2026-01-05 Emacs news ===================== Looking for something to write about? Christian Tietze is hosting the January Emacs Carnival on the theme "This Year, I'll..." https://christiantietze.de/posts/2026/01/emacs-carnival-2026-01-this-year-i-will/. Check out last month's carnival on The People of Emacs https://curious.port111.com/2025/11/01/emacs-carnival-december-the-people.html for other entries.
- Upcoming events (iCal file https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics, Org https://emacslife.com/calendar/): - EmacsATX: Emacs Social //www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/312313428/ https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/312313428/ Thu Jan 8 1600 America/Vancouver - 1800 America/Chicago - 1900 America/Toronto -- Fri Jan 9 0000 Etc/GMT - 0100 Europe/Berlin - 0530 Asia/Kolkata - 0800 Asia/Singapore - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) //lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs Fri Jan 9 1800 Europe/Paris - London Emacs (in person): Emacs London meetup //www.meetup.com/london-emacs-hacking/events/312727757/ https://www.meetup.com/london-emacs-hacking/events/312727757/ Tue Jan 13 1800 Europe/London - OrgMeetup (virtual) //orgmode.org/worg/orgmeetup.html https://orgmode.org/worg/orgmeetup.html Wed Jan 14 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Jan 15 0000 Asia/Singapore - EmacsSF (in person): coffee.el in SF //www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/312735622/ https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/312735622/ Sat Jan 17 1100 America/Los_Angeles - Beginner: - Por qué elegí emacs como mi editor avanzado (2ª parte) https://maxxcan.codeberg.page/2025-11-18-por-qué-elegí-emacs-como-mi-editor-avanzado(2-parte).html (@[email protected] https://mastodon.social/@maxxcan/115836569492833239) - Emacs configuration: - My Emacs configuration changes in 2025 https://stefanorodighiero.net/blog/emacs-conf-changes-in-2025.html (@[email protected] https://mastodon.social/@eslr/115819507992283092) - Emacs Lisp: - visual-shorthands.el: Purely visual prefix abbreviations (+ thanks to the community) https://v.redd.it/pwvhyb7jsjag1 (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q0ffb3/visualshorthandsel_purely_visual_prefix/) - n.el - Emacs Lisp function for adding time https://paste.sr.ht/~zyd/d6350d65005b6547882548c35923cfddafcfcd65 (@[email protected] https://yap.zyd.lol/@zyd/statuses/01KE5MKR4BF0NNKKD78A2BZX8H) - Sacha Chua: Emacs Lisp: Making a multi-part form PUT or POST using url-retrieve-synchronously and mm-url-encode-multipart-form-data https://sachachua.com/blog/2025/12/emacs-lisp-making-a-multi-part-form-put-or-post-using-url-retrieve-synchronously-and-mm-url-encode-multipart-form-data/ - [15] Emacs Reader: Progress on Text Selection & Fixing Some Segfaults - 1/4/2026, 3:30:28 PM - Dyne.org TV https://tv.dyne.org/w/iUrE3fWa6hHc8rT2XUA8Zt - Appearance: - What do your modelines look like, and how much information is too much? https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q3m1xy/what_do_your_modelines_look_like_and_how_much/ - Variable-width Serif Fonts when editing plain text in Emacs https://ogbe.net/blog/toggle-serif (@[email protected] https://mastodon.social/@gmoretti/115833314897811359) - r-b-g-b/emacs-physical-font-size: Keep the Emacs default face at a consistent physical size across monitors https://github.com/r-b-g-b/emacs-physical-font-size (@[email protected] https://mastodon.sdf.org/@rbgb/115810435881794708) - Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: modus-themes version 5.2.0 https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-12-31-emacs-modus-themes-5-2-0/ - "I" created a Stranger things color theme https://codeberg.org/juboba/emacs-config/src/branch/main/doom-stranger-things-theme.el (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q25f5s/i_created_a_stranger_things_color_theme/, lobste.rs https://lemmy.ml/post/41147538?scrollToComments=true) - Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: ef-orange and ef-fig are part of the ef-themes https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-01-04-emacs-ef-orange-fig-themes/ - fourier/terminal-green-theme: Emacs Terminal