2025-10-13 Emacs news
Sacha Chua <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Oct 2025 11:50:16 -0400
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- Upcoming events (iCal file https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calenda=
r.ics, Org https://emacslife.com/calendar/):
- M-x Research: TBA //m-x-research.github.io/ https://m-x-research.gi=
thub.io/ Wed Oct 15 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 Am=
erica/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 230=
0 Asia/Singapore
- London Emacs (in person): Emacs London meetup //www.meetup.com/lond=
on-emacs-hacking/events/311459896/ https://www.meetup.com/london-emacs-hack=
ing/events/311459896/ Thu Oct 23 1830 Europe/London
- Emacs APAC: Emacs APAC meetup (virtual) //emacs-apac.gitlab.io/anno=
uncements/ https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/announcements/ Sat Oct 25 0130 Amer=
ica/Vancouver - 0330 America/Chicago - 0430 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT =
- 1030 Europe/Berlin - 1400 Asia/Kolkata - 1630 Asia/Singapore
- Beginner:
- Emacs For Writers Unit 4: Keybindings https://www.youtube.com/watch=
?v=3DSxl4Hw_4cBQ (06:17)
- Emacs configuration:
- Why and how I ditched use-package? | Dragon=E2=80=99s notes https:/=
/eugene-andrienko.com/it/2025/10/10/emacs-ditch-use-package.html (@evgandr@=
mastodon.bsd.cafe https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@evgandr/115351861934959808)
- Use-Package, or Not! | Zenie=E2=80=99s Qis https://zeniesqis.static=
host.eu/code/2025-07-16-use-package-or-not (@[email protected] https://piail=
le.fr/@Zenie/115337522067362666)
- Alvaro Ramirez: Bending Emacs - Episode 2: From vanilla to your fla=
vor https://xenodium.com/bending-emacs-episode-2 (YouTube https://www.youtu=
be.com/watch?v=3DqTumnhiE1c8 14:38, Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/c=
omments/1o0omu7/bending_emacs_episode_2/, Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=
=3D13325)
- D4lj337/Emacs-performance: Few of the settings for speeding up the =
Emacs. https://github.com/D4lj337/Emacs-performance (Reddit https://www.red=
dit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o5bigj/this_is_what_i_have_learned_to_speed_up_em=
acs/)
- Nerding out about dotfiles, Qtile, Tmux, and Emacs https://www.yout=
ube.com/watch?v=3DFGiH06vtuFI (01:53:01)
- Medicated Emacs: A minimal, modern Emacs configuration that just wo=
rks https://github.com/RolandMarchand/medicated-emacs
- Emacs Backpack is a self-documenting GNU Emacs starter kit inspired=
after Bedrock and Doom. https://github.com/shackra/backpack (Reddit https:=
//www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o14g0t/emacs_backpack_is_a_selfdocumenti=
ng_gnu_emacs/)
- Irreal: Red Meat Friday: Emacs Startup Time Again https://irreal.or=
g/blog/?p=3D13328
- Emacs Lisp:
- Marcin Borkowski: A debug helper in Elisp https://mbork.pl/2025-10-=
06_A_debug_helper_in_Elisp (Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=3D13320)
- Appearance:
- Rahul Juliato: Creating a Catppuccin-Mocha Theme in Emacs with Modu=
s Themes https://rahuljuliato.com/posts/modus-catppuccin (Reddit https://ww=
w.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o0t8tb/creating_a_catppuccinmocha_theme_in_e=
macs_with/)
- Navigation:
- I recently discover "window-in-direction", for me this a game chang=
er indeed.. share how you manage your window buffers if you like:D https://=
www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o2lu1g/i_recently_discover_windowindirecti=
on_for_me_this/
- Org Mode:
- Built a lightweight CLI for managing org-mode TODOs from the termin=
al https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1o243i3/built_a_lightweight_cl=
i_for_managing_orgmode/
- TAONAW - Emacs and Org Mode: HTML export to work with TiddlyWiki ht=
tps://taonaw.com/2025/10/12/html-export-to-work-with.html
- Org Mode requests: [FR] Consider Org-social for community news feed=
s https://list.orgmode.org/[email protected]
- org-social.el 2.1 release https://org-social-preview.andros.dev/?po=
st=3Dhttps://andros.dev/static/social.org#2025-10-10T09:17:55+0200
- Denote:
- How I as a PhD student use Emacs (and Zotero) to organize my resear=
ch https://lambdaland.org/posts/2025-10-03_reading_papers/ (Reddit https://=
www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o0lydr/how_i_as_a_phd_student_use_emacs_an=
