spacemacs | Org-roam Notes avec tags | Productivité 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3HEbx3MrHE (00:59)
      - Import, export, and integration:
      - Quick tutorial to get a blog online from Org mode thanks to Org Social 
| Andros Fenollosa 
https://en.andros.dev/blog/c68f00c3/quick-tutorial-to-get-a-blog-online-from-org-mode-thanks-to-org-social/
 (@[email protected] 
https://activity.andros.dev/@andros/statuses/01KQ4ASDT53DHX4EGMYZFCES0K, in 
Spanish 
https://andros.dev/blog/c45ae903/tutorial-rapido-para-tener-un-blog-online-a-partir-de-org-mode-gracias-a-org-social/,
 @[email protected] https://fosstodon.org/@hispaemacs/116470982401589994)
      - Como colorear los bloques de código en Org-mode | Andros Fenollosa 
https://andros.dev/blog/2e8f5a3c/como-colorear-los-bloques-de-codigo-en-org-mode/
 (2016, @[email protected] 
https://fosstodon.org/@hispaemacs/116471882048215006)
      - Code for org-edit-special, eglot, and Python 
https://github.com/joaotavora/eglot/issues/216#issuecomment-1052931508 
(@[email protected] https://mastodontech.de/@anoncheg/116439674278883690)
      - Get ready for Orgy in 15 minutes — Bastien Guerry 
https://bzg.fr/en/notes/orgy-tutorial/ (Irreal 
https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13761, JC Helary 
https://mac4translators.blogspot.com/2026/04/blogging-with-emacs-new-take.html) 
- static site generator
      - Tony Zorman: Writing Literate Blog Posts 
https://tony-zorman.com/posts/interactive.html
  - Completion:
      - Dave Pearson: unabbrev.el v1.0.0 
https://blog.davep.org/2026/04/23/unabbrev-el-v1-0-0.html - completing-read an 
abbrev
      - Charlie Holland: A VOMPECCC Case Study: Spotify as Pure ICR in Emacs 
https://www.chiply.dev/post-vompeccc-spot (HN 
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47848470)
      - I made an Emacs completion style using nucleo, the fuzzy matcher from 
Helix https://github.com/kn66/nucleo-completion.el (Reddit 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1svdsdf/i_made_an_emacs_completion_style_using_nucleo_the/)
  - Coding:
      - James Dyer: Highlighting git changes in a buffer with diff-hl 
https://www.emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20260421070329-emacs--getting-diff-hl-just-right/
      - remoto.el: Browse GitHub repos without cloning. 
https://github.com/agzam/remoto.el (Reddit 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1sutzz6/new_package_browse_github_repos_without_cloning/,
 HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47907388)
      - Exploring Semantic & Friends in Emacs for Development Without LSP - 
Dyne.org TV https://tv.dyne.org/w/h4UPDWPd97oAFJ4S411b4R 
(@[email protected] https://tv.dyne.org/w/h4UPDWPd97oAFJ4S411b4R)
      - Mike Olson: Fixing typescript-ts-mode in Emacs 30.2 
https://mwolson.org/blog/2026-04-20-fixing-typescript-ts-mode-in-emacs-30-2/
  - Math:
      - Emacs: ses-mode (Simple Emacs Spreadsheet) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObK3HDOdFoM (20:57)
  - Shells:
      - kitty-graphics.el v0.5.0: tmux support for images inside terminal Emacs 
and much more! 