Green color theme - Codeberg.org https://codeberg.org/fourier/terminal-green-theme (@[email protected] https://functional.cafe/@fourier/115821658039547530) - Navigation: - Ruslan Bekenev: Emacs: Dumb Jump Is So Good https://codelearn.me/2026/01/03/dumb-jump-is-so-good.html (Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13519) - I built a modernized Harpoon‑style buffer bookmarking plugin for Emacs https://github.com/DamianB-BitFlipper/javelin.el (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1pzpb4s/i_built_a_modernized_harpoonstyle_buffer/, video https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q0adfm/javelinel_demo_clip/) - Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: Substitute version 0.5.0 https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-01-05-emacs-substitute-0-5-0/ - Dired: - TAONAW - Emacs and Org Mode: I like the DU command in Dired https://taonaw.com/2025/12/31/i-like-the-du-command.html - James Dyer: New package dired-video-thumbnail added to MELPA! https://www.emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20251231183401-emacs--dired-video-thumbnail/ - Writing: - dictd: offline dictionaries (linux full setup + usage in terminal & emacs) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OboEULFHDnU (31:46) - dvilualatex binary for getting previews https://hachyderm.io/@ablatedsprocket/115837329822705485 - Org Mode: - Chris Maiorana: An Org Mode Deep Work Agenda for 2026 https://chrismaiorana.com/org-mode-deep-work-agenda-2026/ - My Productivity System for 2026 is Boring on Purpose – Curtis McHale https://curtismchale.ca/2026/01/02/my-productivity-system-for-2026-is-boring-on-purpose/ (@[email protected] https://mastodon.social/@curtismchale/115827042302083424) - Tip about using org-timer-item and org-insert-item to keep track of relative timestamps https://goto.ryuslash.org/@ryuslash/statuses/01KE5XM2Q613VQY9R6ZBPN028E - org-repeat-by-cron.el: An Org mode task repeater based on Cron expressions https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1pz5cln/orgrepeatbycronelan_org_mode_task_repeater_based/ (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1pz5cln/orgrepeatbycronelan_org_mode_task_repeater_based/) - Refiling to a subset of targets from org-capture https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/833/182/872/305/189/small/9d135c7554a7da7e.png (@[email protected] https://mastodon.social/@malcolm/115833196767382073) - Sacha Chua: Using whisper.el to convert speech to text and save it to the currently clocked task in Org Mode or elsewhere https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/01/using-whisper-el-to-capture-text-to-speech-in-emacs/ - Trevoke/org-gtd.el: v4.0.0 https://github.com/Trevoke/org-gtd.el - better integration, directed acyclic graphs, DSL for agendas (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q38g5y/announcing_orggtd_v400/) - (Update) org-headline-card 0.3: SVG rendering engine boosts performance and visual Effects https://github.com/yibie/org-headline-card (r/orgmode https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1pzah5w/update_orgheadlinecard_03_svg_rendering_engine/) - bradmont/org-roam-tree: organize backlinks in the org-roam buffer as a tree https://github.com/bradmont/org-roam-tree (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q0ta6n/made_a_quick_treeview_mode_for_orgroam_backlinks/) - Org Social 1.6: location, birthday, language, pinned; this is the final version planned https://activity.andros.dev/@andros/statuses/01KE48ACPFGAXE01HD4W9JXTFK - Org parser and webapp (for reading) https://github.com/SebastianMeisel/org-parser (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q2rmbw/org_parser_and_webapp_for_reading/) - Python - Import, export, and integration: - Tagged PDFs via Org Export https://kennyballou.com/blog/2025/08/tagged-pdfs-org-export/index.html (@[email protected] https://fediscience.org/@jameshowell/115800330677275166) - James Endres Howell: Org mode, LaTeX, and tagged PDFs: producing accessible documents https://jamesendreshowell.com/2025-12-29-org-mode-latex-and-tagged-pdfs-producing-accessible-documents.html - emacs-reveal + Kokoro text to speech https://digitalcourage.social/@lechten/115808917898200587 - @ArneBab's workflow for creating websites and books from Org Mode https://rollenspiel.social/@ArneBab/115807456781408714 - Completion: - Patch ido-numbered-mode to allow 0 key https://github.com/johndoeuserr02/ido-numbered-mode/tree/johndoeuserr02-patch-1 (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q09erd/in_relation_with_ido_mode/) - company, capf, yasnippet, and lsp https://fosstodon.org/@oxalorg/115833162189468199 - Coding: - Integrating IRB (Ruby REPL) into Emacs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzTJOKwRDzI (01:11) - gongo/emacs-riscv https://github.com/gongo/emacs-riscv (HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46499478) - Zellij Revisited: Crafting Project Layouts - System Crafters Live! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjgmRJjwLe0 (59:56) - dns-mode: handy for editing zone files, even incrementing serial numbers on save https://doc.endlessparentheses.com/Fun/dns-mode.html (@[email protected] https://fosstodon.org/@pipes/115811428807720981) - DamianB-BitFlipper/magit-pre-commit.el: Emacs: pre-commit integration for Magit. https://github.com/DamianB-BitFlipper/magit-pre-commit.el (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q4ud4t/i_made_a_precommit_companion_for_magit/) - Marcin Borkowski: Magit and new branch length https://mbork.pl/2026-01-05_Magit_and_new_branch_length - Shells: - harald/terminal-frame: Dedicated terminal frame for Emacs' M-x shell - Codeberg.org https://codeberg.org/harald/terminal-frame (@[email protected] https://nrw.social/@HaraldKi/115843399190290672) - Web: - alexkehayias/webmacs: Emacs in the browser via ghostty-web and rust https://github.com/alexkehayias/webmacs (@[email protected] https://mastodon.social/@alexkehayias/115812345658543909) - Doom Emacs: - masukomi/doom_config: my configuration files for doom emacs https://github.com/masukomi/doom_config (@[email protected] https://connectified.com/@masukomi/115805486773201757) - Fun: - Happy New Year! https://v.redd.it/fv6j06d5bkag1 (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q0gcs1/happy_new_year/) - Cursor animation for Emacs https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q3o5qa/cursor_animation_for_emacs/ - AI: - My org-mode based design+task tracking system for coding agents https://github.com/farra/dev-agent-backlog (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q415fx/my_orgmode_based_designtask_tracking_system_for/) - Community: - Fortnightly Tips, Tricks, and Questions — 2025-12-30 / week 52 https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1pz6ly1/fortnightly_tips_tricks_and_questions_20251230/ - Christian Tietze: Emacs Carnival 2026-01: “This Year, I’ll ...” https://christiantietze.de/posts/2026/01/emacs-carnival-2026-01-this-year-i-will/ - A person of emacs: acdw https://meanwhiling.com/a-person-of-emacs-acdw.html (@[email protected] https://fosstodon.org/@eludom/115808963215174571) - Amin Bandali: The People of Emacs https://kelar.org/~bandali/2025/12/31/people-of-emacs.html (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q4dxvx/the_people_of_emacs/) - Christian Tietze: The People Who Got Me into Emacs https://christiantietze.de/posts/2025/12/the-people-who-got-me-into-emacs/ - Sacha Chua: J'apprécie les gens d'Emacs / I appreciate the people of Emacs https://sachachua.com/blog/2025/12/j-apprecie-les-gens-d-emacs-i-appreciate-the-people-of-emacs/ - Entering the Church of Emacs - mauromotion.com https://www.mauromotion.com/posts/2026-01-01-emacs/ (@[email protected] https://mograph.social/@mauro/115819926889400051) - Alvaro Ramirez: My 2025 review as an indie dev https://xenodium.com/my-2025-review-as-an-indie-dev - Some 2025 thankyous and the big 2026 lisp plan https://screwlisp.small-web.org/momentary/my-cl-2025-and-2026/#Trading-itchio-knowledgebase-archives-of-common-lisp-conditions-the-full-2026-plan-and-also-kittens (@[email protected] https://gamerplus.org/@screwlisp/115806210504288363) - ReLifeBook, Будни ретрокомпьютерщика, Emacs Lisp и FPGA: подведение итогов моей хобби-деятельности / Хабр https://habr.com/ru/articles/982396/ (@[email protected] https://zhub.link/@habr/115824888234446433) - Sacha Chua: EmacsConf 2025 notes