d_zotero_to/)
- Coding:
- Emacs + Elixir Config https://blog.digressed.net/2025-09-30-emacs-3=
0-1-elixir.html (@[email protected] https://c.im/@edporras/115331963887990214)
- Steven Allen: Replacing Git-Link with Forge https://stebalien.com/b=
log/replacing-git-link-with-forge/
- Shells:
- Christian Tietze: Redirect Output to Buffers from Emacs Eshell http=
s://christiantietze.de/posts/2025/10/redirect-output-to-buffers-from-emacs-=
eshell/ (Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=3D13330)
- Mail, news, and chat:
- Irreal: RSS Readers https://irreal.org/blog/?p=3D13332
- Fun:
- tmythicator/lichess.el: A minimal Emacs client for the Lichess API =
https://github.com/tmythicator/lichess.el - game viewer at the moment
- AI:
- Alvaro Ramirez: agent-shell 0.5 improvements https://xenodium.com/a=
gent-shell-0-5-improvements (HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3D4556=
1672)
- Some functions for gptel https://fosstodon.org/@chmouel/11534897401=
4445542
- (released) superchat 0.4: add a simple workflow excutor https://www=
.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o5ei92/released_superchat_04_add_a_simple_wor=
kflow/
- At Last Someone I Can Work With. His Name is Claude. https://www.yo=
utube.com/watch?v=3DAacpl_8fUYY (01:46)
- Modeling bioreactor data with an LLM in Emacs https://www.youtube.c=
om/watch?v=3DNR9Buy3fFwI (12:03)
- AI pair programming and LLM chats in Emacs https://www.youtube.com/=
watch?v=3DqUcHbOANVns (01:14:02)
- Ollama tool use demo on Android Emacs 30.1 https://www.youtube.com/=
watch?v=3Dv_j7HQpFnow (04:00)
- Community:
- Eric MacAdie: Emacs Carnival: Maintenance https://macadie.info/2025=
/10/08/emacs-carnival-maintenance/
- Prot Asks: Christian about indie dev, philosophy of experiences, Ze=
ttelkasten https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DfQryiKaNmzE (02:20:26)
- Protesilaos Stavrou: Prot Asks: Ag about Emacs, Lisps, LLMs, and st=
ory-telling https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-10-09-prot-asks-ag-emacs-l=
isps-llms-story-telling/
- #climate, #gopher, catK, jns, hal9000 lots of guests live #lispyGop=
herClimate #lisp #gamedev #emacs #scheme, #books - Community Video https://=
communitymedia.video/w/1iDniLCpYPSPjxFww6TzJ9
- Other:
- Announcing a lightweight Emacs window manager for Mac OS https://ww=
w.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o2y61f/announcing_a_lightweight_emacs_window=
_manager_for/
- Emacs as a platform for bespoke software https://www.reddit.com/r/e=
macs/comments/1o2c6hj/emacs_as_a_platform_for_bespoke_software/
- Sacha Chua: Added multiple timezone support to casual-timezone-plan=
ner https://sachachua.com/blog/2025/10/added-multiple-timezone-support-to-c=
asual-timezone-planner/
- Emacs Nov-mode and My Nov-highlights Package for EPUB Files https:/=
/www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DHSxXWzGnMVI (05:08)
- My-whisper: A simple Emacs package that provides speech-to-text fun=
ctionality using Whisper.cpp. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DYNtrl9bkjyE=
(00:38)
- draxil/starling-el: Access to Starling bank info, from Emacs! https=
://github.com/draxil/starling-el (@[email protected] https://social=
.linux.pizza/@draxil/115363337018102137)
- Emacs development:
- emacs-devel:
- 24-bit color support for TTY frames on MS-Windows https://lists.gnu=
.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00067.html Help wanted with testing
- Re: [elpa] externals/tmr f38d1f0a20 1/5: Support sending notificati=
ons https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00007.html - =
waiting for alert.el copyright assignment
- Re: feature/elisp-fontify-semantically 136c39438f7: Add optional se=
mantic highlighting for Emacs Lisp https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs=
-devel/2025-09/msg00919.html
- Re: Patch to vertically center line content when using line-spacing=
variable https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00300.h=
tml
- Re: oauth2 redirect-uri & OOB flow https://lists.gnu.org/archive/ht=
ml/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00277.html - xoauth2 plugin helps
- TIL wildcard-to-regexp https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-dev=
el/2025-10/msg00315.html - may be related to wildcard-to-regexp?
