2026-08-24 Emacs news
=====================
Emacs 31.1 has been released, whee! Also, Divya's post An Introduction to
Canvas in GNU Emacs
https://monadicsheep.org/blog/an-introduction-to-canvas-in-emacs.html is really
cool and I'm looking forward to that becoming generally available in Emacs 32.
=)
- Emacs 31:
- Emacs 31.1 is released!
https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/blob/emacs-31.1/etc/NEWS (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vwziq6/emacs_311_is_released/, HN
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49385296, HN
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49335485, HN
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49341172, Irreal
https://irreal.org/blog/?p=14021)
- Mickey Petersen: What's New in Emacs 31.1?
https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/whats-new-in-emacs-311 (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vx04o6/whats_new_in_emacs_311/)
- EmacsWiki : Emacs Thirty One Highlights
https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsThirtyOneHighlights
(@[email protected] https://social.sdfeu.org/@pkal/117150341168271831)
- Upcoming events (iCal file
https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics, Org
https://emacslife.com/calendar/):
- Emacs Berlin: Emacs-Berlin Hybrid Meetup https://emacs-berlin.org/ Wed
Aug 26 1000 America/Vancouver - 1200 America/Chicago - 1300 America/Toronto -
1700 Etc/UTC - 1900 Europe/Berlin - 2230 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Aug 27 0100
Asia/Singapore
- EmacsSF (in person): coffee.el in SF
https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/316144053/ Sat Aug 29 1100
America/Los_Angeles
- EmacsATX: Emacs Social
https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/316121976/ Thu Sep 3 1600
America/Vancouver - 1800 America/Chicago - 1900 America/Toronto - 2300 Etc/UTC
-- Fri Sep 4 0100 Europe/Berlin - 0430 Asia/Kolkata - 0700 Asia/Singapore
- M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Fri Sep 4 0800
America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/UTC
- 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
- Emacs configuration:
- laech/emacs-esc: Emacs escape key to behave like a normal escape key,
in both GUI and terminal. · GitHub https://github.com/laech/emacs-esc
(@[email protected] https://techhub.social/@ohmrun/117121414074004844)
- Charles Choi: Simplifying Setup for Casual
http://yummymelon.com/devnull/simplifying-setup-for-casual.html (Irreal
https://irreal.org/blog/?p=14027)
- Emacs startup: Why setq beats setopt, customize-set-variable, and
use-package :custom
https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-why-use-setq-instead-setopt/ (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vvh0j4/emacs_startup_why_setq_beats_setopt/,
Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=14034)
- My vanilla Emacs to IDE writeup
https://github.com/KallDrexx/emacs-zero-to-ide-journey/blob/main/README.md
(Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vwpmz6/my_vanilla_emacs_to_ide_writeup/)
- elpacman -- a package manager for the CLI
https://github.com/dnaeon/elpacman (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vrha7y/elpacman_a_package_manager_for_the_cli/)
- emacs config - Day 15 of using emacs
https://codeberg.org/Vaishnav-Sabari-Girish/dotfiles/src/branch/main/emacs/.config/emacs
(Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vrguka/day_15_of_using_emacs/)
- Weekend init file hacking https://github.com/benleis1/emacs-init
(Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vwj83b/weekend_init_file_hacking/)
- Publishing My Emacs Config - Output Error
https://outputerror.com/posts/publishing-my-emacs-config/
- My Emacs configuration (Mastodon)
https://eugene-andrienko.com/2026-08-20-emacs-mastodon.html (@[email protected]
https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@evgandr/117124441383242840)
- Studium Emacs - The Universe of Joshua Blais
https://joshblais.com/blog/studium-emacs/
- Emacs Lisp:
- mattiase/xr: Inverse of rx: convert Emacs string regexps to rx form ·
GitHub https://github.com/mattiase/xr (@[email protected]
https://fosstodon.org/@aethor/117148031030939592)
- Appearance:
- Emacs Omarchy Quattro dynamic theming support
https://github.com/berenddeboer/omarchy-emacs-theme (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vu2hyw/emacs_omarchy_quattro_dynamic_theming_support/)
- TRAMP:
- Emacs Tramp Mode for SSH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suTeZppPG4Y
(00:18)
- Writing:
- Emacs: Configuring Flyspell, Ispell, and Aspell to Minimize False
Positives in Source Code and Prose
https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-spell-checker-flyspell-ispell-aspell/ (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vw6mta/emacs_configuring_flyspell_ispell_and_aspell_to/)
- Comprobado de Faltas de Ortografía en Emacs - MoiDev - Blog personal de
Moises Gallego
https://mgallego.gitlab.io/posts/comprobado-de-traduccion-en-espa%C3%B1ol-en-emacs/
(@[email protected] https://social.linux.pizza/@jdrm/117149242955786508)
- (not very new) package: latex-table-wizard
https://github.com/enricoflor/latex-table-wizard (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vt873b/not_very_new_package_latextablewizard/)
- emado: manage 100k+ markdown entries from Emacs at native speed
https://github.com/laserattack/emado/ (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vqtodk/emado_manage_100k_markdown_entries_from_emacs_at/)
- Denote:
- No Graph Needed — Where Are The Wise Men?