https://github.com/cashmeredev/kitty-graphics.el/releases/tag/v0.5.0 (Reddit 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1swk20a/kittygraphicsel_v050_tmux_support_for_images/)
  - Web:
      - Emacs is my browser - The Universe of Joshua Blais 
https://joshblais.com/blog/emacs-as-my-browser/ (Irreal 
https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13763, lobste.rs 
https://lobste.rs/s/prquts/emacs_is_my_browser)
  - Multimedia:
      - Some code for working with playlists and mpc (mpd) 
https://codeberg.org/ablatedsprocket/gists/src/branch/main/emacs/mpc.el 
(@[email protected] 
https://hachyderm.io/@ablatedsprocket/116467807992085582)
      - Spacemacs | Play music, recordings | Productivity 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7glpGrwFKPg (01:28)
      - Sam Aaron uses #emacs ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vELpmgs3efc 
(01:27)
  - AI:
      - claude-code-context - simple Emacs Buffer Awareness for Claude Code 
https://www.nth.io/luke/projects/claude-code-context/ (Reddit 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1swqc5v/claudecodecontext_simple_emacs_buffer_awareness/)
      - AI For Boomers: Project Claude For Emacs 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su_qxtJrfN0 (01:49)
  - Community:
      - Fortnightly Tips, Tricks, and Questions — 2026-04-21 / week 16 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1srbipy/fortnightly_tips_tricks_and_questions_20260421/
      - Your sources for inspiration 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ssfwpl/your_sources_for_inspiration/
      - Sacha Chua: YE20 braindump: Emacs Carnival: Newbies/starter kits 
https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/04/ye20-emacs-carnival-newbies-starter-kits/ 
(YouTube https://youtube.com/live/Yht0N26EoF4, 1:03:50)
      - Sacha Chua: YE21 April 23: Continuing to think about newbies / starter 
kits 
https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/04/ye21-continuing-to-think-about-newbies-starter-kits/
 (YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRK59GQw-HE, 1:00:51)
      - Randy Ridenour: Emacs and the Sunk Cost Fallacy 
https://randyridenour.net/posts/2026-04-25-emacs-sunk-cost-fallacy.html
      - Emacs Philosophy and Infinite Depth with Protesilaos - The Universe of 
Joshua Blais 
https://joshblais.com/blog/emacs-philosophy-and-infinite-depth-with-protesilaos/
 (YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vMlGFELajQ, 1:40:55)
      - A month of Elisp · Perpetually Curious Blog 
https://lambdafoo.com/posts/2026-04-23-a-month-of-elisp.html
  - Other:
      - I made a TaskJuggler major mode for Emacs 
https://github.com/devrintalen/taskjuggler-mode.el (Reddit 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ss8a70/i_made_a_taskjuggler_major_mode_for_emacs/)
      - Charles Choi: Some nice to know keybindings when using the mouse in 
Emacs 
http://yummymelon.com/devnull/some-nice-to-know-keybindings-when-using-the-mouse-in-emacs.html
 (Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13769)
      - Marcin Borkowski: How I use my numeric keypad with Emacs Ledger mode 
https://mbork.pl/2026-04-25_How_I_use_my_numeric_keypad_with_Emacs_Ledger_mode
      - anju v1.2: center and fill menus, edit - duplicate, look up; improve 
mouse interactions in Emacs https://github.com/kickingvegas/anju/discussions/63 
(@[email protected] https://sfba.social/@kickingvegas/116460864192233447)
      - Rahul Juliato: Getting Emacs proced.el to Show CPU and Memory on macOS 
https://rahuljuliato.com/posts/proced-macos (Reddit 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1su4ips/getting_emacs_procedel_to_show_cpu_and_memory_on/)
  - Emacs development:
      - Re: About "prefixed-core" - Philip Kaludercic 
https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/[email protected]/
      - Add treesit-query-with-fallback 
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=241481cf1e034a990200fe8d3df98a128cb13105
      - New user option compilation-search-extra-path 
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=9a7bc6b93085a12dbeb2513154c20db8dae2c6a6
      - ; * etc/NEWS: Announce "setrgbf" and "setrgbb" terminfo capabilities 
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=5913101e402a9b9475ac82402664cf71c9c6c910
      - Add language-environment and input methods for Syriac 
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=39202daeddc64ca407ebcb2072a9b59351457828
      - Rebind 'tab-bar-mouse-close-tab' from <down-mouse-2> to <mouse-2> 
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=330ccd33681b3a9e973114e5fd964cc5a319ce98
      - Show executed tests from erts files via the ERT results buffer 
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=62e3549f780adb8f27e0c01f18593a002866e2bf
  - New packages:
      - https://melpa.org/#/denote-wordcloud: Generate a word cloud (MELPA)
      - https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/dmsg.html: Timestamped debug messages 
with backtrace support (GNU ELPA)
      - https://melpa.org/#/evil-ghostel: Evil-mode integration for ghostel 
(MELPA)
      - https://melpa.org/#/mozc-modeless: Modeless Japanese input with Mozc 
(MELPA)
      - https://melpa.org/#/org-lark: Export Lark docs to Org (MELPA)
      - https://melpa.org/#/verdict: Generic test runner with treemacs results 
UI (MELPA)
      - https://melpa.org/#/with-command-redo: Repeat commands with automatic 
undo (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, 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/2026-04. Thanks to Andrés 
Ramírez for emacs-devel links. Do you have an Emacs-related link or 
announcement? Please e-mail me at [email protected] 
mailto:[email protected]. Thank you!


