2025-10-20 Emacs news ===================== - Upcoming events (iCal file https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics, Org https://emacslife.com/calendar/): - Emacs APAC: Emacs APAC meetup (virtual) //emacs-apac.gitlab.io/announcements/ https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/announcements/ Sat Oct 25 0130 America/Vancouver - 0330 America/Chicago - 0430 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT - 1030 Europe/Berlin - 1400 Asia/Kolkata - 1630 Asia/Singapore - Emacs Berlin (hybrid, in English) //emacs-berlin.org/ https://emacs-berlin.org/ Wed Oct 29 1030 America/Vancouver - 1230 America/Chicago - 1330 America/Toronto - 1730 Etc/GMT - 1830 Europe/Berlin - 2300 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Oct 30 0130 Asia/Singapore - Formations Emacs en présenciel (à Paris) pour utilisateurs motivés https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1oaua81/formations_emacs_en_présenciel_à_paris_pour/ - Nov 24/25 or 27/28 - Beginner: - Emacs For Writers Unit 5: Basic File Management and Navigation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhjBvrENwVY (06:18) - Emacs Adventure | Exploring Vanilla Emacs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGEtK9JsfKc (06:50) - Emacs configuration: - Emacs as Microsoft Word killer part 3. Using Conditionals and Defvar to Simplify Multiple Configs Across Multiple Platforms. https://youtu.be/1kUqgYk_rrI (25:25) - FunMacs lightweight modular Emacs configuration https://github.com/mujaxso/funmacs (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o6c1nk/funmacs_lightweight_modular_emacs_configuration/, Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1oa8m46/funmacs_lightweight_modular_emacs_configuration/) - Medicated Emacs: A minimal, modern Emacs configuration that just works https://github.com/RolandMarchand/medicated-emacs (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o5ceuz/medicated_emacs_a_minimal_modern_emacs/, Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13336) - Emacs Lisp: - Uncrustify config for Emacs https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00465.html - On Emacs theme precedence https://ooblick.com/2025/10/on-emacs-theme-precedence/ - Small utility package: lisp-toggle-docstrings (self explanatory) https://github.com/gggion/lisp-docstring-toggle (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o84hh0/small_utility_package_lisptoggledocstrings_self/) - [13] Emacs Reader's Development: Working on unmerged PRs and Catching Up - 10/19/2025, 3:01:36 PM - Dyne.org TV https://tv.dyne.org/w/bK8m3KGWbqkNPu6XECZeav - Appearance: - Emacs Theme: Tomorrow-Night-Deepblue (Release 1.2.3): A beautiful deep blue variant of the Tomorrow Night theme, which is renowned for its elegant color palette that is pleasing to the eyes https://github.com/jamescherti/tomorrow-night-deepblue-theme.el (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1oateqk/emacs_theme_tomorrownightdeepblue_release_123_a/) - Navigation: - The outline-indent.el Emacs package: Effortless Indentation-Based Code Folding for Emacs, the Modern Successor to origami.el and yafolding.el (Release 1.1.4) https://github.com/jamescherti/outline-indent.el (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1oazdtq/the_outlineindentel_emacs_package_effortless/) - easysession.el Emacs package: Persist and Restore your Emacs Sessions effortlessly (Release 1.1.6) https://github.com/jamescherti/easysession.el (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1oaz5mc/easysessionel_emacs_package_persist_and_restore/) - Org Mode: - Directory-local Org Agendas https://blog.amypillow.net/emacs/dir-local-agendas.html - linkin-org, meet unbreakable links! https://github.com/Judafa/linkin-orgeakable_links/ (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o5ol31/linkinorg_meet_unbr) - (udpate) org-luhmann: Now support shortcut key https://i.redd.it/a2gm77p5i7vf1.png - dr.ops/keymacs: Tool that reads Org tables and creates Emacs keybindings from them - Codeberg.org https://codeberg.org/dr.ops/keymacs (@[email protected] https://masto.plaindrops.de/@spacecadet/115389973515654581) - Share with Org https://blog.amypillow.net/emacs/share-with-org - Android with Tasker (2024) - Jay_Mitchell/pf2e-homebrew - Codeberg.org https://codeberg.org/Jay_Mitchell/pf2e-homebrew - Org source for a homebrew RPG (@[email protected] https://ice.ch3.st/notes/adu3td3lis6l03xz) - Denote: - Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: Denote version 4.1.0 https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-10-17-emacs-denote-4-1-0/ - Coding: - Alvaro Ramirez: Bending Emacs - Episode 3: Git clone (the lazy way) https://xenodium.com/bending-emacs-episode-3-git-clone-the-lazy-way (YouTube https://youtu.be/oYHlH9NWraM, Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13340) - Linux Mint: Set Up