https://mike.hostetlerhome.com/no-graph-needed (@[email protected]
https://appdot.net/@mikehoss/117117540392632077)
- Denote Dynamic Org Block | Advanced
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfv9Bvd8krk (15:02)
- denote-spatial https://github.com/SenkiReign/denote-spatial (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vrc7we/denotespatial/)
- Org Mode:
- Org Mode requests: [FR] Include :var expansion in expanded noweb
references (was: ob-clojure :var header argument not work when src block is
noweb called by another src block)
https://list.orgmode.org/87v791m6be.fsf@localhost
- Easy Research with Emacs and Org Mode https://youtu.be/yEUfHe9nUJo
(3:32, Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vszile/easy_research_with_emacs_and_org_mode/)
- Org mode para GNU Emacs https://orgmode.org/es/index.html
(@[email protected]
https://activity.andros.dev/@andros/statuses/01M07HVRXF3364BWJQYD15QKTH)
- Tracking Reading in Emacs - Output Error
https://outputerror.com/posts/tracking-reading-in-emacs/ (@[email protected]
https://mas.to/@rickwysocki/117113270084212412)
- org-other-agenda: render the same Org agenda data as a board
https://github.com/yibie/org-other-agenda (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vuw4lp/orgotheragenda_render_the_same_org_agenda_data_as/)
- Introducing pandoc-org-reader - Nemin's Blog
https://nemin.hu/pandoc-org-reader/ (@[email protected]
https://ohai.social/@nemin/117146134339106453)
- pdf text reflow https://github.com/agzam/pdf-text (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vwjwyv/pdf_text_reflow/) - extract PDF
text into Org
- Randy Ridenour: HTML Preview for Org Files
https://randyridenour.net/posts/2026-08-17-html-preview-for-org-files.html
(Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=14031)
- Coding:
- KallDrexx/emacs-zero-to-ide-journey · GitHub
https://github.com/KallDrexx/emacs-zero-to-ide-journey/ (@jamescherti
https://mastodon.social/@jamescherti/117150315500618425)
- GHA Status badge in Magit buffer
https://github.com/agzam/magit-gha-badge.el (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vvkia7/gha_status_badge_in_magit_buffer/)
- How to Use HTML Mode in Emacs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMcrqwRSY18 (12:04)
- I decided to give eglot a try after using lsp-mode for a while. (Java
focused) https://github.com/benleis1/emacs-init/blob/main/lsp-mode.md (YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUnq9nMAEv0 07:49, (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vs4pqa/i_decided_to_give_eglot_a_try_after_using_lspmode/)
- Mail, news, and chat:
- Display comments of a reddit post inside elfeed
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vrk0e5/display_comments_of_a_reddit_post_inside_elfeed/
- Spacemacs:
- Spacemacs | Bug fixing & Package updates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwcvqPWDKxg (07:16, in French)
- Multimedia:
- An Introduction to Canvas in GNU Emacs
https://monadicsheep.org/blog/an-introduction-to-canvas-in-emacs.html (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vwctxc/an_introduction_to_canvas_in_gnu_emacs/,
lobste.rs https://lobste.rs/s/9xglf3/introduction_canvas_gnu_emacs)
- Canavs Patch is Merged! Long Live Emacs! - Dyne.org TV
https://tv.dyne.org/w/xwT9dCupiB9oMpN9QHB7T9 (@[email protected]
https://mathstodon.xyz/@divyaranjan/117145254110781935)
- A REPL for learning SVG (with a variant of eepitch; 2026)
https://anggtwu.net/2026-eepitch-svg.html
- Fun:
- nosrednayduj/moo-el: Emacs library for connecting to MOO servers. -
Codeberg.org https://codeberg.org/nosrednayduj/moo-el
(@[email protected]
https://hachyderm.io/@nosrednayduj/117141829407138916)
- LLMs:
- Play your LLM like an instrument (stdin | LLM | stdout)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHEnWvKmSKM (28:24, Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vsrewg/stdin_llm_stdout/)
- Thanos Apollo: My Emacs Agentic Workflow
https://thanosapollo.org/posts/emacs-agentic-workflow/
- Donovan R.: 💭 I Smell Emacs and Smalltalk on DSH (DeepSeek Harness)
https://donovan-ratefison.mg/2026/08/20/I-smell-Emacs-and-Smalltalk-on-DeepSeek-Harness/
- Matt Maguire: AI Agents Take Over Lesson Prep
https://www.teachmaths.org/20260822-claude-code/
- Community:
- What made you try Emacs?
