2025-07-28 Emacs news
=====================
- Help wanted:
- [EmacsWiki: Carnival - looking for a host for August]
(<https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Carnival>) ([@[email protected]]
(<https://mastodon.social/@ctietze/114923449372398981>))
- [#123 - Reader stutters and consumes high memory on High res scaled
display - divyaranjan/emacs-reader - Codeberg.org]
(<https://codeberg.org/divyaranjan/emacs-reader/issues/123>)
([@[email protected]]
(<https://mathstodon.xyz/@divyaranjan/114931853189902729>)) - help wanted
testing high-resolution monitors with fractional scaling
- Upcoming events ([iCal file]
(<https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics>), [Org]
(<https://emacslife.com/calendar/>)):
- Emacs Berlin (hybrid, in English) <https://emacs-berlin.org/> Wed Jul 30
0930 America/Vancouver - 1130 America/Chicago - 1230 America/Toronto - 1630
Etc/GMT - 1830 Europe/Berlin - 2200 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Jul 31 0030
Asia/Singapore
- M-x Research: TBA <https://m-x-research.github.io/> Fri Aug 1 0800
America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT
- 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
- EmacsATX: Emacs Social
<https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/308826076/> Thu Aug 7 1600
America/Vancouver - 1800 America/Chicago - 1900 America/Toronto - 2300 Etc/GMT
-- Fri Aug 8 0100 Europe/Berlin - 0430 Asia/Kolkata - 0700 Asia/Singapore
- Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person)
<https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs> Fri Aug 8 1800 Europe/Paris
- Emacs configuration:
- [use-package-extras.el Additional keywords for use-package]
(<https://github.com/DevelopmentCool2449/use-package-x>) ([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m8q8vq/usepackageextrasel_additional_keywords_for/>))
- [use-package :eglot keyword]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mas941/usepackage_eglot_keyword/>)
- [Ten things to try with Embark]
(<https://www.matem.unam.mx/~omar/apropos-emacs.html#ten-things-to-try-with-embark>)
([@[email protected]]
(<https://mathstodon.xyz/@oantolin/114906814617670439>))
- [minimal-dashboard.el : a clean, centered Emacs startup screen]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m6x4gh/minimaldashboardel_a_clean_centered_emacs_startup/>)
- [Announcing Casual Compile, Elisp, and Eshell]
(<http://yummymelon.com/devnull/announcing-casual-compile-elisp-and-eshell.html>)
([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mbkakt/announcing_casual_compile_elisp_and_eshell/>))
- [About testing packages in emacs]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mao56g/about_testing_packages_in_emacs/>)
- using a minimal config with `--init-directory'
- Emacs Lisp:
- [launching processes that survive Emacs exiting, crashing, or restarting]
(<https://emacs.social/@zrzz/114934289702039339>)
- [Emacs Package Development: The Emacs Reader (VIII: Highlighting & Text
Selection) - 7/27/2025, 2:29:58 PM - Dyne.org TV]
(<https://tv.dyne.org/w/kMRwopDzGkiw7WCPBLf8cH>)
- Appearance:
- [Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: cursory version 1.2.0]
(<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-07-22-emacs-cursory-1-2-0/>)
- Navigation:
- [Donovan R.: Multiple ways of selecting text]
(<https://donovan-ratefison.mg/2025/07/27/Multiple-ways-of-selecting-text/>)
- Dired:
- [Getting filenames from a Dired buffer in an arbitrary order]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m6qode/getting_filenames_from_a_dired_buffer_in_an/>)
- [Alvaro Ramirez: Interactive ordering of dired items]
(<https://xenodium.com/interactive-ordering-of-dired-items>) ([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m7zsng/interactive_ordering_of_dired_items/>))
- Writing:
- [Writing Experience - my eev & org comparison for emacs carnival]
(<https://screwlisp.small-web.org/emacs/writing-experience/>)
([@[email protected]]
(<https://gamerplus.org/@screwlisp/114921914640387869>))
- [Writing experience: Emacs, you won | aviskase]
(<https://www.aviskase.com/articles/2025/07/27/writing-experience-emacs-won/>)
([@[email protected]]
(<https://infosec.exchange/@aviskase/114923354700788759>))
- [Emacs carnival: Writing experience]
(<https://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucecesf/blog/20250725.html>)
([@[email protected]]
(<https://fediscience.org/@ericsfraga/114913524467637452>)) - Org Mode,
gnuplot, plantuml
- [Emacs Carnival 2025-07: Writing Experience ·]
(<https://cmdln.org/2025/07/26/emacs-carnival-2025-07-writing-experience/>)
([@[email protected]]
(<https://fosstodon.org/@nickanderson/114920974669621524>))
- [Chris Maiorana: Summer Productivity Reset: Emacs functions to streamline
your writing workflow]
(<https://chrismaiorana.com/summer-productivity-reset-emacs-functions/>)
([Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13147>))
- [Sacha Chua: Finding the shape of my thoughts]
(<https://sachachua.com/blog/2025/07/finding-the-shape-of-my-thoughts/>)
- [Sacha Chua: My Emacs writing experience]
(<https://sachachua.com/blog/2025/07/my-emacs-writing-experience/>)
- [Ross A. Baker: Writing in Emacs: two out of three ain't bad]
(<https://rossabaker.com/blog/writing-in-emacs/>) ([Irreal]
(<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13153>))
- Org Mode:
- [i switched to emacs for notetaking (and i'm never going back)]
(<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A2GHGY0tGg>) (06:09) Org Roam
- [Org tutorials on Worg]
(<https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.html>)
([@[email protected]]
(<https://mastodon.social/@e11bits/114902152353121976>)) including a list of
topics needing tutorials
- [Emacs Org mode as a LaTeX editor - YouTube]
(<https://youtu.be/jBdpnaHGJ88>) ([@[email protected]]
(<https://aus.social/@danderzei/114918513178980162>))
- [Writing experience: My decade with Org (Emacs Carnival)]
(<https://xenodium.com/writing-experience-my-decade-with-org>) ([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m92hmp/writing_experience_my_decade_with_org_emacs/>),
[Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13151>))
- [(Update）org-supertag 4.1.0] (<https://github.com/yibie/org-supertag>) -
kanban view, card style ([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1m9jq6z/updateorgsupertag_410/>))
- [Sacha Chua: Using web searches and bookmarks to quickly link
placeholders in Org Mode]
(<https://sachachua.com/blog/2025/07/finding-unlinked-text/>)
- [Introducing Org mode exports - Emacs Writing Studio]
(<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwDOKkwtJ34>) (11:10)
- [orgmode-linked-by-id]
(<https://github.com/DrRingo/orgmode-linked-by-id>) ([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m9q3b3/orgmodelinkedbyid/>))
- [The Emacs Cat: My Emacs Org Configuration]
(<https://olddeuteronomy.github.io/post/emacs-org-config/>) ([Irreal]
(<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13155>))
- [Ruslan Bekenev: Emacs: Keep journaling on the go]
(<https://codelearn.me/2025/07/27/simple-org.html>)
- Org development:
- [lisp/org.el: Allow `org-yank-image-save-method' to be a function]
(<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=7660d40c97cf7304c685b37fbf96a3378cb60bde>)
- [org-capture-place-plain-text: Fix when target is on headline]
(<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=507e0f4fa0f3c5ed3ed8c28d37ff9d8c91670e2b>)
- Denote:
- [Emacs + Hugo Blogging Refactored]
(<https://sourcery.zone/articles/2025/07/emacs--hugo-blogging-refactored/>)
([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m6cej5/emacs_hugo_blogging_refactored/>))
