2026-08-10 Emacs news ===================== The Navigation category has a couple of interesting window configuration tips this week in case you prefer to work with just one window or have multiple windows with some of them dedicated to specific buffers.
- Upcoming events (iCal file https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics, Org https://emacslife.com/calendar/): - London Emacs (in person): Emacs London meetup https://www.meetup.com/london-emacs-hacking/events/315859503/ Tue Aug 11 1800 Europe/London - Emacs Berlin: In-Person-Only Emacs-Berlin Stammtisch https://emacs-berlin.org/ Tue Aug 11 1900 Europe/Berlin - OrgMeetup (virtual) https://orgmode.org/worg/orgmeetup.html Wed Aug 12 0900 America/Vancouver - 1100 America/Chicago - 1200 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/UTC - 1800 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Aug 13 0000 Asia/Singapore - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs Fri Aug 14 1800 Europe/Paris - OrgDevMeetup https://bbb.emacsverse.org/rooms/orgdevmeetup Sat Aug 15 0900 America/Vancouver - 1100 America/Chicago - 1200 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/UTC - 1800 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Sun Aug 16 0000 Asia/Singapore - M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Wed Aug 19 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/UTC - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore - Emacs APAC: Emacs APAC meetup (virtual) https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/announcements/ Sat Aug 22 0130 America/Vancouver - 0330 America/Chicago - 0430 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/UTC - 1030 Europe/Berlin - 1400 Asia/Kolkata - 1630 Asia/Singapore - Beginner: - How to learn Emacs, like, for real https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vjcac1/how_to_learn_emacs_like_for_real/ - Emacs for NvChads https://qlain.online/blog/emacs-for-nvchads.html - Emacs for Life [Leanpub PDF/iPad/Kindle] https://leanpub.com/emacs4life ($20+) - Emacs configuration: - Emacs Package Management with package-quickstart - DEV Community https://dev.to/gemmaro/emacs-package-management-with-package-quickstart-35d1 (JP https://qiita.com/gemmaro/items/80d29a9450c7861a9197, @gemmaro https://mastodon.social/@gemmaro/117052876852966051) - Tip about setting file-precious-flag by location with my-maybe-mark-file-precious (@[email protected]) https://gts.skobk.in/@tennoseremel/statuses/01KZNJG147YVJ1XBVRJTMNWSNW - Emacs Config Gems - Part 3 https://taonaw.com/2026/08/05/emacs-config-gems-part.html - Melpa, UI, help, and many more - Emacs Config Gems - Part 4 https://taonaw.com/2026/08/09/emacs-config-gems-part.html - recycle bin, frame size, backups, autosave, autorevert, recentf - User Interface to Computer Applications Demonstrated in GNU Emacs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqinYjlQ8Tk (02:09:31) also available as separate videos, see video description - Dotfiles Season 1 Episode 4: Emacs Configuration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSOkBmvCev4 (14:31) - Rate my Emacs config! https://github.com/kdslfjioasdfj/tinyemacs (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vhw12r/rate_my_emacs_config/) - myn-macs (MY miNimal eMACS IDE setup for the lazy terminal wizard) https://codeberg.org/CatWizard/myn-macs (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vkdgeb/mynmacs_my_minimal_emacs_ide_setup_for_the_lazy/) - Emacs Lisp: - Charlie Holland: Gödel, Escher, Elisp: The Beauty of Macros https://www.chiply.dev/post-elisp-macros-are-beautiful (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vfbuw2/emacs_lisp_macros_are_beautiful/) - [ANN] TextUI is now public: responsive Flex/Grid layout for widget.el interfaces https://github.com/yibie/textui (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vj0m68/ann_textui_is_now_public_responsive_flexgrid/) - Appearance: - Raymond Zeitler: Display Active Clock in Emacs Frame Title https://ray-on-emacs.blogspot.com/2026/08/display-active-clock-in-emacs-frame.html (Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13994) - paniash/modus-vague: The vague theme for emacs, built on top of modus themes. · GitHub https://github.com/paniash/modus-vague.git (@[email protected] https://mas.to/@paniash/117033718078544270) - Navigation: - Protesilaos: Emacs: the ‘speedbar’ built-in file explorer (Emacs 31) https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-08-05-emacs-speedbar-file-explorer/ (YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crn6x3RmmyQ 15:40, Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vg6pza/prot_new_video_emacs_the_speedbar_builtin_file/, Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vh3eya/prot_new_video_ai_config_of_emacs31_speedbar/, Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13996) - Chris