2026-09-07 Emacs news ===================== The Emacs Carnival theme for September is "Games" (https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CarnivalSeptember2026). Enjoy! Other really cool uses of graphics in Emacs: org-timegrid https://github.com/Gleek/org-timegrid, poimap https://github.com/florommel/poimap, canvas-minimap https://github.com/Daskeladden/canvas-minimap.
Also, public service announcement: doomemacs.com is not affiliated with doomemacs.org https://doomemacs.org (see this Github discussion https://github.com/orgs/doomemacs/discussions/129). Just in case someone reading this happens to be the person who made doomemacs.com, please consider setting up a redirect to doomemacs.org for more awesomeness and less confusion. Thank you! And a reminder: EmacsConf - 2026 - Call for Participation https://emacsconf.org/2026/cfp/ target date for proposals Sept 18, conference is online Dec 12-13. Hope to see you there! - Upcoming events (iCal file https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics, Org https://emacslife.com/calendar/): - London Emacs (in person): Emacs London meetup https://www.meetup.com/london-emacs-hacking/events/316294538/ Tue Sep 8 1800 Europe/London - Emacs Berlin: In-Person-Only Emacs-Berlin Stammtisch https://emacs-berlin.org/ Tue Sep 8 1900 Europe/Berlin - OrgMeetup (virtual) https://orgmode.org/worg/orgmeetup.html Wed Sep 9 0900 America/Vancouver - 1100 America/Chicago - 1200 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/UTC - 1800 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Sep 10 0000 Asia/Singapore - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs Fri Sep 11 1800 Europe/Paris - PDX Emacs (in person) https://pdx.social/@howard/117147689957341583 - Tue Sept 15 6:00 pm in Portland, OR - M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Wed Sep 16 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/UTC - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore - Beginner: - What's in the Emacs newcomers-presets theme? https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/04/what-s-in-the-emacs-newcomers-presets-theme/ (April 2026, Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=14056) - Emacs configuration: - Guide to Deferred Package Loading with use-package (Optimizing Emacs Startup) https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-startup-defer-use-package-performance/ (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w6d1zw/guide_to_deferred_package_loading_with_usepackage/, Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=14062) - auto-side-windows now on MELPA https://github.com/MArpogaus/auto-side-windows (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w70jid/autosidewindows_now_on_melpa/) - Emacs Meep-mode Model Editing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha_67hACw5M (57:41) modal editing - Casual Suite 3.0 https://melpa.org/#/?q=casual (@[email protected] https://sfba.social/@kickingvegas/117197418834344945) - wakib-emacs: Emacs for the rest of us: v2 released! https://github.com/darkstego/wakib-emacs/releases/tag/v2.0.0 (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w3m1qt/wakibemacs_emacs_for_the_rest_of_us_v2_released/) - Bedrock 2.0 released! https://lambdaland.org/posts/2026-09-06-bedrock-v2/ (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1wa31fa/bedrock_20_released/) - Emacs Lisp: - Extending imenu for elisp https://github.com/benleis1/ilist-plus (YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU2WcX4dDiU, Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w6nmre/extending_imenu_for_elisp/, @[email protected] https://mathstodon.xyz/@benleis/117216149493983366) - Appearance: - Zoom in/out slider on the modeline https://github.com/benleis1/emacs-init/blob/13b61e43c6baad043af71cad385c68787340d9a6/modeline.el#L805 (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1wa0b2q/zoom_inout_slider_on_the_modeline/) - the emacs theme I use: N Λ N O Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlm7sxDB6h8 (06:24) - [Theme] Vulkanite: 26 atmospheric dark theme variants for Emacs with Kanagawa-inspired balance https://github.com/Meskour/vulkanite-theme-emacs (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w9bmyi/theme_vulkanite_26_atmospheric_dark_theme/) - Protesilaos: Emacs: doric-themes version 1.3.0 https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-09-04-doric-themes-1-3-0/ (Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=14064) - Navigation: - windmove tinkering (@[email protected]) https://writeout.ink/@ljwrites/117200269254705677 - auto-tab-groups: tab groups that open and close with your commands (now on MELPA) https://github.com/MArpogaus/auto-tab-groups (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w9n1tl/autotabgroups_tab_groups_that_open_and_close_with/) - poimap.el - Visual buffer map with points of interest https://github.com/florommel/poimap (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w94mey/poimapel_visual_buffer_map_with_points_of_interest/) - canvas-minimap: a pixel-based minimap using Emacs 32's canvas image type https://github.com/Daskeladden/canvas-minimap (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w8cp2v/canvasminimap_a_pixelbased_minimap_using_emacs/) - Writing: - Lars Ingebrigtsen: Emacs Canz Spell Goodly Know https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2026/09/07/emacs-canz-spell-goodly-know/ - Thysrael/markdown-ts-appear: Reveal Markdown source at point and preview math in Emacs markdown-ts-mode · GitHub https://github.com/Thysrael/markdown-ts-appear (@thysrael https://mastodon.social/@thysrael/117206746884931257) - Org Mode: - My Note Taking Setup With Emacs Org-Mode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL5K5Fb8hFc (33:26) - Writing year in review: My 2022 writing habit on Emacs | Semi-author-ized writer https://ljwrites.blog/posts/2022-writing-review/ (@[email protected] https://writeout.ink/@ljwrites/117227169775105757) - A beautiful SVG weekly calendar for Emacs, backed by Org files, with full mouse and keyboard support and an optional day strip for Org Agenda https://github.com/Gleek/org-timegrid (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w519nv/a_beautiful_svg_weekly_calendar_for_emacs_backed/) - Emacs Org-Mode PDF Quicksheet now available in PEL https://pierre-rouleau.github.io/pel/pel-table-based-documentation1/mode-org-mode.pdf (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w6lxq5/emacs_orgmode_pdf_quicksheet_now_available_in_pel/) - org-draw is now available on MELPA! https://github.com/larrasket/org-draw (YouTube https://youtu.be/04zbf-tosNQ, Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w63wry/orgdraw_is_now_available_on_melpa/) - Improving the styling of emacs tables with tabularray https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w599dx/improving_the_styling_of_emacs_tables_with/ (programming.dev https://programming.dev/post/55958138?scrollToComments=true) - org-table-widget: I finally found a way to make Org tables easier to read without changing how I edit them https://github.com/yibie/org-table-widget (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w9ur57/orgtablewidget_i_finally_found_a_way_to_make_org/) - Org development: - Factor out export-and-show in ox-latex.el and ox-beamer.el https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=adb342777a06dc46901683c5e58ae3c5926c0e4d - Coding: - James Dyer: Git Worktrees Without Leaving Built-in VC https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20260905090959-emacs--git-worktrees-and-branch-surgery-in-built-in-vc/ - Emacs Redux: Working with Git Worktrees in Magit https://emacsredux.com/blog/2026/09/02/working-with-git-worktrees-in-magit/ - Dave Pearson: next-gh-pr.el v1.1.0 https://blog.davep.org/2026/09/03/next-gh-pr-el-v1-1-0.html - Joar von Arndt: Emacs does not need LSP https://joarvarndt.se/emacs-lsp.html - Magnus: Emacs salmagundi, 2026-09-06 https://magnus.therning.org/2026-09-06-emacs-salmagundi,-2026-09-06.html emacs-multi-compile, consult-kith for jumping to tests/etc. - Xdebug for PHP on Emacs with Dape | Artful Robot https://artfulrobot.uk/blog/xdebug-for-php-on-emacs-with-dape/ (@[email protected] https://floss.social/@artfulrobot/117213333747912541) - gaudy-cl: Colorful semantic font-locking for Common Lisp https://codeberg.org/zshaftel/gaudy-cl (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w3sixr/gaudycl_colorful_semantic_fontlocking_for_common/) - Shells: - cooked - a comint based terminal emulator https://github.com/vodik/cooked (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w9b9bh/cooked_a_comint_based_terminal_emulator/) - Evil mode: - evil-twin: key-chords that actually behave under evil-mode https://github.com/teeann/evil-twin (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w4foe6/eviltwin_keychords_that_actually_behave_under/) - Multimedia: - New package: supersonic.el (Music player for subsonic-compatible servers) https://github.com/systemfreund/supersonic.el (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1wa1aok/new_package_supersonicel_music_player_for/) - Integrating Emacs with Music Player https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=580DxF2M7EE (01:32:18) - Bioscoop demo: split screen to visualize color grading - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoFdxP-MTn4 (@danielsz.