2026-02-09 Emacs news
Sacha Chua <[email protected]> Mon, 09 Feb 2026 22:03:02 -0500
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- Upcoming events (iCal file https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calenda=
r.ics, Org https://emacslife.com/calendar/):
- OrgMeetup (virtual) //orgmode.org/worg/orgmeetup.html https://orgmo=
de.org/worg/orgmeetup.html Wed Feb 11 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America=
/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 =
Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Feb 12 0000 Asia/Singapore
- Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) //lebib.org/date/atelier-emac=
s https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs Fri Feb 13 1800 Europe/Paris
- EmacsSF (in person): coffee.el in SF //www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/even=
ts/313232290/ https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/313232290/ Sat Feb 14 =
1100 America/Los_Angeles
- M-x Research: TBA //m-x-research.github.io/ https://m-x-research.gi=
thub.io/ Wed Feb 18 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 Am=
erica/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Th=
u Feb 19 0000 Asia/Singapore
- Emacs configuration:
- Philip Kaludercic: A retrospective on =E2=80=9Csetup=E2=80=9D https=
://sdf.org/~pkal//blog/emacs/setup5.html
- Moving to vanilla Emacs - smallwat3r https://smallwat3r.com/blog/va=
nilla-emacs-config
- verdant/emacs.d: My Emacs configuration. - Codeberg.org https://cod=
eberg.org/verdant/emacs.d (@[email protected] https://c7.io/@Verdant/1160183681=
99799088)
- Lightning Talk: Skewed Emacs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dbr5z=
NL_reC4 (04:47)
- Declarative, reproducible Emacs =E2=80=93 video/blog https://www.yo=
utube.com/watch?v=3DDnCkMpBkDp4 (08:24, Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/ema=
cs/comments/1qx7kcv/declarative_reproducible_emacs_videoblog/, Irreal https=
://irreal.org/blog/?p=3D13594)
- Emacs Lisp:
- Toggle between let and let* https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments=
/1qyp1rk/toggle_between_let_and_let/ (Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=3D1=
3596)
- meedstrom/system-idle https://github.com/meedstrom/system-idle (Red=
dit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qzj8bh/a_little_library_system=
idle/) get the number of seconds since last user activity on the computer
- vui.el: Building a File Browser - Boris Buliga https://www.d12frost=
ed.io/posts/2025-12-02-vui-real-ui
- Lightning Talk: Emacs Lisp Rabbit Holes https://www.youtube.com/wat=
ch?v=3D1SZQjdmTIXs (04:03)
- Lightning Talk: Common Lisp packages in Emacs Lisp https://www.yout=
ube.com/watch?v=3DnuRPddpLOxE (04:23)
- Appearance:
- Yet Another Emacs Theme Gallery https://doc.emacsen.de/gallery.html=
(Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r096eb/yet_another_emacs_=
theme_gallery/)
- Prikaz98/jblow-nostalgia: Emacs themes is stolen from John Blow Ema=
cs streams https://github.com/Prikaz98/jblow-nostalgia (Reddit https://www.=
reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qyc0z4/old_style_john_blow_emacs_theme/)
- Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: new Doric themes =E2=80=98doric-jade=E2=
=80=99 and =E2=80=98doric-copper=E2=80=99 https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2=
026-02-05-emacs-new-doric-themes-jade-copper/
- doric-themes version 1.0.0 https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-02-=
09-emacs-doric-themes-1-0-0/
- Navigation:
- Charles Choi: Using Casual to work with Emacs Registers, Rectangles=
, and Windows http://yummymelon.com/devnull/using-casual-to-work-with-emacs=
-registers-rectangles-and-windows.html (Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=
=3D13598)
- outline-indent.el - A modern indentation-based folding mode for Ema=
cs (Release: 1.1.7) https://github.com/jamescherti/outline-indent.el (Reddi=
t https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r0bxog/outlineindentel_a_modern_=
indentationbased_folding/)
- spatial-window https://github.com/lewang/spatial-window (Reddit htt=
ps://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qvfr9q/ann_spatialwindow/)
- Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: beframe version 1.5.0 https://protesila=
os.com/codelog/2026-02-04-emacs-beframe-1-5-0/
- TRAMP:
- ArthurHeymans/emacs-tramp-rpc: High-performance TRAMP backend using=
JSON-RPC instead of shell parsing https://github.com/ArthurHeymans/emacs-t=
ramp-rpc (lobste.rs https://lobste.rs/s/tplqv1/emacs_tramp_rpc_high_perform=
ance_tramp, lemmy.ml https://lemmy.ml/post/42828848?scrollToComments=3Dtrue)
- Dired:
- Symlinks and Hardlinks in Linux and Emacs https://www.youtube.com/w=
atch?v=3DaJOq9F-vJMc (03:37)
- Writing:
- Insert Special Characters into Emacs https://www.youtube.com/watch?=
v=3DOSCtS4sspPM (02:21)
- ctanas/tiles: Tagged Instant Lightweight Emacs Snippets (TILES) htt=
ps://github.com/ctanas/tiles/ (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/commen=
ts/1qycfl8/tiles_yet_another_notetaking_app_package/)