- Completion:
- [chmouel/consult-vc-modified-files new version]
(<https://github.com/chmouel/consult-vc-modified-files>)
([@[email protected]]
(<https://fosstodon.org/@chmouel/114913425410668000>)) - new command
consult-vc-log-select-files
- [Sacha Chua: Finding my blog posts with consult-omni]
(<https://sachachua.com/blog/2025/07/finding-my-blog-posts-with-consult-omni/>)
- Coding:
- [Swanky Python: Interactive development for Python based on emacs' SLIME
mode for Common Lisp] (<https://codeberg.org/sczi/swanky-python>) ([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mbk5hz/swanky_python_interactive_development_for_python/>))
- [Steel bank common lisp, slime and save-lisp-and-die and not being
ahistorical]
(<https://screwlisp.small-web.org/fundamental/sbcl-slime-eval-lisp-and-die/>)
([@[email protected]]
(<https://gamerplus.org/@screwlisp/114905364606651576>))
- [[UPDATE] Improved C++ method stub generation with cpp-func-impl.el]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m9zshj/update_improved_c_method_stub_generation_with/>)
- [kanata-kbd-mode: Major mode for editing Kanata .kbd file]
(<https://github.com/chmouel/kanata-kbd-mode/>) ([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m92og4/kanatakbdmode_major_mode_for_editing_kanata_kbd/>))
- [Marcin Borkowski: Finding entities with given uuids in the current
project]
(<https://mbork.pl/2025-07-26_Finding_entities_with_given_uuids_in_the_current_project>)
- [Development shells with Nix: four quick examples - Michael Stapelberg]
(<https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2025-07-27-dev-shells-with-nix-4-quick-examples/>)
([lobste.rs]
(<https://lobste.rs/s/lfovd1/development_shells_with_nix_four_quick>))
- [magit-prime: a small package to speedup magit refresh.]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m6fxy4/magitprime_a_small_package_to_speedup_magit/>)
- [TIL: vc-region-history]
(<https://mastodon.social/@deech/114756358514000901>)
- Mail, news, and chat:
- [A bug fix for splitting the subject in Gnus summary subject lines |
Dave’s Blog] (<https://davemq.github.io/2025/07/21/gnus-split-subject.html>)
([@[email protected]] (<https://fosstodon.org/@davemq/114892605823738963>))
- AI:
- [GitHub - steveyegge/efrit: A native elisp coding agent running in Emacs]
(<https://github.com/steveyegge/efrit>)
- [Claude Code IDE v0.2.0: Now with Emacs aware MCP and Transient menu]
(<https://github.com/manzaltu/claude-code-ide.el>) ([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m8prl9/claude_code_ide_v020_now_with_emacs_aware_mcp_and/>))
- [James Dyer: Ollama Buddy v1.0: A Simple AI Assistant]
(<https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20250723083048-emacs--announcing-v1-ollama-buddy/>)
([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m73nj3/ollama_buddy_v10_a_simplish_ai_assistant/>))
- Community:
- [Protesilaos Stavrou: Prot Asks: Eric about Emacs, Lisp, music,
aesthetics, and Minnesota]
(<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-07-23-prot-asks-eric-emacs-lisp-music-aesthetics-minnesota/>)
- [Protesilaos Stavrou: Prot Asks: Ihor about maintaining Emacs Org mode,
history, travels, and material science]
(<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-07-26-prot-asks-ihor-emacs-org-maintainer-history-travel-material-science/>)
([YouTube] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrPtIGln5ps>) 1:21:30)
- [Lobsters Interview with Technomancy | Lobsters]
(<https://lobste.rs/s/terwiu/lobsters_interview_with_technomancy>) (text)
- [Neovim vs Emacs | Roundtable w/ TJ DeVries, DistroTube, Greg Anders &
Joshua Blais] (<https://youtu.be/SnhcXR9CKno>) ([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m5qt5u/neovim_vs_emacs_roundtable_w_tj_devries/>))
- [Protesilaos Stavrou: I will talk about Emacs on the @linkarzu YouTube
