2017-12-19 Emacs news
=====================
- Emacs Lisp:
- [What's in an Emacs Lambda] (http://nullprogram.com/blog/2017/12/14/)
([Reddit]
(https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7jwfux/blog_post_whats_in_an_emacs_lambda_by_uskeeto/),
[Hacker News] (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15931633))
- [hierarchy.el] (http://mbork.pl/2017-12-18_hierarchy.el) - also handy for
JSON navigation
- [display-until.el - Display a window or frame topmost in the frame stack
until a condition or timeout occurs]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7kf4up/displayuntilel_display_a_window_or_frame_topmost/)
- [Funny places in fill.el]
(http://mbork.pl/2017-12-11_Funny_places_in_fill.el)
- Emacs development:
- [Resolution of scratch/widen-less a4ba846: Replace prog-widen with
consolidating widen calls]
(http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-12/msg00728.html)
- [Patch to remove unneeded eval-expression wrapper in minibuffer history
so just the expression you typed appears]
(https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2017-12/msg00645.html)
([Reddit]
(https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7kj0te/patch_to_remove_unneeded_evalexpression_wrapper/))
- [How much has emacs core changed over the years?]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7kpwmb/how_much_has_emacs_core_changed_over_the_years/)
- NEWS:
- [Default CHECK_LISP_OBJECT_TYPE to "no"]
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=5959b48ece0abe4639667c023da6363859088676)
- [Add command for cycling between CSS color formats]
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=bd9e8b31a1a38a2ffa5c2ff5e805a42ffccc36ec)
- [Internal parsing commands now use syntax-ppss and disregard
open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start]
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=14b95587520959c5b54356547a0a69932a9bb480)
- [Emacs has been ported to the -fcheck-pointer-bounds option of GCC]
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=881abfc7fb55db2d00adf352100cc58a6a86c176)
Org Mode:
- [Releasing ox-hugo v0.7!]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7kp5wf/releasing_oxhugo_v07/)
- [Building A Second Brain in Emacs and Org-Mode]
(https://praxis.fortelabs.co/building-a-second-brain-in-emacs-and-org-mode-faa20ae06fc)
([Reddit]
(https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7jwyol/building_a_second_brain_in_emacs_and_orgmode/))
- [Anyone using Org-Brain?]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/7ke2k4/anyone_using_orgbrain/)
- [Python devs, what are your most used features/shortcuts in spacemacs?]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/spacemacs/comments/7kjyrl/python_devs_what_are_your_most_used/)
- Coding:
- [Narrowing the Author column in Magit]
(https://scripter.co/narrowing-the-author-column-in-magit/)
- [Peek definition with Emacs frame]
(http://tuhdo.github.io/emacs-frame-peek.html) ([Reddit]
(https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7ke4u0/peek_definition_with_emacs_frame/))
- Calc:
- [Andrew Hyatt’s emacs calc tutorials]
(https://blog.markhepburn.com/2013/12/07/andrew-hyatts-emacs-calc-tutorials)
([Reddit]
(https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7k7upv/andrew_hyatts_emacs_calc_tutorials/))
- [More Calc Recipes] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=6826)
- [The Emacs Calculator (2009)] (http://nullprogram.com/blog/2009/06/23/)
([Hacker News] (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15939165))
- Other:
- [Using Template Files for Pandoc Exports to Word or LibreOffice]
(http://karl-voit.at/2017/12/17/pandoc-docx-reference/): Handy for Org, etc.
- [In Memory Diff] (https://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2017-12-13_In_Memory_Diff)
- [How to bulk import RSS feeds to gnus via gwene]
(https://wpc.io/blog/posts/bulk-import-rss-feeds-to-gnus-via-gwene.html)
- [multiple cursors example] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC9oftwpZtw)
(2:53)
- [LaTeX in Emacs] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6OL8LtnBM8) (3:55)
- Discussion:
- [What are your favorite add ons?]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7kj862/what_are_your_favorite_add_ons/)
([Reddit]
(https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7kj862/what_are_your_favorite_add_ons/))
- [As a Beginner Programmer would it be a bad idea to delve into elisp?]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7jr2y3/as_a_beginner_programmer_would_it_be_a_bad_idea/)
([Reddit]
(https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7jr2y3/as_a_beginner_programmer_would_it_be_a_bad_idea/))
- New package:
- paced <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/paced.html>: Predictive Abbreviation
Completion and Expansion using Dictionaries
Links from [reddit.com/r/emacs] (http://reddit.com/r/emacs/new), [/r/orgmode]
(http://reddit.com/r/orgmode), [/r/spacemacs] (http://reddit.com/r/spacemacs),
[Hacker News]
(https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story),
[planet.emacsen.org] (http://planet.emacsen.org), [YouTube]
(https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=emacs&search_sort=video_date_uploaded),
the changes to the [Emacs NEWS file]
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS), and [emacs-devel]
(http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-12).