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/danielsz.bsky.social/post/3mujq4qrpvc2b) - Fun: - andros/nonogram.el: Play nonogram puzzles (also known as picross, griddlers or hanjie) in Emacs https://git.andros.dev/andros/nonogram.el (@[email protected] https://activity.andros.dev/@andros/statuses/01M1XDA1DYE0BBEWJEH831MZ1Q) - Raymond Zeitler: Games: The Emacs Carnival Post For September 2026 https://ray-on-emacs.blogspot.com/2026/09/games-emacs-carnival-post-for-september.html - Sacha Chua: Emacs Carnival September 2026: Games https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/09/emacs-carnival-september-2026-games/ - Playing with Emacs | Dilip's Log https://idlip.in/posts/playing-emacs/ - Process Footage: Randomized Greeting from Dipskits Greets Me at My Terminal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsVoHPL1C6g (05:23) - LLMs: - Pimacs - An Emacs UI for Pi · Anantha Kumaran https://ananthakumaran.in/2026/08/30/pimacs.html - El Yayster — a resident LLM that inhabits Emacs https://github.com/yayster/yayster.el (HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49602258) - Community: - BEWARE: doomemacs.com is not associated with doomemacs https://github.com/orgs/doomemacs/discussions/129 (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w7h191/beware_doomemacscom_is_not_associated_with/) - Question about things that surprised you about Emacs. https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w4knk3/question_about_things_that_surprised_you_about/ - Emacs in fifty keystrokes five years later (2026 edition featuring meow and agent-shell) https://enzuru.medium.com/emacs-in-fifty-keystrokes-five-years-later-2026-edition-featuring-meow-and-agent-shell-3d656f273989?source=friends_link&sk=4e1a8ba56819a67c1798cc34b40b8a29 - Sacha Chua: Emacs Chat 30: Fabrice Niessen (en français, partie 2) https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/08/27-aout-emacs-chat-fabrice-niessen-en-francais-partie-2/ (YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m0G_ASLUXY, 01:05:56) - Talking About Stuff I Use on Linux (not a dev, just a human perspective) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWfl8nDgb8o (01:00:02) Doom Emacs at 15:24 - Other: - Jeremy Friesen: How I’m Feeling Emacs Command https://takeonrules.com/2026/09/01/how-im-feeling-emacs-package/ - The Emacs Security Settings that might Silently Compromise your System https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-security-settings/ (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w4ems0/the_emacs_security_settings_that_might_silently/) - I finally got Emacs to render Markdown tables properly (md-mode 0.4.1) — and I think the same trick can work for Org tables https://github.com/yibie/md-mode/releases/tag/v0.4.1 (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w9l680/i_finally_got_emacs_to_render_markdown_tables/) - epub-reader: an EPUB reader for Emacs that reflows, breaks CJK lines properly, and keeps highlights across re-layout https://github.com/yibie/epub-reader (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w51gyl/epubreader_an_epub_reader_for_emacs_that_reflows/) - Marcin Borkowski: Pasting primary selection from keyboard https://mbork.pl/2026-09-07_Pasting_primary_selection_from_keyboard - thkoch2001/rau: Emacs/Wayland based Window Manager in pure elisp with the help of River https://github.com/thkoch2001/rau (HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49593319) - Building Emacs into a systemd-sysext — Alex Carney https://www.alcarney.me/blog/2026/building-emacs-into-a-systemd-sysext/ (@[email protected] https://mastodon.social/@alcarney/117197558126253320) - Emacs development: - emacs-devel: - Re: master e630bc4fd72: ; Fix some recently added docs. - Dmitry Gutov https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/[email protected]/ - xref