2025-11-03 Emacs news
=====================

  The Emacs Carnival blog theme for November is An Ode to Org Babel 
https://donaldh.wtf/2025/10/emacs-carnival-2025-11-an-ode-to-org-babel/. Check 
out last month's posts about maintenance 
https://plaindrops.de/blog/2025/emacscarnival/!

  - Upcoming events (iCal file 
https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics, Org 
https://emacslife.com/calendar/):
      - Emacs Paris: S: Emacs workshop in Paris (online) //emacs-doctor.com/ 
https://emacs-doctor.com/ Thu Nov 6 0830 America/Vancouver - 1030 
America/Chicago - 1130 America/Toronto - 1630 Etc/GMT - 1730 Europe/Berlin - 
2200 Asia/Kolkata -- Fri Nov 7 0030 Asia/Singapore
      - EmacsATX: Emacs Social //www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/311589597/ 
https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/311589597/ Thu Nov 6 1600 
America/Vancouver - 1800 America/Chicago - 1900 America/Toronto -- Fri Nov 7 
0000 Etc/GMT - 0100 Europe/Berlin - 0530 Asia/Kolkata - 0800 Asia/Singapore
      - M-x Research: TBA //m-x-research.github.io/ 
https://m-x-research.github.io/ Fri Nov 7 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 
America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 
2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Sat Nov 8 0000 Asia/Singapore
      - Emacs.si (in person): Emacs.si meetup #11 2025 (v #živo) 
//dogodki.kompot.si/events/b426cd44-410e-4fa6-848e-f9c863b9c4f8 
https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/b426cd44-410e-4fa6-848e-f9c863b9c4f8 Tue Nov 
11 1900 CET
      - OrgMeetup (virtual) //orgmode.org/worg/orgmeetup.html 
https://orgmode.org/worg/orgmeetup.html Wed Nov 12 0800 America/Vancouver - 
1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin 
- 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Nov 13 0000 Asia/Singapore
      - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) //lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs 
https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs Fri Nov 14 1800 Europe/Paris
      - EmacsSF (in person): coffee.el in SF 
//www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/311801687/ 
https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/311801687/ Sat Nov 15 1100 
America/Los_Angeles
  - Beginner:
      - GNU Emacs do Zero - Episódio 01 - YouTube https://youtu.be/jHTc2tiXt8M 
(@[email protected] https://hachyderm.io/@lobocode/115447041856007850)
  - Emacs configuration:
      - arjen/upiv: Emacs package to insert custom variables into the 
use-package form with their current value. - Forge The Arjen: Beyond coding. We 
Forge. https://forge.arjenwiersma.nl/arjen/upiv/ (@[email protected] 
https://fosstodon.org/@credmp/115464624732520706)
      - FunMacs version 0.1.2 
https://github.com/mujaxso/funmacs/releases/tag/v0.1.2 (Reddit 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ol22jl/funmacs_version_012/)
      - Emacs For Writers Unit 8: Your First Configuration 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yLmEGIIwb0 (06:56)
  - Emacs Lisp:
      - Charles Choi: Prototyping a Toolbar UI for Edebug 
http://yummymelon.com/devnull/prototyping-a-toolbar-ui-for-edebug.html
      - kisaragi-hiu/read-timestamp: Elisp function for reading an ISO 8601 
timestamp from the user https://github.com/kisaragi-hiu/read-timestamp 
(Kisaragi Hiu https://kisaragi-hiu.com/projects/read-timestamp/)
      - Hacking on Emacs #2: Enabling forge.fedoraproject.org support for 
git-link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkgymMFV1HQ (34:39)
  - Appearance:
      - "Pure GTK" Emacs will now respect GNOME's dark mode toggling for 
drawing the title bar and widgets 
https://enzuru.medium.com/ad78651329fb?source=friends_link&sk=bdd98fec947f8060b6c9716f04e4dca9
 (Reddit 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1omoe6m/pure_gtk_emacs_will_now_respect_gnomes_dark_mode/)
      - Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: modus-themes version 5.0.0 
https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-11-01-emacs-modus-themes-5-0-0/
