2025-08-25 Emacs news
=====================
I'm experimenting with commentary and formatting! =) The Emacs Carnival
blogging theme of elevator pitch
https://takeonrules.com/2025/08/01/emacs-carnival-2025-08-your-elevator-pitch-for-emacs/
seems to have resonated with a lot of people: 18 entries so far, which is
perfect timing because there's also a new online book for Emacs beginners
https://github.com/cloudstreet-dev/Emacs-for-Goodness-Sake. Also, if you're
looking for a "Can your text editor do /this/?!" sort of example, there was a
lively discussion about clipping videos with Emacs
https://xenodium.com/emacs-as-your-video-trimming-tool on Hacker News
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44953316. (Be prepared for bewilderment,
though.) On the other hand, if you're here for serious stuff and want a
technical deep dive, check out Yuan Fu's post on Emacs tree-sitter integration
https://archive.casouri.cc/note/2025/emacs-tree-sitter-in-depth. Here are the
other links:
- Help wanted:
- London Emacs meetup looking for a meeting room
https://indieweb.social/@xenodium/115078114562903421
- Upcoming events (iCal file
https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics, Org
https://emacslife.com/calendar/):
- Emacs Berlin (hybrid, in English) //emacs-berlin.org/
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 Paris: S: Emacs workshop in Paris (online) //emacs-doctor.com/
https://emacs-doctor.com/ Tue Sep 2 0830 America/Vancouver - 1030
America/Chicago - 1130 America/Toronto - 1530 Etc/GMT - 1730 Europe/Berlin -
2100 Asia/Kolkata - 2330 Asia/Singapore
- EmacsATX: Emacs Social //www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/310417272/
https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/310417272/ Thu Sep 4 1600
America/Vancouver - 1800 America/Chicago - 1900 America/Toronto - 2300 Etc/GMT
-- Fri Sep 5 0100 Europe/Berlin - 0430 Asia/Kolkata - 0700 Asia/Singapore
- M-x Research: TBA //m-x-research.github.io/
https://m-x-research.github.io/ Fri Sep 5 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000
America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin -
2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
- Beginner:
- cloudstreet-dev/Emacs-for-Goodness-Sake: Emacs for Goodness' Sake
https://github.com/cloudstreet-dev/Emacs-for-Goodness-Sake
- Emacs configuration:
- standard-keys-mode: A minor mode for emulate "modern" and common
keybindings from modern editors
https://github.com/DevelopmentCool2449/standard-keys-mode (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1myjbrr/standardkeysmode_a_minor_mode_for_emulate_modern/)
- `OpenEmacs`, humanized and intuitive, simple Emacs configuration,
guides users to use Emacs immediately. https://github.com/ISouthRain/OpenEmacs
(Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1muhb4e/openemacs_humanized_and_intuitive_simple_emacs/)
- Yi Tang: Multiple Working Emacs
http://yitang.uk/emacs/2025/08/22/multiple-working-emacs/
- [OC] package-retry.el - Automatic retry for failed package
installations https://github.com/kn66/package-retry.el (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mveo4i/oc_packageretryel_automatic_retry_for_failed/)
- Emacs Lisp:
- [ANN] grid.el - Two-dimensional layout system for Emacs (Release 0.1)
https://github.com/ichernyshovvv/grid.el (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1myodc2/ann_gridel_twodimensional_layout_system_for_emacs/)
- [10] Emacs Reader's Development: Working on Partial & Tiled Rendering -
8/24/2025, 3:42:15 PM - Dyne.org TV https://tv.dyne.org/w/8pm7sK3oJq6U8CefdyUBpR
- Appearance:
- mastro35/year-1984-theme: a vintage theme for Emacs
https://github.com/mastro35/year-1984-theme/tree/main?tab=readme-ov-file
(@[email protected] https://hachyderm.io/@mastro35/115091966022866049)
- Book like grayscale light and dark themes for GNU Emacs
https://github.com/easimonenko/book-like-themes/
- Kitty/Emacs/Gnome theme switching
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1my1szw/kittyemacsgnome_theme_switching/
- Navigation:
- Jakub Nowak: Make Neotree "Tab-Local"
https://www.cyan.sh/blog/posts/make-neotree-tab-local.html
- Quickly navigate in man pages, using emacs, neovim or w3m.
