2025-08-18 Emacs news
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(let's try this with less punctuation...)
- Emacs 30:
- Emacs 30.2 Release Announcement
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-08/msg00493.html (FTP
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/, Windows binaries
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/emacs-30/?C=M;O=D, Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mq6btk/emacs_302_release_announcement/,
HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44926646, lobste.rs
https://lobste.rs/s/vqd2oj/emacs_30_2_is_here, Irreal
https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13197) - bugfix release
- Help wanted:
- Emacs Stack Exchange is looking for moderators
https://emacs.stackexchange.com/election/5 (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mruyg4/emacs_stack_exchange_is_looking_for_moderators/)
- Need someone to step up to maintain thread-related code
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-08/msg00536.html (Eli wants
to stop overseeing it
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-08/msg00564.html)
- GNUStep testers needed for patch for priority C-g processing on NS
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-08/msg00469.html (event
loop details
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-08/msg00494.html)
- Upcoming events (iCal file
https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics, Org
https://emacslife.com/calendar/):
- M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Wed Aug 20 0800
America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT
- 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
- Emacs APAC: Emacs APAC meetup (virtual)
https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/announcements/ Sat Aug 23 0130 America/Vancouver -
0330 America/Chicago - 0430 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT - 1030 Europe/Berlin
- 1400 Asia/Kolkata - 1630 Asia/Singapore
- EmacsSF (in person): coffee.el in SF
https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/310514138/ Sat Aug 23 1100
America/Los_Angeles
- Emacs Berlin (hybrid, in English) https://emacs-berlin.org/ Wed Aug 27
0930 America/Vancouver - 1130 America/Chicago - 1230 America/Toronto - 1630
Etc/GMT - 1830 Europe/Berlin - 2200 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Aug 28 0030
Asia/Singapore
- Emacs configuration:
- OC I created "Package Upgrade Guard" - a diff-checking tool for package
upgrades https://github.com/kn66/package-upgrade-guard.el (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mrvgmn/oc_i_created_package_upgrade_guard_a_diffchecking/)
- a minor mode inspired by meow https://github.com/zhuzhonghua/mm-mode
(Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mqqwya/a_minor_mode_inspired_by_meow/)
- modal editing keys
- Supreme Sexp System 3.3.22 - SSS - a Lisp machine adventure - Dracula
palette, quality of life improvements https://codeberg.org/jjba23/sss
(@[email protected]
https://mastodon.social/@sss_project/115017847992122245)
- Emacs Lisp:
- Exemplify-ERT — Clean examples that double as ERT declarations (Emacs
package) — Listful Andrew
https://flandrew.srht.site/listful/sw-emacs-exemplify-ert.html
(@[email protected] https://todon.nl/@mousebot/115044461887293645)
- compile-angel.el (Release 1.1.2) - Accelerate Emacs by Byte-compiling and
Native-compiling all Elisp files
https://github.com/jamescherti/compile-angel.el (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mqzu3z/compileangelel_release_112_accelerate_emacs_by/)
- add support for detecting no-byte-compile
- isamert/egnuplot: Composable Gnuplot macro for Emacs Lisp
https://github.com/isamert/egnuplot (@[email protected]
https://mastodon.social/@isamert/115044500403121961)
- Building Emacs UI for the Scheme test runner https://youtu.be/LQ8z9ZKmzEc
(@[email protected] https://fosstodon.org/@abcdw/115025842076685354)
- Ep692 Emacs Lisp Find Replace Greek Chars, Multiple Pairs Algorithm,
Feedback Loop Problem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOGFnnyGsZo (01:08:01)
- Timestamp Files - Emacs Lisp | lesson 14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAvSavIfA3U (09:22)
- Make An Emacs Buffer Pops Up Upon Asynchronous Response | lesson 12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TioEQ22_GJc (11:23)
- Listful Andrew: What is Pansymbolic? And why would you, Emacs package
developer, care? https://flandrew.srht.site/listful/what-is-pansymbolic.html
- Listful Andrew: You using Pansymbolic: examples
https://flandrew.srht.site/listful/you-using-pansymbolic-examples.html
- Appearance:
- Emacs toggle transparency with interactive function
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mrqi6p/emacs_toggle_transparency_with_interactive/
- New Theme for Emacs - Cacao-Theme
https://github.com/Michael-Garibaldi/Cacao-theme/tree/main?tab=readme-ov-file
(Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ms9omo/new_theme_for_emacs_cacaotheme/)
- Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: in-development "doric-beach" and
"doric-valley" themes
https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-08-17-emacs-doric-beach-and-doric-valley-themes/
- Navigation:
- Fixing Emacs Page Navigation
http://yummymelon.com/devnull/fixing-emacs-page-navigation.html (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mopid1/fixing_emacs_page_navigation/,
Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13195)
- James Dyer: Fast Recent File Navigation in Emacs
https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20250815071935-emacs--fast-file-navigation-in-emacs/
(Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13202)
- Imitating framemove in SwayWM
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mtfogo/imitating_framemove_in_swaywm/
- Org Mode:
- fediverse username custom Org link type
https://github.com/masukomi/masuconfigs/blob/master/.config/doom/custom/fediverse-links.el
(@[email protected]
https://connectified.com/@masukomi/115050208596682931)
- I made a package to fetch and manage Gmail threads directly in Org Mode:
org-gmail https://github.com/balaramadurai/org-gmail (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mqtdxg/i_made_a_package_to_fetch_and_manage_gmail/)
- Deploy org-beamer slides to gitlab pages via CI
https://www.draketo.de/software/org-mode-tipps#org-beamer-deploy-gitlab-pages
- ox-leanpub: patch for fixed handling of custom LEANPUB_BOOK_OUTPUT_DIR
https://gitlab.com/zzamboni/ox-leanpub/-/merge_requests/2
(@[email protected]
https://connectified.com/@masukomi/115051879284609265)
- phil/org-infosec: An example of using org-mode for information security/
IT - Phil's Git https://git.bajsicki.com/phil/org-infosec
- marcuskammer/user-centered-development-book: Book about user-centered
development for SaaS - code.metalisp.dev
https://code.metalisp.dev/marcuskammer/user-centered-development-book (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mp7ujh/publish_pdf_docs_using_emacs_orgmode_latex_and/)
- Exported from Org
- dock.el https://github.com/hron/dock.el and org-agenda-dock
https://github.com/hron/org-agenda-dock - Seamless Emacs + Dock Integration
(Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mtf4we/dockel_and_orgagendadock_seamless_emacs_dock/)
- Artawower/raindrop.el: Raindrop integration for OrgMode
https://github.com/Artawower/raindrop.el (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mphgvt/raindropel_org_mode_search_editing_integration/)
- bookmarks
- tanrax/org-social: Org-social is a decentralized social network that runs
on an Org Mode file over HTTP. https://github.com/tanrax/org-social (HN
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44889354)
- Org development:
- lisp/ob-csharp.el: Include support for evaluating C# code blocks
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=526a7d1cc65409d5546b009f54fed28726a9457d
- Denote:
- Add keyword to Denote filename
https://social.sachachua.com/fileserver/01J7WFCH607M5F65AX513WCAQJ/attachment/small/01K2J78QY3CR594GWXE6RHNS45.jpeg
(@[email protected] https://mastodon.social/@Cnoceda/115022610169184073)
- Integrating GPTel and Denote https://github.com/pprevos/gptel-denote
(Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mrpema/integrating_gptel_and_denote/)
- Coding:
- Modern Emacs Part 2: Project.el, Eglot and Corfu - VOD - YouTube
https://youtu.be/GzQNdpd0D-4?feature=shared
- Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: sxhkdrc-mode version 1.2.0
https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-08-14-emacs-sxhkdrc-mode-1-2-0/
- Web:
- Migration from Pocket and Hatena Bookmark to Raindrop.io (and Creating
helm-raindrop.el) - DEV Community
https://dev.to/masutaka/migration-from-pocket-and-hatena-bookmark-to-raindropio-and-creating-helm-raindropel-5f76
- Emacs helm-raindrop.el demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te8OTzM4V3A
(00:35)
- Lars Ingebrigtsen: Filtering data centres from web stats
https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2025/08/16/filtering-data-centres-from-web-stats/
- Edite texto no seu navegador usando o Emacs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9scNUayMIxs (10:04)
- Mail, news, and chat:
- The emacs.social Mastodon server continues to be available (thanks,