- In the Age of AI Writing Tools, I Picked Emacs for My Sci-Fi Novel =
https://itsfoss.com/emacs-the-ux-ideal/ (lemmy.ml https://lemmy.ml/post/428=
83645?scrollToComments=3Dtrue)
- Denote:
- TAONAW: Denote includes the option of adding different directories =
https://taonaw.com/2026/02/05/denote-includes-the-option-of.html
- Org Mode:
- Org Mode requests: [RFC] Rename :colnames header argument to :strip=
-colnames https://list.orgmode.org/87343b1oky.fsf@localhost
- Executive Function as Code: using (Doom) Emacs to script my brain h=
ttps://milly.kittycloud.eu/posts/executive-function-as-code-doom-emacs-adhd=
/ (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qxevz0/executive_functio=
n_as_code_using_doom_emacs_to/)
- How I kickstart a new sprint in emacs (using org capture template) =
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qxc94p/comment/o3vmkgr/ - short vi=
deo in Reddit post
- tzc/tzc-org.el at main =C2=B7 md-arif-shaikh/tzc =C2=B7 GitHub http=
s://github.com/md-arif-shaikh/tzc/blob/main/tzc-org.el (Reddit https://www.=
reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qvuut9/scheduledeadline_with_timezone_conversi=
on_on_the/)
- (Experimental) Added custom view functionality to org-supertag http=
s://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qwg6uf/experimental_added_custom_view_=
functionality_to/
- Jack Baty: Global org-capture shortcut in KDE https://baty.net/post=
s/2026/02/global-org-capture-shortcut-in-kde/ (Irreal https://irreal.org/bl=
og/?p=3D13592)
- yingyu5658/niwa: My digital garden. https://github.com/yingyu5658/n=
iwa (@[email protected] https://c7.io/@Verdant/116002122004190834)
- Aim=C3=A9 Bertrand: org-to-cal - Syncing Org Mode to macOS Calendar=
https://macowners.club/posts/org-to-cal-sync-org-mode-macos-calendar/
- [BLOG] #26 bbb:OrgMeetup on Wed, January 14, 19:00 UTC+3 - Ihor Rad=
chenko https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87jywsl1v6.fsf@localhost/ (@yantar9=
[email protected] https://fosstodon.org/@yantar92/116014184779436352)
- Org development:
- ox-latex: New keyword LATEX_CLASS_PRE to prepend lines before LaTeX=
preamble https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/O=
RG-NEWS?id=3Ddaf6b791756adcaee853ead1c200592f6cb9024e
- org-update-statistics-cookies: Respect narrowing https://git.savann=
ah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=3Dd544a088391fb50=
8f00f3503b06184a8f2243bbc
- Completion: (the topic for this month's Emacs Carnival https://sachachu=
a.com/blog/2026/01/emacs-carnival-february-2026-completion/!)
- Emacs Carnival: Completion =E2=80=94 Where Are The Wise Men? https:=
//mike.hostetlerhome.com/emacs-carnival-completion (@[email protected] ht=
tps://appdot.net/@mikehoss/116042342655651108)
- File name completion in Emacs - Dmitry Dolzhenko https://dolzhenko.=
me/blog/2026/02/file-name-completion-in-emacs/ (@[email protected] =
https://fosstodon.org/@dsdolzhenko/116022893344732182)
- Completion (in Emacs hledger) =E2=80=94 Arjen Wiersma https://www.a=
rjenwiersma.nl/completion-in-emacs-hledger
- morazotti/resnippets.el: Regexp-based snippets for emacs https://gi=
thub.com/morazotti/resnippets.el (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/com=
ments/1qysf9e/resnippetsel_snippets_with_regex/)
- Coding:
- Release CIDER 1.21 ("Gr=C3=A0cia") =C2=B7 clojure-emacs/cider =C2=
=B7 GitHub https://github.com/clojure-emacs/cider/releases/tag/v1.21.0 - us=
e buttons, drop support for Emacs 27
- Thanos Apollo: (Video) Contributing to Git Projects with Magit: PRs=
, Patches & Agit workflow https://thanosapollo.org/posts/video-contributing=
-with-git-guide/ (YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DqSHw7D_88-0 8:0=
1)
- Use prettierd as a formatter in apheleia https://www.reddit.com/r/e=
macs/comments/1qwsgv1/use_prettierd_as_a_formatter_in_apheleia/
- Web:
- ArthurHeymans/hugo-emacs-theme: A hugo theme that makes a blog look=
and operate like emacs https://github.com/ArthurHeymans/hugo-emacs-theme (=
Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qtvnpl/making_my_blog_look_=
and_feel_like_emacs/)
- Mail, news, and chat:
- The Emacs RSS Reader I Wanted https://curtismchale.ca/2026/02/01/th=
e-emacs-rss-reader-i-wanted (Github https://github.com/curtismchale/feedsmi=
th, Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1quzjxz/emacs_rss_reader=
/, YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DNos24tNSKco 04:57)
- Doom Emacs:
- PIMacs: A Modular, Documented, and Reproducible Doom Emacs Layer | =
PIPRIME.FR BLOG https://blog.piprime.fr/en/pimacs-modular-documented-reprod=
ucible-doom-emacs-layer/ (@[email protected] https://fosstodon.org/@_PI_/1=
16036210838461002)
- Fun:
- A SimCity clone in Emacs Lisp https://github.com/vkazanov/elcity (R=
eddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qwfjku/a_simcity_clone_in_em=
acs_lisp/, HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3D46897332)
- New version of the setup script for getting Emacspeak and Elmud wor=
king on Termux https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/nn0bwdfegnjn1qnyfb440/setup-e=
macspeak-termux.sh?rlkey=3Dk3999ra8l57722nqobsvvwz8k&dl=3D1 (@pixelate@twee=