Maiorana: Using ffap to jump to file includes in Emacs https://chrismaiorana.com/emacs-ffap/ (YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSJev1fQ7Jc 07:04) - Raymond Zeitler: Dedicate an Emacs Window to Its Buffer https://ray-on-emacs.blogspot.com/2026/08/dedicate-emacs-window-to-its-buffer.html - James Cherti: single-window.el – Always Open Emacs Buffers in the Current Active Window https://www.jamescherti.com/single-window-open-emacs-buffers-in-current-window/ (GitHub https://github.com/jamescherti/single-window.el, Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vkja7m/singlewindowel_always_open_emacs_buffers_in_the/) - Srijan Choudhary: Emacs: desktop-save-mode without the automatic restore https://srijan.ch/emacs-desktop-save-mode-without-the-automatic-restore (Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=14000) - My Emacs workflow with project.el and tab-bar.el project-x.el https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0l3O28I-3w (30:39) - TRAMP: - Runbox.el - for shell/compile/eglot over TRAMP in local buffers https://github.com/antrmn/runbox.el (emacs-tangents https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-tangents/2026-08/msg00003.html, Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vjkjrc/runboxel_for_shellcompileeglot_over_tramp_in/, @[email protected] https://mastodon.uno/@cidra/117062421397742735) - Dired: - Dave's blog: Run the file in Emacs’ dired https://davemq.github.io/2026/08/07/run-the-file-in-dired.html - path - dired-z: zoxide-style directory jumping inside Dired https://github.com/yibie/dired-z (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vjescg/diredz_zoxidestyle_directory_jumping_inside_dired/) - Writing: - Efficient Note-taking in Emacs with Howm https://emacs101.github.io/howm.html (@qnnnp https://mastodon.social/@qnnnp/117049953566022892) - Reversible transpose-chars and transpose-words, and a dwim that transposes around "and" or "or" https://codeberg.org/jamesendreshowell/gists/src/branch/master/jeh-transpose.el (@[email protected] https://fediscience.org/@jameshowell/117066686239017307) - Protesilaos: Emacs: conditionally expand abbrev-mode definitions https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-08-09-emacs-expand-abbrev-mode-definitions-conditionally/ (YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzhU6fklc4o 14:34, Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vjzpkg/prot_new_vid_emacs_conditionally_expand/) - Using remark to strip words in backtick quotes before write-good analysis https://howardabrams.com/git/howard/hamacs/src/branch/main/ha-programming.org#headline-36 (@[email protected] https://pdx.social/@howard/117049788072914224) - How Prot Organizes Knowledge, Projects, and Tasks in Emacs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGQbp0JHi_I (37:53) - benleis1/wikimode · GitHub https://github.com/benleis1/wikimode (YouTube https://youtu.be/_Ksn2YwVfYc?si=cmrYXNoYRimWQ-Yg, Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vig0lo/small_navigation_package/, @[email protected] https://mathstodon.xyz/@benleis/117062178900339564) - navigate Markdown and Org files like a wiki - Org Mode: - Reviewing finished tasks from last week in org-agenda and emacs https://ashishpanigrahi.com/blog/done-items-org-agenda/ (Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13998) - Read a .docx in Emacs with its tracked changes and comments intact, as org-mode https://github.com/nick-maderight/docx-view (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vic1od/read_a_docx_in_emacs_with_its_tracked_changes_and/) - How to Generate PDFs from Org Mode using ox-odt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS53XwaRHg0 (26:03) - rlridenour/ox-rlr-slipshow: Emacs Org mode exporter to create Slipshow Markdown files. · GitHub https://github.com/rlridenour/ox-rlr-slipshow (@[email protected] https://zirk.us/@randyridenour/117037845973779286) - Org development: - ox: New hook that runs after include keywords, but before macros/babel https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=473544a0c1d6b9a9941f4684f44229bf89a80c3a - org: Rename statistics scope options https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=437fd1151a75c0ff98d759f67f3dfb0fa82d7c6f - Coding: - Managing Changes with ediff — Alex Carney https://www.alcarney.me/blog/2026/managing-changes-with-ediff/ (@alcarney https://mastodon.social/@alcarney/117033523417469302) - Tip about using diff-hl-set-reference-rev (@glyph) https://mastodon.social/@glyph/117039748752725641 - blog/programming/EmacsGitBlameOverTime]] (lobste.rs https://lobste.rs/s/hhuk8a/some_ways_navigate_through_git_blame_over) - The Emacs Cat: Debugging in Emacs https://olddeuteronomy.github.io/post/debugging-in-emacs/ - Xah Talk Show Ep811. Emacs: CSS toggle px rem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjIL1rGhKM0 (30:21) - Math: - r-ts-mode now on Melpa https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vgtezf/rtsmode_now_on_melpa/ - Shells: - Eshell shared history https://gist.github.com/benja2998/69b8979a30b2f51dd74ecea62ab5a4ce (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vihenw/eshell_shared_history/) - Zoxide in eshell https://gist.github.com/benja2998/eea62f32d5886e48fdeb102eaf6be7e1 (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vihdjx/zoxide_in_eshell/) - Web: - Andros Fenollosa: EWW, the Emacs browser you underestimate http://en.andros.dev/blog/e0e00b4b/eww-the-emacs-browser-you-underestimate/ (HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49183070) - Mail, news, and chat: - martianh/mastodon.el 2.1.0: collections https://codeberg.org/martianh/mastodon.el (@[email protected] https://todon.nl/@mousebot/117059831546992672) - Evil mode: - Disable mouse drag selection in evil mode https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/47704/disable-mouse-drag-to-select (@[email protected] https://fire.asta.lgbt/notes/apidvhkrv2vy0d55) - Multimedia: - Charles Choi: Announcing now-playing.el, an Emacs interface for the macOS Music app http://yummymelon.com/devnull/announcing-now-playing-el.html (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vel7ne/announcing_nowplayingel_a_remote_control/) - Sacha Chua: Replace YouTube captions from Emacs Lisp https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/08/replace-youtube-captions-from-emacs-lisp/ - LLMs: - kriyative / elisp-agent · GitLab https://gitlab.com/kriyative/elisp-agent (@[email protected] https://functional.cafe/@kriyative/117029794002713064) - blog.fidelramos.net – Supply-chain hygiene for Emacs: LLM review of package upgrades https://blog.fidelramos.net/software/emacs-straight-ai-review (ES https://blog.fidelramos.net/es/software/emacs-straight-ai-review) - AGENTS.md https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2026-08/msg00077.html - discussion about whether to include AGENTS.md in Emacs source code (HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49201291) - Community: - Sacha Chua: Emacs Chat avec Richard Bonichon en français https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/08/6-aout-emacs-chat-richard-bonichon/ (YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxqsIgXYkVw, 01:57:39) - Other: - How to Count Words In Emacs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kP2PD7AmCI (01:09) - Emacs Arbitrary Code Execution Returns https://eshelyaron.com/posts/2026-08-06-emacs-arbitrary-code-execution-returns.html (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vhuppw/arbitrary_code_execution_vulnerability_mitigated/) - bible-gateway package update: touch-typing verse memorisation, reading plans, transient menu, and more https://github.com/kristjoc/bible-gateway (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1veofgj/biblegateway_package_update_touchtyping_verse/) - graph-fa2 0.2.3 now available on MELPA https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vjz9py/graphfa2_023_now_available_on_melpa/ - graph visualization - Emacs development: - emacs-devel: - Re: [PATCH] emoji on TUI emacs - Stefan Monnier via Emacs development discussions. https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/[email protected]/ Possible workaround for different composition widths? - Re: Discussion about why GNU/Linux system upgrades cause old programs to break - Eli Zaretskii https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/[email protected]/ Issues with compiling older versions - Show-all values for speedbar user options for hiding https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=60108e7f55f2dadea4266385b95d5bd3293fa89a - Add `outline-occur' command and `display-buffer-default-alist' variable https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8a88f3ed5aeece4a7c8edbebc83ed52479fbbfab - New packages: - https://melpa.org/#/bitbucket-devops: Bitbucket Cloud DevOps workflows (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/denote-smart-sluggify-title: Denoise denote titles to save filename length (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/graph-fa2: ForceAtlas2 pure-elisp background-cached engine (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/pimacs: Emacs Client for Pi (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/ronny-theme: A dark colorscheme inspired by Monokai (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/2026-08. 