- Re: Future history discoverability https://lists.gnu.org/archive/ht=
ml/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00223.html - tips for searching through future hi=
story
- Shared margins https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-=
10/msg00188.html
- Re: master ae32e254191: Fix minibuffer-nonselected-mode when using =
recur https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00052.html =
some notes on frame-related variables
- Document 'elisp-fontify-semantically' in the Emacs manual https://g=
it.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3D0d7fc4516c9e4a36bd6=
d36b041a11ebc5c99d107
- defvar-keymap: New ':prefix t' abbreviation https://git.savannah.gn=
u.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3D7f925b06ace3435d6527aabf345165a71=
16b241d
- New packages:
- https://melpa.org/#/mason: Package managers for LSP, DAP, linters, =
and more (MELPA)
- https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/minimail.html: Simple, non-blocking I=
MAP email client (GNU ELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/org-aws-iam-role: Browse, modify, and simulate =
AWS IAM Roles in Org Babel (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/org-links: Better manage line numbers in your o=
rg-mode links (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/quotient: A library for generating random quote=
s using a text corpus (MELPA)
Links from reddit.com/r/emacs https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs, r/orgmode h=
ttps://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode, r/spacemacs https://www.reddit.com/r/space=
macs, Mastodon #emacs https://mastodon.social/tags/emacs, Bluesky #emacs ht=
tps://bsky.app/hashtag/emacs, Hacker News https://hn.algolia.com/?query=3De=
macs&sort=3DbyDate&prefix&page=3D0&dateRange=3Dall&type=3Dstory, lobste.rs =
https://lobste.rs/search?q=3Demacs&what=3Dstories&order=3Dnewest, programmi=
ng.dev https://programming.dev/c/emacs?dataType=3DPost&page=3D1&sort=3DNew,=
lemmy.world https://lemmy.world/c/emacs, lemmy.ml https://lemmy.ml/c/emacs=
?dataType=3DPost&page=3D1&sort=3DNew, planet.emacslife.com https://planet.e=
macslife.com, YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=3DPL4th0AZixyRE=
OtvxDpdxC9oMuX7Ar7Sdt, the Emacs NEWS file http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit=
/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS, Emacs Calendar https://emacslife.com/calendar/, an=
d emacs-devel https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10. Thank=
s to Andr=C3=A9s Ram=C3=ADrez for emacs-devel links. Do you have an Emacs-r=
elated link or announcement? Please e-mail me at [email protected] mailto=
:[email protected]. Thank you!
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<h3 id=3D"orgc9ee345">2025-10-13 Emacs news</h3>
<div class=3D"outline-text-3" id=3D"text-orgc9ee345">
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li>Upcoming events (<a href=3D"https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calend=
ar.ics">iCal file</a>, <a href=3D"https://emacslife.com/calendar/">Org</a>):
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li>M-x Research: TBA <a href=3D"https://m-x-research.github.io/">https://m=
-x-research.github.io/</a> Wed Oct 15 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America=
/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 =
Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore</li>
<li>London Emacs (in person): Emacs London meetup <a href=3D"https://www.me=
etup.com/london-emacs-hacking/events/311459896/">https://www.meetup.com/lon=
don-emacs-hacking/events/311459896/</a> Thu Oct 23 1830 Europe/London</li>
<li>Emacs APAC: Emacs APAC meetup (virtual) <a href=3D"https://emacs-apac.g=
itlab.io/announcements/">https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/announcements/</a> Sa=
t Oct 25 0130 America/Vancouver - 0330 America/Chicago - 0430 America/Toron=
to - 0830 Etc/GMT - 1030 Europe/Berlin - 1400 Asia/Kolkata - 1630 Asia/Sing=
apore</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Beginner:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DSxl4Hw_4cBQ">Emacs For Wri=
ters Unit 4: Keybindings</a> (06:17)</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Emacs configuration:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://eugene-andrienko.com/it/2025/10/10/emacs-ditch-use-p=
ackage.html">Why and how I ditched use-package? | Dragon=E2=80=99s notes</a=
> (<a href=3D"https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@evgandr/115351861934959808">@evgan=
[email protected]</a>)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://zeniesqis.statichost.eu/code/2025-07-16-use-package-=