channel]
(<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-07-27-talk-emacs-linkarzu-youtube-channel/>)
- [Amin Bandali: Mirroring Protesilaos' videos to Internet Archive]
(<https://kelar.org/~bandali/2025/07/25/protesilaos-videos-archive.html>)
- Other:
- [📦 [OC] embark-sidebar.el - A Small Addition to the Amazing Emacs Sidebar
Ecosystem] (<https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1m8heiu>)
- [Introducing Mindstream for Emacs]
(<https://countvajhula.com/2025/07/28/introducing-mindstream-for-emacs/>)
([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mbhioq/introducing_mindstream_for_emacs/>))
- quickly start writing/coding, automatic versioning
- [How to open a file in Emacs]
(<https://www.murilopereira.com/how-to-open-a-file-in-emacs>) (2021, [Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m839l4/how_to_open_a_file_in_emacs/>))
- [Extending Emacs with Fennel (2024)]
(<https://andreyor.st/posts/2024-12-20-extending-emacs-with-fennel/>) ([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m761ho/extending_emacs_with_fennel_2024/>),
[HN] (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44656073>), [lobste.rs]
(<https://lobste.rs/s/wghfos/extending_emacs_with_fennel_2024>))
- [Ep685 Emacs Xah Fly Keys News, Function Keyword Parameter, and Random
Rant] (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9HuXV2HfH8>) (01:09:20)
- [zathura.el - a tiny package for integration with zathura document
viewer] (<https://codeberg.org/treflip/zathura.el>) ([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mbdypb/zathurael_a_tiny_package_for_integration_with/>))
- [How to configure X11 in a simple way | Dragon’s notes]
(<https://eugene-andrienko.com/en/it/2025/07/24/x11-configuration-simple.html>)
([@[email protected]] (<https://mas.to/@evgandr/114905251255480509>)) includes
Emacs as a file manager
- [Patching Emacs Plus]
(<https://xenodium.com/patching-your-homebrews-emacs-plus-macos>) ([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m75kcn/patching_emacs_plus/>),
[Irreal] (<https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13149>))
- [Alvaro Ramirez: macOS dictation returns to Emacs (fix merged)]
(<https://xenodium.com/macos-dictation-returns-to-emacs-fix-merged>) ([Reddit]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m9u04y/macos_dictation_is_coming_back/>))
- Emacs development:
- emacs-devel: [Discussion about what to do when PATH is unset]
(<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-07/msg00384.html>)
- [cperl-mode.el: Support syntax of Perl version 5.42]
(<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=cef4302d309e26c2191821ba998518fb89fff54e>)
- [Add a new user option to hide the header of old newsticker feeds]
(<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=67f36e80ceca7e1a96b635d4caa0027b9fcf8c0b>)
- [Add post-save actions for Rmail attachments]
(<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=c3f30ee2046f4a2caeb009565ea20e977af00990>)
- [Enabled macOS dictation post NSTextInputClient migration in v30]
(<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=6e64e0bd26b6c0f1c4e90c9bc0df37a2a9ac72da>)
- [* lisp/url/url-queue.el: Better compatibility with 'url-retrieve']
(<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=bd9d8c20f70fbc9c9ff65274410838941fa08042>)
- [Add new function 'dom-inner-text']
(<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=2e53c7d08ba0de2468ec25cf9a9d7079604f9409>)
- [VC: New support for other working trees]
(<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=50ffb29d0bbb92a7c6569c83d2e3e4868c4e867b>)
- [Bind vc-rename-file to C-x v R]
(<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=09e205fe60f074e143298e306431cb62b60a890c>)
- [; * etc/NEWS: Move 'exec-path' entry to its proper place.]