https://codeberg.org/chimay/blog/src/commit/02bdd1d592f7130c2dd2cc13e35a63c551387e91/meta/man-pages.org
(Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mx79fe/quickly_navigate_in_man_pages_using_emacs_neovim/)
- g for subsection, r to follow link
- Org Mode:
- Stop renting your life - own it
https://curtismchale.ca/2025/08/23/stop-renting-your-life-own-it/ - Org Mode
and tasks
- TIL: Org Mode Can Sort Lists Automatically!
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1musbn8/til_org_mode_can_sort_lists_automatically/
C-c ^ (org-sort)
- Randy Ridenour: Creating Attendance Sheets with Org Mode
https://randyridenour.net/posts/2025-08-23-creating-attendance-sheets-with-org-mode.html
- Marcin Borkowski: Counting Org mode headlines
https://mbork.pl/2025-08-25_Counting_Org_mode_headlines
- Screenshots into emacs org files in Windows | Mark's Project Blog
https://blog.fixermark.com/posts/2025/screenshots-into-org-files-in-windows/
(@[email protected]
https://mastodon.fixermark.com/@mark/115055900816627265)
- Completion:
- completions-overlay.el Overlays for completion candidates
https://namilus.github.io/posts/completions-overlay-intro.html (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mtpb2m/completionsoverlayel_overlays_for_completion/)
- Coding:
- A new powerful Emacs workflow (a Neovim alternative)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=MouEAYdxEqA&si=x5i8XifuszJh9RYg (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mwsvtz/a_new_powerful_emacs_workflow_a_neovim_alternative/,
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MouEAYdxEqA 12:51)
- Review of Emacs tree-sitter integration
https://archive.casouri.cc/note/2025/emacs-tree-sitter-in-depth (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1much60/review_of_emacs_treesitter_integration/)
- Announcing subtree-package: interactively manage packages as git
subtrees https://github.com/djr7c4/subtree-package (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1muwq8h/announcing_subtreepackage_interactively_manage/)
- Math:
- BEESi: Emacs and R with Tree-sitter and LSP
https://schurch.ento.vt.edu/post/emacs_ess/ (@[email protected]
https://ecoevo.social/@schuemaa/115068857252229337)
- A proof of concept to put a better Emacs UI on top of Gnuplot
http://yummymelon.com/devnull/a-proof-of-concept-to-put-a-better-emacs-ui-on-top-of-gnuplot.html
(Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mzdibe/a_proof_of_concept_to_put_a_better_emacs_ui_on/,
@[email protected] https://sfba.social/@kickingvegas/115086797981488938)
- Web:
- TIL that EWW can launch POST requests directly
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mwge63/til_that_eww_can_launch_post_requests_directly/
- Multimedia:
- Marcin Borkowski: 2025-08-18 Cutting clips from videos with Emacs
https://mbork.pl/2025-08-18_Cutting_clips_from_videos_with_Emacs (Hackaday
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/22/video-clips-with-emacs/)
- Alvaro Ramirez: Emacs as your video-trimming tool
https://xenodium.com/emacs-as-your-video-trimming-tool (170 comments on HN
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44953316 including this humorous
one-upping
https://bsky.app/profile/ctietze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3lwsmlsecqdr2,
lobste.rs https://lobste.rs/s/c417pn/emacs_as_your_video_trimming_tool, Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mum40m/emacs_as_your_videotrimming_tool/,
Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13208, Github
https://github.com/xenodium/video-trimmer)
- Fun:
- My other email client is a daemon
https://feyor.sh/blog/my-other-email-client-is-a-mail-daemon/ (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mwk29p/my_other_email_client_is_a_daemon/)
- mu4e and nethack-el
- Listful Andrew: llamascii art
https://flandrew.srht.site/listful/llamascii-art.html
- Mail Amusements (GNU Emacs Manual)
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Mail-Amusements.html
(HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45005689)
- AI:
- A tiny upgrade to the LLM model picker
https://xenodium.com/a-tiny-upgrade-to-the-llm-model-picker
(@[email protected] https://indieweb.social/@xenodium/115090502741583209)
- Wiring Claude Code Into Emacs - System Crafters Live!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N5FVSSQGYs (01:45:40)
- S1E8: Show And Tell: Efrit: When Steve Gives Claude Full Access To 50
Years of Emacs Capabilities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJUyVVFOXOc (40:14)
- Community:
- New: search.emacslife.com https://search.emacslife.com/search
(Announcement https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/2025-08-22)
- Eric MacAdie: 2025-08 Austin Emacs Meetup
https://macadie.info/2025/08/19/2025-08-austin-emacs-meetup/
- Emacs Tip Jar: Weekly Prize Fund for People Who Do Good Emacs
https://prizeforge.com/#:~:text=we%20are%20piloting%20an%20Emacs%20Stream
(Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mzgi8a/emacs_tip_jar_weekly_prize_fund_for_people_who_do/)
- Elevator pitches:
- M-x apropos Emacs: Elevator pitch
https://www.matem.unam.mx/~omar/apropos-emacs.html#elevator-pitch
(@[email protected] https://mathstodon.xyz/@oantolin/115066955008031013)
- Emacs – The Editor of the Revolution
https://chegnuevara.codeberg.page/emacs-the-editor-of-the-revolution.html
(@[email protected]
https://mastodon.social/@realCheGnuevara/115073197411115642)
- Charles Choi: Emacs Elevator Pitch
https://xenodium.com/emacs-elevator-pitch (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mw5qjj/emacs_elevator_pitch/, Irreal
https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13210)
- Jeremy Friesen: Elevator Pitches for Emacs
https://takeonrules.com/2025/08/20/elevator-pitches-for-emacs/ (Irreal
https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13213)
- Ross A. Baker: Emacs Elevator Pitch
https://rossabaker.com/blog/emacs-elevator-pitch/
- bare metal (the emacs essay) | wax banks
https://waxbanks.wordpress.com/2025/08/01/bare-metal-the-emacs-essay/
- Emacs is violent passion
https://mihaiolteanu.me/emacs-is-violent-passion (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mvccb7/emacs_is_violent_passion/,
lobste.rs https://lobste.rs/s/sufmir/emacs_is_violent_passion)
- My Elevator Pitch for Emacs
https://goritskov.com/posts/elevator_pitch.html
- emacs elevator pitch
https://notes.neeasade.net/emacs-elevator-pitch.html
- Emacs carnival: Elevator pitch (or /How I learned to love RSS for
the fediverse/) https://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucecesf/blog/20250812.html
- Emacs as an alternative computing paradigm
https://boraxman.strangled.net/articles/emacselevatorpitch/
- Adventures with Emacs - high12noon blog
https://high12noon.neocities.org/emacs-adventures#carnival-2025-08
- Elevator pitch for Emacs (Discurso de ascensor para Emacs)
https://www.finaprosadigital.com/2025-08-06-elevator-pitch-for-emacs-(discurso-de-ascensor-para-emacs).html
- Interviews:
- Protesilaos Stavrou: Prot Asks: Dimos about Emacs
interconnectedness, collective work, and The Conspiracy Club
https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-08-20-prot-asks-dimos-emacs-interconenctedness-collective-work-conspiracies/
(YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5KV_P7K73Y 01:12:57)
- Protesilaos Stavrou: Prot Asks: Ronnie about free software,
privacy, parenting, and life in Iraqi Kurdistan
https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-08-25-prot-asks-ronnie-free-software-privacy-parenting-iraqi-kurdistan/
(YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvWSGzfR1wA)
- Amin Bandali: Lispy Gopher Climate with screwlisp
https://kelar.org/~bandali/2025/08/20/lispy-gopher-climate.html
- Other:
- Tip about using rectangular selection to copy columns from ASCII tables
https://mastodo.neoliber.al/@petes_bread_eqn_xls/115051055765761794
- rtrppl/emacs-trans: Emacs wrapper for translate-shell.