or-not">Use-Package, or Not! | Zenie=E2=80=99s Qis</a> (<a href=3D"https://=
piaille.fr/@Zenie/115337522067362666">@[email protected]</a>)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://xenodium.com/bending-emacs-episode-2">Alvaro Ramirez=
: Bending Emacs - Episode 2: From vanilla to your flavor</a> (<a href=3D"ht=
tps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DqTumnhiE1c8">YouTube</a> 14:38, <a href=3D"=
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o0omu7/bending_emacs_episode_2/">R=
eddit</a>, <a href=3D"https://irreal.org/blog/?p=3D13325">Irreal</a>)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://github.com/D4lj337/Emacs-performance">D4lj337/Emacs-=
performance: Few of the settings for speeding up the Emacs.</a> (<a href=3D=
"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o5bigj/this_is_what_i_have_learne=
d_to_speed_up_emacs/">Reddit</a>)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DFGiH06vtuFI">Nerding out a=
bout dotfiles, Qtile, Tmux, and Emacs</a> (01:53:01)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://github.com/RolandMarchand/medicated-emacs">Medicated=
Emacs: A minimal, modern Emacs configuration that just works</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://github.com/shackra/backpack">Emacs Backpack is a sel=
f-documenting GNU Emacs starter kit inspired after Bedrock and Doom.</a> (<=
a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o14g0t/emacs_backpack_is=
_a_selfdocumenting_gnu_emacs/">Reddit</a>)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://irreal.org/blog/?p=3D13328">Irreal: Red Meat Friday:=
Emacs Startup Time Again</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Emacs Lisp:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://mbork.pl/2025-10-06_A_debug_helper_in_Elisp">Marcin =
Borkowski: A debug helper in Elisp</a> (<a href=3D"https://irreal.org/blog/=
?p=3D13320">Irreal</a>)</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Appearance:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://rahuljuliato.com/posts/modus-catppuccin">Rahul Julia=
to: Creating a Catppuccin-Mocha Theme in Emacs with Modus Themes</a> (<a hr=
ef=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o0t8tb/creating_a_catppuccin=
mocha_theme_in_emacs_with/">Reddit</a>)</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Navigation:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o2lu1g/i_recently_d=
iscover_windowindirection_for_me_this/">I recently discover "window-in-dire=
ction", for me this a game changer indeed.. share how you manage your windo=
w buffers if you like:D</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Org Mode:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1o243i3/built_a_li=
ghtweight_cli_for_managing_orgmode/">Built a lightweight CLI for managing o=
rg-mode TODOs from the terminal</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://taonaw.com/2025/10/12/html-export-to-work-with.html"=
>TAONAW - Emacs and Org Mode: HTML export to work with TiddlyWiki</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://list.orgmode.org/f137a13a-8c9d-4a52-a6fb-6ac92b69f7f=
[email protected]">Org Mode requests: [FR] Consider Org-social for community new=
s feeds</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://org-social-preview.andros.dev/?post=3Dhttps://andros=
.dev/static/social.org#2025-10-10T09:17:55+0200">org-social.el 2.1 release<=
/a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Denote:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://lambdaland.org/posts/2025-10-03_reading_papers/">How=
I as a PhD student use Emacs (and Zotero) to organize my research</a> (<a =
href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o0lydr/how_i_as_a_phd_stud=
ent_use_emacs_and_zotero_to/">Reddit</a>)</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Coding:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://blog.digressed.net/2025-09-30-emacs-30-1-elixir.html=
">Emacs + Elixir Config</a> (<a href=3D"https://c.im/@edporras/115331963887=
990214">@[email protected]</a>)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://stebalien.com/blog/replacing-git-link-with-forge/">S=
teven Allen: Replacing Git-Link with Forge</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Shells:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://christiantietze.de/posts/2025/10/redirect-output-to-=
buffers-from-emacs-eshell/">Christian Tietze: Redirect Output to Buffers fr=
om Emacs Eshell</a> (<a href=3D"https://irreal.org/blog/?p=3D13330">Irreal<=
/a>)</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Mail, news, and chat:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://irreal.org/blog/?p=3D13332">Irreal: RSS Readers</a><=