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vvhz9z/what_made_you_try_emacs/
- Prot Asks: Per Nordlöw about his Emacs extensions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rke2gGCCk70 (01:50:38)
- Sacha Chua: Emacs Chat 29: Abdallah Maouche (en français)
https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/08/20-aout-emacs-chat-abdallah-maouche/
(YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qkvvVP8ZMQ, 58:41)
- Other:
- Emacs: Copy-paste without org-mode formatting bleeding into other
buffers | James Cherti
https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-fix-org-mode-copy-paste-yank-bleed/
(@jamescherti https://mastodon.social/@jamescherti/117150544255180187) - face
and yank-excluded-properties
- warnings-timestamp-mode.el
https://paste.karthinks.com/e09ee860-warnings-timestamp-mode.el.html
(@[email protected] https://hachyderm.io/@mosu/117141571333141539)
- andros/efinger.el: Finger protocol (RFC 1288) client for Emacs with an
Elfeed-inspired reader. - Forgejo: Beyond coding. We forge.
https://git.andros.dev/andros/efinger.el (@[email protected]
https://activity.andros.dev/@andros/statuses/01M0S79R7S1887ENQZRJ4EVAKZ)
- My phone is now just an emacs interface - The Universe of Joshua Blais
https://joshblais.com/blog/i-made-my-phone-emacs/
- Emacs development:
- emacs-devel:
- Re: SDL terminal type
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2026-08/msg00707.html -
limitations of GTK 4
- Re: current-time-list now defaults to nil in Emacs master - Paul Eggert
https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/[email protected]/
- notes on convert-time and encode-time
- ; * etc/NEWS: Document improved Emoji support on text terminals.
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=23b0f4bdb989e2caccc255ca59187f4880995317
- viper-ex: Implement list and number commands
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=449392bddbd1ffe118055c7657e923b3056f149d
- Allow evaluating Eshell forms using lexical binding
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=f856da36cd3b3406891bb81c48542a843424f442
- Document Eshell's Lisp pipes feature
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=d5fea6863cc5d95b7af9052c1e7d5347693a6e41
- Make electric-pair-mode respect field boundaries (bug#50236)
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8a8d9b5c6a48239b235c9cf5bc4e8816e3520501
- New packages:
- https://melpa.org/#/auto-capitalize: Automatic capitalization with
batteries included (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/browser-gt: WebSocket bridge to a Chrome/Firefox
extension (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/cypher-ts-mode: Cypher editing mode (MELPA)
- https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/doom-game.html: DOOM on Emacs (NonGNU
ELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/efinger: Finger client and .plan feed reader (MELPA)
- https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/flymake-harper.html: Flymake backend for
Harper (GNU ELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/gptel-agent-harness: Autonomous coding-agent
harness for gptel-agent (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/guard: Custom modular init framework (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/hel: Helix Emulation Layer (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/minibuffer-frame: Minibuffer in centered child
frame (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/mu4e-autotask: Email automation for mu4e (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/peppers-theme: Custom dark theme based on modus
framework (MELPA)
- https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/sapling.html: Magit-like interface for
Sapling (NonGNU ELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/schlau-compile: Git-root-aware interface to
`compile' (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/shazam: Shazam Interface (macOS only) (MELPA)
- https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/vc-sapling.html: VC backend for Sapling
(NonGNU ELPA)
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. Thanks to Andrés
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* 2026-08-24 Emacs news
Emacs 31.1 has been released, whee! Also, Divya's post [[https://monadicsheep.org/blog/an-introduction-to-canvas-in-emacs.html][An Introduction to Canvas in GNU Emacs]] is really cool and I'm looking forward to that becoming generally available in Emacs 32. =)
- Emacs 31:
- [[https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/blob/emacs-31.1/etc/NEWS][Emacs 31.1 is released!]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vwziq6/emacs_311_is_released/][Reddit]], [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49385296][HN]], [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49335485][HN]], [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49341172][HN]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=14021][Irreal]])