https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/01/emacsconf-2025-notes/ - Other: - "Deleting blank links in a document today", a poem https://mastodon.social/@jugadero/115809360928373514 - DarkBuffalo/arbo.el: Graphical Project Tree Generator for Emacs https://github.com/DarkBuffalo/arbo.el (@[email protected] https://mastodon.social/@DarkBuffalo/115837711598515963) - 3 Minute Guide to Emacs Autoinsert Mode #coding #programming #org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jBMd9n5n5k (02:35) - [ANN] shift-number now incorporates evil-numbers https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q3fo0b/ann_shiftnumber_now_incorporates_evilnumbers/ - (Update) grid-table 0.2: Built-in chart formulas + chart viewer (C-c v) https://github.com/yibie/grid-table (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1pzno88/update_gridtable_02_builtin_chart_formulas_chart/) - Kana: Extensibility: The "100% Lisp" Fallacy https://kyo.iroiro.party/en/posts/100-percent-lisp/ (HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46460394, lobste.rs https://lobste.rs/s/tjvdxk/extensibility_100_lisp_fallacy) - Emacs on kindle https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q399jz/emacs_on_kindle/ - The Art of Text (rendering) https://app.media.ccc.de/v/39c3-the-art-of-text-rendering (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q0910q/the_art_of_text_rendering/) - Emacs development: - emacs-devel: - Does anybody object to this new macro `dotails'? https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-12/msg00266.html - summary of discussion so far, maybe https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-12/msg00382.html - Re: What Questions are Worth Asking Emacs-Newcomers? https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2026-01/msg00080.html - Re: [Feature Request] Can Emacs add format function `format-f-string` li https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2026-01/msg00075.html - New function 'window-cursor-info' https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=48b80a1e2b98f22d8da21f7c89ecfd9861643408 - Add frame parameters 'cloned-from' and 'undeleted' (bug#80104) https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=51498a88cf984a6cd82ab4838eb28f8ad6e5cf44 - Compile queries in treesit-f-l-recompute-features (bug#80108) https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ad500a13e41c772141c420c2c1423a4966144198 - Factor out undo-ignore-read-only (bug#80049) https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=a03419b52c9b87ac2e9fea1d0ccf584ae77debe8 - New packages: - https://melpa.org/#/ai-code: Unified interface for AI coding CLI tool such as Codex, Copilot CLI, Opencode, Grok CLI, etc (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/eglot-python-preset: Eglot preset for Python (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/evil-tex-ts: Tree-sitter based LaTeX text objects for Evil (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/go-template-helper-mode: Overlay Go template highlighting (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/gptel-cpp-complete: GPTel-powered C++ completion (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/org-roam-timeline: Visual timeline for Org-Roam nodes (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/pass-coffin: Interface to "pass coffin" (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/porg: Bring org-mode features to any prog mode (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/scad-ts-mode: Tree-sitter support for OpenSCAD (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/tmpl-mode: Minor mode for "tmpl" template files (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/visual-shorthands: Visual abbreviations for symbol prefixes (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/vulpea-ui: Sidebar infrastructure and widget framework for vulpea notes (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/2026-01. 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/
