2015-11-30 Emacs News

[Sacha Chua]

• Beginner tips
  • [Get started with Emacs]
    (http://codingquark.com/getting-started-with-emacs)
  • [Get pop-up help for keybindings with which-key]
    
(http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/get-pop-up-help-for-keybindings-with-which-key/)
• Coding
  • [Make spell check handle code better]
    (http://blog.binchen.org/posts/effective-spell-check-in-emacs.html)
  • [Highlight indentation]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3uiylq/sublimetextesque_indent_indicators/)
  • [Split statements onto multiple lines]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3ui312/multiline_configurable_polylingual_automatic/)
  • [Move s-expressions around with hydra and lisp]
    (http://oremacs.com/2015/11/30/hydra-lispy-move/)
  • [Emacs - the best Python editor?]
    
(https://realpython.com/blog/python/emacs-the-best-python-editor/#.VlxbD6JR8_o.hackernews)
  • [Use pymacs for a bidirectional connection between Emacs and Python]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3uhcm5/connecting_python_with_emacs/)
  • [Code completion for HTML/JS/CSS]
    (http://blog.binchen.org/posts/code-completion-for-htmljscss-in-emacs.html)
  • [Dash/zeal: Look up documentation]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3u8754/is_there_a_package_that_provides_dashzeal_like/)
  • [Tips for interactive testing]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3u6oj9/avoiding_repetitive_repl_calls/)
  • [Use Paradox for Github notifications]
    
(http://endlessparentheses.com/using-paradox-for-github-notifications.html?source=rss)
  • [Magit discussion on Hacker News]
    (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10643977)
  • [Stop/start AWS instances with helm-aws]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3u3dn6/you_can_now_stopstart_an_aws_instance_using/)
  • [Managing dockers (and some Emacs help)]
    
(http://puntoblogspot.blogspot.com/2015/11/managing-dockers-and-some-emacs-help.html)
  • [Learn more about the C part of Emacs]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3uih9g/aside_from_knowing_c_what_other_sort_of_knowledge/)
• Org Mode
  • [Discussion of Org Mode + iPhone sync]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3unwxf/syncing_orgmode_agenda_notes_with_iphone/):
    org-toodledo, MobileOrg, reminders
  • [Immediately finish an org-capture after org-protocol]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3um5ic/bypass_orgcapture_editing_step_with_orgprotocol/)
  • [Navigate through org-babel source blocks]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3u99c0/switching_between_orgbabel_source_blocks/)
  • [Quickly add a note with org-add-note]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3tyr04/org_state_change_log_note_only_on_demand/):
    C-c C-z
  • [Org Mode tables and fill-in quizzes - Latin verb conjugation drills
    in Emacs]
    
(http://sachachua.com/blog/2015/11/org-mode-tables-fill-quizzes-latin-verb-conjugation-drills-emacs/)
• Configuration
  • [Literate Emacs config using Markdown]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3utwfr/literate_emacs_configuration_file/)
  • [Manage Emacs packages as git subtrees]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3uen2w/shell_script_to_manage_emacs_packages_as_git/)
  • [Try out Spacemacs without messing with your current config]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3ucnnx/trying_out_spacemacs_without_messing_with_my/)
  • [Emacs + Vim]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3uavev/i_want_to_learn_emacs_with_some_sort_of_vim/):
    Spacemacs, etc.
  • [Customize the vertical border between windows]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3u0d0u/how_do_i_make_the_vertical_window_divider_more/)
  • [Pragmatic Emacs: Show unfinished keybindings early]
    (http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/show-unfinished-keystrokes-early/)
  • [Fix mml-attach-file using advice]
    (http://mbork.pl/2015-11-28_Fixing_mml-attach-file_using_advice): An
    example of using advice to tweak a function
• Other
  • [Setting and using Emacs in three columns]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3uu1iw/setting_and_using_emacs_in_three_columns/):
    good for wide screens
  • [Discussion of Emacs and keyboard-driven window managers]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3urkmz/how_to_work_with_emacs_in_a_keyboard_driven/):
    xmonad window modifier keys, in particular
  • [Another Slack client for Emacs]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3uqork/someone_is_working_on_another_slack_client/)
  • [InternalReprogrammability - Martin Fowler]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3umoqb/internalreprogrammability_martin_fowler/)
  • [Dired additions]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3ugmcf/collection_of_useful_dired_additions/)
  • [emacs-tangents mailing list]
    
(https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3u3dn6/you_can_now_stopstart_an_aws_instance_using/)
  • [Circe 2.1 released]
    (http://blog.jorgenschaefer.de/2015/11/circe-21-released.html)
  • [Discussion of A CEO's Guide to Emacs on Hacker News]
    (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10642088)
• Dev news
  • [calculator.el]
    
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=f248292ede3940dde5e4ac29d96f8a0294788b0a):
    Simplified code
  • [kqueue library for file notifications on *BSD and Mac OS X]
    
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=c334674695ab6c2691e29ae0d6a2993eae1414a3)
  • [Lots of file notification changes]
    
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=bec57a486a2a40d7c770dab72a34cf6a4d17a5d0)
  • [Renamed automated tests]
    
(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=22bbf7ca22f11cc33d887d0162cf2ec6661c3a3e)
  • [Draft of new Emacs website]
    (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-11/msg02446.html)
  • [Discussion of documentation for debugging Emacs]
    (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-11/msg02341.html)
  • [Lots of messages about dynamic modules]
    (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-11/threads.html):
    errors, callbacks, …
• For fun
  • [Selectric Mode - make Emacs sound like a typewriter]
    (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10643082)
• New packages
  • baidu-life <http://melpa.org/#/baidu-life>: Use baidu api to do some
    interesting things
  • code-library <http://melpa.org/#/code-library>: use org-mode to
    collect code snippets
  • easy-lentic <http://melpa.org/#/easy-lentic>: Write org style
    comment with lentic
  • encourage-mode <http://melpa.org/#/encourage-mode>: Encourages you
    in your work. :D
  • flycheck-typescript-tslint
    <http://melpa.org/#/flycheck-typescript-tslint>: Typescript tslint
    error checker
  • ghq <http://melpa.org/#/ghq>: Ghq interface for emacs
  • hlint-refactor <http://melpa.org/#/hlint-refactor>: Apply HLint
    suggestions
  • ntlm <http://melpa.org/#/ntlm>: NTLM (NT LanManager) authentication
    support
  • org-tracktable <http://melpa.org/#/org-tracktable>: Track your
    writing progress in an org-table
  • resize-window <http://melpa.org/#/resize-window>: easily resize
    windows
  • soap-client <http://melpa.org/#/soap-client>: Access SOAP web
    services
  • transcribe <http://melpa.org/#/transcribe>: package for audio
    transcriptions

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)