      - ANN: An Emacs Catppuccin theme (based on modus-themes, and now usable) 
https://gitlab.com/magus/modus-catppuccin (Reddit 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1on50kt/ann_an_emacs_catppuccin_theme_based_on/)
  - Navigation:
      - Charles Choi: Announcing Casual Ediff 
http://yummymelon.com/devnull/announcing-casual-ediff.html (Reddit 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ok0yf3/announcing_casual_ediff/, 
Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13375)
      - Tip: Use delete-pair to change surroundings similar to vim-surround, or 
to paste only the contents of surroundings 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ohr4uy/tip_use_deletepair_to_change_surroundings_similar/
 (Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13371)
  - Writing:
      - Fill Commands (GNU Emacs Manual) - options for customizing 
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Fill-Commands.html 
(@[email protected] https://mamot.fr/@CyrilBrulebois/115459242487827207)
  - Org Mode:
      - [ANN] Contribute to Org mode during FSF40 hackathon [online], Nov 
21-23, 2025 https://list.orgmode.org/87frax514c.fsf@localhost
      - Tip about using org-remark for text highlights 
https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1ojnrq1/i_figured_it_out_text_highlighting/
      - efficiently parsing org-mode files 
https://mahmoodsh.com/efficiently_parsing_org_files.html (Reddit 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1oky4hy/efficiently_parsing_orgmode_files/,
 Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13379)
      - Donald Hunter: Emacs Carnival 2025-11 — An Ode to Org Babel 
https://donaldh.wtf/2025/10/emacs-carnival-2025-11-an-ode-to-org-babel/
      - org-babel is ROOT https://lukascbossert.de/posts/org-babel/ 
(@[email protected] 
https://mastodon.social/@lukascbossert/115476665193363352)
      - Jakub Nowak: Org Babel for TTRPG Automation 
https://www.cyan.sh/blog/posts/org-babel-for-ttrpg-automation.html
      - Marcin Borkowski: Org mode burst timer 
https://mbork.pl/2025-10-27_Org_mode_burst_timer
      - Marcin Borkowski: Beeminder Org timer 
https://mbork.pl/2025-11-03_Beeminder_Org_timer
      - Listful Andrew: Append2Org — Send your clipboard to an Org file as a 
subtree (Bash package) 
https://flandrew.srht.site/listful/sw-bash-append2org.html
      - Sacha Chua: Playing around with org-db-v3 and consult: vector search of 
my blog post Org files, with previews 
https://sachachua.com/blog/2025/10/playing-around-with-org-db-v3-and-consult-vector-search-of-my-blog-posts-with-previews/
      - TAONAW - Emacs and Org Mode: org-timeblock and compat 
https://taonaw.com/2025/10/27/i-found-a-potentially-useful.html
      - Org development:
      - ob-ditaa.el: ditaa executable, SVG output, and output type control 
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=46bfd06ad868978c5dff698bfd83688705cf9ed3
      - ox-odt: Add option to specify path of generated MathML files 
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=fbaef0ebbcf9183e05645a0e0393be2f7cb469c9
      - ox-odt: Allow LaTeX fragment conversion from any preview method 
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=5c15ed13024e391d7fdcfd13886f696dbf5eff1e
      - ob-core: Fix noweb tangle recursive expansion 
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=abb1b529fca5d538d0efb625872e2ccf57712fc5
      - DND: Follow link format defined in org-attach-store-link-p 
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=2556f75bf34558979fcf52ac50754dfce85458b7
  - Denote:
      - Aimé Bertrand: Quick Capture Safari content into a Denote file 
https://macowners.club/posts/capture-safari-content-denote/
  - Completion:
      - Yasnippet: A Useful Templating System in Emacs 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qEHgiaSnsw (09:21)
      - Sacha Chua: consult + org-db-v3: Approximate search of my sketches 
using text, and a multi-source consult command for approximately searching 
sketches and blog posts 