@[email protected])
https://emacs.social/@runlevelrobot/115018867853464188
- mu4e: code for finding all unread messages from the same sender
https://bsky.app/profile/xenodium.bsky.social/post/3lwcdlau3f227
- Multimedia:
- Marcin Borkowski: Cutting clips from videos with Emacs
https://mbork.pl/2025-08-18_Cutting_clips_from_videos_with_Emacs
- Fun:
- Kaomel: a snappy kaomoji picker for Emacs
https://zwit.link/posts/kaomel-emacs-package/ (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mpbe6f/kaomel_a_snappy_kaomoji_picker_for_emacs/)
- chip-8 emulator running in emacs
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mnniya/chip8_emulator_running_in_emacs/
- AI:
- How To Handle API Errors From OpenAI - Emacs Lisp | lesson 13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO-ErrL1EpY (11:11)
- Pure Elisp MCP server for Emacs
https://github.com/rhblind/emacs-mcp-server (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mt4kiq/pure_elisp_mcp_server_for_emacs/)
- Community:
- Fortnightly Tips, Tricks, and Questions — 2025-08-12 / week 32
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mnxffy/fortnightly_tips_tricks_and_questions_20250812/
- Zac Romero: Elevator Pitch for Emacs: like the terminal with added
dimensions https://zacromero.com/post/emacs-elevator-pitch/
- first week with emacs https://skoove.dev/blog/emacs-week-1/ (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1msgeog/first_week_with_emacs/)
- Protesilaos Stavrou: Prot Asks: Arni about Emacs, no distractions,
socialising, and self-expression through art
https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-08-13-prot-asks-arni-emacs-no-distractions-art/
- Protesilaos Stavrou: Prot Asks: Erik about Emacs since the 1990s, Oregon
and Portland, and podcasting
https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-08-17-prot-asks-erik-emacs-1990s-portland-oregon-podcasting/
- All ATC message routing in Germany was done through Emacs (2021)
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/lly7po/comment/gnvzisy/ (lobste.rs
https://lobste.rs/s/giy0kl/all_atc_message_routing_germany_was_done)
- The Code Editor Wars: A Dev’s Guide to Surviving 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HycaJwHqs5M (02:25)
- Matt from The Linux Cast on macOS, NixOS, Emacs & More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4mzxJROCFk (02:23:43) (~ 0:48 or so)
- Other:
- Donovan R.: My Emacs journey (4) - Weird Yet Amazing Modes
https://donovan-ratefison.mg/2025/08/17/Weird-Yet-Amazing-Modes-In-Emacs/ -
svg-clock, artist-mode, follow-mode
- Recommendation for Android: termux + syncthing + Emacs + Spacemacs + 8vim
keyboard https://sopuli.xyz/post/32273165
- Arkadiusz Świętnicki prezentuje działanie edytora Emacs oraz narzędzia
Emacspeak... https://tyflopodcast.net/emacs/
- Emacs development:
- emacs-devel:
- Re: C-g responsiveness expectations (NSApp, maybe more)
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-08/msg00480.html
- NSApp: Investigating memory usage anomalies
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-08/msg00530.html
- VC: New commands for incoming and outgoing fileset diffs
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=da3973b657db46501e650fb4af4a4f3bb07c77fd
- whitespace-mode: New style to prettify page delimiters characters.
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=997461f48497e67ca4913ad18ae7d6d3562459d7
- Add support for updating *Completions* as you type
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=4d90bdb385a23b26ddecae04b92e5557be172d27
- New user option 'treesit-enabled-modes' (bug#79180)
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=0ac3a1f26c6c02d0a81290dba4d30d57e5bd92f1
- tab-line: Allow to hide excluded buffers in the tab line. (Bug#79159)
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8f08cb386efa989d75d10b95b26999b8ff38cb72
- New packages:
- automoji https://melpa.org/#/automoji: Discord-like emoji completion
(MELPA)
- hotdesk https://melpa.org/#/hotdesk: Flexible frame Buffer Lists for
projects & workspaces (MELPA)
- iso-date https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/iso-date.html: Utilities for
working with ISO dates (GNU ELPA)
- pomo-cat https://melpa.org/#/pomo-cat: Pomodoro timer with cat-themed
breaks (MELPA)
If you're looking for something to write about, consider this month's Emacs
Carnival theme: your elevator pitch for Emacs
https://takeonrules.com/2025/08/01/emacs-carnival-2025-08-your-elevator-pitch-for-emacs/.
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/2025-08. 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!