docs? - Improve presentation of query-replace-show-preview https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ab1d6868ed32c2a06b7a4aa21cef84d560cc2aca - Let 'query-replace-show-preview' be a function (bug#81583) https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3b721dd39afd435021d45c046f1f54b5512b7236 - Make log-edit-headers-separator inherit from separator-line https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8e23cbb85fcde872aa154086e41f9947fe86d783 - Merge branch 'xref-find-by-kind' https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=9e05c0360c5f94ad9c5375b2bd9f84d453ab4f22 - New packages: - https://melpa.org/#/agent-shell-math-renderer: Display-math rendering for agent-shell (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/api-credit: AI API balance in the modeline (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/auto-tab-groups: Simple auto tab group creator for specified commands (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/cursorfree: Complex editing through voice (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/material-icons: Material Icon Theme integration (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/metropolis-light-theme: Light theme based on the Metropolis Beamer palette (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/mode-line-path: Abbreviate file paths in the mode line (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/nix3: Frontend to experimental commands of Nix (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/org-roam-gt: Improvements for org-roam (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/pilish: Emacs frontend for pi coding agent (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/surveyor: Survey your code with LLM-generated diagrams (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/2026-09. 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/
* 2026-09-07 Emacs news The Emacs Carnival theme for September is "[[https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CarnivalSeptember2026][Games]]". Enjoy! Other really cool uses of graphics in Emacs: [[https://github.com/Gleek/org-timegrid][org-timegrid]], [[https://github.com/florommel/poimap][poimap]], [[https://github.com/Daskeladden/canvas-minimap][canvas-minimap]]. Also, public service announcement: doomemacs.com is not affiliated with [[https://doomemacs.org][doomemacs.org]] ([[https://github.com/orgs/doomemacs/discussions/129][see this Github discussion]]). Just in case someone reading this happens to be the person who made doomemacs.com, please consider setting up a redirect to doomemacs.org for more awesomeness and less confusion. Thank you! And a reminder: [[https://emacsconf.org/2026/cfp/][EmacsConf - 2026 - Call for Participation]] target date for proposals Sept 18, conference is online Dec 12-13. Hope to see you there! - Upcoming events ([[https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics][iCal file]], [[https://emacslife.com/calendar/][Org]]): - London Emacs (in person): Emacs London meetup https://www.meetup.com/london-emacs-hacking/events/316294538/ Tue Sep 8 1800 Europe/London - Emacs Berlin: In-Person-Only Emacs-Berlin Stammtisch https://emacs-berlin.org/ Tue Sep 8 1900 Europe/Berlin - OrgMeetup (virtual) https://orgmode.org/worg/orgmeetup.html Wed Sep 9 0900 America/Vancouver - 1100 America/Chicago - 1200 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/UTC - 1800 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Sep 10 0000 Asia/Singapore - Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs Fri Sep 11 1800 Europe/Paris - PDX Emacs (in person) https://pdx.social/@howard/117147689957341583 - Tue Sept 15 6:00 pm in Portland, OR - M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Wed Sep 16 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/UTC - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore - Beginner: - [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/04/what-s-in-the-emacs-newcomers-presets-theme/][What's in the Emacs newcomers-presets theme?]] (April 2026, [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=14056][Irreal]]) - Emacs configuration: - [[https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-startup-defer-use-package-performance/][Guide to Deferred Package Loading with use-package (Optimizing Emacs