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* 2026-08-10 Emacs news The Navigation category has a couple of interesting window configuration tips this week in case you prefer to work with just one window or have multiple windows with some of them dedicated to specific buffers. - Upcoming events ([[https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics][iCal file]], [[https://emacslife.com/calendar/][Org]]): - London Emacs (in person): Emacs London meetup https://www.meetup.com/london-emacs-hacking/events/315859503/ Tue Aug 11 1800 Europe/London - Emacs Berlin: In-Person-Only Emacs-Berlin Stammtisch https://emacs-berlin.org/ Tue Aug 11 1900 Europe/Berlin - OrgMeetup (virtual) https://orgmode.org/worg/orgmeetup.html Wed Aug 12 0900 America/Vancouver - 1100 America/Chicago - 1200 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/UTC - 1800 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Aug 13 0000 Asia/Singapore - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs Fri Aug 14 1800 Europe/Paris - OrgDevMeetup https://bbb.emacsverse.org/rooms/orgdevmeetup Sat Aug 15 0900 America/Vancouver - 1100 America/Chicago - 1200 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/UTC - 1800 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Sun Aug 16 0000 Asia/Singapore - M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Wed Aug 19 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/UTC - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore - Emacs APAC: Emacs APAC meetup (virtual) https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/announcements/ Sat Aug 22 0130 America/Vancouver - 0330 America/Chicago - 0430 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/UTC - 1030 Europe/Berlin - 1400 Asia/Kolkata - 1630 Asia/Singapore - Beginner: - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vjcac1/how_to_learn_emacs_like_for_real/][How to learn Emacs, like, for real]] - [[https://qlain.online/blog/emacs-for-nvchads.html][Emacs for NvChads]] - [[https://leanpub.com/emacs4life][Emacs for Life [Leanpub PDF/iPad/Kindle]]] ($20+) - Emacs configuration: - [[https://dev.to/gemmaro/emacs-package-management-with-package-quickstart-35d1][Emacs Package Management with package-quickstart - DEV Community]] ([[https://qiita.com/gemmaro/items/80d29a9450c7861a9197][JP]], [[https://mastodon.social/@gemmaro/117052876852966051][@gemmaro]]) - [[https://gts.skobk.in/@tennoseremel/statuses/01KZNJG147YVJ1XBVRJTMNWSNW][Tip about setting file-precious-flag by location with my-maybe-mark-file-precious (@[email protected])]] - [[https://taonaw.com/2026/08/05/emacs-config-gems-part.html][Emacs Config Gems - Part 3]] - Melpa, UI, help, and many more - [[https://taonaw.com/2026/08/09/emacs-config-gems-part.html][Emacs Config Gems - Part 4]] - recycle bin, frame size, backups, autosave, autorevert, recentf - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqinYjlQ8Tk][User Interface to Computer Applications Demonstrated in GNU Emacs]] (02:09:31) also available as separate videos, see video description - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSOkBmvCev4][Dotfiles Season 1 Episode 4: Emacs Configuration]] (14:31) - [[https://github.com/kdslfjioasdfj/tinyemacs][Rate my Emacs config!]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vhw12r/rate_my_emacs_config/][Reddit]]) - [[https://codeberg.org/CatWizard/myn-macs][myn-macs (MY miNimal eMACS IDE setup for the lazy terminal wizard)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vkdgeb/mynmacs_my_minimal_emacs_ide_setup_for_the_lazy/][Reddit]]) - Emacs Lisp: - [[https://www.chiply.dev/post-elisp-macros-are-beautiful][Charlie Holland: Gödel, Escher, Elisp: The Beauty of Macros]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vfbuw2/emacs_lisp_macros_are_beautiful/][Reddit]]) - [[https://github.com/yibie/textui][[ANN] TextUI is now public: responsive Flex/Grid layout for widget.el interfaces]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vj0m68/ann_textui_is_now_public_responsive_flexgrid/][Reddit]]) - Appearance: - [[https://ray-on-emacs.blogspot.com/2026/08/display-active-clock-in-emacs-frame.html][Raymond Zeitler: Display Active Clock in Emacs Frame Title]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13994][Irreal]]) - [[https://github.com/paniash/modus-vague.git][paniash/modus-vague: The vague theme for emacs, built on top of modus themes. · GitHub]] ([[https://mas.to/@paniash/117033718078544270][@[email protected]]]) - Navigation: - [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-08-05-emacs-speedbar-file-explorer/][Protesilaos: Emacs: the ‘speedbar’ built-in file explorer (Emacs 31)]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crn6x3RmmyQ][YouTube]] 15:40, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vg6pza/prot_new_video_emacs_the_speedbar_builtin_file/][Reddit]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vh3eya/prot_new_video_ai_config_of_emacs31_speedbar/][Reddit]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13996][Irreal]]) - [[https://chrismaiorana.com/emacs-ffap/][Chris Maiorana: Using ffap to jump to file includes in Emacs]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSJev1fQ7Jc][YouTube]] 