Python, R , duckdb and Emacs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pSbRSDHtsY (35:51) - My first emacs package: lsp-cargo-feature-switcher https://github.com/ArthurHeymans/lsp-cargo-feature-switcher (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o8b2cz/my_first_emacs_package_lspcargofeatureswitcher/) - Web: - Simple elisp snippet for validating links in MD/HTML/... files https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o8it2s/simple_elisp_snippet_for_validating_links_in/ - Mail, news, and chat: - Slack search with results in Org-mode buffer. https://github.com/agzam/slack-search.el (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ob46as/slack_search_with_results_in_orgmode_buffer/) - Multimedia: - Norm: SVG? https://so.nwalsh.com/2025/10/19-svg - tusharhero: SVG? Yes! https://tusharhero.codeberg.page/svg_yes.html - Fun: - nethack-el version 0.15.0 released https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o60kvj/nethackel_version_0150_released/ - AI: - (released) superchat 0.4: add a simple workflow excutor https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o5ei92/released_superchat_04_add_a_simple_workflow/ - dm-gptel-simple-org-memory.el: an MCP tool use your org-notes as context https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ob4r81/dmgptelsimpleorgmemoryel_an_mcp_tool_use_your/ - Fulltext, semantic text and image search in Emacs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t879-fipgtg (18:20) - Community: - Protesilaos Stavrou: Prot Asks: Ovi about Clojure development and business, Emacs, and AI https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-10-15-prot-asks-ovi-clojure-emacs-ai/ - How to use Emacs on the go https://www.youtube.com/shorts/flYs1fwwACk (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o9m0oh/how_to_use_emacs_on_the_go/, Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13347) - Other: - Alvaro Ramirez: Emacs time-zones https://xenodium.com/emacs-time-zones-mode (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1oarhkl/a_new_world_clock_package/) - GitHub - haji-ali/pretend-type: Reveal emacs buffer as you pretend to type https://github.com/haji-ali/pretend-type (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o85f80/github_hajialipretendtype_reveal_emacs_buffer_as/) - Emacs in the terminal: keybindings, client and more | Gribouillis https://blog.natfu.be/emacs-in-terminal-ergonomics/ (HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45638702) - skangas/mentor: mentor is a GNU Emacs frontend for the rTorrent bittorrent client. https://github.com/skangas/mentor (@[email protected] https://mastodon.social/@onokoto/115383866739943435) - Emacs development: - emacs-devel: continued discussion of cond-let* https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00474.html - Add any and all (bug#79611) https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=d1b3eb7eec64ffb9f2d89efda21660cab92bcf0c - Add drop-while and take-while (bug#79611) https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=cfe3c1c840d279d584350d2426b572e211df7c93 - New value 'auto' of user option 'flymake-indicator-type' used by default https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3212bdc4642afe1d1d57e78de308a98449c924af - Uninstalling a package now removes its directory from `load-path'. https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=30bb6770f47b1475150e8bc8513432c8da83a171 - Add functions 'combine-windows' and 'uncombine-window' https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ef2b0325677286373980f7d641576253b4f1cf41 - Add support for su-rs and sudo-rs programs https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=53fa2b72183e110cc6da3ce172c48e40d3fea3c7 - New packages: - https://melpa.org/#/agda-lib-mode: Major mode for Agda library files (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/calctape: Adding-machine, tape calculator, column sum-mer (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/eldoc-mouse: Display documentation for mouse hover (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/flymake-x: Simple flymake checker definitions (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/helm-elfeed: Helm interface for Elfeed (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/jbeam-mode: Major mode for JBeam files (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/romkan: Romaji/Kana conversion library (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, 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/2025-10. 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! This is the plain-text version. There's also an HTML version that might be easier to read. Depending on your mail client, you might have a command, button, or link that can show you the HTML version. If you're in Emacs, look for something that mentions text/html. More info: https://sachachua.com/topic/emacs-news/