* 2026-01-05 Emacs news Looking for something to write about? Christian Tietze is hosting the January Emacs Carnival on the theme [[https://christiantietze.de/posts/2026/01/emacs-carnival-2026-01-this-year-i-will/]["This Year, I'll..."]]. Check out last month's carnival on [[https://curious.port111.com/2025/11/01/emacs-carnival-december-the-people.html][The People of Emacs]] for other entries. - Upcoming events ([[https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics][iCal file]], [[https://emacslife.com/calendar/][Org]]): - EmacsATX: Emacs Social https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/312313428/ Thu Jan 8 1600 America/Vancouver - 1800 America/Chicago - 1900 America/Toronto -- Fri Jan 9 0000 Etc/GMT - 0100 Europe/Berlin - 0530 Asia/Kolkata - 0800 Asia/Singapore - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs Fri Jan 9 1800 Europe/Paris - London Emacs (in person): Emacs London meetup https://www.meetup.com/london-emacs-hacking/events/312727757/ Tue Jan 13 1800 Europe/London - OrgMeetup (virtual) https://orgmode.org/worg/orgmeetup.html Wed Jan 14 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Jan 15 0000 Asia/Singapore - EmacsSF (in person): coffee.el in SF https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/312735622/ Sat Jan 17 1100 America/Los_Angeles - Beginner: - [[https://maxxcan.codeberg.page/2025-11-18-por-qué-elegí-emacs-como-mi-editor-avanzado(2-parte).html][Por qué elegí emacs como mi editor avanzado (2ª parte)]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@maxxcan/115836569492833239][@[email protected]]]) - Emacs configuration: - [[https://stefanorodighiero.net/blog/emacs-conf-changes-in-2025.html][My Emacs configuration changes in 2025]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@eslr/115819507992283092][@[email protected]]]) - Emacs Lisp: - [[https://v.redd.it/pwvhyb7jsjag1][visual-shorthands.el: Purely visual prefix abbreviations (+ thanks to the community)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q0ffb3/visualshorthandsel_purely_visual_prefix/][Reddit]]) - [[https://paste.sr.ht/~zyd/d6350d65005b6547882548c35923cfddafcfcd65][n.el - Emacs Lisp function for adding time]] ([[https://yap.zyd.lol/@zyd/statuses/01KE5MKR4BF0NNKKD78A2BZX8H][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2025/12/emacs-lisp-making-a-multi-part-form-put-or-post-using-url-retrieve-synchronously-and-mm-url-encode-multipart-form-data/][Sacha Chua: Emacs Lisp: Making a multi-part form PUT or POST using url-retrieve-synchronously and mm-url-encode-multipart-form-data]] - [[https://tv.dyne.org/w/iUrE3fWa6hHc8rT2XUA8Zt][[15] Emacs Reader: Progress on Text Selection & Fixing Some Segfaults - 1/4/2026, 3:30:28 PM - Dyne.org TV]] - Appearance: - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q3m1xy/what_do_your_modelines_look_like_and_how_much/][What do your modelines look like, and how much information is too much?]] - [[https://ogbe.net/blog/toggle-serif][Variable-width Serif Fonts when editing plain text in Emacs]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@gmoretti/115833314897811359][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://github.com/r-b-g-b/emacs-physical-font-size][r-b-g-b/emacs-physical-font-size: Keep the Emacs default face at a consistent physical size across monitors]] ([[https://mastodon.sdf.org/@rbgb/115810435881794708][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-12-31-emacs-modus-themes-5-2-0/][Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: modus-themes version 5.2.0]] - [[https://codeberg.org/juboba/emacs-config/src/branch/main/doom-stranger-things-theme.el]["I"; created a Stranger things color theme]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q25f5s/i_created_a_stranger_things_color_theme/][Reddit]], [[https://lemmy.ml/post/41147538?scrollToComments=true][lobste.rs]]) - [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-01-04-emacs-ef-orange-fig-themes/][Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: ef-orange and ef-fig are part of the ef-themes]] - [[https://codeberg.org/fourier/terminal-green-theme][fourier/terminal-green-theme: Emacs Terminal Green color theme - Codeberg.org]] ([[https://functional.cafe/@fourier/115821658039547530][@[email protected]]]) - Navigation: - [[https://codelearn.me/2026/01/03/dumb-jump-is-so-good.html][Ruslan Bekenev: Emacs: Dumb Jump Is So Good]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13519][Irreal]]) - [[https://github.com/DamianB-BitFlipper/javelin.el][I