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* 2026-04-27 Emacs news
There was a big discussion on lobste.rs about [[https://lobste.rs/s/sz3gab/what_are_your_favorite_emacs_packages][people's favourite Emacs packages]] and that sparked similar conversations on [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1stw78y/what_are_your_favorite_emacs_packages/][Reddit]] and [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47875031][HN]]. Discussions like that are a great source of [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ssfwpl/your_sources_for_inspiration/][inspiration]]. I added a couple of small improvements to my config based on this week's Emacs news, like [[https://www.emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20260421070329-emacs--getting-diff-hl-just-right/][diff-hl]].

Also, lots of people expressed their appreciation for [[https://nullprogram.com/blog/2026/04/26/][Chris Wellons]], who is moving on to other editors for now. Me, I've enjoyed using https://melpa.org/#/simple-httpd, impatient, and skewer, and I'm glad Chris made and shared them. Many of his packages already have new maintainers, and the [[https://nullprogram.com/blog/2026/04/26/][rest are up for adoption]]. Perhaps we'll see him around again someday!

- Help wanted:
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1sv385n/join_org_mode_contributor_liaison_team_and_help/][Join Org mode contributor liaison team and help maintaining Org mode]]
  - [[https://nullprogram.com/blog/2026/04/26/][Skeeto: "I have officially retired from Emacs" -- looking for maintainers for Elfeed etc.]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1svziwa/skeeto_i_have_officially_retired_from_emacs/][Reddit]], [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47906651][HN]], [[https://lobste.rs/s/plertt/i_have_officially_retired_from_emacs][lobste.rs]])
- Upcoming events ([[https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics][iCal file]], [[https://emacslife.com/calendar/][Org]]):
  - Emacs Berlin: Emacs-Berlin Hybrid Meetup https://emacs-berlin.org/ Wed Apr 29 1000 America/Vancouver - 1200 America/Chicago - 1300 America/Toronto - 1700 Etc/GMT - 1900 Europe/Berlin - 2230 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Apr 30 0100 Asia/Singapore
  - M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Fri May 1 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
  - Emacs.si (in person): Emacs.si meetup #5 2026 (v #živo) https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/b4192df7-3da4-41b8-95a3-532b93923656 Mon May 4 1900 CET
  - EmacsATX: Emacs Social https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/314341747/ Thu May 7 1600 America/Vancouver - 1800 America/Chicago - 1900 America/Toronto - 2300 Etc/GMT -- Fri May 8 0100 Europe/Berlin - 0430 Asia/Kolkata - 0700 Asia/Singapore
  - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs Fri May 8 1800 Europe/Paris
  - Other stuff:
    - [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/04/yay-emacs-sacha-and-prot-talk-emacs-newbies-starter-kits/][Sacha Chua: April 30 Yay Emacs: Sacha and Prot Talk Emacs - Newbies/Starter Kits]] ([[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-04-22-emacs-live-with-sacha-chua/][Prot]])
    - [[https://www.dkz2r.de/events/2026-06-30_battle_of-the_editors][Battle of the Editors - Satellite Event]] - Tue Jun 30 4:30 PM Aachen, Seffenterweg 23 / Kopernikusstr. 6 (IT Center) for hackathon participants and guests
    - [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/05/emacs-chat-with-amin-bandali/][Sacha Chua: May 4: Emacs Chat with Amin Bandali]]
      - [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/05/may-7-emacs-chat-with-shae-erisson/][May 7: Shae Erisson]]
      - [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/05/emacs-chat-with-raymond-zeitler/][May 21: Raymond Zeitler]]
      - [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/04/june-18-emacs-chat-with-ross-a-baker/][June 18: Ross A. Baker]]
- Emacs configuration:
  - [[https://lobste.rs/s/sz3gab/what_are_your_favorite_emacs_packages][What are your favorite Emacs packages?]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1stw78y/what_are_your_favorite_emacs_packages/][Reddit]], [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47875031][HN]])
- Emacs Lisp:
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1sqk352/what_are_some_common_code_smells_that/][What are some common code smells that inexperienced Elispers make?]]
