2015-11-23 Emacs News

[Sacha Chua]

HTML version at http://sachachua.com/blog/2015/11/2015-11-23-emacs-news/

• Org Mode
  • [Start simple]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3tugdo/what_people_miss_when_they_are_new_to_orgmode_is/)
  • [Pragmatic Emacs: Org-mode basics VI: A simple TODO list]
    (http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/org-mode-basics-vi-a-simple-todo-list/)
  • [Many ways to use org-mode]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3tc4sv/what_ways_do_you_use_orgmode/)
  • [Org in a mixed Vim/Emacs environment]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3teqv3/is_orgmode_good_for_collaboration_in_mixed/)
    - vim-todoo
  • [Inline tasks]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3tpd5z/a_different_way_to_use_org_xpost_rorgmode/)
  • [Irreal: Asynchronous Python in Org Mode]
    (http://irreal.org/blog/?p=4735)
  • [Alternative keybindings for navigating through headings]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3tn1ba/orgmode_homerowbindings_for_changing_level_etc/)
  • [Tooltips on Emacs commands and variables in org-mode]
    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLUMW0sR4Vk) (7:04)
  • [Discussion of how to make estimates for tasks]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3t5vil/how_to_make_an_estimate_outline_with_orgmode/)
• Configuration
  • [Tips for restructuring/cleaning up your ~/.emacs]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3tlwzl/tips_on_restarting_my_config/)
  • [Spacemacs pros and cons]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3tp30g/can_we_talk_some_more_about_spacemacs/)
• Email
  • [Raimon Grau: Mu4e and gmail (multiple accounts)]
    
(http://puntoblogspot.blogspot.com/2015/11/mu4e-and-gmail-multiple-accounts.html)
  • [sachachua: Mail with Gnus on Windows]
    (http://sachachua.com/blog/2015/11/mail-with-gnus/)
  • [Creating a separate window configuration for e-mail etc.]
    (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3t8zqh/emacs_and_email_pt_2/)
• Coding
  • [Quickly look up x86 assembly documentation]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3tdheu/programming_quickly_lookup_x86_assembly/)
  • [Endless Parentheses: Test-Driven-Development in CIDER and Emacs]
    
(http://endlessparentheses.com/test-driven-development-in-cider-and-emacs.html?source=rss)
  • [Endless Parentheses: Update on tdd-mode with CIDER]
    
(http://endlessparentheses.com/update-on-tdd-mode-with-cider.html?source=rss)
  • [Marcin Borkowski: The Emacs widget library and automatic
    modification of editing fields]
    
(http://mbork.pl/2015-11-21_The_Emacs_widget_library_and_automatic_modification_of_editing_fields)
  • [Not Wizardry! - Set Emacs for Javascript]
    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoT_EA4rGIw) (14:53)
  • [Rust-Mode - Working with Rust in Emacs]
    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3QeVD_Z_00) (7:31)
• Others
  • [systemclip - use the system clipboard from console Emacs]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3tisu3/the_reliable_way_to_access_system_clipboard_from/)
  • [Resizing windows]
    (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3to9a6/resizemode/)
  • [Emacs at work]
    (https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3tv7pj/emacs_work/) -
    things aside from software development
  • [emacspeak: Emacspeak 43.0 (SoundDog) Unleashed!]
    
(http://emacspeak.blogspot.com/2015/11/emacspeak-430-sounddog-unleashed.html)
  • [Pragmatic Emacs: Delete (non) matching lines]
    (http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/delete-non-matching-lines/)
  • [sachachua: 2015-11-18 Emacs Hangout]
    (http://sachachua.com/blog/2015/11/2015-11-18-emacs-hangout/)
  • [Maybe we should try not calling Emacs Lisp "programming"…]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3tj71x/even_office_secretaries_learn_lisp_why_do_the/)
  • [A CEO's guide to Emacs]
    (https://blog.fugue.co/2015-11-11-guide-to-emacs.html)
• Dev news
  • Emacs development changelog
    • [linum-mode plays more nicely with other margin-setting
      extensions]
      
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=b92307f6708f9abff0b2ac242fe4b668232a9153)
      such as darkroom-mode and olivetti-mode
    • [image-mode supports encrypted files]
      
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=58e6235007e6761fb9734b942ecff94bf4e9ba68)
    • [New seek functions for mpc.el]
      
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=5bc966dfdae62cbcb5698f77adffada4fbf445d7)
    • [EasyPG assistant - new option epa-replace-original-text]
      
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=ebad964b3afbe5ef77085be94cf566836450c74c)
  • emacs-devel
    • [Should setqs with missing final assignments give warnings?]
      (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-11/msg01949.html)
    • [Can BBDB3 be included in Emacs core?]
      (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-11/msg01888.html)
    • [Continued discussion about project.el]
      (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-11/msg00525.html)
    • [Working with rectangular regions]
      (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-11/msg02031.html)
    • [Possible changes to release schedule?]
      (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-11/msg01819.html)
    • [Continued discussion about dynamic loading]
      (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-11/msg00436.html)

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)