built a modernized Harpoon‑style buffer bookmarking plugin for Emacs]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1pzpb4s/i_built_a_modernized_harpoonstyle_buffer/][Reddit]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q0adfm/javelinel_demo_clip/][video]]) - [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-01-05-emacs-substitute-0-5-0/][Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: Substitute version 0.5.0]] - Dired: - [[https://taonaw.com/2025/12/31/i-like-the-du-command.html][TAONAW - Emacs and Org Mode: I like the DU command in Dired]] - [[https://www.emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20251231183401-emacs--dired-video-thumbnail/][James Dyer: New package dired-video-thumbnail added to MELPA!]] - Writing: - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OboEULFHDnU][dictd: offline dictionaries (linux full setup + usage in terminal & emacs)]] (31:46) - [[https://hachyderm.io/@ablatedsprocket/115837329822705485][dvilualatex binary for getting previews]] - Org Mode: - [[https://chrismaiorana.com/org-mode-deep-work-agenda-2026/][Chris Maiorana: An Org Mode Deep Work Agenda for 2026]] - [[https://curtismchale.ca/2026/01/02/my-productivity-system-for-2026-is-boring-on-purpose/][My Productivity System for 2026 is Boring on Purpose – Curtis McHale]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@curtismchale/115827042302083424][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://goto.ryuslash.org/@ryuslash/statuses/01KE5XM2Q613VQY9R6ZBPN028E][Tip about using org-timer-item and org-insert-item to keep track of relative timestamps]] - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1pz5cln/orgrepeatbycronelan_org_mode_task_repeater_based/][org-repeat-by-cron.el: An Org mode task repeater based on Cron expressions]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1pz5cln/orgrepeatbycronelan_org_mode_task_repeater_based/][Reddit]]) - [[https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/833/182/872/305/189/small/9d135c7554a7da7e.png][Refiling to a subset of targets from org-capture]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@malcolm/115833196767382073][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/01/using-whisper-el-to-capture-text-to-speech-in-emacs/][Sacha Chua: Using whisper.el to convert speech to text and save it to the currently clocked task in Org Mode or elsewhere]] - [[https://github.com/Trevoke/org-gtd.el][Trevoke/org-gtd.el: v4.0.0]] - better integration, directed acyclic graphs, DSL for agendas ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q38g5y/announcing_orggtd_v400/][Reddit]]) - [[https://github.com/yibie/org-headline-card][(Update) org-headline-card 0.3: SVG rendering engine boosts performance and visual Effects]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1pzah5w/update_orgheadlinecard_03_svg_rendering_engine/][r/orgmode]]) - [[https://github.com/bradmont/org-roam-tree][bradmont/org-roam-tree: organize backlinks in the org-roam buffer as a tree]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q0ta6n/made_a_quick_treeview_mode_for_orgroam_backlinks/][Reddit]]) - [[https://activity.andros.dev/@andros/statuses/01KE48ACPFGAXE01HD4W9JXTFK][Org Social 1.6: location, birthday, language, pinned; this is the final version planned]] - [[https://github.com/SebastianMeisel/org-parser][Org parser and webapp (for reading)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q2rmbw/org_parser_and_webapp_for_reading/][Reddit]]) - Python - Import, export, and integration: - [[https://kennyballou.com/blog/2025/08/tagged-pdfs-org-export/index.html][Tagged PDFs via Org Export]] ([[https://fediscience.org/@jameshowell/115800330677275166][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://jamesendreshowell.com/2025-12-29-org-mode-latex-and-tagged-pdfs-producing-accessible-documents.html][James Endres Howell: Org mode, LaTeX, and tagged PDFs: producing accessible documents]] - [[https://digitalcourage.social/@lechten/115808917898200587][emacs-reveal + Kokoro text to speech]] - [[https://rollenspiel.social/@ArneBab/115807456781408714][@ArneBab's workflow for creating websites and books from Org Mode]] - Completion: - [[https://github.com/johndoeuserr02/ido-numbered-mode/tree/johndoeuserr02-patch-1][Patch ido-numbered-mode to allow 0 key]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q09erd/in_relation_with_ido_mode/][Reddit]]) - [[https://fosstodon.org/@oxalorg/115833162189468199][company, capf, yasnippet, and lsp]] - Coding: - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzTJOKwRDzI][Integrating IRB (Ruby REPL) into Emacs]] (01:11) - [[https://github.com/gongo/emacs-riscv][gongo/emacs-riscv]] ([[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46499478][HN]]) - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjgmRJjwLe0][Zellij Revisited: Crafting Project Layouts - System Crafters Live!]] (59:56) - [[https://doc.endlessparentheses.com/Fun/dns-mode.html][dns-mode: handy for editing zone files, even incrementing serial numbers on save]] ([[https://fosstodon.org/@pipes/115811428807720981][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://github.com/DamianB-BitFlipper/magit-pre-commit.el][DamianB-BitFlipper/magit-pre-commit.el: Emacs: pre-commit integration for Magit.]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q4ud4t/i_made_a_precommit_companion_for_magit/][Reddit]]) - [[https://mbork.pl/2026-01-05_Magit_and_new_branch_length][Marcin Borkowski: Magit and new branch length]] - Shells: - [[https://codeberg.org/harald/terminal-frame][harald/terminal-frame: Dedicated terminal frame for Emacs' M-x shell - Codeberg.org]] ([[https://nrw.social/@HaraldKi/115843399190290672][@[email protected]]]) - Web: - [[https://github.com/alexkehayias/webmacs][alexkehayias/webmacs: Emacs in the browser via ghostty-web and rust]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@alexkehayias/115812345658543909][@[email protected]]]) - Doom Emacs: - [[https://github.com/masukomi/doom_config][masukomi/doom_config: my configuration files for doom emacs]] ([[https://connectified.com/@masukomi/115805486773201757][@[email protected]]]) - Fun: - [[https://v.redd.it/fv6j06d5bkag1][Happy New Year!]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q0gcs1/happy_new_year/][Reddit]]) - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q3o5qa/cursor_animation_for_emacs/][Cursor animation for Emacs]] - AI: - [[https://github.com/farra/dev-agent-backlog][My org-mode based design+task tracking system for coding agents]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q415fx/my_orgmode_based_designtask_tracking_system_for/][Reddit]]) - Community: - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1pz6ly1/fortnightly_tips_tricks_and_questions_20251230/][Fortnightly Tips, Tricks, and Questions — 2025-12-30 / week 52]] - [[https://christiantietze.de/posts/2026/01/emacs-carnival-2026-01-this-year-i-will/][Christian Tietze: Emacs Carnival 2026-01: “This Year, I’ll ...”]] - [[https://meanwhiling.com/a-person-of-emacs-acdw.html][A person of emacs: acdw]] ([[https://fosstodon.org/@eludom/115808963215174571][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://kelar.org/~bandali/2025/12/31/people-of-emacs.html][Amin Bandali: The People of Emacs]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q4dxvx/the_people_of_emacs/][Reddit]]) - [[https://christiantietze.de/posts/2025/12/the-people-who-got-me-into-emacs/][Christian Tietze: The People Who Got Me into Emacs]] - [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2025/12/j-apprecie-les-gens-d-emacs-i-appreciate-the-people-of-emacs/][Sacha Chua: J'apprécie les gens d'Emacs / I appreciate the people of Emacs]] - [[https://www.mauromotion.com/posts/2026-01-01-emacs/][Entering the Church of Emacs - mauromotion.com]] ([[https://mograph.social/@mauro/115819926889400051][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://xenodium.com/my-2025-review-as-an-indie-dev][Alvaro Ramirez: My 2025 review as an indie dev]] - [[https://screwlisp.small-web.org/momentary/my-cl-2025-and-2026/#Trading-itchio-knowledgebase-archives-of-common-lisp-conditions-the-full-2026-plan-and-also-kittens][Some 2025 thankyous and the big 2026 lisp plan]] ([[https://gamerplus.org/@screwlisp/115806210504288363][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://habr.com/ru/articles/982396/][ReLifeBook, Будни ретрокомпьютерщика, Emacs Lisp