* 2025-08-18 Emacs news
- Emacs 30:
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-08/msg00493.html][Emacs 30.2 Release Announcement]] ([[https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/][FTP]], [[https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/emacs-30/?C=M;O=D][Windows binaries]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mq6btk/emacs_302_release_announcement/][Reddit]], [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44926646][HN]], [[https://lobste.rs/s/vqd2oj/emacs_30_2_is_here][lobste.rs]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13197][Irreal]]) - bugfix release
- Help wanted:
- [[https://emacs.stackexchange.com/election/5][Emacs Stack Exchange is looking for moderators]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mruyg4/emacs_stack_exchange_is_looking_for_moderators/][Reddit]])
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-08/msg00536.html][Need someone to step up to maintain thread-related code]] ([[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-08/msg00564.html][Eli wants to stop overseeing it]])
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-08/msg00469.html][GNUStep testers needed for patch for priority C-g processing on NS]] ([[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-08/msg00494.html][event loop details]])
- Upcoming events ([[https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics][iCal file]], [[https://emacslife.com/calendar/][Org]]):
- M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Wed Aug 20 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
- Emacs APAC: Emacs APAC meetup (virtual) https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/announcements/ Sat Aug 23 0130 America/Vancouver - 0330 America/Chicago - 0430 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT - 1030 Europe/Berlin - 1400 Asia/Kolkata - 1630 Asia/Singapore
- EmacsSF (in person): coffee.el in SF https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/310514138/ Sat Aug 23 1100 America/Los_Angeles
- Emacs Berlin (hybrid, in English) https://emacs-berlin.org/ Wed Aug 27 0930 America/Vancouver - 1130 America/Chicago - 1230 America/Toronto - 1630 Etc/GMT - 1830 Europe/Berlin - 2200 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Aug 28 0030 Asia/Singapore
- Emacs configuration:
- [[https://github.com/kn66/package-upgrade-guard.el][[OC] I created "Package Upgrade Guard" - a diff-checking tool for package upgrades]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mrvgmn/oc_i_created_package_upgrade_guard_a_diffchecking/][Reddit]])
- [[https://github.com/zhuzhonghua/mm-mode][a minor mode inspired by meow]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mqqwya/a_minor_mode_inspired_by_meow/][Reddit]]) - modal editing keys
- [[https://codeberg.org/jjba23/sss][Supreme Sexp System 3.3.22 - SSS - a Lisp machine adventure - Dracula palette, quality of life improvements]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@sss_project/115017847992122245][@[email protected]]])
- Emacs Lisp:
- [[https://flandrew.srht.site/listful/sw-emacs-exemplify-ert.html][Exemplify-ERT — Clean examples that double as ERT declarations (Emacs package) — Listful Andrew]] ([[https://todon.nl/@mousebot/115044461887293645][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://github.com/jamescherti/compile-angel.el][compile-angel.el (Release 1.1.2) - Accelerate Emacs by Byte-compiling and Native-compiling all Elisp files]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mqzu3z/compileangelel_release_112_accelerate_emacs_by/][Reddit]]) - add support for detecting no-byte-compile
- [[https://github.com/isamert/egnuplot][isamert/egnuplot: Composable Gnuplot macro for Emacs Lisp]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@isamert/115044500403121961][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://youtu.be/LQ8z9ZKmzEc][Building Emacs UI for the Scheme test runner]] ([[https://fosstodon.org/@abcdw/115025842076685354][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOGFnnyGsZo][Ep692 Emacs Lisp Find Replace Greek Chars, Multiple Pairs Algorithm, Feedback Loop Problem]] (01:08:01)
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAvSavIfA3U][Timestamp Files - Emacs Lisp | lesson 14]] (09:22)
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TioEQ22_GJc][Make An Emacs Buffer Pops Up Upon Asynchronous Response | lesson 12]] (11:23)
- [[https://flandrew.srht.site/listful/what-is-pansymbolic.html][Listful Andrew: What is Pansymbolic? And why would you, Emacs package developer, care?]]