secake.social https://tweesecake.social/@pixelate/116023218389080353)
- AI:
- ElleNajt/agent-shell-to-go https://github.com/ElleNajt/agent-shell-=
to-go (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qv58oq/interact_with=
_agentshell_sessions_from_your/)
- majorgreys/org-roam-skill https://github.com/majorgreys/org-roam-sk=
ill (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1qzpsgs/orgroamskill_=
for_claude_code/)
- James Dyer: Spent a bit of free time polishing ollama-buddy - githu=
b Copilot is now onboard! https://www.emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20260=
204100913-emacs--ollama-buddy-updates---github-copilot-integration-plus-oth=
ers/ ( Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qvld46/spent_a_bit_o=
f_free_time_polishing_ollamabuddy/)
- Community:
- Fortnightly Tips, Tricks, and Questions =E2=80=94 2026-01-27 / week=
04 https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qo1vc3/fortnightly_tips_tricks=
_and_questions_20260127/
- Emacs ATX Feb 2026 meetup notes https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comm=
ents/1qwrh0l/comment/o3twylt/
- Protesilaos Stavrou: Prot Asks: Eric about free software, art, reli=
gion, and cosmic consistency https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-02-08-pro=
t-asks-eric-free-software-art-religion-cosmic-consistency/
- Other:
- Two Neat Emacs Packages: Bufferfile and Stripspace #rename #whitesp=
ace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D8I8ywyX-03E (02:54)
- Plain text agenda https://github.com/rougier/agenda (Reddit https:/=
/www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1quqbzc/plain_text_agenda/)
- era-emacs-tools/ERA: Emacs Remote Editing https://github.com/era-em=
acs-tools/ERA (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qwt79j/remot=
e_connection_for_emacs/)
- Comprehending MELPA's size https://bench.winny.tech/posts/comprehen=
ding_melpa_size/
- Resilient Technologies. Why Decades-Old Tools Define the ROOT of Mo=
dern Research Data Management https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17157587 (@luk=
[email protected] https://mastodon.social/@lukascbossert/116014875=
468979717)
- Emacs development:
- emacs-devel:
- Help wanted for the widget library https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/8=
[email protected]/
- Re: Supporting stylistic sets - Eli Zaretskii https://yhetil.org/em=
acs-devel/[email protected]/ - more notes on stylistic sets
- Re: Is it possible to suppress 'after-string overlay property by pl=
acing other overlays? - Eli Zaretskii https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/86ldh3=
[email protected]/ - considering before- and after-string
- Do cache and timed invalidation in "VC-aware" project backend https=
://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3D583a112169f0c96=
4552b94f84ea0c942377a14e6
- Fix selected group sort with topics (bug#80341) https://git.savanna=
h.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3D832580989619d3343f06cd9a9eeed=
9f22ddad376
- Add missing symbolic prefix keybinding https://git.savannah.gnu.org=
/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3Ded158fb8fcac73e557706f6f24f584e1bd3e91=
02
- Change the type of 'python-eldoc-function-timeout' to number https:=
//git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3D3107c66c84435526=
9c02dd3418e80275a33ed296
- Support D-Bus file descriptor manipulation https://git.savannah.gnu=
.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3D89209a83b60c87d97f0c05dbf6cb29ff3c=
df3d5a
- Separate input histories for 'C-x v !' and Git pulling & pushing ht=
tps://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3Dc6e550c24eb2=
5a72cdef2d691649a3754feb75d8
- Allow using xref-find-references without visiting a tags table http=
s://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3D90d3fdaffcc9b1=
3103d6a4fa0afa972ae214739c
- New minibuffer history for vc-user-edit-command (bug#80169) https:/=
/git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3Ddda572a2fad925d72=
fa19ee5724472d490d6cdb5
- Fix [More] buttons in tutorial and other buttons in Semantic https:=
//git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3D083f89f85859add3=
d1ebfa41a4d77afd7692ae3b
- New packages:
- https://melpa.org/#/auto-space-mode: Auto add space between CJK and=
ASCII (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/consult-spotlight: Consult interface to macOS m=
dfind (Spotlight) (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/ddgr: DuckDuckGo search (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/dialog-mode: Major mode for editing Dialog file=
s (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/doing: Frictionless activity log and time track=
ing (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/duckdb-query: DuckDB query results as native El=