  - [[https://blog.davep.org/2026/04/22/expando-el-v1-6.html][Dave Pearson: expando.el v1.6]] - expand macro in a different window; fix keybinding
  - [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-04-23-emacs-spontaneous-live-denote-tmr/][Protesilaos: Emacs livestream: Maintaining Denote, TMR, and more]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OSn7udx9LA][YouTube]] 3:06:05)
  - [[https://mathstodon.xyz/@oantolin/116461651985853446][Ideas for things to bind to C-z (@[email protected])]]
- Appearance:
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMOBeelAgvo][Emacs Configuration: Writing my own Theme Switcher]] (15:33)
  - [[https://github.com/Senka07/yotsuba-emacs-theme][yotsuba: 4chan aesthetic, this time based on the Tomorrow theme.]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1sr1ynn/guess_what_i_made_another_emacs_theme_based_on/][Reddit]])
- Navigation:
  - [[https://blog.davep.org/2026/04/24/itch-el-v1-3-0.html][Dave Pearson: itch.el v1.3.0]] - switch to the scratch buffer
  - [[https://ottawa.place/@plantarum/116450593361007190][Tip: repeat-map and expreg-expand (@[email protected])]]
  - [[https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-the-definitive-guide-to-code-folding/][The Definitive Guide to Code Folding in Emacs]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1stnc6q/the_definitive_guide_to_code_folding_in_emacs/][Reddit]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13767][Irreal]])
- Writing:
  - [[https://blog.davep.org/2026/04/21/blogmore-el-v4-2.html][Dave Pearson: blogmore.el v4.2]] - cycle image extensions
  - [[https://blog.davep.org/2026/04/24/kbdify-el-v1-0-0.html][Dave Pearson: kbdify.el v1.0.0]] - marking up keys in Markdown
- Denote:
  - [[https://codeberg.org/treflip/denote-wordcloud][New package: denote-wordcloud]]
- Org Mode:
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=figa38Mg-eY][(emacs) org mode - your life in plain text]] (09:49)
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STagFnaskn8][Spacemacs | Org-contacts Agenda Anniversaires | Productivité]] (02:22)
  - [[https://joshblais.com/blog/how-i-use-org-roam/][How I use org-roam - The Universe of Joshua Blais]]
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3HEbx3MrHE][Spacemacs | Org-roam Notes avec tags | Productivité]] (00:59)
  - Import, export, and integration:
    - [[https://en.andros.dev/blog/c68f00c3/quick-tutorial-to-get-a-blog-online-from-org-mode-thanks-to-org-social/][Quick tutorial to get a blog online from Org mode thanks to Org Social | Andros Fenollosa]] ([[https://activity.andros.dev/@andros/statuses/01KQ4ASDT53DHX4EGMYZFCES0K][@[email protected]]], [[https://andros.dev/blog/c45ae903/tutorial-rapido-para-tener-un-blog-online-a-partir-de-org-mode-gracias-a-org-social/][in Spanish]],  [[https://fosstodon.org/@hispaemacs/116470982401589994][@[email protected]]])
    - [[https://andros.dev/blog/2e8f5a3c/como-colorear-los-bloques-de-codigo-en-org-mode/][Como colorear los bloques de código en Org-mode | Andros Fenollosa]] (2016, [[https://fosstodon.org/@hispaemacs/116471882048215006][@[email protected]]])
    - [[https://github.com/joaotavora/eglot/issues/216#issuecomment-1052931508][Code for org-edit-special, eglot, and Python]] ([[https://mastodontech.de/@anoncheg/116439674278883690][@[email protected]]])
    - [[https://bzg.fr/en/notes/orgy-tutorial/][Get ready for Orgy in 15 minutes — Bastien Guerry]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13761][Irreal]], [[https://mac4translators.blogspot.com/2026/04/blogging-with-emacs-new-take.html][JC Helary]]) - static site generator