- [[https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/whats-new-in-emacs-311][Mickey Petersen: What's New in Emacs 31.1?]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vx04o6/whats_new_in_emacs_311/][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsThirtyOneHighlights][EmacsWiki : Emacs Thirty One Highlights]] ([[https://social.sdfeu.org/@pkal/117150341168271831][@[email protected]]])
- 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 Aug 26 1000 America/Vancouver - 1200 America/Chicago - 1300 America/Toronto - 1700 Etc/UTC - 1900 Europe/Berlin - 2230 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Aug 27 0100 Asia/Singapore
- EmacsSF (in person): coffee.el in SF https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/316144053/ Sat Aug 29 1100 America/Los_Angeles
- EmacsATX: Emacs Social https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/316121976/ Thu Sep 3 1600 America/Vancouver - 1800 America/Chicago - 1900 America/Toronto - 2300 Etc/UTC -- Fri Sep 4 0100 Europe/Berlin - 0430 Asia/Kolkata - 0700 Asia/Singapore
- M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Fri Sep 4 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/UTC - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
- Emacs configuration:
- [[https://github.com/laech/emacs-esc][laech/emacs-esc: Emacs escape key to behave like a normal escape key, in both GUI and terminal. · GitHub]] ([[https://techhub.social/@ohmrun/117121414074004844][@[email protected]]])
- [[http://yummymelon.com/devnull/simplifying-setup-for-casual.html][Charles Choi: Simplifying Setup for Casual]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=14027][Irreal]])
- [[https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-why-use-setq-instead-setopt/][Emacs startup: Why setq beats setopt, customize-set-variable, and use-package :custom]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vvh0j4/emacs_startup_why_setq_beats_setopt/][Reddit]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=14034][Irreal]])
- [[https://github.com/KallDrexx/emacs-zero-to-ide-journey/blob/main/README.md][My vanilla Emacs to IDE writeup]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vwpmz6/my_vanilla_emacs_to_ide_writeup/][Reddit]])
- [[https://github.com/dnaeon/elpacman][elpacman -- a package manager for the CLI]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vrha7y/elpacman_a_package_manager_for_the_cli/][Reddit]])
- [[https://codeberg.org/Vaishnav-Sabari-Girish/dotfiles/src/branch/main/emacs/.config/emacs][emacs config - Day 15 of using emacs]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vrguka/day_15_of_using_emacs/][Reddit]])
- [[https://github.com/benleis1/emacs-init][Weekend init file hacking]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vwj83b/weekend_init_file_hacking/][Reddit]])
- [[https://outputerror.com/posts/publishing-my-emacs-config/][Publishing My Emacs Config - Output Error]]
- [[https://eugene-andrienko.com/2026-08-20-emacs-mastodon.html][My Emacs configuration (Mastodon)]] ([[https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@evgandr/117124441383242840][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://joshblais.com/blog/studium-emacs/][Studium Emacs - The Universe of Joshua Blais]]
- Emacs Lisp:
- [[https://github.com/mattiase/xr][mattiase/xr: Inverse of rx: convert Emacs string regexps to rx form · GitHub]] ([[https://fosstodon.org/@aethor/117148031030939592][@[email protected]]])
- Appearance:
- [[https://github.com/berenddeboer/omarchy-emacs-theme][Emacs Omarchy Quattro dynamic theming support]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vu2hyw/emacs_omarchy_quattro_dynamic_theming_support/][Reddit]])
- TRAMP:
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suTeZppPG4Y][Emacs Tramp Mode for SSH]] (00:18)
- Writing:
- [[https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-spell-checker-flyspell-ispell-aspell/][Emacs: Configuring Flyspell, Ispell, and Aspell to Minimize False Positives in Source Code and Prose]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vw6mta/emacs_configuring_flyspell_ispell_and_aspell_to/][Reddit]])
- [[https://mgallego.gitlab.io/posts/comprobado-de-traduccion-en-espa%C3%B1ol-en-emacs/][Comprobado de Faltas de Ortografía en Emacs - MoiDev - Blog personal de Moises Gallego]] ([[https://social.linux.pizza/@jdrm/117149242955786508][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://github.com/enricoflor/latex-table-wizard][(not very new) package: latex-table-wizard]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vt873b/not_very_new_package_latextablewizard/][Reddit]])