/li>
</ul></li>
<li>Fun:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://github.com/tmythicator/lichess.el">tmythicator/liche=
ss.el: A minimal Emacs client for the Lichess API</a> - game viewer at the =
moment</li>
</ul></li>
<li>AI:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://xenodium.com/agent-shell-0-5-improvements">Alvaro Ra=
mirez: agent-shell 0.5 improvements</a> (<a href=3D"https://news.ycombinato=
r.com/item?id=3D45561672">HN</a>)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://fosstodon.org/@chmouel/115348974014445542">Some func=
tions for gptel</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o5ei92/released_sup=
erchat_04_add_a_simple_workflow/">(released) superchat 0.4: add a simple wo=
rkflow excutor</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DAacpl_8fUYY">At Last Someo=
ne I Can Work With. His Name is Claude.</a> (01:46)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DNR9Buy3fFwI">Modeling bior=
eactor data with an LLM in Emacs</a> (12:03)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DqUcHbOANVns">AI pair progr=
amming and LLM chats in Emacs</a> (01:14:02)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dv_j7HQpFnow">Ollama tool u=
se demo on Android Emacs 30.1</a> (04:00)</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Community:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://macadie.info/2025/10/08/emacs-carnival-maintenance/"=
>Eric MacAdie: Emacs Carnival: Maintenance</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DfQryiKaNmzE">Prot Asks: Ch=
ristian about indie dev, philosophy of experiences, Zettelkasten</a> (02:20=
:26)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-10-09-prot-asks-ag-emac=
s-lisps-llms-story-telling/">Protesilaos Stavrou: Prot Asks: Ag about Emacs=
, Lisps, LLMs, and story-telling</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://communitymedia.video/w/1iDniLCpYPSPjxFww6TzJ9">#clim=
ate, #gopher, catK, jns, hal9000 lots of guests live #lispyGopherClimate #l=
isp #gamedev #emacs #scheme, #books - Community Video</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Other:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o2y61f/announcing_a=
_lightweight_emacs_window_manager_for/">Announcing a lightweight Emacs wind=
ow manager for Mac OS</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o2c6hj/emacs_as_a_p=
latform_for_bespoke_software/">Emacs as a platform for bespoke software</a>=
</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://sachachua.com/blog/2025/10/added-multiple-timezone-s=
upport-to-casual-timezone-planner/">Sacha Chua: Added multiple timezone sup=
port to casual-timezone-planner</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DHSxXWzGnMVI">Emacs Nov-mod=
e and My Nov-highlights Package for EPUB Files</a> (05:08)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DYNtrl9bkjyE">My-whisper: A=
simple Emacs package that provides speech-to-text functionality using Whis=
per.cpp.</a> (00:38)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://github.com/draxil/starling-el">draxil/starling-el: A=
ccess to Starling bank info, from Emacs!</a> (<a href=3D"https://social.lin=
ux.pizza/@draxil/115363337018102137">@[email protected]</a>)</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Emacs development:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li>emacs-devel:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00=
067.html">24-bit color support for TTY frames on MS-Windows</a> Help wanted=
with testing</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00=
007.html">Re: [elpa] externals/tmr f38d1f0a20 1/5: Support sending notifica=
tions</a> - waiting for alert.el copyright assignment</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-09/msg00=
919.html">Re: feature/elisp-fontify-semantically 136c39438f7: Add optional =
semantic highlighting for Emacs Lisp</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00=
300.html">Re: Patch to vertically center line content when using line-spaci=
ng variable</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00=
277.html">Re: oauth2 redirect-uri & OOB flow</a> - xoauth2 plugin helps=
</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00=
315.html">TIL wildcard-to-regexp</a> - may be related to wildcard-to-regexp=
?</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00=
223.html">Re: Future history discoverability</a> - tips for searching throu=
gh future history</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00=
188.html">Shared margins</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00=
052.html">Re: master ae32e254191: Fix minibuffer-nonselected-mode when usin=