    - [[https://tony-zorman.com/posts/interactive.html][Tony Zorman: Writing Literate Blog Posts]]
- Completion:
  - [[https://blog.davep.org/2026/04/23/unabbrev-el-v1-0-0.html][Dave Pearson: unabbrev.el v1.0.0]] - completing-read an abbrev
  - [[https://www.chiply.dev/post-vompeccc-spot][Charlie Holland: A VOMPECCC Case Study: Spotify as Pure ICR in Emacs]] ([[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47848470][HN]])
  - [[https://github.com/kn66/nucleo-completion.el][I made an Emacs completion style using nucleo, the fuzzy matcher from Helix]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1svdsdf/i_made_an_emacs_completion_style_using_nucleo_the/][Reddit]])
- Coding:
  - [[https://www.emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20260421070329-emacs--getting-diff-hl-just-right/][James Dyer: Highlighting git changes in a buffer with diff-hl]]
  - [[https://github.com/agzam/remoto.el][remoto.el: Browse GitHub repos without cloning.]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1sutzz6/new_package_browse_github_repos_without_cloning/][Reddit]], [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47907388][HN]])
  - [[https://tv.dyne.org/w/h4UPDWPd97oAFJ4S411b4R][Exploring Semantic & Friends in Emacs for Development Without LSP - Dyne.org TV]] ([[https://tv.dyne.org/w/h4UPDWPd97oAFJ4S411b4R][@[email protected]]])
  - [[https://mwolson.org/blog/2026-04-20-fixing-typescript-ts-mode-in-emacs-30-2/][Mike Olson: Fixing typescript-ts-mode in Emacs 30.2]]
- Math:
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObK3HDOdFoM][Emacs: ses-mode (Simple Emacs Spreadsheet)]] (20:57)
- Shells:
  - [[https://github.com/cashmeredev/kitty-graphics.el/releases/tag/v0.5.0][kitty-graphics.el v0.5.0: tmux support for images inside terminal Emacs and much more!]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1swk20a/kittygraphicsel_v050_tmux_support_for_images/][Reddit]])
- Web:
  - [[https://joshblais.com/blog/emacs-as-my-browser/][Emacs is my browser - The Universe of Joshua Blais]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13763][Irreal]], [[https://lobste.rs/s/prquts/emacs_is_my_browser][lobste.rs]])
- Multimedia:
  - [[https://codeberg.org/ablatedsprocket/gists/src/branch/main/emacs/mpc.el][Some code for working with playlists and mpc (mpd)]] ([[https://hachyderm.io/@ablatedsprocket/116467807992085582][@[email protected]]])
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7glpGrwFKPg][Spacemacs | Play music, recordings | Productivity]] (01:28)
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vELpmgs3efc][Sam Aaron uses #emacs !]] (01:27)
- AI:
  - [[https://www.nth.io/luke/projects/claude-code-context/][claude-code-context - simple Emacs Buffer Awareness for Claude Code]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1swqc5v/claudecodecontext_simple_emacs_buffer_awareness/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su_qxtJrfN0][AI For Boomers: Project Claude For Emacs]] (01:49)
- Community:
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1srbipy/fortnightly_tips_tricks_and_questions_20260421/][Fortnightly Tips, Tricks, and Questions — 2026-04-21 / week 16]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ssfwpl/your_sources_for_inspiration/][Your sources for inspiration]]
  - [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/04/ye20-emacs-carnival-newbies-starter-kits/][Sacha Chua: YE20 braindump: Emacs Carnival: Newbies/starter kits]] ([[https://youtube.com/live/Yht0N26EoF4][YouTube]], 1:03:50)
    - [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/04/ye21-continuing-to-think-about-newbies-starter-kits/][Sacha Chua: YE21 April 23: Continuing to think about newbies / starter kits]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRK59GQw-HE][YouTube]], 1:00:51)