- [[https://github.com/laserattack/emado/][emado: manage 100k+ markdown entries from Emacs at native speed]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vqtodk/emado_manage_100k_markdown_entries_from_emacs_at/][Reddit]])
- Denote:
- [[https://mike.hostetlerhome.com/no-graph-needed][No Graph Needed — Where Are The Wise Men?]] ([[https://appdot.net/@mikehoss/117117540392632077][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfv9Bvd8krk][Denote Dynamic Org Block | Advanced]] (15:02)
- [[https://github.com/SenkiReign/denote-spatial][denote-spatial]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vrc7we/denotespatial/][Reddit]])
- Org Mode:
- [[https://list.orgmode.org/87v791m6be.fsf@localhost][Org Mode requests: [FR] Include :var expansion in expanded noweb references (was: ob-clojure :var header argument not work when src block is noweb called by another src block)]]
- [[https://youtu.be/yEUfHe9nUJo][Easy Research with Emacs and Org Mode]] (3:32, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vszile/easy_research_with_emacs_and_org_mode/][Reddit]])
- [[https://orgmode.org/es/index.html][Org mode para GNU Emacs]] ([[https://activity.andros.dev/@andros/statuses/01M07HVRXF3364BWJQYD15QKTH][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://outputerror.com/posts/tracking-reading-in-emacs/][Tracking Reading in Emacs - Output Error]] ([[https://mas.to/@rickwysocki/117113270084212412][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://github.com/yibie/org-other-agenda][org-other-agenda: render the same Org agenda data as a board]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vuw4lp/orgotheragenda_render_the_same_org_agenda_data_as/][Reddit]])
- [[https://nemin.hu/pandoc-org-reader/][Introducing pandoc-org-reader - Nemin's Blog]] ([[https://ohai.social/@nemin/117146134339106453][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://github.com/agzam/pdf-text][pdf text reflow]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vwjwyv/pdf_text_reflow/][Reddit]]) - extract PDF text into Org
- [[https://randyridenour.net/posts/2026-08-17-html-preview-for-org-files.html][Randy Ridenour: HTML Preview for Org Files]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=14031][Irreal]])
- Coding:
- [[https://github.com/KallDrexx/emacs-zero-to-ide-journey/][KallDrexx/emacs-zero-to-ide-journey · GitHub]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@jamescherti/117150315500618425][@jamescherti]])
- [[https://github.com/agzam/magit-gha-badge.el][GHA Status badge in Magit buffer]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vvkia7/gha_status_badge_in_magit_buffer/][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMcrqwRSY18][How to Use HTML Mode in Emacs]] (12:04)
- [[https://github.com/benleis1/emacs-init/blob/main/lsp-mode.md][I decided to give eglot a try after using lsp-mode for a while. (Java focused)]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUnq9nMAEv0][YouTube]] 07:49, ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vs4pqa/i_decided_to_give_eglot_a_try_after_using_lspmode/][Reddit]])
- Mail, news, and chat:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vrk0e5/display_comments_of_a_reddit_post_inside_elfeed/][Display comments of a reddit post inside elfeed]]
- Spacemacs:
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwcvqPWDKxg][Spacemacs | Bug fixing & Package updates]] (07:16, in French)
- Multimedia:
- [[https://monadicsheep.org/blog/an-introduction-to-canvas-in-emacs.html][An Introduction to Canvas in GNU Emacs]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vwctxc/an_introduction_to_canvas_in_gnu_emacs/][Reddit]], [[https://lobste.rs/s/9xglf3/introduction_canvas_gnu_emacs][lobste.rs]])
- [[https://tv.dyne.org/w/xwT9dCupiB9oMpN9QHB7T9][Canavs Patch is Merged! Long Live Emacs! - Dyne.org TV]] ([[https://mathstodon.xyz/@divyaranjan/117145254110781935][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://anggtwu.net/2026-eepitch-svg.html][A REPL for learning SVG (with a variant of eepitch; 2026)]]
- Fun:
- [[https://codeberg.org/nosrednayduj/moo-el][nosrednayduj/moo-el: Emacs library for connecting to MOO servers. - Codeberg.org]] ([[https://hachyderm.io/@nosrednayduj/117141829407138916][@[email protected]]])
- LLMs:
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHEnWvKmSKM][Play your LLM like an instrument (stdin | LLM | stdout)]] (28:24, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vsrewg/stdin_llm_stdout/][Reddit]])
- [[https://thanosapollo.org/posts/emacs-agentic-workflow/][Thanos Apollo: My Emacs Agentic Workflow]]
- [[https://donovan-ratefison.mg/2026/08/20/I-smell-Emacs-and-Smalltalk-on-DeepSeek-Harness/][Donovan R.: 💭 I Smell Emacs and Smalltalk on DSH (DeepSeek Harness)]]
- [[https://www.teachmaths.org/20260822-claude-code/][Matt Maguire: AI Agents Take Over Lesson Prep]]
- Community:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1vvhz9z/what_made_you_try_emacs/][What made you try Emacs?]]