https://sachachua.com/blog/2025/10/consult-org-db-v3-approximate-search-of-my-sketches-using-text-and-a-multi-source-consult-command-for-approximately-searching-sketches-and-blog-posts/
  - Coding:
      - snakemacs: an emacs30 setup for Python and Jupyter with pixi 
https://github.com/martibosch/snakemacs
      - I found this helpful for getting going with Python, after frustrations 
with language servers 
https://web.archive.org/web/20250313015843/https://robbmann.io/posts/006_emacs_2_python/
 (2022, Reddit 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1olo6xv/i_found_this_helpful_for_getting_going_with/)
      - Using Emacs and json-par-mode to navigate through records in a JSON 
file https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDVCmJNDhDw (00:47)
      - Quick Git Tip Using Magit Inside Emacs 2025_11_04_02:55:35 - YouTube 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GVoHtZjGlw
      - forgejo client fj.el 0.28: display attachments as links, add 
attachments, download https://todon.nl/@mousebot/115463444150986628
  - Mail, news, and chat:
      - Elfeed Curate Update: Two new features 
https://bobonmedicaldevicesoftware.com/blog/2025/10/27/elfeed-curate-update-two-new-features
 (Reddit 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ohh5c1/elfeed_curate_update_two_new_features/)
  - Multimedia:
      - Writing Music in Emacs - YouTube 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gimjJH73wxI (2020)
  - AI:
      - agent-shell 0.17 improvements + MELPA: OpenCode and Gwen Code, send 
files, send screenshots, and lots more 
https://xenodium.com/agent-shell-016-improvements-melpa 
(@[email protected] https://indieweb.social/@xenodium/115487924631996064)
      - org-mcp: an MCP server allowing LLMs to work with Org items 
https://github.com/laurynas-biveinis/org-mcp/ (Reddit 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ok16yq/orgmcp_an_mcp_server_allowing_llms_to_work_with/
  - Community:
      - TAONAW - Emacs and Org Mode: Emacs and mental challenges 
https://taonaw.com/2025/10/27/emacs-and-mental-challanges.html (Irreal 
https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13377)
      - Irreal: Living In The Browser Vs. Living In Emacs 
https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13382
      - Sharpening the axe (or preparing the soil for the harvest) | Quijote 
Libre https://quijotelibre.net/blog/sharpening-axe-preparing-soil-harvest/
      - Afilar el hacha (o preparar la tierra para la cosecha) | Quijote Libre 
https://quijotelibre.net/blog/afilar-hacha-preparar-tierra-cosecha/
      - Emacs Carnival: Praise the patchers 
https://commonplace.doubleloop.net/emacs-carnival-praise-the-patchers
      - Sharpening the Saw with Emacs • Christian Tietze 
https://christiantietze.de/posts/2025/10/sharpening-the-saw-with-emacs/ (Irreal 
https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13373)
      - Protesilaos Stavrou: Prot Asks: Logan about fiction, conflict, 
escapism, and life lessons 
https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-11-03-prot-asks-logan-fiction-conflict-escapism-life-lessons/
  - Other:
      - On top of Emacs' god-mode 
https://idiomdrottning.org/on-top-of-emacs-god-mode 
(@[email protected] 
https://mastodo.neoliber.al/@petes_bread_eqn_xls/115446968578651397)
      - James Dyer: The Ping Localhost Hack for Emacs Shell on Windows 
https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20251101152419-emacs--the-ping-localhost-hack-for-emacs-shell-on-windows/
      - Listful Andrew: Creating emoji flags in Emacs Lisp and Bash 
https://flandrew.srht.site/listful/creating-emoji-flags-in-emacs-lisp-and-bash.html
      - [ANN] gtasks.el - Google Tasks API wrapper for Emacs (MELPA, v0.2.2) 
https://github.com/thndrbrrr/gtasks (Reddit 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1oiczye/ann_gtasksel_google_tasks_api_wrapper_for_emacs/)
      - It's Fall. Time to clean up my emacs clutter. - George Jones 
https://curious.port111.com/2025/10/30/its-fall-time-to-clean.html
      - Alvaro Ramirez: time-zones now on MELPA. Do I have your support? 