g recur</a> some notes on frame-related variables</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?=
id=3D0d7fc4516c9e4a36bd6d36b041a11ebc5c99d107">Document 'elisp-fontify-sema=
ntically' in the Emacs manual</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?=
id=3D7f925b06ace3435d6527aabf345165a7116b241d">defvar-keymap: New ':prefix =
t' abbreviation</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>New packages:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://melpa.org/#/mason">mason</a>: Pack=
age managers for LSP, DAP, linters, and more (MELPA)</li>
<li><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/minimail.htm=
l">minimail</a>: Simple, non-blocking IMAP email client (GNU ELPA)</li>
<li><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://melpa.org/#/org-aws-iam-role">org-=
aws-iam-role</a>: Browse, modify, and simulate AWS IAM Roles in Org Babel (=
MELPA)</li>
<li><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://melpa.org/#/org-links">org-links</=
a>: Better manage line numbers in your org-mode links (MELPA)</li>
<li><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://melpa.org/#/quotient">quotient</a>=
: A library for generating random quotes using a text corpus (MELPA)</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<p>
Links from <a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs">reddit.com/r/emacs</a=
>, <a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode">r/orgmode</a>, <a href=3D"h=
ttps://www.reddit.com/r/spacemacs">r/spacemacs</a>, <a href=3D"https://mast=
odon.social/tags/emacs">Mastodon #emacs</a>, <a href=3D"https://bsky.app/ha=
shtag/emacs">Bluesky #emacs</a>, <a href=3D"https://hn.algolia.com/?query=
=3Demacs&sort=3DbyDate&prefix&page=3D0&dateRange=3Dall&=
type=3Dstory">Hacker News</a>, <a href=3D"https://lobste.rs/search?q=3Demac=
s&what=3Dstories&order=3Dnewest">lobste.rs</a>, <a href=3D"https://=
programming.dev/c/emacs?dataType=3DPost&page=3D1&sort=3DNew">progra=
mming.dev</a>, <a href=3D"https://lemmy.world/c/emacs">lemmy.world</a>, <a =
href=3D"https://lemmy.ml/c/emacs?dataType=3DPost&page=3D1&sort=3DNe=
w">lemmy.ml</a>, <a href=3D"https://planet.emacslife.com">planet.emacslife.=
com</a>, <a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=3DPL4th0AZixyREOt=
vxDpdxC9oMuX7Ar7Sdt">YouTube</a>, <a href=3D"http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cg=
it/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS">the Emacs NEWS file</a>, <a href=3D"https://emac=
slife.com/calendar/">Emacs Calendar</a>, and <a href=3D"https://lists.gnu.o=
rg/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10">emacs-devel</a>. Thanks to Andr=C3=A9s=
Ram=C3=ADrez for emacs-devel links. Do you have an Emacs-related link or a=
nnouncement? Please e-mail me at <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">sac=
[email protected]</a>. Thank you!</p>
</div>
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* 2025-10-13 Emacs news
- Upcoming events ([[https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics][iCa=
l file]], [[https://emacslife.com/calendar/][Org]]):
- M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Wed Oct 15 0800 Ameri=
ca/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1500 Etc/GMT -=
1700 Europe/Berlin - 2030 Asia/Kolkata - 2300 Asia/Singapore
- London Emacs (in person): Emacs London meetup https://www.meetup.com/lo=
ndon-emacs-hacking/events/311459896/ Thu Oct 23 1830 Europe/London
- Emacs APAC: Emacs APAC meetup (virtual) https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/an=
nouncements/ Sat Oct 25 0130 America/Vancouver - 0330 America/Chicago - 043=
0 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT - 1030 Europe/Berlin - 1400 Asia/Kolkata -=
1630 Asia/Singapore
- Beginner:
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DSxl4Hw_4cBQ][Emacs For Writers Unit=
4: Keybindings]] (06:17)
- Emacs configuration:
- [[https://eugene-andrienko.com/it/2025/10/10/emacs-ditch-use-package.ht=
ml][Why and how I ditched use-package? | Dragon=E2=80=99s notes]] ([[https:=
//mastodon.bsd.cafe/@evgandr/115351861934959808][@[email protected]=
]])
- [[https://zeniesqis.statichost.eu/code/2025-07-16-use-package-or-not][U=
se-Package, or Not! | Zenie=E2=80=99s Qis]] ([[https://piaille.fr/@Zenie/11=
5337522067362666][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://xenodium.com/bending-emacs-episode-2][Alvaro Ramirez: Bending=
Emacs - Episode 2: From vanilla to your flavor]] ([[https://www.youtube.co=
m/watch?v=3DqTumnhiE1c8][YouTube]] 14:38, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/=
comments/1o0omu7/bending_emacs_episode_2/][Reddit]], [[https://irreal.org/b=
log/?p=3D13325][Irreal]])
- [[https://github.com/D4lj337/Emacs-performance][D4lj337/Emacs-performan=