https://github.com/rtrppl/emacs-trans (@[email protected]
https://mastodon.social/@laotang/115079989961737682)
- pivaldi/emacs-passfile: Very simple Emacs package allowing to view and
edit securely a GnuPG encrypted file https://github.com/pivaldi/emacs-passfile
(@[email protected] https://fosstodon.org/@_PI_/115091495677983430)
- Termux APK signed for Android Emacs, works on Android 15
https://github.com/johanwiden/termux-for-android-emacs (Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mw7qn2/termux_apk_signed_for_android_emacs_works_on/)
- Emacs development:
- Feedback Directed Optimization of Emacs With Clang For Great Justice
https://github.com/positron-solutions/posimacs/blob/master/posimacs.nix#L50-L81
(Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mzml2c/feedback_directed_optimization_of_emacs_with/)
- emacs-devel:
- Should we add a section about "Semantic Linefeed Filling" to the
Emacs user manual?
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-08/msg00686.html
- Dmitry and Spencer volunteering to help with threads, yay
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-08/msg00662.html
- More Nextstep details Re: Emacs-mac as an alternative to NS
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-08/msg00602.html
- Copyleft considerations re: LLVM and MacOS
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-08/msg00671.html
- use-package: Discussion of potential :hook-after/:hook-add/:hook*
keyword https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-08/msg00706.html
- Merge remote-tracking branch 'savannah/master' into master-android-1
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=2852967233e3d5e43f8f248b1ce06916e5459d9e
- * etc/NEWS: Mention 'lua-mode' merge.
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=38a07757425c711e037c526f2c76d342a81e7c17
- Disallow string data resizing (bug#79784)
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=308e3ab1dbd9633b843541af55d77c82b725df02
- Have project-switch-to-buffer use a distinct completion category
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=bb0ede711eb630e3cc4b02316bf76079ce760de6
- Add NEWS entry for project-switch-buffer change from bug#77312
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=b2186b5c20d2978a09f19ba7c2da3090eeea5bb5
- Use better temporary file names under 'file-precious-flag'
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8e9277042c73b9029c84917ac0021f8f6aeefa3b
- flymake: stop trying to automatically fall back to margins
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=aae9eddb58a618d9a90dcd4232688b31b0df9f81
- project: Improve pruning of zombie projects.
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ade6608e2587452c8ea565ce3057879379ebd0b5
- Speed up JSON parsing by not maintaining line and column (bug#79192)
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=c04553f655a05810f02dd77dac4f544018158e94
- Rename some incoming & outgoing diff commands
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=c60db19ee2376b5f8fab667511144d902108d976
- New packages:
- bracket-face https://melpa.org/#/bracket-face: A face for brackets
(MELPA)
- cond-let https://melpa.org/#/cond-let: Additional and improved binding
conditionals (MELPA)
- electric-list-directory https://melpa.org/#/electric-list-directory:
Lightweight popup directory browser (MELPA)
- eprolog https://melpa.org/#/eprolog: Native Prolog engine
implementation (MELPA)
- lobsters https://melpa.org/#/lobsters: A Lobsters client (MELPA)
- ol-bible https://melpa.org/#/ol-bible: Org Link support for Bible
Passages (MELPA)
- org-srs https://melpa.org/#/org-srs: A flexible spaced repetition
system for Org-mode (MELPA)
- parenthesis-face https://melpa.org/#/parenthesis-face: A face for
parentheses (MELPA)
- project-cmake https://melpa.org/#/project-cmake: A cmake backend for
project.el (MELPA)
- rcirc-mentions https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/rcirc-mentions.html: Log
mentions of your nick or keywords in a separate buffer (GNU 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, 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/2025-08. Thanks to Andrés