Startup)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w6d1zw/guide_to_deferred_package_loading_with_usepackage/][Reddit]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=14062][Irreal]]) - [[https://github.com/MArpogaus/auto-side-windows][auto-side-windows now on MELPA]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w70jid/autosidewindows_now_on_melpa/][Reddit]]) - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha_67hACw5M][Emacs Meep-mode Model Editing]] (57:41) modal editing - [[https://melpa.org/#/?q=casual][Casual Suite 3.0]] ([[https://sfba.social/@kickingvegas/117197418834344945][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://github.com/darkstego/wakib-emacs/releases/tag/v2.0.0][wakib-emacs: Emacs for the rest of us: v2 released!]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w3m1qt/wakibemacs_emacs_for_the_rest_of_us_v2_released/][Reddit]]) - [[https://lambdaland.org/posts/2026-09-06-bedrock-v2/][Bedrock 2.0 released!]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1wa31fa/bedrock_20_released/][Reddit]]) - Emacs Lisp: - [[https://github.com/benleis1/ilist-plus][Extending imenu for elisp]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU2WcX4dDiU][YouTube]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w6nmre/extending_imenu_for_elisp/][Reddit]], [[https://mathstodon.xyz/@benleis/117216149493983366][@[email protected]]]) - Appearance: - [[https://github.com/benleis1/emacs-init/blob/13b61e43c6baad043af71cad385c68787340d9a6/modeline.el#L805][Zoom in/out slider on the modeline]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1wa0b2q/zoom_inout_slider_on_the_modeline/][Reddit]]) - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlm7sxDB6h8][the emacs theme I use: N Λ N O Theme]] (06:24) - [[https://github.com/Meskour/vulkanite-theme-emacs][[Theme] Vulkanite: 26 atmospheric dark theme variants for Emacs with Kanagawa-inspired balance]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w9bmyi/theme_vulkanite_26_atmospheric_dark_theme/][Reddit]]) - [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-09-04-doric-themes-1-3-0/][Protesilaos: Emacs: doric-themes version 1.3.0]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=14064][Irreal]]) - Navigation: - [[https://writeout.ink/@ljwrites/117200269254705677][windmove tinkering (@[email protected])]] - [[https://github.com/MArpogaus/auto-tab-groups][auto-tab-groups: tab groups that open and close with your commands (now on MELPA)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w9n1tl/autotabgroups_tab_groups_that_open_and_close_with/][Reddit]]) - [[https://github.com/florommel/poimap][poimap.el - Visual buffer map with points of interest]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w94mey/poimapel_visual_buffer_map_with_points_of_interest/][Reddit]]) - [[https://github.com/Daskeladden/canvas-minimap][canvas-minimap: a pixel-based minimap using Emacs 32's canvas image type]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w8cp2v/canvasminimap_a_pixelbased_minimap_using_emacs/][Reddit]]) - Writing: - [[https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2026/09/07/emacs-canz-spell-goodly-know/][Lars Ingebrigtsen: Emacs Canz Spell Goodly Know]] - [[https://github.com/Thysrael/markdown-ts-appear][Thysrael/markdown-ts-appear: Reveal Markdown source at point and preview math in Emacs markdown-ts-mode · GitHub]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@thysrael/117206746884931257][@thysrael]]) - Org Mode: - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL5K5Fb8hFc][My Note Taking Setup With Emacs Org-Mode]] (33:26) - [[https://ljwrites.blog/posts/2022-writing-review/][Writing year in review: My 2022 writing habit on Emacs | Semi-author-ized writer]] ([[https://writeout.ink/@ljwrites/117227169775105757][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://github.com/Gleek/org-timegrid][A beautiful SVG weekly calendar for Emacs, backed by Org files, with full mouse and keyboard support and an optional day strip for Org Agenda]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w519nv/a_beautiful_svg_weekly_calendar_for_emacs_backed/][Reddit]]) - [[https://pierre-rouleau.github.io/pel/pel-table-based-documentation1/mode-org-mode.pdf][Emacs Org-Mode PDF Quicksheet now available in PEL]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w6lxq5/emacs_orgmode_pdf_quicksheet_now_available_in_pel/][Reddit]]) - [[https://github.com/larrasket/org-draw][org-draw is now available on