ce: Few of the settings for speeding up the Emacs.]] ([[https://www.reddit.=
com/r/emacs/comments/1o5bigj/this_is_what_i_have_learned_to_speed_up_emacs/=
][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DFGiH06vtuFI][Nerding out about dotf=
iles, Qtile, Tmux, and Emacs]] (01:53:01)
- [[https://github.com/RolandMarchand/medicated-emacs][Medicated Emacs: A=
minimal, modern Emacs configuration that just works]]
- [[https://github.com/shackra/backpack][Emacs Backpack is a self-documen=
ting GNU Emacs starter kit inspired after Bedrock and Doom.]] ([[https://ww=
w.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o14g0t/emacs_backpack_is_a_selfdocumenting_g=
nu_emacs/][Reddit]])
- [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=3D13328][Irreal: Red Meat Friday: Emacs St=
artup Time Again]]
- Emacs Lisp:
- [[https://mbork.pl/2025-10-06_A_debug_helper_in_Elisp][Marcin Borkowski=
: A debug helper in Elisp]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=3D13320][Irreal]])
- Appearance:
- [[https://rahuljuliato.com/posts/modus-catppuccin][Rahul Juliato: Creat=
ing a Catppuccin-Mocha Theme in Emacs with Modus Themes]] ([[https://www.re=
ddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o0t8tb/creating_a_catppuccinmocha_theme_in_emacs=
_with/][Reddit]])
- Navigation:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o2lu1g/i_recently_discover_w=
indowindirection_for_me_this/][I recently discover "window-in-direction", f=
or me this a game changer indeed.. share how you manage your window buffers=
if you like:D]]
- Org Mode:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1o243i3/built_a_lightweight=
_cli_for_managing_orgmode/][Built a lightweight CLI for managing org-mode T=
ODOs from the terminal]]
- [[https://taonaw.com/2025/10/12/html-export-to-work-with.html][TAONAW -=
Emacs and Org Mode: HTML export to work with TiddlyWiki]]
- [[https://list.orgmode.org/f137a13a-8c9d-4a52-a6fb-6ac92b69f7f5@andros.=
dev][Org Mode requests: [FR] Consider Org-social for community news feeds]]
- [[https://org-social-preview.andros.dev/?post=3Dhttps://andros.dev/stat=
ic/social.org#2025-10-10T09:17:55+0200][org-social.el 2.1 release]]
- Denote:
- [[https://lambdaland.org/posts/2025-10-03_reading_papers/][How I as a P=
hD student use Emacs (and Zotero) to organize my research]] ([[https://www.=
reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o0lydr/how_i_as_a_phd_student_use_emacs_and_zo=
tero_to/][Reddit]])
- Coding:
- [[https://blog.digressed.net/2025-09-30-emacs-30-1-elixir.html][Emacs +=
Elixir Config]] ([[https://c.im/@edporras/115331963887990214][@edporras@c.=
im]])
- [[https://stebalien.com/blog/replacing-git-link-with-forge/][Steven All=
en: Replacing Git-Link with Forge]]
- Shells:
- [[https://christiantietze.de/posts/2025/10/redirect-output-to-buffers-f=
rom-emacs-eshell/][Christian Tietze: Redirect Output to Buffers from Emacs =
Eshell]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=3D13330][Irreal]])
- Mail, news, and chat:
- [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=3D13332][Irreal: RSS Readers]]
- Fun:
- [[https://github.com/tmythicator/lichess.el][tmythicator/lichess.el: A =
minimal Emacs client for the Lichess API]] - game viewer at the moment
- AI:
- [[https://xenodium.com/agent-shell-0-5-improvements][Alvaro Ramirez: ag=
ent-shell 0.5 improvements]] ([[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3D4556=
1672][HN]])
- [[https://fosstodon.org/@chmouel/115348974014445542][Some functions for=
gptel]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o5ei92/released_superchat_04=
_add_a_simple_workflow/][(released) superchat 0.4: add a simple workflow ex=
cutor]]
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DAacpl_8fUYY][At Last Someone I Can =
Work With. His Name is Claude.]] (01:46)
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DNR9Buy3fFwI][Modeling bioreactor da=
ta with an LLM in Emacs]] (12:03)
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DqUcHbOANVns][AI pair programming an=
d LLM chats in Emacs]] (01:14:02)
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dv_j7HQpFnow][Ollama tool use demo o=
n Android Emacs 30.1]] (04:00)
- Community:
- [[https://macadie.info/2025/10/08/emacs-carnival-maintenance/][Eric Mac=
Adie: Emacs Carnival: Maintenance]]
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DfQryiKaNmzE][Prot Asks: Christian a=
bout indie dev, philosophy of experiences, Zettelkasten]] (02:20:26)
- [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2025-10-09-prot-asks-ag-emacs-lisps-l=
lms-story-telling/][Protesilaos Stavrou: Prot Asks: Ag about Emacs, Lisps, =
LLMs, and story-telling]]