https://xenodium.com/time-zones-now-on-melpa (Reddit 
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ohcnor/timezones_now_on_melpa_do_i_have_your_support/)
      - Jack Baty: Creating posts for Zola in Emacs 
https://baty.net/posts/2025/10/creating-posts-for-zola-in-emacs/
      - tusharhero: GNU Emacs needs a virtual keyboard 
https://tusharhero.codeberg.page/emacs-needs-keyboard.html
      - Thanos Apollo: Daily Driving a Raspberry Pi 5 
https://thanosapollo.org/posts/daily-drive-pi5-01/
  - Emacs development:
      - emacs-devel:
      - [NSApp] Memory usage anomalies - status update - Przemysław Alexander 
Kamiński https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/[email protected]/
      - Explanation of problem 
https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/[email protected]/
      - Re: An idea for modifying the strategy for determining positions in 
byte compile warning/error messages - Pip Cet 
https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/[email protected]/
      - Change tree-sitter query predicate names (bug#79687) 
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=b01435306a36e4e75671fbe7bacea351f89947d5
      - Handle resizing of fullscreen frames more consistently (Bug#79704) 
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=2c4e7a99cc161ed4ee246a698792feeff26d7b91
      - Automatically toggle between dark and light mode PGTK widgets 
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=dd9d1df4fa6c96acecaae94461d962da1d822494
      - 'map-y-or-n-p' now uses the minibuffer to read a char (bug#79664) 
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=2447188a69b63ac5692b16ef3207f615850c2291
      - 'read-multiple-choice' now uses the minibuffer to read a char 
(bug#79664) 
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ab4a616b0b2d355014d1857ed9b0ac41ca300be4
  - New packages:
      - https://melpa.org/#/agent-shell: A single native shell experience to 
interact with agentic providers (Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Goose, Codex, 
OpenCode, Qwen, etc.) (MELPA)
      - https://melpa.org/#/creamy-theme: A simple creamy theme (MELPA)
      - https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/isl.html: Simple incremental search in 
current-buffer (NonGNU ELPA)
      - https://melpa.org/#/minimal-dashboard: A very minimal dashboard plugin 
(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/2025-11. 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!

    
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    * 2025-11-03 Emacs news
The Emacs Carnival blog theme for November is [[https://donaldh.wtf/2025/10/emacs-carnival-2025-11-an-ode-to-org-babel/][An Ode to Org Babel]]. Check out last month's posts about [[https://plaindrops.de/blog/2025/emacscarnival/][maintenance]]!

- Upcoming events ([[https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics][iCal file]], [[https://emacslife.com/calendar/][Org]]):
  - Emacs Paris: S: Emacs workshop in Paris (online) https://emacs-doctor.com/ Thu Nov 6 0830 America/Vancouver - 1030 America/Chicago - 1130 America/Toronto - 1630 Etc/GMT - 1730 Europe/Berlin - 2200 Asia/Kolkata -- Fri Nov 7 0030 Asia/Singapore
  - EmacsATX: Emacs Social https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/311589597/ Thu Nov 6 1600 America/Vancouver - 1800 America/Chicago - 1900 America/Toronto -- Fri Nov 7 0000 Etc/GMT - 0100 Europe/Berlin - 0530 Asia/Kolkata - 0800 Asia/Singapore
  - M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Fri Nov 7 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Sat Nov 8 0000 Asia/Singapore
  - Emacs.si (in person): Emacs.si meetup #11 2025 (v #živo) https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/b426cd44-410e-4fa6-848e-f9c863b9c4f8 Tue Nov 11 1900 CET
  - OrgMeetup (virtual) https://orgmode.org/worg/orgmeetup.html Wed Nov 12 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Nov 13 0000 Asia/Singapore
  - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs Fri Nov 14 1800 Europe/Paris
  - EmacsSF (in person): coffee.el in SF https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/311801687/ Sat Nov 15 1100 America/Los_Angeles