(<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=2143969580eb3ddcc0bda180800cb90cbe468c7c>)
- [PATH defaults now act more like GNU and POSIX]
(<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=eb9ec79c13f17d610fcb6de49628b8a7686fbab7>)
- [Add function exec-suffixes]
(<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=5a7a12d7920a94edea175871235c5013f0c73e3c>)
- New packages:
- claude-code <https://melpa.org/#/claude-code>: Run Claude Code sessions
(MELPA)
- gt <https://melpa.org/#/gt>: Translation framework, configurable and
scalable (MELPA)
- helm-raindrop <https://melpa.org/#/helm-raindrop>: Raindrop.io with helm
interface (MELPA)
- org-agenda-dock <https://melpa.org/#/org-agenda-dock>: Integrate org-mode
with Gnome's Dock or KDE's taskbar (MELPA)
- outli <https://melpa.org/#/outli>: Org-like code outliner (MELPA)
- scratch-plus <https://melpa.org/#/scratch-plus>: Better Scratch Buffer
Behavior (MELPA)
- zathura <https://melpa.org/#/zathura>: Summary (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>), [r/planetemacs]
(<https://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs>), [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/2025-07>). 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!
* 2025-07-28 Emacs news
- Help wanted:
- [[https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Carnival][EmacsWiki: Carnival - looking for a host for August]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@ctietze/114923449372398981][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://codeberg.org/divyaranjan/emacs-reader/issues/123][#123 - Reader stutters and consumes high memory on High res scaled display - divyaranjan/emacs-reader - Codeberg.org]] ([[https://mathstodon.xyz/@divyaranjan/114931853189902729][@[email protected]]]) - help wanted testing high-resolution monitors with fractional scaling
- Upcoming events ([[https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics][iCal file]], [[https://emacslife.com/calendar/][Org]]):
- Emacs Berlin (hybrid, in English) https://emacs-berlin.org/ Wed Jul 30 0930 America/Vancouver - 1130 America/Chicago - 1230 America/Toronto - 1630 Etc/GMT - 1830 Europe/Berlin - 2200 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Jul 31 0030 Asia/Singapore
- M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Fri Aug 1 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
- EmacsATX: Emacs Social https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/308826076/ Thu Aug 7 1600 America/Vancouver - 1800 America/Chicago - 1900 America/Toronto - 2300 Etc/GMT -- Fri Aug 8 0100 Europe/Berlin - 0430 Asia/Kolkata - 0700 Asia/Singapore
- Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs Fri Aug 8 1800 Europe/Paris
- Emacs configuration:
- [[https://github.com/DevelopmentCool2449/use-package-x][use-package-extras.el Additional keywords for use-package]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m8q8vq/usepackageextrasel_additional_keywords_for/][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mas941/usepackage_eglot_keyword/][use-package :eglot keyword]]
- [[https://www.matem.unam.mx/~omar/apropos-emacs.html#ten-things-to-try-with-embark][Ten things to try with Embark]] ([[https://mathstodon.xyz/@oantolin/114906814617670439][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m6x4gh/minimaldashboardel_a_clean_centered_emacs_startup/][minimal-dashboard.el : a clean, centered Emacs startup screen]]
- [[http://yummymelon.com/devnull/announcing-casual-compile-elisp-and-eshell.html][Announcing Casual Compile, Elisp, and Eshell]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mbkakt/announcing_casual_compile_elisp_and_eshell/][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mao56g/about_testing_packages_in_emacs/][About testing packages in emacs]] - using a minimal config with ~--init-directory~
- Emacs Lisp:
- [[https://emacs.social/@zrzz/114934289702039339][launching processes that survive Emacs exiting, crashing, or restarting]]
- [[https://tv.dyne.org/w/kMRwopDzGkiw7WCPBLf8cH][Emacs Package Development: The Emacs Reader (VIII: Highlighting & Text Selection) - 7/27/2025, 2:29:58 PM - Dyne.org TV]]
- Appearance:
- [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-07-22-emacs-cursory-1-2-0/][Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: cursory version 1.2.0]]
- Navigation:
- [[https://donovan-ratefison.mg/2025/07/27/Multiple-ways-of-selecting-text/][Donovan R.: Multiple ways of selecting text]]
- Dired:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m6qode/getting_filenames_from_a_dired_buffer_in_an/][Getting filenames from a Dired buffer in an arbitrary order]]
- [[https://xenodium.com/interactive-ordering-of-dired-items][Alvaro Ramirez: Interactive ordering of dired items]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m7zsng/interactive_ordering_of_dired_items/][Reddit]])
- Writing:
- [[https://screwlisp.small-web.org/emacs/writing-experience/][Writing Experience - my eev & org comparison for emacs carnival]] ([[https://gamerplus.org/@screwlisp/114921914640387869][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://www.aviskase.com/articles/2025/07/27/writing-experience-emacs-won/][Writing experience: Emacs, you won | aviskase]] ([[https://infosec.exchange/@aviskase/114923354700788759][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucecesf/blog/20250725.html][Emacs carnival: Writing experience]] ([[https://fediscience.org/@ericsfraga/114913524467637452][@[email protected]]]) - Org Mode, gnuplot, plantuml
- [[https://cmdln.org/2025/07/26/emacs-carnival-2025-07-writing-experience/][Emacs Carnival 2025-07: Writing Experience ·]] ([[https://fosstodon.org/@nickanderson/114920974669621524][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://chrismaiorana.com/summer-productivity-reset-emacs-functions/][Chris Maiorana: Summer Productivity Reset: Emacs functions to streamline your writing workflow]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13147][Irreal]])
- [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2025/07/finding-the-shape-of-my-thoughts/][Sacha Chua: Finding the shape of my thoughts]]
- [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2025/07/my-emacs-writing-experience/][Sacha Chua: My Emacs writing experience]]
- [[https://rossabaker.com/blog/writing-in-emacs/][Ross A. Baker: Writing in Emacs: two out of three ain't bad]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13153][Irreal]])
- Org Mode:
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A2GHGY0tGg][i switched to emacs for notetaking (and i'm never going back)]] (06:09) Org Roam
- [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.html][Org tutorials on Worg]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@e11bits/114902152353121976][@[email protected]]]) including a list of topics needing tutorials
- [[https://youtu.be/jBdpnaHGJ88][Emacs Org mode as a LaTeX editor - YouTube]] ([[https://aus.social/@danderzei/114918513178980162][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://xenodium.com/writing-experience-my-decade-with-org][Writing experience: My decade with Org (Emacs Carnival)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m92hmp/writing_experience_my_decade_with_org_emacs/][Reddit]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13151][Irreal]])
- [[https://github.com/yibie/org-supertag][(Update）org-supertag 4.1.0]] - kanban view, card style ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1m9jq6z/updateorgsupertag_410/][Reddit]])
- [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2025/07/finding-unlinked-text/][Sacha Chua: Using web searches and bookmarks to quickly link placeholders in Org Mode]]
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwDOKkwtJ34][Introducing Org mode exports - Emacs Writing Studio]] (11:10)
- [[https://github.com/DrRingo/orgmode-linked-by-id][orgmode-linked-by-id]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m9q3b3/orgmodelinkedbyid/][Reddit]])
- [[https://olddeuteronomy.github.io/post/emacs-org-config/][The Emacs Cat: My Emacs Org Configuration]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13155][Irreal]])
- [[https://codelearn.me/2025/07/27/simple-org.html][Ruslan Bekenev: Emacs: Keep journaling on the go]]
- Org development:
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=7660d40c97cf7304c685b37fbf96a3378cb60bde][lisp/org.el: Allow `org-yank-image-save-method' to be a function]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=507e0f4fa0f3c5ed3ed8c28d37ff9d8c91670e2b][org-capture-place-plain-text: Fix when target is on headline]]
- Denote:
- [[https://sourcery.zone/articles/2025/07/emacs--hugo-blogging-refactored/][Emacs + Hugo Blogging Refactored]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m6cej5/emacs_hugo_blogging_refactored/][Reddit]])