и FPGA: подведение итогов моей хобби-деятельности / Хабр]] ([[https://zhub.link/@habr/115824888234446433][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/01/emacsconf-2025-notes/][Sacha Chua: EmacsConf 2025 notes]] - Other: - [[https://mastodon.social/@jugadero/115809360928373514]["Deleting blank links in a document today", a poem]] - [[https://github.com/DarkBuffalo/arbo.el][DarkBuffalo/arbo.el: Graphical Project Tree Generator for Emacs]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@DarkBuffalo/115837711598515963][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jBMd9n5n5k][3 Minute Guide to Emacs Autoinsert Mode #coding #programming #org]] (02:35) - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q3fo0b/ann_shiftnumber_now_incorporates_evilnumbers/][[ANN] shift-number now incorporates evil-numbers]] - [[https://github.com/yibie/grid-table][(Update) grid-table 0.2: Built-in chart formulas + chart viewer (C-c v)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1pzno88/update_gridtable_02_builtin_chart_formulas_chart/][Reddit]]) - [[https://kyo.iroiro.party/en/posts/100-percent-lisp/][Kana: Extensibility: The "100% Lisp" Fallacy]] ([[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46460394][HN]], [[https://lobste.rs/s/tjvdxk/extensibility_100_lisp_fallacy][lobste.rs]]) - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q399jz/emacs_on_kindle/][Emacs on kindle]] - [[https://app.media.ccc.de/v/39c3-the-art-of-text-rendering][The Art of Text (rendering)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q0910q/the_art_of_text_rendering/][Reddit]]) - Emacs development: - emacs-devel: - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-12/msg00266.html][Does anybody object to this new macro `dotails'?]] - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-12/msg00382.html][summary of discussion so far, maybe]] - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2026-01/msg00080.html][Re: What Questions are Worth Asking Emacs-Newcomers?]] - [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2026-01/msg00075.html][Re: [Feature Request] Can Emacs add format function `format-f-string` li]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=48b80a1e2b98f22d8da21f7c89ecfd9861643408][New function 'window-cursor-info']] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=51498a88cf984a6cd82ab4838eb28f8ad6e5cf44][Add frame parameters 'cloned-from' and 'undeleted' (bug#80104)]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ad500a13e41c772141c420c2c1423a4966144198][Compile queries in treesit-f-l-recompute-features (bug#80108)]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=a03419b52c9b87ac2e9fea1d0ccf584ae77debe8][Factor out undo-ignore-read-only (bug#80049)]] - New packages: - https://melpa.org/#/ai-code: Unified interface for AI coding CLI tool such as Codex, Copilot CLI, Opencode, Grok CLI, etc (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/eglot-python-preset: Eglot preset for Python (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/evil-tex-ts: Tree-sitter based LaTeX text objects for Evil (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/go-template-helper-mode: Overlay Go template highlighting (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/gptel-cpp-complete: GPTel-powered C++ completion (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/org-roam-timeline: Visual timeline for Org-Roam nodes (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/pass-coffin: Interface to "pass coffin" (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/porg: Bring org-mode features to any prog mode (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/scad-ts-mode: Tree-sitter support for OpenSCAD (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/tmpl-mode: Minor mode for "tmpl" template files (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/visual-shorthands: Visual abbreviations for symbol prefixes (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/vulpea-ui: Sidebar infrastructure and widget framework for vulpea notes (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/2026-01][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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