- Beginner:
  - [[https://youtu.be/jHTc2tiXt8M][GNU Emacs do Zero - Episódio 01 - YouTube]] ([[https://hachyderm.io/@lobocode/115447041856007850][@[email protected]]])
- Emacs configuration:
  - [[https://forge.arjenwiersma.nl/arjen/upiv/][arjen/upiv: Emacs package to insert custom variables into the use-package form with their current value. - Forge The Arjen: Beyond coding. We Forge.]] ([[https://fosstodon.org/@credmp/115464624732520706][@[email protected]]])
  - [[https://github.com/mujaxso/funmacs/releases/tag/v0.1.2][FunMacs version 0.1.2]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ol22jl/funmacs_version_012/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yLmEGIIwb0][Emacs For Writers Unit 8: Your First Configuration]] (06:56)
- Emacs Lisp:
  - [[http://yummymelon.com/devnull/prototyping-a-toolbar-ui-for-edebug.html][Charles Choi: Prototyping a Toolbar UI for Edebug]]
  - [[https://github.com/kisaragi-hiu/read-timestamp][kisaragi-hiu/read-timestamp: Elisp function for reading an ISO 8601 timestamp from the user]] ([[https://kisaragi-hiu.com/projects/read-timestamp/][Kisaragi Hiu]])
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkgymMFV1HQ][Hacking on Emacs #2: Enabling forge.fedoraproject.org support for git-link]] (34:39)
- Appearance:
  - [[https://enzuru.medium.com/ad78651329fb?source=friends_link&sk=bdd98fec947f8060b6c9716f04e4dca9]["Pure GTK" Emacs will now respect GNOME's dark mode toggling for drawing the title bar and widgets]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1omoe6m/pure_gtk_emacs_will_now_respect_gnomes_dark_mode/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-11-01-emacs-modus-themes-5-0-0/][Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: modus-themes version 5.0.0]]
  - [[https://gitlab.com/magus/modus-catppuccin][ANN: An Emacs Catppuccin theme (based on modus-themes, and now usable)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1on50kt/ann_an_emacs_catppuccin_theme_based_on/][Reddit]])
- Navigation:
  - [[http://yummymelon.com/devnull/announcing-casual-ediff.html][Charles Choi: Announcing Casual Ediff]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ok0yf3/announcing_casual_ediff/][Reddit]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13375][Irreal]])
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ohr4uy/tip_use_deletepair_to_change_surroundings_similar/][Tip: Use delete-pair to change surroundings similar to vim-surround, or to paste only the contents of surroundings]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13371][Irreal]])
- Writing:
  - [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Fill-Commands.html][Fill Commands (GNU Emacs Manual) - options for customizing]] ([[https://mamot.fr/@CyrilBrulebois/115459242487827207][@[email protected]]])
- Org Mode:
  - [[https://list.orgmode.org/87frax514c.fsf@localhost][[ANN] Contribute to Org mode during FSF40 hackathon [online], Nov 21-23, 2025]]
  - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1ojnrq1/i_figured_it_out_text_highlighting/][Tip about using org-remark for text highlights]]
  - [[https://mahmoodsh.com/efficiently_parsing_org_files.html][efficiently parsing org-mode files]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1oky4hy/efficiently_parsing_orgmode_files/][Reddit]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13379][Irreal]])
  - [[https://donaldh.wtf/2025/10/emacs-carnival-2025-11-an-ode-to-org-babel/][Donald Hunter: Emacs Carnival 2025-11 — An Ode to Org Babel]]
    - [[https://lukascbossert.de/posts/org-babel/][org-babel is ROOT]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@lukascbossert/115476665193363352][@[email protected]]])
    - [[https://www.cyan.sh/blog/posts/org-babel-for-ttrpg-automation.html][Jakub Nowak: Org Babel for TTRPG Automation]]
  - [[https://mbork.pl/2025-10-27_Org_mode_burst_timer][Marcin Borkowski: Org mode burst timer]]
  - [[https://mbork.pl/2025-11-03_Beeminder_Org_timer][Marcin Borkowski: Beeminder Org timer]]
  - [[https://flandrew.srht.site/listful/sw-bash-append2org.html][Listful Andrew: Append2Org — Send your clipboard to an Org file as a subtree (Bash package)]]