- [[https://flandrew.srht.site/listful/you-using-pansymbolic-examples.html][Listful Andrew: You using Pansymbolic: examples]]
- Appearance:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mrqi6p/emacs_toggle_transparency_with_interactive/][Emacs toggle transparency with interactive function]]
- [[https://github.com/Michael-Garibaldi/Cacao-theme/tree/main?tab=readme-ov-file][New Theme for Emacs - Cacao-Theme]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ms9omo/new_theme_for_emacs_cacaotheme/][Reddit]])
- [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-08-17-emacs-doric-beach-and-doric-valley-themes/][Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: in-development "doric-beach" and "doric-valley" themes]]
- Navigation:
- [[http://yummymelon.com/devnull/fixing-emacs-page-navigation.html][Fixing Emacs Page Navigation]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mopid1/fixing_emacs_page_navigation/][Reddit]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13195][Irreal]])
- [[https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20250815071935-emacs--fast-file-navigation-in-emacs/][James Dyer: Fast Recent File Navigation in Emacs]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13202][Irreal]])
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mtfogo/imitating_framemove_in_swaywm/][Imitating framemove in SwayWM]]
- Org Mode:
- [[https://github.com/masukomi/masuconfigs/blob/master/.config/doom/custom/fediverse-links.el][fediverse username custom Org link type]] ([[https://connectified.com/@masukomi/115050208596682931][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://github.com/balaramadurai/org-gmail][I made a package to fetch and manage Gmail threads directly in Org Mode: org-gmail]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mqtdxg/i_made_a_package_to_fetch_and_manage_gmail/][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.draketo.de/software/org-mode-tipps#org-beamer-deploy-gitlab-pages][Deploy org-beamer slides to gitlab pages via CI]]
- [[https://gitlab.com/zzamboni/ox-leanpub/-/merge_requests/2][ox-leanpub: patch for fixed handling of custom LEANPUB_BOOK_OUTPUT_DIR]] ([[https://connectified.com/@masukomi/115051879284609265][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://git.bajsicki.com/phil/org-infosec][phil/org-infosec: An example of using org-mode for information security/ IT - Phil's Git]]
- [[https://code.metalisp.dev/marcuskammer/user-centered-development-book][marcuskammer/user-centered-development-book: Book about user-centered development for SaaS - code.metalisp.dev]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mp7ujh/publish_pdf_docs_using_emacs_orgmode_latex_and/][Reddit]]) - Exported from Org
- [[https://github.com/hron/dock.el][dock.el]] and [[https://github.com/hron/org-agenda-dock][org-agenda-dock]] - Seamless Emacs + Dock Integration ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mtf4we/dockel_and_orgagendadock_seamless_emacs_dock/][Reddit]])
- [[https://github.com/Artawower/raindrop.el][Artawower/raindrop.el: Raindrop integration for OrgMode]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mphgvt/raindropel_org_mode_search_editing_integration/][Reddit]]) - bookmarks
- [[https://github.com/tanrax/org-social][tanrax/org-social: Org-social is a decentralized social network that runs on an Org Mode file over HTTP.]] ([[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44889354][HN]])
- Org development:
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=526a7d1cc65409d5546b009f54fed28726a9457d][lisp/ob-csharp.el: Include support for evaluating C# code blocks]]
- Denote:
- [[https://social.sachachua.com/fileserver/01J7WFCH607M5F65AX513WCAQJ/attachment/small/01K2J78QY3CR594GWXE6RHNS45.jpeg][Add keyword to Denote filename]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@Cnoceda/115022610169184073][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://github.com/pprevos/gptel-denote][Integrating GPTel and Denote]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mrpema/integrating_gptel_and_denote/][Reddit]])
- Coding:
- [[https://youtu.be/GzQNdpd0D-4?feature=shared][Modern Emacs Part 2: Project.el, Eglot and Corfu - VOD - YouTube]]
- [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-08-14-emacs-sxhkdrc-mode-1-2-0/][Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: sxhkdrc-mode version 1.2.0]]
- Web:
- [[https://dev.to/masutaka/migration-from-pocket-and-hatena-bookmark-to-raindropio-and-creating-helm-raindropel-5f76][Migration from Pocket and Hatena Bookmark to Raindrop.io (and Creating helm-raindrop.el) - DEV Community]]
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te8OTzM4V3A][Emacs helm-raindrop.el demo]] (00:35)
- [[https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2025/08/16/filtering-data-centres-from-web-stats/][Lars Ingebrigtsen: Filtering data centres from web stats]]