- Completion:
- [[https://github.com/chmouel/consult-vc-modified-files][chmouel/consult-vc-modified-files new version]] ([[https://fosstodon.org/@chmouel/114913425410668000][@[email protected]]]) - new command consult-vc-log-select-files
- [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2025/07/finding-my-blog-posts-with-consult-omni/][Sacha Chua: Finding my blog posts with consult-omni]]
- Coding:
- [[https://codeberg.org/sczi/swanky-python][Swanky Python: Interactive development for Python based on emacs' SLIME mode for Common Lisp]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mbk5hz/swanky_python_interactive_development_for_python/][Reddit]])
- [[https://screwlisp.small-web.org/fundamental/sbcl-slime-eval-lisp-and-die/][Steel bank common lisp, slime and save-lisp-and-die and not being ahistorical]] ([[https://gamerplus.org/@screwlisp/114905364606651576][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m9zshj/update_improved_c_method_stub_generation_with/][[UPDATE] Improved C++ method stub generation with cpp-func-impl.el]]
- [[https://github.com/chmouel/kanata-kbd-mode/][kanata-kbd-mode: Major mode for editing Kanata .kbd file]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m92og4/kanatakbdmode_major_mode_for_editing_kanata_kbd/][Reddit]])
- [[https://mbork.pl/2025-07-26_Finding_entities_with_given_uuids_in_the_current_project][Marcin Borkowski: Finding entities with given uuids in the current project]]
- [[https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2025-07-27-dev-shells-with-nix-4-quick-examples/][Development shells with Nix: four quick examples - Michael Stapelberg]] ([[https://lobste.rs/s/lfovd1/development_shells_with_nix_four_quick][lobste.rs]])
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m6fxy4/magitprime_a_small_package_to_speedup_magit/][magit-prime: a small package to speedup magit refresh.]]
- [[https://mastodon.social/@deech/114756358514000901][TIL: vc-region-history]]
- Mail, news, and chat:
- [[https://davemq.github.io/2025/07/21/gnus-split-subject.html][A bug fix for splitting the subject in Gnus summary subject lines | Dave’s Blog]] ([[https://fosstodon.org/@davemq/114892605823738963][@[email protected]]])
- AI:
- [[https://github.com/steveyegge/efrit][GitHub - steveyegge/efrit: A native elisp coding agent running in Emacs]]
- [[https://github.com/manzaltu/claude-code-ide.el][Claude Code IDE v0.2.0: Now with Emacs aware MCP and Transient menu]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m8prl9/claude_code_ide_v020_now_with_emacs_aware_mcp_and/][Reddit]])
- [[https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20250723083048-emacs--announcing-v1-ollama-buddy/][James Dyer: Ollama Buddy v1.0: A Simple AI Assistant]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m73nj3/ollama_buddy_v10_a_simplish_ai_assistant/][Reddit]])
- Community:
- [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-07-23-prot-asks-eric-emacs-lisp-music-aesthetics-minnesota/][Protesilaos Stavrou: Prot Asks: Eric about Emacs, Lisp, music, aesthetics, and Minnesota]]
- [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-07-26-prot-asks-ihor-emacs-org-maintainer-history-travel-material-science/][Protesilaos Stavrou: Prot Asks: Ihor about maintaining Emacs Org mode, history, travels, and material science]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrPtIGln5ps][YouTube]] 1:21:30)
- [[https://lobste.rs/s/terwiu/lobsters_interview_with_technomancy][Lobsters Interview with Technomancy | Lobsters]] (text)
- [[https://youtu.be/SnhcXR9CKno][Neovim vs Emacs | Roundtable w/ TJ DeVries, DistroTube, Greg Anders & Joshua Blais]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m5qt5u/neovim_vs_emacs_roundtable_w_tj_devries/][Reddit]])
- [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-07-27-talk-emacs-linkarzu-youtube-channel/][Protesilaos Stavrou: I will talk about Emacs on the @linkarzu YouTube channel]]
- [[https://kelar.org/~bandali/2025/07/25/protesilaos-videos-archive.html][Amin Bandali: Mirroring Protesilaos' videos to Internet Archive]]
- Other:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1m8heiu][📦 [OC] embark-sidebar.el - A Small Addition to the Amazing Emacs Sidebar Ecosystem]]
- [[https://countvajhula.com/2025/07/28/introducing-mindstream-for-emacs/][Introducing Mindstream for Emacs]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mbhioq/introducing_mindstream_for_emacs/][Reddit]]) - quickly start writing/coding, automatic versioning