  - [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2025/10/playing-around-with-org-db-v3-and-consult-vector-search-of-my-blog-posts-with-previews/][Sacha Chua: Playing around with org-db-v3 and consult: vector search of my blog post Org files, with previews]]
  - [[https://taonaw.com/2025/10/27/i-found-a-potentially-useful.html][TAONAW - Emacs and Org Mode: org-timeblock and compat]]
  - Org development:
    - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=46bfd06ad868978c5dff698bfd83688705cf9ed3][ob-ditaa.el: ditaa executable, SVG output, and output type control]]
    - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=fbaef0ebbcf9183e05645a0e0393be2f7cb469c9][ox-odt: Add option to specify path of generated MathML files]]
    - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=5c15ed13024e391d7fdcfd13886f696dbf5eff1e][ox-odt: Allow LaTeX fragment conversion from any preview method]]
    - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=abb1b529fca5d538d0efb625872e2ccf57712fc5][ob-core: Fix noweb tangle recursive expansion]]
    - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=2556f75bf34558979fcf52ac50754dfce85458b7][DND: Follow link format defined in org-attach-store-link-p]]
- Denote:
  - [[https://macowners.club/posts/capture-safari-content-denote/][Aimé Bertrand: Quick Capture Safari content into a Denote file]]
- Completion:
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qEHgiaSnsw][Yasnippet: A Useful Templating System in Emacs]] (09:21)
  - [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2025/10/consult-org-db-v3-approximate-search-of-my-sketches-using-text-and-a-multi-source-consult-command-for-approximately-searching-sketches-and-blog-posts/][Sacha Chua: consult + org-db-v3: Approximate search of my sketches using text, and a multi-source consult command for approximately searching sketches and blog posts]]
- Coding:
  - [[https://github.com/martibosch/snakemacs][snakemacs: an emacs30 setup for Python and Jupyter with pixi]]
  - [[https://web.archive.org/web/20250313015843/https://robbmann.io/posts/006_emacs_2_python/][I found this helpful for getting going with Python, after frustrations with language servers]] (2022, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1olo6xv/i_found_this_helpful_for_getting_going_with/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDVCmJNDhDw][Using Emacs and json-par-mode to navigate through records in a JSON file]] (00:47)
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GVoHtZjGlw][Quick Git Tip Using Magit Inside Emacs 2025_11_04_02:55:35 - YouTube]]
  - [[https://todon.nl/@mousebot/115463444150986628][forgejo client fj.el 0.28: display attachments as links, add attachments, download]]
- Mail, news, and chat:
  - [[https://bobonmedicaldevicesoftware.com/blog/2025/10/27/elfeed-curate-update-two-new-features][Elfeed Curate Update: Two new features]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ohh5c1/elfeed_curate_update_two_new_features/][Reddit]])
- Multimedia:
  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gimjJH73wxI][Writing Music in Emacs - YouTube]] (2020)
- AI:
  - [[https://xenodium.com/agent-shell-016-improvements-melpa][agent-shell 0.17 improvements + MELPA: OpenCode and Gwen Code, send files, send screenshots, and lots more]] ([[https://indieweb.social/@xenodium/115487924631996064][@[email protected]]])
  - [[https://github.com/laurynas-biveinis/org-mcp/][org-mcp: an MCP server allowing LLMs to work with Org items]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ok16yq/orgmcp_an_mcp_server_allowing_llms_to_work_with/][Reddit]]
- Community:
  - [[https://taonaw.com/2025/10/27/emacs-and-mental-challanges.html][TAONAW - Emacs and Org Mode: Emacs and mental challenges]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13377][Irreal]])
  - [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13382][Irreal: Living In The Browser Vs. Living In Emacs]]
  - [[https://quijotelibre.net/blog/sharpening-axe-preparing-soil-harvest/][Sharpening the axe (or preparing the soil for the harvest) | Quijote Libre]]