Ramírez for emacs-devel links. Do you have an Emacs-related link or
announcement? Please e-mail me at [email protected]
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* 2025-08-25 Emacs news
I'm experimenting with commentary and formatting! =) The Emacs Carnival blogging theme of [[https://takeonrules.com/2025/08/01/emacs-carnival-2025-08-your-elevator-pitch-for-emacs/][elevator pitch]] seems to have resonated with a lot of people: 18 entries so far, which is perfect timing because there's also a new [[https://github.com/cloudstreet-dev/Emacs-for-Goodness-Sake][online book for Emacs beginners]]. Also, if you're looking for a "Can your text editor do /this/?!" sort of example, there was a lively discussion [[https://xenodium.com/emacs-as-your-video-trimming-tool][about clipping videos with Emacs]] on [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44953316][Hacker News]]. (Be prepared for bewilderment, though.) On the other hand, if you're here for serious stuff and want a technical deep dive, check out Yuan Fu's post on [[https://archive.casouri.cc/note/2025/emacs-tree-sitter-in-depth][Emacs tree-sitter integration]]. Here are the other links:
- Help wanted:
- [[https://indieweb.social/@xenodium/115078114562903421][London Emacs meetup looking for a meeting room]]
- 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 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 Paris: S: Emacs workshop in Paris (online) https://emacs-doctor.com/ Tue Sep 2 0830 America/Vancouver - 1030 America/Chicago - 1130 America/Toronto - 1530 Etc/GMT - 1730 Europe/Berlin - 2100 Asia/Kolkata - 2330 Asia/Singapore
- EmacsATX: Emacs Social https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/310417272/ Thu Sep 4 1600 America/Vancouver - 1800 America/Chicago - 1900 America/Toronto - 2300 Etc/GMT -- Fri Sep 5 0100 Europe/Berlin - 0430 Asia/Kolkata - 0700 Asia/Singapore
- M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Fri Sep 5 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
- Beginner:
- [[https://github.com/cloudstreet-dev/Emacs-for-Goodness-Sake][cloudstreet-dev/Emacs-for-Goodness-Sake: Emacs for Goodness' Sake]]
- Emacs configuration:
- [[https://github.com/DevelopmentCool2449/standard-keys-mode][standard-keys-mode: A minor mode for emulate "modern" and common keybindings from modern editors]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1myjbrr/standardkeysmode_a_minor_mode_for_emulate_modern/][Reddit]])
- [[https://github.com/ISouthRain/OpenEmacs][`OpenEmacs`, humanized and intuitive, simple Emacs configuration, guides users to use Emacs immediately.]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1muhb4e/openemacs_humanized_and_intuitive_simple_emacs/][Reddit]])
- [[http://yitang.uk/emacs/2025/08/22/multiple-working-emacs/][Yi Tang: Multiple Working Emacs]]
- [[https://github.com/kn66/package-retry.el][[OC] package-retry.el - Automatic retry for failed package installations]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mveo4i/oc_packageretryel_automatic_retry_for_failed/][Reddit]])
- Emacs Lisp:
- [[https://github.com/ichernyshovvv/grid.el][[ANN] grid.el - Two-dimensional layout system for Emacs (Release 0.1)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1myodc2/ann_gridel_twodimensional_layout_system_for_emacs/][Reddit]])
- [[https://tv.dyne.org/w/8pm7sK3oJq6U8CefdyUBpR][[10] Emacs Reader's Development: Working on Partial & Tiled Rendering - 8/24/2025, 3:42:15 PM - Dyne.org TV]]
- Appearance:
- [[https://github.com/mastro35/year-1984-theme/tree/main?tab=readme-ov-file][mastro35/year-1984-theme: a vintage theme for Emacs]] ([[https://hachyderm.io/@mastro35/115091966022866049][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://github.com/easimonenko/book-like-themes/][Book like grayscale light and dark themes for GNU Emacs]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1my1szw/kittyemacsgnome_theme_switching/][Kitty/Emacs/Gnome theme switching]]
- Navigation:
- [[https://www.cyan.sh/blog/posts/make-neotree-tab-local.html][Jakub Nowak: Make Neotree "Tab-Local"]]