isp data structures (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/edna-theme: A dark, Edna-inspired theme (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/eldc: Emacs Lisp Dictionary Converter (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/elsqlite: SQLite browser (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/hanfix-mode: Korean grammar checker (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/lazy: Lazy evaluation library (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/magit-gh: GitHub CLI integration for Magit (MEL=
PA)
- https://melpa.org/#/magit-pre-commit: Magit integration for pre-com=
mit (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/org-window-habit: Time window based habits (MEL=
PA)
- https://melpa.org/#/project-rails: Rails support for project.el (ME=
LPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/system-idle: Poll the system-wide idle time (ME=
LPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/warm-mode: Warm colors for nighttime coding (ME=
LPA)
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/2026-02. 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"org90992f3">2026-02-09 Emacs news</h3>
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<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>OrgMeetup (virtual) <a href=3D"https://orgmode.org/worg/orgmeetup.html"=
>https://orgmode.org/worg/orgmeetup.html</a> Wed Feb 11 0800 America/Vancou=
ver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Eur=
ope/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata – Thu Feb 12 0000 Asia/Singapore</li>
<li>Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) <a href=3D"https://lebib.org/date=
/atelier-emacs">https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs</a> Fri Feb 13 1800 Eu=
rope/Paris</li>
<li>EmacsSF (in person): coffee.el in SF <a href=3D"https://www.meetup.com/=
emacs-sf/events/313232290/">https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/31323229=
0/</a> Sat Feb 14 1100 America/Los_Angeles</li>
<li>M-x Research: TBA <a href=3D"https://m-x-research.github.io/">https://m=
-x-research.github.io/</a> Wed Feb 18 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America=
/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 =
Asia/Kolkata – Thu Feb 19 0000 Asia/Singapore</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Emacs configuration:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://sdf.org/~pkal//blog/emacs/setup5.html">Philip Kalude=
rcic: A retrospective on =E2=80=9Csetup=E2=80=9D</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://smallwat3r.com/blog/vanilla-emacs-config">Moving to =
vanilla Emacs - smallwat3r</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://codeberg.org/verdant/emacs.d">verdant/emacs.d: My Em=
acs configuration. - Codeberg.org</a> (<a href=3D"https://c7.io/@Verdant/11=
6018368199799088">@[email protected]</a>)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dbr5zNL_reC4">Lightning Tal=
k: Skewed Emacs</a> (04:47)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DDnCkMpBkDp4">Declarative, =
reproducible Emacs =E2=80=93 video/blog</a> (08:24, <a href=3D"https://www.=
reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qx7kcv/declarative_reproducible_emacs_videoblo=
g/">Reddit</a>, <a href=3D"https://irreal.org/blog/?p=3D13594">Irreal</a>)<=
/li>
</ul></li>
<li>Emacs Lisp:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qyp1rk/toggle_betwe=
en_let_and_let/">Toggle between let and let*</a> (<a href=3D"https://irreal=
.org/blog/?p=3D13596">Irreal</a>)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://github.com/meedstrom/system-idle">meedstrom/system-i=
dle</a> (<a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qzj8bh/a_littl=
e_library_systemidle/">Reddit</a>) get the number of seconds since last use=
r activity on the computer</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://www.d12frosted.io/posts/2025-12-02-vui-real-ui">vui.=
el: Building a File Browser - Boris Buliga</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D1SZQjdmTIXs">Lightning Tal=
k: Emacs Lisp Rabbit Holes</a> (04:03)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DnuRPddpLOxE">Lightning Tal=
k: Common Lisp packages in Emacs Lisp</a> (04:23)</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Appearance:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://doc.emacsen.de/gallery.html">Yet Another Emacs Theme=
Gallery</a> (<a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r096eb/ye=
t_another_emacs_theme_gallery/">Reddit</a>)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://github.com/Prikaz98/jblow-nostalgia">Prikaz98/jblow-=
nostalgia: Emacs themes is stolen from John Blow Emacs streams</a> (<a href=
=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qyc0z4/old_style_john_blow_ema=
cs_theme/">Reddit</a>)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-02-05-emacs-new-doric-t=
hemes-jade-copper/">Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: new Doric themes =E2=80=98d=
oric-jade=E2=80=99 and =E2=80=98doric-copper=E2=80=99</a>
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-02-09-emacs-doric-theme=
s-1-0-0/">doric-themes version 1.0.0</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Navigation:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"http://yummymelon.com/devnull/using-casual-to-work-with-emac=