    - [[https://quijotelibre.net/blog/afilar-hacha-preparar-tierra-cosecha/][Afilar el hacha (o preparar la tierra para la cosecha) | Quijote Libre]]
  - [[https://commonplace.doubleloop.net/emacs-carnival-praise-the-patchers][Emacs Carnival: Praise the patchers]]
  - [[https://christiantietze.de/posts/2025/10/sharpening-the-saw-with-emacs/][Sharpening the Saw with Emacs • Christian Tietze]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13373][Irreal]])
  - [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-11-03-prot-asks-logan-fiction-conflict-escapism-life-lessons/][Protesilaos Stavrou: Prot Asks: Logan about fiction, conflict, escapism, and life lessons]]
- Other:
  - [[https://idiomdrottning.org/on-top-of-emacs-god-mode][On top of Emacs' god-mode]] ([[https://mastodo.neoliber.al/@petes_bread_eqn_xls/115446968578651397][@[email protected]]])
  - [[https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20251101152419-emacs--the-ping-localhost-hack-for-emacs-shell-on-windows/][James Dyer: The Ping Localhost Hack for Emacs Shell on Windows]]
  - [[https://flandrew.srht.site/listful/creating-emoji-flags-in-emacs-lisp-and-bash.html][Listful Andrew: Creating emoji flags in Emacs Lisp and Bash]]
  - [[https://github.com/thndrbrrr/gtasks][[ANN] gtasks.el - Google Tasks API wrapper for Emacs (MELPA, v0.2.2)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1oiczye/ann_gtasksel_google_tasks_api_wrapper_for_emacs/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://curious.port111.com/2025/10/30/its-fall-time-to-clean.html][It's Fall. Time to clean up my emacs clutter. - George Jones]]
  - [[https://xenodium.com/time-zones-now-on-melpa][Alvaro Ramirez: time-zones now on MELPA. Do I have your support?]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1ohcnor/timezones_now_on_melpa_do_i_have_your_support/][Reddit]])
  - [[https://baty.net/posts/2025/10/creating-posts-for-zola-in-emacs/][Jack Baty: Creating posts for Zola in Emacs]]
  - [[https://tusharhero.codeberg.page/emacs-needs-keyboard.html][tusharhero: GNU Emacs needs a virtual keyboard]]
  - [[https://thanosapollo.org/posts/daily-drive-pi5-01/][Thanos Apollo: Daily Driving a Raspberry Pi 5]]
- Emacs development:
  - emacs-devel:
    - [[https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/[email protected]/][[NSApp] Memory usage anomalies - status update - Przemysław Alexander Kamiński]]
      - [[https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/[email protected]/][Explanation of problem]]
    - [[https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/[email protected]/][Re: An idea for modifying the strategy for determining positions in byte compile warning/error messages - Pip Cet]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=b01435306a36e4e75671fbe7bacea351f89947d5][Change tree-sitter query predicate names (bug#79687)]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=2c4e7a99cc161ed4ee246a698792feeff26d7b91][Handle resizing of fullscreen frames more consistently (Bug#79704)]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=dd9d1df4fa6c96acecaae94461d962da1d822494][Automatically toggle between dark and light mode PGTK widgets]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=2447188a69b63ac5692b16ef3207f615850c2291]['map-y-or-n-p' now uses the minibuffer to read a char (bug#79664)]]
  - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ab4a616b0b2d355014d1857ed9b0ac41ca300be4]['read-multiple-choice' now uses the minibuffer to read a char (bug#79664)]]
- New packages:
  - https://melpa.org/#/agent-shell: A single native shell experience to interact with agentic providers (Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Goose, Codex, OpenCode, Qwen, etc.) (MELPA)
  - https://melpa.org/#/creamy-theme: A simple creamy theme (MELPA)
  - https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/isl.html: Simple incremental search in current-buffer (NonGNU ELPA)
  - https://melpa.org/#/minimal-dashboard: A very minimal dashboard plugin (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/2025-11][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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