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rke2gGCCk70][Prot Asks: Per Nordlöw about his Emacs extensions]] (01:50:38)
- [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/08/20-aout-emacs-chat-abdallah-maouche/][Sacha Chua: Emacs Chat 29: Abdallah Maouche (en français)]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qkvvVP8ZMQ][YouTube]], 58:41)
- Other:
- [[https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-fix-org-mode-copy-paste-yank-bleed/][Emacs: Copy-paste without org-mode formatting bleeding into other buffers | James Cherti]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@jamescherti/117150544255180187][@jamescherti]]) - face and yank-excluded-properties
- [[https://paste.karthinks.com/e09ee860-warnings-timestamp-mode.el.html][warnings-timestamp-mode.el]] ([[https://hachyderm.io/@mosu/117141571333141539][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://git.andros.dev/andros/efinger.el][andros/efinger.el: Finger protocol (RFC 1288) client for Emacs with an Elfeed-inspired reader. - Forgejo: Beyond coding. We forge.]] ([[https://activity.andros.dev/@andros/statuses/01M0S79R7S1887ENQZRJ4EVAKZ][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://joshblais.com/blog/i-made-my-phone-emacs/][My phone is now just an emacs interface - The Universe of Joshua Blais]]
- Emacs development:
- emacs-devel:
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2026-08/msg00707.html][Re: SDL terminal type]] - limitations of GTK 4
- [[https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/[email protected]/][Re: current-time-list now defaults to nil in Emacs master - Paul Eggert]] - notes on convert-time and encode-time
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=23b0f4bdb989e2caccc255ca59187f4880995317][; * etc/NEWS: Document improved Emoji support on text terminals.]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=449392bddbd1ffe118055c7657e923b3056f149d][viper-ex: Implement list and number commands]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=f856da36cd3b3406891bb81c48542a843424f442][Allow evaluating Eshell forms using lexical binding]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=d5fea6863cc5d95b7af9052c1e7d5347693a6e41][Document Eshell's Lisp pipes feature]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8a8d9b5c6a48239b235c9cf5bc4e8816e3520501][Make electric-pair-mode respect field boundaries (bug#50236)]]
- New packages:
- https://melpa.org/#/auto-capitalize: Automatic capitalization with batteries included (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/browser-gt: WebSocket bridge to a Chrome/Firefox extension (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/cypher-ts-mode: Cypher editing mode (MELPA)
- https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/doom-game.html: DOOM on Emacs (NonGNU ELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/efinger: Finger client and .plan feed reader (MELPA)
- https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/flymake-harper.html: Flymake backend for Harper (GNU ELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/gptel-agent-harness: Autonomous coding-agent harness for gptel-agent (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/guard: Custom modular init framework (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/hel: Helix Emulation Layer (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/minibuffer-frame: Minibuffer in centered child frame (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/mu4e-autotask: Email automation for mu4e (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/peppers-theme: Custom dark theme based on modus framework (MELPA)
- https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/sapling.html: Magit-like interface for Sapling (NonGNU ELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/schlau-compile: Git-root-aware interface to `compile' (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/shazam: Shazam Interface (macOS only) (MELPA)
- https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/vc-sapling.html: VC backend for Sapling (NonGNU ELPA)
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!