07:04) - [[https://ray-on-emacs.blogspot.com/2026/08/dedicate-emacs-window-to-its-buffer.html][Raymond Zeitler: Dedicate an Emacs Window to Its Buffer]] - [[https://www.jamescherti.com/single-window-open-emacs-buffers-in-current-window/][James Cherti: single-window.el – Always Open Emacs Buffers in the Current Active Window]] ([[https://github.com/jamescherti/single-window.el][GitHub]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vkja7m/singlewindowel_always_open_emacs_buffers_in_the/][Reddit]]) - [[https://srijan.ch/emacs-desktop-save-mode-without-the-automatic-restore][Srijan Choudhary: Emacs: desktop-save-mode without the automatic restore]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=14000][Irreal]]) - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0l3O28I-3w][My Emacs workflow with project.el and tab-bar.el project-x.el]] (30:39) - TRAMP: - [[https://github.com/antrmn/runbox.el][Runbox.el - for shell/compile/eglot over TRAMP in local buffers]] ([[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-tangents/2026-08/msg00003.html][emacs-tangents]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vjkjrc/runboxel_for_shellcompileeglot_over_tramp_in/][Reddit]], [[https://mastodon.uno/@cidra/117062421397742735][@[email protected]]]) - Dired: - [[https://davemq.github.io/2026/08/07/run-the-file-in-dired.html][Dave's blog: Run the file in Emacs’ dired]] - path - [[https://github.com/yibie/dired-z][dired-z: zoxide-style directory jumping inside Dired]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vjescg/diredz_zoxidestyle_directory_jumping_inside_dired/][Reddit]]) - Writing: - [[https://emacs101.github.io/howm.html][Efficient Note-taking in Emacs with Howm]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@qnnnp/117049953566022892][@qnnnp]]) - [[https://codeberg.org/jamesendreshowell/gists/src/branch/master/jeh-transpose.el][Reversible transpose-chars and transpose-words, and a dwim that transposes around "and" or "or"]] ([[https://fediscience.org/@jameshowell/117066686239017307][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-08-09-emacs-expand-abbrev-mode-definitions-conditionally/][Protesilaos: Emacs: conditionally expand abbrev-mode definitions]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzhU6fklc4o][YouTube]] 14:34, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vjzpkg/prot_new_vid_emacs_conditionally_expand/][Reddit]]) - [[https://howardabrams.com/git/howard/hamacs/src/branch/main/ha-programming.org#headline-36][Using remark to strip words in backtick quotes before write-good analysis]] ([[https://pdx.social/@howard/117049788072914224][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGQbp0JHi_I][How Prot Organizes Knowledge, Projects, and Tasks in Emacs]] (37:53) - [[https://github.com/benleis1/wikimode][benleis1/wikimode · GitHub]] ([[https://youtu.be/_Ksn2YwVfYc?si=cmrYXNoYRimWQ-Yg][YouTube]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vig0lo/small_navigation_package/][Reddit]], [[https://mathstodon.xyz/@benleis/117062178900339564][@[email protected]]]) - navigate Markdown and Org files like a wiki - Org Mode: - [[https://ashishpanigrahi.com/blog/done-items-org-agenda/][Reviewing finished tasks from last week in org-agenda and emacs]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13998][Irreal]]) - [[https://github.com/nick-maderight/docx-view][Read a .docx in Emacs with its tracked changes and comments intact, as org-mode]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vic1od/read_a_docx_in_emacs_with_its_tracked_changes_and/][Reddit]]) - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS53XwaRHg0][How to Generate PDFs from Org Mode using ox-odt]] (26:03) - [[https://github.com/rlridenour/ox-rlr-slipshow][rlridenour/ox-rlr-slipshow: Emacs Org mode exporter to create Slipshow Markdown files. · GitHub]] ([[https://zirk.us/@randyridenour/117037845973779286][@[email protected]]]) - Org development: - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=473544a0c1d6b9a9941f4684f44229bf89a80c3a][ox: New hook that runs after include keywords, but before macros/babel]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=437fd1151a75c0ff98d759f67f3dfb0fa82d7c6f][org: Rename statistics scope options]] - Coding: - [[https://www.alcarney.me/blog/2026/managing-changes-with-ediff/][Managing Changes with ediff — Alex Carney]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@alcarney/117033523417469302][@alcarney]]) - [[https://mastodon.social/@glyph/117039748752725641][Tip about using diff-hl-set-reference-rev (@glyph)]] - [[https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/EmacsGitBlameOverTime][Chris's Wiki :: blog/programming/EmacsGitBlameOverTime]] ([[https://lobste.rs/s/hhuk8a/some_ways_navigate_through_git_blame_over][lobste.rs]]) - [[https://olddeuteronomy.github.io/post/debugging-in-emacs/][The