MELPA!]] ([[https://youtu.be/04zbf-tosNQ][YouTube]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w63wry/orgdraw_is_now_available_on_melpa/][Reddit]]) - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w599dx/improving_the_styling_of_emacs_tables_with/][Improving the styling of emacs tables with tabularray]] ([[https://programming.dev/post/55958138?scrollToComments=true][programming.dev]]) - [[https://github.com/yibie/org-table-widget][org-table-widget: I finally found a way to make Org tables easier to read without changing how I edit them]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w9ur57/orgtablewidget_i_finally_found_a_way_to_make_org/][Reddit]]) - Org development: - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=adb342777a06dc46901683c5e58ae3c5926c0e4d][Factor out export-and-show in ox-latex.el and ox-beamer.el]] - Coding: - [[https://emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20260905090959-emacs--git-worktrees-and-branch-surgery-in-built-in-vc/][James Dyer: Git Worktrees Without Leaving Built-in VC]] - [[https://emacsredux.com/blog/2026/09/02/working-with-git-worktrees-in-magit/][Emacs Redux: Working with Git Worktrees in Magit]] - [[https://blog.davep.org/2026/09/03/next-gh-pr-el-v1-1-0.html][Dave Pearson: next-gh-pr.el v1.1.0]] - [[https://joarvarndt.se/emacs-lsp.html][Joar von Arndt: Emacs does not need LSP]] - [[https://magnus.therning.org/2026-09-06-emacs-salmagundi,-2026-09-06.html][Magnus: Emacs salmagundi, 2026-09-06]] emacs-multi-compile, consult-kith for jumping to tests/etc. - [[https://artfulrobot.uk/blog/xdebug-for-php-on-emacs-with-dape/][Xdebug for PHP on Emacs with Dape | Artful Robot]] ([[https://floss.social/@artfulrobot/117213333747912541][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://codeberg.org/zshaftel/gaudy-cl][gaudy-cl: Colorful semantic font-locking for Common Lisp]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w3sixr/gaudycl_colorful_semantic_fontlocking_for_common/][Reddit]]) - Shells: - [[https://github.com/vodik/cooked][cooked - a comint based terminal emulator]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w9b9bh/cooked_a_comint_based_terminal_emulator/][Reddit]]) - Evil mode: - [[https://github.com/teeann/evil-twin][evil-twin: key-chords that actually behave under evil-mode]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w4foe6/eviltwin_keychords_that_actually_behave_under/][Reddit]]) - Multimedia: - [[https://github.com/systemfreund/supersonic.el][New package: supersonic.el (Music player for subsonic-compatible servers)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1wa1aok/new_package_supersonicel_music_player_for/][Reddit]]) - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=580DxF2M7EE][Integrating Emacs with Music Player]] (01:32:18) - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoFdxP-MTn4][Bioscoop demo: split screen to visualize color grading - YouTube]] ([[https://bsky.app/profile/danielsz.bsky.social/post/3mujq4qrpvc2b][@danielsz.bsky.social]]) - Fun: - [[https://git.andros.dev/andros/nonogram.el][andros/nonogram.el: Play nonogram puzzles (also known as picross, griddlers or hanjie) in Emacs]] ([[https://activity.andros.dev/@andros/statuses/01M1XDA1DYE0BBEWJEH831MZ1Q][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://ray-on-emacs.blogspot.com/2026/09/games-emacs-carnival-post-for-september.html][Raymond Zeitler: Games: The Emacs Carnival Post For September 2026]] - [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/09/emacs-carnival-september-2026-games/][Sacha Chua: Emacs Carnival September 2026: Games]] - [[https://idlip.in/posts/playing-emacs/][Playing with Emacs | Dilip's Log]] - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsVoHPL1C6g][Process Footage: Randomized Greeting from Dipskits Greets Me at My Terminal]] (05:23) - LLMs: - [[https://ananthakumaran.in/2026/08/30/pimacs.html][Pimacs - An Emacs UI for Pi · Anantha Kumaran]] - [[https://github.com/yayster/yayster.el][El Yayster — a resident LLM that inhabits Emacs]] ([[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49602258][HN]]) - Community: - [[https://github.com/orgs/doomemacs/discussions/129][BEWARE: doomemacs.com is not associated with doomemacs]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w7h191/beware_doomemacscom_is_not_associated_with/][Reddit]]) - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w4knk3/question_about_things_that_surprised_you_about/][Question