s-registers-rectangles-and-windows.html">Charles Choi: Using Casual to work=
with Emacs Registers, Rectangles, and Windows</a> (<a href=3D"https://irre=
al.org/blog/?p=3D13598">Irreal</a>)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://github.com/jamescherti/outline-indent.el">outline-in=
dent.el - A modern indentation-based folding mode for Emacs (Release: 1.1.7=
)</a> (<a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r0bxog/outlinein=
dentel_a_modern_indentationbased_folding/">Reddit</a>)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://github.com/lewang/spatial-window">spatial-window</a>=
(<a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qvfr9q/ann_spatialwin=
dow/">Reddit</a>)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-02-04-emacs-beframe-1-5=
-0/">Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: beframe version 1.5.0</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>TRAMP:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://github.com/ArthurHeymans/emacs-tramp-rpc">ArthurHeym=
ans/emacs-tramp-rpc: High-performance TRAMP backend using JSON-RPC instead =
of shell parsing</a> (<a href=3D"https://lobste.rs/s/tplqv1/emacs_tramp_rpc=
_high_performance_tramp">lobste.rs</a>, <a href=3D"https://lemmy.ml/post/42=
828848?scrollToComments=3Dtrue">lemmy.ml</a>)</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Dired:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DaJOq9F-vJMc">Symlinks and =
Hardlinks in Linux and Emacs</a> (03:37)</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Writing:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DOSCtS4sspPM">Insert Specia=
l Characters into Emacs</a> (02:21)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://github.com/ctanas/tiles/">ctanas/tiles: Tagged Insta=
nt Lightweight Emacs Snippets (TILES)</a> (<a href=3D"https://www.reddit.co=
m/r/emacs/comments/1qycfl8/tiles_yet_another_notetaking_app_package/">Reddi=
t</a>)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://itsfoss.com/emacs-the-ux-ideal/">In the Age of AI Wr=
iting Tools, I Picked Emacs for My Sci-Fi Novel</a> (<a href=3D"https://lem=
my.ml/post/42883645?scrollToComments=3Dtrue">lemmy.ml</a>)</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Denote:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://taonaw.com/2026/02/05/denote-includes-the-option-of.=
html">TAONAW: Denote includes the option of adding different directories</a=
></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Org Mode:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://list.orgmode.org/87343b1oky.fsf@localhost">Org Mode =
requests: [RFC] Rename :colnames header argument to :strip-colnames</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://milly.kittycloud.eu/posts/executive-function-as-code=
-doom-emacs-adhd/">Executive Function as Code: using (Doom) Emacs to script=
my brain</a> (<a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qxevz0/e=
xecutive_function_as_code_using_doom_emacs_to/">Reddit</a>)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qxc94p/comment/o3vm=
kgr/">How I kickstart a new sprint in emacs (using org capture template)</a=
> - short video in Reddit post</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://github.com/md-arif-shaikh/tzc/blob/main/tzc-org.el">=
tzc/tzc-org.el at main =C2=B7 md-arif-shaikh/tzc =C2=B7 GitHub</a> (<a href=
=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qvuut9/scheduledeadline_with_t=
imezone_conversion_on_the/">Reddit</a>)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qwg6uf/experimental=
_added_custom_view_functionality_to/">(Experimental) Added custom view func=
tionality to org-supertag</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://baty.net/posts/2026/02/global-org-capture-shortcut-i=
n-kde/">Jack Baty: Global org-capture shortcut in KDE</a> (<a href=3D"https=
://irreal.org/blog/?p=3D13592">Irreal</a>)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://github.com/yingyu5658/niwa">yingyu5658/niwa: My digi=
tal garden.</a> (<a href=3D"https://c7.io/@Verdant/116002122004190834">@Ver=
[email protected]</a>)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://macowners.club/posts/org-to-cal-sync-org-mode-macos-=
calendar/">Aim=C3=A9 Bertrand: org-to-cal - Syncing Org Mode to macOS Calen=
dar</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87jywsl1v6.fsf@localhost/">=
[BLOG] #26 bbb:OrgMeetup on Wed, January 14, 19:00 UTC+3 - Ihor Radchenko</=
a> (<a href=3D"https://fosstodon.org/@yantar92/116014184779436352">@yantar9=
[email protected]</a>)</li>
<li>Org development:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/=
etc/ORG-NEWS?id=3Ddaf6b791756adcaee853ead1c200592f6cb9024e">ox-latex: New k=
eyword LATEX_CLASS_PRE to prepend lines before LaTeX preamble</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/=
etc/ORG-NEWS?id=3Dd544a088391fb508f00f3503b06184a8f2243bbc">org-update-stat=
istics-cookies: Respect narrowing</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Completion: (the topic for this month's <a href=3D"https://sachachua.co=
m/blog/2026/01/emacs-carnival-february-2026-completion/">Emacs Carnival</a>=
!)