Emacs Cat: Debugging in Emacs]] - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjIL1rGhKM0][Xah Talk Show Ep811. Emacs: CSS toggle px rem]] (30:21) - Math: - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vgtezf/rtsmode_now_on_melpa/][r-ts-mode now on Melpa]] - Shells: - [[https://gist.github.com/benja2998/69b8979a30b2f51dd74ecea62ab5a4ce][Eshell shared history]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vihenw/eshell_shared_history/][Reddit]]) - [[https://gist.github.com/benja2998/eea62f32d5886e48fdeb102eaf6be7e1][Zoxide in eshell]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vihdjx/zoxide_in_eshell/][Reddit]]) - Web: - [[http://en.andros.dev/blog/e0e00b4b/eww-the-emacs-browser-you-underestimate/][Andros Fenollosa: EWW, the Emacs browser you underestimate]] ([[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49183070][HN]]) - Mail, news, and chat: - [[https://codeberg.org/martianh/mastodon.el][martianh/mastodon.el 2.1.0: collections]] ([[https://todon.nl/@mousebot/117059831546992672][@[email protected]]]) - Evil mode: - [[https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/47704/disable-mouse-drag-to-select][Disable mouse drag selection in evil mode]] ([[https://fire.asta.lgbt/notes/apidvhkrv2vy0d55][@[email protected]]]) - Multimedia: - [[http://yummymelon.com/devnull/announcing-now-playing-el.html][Charles Choi: Announcing now-playing.el, an Emacs interface for the macOS Music app]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vel7ne/announcing_nowplayingel_a_remote_control/][Reddit]]) - [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/08/replace-youtube-captions-from-emacs-lisp/][Sacha Chua: Replace YouTube captions from Emacs Lisp]] - LLMs: - [[https://gitlab.com/kriyative/elisp-agent][kriyative / elisp-agent · GitLab]] ([[https://functional.cafe/@kriyative/117029794002713064][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://blog.fidelramos.net/software/emacs-straight-ai-review][blog.fidelramos.net – Supply-chain hygiene for Emacs: LLM review of package upgrades]] ([[https://blog.fidelramos.net/es/software/emacs-straight-ai-review][ES]]) - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2026-08/msg00077.html][AGENTS.md]] - discussion about whether to include AGENTS.md in Emacs source code ([[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49201291][HN]]) - Community: - [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/08/6-aout-emacs-chat-richard-bonichon/][Sacha Chua: Emacs Chat avec Richard Bonichon en français]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxqsIgXYkVw][YouTube]], 01:57:39) - Other: - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kP2PD7AmCI][How to Count Words In Emacs]] (01:09) - [[https://eshelyaron.com/posts/2026-08-06-emacs-arbitrary-code-execution-returns.html][Emacs Arbitrary Code Execution Returns]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vhuppw/arbitrary_code_execution_vulnerability_mitigated/][Reddit]]) - [[https://github.com/kristjoc/bible-gateway][bible-gateway package update: touch-typing verse memorisation, reading plans, transient menu, and more]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1veofgj/biblegateway_package_update_touchtyping_verse/][Reddit]]) - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vjz9py/graphfa2_023_now_available_on_melpa/][graph-fa2 0.2.3 now available on MELPA]] - graph visualization - Emacs development: - emacs-devel: - [[https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/[email protected]/][Re: [PATCH] emoji on TUI emacs - Stefan Monnier via Emacs development discussions.]] Possible workaround for different composition widths? - [[https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/[email protected]/][Re: Discussion about why GNU/Linux system upgrades cause old programs to break - Eli Zaretskii]] Issues with compiling older versions - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=60108e7f55f2dadea4266385b95d5bd3293fa89a][Show-all values for speedbar user options for hiding]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8a88f3ed5aeece4a7c8edbebc83ed52479fbbfab][Add `outline-occur' command and `display-buffer-default-alist' variable]] - New packages: - https://melpa.org/#/bitbucket-devops: Bitbucket Cloud DevOps workflows (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/denote-smart-sluggify-title: Denoise denote titles to save filename length (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/graph-fa2: ForceAtlas2 pure-elisp background-cached engine (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/pimacs: Emacs Client for Pi (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/ronny-theme: A dark colorscheme inspired by Monokai (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/2026-08][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!