- [[https://codeberg.org/chimay/blog/src/commit/02bdd1d592f7130c2dd2cc13e35a63c551387e91/meta/man-pages.org][Quickly navigate in man pages, using emacs, neovim or w3m.]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mx79fe/quickly_navigate_in_man_pages_using_emacs_neovim/][Reddit]]) - g for subsection, r to follow link
- Org Mode:
- [[https://curtismchale.ca/2025/08/23/stop-renting-your-life-own-it/][Stop renting your life - own it]] - Org Mode and tasks
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1musbn8/til_org_mode_can_sort_lists_automatically/][TIL: Org Mode Can Sort Lists Automatically!]] C-c ^ (org-sort)
- [[https://randyridenour.net/posts/2025-08-23-creating-attendance-sheets-with-org-mode.html][Randy Ridenour: Creating Attendance Sheets with Org Mode]]
- [[https://mbork.pl/2025-08-25_Counting_Org_mode_headlines][Marcin Borkowski: Counting Org mode headlines]]
- [[https://blog.fixermark.com/posts/2025/screenshots-into-org-files-in-windows/][Screenshots into emacs org files in Windows | Mark's Project Blog]] ([[https://mastodon.fixermark.com/@mark/115055900816627265][@[email protected]]])
- Completion:
- [[https://namilus.github.io/posts/completions-overlay-intro.html][completions-overlay.el Overlays for completion candidates]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mtpb2m/completionsoverlayel_overlays_for_completion/][Reddit]])
- Coding:
- [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=MouEAYdxEqA&si=x5i8XifuszJh9RYg][A new powerful Emacs workflow (a Neovim alternative)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mwsvtz/a_new_powerful_emacs_workflow_a_neovim_alternative/][Reddit]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MouEAYdxEqA][YouTube]] 12:51)
- [[https://archive.casouri.cc/note/2025/emacs-tree-sitter-in-depth][Review of Emacs tree-sitter integration]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1much60/review_of_emacs_treesitter_integration/][Reddit]])
- [[https://github.com/djr7c4/subtree-package][Announcing subtree-package: interactively manage packages as git subtrees]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1muwq8h/announcing_subtreepackage_interactively_manage/][Reddit]])
- Math:
- [[https://schurch.ento.vt.edu/post/emacs_ess/][BEESi: Emacs and R with Tree-sitter and LSP]] ([[https://ecoevo.social/@schuemaa/115068857252229337][@[email protected]]])
- [[http://yummymelon.com/devnull/a-proof-of-concept-to-put-a-better-emacs-ui-on-top-of-gnuplot.html][A proof of concept to put a better Emacs UI on top of Gnuplot]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mzdibe/a_proof_of_concept_to_put_a_better_emacs_ui_on/][Reddit]], [[https://sfba.social/@kickingvegas/115086797981488938][@[email protected]]])
- Web:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mwge63/til_that_eww_can_launch_post_requests_directly/][TIL that EWW can launch POST requests directly]]
- Multimedia:
- [[https://mbork.pl/2025-08-18_Cutting_clips_from_videos_with_Emacs][Marcin Borkowski: 2025-08-18 Cutting clips from videos with Emacs]] ([[https://hackaday.com/2025/08/22/video-clips-with-emacs/][Hackaday]])
- [[https://xenodium.com/emacs-as-your-video-trimming-tool][Alvaro Ramirez: Emacs as your video-trimming tool]] (170 comments on [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44953316][HN]] including this [[https://bsky.app/profile/ctietze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3lwsmlsecqdr2][humorous one-upping]], [[https://lobste.rs/s/c417pn/emacs_as_your_video_trimming_tool][lobste.rs]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mum40m/emacs_as_your_videotrimming_tool/][Reddit]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13208][Irreal]], [[https://github.com/xenodium/video-trimmer][Github]])
- Fun:
- [[https://feyor.sh/blog/my-other-email-client-is-a-mail-daemon/][My other email client is a daemon]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mwk29p/my_other_email_client_is_a_daemon/][Reddit]]) - mu4e and nethack-el
- [[https://flandrew.srht.site/listful/llamascii-art.html][Listful Andrew: llamascii art]]
- [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Mail-Amusements.html][Mail Amusements (GNU Emacs Manual)]] ([[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45005689][HN]])