about things that surprised you about Emacs.]] - [[https://enzuru.medium.com/emacs-in-fifty-keystrokes-five-years-later-2026-edition-featuring-meow-and-agent-shell-3d656f273989?source=friends_link&sk=4e1a8ba56819a67c1798cc34b40b8a29][Emacs in fifty keystrokes five years later (2026 edition featuring meow and agent-shell)]] - [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/08/27-aout-emacs-chat-fabrice-niessen-en-francais-partie-2/][Sacha Chua: Emacs Chat 30: Fabrice Niessen (en français, partie 2)]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m0G_ASLUXY][YouTube]], 01:05:56) - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWfl8nDgb8o][Talking About Stuff I Use on Linux (not a dev, just a human perspective)]] (01:00:02) Doom Emacs at 15:24 - Other: - [[https://takeonrules.com/2026/09/01/how-im-feeling-emacs-package/][Jeremy Friesen: How I’m Feeling Emacs Command]] - [[https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-security-settings/][The Emacs Security Settings that might Silently Compromise your System]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w4ems0/the_emacs_security_settings_that_might_silently/][Reddit]]) - [[https://github.com/yibie/md-mode/releases/tag/v0.4.1][I finally got Emacs to render Markdown tables properly (md-mode 0.4.1) — and I think the same trick can work for Org tables]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w9l680/i_finally_got_emacs_to_render_markdown_tables/][Reddit]]) - [[https://github.com/yibie/epub-reader][epub-reader: an EPUB reader for Emacs that reflows, breaks CJK lines properly, and keeps highlights across re-layout]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1w51gyl/epubreader_an_epub_reader_for_emacs_that_reflows/][Reddit]]) - [[https://mbork.pl/2026-09-07_Pasting_primary_selection_from_keyboard][Marcin Borkowski: Pasting primary selection from keyboard]] - [[https://github.com/thkoch2001/rau][thkoch2001/rau: Emacs/Wayland based Window Manager in pure elisp with the help of River]] ([[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49593319][HN]]) - [[https://www.alcarney.me/blog/2026/building-emacs-into-a-systemd-sysext/][Building Emacs into a systemd-sysext — Alex Carney]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@alcarney/117197558126253320][@[email protected]]]) - Emacs development: - emacs-devel: - [[https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/[email protected]/][Re: master e630bc4fd72: ; Fix some recently added docs. - Dmitry Gutov]] - xref docs? - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ab1d6868ed32c2a06b7a4aa21cef84d560cc2aca][Improve presentation of query-replace-show-preview]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3b721dd39afd435021d45c046f1f54b5512b7236][Let 'query-replace-show-preview' be a function (bug#81583)]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8e23cbb85fcde872aa154086e41f9947fe86d783][Make log-edit-headers-separator inherit from separator-line]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=9e05c0360c5f94ad9c5375b2bd9f84d453ab4f22][Merge branch 'xref-find-by-kind']] - New packages: - https://melpa.org/#/agent-shell-math-renderer: Display-math rendering for agent-shell (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/api-credit: AI API balance in the modeline (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/auto-tab-groups: Simple auto tab group creator for specified commands (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/cursorfree: Complex editing through voice (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/material-icons: Material Icon Theme integration (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/metropolis-light-theme: Light theme based on the Metropolis Beamer palette (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/mode-line-path: Abbreviate file paths in the mode line (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/nix3: Frontend to experimental commands of Nix (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/org-roam-gt: Improvements for org-roam (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/pilish: Emacs frontend for pi coding agent (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/surveyor: Survey your code with LLM-generated diagrams (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/2026-09][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!