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9scNUayMIxs][Edite texto no seu navegador usando o Emacs]] (10:04)
- Mail, news, and chat:
- [[https://emacs.social/@runlevelrobot/115018867853464188][The emacs.social Mastodon server continues to be available (thanks, @[email protected])]]
- [[https://bsky.app/profile/xenodium.bsky.social/post/3lwcdlau3f227][mu4e: code for finding all unread messages from the same sender]]
- Multimedia:
- [[https://mbork.pl/2025-08-18_Cutting_clips_from_videos_with_Emacs][Marcin Borkowski: Cutting clips from videos with Emacs]]
- Fun:
- [[https://zwit.link/posts/kaomel-emacs-package/][Kaomel: a snappy kaomoji picker for Emacs]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mpbe6f/kaomel_a_snappy_kaomoji_picker_for_emacs/][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mnniya/chip8_emulator_running_in_emacs/][chip-8 emulator running in emacs]]
- AI:
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO-ErrL1EpY][How To Handle API Errors From OpenAI - Emacs Lisp | lesson 13]] (11:11)
- [[https://github.com/rhblind/emacs-mcp-server][Pure Elisp MCP server for Emacs]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mt4kiq/pure_elisp_mcp_server_for_emacs/][Reddit]])
- Community:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mnxffy/fortnightly_tips_tricks_and_questions_20250812/][Fortnightly Tips, Tricks, and Questions — 2025-08-12 / week 32]]
- [[https://zacromero.com/post/emacs-elevator-pitch/][Zac Romero: Elevator Pitch for Emacs: like the terminal with added dimensions]]
- [[https://skoove.dev/blog/emacs-week-1/][first week with emacs]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1msgeog/first_week_with_emacs/][Reddit]])
- [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-08-13-prot-asks-arni-emacs-no-distractions-art/][Protesilaos Stavrou: Prot Asks: Arni about Emacs, no distractions, socialising, and self-expression through art]]
- [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-08-17-prot-asks-erik-emacs-1990s-portland-oregon-podcasting/][Protesilaos Stavrou: Prot Asks: Erik about Emacs since the 1990s, Oregon and Portland, and podcasting]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/lly7po/comment/gnvzisy/][All ATC message routing in Germany was done through Emacs (2021)]] ([[https://lobste.rs/s/giy0kl/all_atc_message_routing_germany_was_done][lobste.rs]])
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HycaJwHqs5M][The Code Editor Wars: A Dev’s Guide to Surviving 2025]] (02:25)
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4mzxJROCFk][Matt from The Linux Cast on macOS, NixOS, Emacs & More]] (02:23:43) (~ 0:48 or so)
- Other:
- [[https://donovan-ratefison.mg/2025/08/17/Weird-Yet-Amazing-Modes-In-Emacs/][Donovan R.: My Emacs journey (4) - Weird Yet Amazing Modes]] - svg-clock, artist-mode, follow-mode
- [[https://sopuli.xyz/post/32273165][Recommendation for Android: termux + syncthing + Emacs + Spacemacs + 8vim keyboard]]
- [[https://tyflopodcast.net/emacs/][Arkadiusz Świętnicki prezentuje działanie edytora Emacs oraz narzędzia Emacspeak...]]
- Emacs development:
- emacs-devel:
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-08/msg00480.html][Re: C-g responsiveness expectations (NSApp, maybe more)]]
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-08/msg00530.html][NSApp: Investigating memory usage anomalies]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=da3973b657db46501e650fb4af4a4f3bb07c77fd][VC: New commands for incoming and outgoing fileset diffs]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=997461f48497e67ca4913ad18ae7d6d3562459d7][whitespace-mode: New style to prettify page delimiters characters.]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=4d90bdb385a23b26ddecae04b92e5557be172d27][Add support for updating *Completions* as you type]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=0ac3a1f26c6c02d0a81290dba4d30d57e5bd92f1][New user option 'treesit-enabled-modes' (bug#79180)]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8f08cb386efa989d75d10b95b26999b8ff38cb72][tab-line: Allow to hide excluded buffers in the tab line. (Bug#79159)]]
- New packages:
- https://melpa.org/#/automoji: Discord-like emoji completion (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/hotdesk: Flexible frame Buffer Lists for projects & workspaces (MELPA)
- https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/iso-date.html: Utilities for working with ISO dates (GNU ELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/pomo-cat: Pomodoro timer with cat-themed breaks (MELPA)
If you're looking for something to write about, consider this month's Emacs Carnival theme: [[https://takeonrules.com/2025/08/01/emacs-carnival-2025-08-your-elevator-pitch-for-emacs/][your elevator pitch for Emacs]].
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/2025-08][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!
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