* 2025-10-20 Emacs news - Upcoming events ([[https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics][iCal file]], [[https://emacslife.com/calendar/][Org]]): - Emacs APAC: Emacs APAC meetup (virtual) https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/announcements/ Sat Oct 25 0130 America/Vancouver - 0330 America/Chicago - 0430 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT - 1030 Europe/Berlin - 1400 Asia/Kolkata - 1630 Asia/Singapore - Emacs Berlin (hybrid, in English) https://emacs-berlin.org/ Wed Oct 29 1030 America/Vancouver - 1230 America/Chicago - 1330 America/Toronto - 1730 Etc/GMT - 1830 Europe/Berlin - 2300 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Oct 30 0130 Asia/Singapore - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1oaua81/formations_emacs_en_présenciel_à_paris_pour/][Formations Emacs en présenciel (à Paris) pour utilisateurs motivés]] - Nov 24/25 or 27/28 - Beginner: - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhjBvrENwVY][Emacs For Writers Unit 5: Basic File Management and Navigation]] (06:18) - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGEtK9JsfKc][Emacs Adventure | Exploring Vanilla Emacs]] (06:50) - Emacs configuration: - [[https://youtu.be/1kUqgYk_rrI][Emacs as Microsoft Word killer part 3. Using Conditionals and Defvar to Simplify Multiple Configs Across Multiple Platforms.]] (25:25) - [[https://github.com/mujaxso/funmacs][FunMacs lightweight modular Emacs configuration]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o6c1nk/funmacs_lightweight_modular_emacs_configuration/][Reddit]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1oa8m46/funmacs_lightweight_modular_emacs_configuration/][Reddit]]) - [[https://github.com/RolandMarchand/medicated-emacs][Medicated Emacs: A minimal, modern Emacs configuration that just works]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o5ceuz/medicated_emacs_a_minimal_modern_emacs/][Reddit]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13336][Irreal]]) - Emacs Lisp: - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00465.html][Uncrustify config for Emacs]] - [[https://ooblick.com/2025/10/on-emacs-theme-precedence/][On Emacs theme precedence]] - [[https://github.com/gggion/lisp-docstring-toggle][Small utility package: lisp-toggle-docstrings (self explanatory)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o84hh0/small_utility_package_lisptoggledocstrings_self/][Reddit]]) - [[https://tv.dyne.org/w/bK8m3KGWbqkNPu6XECZeav][[13] Emacs Reader's Development: Working on unmerged PRs and Catching Up - 10/19/2025, 3:01:36 PM - Dyne.org TV]] - Appearance: - [[https://github.com/jamescherti/tomorrow-night-deepblue-theme.el][Emacs Theme: Tomorrow-Night-Deepblue (Release 1.2.3): A beautiful deep blue variant of the Tomorrow Night theme, which is renowned for its elegant color palette that is pleasing to the eyes]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1oateqk/emacs_theme_tomorrownightdeepblue_release_123_a/][Reddit]]) - Navigation: - [[https://github.com/jamescherti/outline-indent.el][The outline-indent.el Emacs package: Effortless Indentation-Based Code Folding for Emacs, the Modern Successor to origami.el and yafolding.el (Release 1.1.4)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1oazdtq/the_outlineindentel_emacs_package_effortless/][Reddit]]) - [[https://github.com/jamescherti/easysession.el][easysession.el Emacs package: Persist and Restore your Emacs Sessions effortlessly (Release 1.1.6)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1oaz5mc/easysessionel_emacs_package_persist_and_restore/][Reddit]]) - Org Mode: - [[https://blog.amypillow.net/emacs/dir-local-agendas.html][Directory-local Org Agendas]] - [[https://github.com/Judafa/linkin-orgeakable_links/][linkin-org, meet unbreakable links!]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o5ol31/linkinorg_meet_unbr][Reddit]]) - [[https://i.redd.it/a2gm77p5i7vf1.png][(udpate) org-luhmann: Now support shortcut key]] - [[https://codeberg.org/dr.ops/keymacs][dr.ops/keymacs: Tool that reads Org tables and creates Emacs keybindings from them - Codeberg.org]] ([[https://masto.plaindrops.de/@spacecadet/115389973515654581][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://blog.amypillow.net/emacs/share-with-org][Share with Org]] - Android with Tasker (2024) - [[https://codeberg.org/Jay_Mitchell/pf2e-homebrew][Jay_Mitchell/pf2e-homebrew - Codeberg.org]] - Org source for a homebrew RPG ([[https://ice.ch3.st/notes/adu3td3lis6l03xz][@[email protected]]]) - Denote: - [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-10-17-emacs-denote-4-1-0/][Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: Denote version 4.1.0]] - Coding: - [[https://xenodium.com/bending-emacs-episode-3-git-clone-the-lazy-way][Alvaro Ramirez: Bending Emacs - Episode 