Version 0.2.2 of package Ffs has just been released in GNU ELPA. You can now find it in M-x list-packages RET.
Ffs describes itself as: ============================================ Form feed-separated plain text presentations ============================================ More at https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/ffs.html ## Summary: ffs === This package provides a minor mode for simple plain text presentations in Emacs where the slides are separated using the `page-delimiter`, by default the form feed character (`^L`). - Package name (GNU ELPA): `ffs` - Manual: <https://kelar.org/~bandali/gnu/emacs/ffs.html> - Change log: <https://kelar.org/~bandali/gnu/emacs/ffs-changelog.html> - Git repository: <https://git.kelar.org/~bandali/ffs> - Backronyms: fabulous foolproof slides - for freedom's sake - ffs flips slides ## Recent NEWS: ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CHANGE LOG OF FFS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ The newest release is at the top. For further details, please consult the `ffs' manual: <https://kelar.org/~bandali/gnu/emacs/ffs.html>. Table of Contents ───────────────── Version 0.2.2 on 2026-05-21 Version 0.2.1 on 2026-05-20 Version 0.2.0 on 2026-05-19 Version 0.2.2 on 2026-05-21 ═══════════════════════════ First release of `ffs' on GNU ELPA. The attempted build of ffs 0.2.1 within GNU ELPA build sandbox failed with an `Error: void-function (org-texinfo-kbd-macro)' due to use of `#+macro: kbd (eval (org-texinfo-kbd-macro $1))' in ffs.org for better formatting of key sequences in the exported Texinfo copy. This seems to have happened for the specific case of generating a plain text README using `ox-ascii' where ELPA didn't load `ox-texinfo'. To try and mitigate this, a `README.md' has been added for use as the package README instead of ffs.org. If not sufficient, a Texinfo copy of the ffs manual will be shipped instead of the Org one in the next release. ffs 0.2.2 also includes small fixes and improvements throughout `ffs.el' from Stefan Monnier, and additional feedback to be addressed in future releases. Version 0.2.1 on 2026-05-20 ═══════════════════════════ The attempted build of ffs 0.2.0 within GNU ELPA build sandbox failed with a "Cannot include file" error on the "#+include: fdl.org" in the manual. So, as a workaround, we switch to using the official Texinfo copy of the GNU FDL license rather than an Org copy. Version 0.2.0 on 2026-05-19 ═══════════════════════════ First release of `ffs' intended for GNU ELPA. After a few years of inactivity, in early 2026 I decided to dust off `ffs.el', polish and document it, and offer for inclusion in GNU ELPA as a proper package. Default value of `ffs-default-face-height' changed to nil ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── To minimize unexpected and/or unnecessary changes out-of-the-box, the default value of `ffs-default-face-height' has been changed to nil. `ffs-edit-buffer-name' demoted from user option to variable ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── This is not an important user-facing setting, so to help avoid overwhelming users with many options, this has been demoted from a user option to a variable. Several new user options for customizing `ffs''s behaviour ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── As part of the effort to bring `ffs' more in line with the conventions of other existing Emacs packages, the mechanisms for toggling various parts of Emacs's interface to minimize visual clutter were changed from being minor modes to being customizable user options. These are the replacement new user options, with a default value of nil: • `ffs-hide-cursor' • `ffs-hide-mode-line' • `ffs-hide-header-line' Their value is buffer-local, and may be set globally using `setq-default'. See the [sample configuration] in the manual for an example of how to customize them. The new `ffs-page-delimiter' user option defines the page delimiter inserted by `ffs-edit-done' when inserting a new slide. Emacs's `page-delimiter' regexp should be able to match `ffs-page-delimiter''s value, so if you use a custom `page-delimiter' be sure to customize `ffs-page-delimiter' accordingly. The new `ffs-echo-progress' user option controls whether to display in echo area the progress through the slides. When non-nil, changing slides will also display the progress through the slides in the echo area. The format of the displayed progress can be customized using the new `ffs-echo-progress-format' user option. The new `ffs-edit-display-buffer-alist' user option may be used to control the Window configuration for the `ffs-edit' buffer. By … … [sample configuration] <file:ffs.html#Sample-configuration>