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://mike.hostetlerhome.com/emacs-carnival-completion">Em=
acs Carnival: Completion =E2=80=94 Where Are The Wise Men?</a> (<a href=3D"=
https://appdot.net/@mikehoss/116042342655651108">@[email protected]</a>)<=
/li>
<li><a href=3D"https://dolzhenko.me/blog/2026/02/file-name-completion-in-em=
acs/">File name completion in Emacs - Dmitry Dolzhenko</a> (<a href=3D"http=
s://fosstodon.org/@dsdolzhenko/116022893344732182">@[email protected]=
rg</a>)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://www.arjenwiersma.nl/completion-in-emacs-hledger">Com=
pletion (in Emacs hledger) =E2=80=94 Arjen Wiersma</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://github.com/morazotti/resnippets.el">morazotti/resnip=
pets.el: Regexp-based snippets for emacs</a> (<a href=3D"https://www.reddit=
.com/r/emacs/comments/1qysf9e/resnippetsel_snippets_with_regex/">Reddit</a>=
)</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Coding:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://github.com/clojure-emacs/cider/releases/tag/v1.21.0"=
>Release CIDER 1.21 ("Gr=C3=A0cia") =C2=B7 clojure-emacs/cider =C2=B7 GitHu=
b</a> - use buttons, drop support for Emacs 27</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://thanosapollo.org/posts/video-contributing-with-git-g=
uide/">Thanos Apollo: (Video) Contributing to Git Projects with Magit: PRs,=
Patches & Agit workflow</a> (<a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?=
v=3DqSHw7D_88-0">YouTube</a> 8:01)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qwsgv1/use_prettier=
d_as_a_formatter_in_apheleia/">Use prettierd as a formatter in apheleia</a>=
</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Web:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://github.com/ArthurHeymans/hugo-emacs-theme">ArthurHey=
mans/hugo-emacs-theme: A hugo theme that makes a blog look and operate like=
emacs</a> (<a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qtvnpl/maki=
ng_my_blog_look_and_feel_like_emacs/">Reddit</a>)</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Mail, news, and chat:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://curtismchale.ca/2026/02/01/the-emacs-rss-reader-i-wa=
nted">The Emacs RSS Reader I Wanted</a> (<a href=3D"https://github.com/curt=
ismchale/feedsmith">Github</a>, <a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/c=
omments/1quzjxz/emacs_rss_reader/">Reddit</a>, <a href=3D"https://www.youtu=
be.com/watch?v=3DNos24tNSKco">YouTube</a> 04:57)</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Doom Emacs:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://blog.piprime.fr/en/pimacs-modular-documented-reprodu=
cible-doom-emacs-layer/">PIMacs: A Modular, Documented, and Reproducible Do=
om Emacs Layer | PIPRIME.FR BLOG</a> (<a href=3D"https://fosstodon.org/@_PI=
_/116036210838461002">@[email protected]</a>)</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Fun:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://github.com/vkazanov/elcity">A SimCity clone in Emacs=
Lisp</a> (<a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qwfjku/a_sim=
city_clone_in_emacs_lisp/">Reddit</a>, <a href=3D"https://news.ycombinator.=
com/item?id=3D46897332">HN</a>)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/nn0bwdfegnjn1qnyfb440/setup-e=
macspeak-termux.sh?rlkey=3Dk3999ra8l57722nqobsvvwz8k&dl=3D1">New versio=
n of the setup script for getting Emacspeak and Elmud working on Termux</a>=
(<a href=3D"https://tweesecake.social/@pixelate/116023218389080353">@pixel=
[email protected]</a>)</li>
</ul></li>
<li>AI:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://github.com/ElleNajt/agent-shell-to-go">ElleNajt/agen=
t-shell-to-go</a> (<a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qv58=
oq/interact_with_agentshell_sessions_from_your/">Reddit</a>)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://github.com/majorgreys/org-roam-skill">majorgreys/org=
-roam-skill</a> (<a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1qzps=
gs/orgroamskill_for_claude_code/">Reddit</a>)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://www.emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20260204100913-e=
macs--ollama-buddy-updates---github-copilot-integration-plus-others/">James=
Dyer: Spent a bit of free time polishing ollama-buddy - github Copilot is =
now onboard!</a> ( <a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qvld=
46/spent_a_bit_of_free_time_polishing_ollamabuddy/">Reddit</a>)</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Community:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qo1vc3/fortnightly_=
tips_tricks_and_questions_20260127/">Fortnightly Tips, Tricks, and Question=
s =E2=80=94 2026-01-27 / week 04</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qwrh0l/comment/o3tw=
ylt/">Emacs ATX Feb 2026 meetup notes</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-02-08-prot-asks-eric-fr=
ee-software-art-religion-cosmic-consistency/">Protesilaos Stavrou: Prot Ask=
s: Eric about free software, art, religion, and cosmic consistency</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Other:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D8I8ywyX-03E">Two Neat Emac=
s Packages: Bufferfile and Stripspace #rename #whitespace</a> (02:54)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://github.com/rougier/agenda">Plain text agenda</a> (<a=