- AI:
- [[https://xenodium.com/a-tiny-upgrade-to-the-llm-model-picker][A tiny upgrade to the LLM model picker]] ([[https://indieweb.social/@xenodium/115090502741583209][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N5FVSSQGYs][Wiring Claude Code Into Emacs - System Crafters Live!]] (01:45:40)
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJUyVVFOXOc][S1E8: Show And Tell: Efrit: When Steve Gives Claude Full Access To 50 Years of Emacs Capabilities]] (40:14)
- Community:
- [[https://search.emacslife.com/search][New: search.emacslife.com]] ([[https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/2025-08-22][Announcement]])
- [[https://macadie.info/2025/08/19/2025-08-austin-emacs-meetup/][Eric MacAdie: 2025-08 Austin Emacs Meetup]]
- [[https://prizeforge.com/#:~:text=we%20are%20piloting%20an%20Emacs%20Stream][Emacs Tip Jar: Weekly Prize Fund for People Who Do Good Emacs]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mzgi8a/emacs_tip_jar_weekly_prize_fund_for_people_who_do/][Reddit]])
- Elevator pitches:
- [[https://www.matem.unam.mx/~omar/apropos-emacs.html#elevator-pitch][M-x apropos Emacs: Elevator pitch]] ([[https://mathstodon.xyz/@oantolin/115066955008031013][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://chegnuevara.codeberg.page/emacs-the-editor-of-the-revolution.html][Emacs – The Editor of the Revolution]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@realCheGnuevara/115073197411115642][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://xenodium.com/emacs-elevator-pitch][Charles Choi: Emacs Elevator Pitch]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mw5qjj/emacs_elevator_pitch/][Reddit]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13210][Irreal]])
- [[https://takeonrules.com/2025/08/20/elevator-pitches-for-emacs/][Jeremy Friesen: Elevator Pitches for Emacs]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13213][Irreal]])
- [[https://rossabaker.com/blog/emacs-elevator-pitch/][Ross A. Baker: Emacs Elevator Pitch]]
- [[https://waxbanks.wordpress.com/2025/08/01/bare-metal-the-emacs-essay/][bare metal (the emacs essay) | wax banks]]
- [[https://mihaiolteanu.me/emacs-is-violent-passion][Emacs is violent passion]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mvccb7/emacs_is_violent_passion/][Reddit]], [[https://lobste.rs/s/sufmir/emacs_is_violent_passion][lobste.rs]])
- [[https://goritskov.com/posts/elevator_pitch.html][My Elevator Pitch for Emacs]]
- [[https://notes.neeasade.net/emacs-elevator-pitch.html][emacs elevator pitch]]
- [[https://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucecesf/blog/20250812.html][Emacs carnival: Elevator pitch (or /How I learned to love RSS for the fediverse/)]]
- [[https://boraxman.strangled.net/articles/emacselevatorpitch/][Emacs as an alternative computing paradigm]]
- [[https://high12noon.neocities.org/emacs-adventures#carnival-2025-08][Adventures with Emacs - high12noon blog]]
- [[https://www.finaprosadigital.com/2025-08-06-elevator-pitch-for-emacs-(discurso-de-ascensor-para-emacs).html][Elevator pitch for Emacs (Discurso de ascensor para Emacs)]]
- Interviews:
- [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-08-20-prot-asks-dimos-emacs-interconenctedness-collective-work-conspiracies/][Protesilaos Stavrou: Prot Asks: Dimos about Emacs interconnectedness, collective work, and The Conspiracy Club]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5KV_P7K73Y][YouTube]] 01:12:57)
- [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-08-25-prot-asks-ronnie-free-software-privacy-parenting-iraqi-kurdistan/][Protesilaos Stavrou: Prot Asks: Ronnie about free software, privacy, parenting, and life in Iraqi Kurdistan]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvWSGzfR1wA][YouTube]])
- [[https://kelar.org/~bandali/2025/08/20/lispy-gopher-climate.html][Amin Bandali: Lispy Gopher Climate with screwlisp]]
- Other:
- [[https://mastodo.neoliber.al/@petes_bread_eqn_xls/115051055765761794][Tip about using rectangular selection to copy columns from ASCII tables]]