- [[https://communitymedia.video/w/1iDniLCpYPSPjxFww6TzJ9][#climate, #gop=
her, catK, jns, hal9000 lots of guests live #lispyGopherClimate #lisp #game=
dev #emacs #scheme, #books - Community Video]]
- Other:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o2y61f/announcing_a_lightwei=
ght_emacs_window_manager_for/][Announcing a lightweight Emacs window manage=
r for Mac OS]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1o2c6hj/emacs_as_a_platform_f=
or_bespoke_software/][Emacs as a platform for bespoke software]]
- [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2025/10/added-multiple-timezone-support-to=
-casual-timezone-planner/][Sacha Chua: Added multiple timezone support to c=
asual-timezone-planner]]
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DHSxXWzGnMVI][Emacs Nov-mode and My =
Nov-highlights Package for EPUB Files]] (05:08)
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DYNtrl9bkjyE][My-whisper: A simple E=
macs package that provides speech-to-text functionality using Whisper.cpp.]=
] (00:38)
- [[https://github.com/draxil/starling-el][draxil/starling-el: Access to =
Starling bank info, from Emacs!]] ([[https://social.linux.pizza/@draxil/115=
363337018102137][@[email protected]]])
- Emacs development:
- emacs-devel:
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00067.htm=
l][24-bit color support for TTY frames on MS-Windows]] Help wanted with tes=
ting
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00007.htm=
l][Re: [elpa] externals/tmr f38d1f0a20 1/5: Support sending notifications]]=
- waiting for alert.el copyright assignment
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-09/msg00919.htm=
l][Re: feature/elisp-fontify-semantically 136c39438f7: Add optional semanti=
c highlighting for Emacs Lisp]]
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00300.htm=
l][Re: Patch to vertically center line content when using line-spacing vari=
able]]
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00277.htm=
l][Re: oauth2 redirect-uri & OOB flow]] - xoauth2 plugin helps
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00315.htm=
l][TIL wildcard-to-regexp]] - may be related to wildcard-to-regexp?
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00223.htm=
l][Re: Future history discoverability]] - tips for searching through future=
history
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00188.htm=
l][Shared margins]]
- [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10/msg00052.htm=
l][Re: master ae32e254191: Fix minibuffer-nonselected-mode when using recur=
]] some notes on frame-related variables
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3D0d7f=
c4516c9e4a36bd6d36b041a11ebc5c99d107][Document 'elisp-fontify-semantically'=
in the Emacs manual]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3D7f92=
5b06ace3435d6527aabf345165a7116b241d][defvar-keymap: New ':prefix t' abbrev=
iation]]
- New packages:
- https://melpa.org/#/mason: Package managers for LSP, DAP, linters, and =
more (MELPA)
- https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/minimail.html: Simple, non-blocking IMAP =
email client (GNU ELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/org-aws-iam-role: Browse, modify, and simulate AWS =
IAM Roles in Org Babel (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/org-links: Better manage line numbers in your org-m=
ode links (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/quotient: A library for generating random quotes us=
ing a text corpus (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/spacema=
cs][r/spacemacs]], [[https://mastodon.social/tags/emacs][Mastodon #emacs]],=
[[https://bsky.app/hashtag/emacs][Bluesky #emacs]], [[https://hn.algolia.c=
om/?query=3Demacs&sort=3DbyDate&prefix&page=3D0&dateRange=3Dall&type=3Dstor=
y][Hacker News]], [[https://lobste.rs/search?q=3Demacs&what=3Dstories&order=
=3Dnewest][lobste.rs]], [[https://programming.dev/c/emacs?dataType=3DPost&p=
age=3D1&sort=3DNew][programming.dev]], [[https://lemmy.world/c/emacs][lemmy=
.world]], [[https://lemmy.ml/c/emacs?dataType=3DPost&page=3D1&sort=3DNew][l=
emmy.ml]], [[https://planet.emacslife.com][planet.emacslife.com]], [[https:=
//www.youtube.com/playlist?list=3DPL4th0AZixyREOtvxDpdxC9oMuX7Ar7Sdt][YouTu=
be]], [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS][the Emacs =
NEWS file]], [[https://emacslife.com/calendar/][Emacs Calendar]], and [[htt=
ps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-10][emacs-devel]]. Thanks =
to Andr=C3=A9s Ram=C3=ADrez for emacs-devel links. Do you have an Emacs-rel=
ated link or announcement? Please e-mail me at [[mailto:[email protected]=
][[email protected]]]. Thank you!
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