href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1quqbzc/plain_text_agenda/=
">Reddit</a>)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://github.com/era-emacs-tools/ERA">era-emacs-tools/ERA:=
Emacs Remote Editing</a> (<a href=3D"https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/commen=
ts/1qwt79j/remote_connection_for_emacs/">Reddit</a>)</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://bench.winny.tech/posts/comprehending_melpa_size/">Co=
mprehending MELPA's size</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17157587">Resilient Technolog=
ies. Why Decades-Old Tools Define the ROOT of Modern Research Data Manageme=
nt</a> (<a href=3D"https://mastodon.social/@lukascbossert/11601487546897971=
7">@[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://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/[email protected]=
andscheidt.de/">Help wanted for the widget library</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/[email protected]/">Re: =
Supporting stylistic sets - Eli Zaretskii</a> - more notes on stylistic set=
s</li>
<li><a href=3D"https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/[email protected]/">Re: =
Is it possible to suppress 'after-string overlay property by placing other =
overlays? - Eli Zaretskii</a> - considering before- and after-string</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?=
id=3D583a112169f0c964552b94f84ea0c942377a14e6">Do cache and timed invalidat=
ion in "VC-aware" project backend</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?=
id=3D832580989619d3343f06cd9a9eeed9f22ddad376">Fix selected group sort with=
topics (bug#80341)</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?=
id=3Ded158fb8fcac73e557706f6f24f584e1bd3e9102">Add missing symbolic prefix =
keybinding</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?=
id=3D3107c66c844355269c02dd3418e80275a33ed296">Change the type of 'python-e=
ldoc-function-timeout' to number</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?=
id=3D89209a83b60c87d97f0c05dbf6cb29ff3cdf3d5a">Support D-Bus file descripto=
r manipulation</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?=
id=3Dc6e550c24eb25a72cdef2d691649a3754feb75d8">Separate input histories for=
'C-x v !' and Git pulling & pushing</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?=
id=3D90d3fdaffcc9b13103d6a4fa0afa972ae214739c">Allow using xref-find-refere=
nces without visiting a tags table</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?=
id=3Ddda572a2fad925d72fa19ee5724472d490d6cdb5">New minibuffer history for v=
c-user-edit-command (bug#80169)</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?=
id=3D083f89f85859add3d1ebfa41a4d77afd7692ae3b">Fix [More] buttons in tutori=
al and other buttons in Semantic</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>New packages:
<ul class=3D"org-ul">
<li><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://melpa.org/#/auto-space-mode">auto-=
space-mode</a>: Auto add space between CJK and ASCII (MELPA)</li>
<li><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://melpa.org/#/consult-spotlight">con=
sult-spotlight</a>: Consult interface to macOS mdfind (Spotlight) (MELPA)</=
li>
<li><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://melpa.org/#/ddgr">ddgr</a>: DuckDu=
ckGo search (MELPA)</li>
<li><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://melpa.org/#/dialog-mode">dialog-mo=
de</a>: Major mode for editing Dialog files (MELPA)</li>
<li><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://melpa.org/#/doing">doing</a>: Fric=
tionless activity log and time tracking (MELPA)</li>
<li><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://melpa.org/#/duckdb-query">duckdb-q=
uery</a>: DuckDB query results as native Elisp data structures (MELPA)</li>
<li><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://melpa.org/#/edna-theme">edna-theme=
</a>: A dark, Edna-inspired theme (MELPA)</li>
<li><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://melpa.org/#/eldc">eldc</a>: Emacs =
Lisp Dictionary Converter (MELPA)</li>
<li><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://melpa.org/#/elsqlite">elsqlite</a>=
: SQLite browser (MELPA)</li>
<li><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://melpa.org/#/hanfix-mode">hanfix-mo=
de</a>: Korean grammar checker (MELPA)</li>
<li><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://melpa.org/#/lazy">lazy</a>: Lazy e=
valuation library (MELPA)</li>
<li><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://melpa.org/#/magit-gh">magit-gh</a>=
: GitHub CLI integration for Magit (MELPA)</li>
<li><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://melpa.org/#/magit-pre-commit">magi=
t-pre-commit</a>: Magit integration for pre-commit (MELPA)</li>
<li><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://melpa.org/#/org-window-habit">org-=
window-habit</a>: Time window based habits (MELPA)</li>
<li><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://melpa.org/#/project-rails">project=
-rails</a>: Rails support for project.el (MELPA)</li>
<li><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://melpa.org/#/system-idle">system-id=
le</a>: Poll the system-wide idle time (MELPA)</li>
<li><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://melpa.org/#/warm-mode">warm-mode</=
a>: Warm colors for nighttime coding (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/2026-02">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!