3: Git clone (the lazy way)]] ([[https://youtu.be/oYHlH9NWraM][YouTube]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13340][Irreal]]) - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pSbRSDHtsY][Linux Mint: Set Up Python, R , duckdb and Emacs]] (35:51) - [[https://github.com/ArthurHeymans/lsp-cargo-feature-switcher][My first emacs package: lsp-cargo-feature-switcher]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o8b2cz/my_first_emacs_package_lspcargofeatureswitcher/][Reddit]]) - Web: - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o8it2s/simple_elisp_snippet_for_validating_links_in/][Simple elisp snippet for validating links in MD/HTML/... files]] - Mail, news, and chat: - [[https://github.com/agzam/slack-search.el][Slack search with results in Org-mode buffer.]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ob46as/slack_search_with_results_in_orgmode_buffer/][Reddit]]) - Multimedia: - [[https://so.nwalsh.com/2025/10/19-svg][Norm: SVG?]] - [[https://tusharhero.codeberg.page/svg_yes.html][tusharhero: SVG? Yes!]] - Fun: - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o60kvj/nethackel_version_0150_released/][nethack-el version 0.15.0 released]] - AI: - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o5ei92/released_superchat_04_add_a_simple_workflow/][(released) superchat 0.4: add a simple workflow excutor]] - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ob4r81/dmgptelsimpleorgmemoryel_an_mcp_tool_use_your/][dm-gptel-simple-org-memory.el: an MCP tool use your org-notes as context]] - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t879-fipgtg][Fulltext, semantic text and image search in Emacs]] (18:20) - Community: - [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-10-15-prot-asks-ovi-clojure-emacs-ai/][Protesilaos Stavrou: Prot Asks: Ovi about Clojure development and business, Emacs, and AI]] - [[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/flYs1fwwACk][How to use Emacs on the go]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o9m0oh/how_to_use_emacs_on_the_go/][Reddit]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13347][Irreal]]) - Other: - [[https://xenodium.com/emacs-time-zones-mode][Alvaro Ramirez: Emacs time-zones]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1oarhkl/a_new_world_clock_package/][Reddit]]) - [[https://github.com/haji-ali/pretend-type][GitHub - haji-ali/pretend-type: Reveal emacs buffer as you pretend to type]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o85f80/github_hajialipretendtype_reveal_emacs_buffer_as/][Reddit]]) - [[https://blog.natfu.be/emacs-in-terminal-ergonomics/][Emacs in the terminal: keybindings, client and more | Gribouillis]] ([[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45638702][HN]]) - [[https://github.com/skangas/mentor][skangas/mentor: mentor is a GNU Emacs frontend for the rTorrent bittorrent client.]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@onokoto/115383866739943435][@[email protected]]]) - Emacs development: - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00474.html][emacs-devel: continued discussion of cond-let*]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=d1b3eb7eec64ffb9f2d89efda21660cab92bcf0c][Add any and all (bug#79611)]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=cfe3c1c840d279d584350d2426b572e211df7c93][Add drop-while and take-while (bug#79611)]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3212bdc4642afe1d1d57e78de308a98449c924af][New value 'auto' of user option 'flymake-indicator-type' used by default]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=30bb6770f47b1475150e8bc8513432c8da83a171][Uninstalling a package now removes its directory from `load-path'.]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ef2b0325677286373980f7d641576253b4f1cf41][Add functions 'combine-windows' and 'uncombine-window']] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=53fa2b72183e110cc6da3ce172c48e40d3fea3c7][Add support for su-rs and sudo-rs programs]] - New packages: - https://melpa.org/#/agda-lib-mode: Major mode for Agda library files (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/calctape: Adding-machine, tape calculator, column sum-mer (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/eldoc-mouse: Display documentation for mouse hover (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/flymake-x: Simple flymake checker definitions (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/helm-elfeed: Helm interface for Elfeed (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/jbeam-mode: Major mode for JBeam files (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/romkan: Romaji/Kana conversion library (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://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/2025-10][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!