- [[https://www.murilopereira.com/how-to-open-a-file-in-emacs][How to open a file in Emacs]] (2021, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m839l4/how_to_open_a_file_in_emacs/][Reddit]])
- [[https://andreyor.st/posts/2024-12-20-extending-emacs-with-fennel/][Extending Emacs with Fennel (2024)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m761ho/extending_emacs_with_fennel_2024/][Reddit]], [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44656073][HN]], [[https://lobste.rs/s/wghfos/extending_emacs_with_fennel_2024][lobste.rs]])
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9HuXV2HfH8][Ep685 Emacs Xah Fly Keys News, Function Keyword Parameter, and Random Rant]] (01:09:20)
- [[https://codeberg.org/treflip/zathura.el][zathura.el - a tiny package for integration with zathura document viewer]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mbdypb/zathurael_a_tiny_package_for_integration_with/][Reddit]])
- [[https://eugene-andrienko.com/en/it/2025/07/24/x11-configuration-simple.html][How to configure X11 in a simple way | Dragon’s notes]] ([[https://mas.to/@evgandr/114905251255480509][@[email protected]]]) includes Emacs as a file manager
- [[https://xenodium.com/patching-your-homebrews-emacs-plus-macos][Patching Emacs Plus]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m75kcn/patching_emacs_plus/][Reddit]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13149][Irreal]])
- [[https://xenodium.com/macos-dictation-returns-to-emacs-fix-merged][Alvaro Ramirez: macOS dictation returns to Emacs (fix merged)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1m9u04y/macos_dictation_is_coming_back/][Reddit]])
- Emacs development:
- emacs-devel: [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-07/msg00384.html][Discussion about what to do when PATH is unset]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=cef4302d309e26c2191821ba998518fb89fff54e][cperl-mode.el: Support syntax of Perl version 5.42]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=67f36e80ceca7e1a96b635d4caa0027b9fcf8c0b][Add a new user option to hide the header of old newsticker feeds]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=c3f30ee2046f4a2caeb009565ea20e977af00990][Add post-save actions for Rmail attachments]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=6e64e0bd26b6c0f1c4e90c9bc0df37a2a9ac72da][Enabled macOS dictation post NSTextInputClient migration in v30]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=bd9d8c20f70fbc9c9ff65274410838941fa08042][* lisp/url/url-queue.el: Better compatibility with 'url-retrieve']]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=2e53c7d08ba0de2468ec25cf9a9d7079604f9409][Add new function 'dom-inner-text']]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=50ffb29d0bbb92a7c6569c83d2e3e4868c4e867b][VC: New support for other working trees]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=09e205fe60f074e143298e306431cb62b60a890c][Bind vc-rename-file to C-x v R]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=2143969580eb3ddcc0bda180800cb90cbe468c7c][; * etc/NEWS: Move 'exec-path' entry to its proper place.]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=eb9ec79c13f17d610fcb6de49628b8a7686fbab7][PATH defaults now act more like GNU and POSIX]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=5a7a12d7920a94edea175871235c5013f0c73e3c][Add function exec-suffixes]]
- New packages:
- https://melpa.org/#/claude-code: Run Claude Code sessions (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/gt: Translation framework, configurable and scalable (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/helm-raindrop: Raindrop.io with helm interface (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/org-agenda-dock: Integrate org-mode with Gnome's Dock or KDE's taskbar (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/outli: Org-like code outliner (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/scratch-plus: Better Scratch Buffer Behavior (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/zathura: Summary (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://www.reddit.com/r/planetemacs][r/planetemacs]], [[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/2025-07][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!
