2015-12-07 Emacs News

[Sacha Chua]

• Beginner tips:
  • [Beginner's tweaks for emacs]
    (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3vi283/begginers_tweeks_for_emacs/)
  • [How to Fix a Stuck Emacs] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=4763)
• Navigation:
  • [Helm + LDAP in emacs (7:55)]
    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7AaKHRd9uw)
  • [DWIM Narrowing Improvement] (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=4771)
  • [Ivy-mode 0.7.0 is out · (or emacs]
    (http://oremacs.com/2015/12/07/ivy-0.7.0/)
  • [Scroll so that whole paragraphs stay visible.]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3vo62x/scroll_so_that_whole_paragraphs_stay_visible/)
  • [Setting up tabs to behave similar to Sublime]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3vkgag/setting_up_tabs_to_behave_similar_to_sublime/)
  • [Emacs keybindings in Firefox]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3uw4i2/firemacs_firefox_plugin_that_provides_a_number_of/)
• Coding:
  • [Naming and saving macros for repetitive tasks]
    
(http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/naming-and-saving-macros-for-repetitive-tasks/)
  • [Improving Lua support in etags]
    
(http://puntoblogspot.blogspot.ca/2015/12/improving-lua-support-in-etags.html)
  • [Autocompletion for Swift on Emacs]
    (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10685388)
  • [ESUP: Emacs Start-Up Profiler]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3v7c5b/working_on_your_emacs_config_init_esup_is_very/)
  • [Tracking your side project's performance using Emacs, Org-mode, and
    Python's Scipy stack]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3uz8l9/workflow_tracking_your_side_projects_performance/)
  • [next-error-follow-minor-mode (automatically opens files from search
    and compilation buffers)]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3v6a14/til_of_nexterrorfollowminormode_automatically/)
  • [Swift/Xcode auto completion on emacs, beat vim to it!]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3vnx9z/swiftxcode_auto_completion_on_emacs_beat_vim_to_it/)
  • [An example of using Emacs 25 dynamic modules to evaluate Ruby code]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3vrxon/embed_lightweight_ruby_vm_mruby_into_emacs_by/)
• Emacspeak:
  • [Emacspeak 43.0 (SoundDog) Unleashed]
    (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10649189)
  • [EMACSPEAK The Complete Audio Desktop: A Ladspa Work-Bench For The
    Emacspeak Desktop]
    
(http://emacspeak.blogspot.ca/2015/12/a-ladspa-work-bench-for-emacspeak.html)
• Elfeed (an RSS/ATOM reader):
  • [Useful extensions to Elfeed]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3vmyu3/useful_extensions_to_elfeed/)
  • [9 Elfeed Features You Might Not Know]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3vcrqb/9_elfeed_features_you_might_not_know/)
• Emacs and operating systems:
  • [GNU Emacs FAQ For MS Windows: EZWinPorts]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3vonma/gnu_emacs_faq_for_ms_windows_ezwinports/)
  • [Tips for dealing with Emacs crashes on Mac OS X]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3vlsbh/i_feel_like_im_in_an_abusive_relationship_with/)
• Other:
  • [EMMS and Hydra] (http://mbork.pl/2015-12-05_Emms_and_hydra)
  • [Emacs and writers - What novels have been written with emacs?]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3v0spw/what_novels_have_been_written_with_emacs/)
  • [Emacs auto-completion for non-programmers]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3uzk2x/emacs_autocompletion_for_nonprogrammers/)
  • [The Design of the Emacs Logo: Part II (2003)]
    (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10654391)
  • [Show all processes in proced]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3vanut/show_all_processes_in_proced/)
  • [Long discussion of what Emacs can't do (yet)]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3v19uj/is_there_anything_emacs_cant_do/)
  • [Setting up gnus in emacs - simple how-to]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3vkku4/setting_up_gnus_in_emacs_simple_howto/)
  • [Using Rsync as an alternative to TRAMP]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3vopf9/using_rsync_as_an_alternative_to_tramp/)
  • [Making my to-do list more detailed; process versus outcome]
    
(http://sachachua.com/blog/2015/12/making-list-detailed-process-versus-outcome/)
  • [xbm-life - Conway's Game of Life using Emacs' support for XBM
    images]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3vhmce/xbmlife_conways_game_of_life_using_emacs_support/)
• Emacs devel:
  • [Explanation of master vs emacs-25]
    (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-12/msg00072.html)
  • [Discussion of new draft for Emacs website]
    (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-12/msg00017.html)
    (also on [Reddit]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3vgx2a/new_update_of_the_emacs_website_was_re_first/))
  • [Discussion about whether lax matching is a good or bad default]
    (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-12/msg00007.html)
  • [Better handling of window margins]
    (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-12/msg00244.html)
    when multiple packages want to display information
• New packages
  • angular-mode <http://melpa.org/#/angular-mode>: Major mode for
    Angular.js
  • borland-blue-theme <http://melpa.org/#/borland-blue-theme>:
    Blue/yellow theme based on old DOS Borland/Turbo C IDE
  • character-fold+ <http://melpa.org/#/character-fold+>: Extensions to
    `character-fold.el'
  • cheatsheet <http://melpa.org/#/cheatsheet>: create your own
    cheatsheet
  • elfeed-goodies <http://melpa.org/#/elfeed-goodies>: Elfeed goodies
  • flycheck-gometalinter <http://melpa.org/#/flycheck-gometalinter>:
    flycheck checker for gometalinter
  • github-issues <http://melpa.org/#/github-issues>: Emacs utility
    functions and modes for managing GitHub projects' issues
  • haskell-tab-indent <http://melpa.org/#/haskell-tab-indent>:
    tab-based indentation for haskell-mode
  • java-imports <http://melpa.org/#/java-imports>: Code for dealing
    with Java imports
  • mb-url <http://melpa.org/#/mb-url>: Multiple Backends for Emacs URL
    package.
  • selectric-mode <http://melpa.org/#/selectric-mode>: IBM Selectric
    mode for Emacs
  • sibilant-mode <http://melpa.org/#/sibilant-mode>: Support for the
    Sibilant programming language
  • sproto-mode <http://melpa.org/#/sproto-mode>: Major mode for editing
    sproto.
  • python <http://melpa.org/#/python>: Python's flying circus support
    for Emacs

Links from [reddit.com/r/emacs] (http://reddit.com/r/emacs/new), [Hacker
News]
(https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story),
[planet.emacsen.org] (http://planet.emacsen.org), [Youtube]
(https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=emacs&search_sort=video_date_uploaded),
the [Emacs commit log]
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/?showmsg=1), the changes
to the [Emacs NEWS file]
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS), and
[emacs-devel] (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-11).

[Past Emacs News round-ups]
(http://sachachua.com/blog/category/emacs-news)