- [[https://github.com/rtrppl/emacs-trans][rtrppl/emacs-trans: Emacs wrapper for translate-shell.]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@laotang/115079989961737682][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://github.com/pivaldi/emacs-passfile][pivaldi/emacs-passfile: Very simple Emacs package allowing to view and edit securely a GnuPG encrypted file]] ([[https://fosstodon.org/@_PI_/115091495677983430][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://github.com/johanwiden/termux-for-android-emacs][Termux APK signed for Android Emacs, works on Android 15]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mw7qn2/termux_apk_signed_for_android_emacs_works_on/][Reddit]])
- Emacs development:
- [[https://github.com/positron-solutions/posimacs/blob/master/posimacs.nix#L50-L81][Feedback Directed Optimization of Emacs With Clang For Great Justice]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1mzml2c/feedback_directed_optimization_of_emacs_with/][Reddit]])
- emacs-devel:
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-08/msg00686.html][Should we add a section about "Semantic Linefeed Filling" to the Emacs user manual?]]
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-08/msg00662.html][Dmitry and Spencer volunteering to help with threads, yay]]
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-08/msg00602.html][More Nextstep details Re: Emacs-mac as an alternative to NS]]
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-08/msg00671.html][Copyleft considerations re: LLVM and MacOS]]
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-08/msg00706.html][use-package: Discussion of potential :hook-after/:hook-add/:hook* keyword]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=2852967233e3d5e43f8f248b1ce06916e5459d9e][Merge remote-tracking branch 'savannah/master' into master-android-1]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=38a07757425c711e037c526f2c76d342a81e7c17][* etc/NEWS: Mention 'lua-mode' merge.]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=308e3ab1dbd9633b843541af55d77c82b725df02][Disallow string data resizing (bug#79784)]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=bb0ede711eb630e3cc4b02316bf76079ce760de6][Have project-switch-to-buffer use a distinct completion category]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=b2186b5c20d2978a09f19ba7c2da3090eeea5bb5][Add NEWS entry for project-switch-buffer change from bug#77312]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8e9277042c73b9029c84917ac0021f8f6aeefa3b][Use better temporary file names under 'file-precious-flag']]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=aae9eddb58a618d9a90dcd4232688b31b0df9f81][flymake: stop trying to automatically fall back to margins]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ade6608e2587452c8ea565ce3057879379ebd0b5][project: Improve pruning of zombie projects.]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=c04553f655a05810f02dd77dac4f544018158e94][Speed up JSON parsing by not maintaining line and column (bug#79192)]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=c60db19ee2376b5f8fab667511144d902108d976][Rename some incoming & outgoing diff commands]]
- New packages:
- [[package:bracket-face][bracket-face]]: A face for brackets (MELPA)
- [[package:cond-let][cond-let]]: Additional and improved binding conditionals (MELPA)
- [[package:electric-list-directory][electric-list-directory]]: Lightweight popup directory browser (MELPA)
- [[package:eprolog][eprolog]]: Native Prolog engine implementation (MELPA)
- [[package:lobsters][lobsters]]: A Lobsters client (MELPA)
- [[package:ol-bible][ol-bible]]: Org Link support for Bible Passages (MELPA)
- [[package:org-srs][org-srs]]: A flexible spaced repetition system for Org-mode (MELPA)
- [[package:parenthesis-face][parenthesis-face]]: A face for parentheses (MELPA)
- [[package:project-cmake][project-cmake]]: A cmake backend for project.el (MELPA)
- [[package:rcirc-mentions][rcirc-mentions]]: Log mentions of your nick or keywords in a separate buffer (GNU 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://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/2025-08][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!