  - [[https://randyridenour.net/posts/2026-04-25-emacs-sunk-cost-fallacy.html][Randy Ridenour: Emacs and the Sunk Cost Fallacy]]
  - [[https://joshblais.com/blog/emacs-philosophy-and-infinite-depth-with-protesilaos/][Emacs Philosophy and Infinite Depth with Protesilaos - The Universe of Joshua Blais]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vMlGFELajQ][YouTube]], 1:40:55)
  - [[https://lambdafoo.com/posts/2026-04-23-a-month-of-elisp.html][A month of Elisp · Perpetually Curious Blog]]
- Other:
  - [[https://github.com/devrintalen/taskjuggler-mode.el][I made a TaskJuggler major mode for Emacs]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ss8a70/i_made_a_taskjuggler_major_mode_for_emacs/][Reddit]])
  - [[http://yummymelon.com/devnull/some-nice-to-know-keybindings-when-using-the-mouse-in-emacs.html][Charles Choi: Some nice to know keybindings when using the mouse in Emacs]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13769][Irreal]])
  - [[https://mbork.pl/2026-04-25_How_I_use_my_numeric_keypad_with_Emacs_Ledger_mode][Marcin Borkowski: How I use my numeric keypad with Emacs Ledger mode]]
  - [[https://github.com/kickingvegas/anju/discussions/63][anju v1.2: center and fill menus, edit - duplicate, look up; improve mouse interactions in Emacs]] ([[https://sfba.social/@kickingvegas/116460864192233447][@[email protected]]])
  - [[https://rahuljuliato.com/posts/proced-macos][Rahul Juliato: Getting Emacs proced.el to Show CPU and Memory on macOS]]  ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1su4ips/getting_emacs_procedel_to_show_cpu_and_memory_on/][Reddit]])
- Emacs development:
  - [[https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/[email protected]/][Re: About "prefixed-core" - Philip Kaludercic]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=241481cf1e034a990200fe8d3df98a128cb13105][Add treesit-query-with-fallback]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=9a7bc6b93085a12dbeb2513154c20db8dae2c6a6][New user option compilation-search-extra-path]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=5913101e402a9b9475ac82402664cf71c9c6c910][; * etc/NEWS: Announce "setrgbf" and "setrgbb" terminfo capabilities]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=39202daeddc64ca407ebcb2072a9b59351457828][Add language-environment and input methods for Syriac]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=330ccd33681b3a9e973114e5fd964cc5a319ce98][Rebind 'tab-bar-mouse-close-tab' from <down-mouse-2> to <mouse-2>]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=62e3549f780adb8f27e0c01f18593a002866e2bf][Show executed tests from erts files via the ERT results buffer]]
- New packages:
  - https://melpa.org/#/denote-wordcloud: Generate a word cloud (MELPA)
  - https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/dmsg.html: Timestamped debug messages with backtrace support (GNU ELPA)
  - https://melpa.org/#/evil-ghostel: Evil-mode integration for ghostel (MELPA)
  - https://melpa.org/#/mozc-modeless: Modeless Japanese input with Mozc (MELPA)
  - https://melpa.org/#/org-lark: Export Lark docs to Org (MELPA)
  - https://melpa.org/#/verdict: Generic test runner with treemacs results UI (MELPA)
  - https://melpa.org/#/with-command-redo: Repeat commands with automatic undo (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://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/2026-04][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:[email protected]][[email protected]]]. Thank you!

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