* 2017-12-19 Emacs news
- Emacs Lisp:
- [[http://nullprogram.com/blog/2017/12/14/][What's in an Emacs Lambda]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7jwfux/blog_post_whats_in_an_emacs_lambda_by_uskeeto/][Reddit]], [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15931633][Hacker News]])
- [[http://mbork.pl/2017-12-18_hierarchy.el][hierarchy.el]] - also handy for JSON navigation
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7kf4up/displayuntilel_display_a_window_or_frame_topmost/][display-until.el - Display a window or frame topmost in the frame stack until a condition or timeout occurs]]
- [[http://mbork.pl/2017-12-11_Funny_places_in_fill.el][Funny places in fill.el]]
- Emacs development:
- [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-12/msg00728.html][Resolution of scratch/widen-less a4ba846: Replace prog-widen with consolidating widen calls]]
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2017-12/msg00645.html][Patch to remove unneeded eval-expression wrapper in minibuffer history so just the expression you typed appears]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7kj0te/patch_to_remove_unneeded_evalexpression_wrapper/][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7kpwmb/how_much_has_emacs_core_changed_over_the_years/][How much has emacs core changed over the years?]]
- NEWS:
- [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=5959b48ece0abe4639667c023da6363859088676][Default CHECK_LISP_OBJECT_TYPE to "no"]]
- [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=bd9e8b31a1a38a2ffa5c2ff5e805a42ffccc36ec][Add command for cycling between CSS color formats]]
- [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=14b95587520959c5b54356547a0a69932a9bb480][Internal parsing commands now use syntax-ppss and disregard open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start]]
- [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=881abfc7fb55db2d00adf352100cc58a6a86c176][Emacs has been ported to the -fcheck-pointer-bounds option of GCC]]
Org Mode:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7kp5wf/releasing_oxhugo_v07/][Releasing ox-hugo v0.7!]]
- [[https://praxis.fortelabs.co/building-a-second-brain-in-emacs-and-org-mode-faa20ae06fc][Building A Second Brain in Emacs and Org-Mode]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7jwyol/building_a_second_brain_in_emacs_and_orgmode/][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/7ke2k4/anyone_using_orgbrain/][Anyone using Org-Brain?]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/spacemacs/comments/7kjyrl/python_devs_what_are_your_most_used/][Python devs, what are your most used features/shortcuts in spacemacs?]]
- Coding:
- [[https://scripter.co/narrowing-the-author-column-in-magit/][Narrowing the Author column in Magit]]
- [[http://tuhdo.github.io/emacs-frame-peek.html][Peek definition with Emacs frame]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7ke4u0/peek_definition_with_emacs_frame/][Reddit]])
- Calc:
- [[https://blog.markhepburn.com/2013/12/07/andrew-hyatts-emacs-calc-tutorials][Andrew Hyatt’s emacs calc tutorials]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7k7upv/andrew_hyatts_emacs_calc_tutorials/][Reddit]])
- [[http://irreal.org/blog/?p=6826][More Calc Recipes]]
- [[http://nullprogram.com/blog/2009/06/23/][The Emacs Calculator (2009)]] ([[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15939165][Hacker News]])
- Other:
- [[http://karl-voit.at/2017/12/17/pandoc-docx-reference/][Using Template Files for Pandoc Exports to Word or LibreOffice]]: Handy for Org, etc.
- [[https://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/2017-12-13_In_Memory_Diff][In Memory Diff]]
- [[https://wpc.io/blog/posts/bulk-import-rss-feeds-to-gnus-via-gwene.html][How to bulk import RSS feeds to gnus via gwene]]
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC9oftwpZtw][multiple cursors example]] (2:53)
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6OL8LtnBM8][LaTeX in Emacs]] (3:55)
- Discussion:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7kj862/what_are_your_favorite_add_ons/][What are your favorite add ons?]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7kj862/what_are_your_favorite_add_ons/][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7jr2y3/as_a_beginner_programmer_would_it_be_a_bad_idea/][As a Beginner Programmer would it be a bad idea to delve into elisp?]] ([[https://reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/7jr2y3/as_a_beginner_programmer_would_it_be_a_bad_idea/][Reddit]])
- New package:
- https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/paced.html: Predictive Abbreviation Completion and Expansion using Dictionaries
Links from [[http://reddit.com/r/emacs/new][reddit.com/r/emacs]], [[http://reddit.com/r/orgmode][/r/orgmode]], [[http://reddit.com/r/spacemacs][/r/spacemacs]], [[https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story][Hacker News]], [[http://planet.emacsen.org][planet.emacsen.org]], [[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=emacs&search_sort=video_date_uploaded][YouTube]], the changes to the [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS][Emacs NEWS file]], and [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-12][emacs-devel]].