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* 2026-02-09 Emacs news
- Upcoming events ([[https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics][iCa=
l file]], [[https://emacslife.com/calendar/][Org]]):
- OrgMeetup (virtual) https://orgmode.org/worg/orgmeetup.html Wed Feb 11 =
0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600=
Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Feb 12 0000 Asia/S=
ingapore
- Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) https://lebib.org/date/atelier-em=
acs Fri Feb 13 1800 Europe/Paris
- EmacsSF (in person): coffee.el in SF https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/ev=
ents/313232290/ Sat Feb 14 1100 America/Los_Angeles
- M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Wed Feb 18 0800 Ameri=
ca/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT -=
1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Feb 19 0000 Asia/Singapore
- Emacs configuration:
- [[https://sdf.org/~pkal//blog/emacs/setup5.html][Philip Kaludercic: A r=
etrospective on =E2=80=9Csetup=E2=80=9D]]
- [[https://smallwat3r.com/blog/vanilla-emacs-config][Moving to vanilla E=
macs - smallwat3r]]
- [[https://codeberg.org/verdant/emacs.d][verdant/emacs.d: My Emacs confi=
guration. - Codeberg.org]] ([[https://c7.io/@Verdant/116018368199799088][@V=
[email protected]]])
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dbr5zNL_reC4][Lightning Talk: Skewed=
Emacs]] (04:47)
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DDnCkMpBkDp4][Declarative, reproduci=
ble Emacs =E2=80=93 video/blog]] (08:24, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/c=
omments/1qx7kcv/declarative_reproducible_emacs_videoblog/][Reddit]], [[http=
s://irreal.org/blog/?p=3D13594][Irreal]])
- Emacs Lisp:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qyp1rk/toggle_between_let_an=
d_let/][Toggle between let and let*]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=3D13596=
][Irreal]])
- [[https://github.com/meedstrom/system-idle][meedstrom/system-idle]] ([[=
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qzj8bh/a_little_library_systemidle=
/][Reddit]]) get the number of seconds since last user activity on the comp=
uter
- [[https://www.d12frosted.io/posts/2025-12-02-vui-real-ui][vui.el: Build=
ing a File Browser - Boris Buliga]]
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D1SZQjdmTIXs][Lightning Talk: Emacs =
Lisp Rabbit Holes]] (04:03)
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DnuRPddpLOxE][Lightning Talk: Common=
Lisp packages in Emacs Lisp]] (04:23)
- Appearance:
- [[https://doc.emacsen.de/gallery.html][Yet Another Emacs Theme Gallery]=
] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r096eb/yet_another_emacs_them=
e_gallery/][Reddit]])
- [[https://github.com/Prikaz98/jblow-nostalgia][Prikaz98/jblow-nostalgia=
: Emacs themes is stolen from John Blow Emacs streams]] ([[https://www.redd=
it.com/r/emacs/comments/1qyc0z4/old_style_john_blow_emacs_theme/][Reddit]])
- [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-02-05-emacs-new-doric-themes-jad=
e-copper/][Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: new Doric themes =E2=80=98doric-jade=
=E2=80=99 and =E2=80=98doric-copper=E2=80=99]]
- [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-02-09-emacs-doric-themes-1-0-0=
/][doric-themes version 1.0.0]]
- Navigation:
- [[http://yummymelon.com/devnull/using-casual-to-work-with-emacs-registe=
rs-rectangles-and-windows.html][Charles Choi: Using Casual to work with Ema=
cs Registers, Rectangles, and Windows]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=3D135=
98][Irreal]])
- [[https://github.com/jamescherti/outline-indent.el][outline-indent.el -=
A modern indentation-based folding mode for Emacs (Release: 1.1.7)]] ([[ht=
tps://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r0bxog/outlineindentel_a_modern_inde=
ntationbased_folding/][Reddit]])
- [[https://github.com/lewang/spatial-window][spatial-window]] ([[https:/=
/www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qvfr9q/ann_spatialwindow/][Reddit]])
- [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-02-04-emacs-beframe-1-5-0/][Prot=
esilaos Stavrou: Emacs: beframe version 1.5.0]]
- TRAMP:
- [[https://github.com/ArthurHeymans/emacs-tramp-rpc][ArthurHeymans/emacs=
-tramp-rpc: High-performance TRAMP backend using JSON-RPC instead of shell =
parsing]] ([[https://lobste.rs/s/tplqv1/emacs_tramp_rpc_high_performance_tr=
amp][lobste.rs]], [[https://lemmy.ml/post/42828848?scrollToComments=3Dtrue]=
[lemmy.ml]])
- Dired:
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DaJOq9F-vJMc][Symlinks and Hardlinks=
in Linux and Emacs]] (03:37)
- Writing:
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DOSCtS4sspPM][Insert Special Charact=
ers into Emacs]] (02:21)
- [[https://github.com/ctanas/tiles/][ctanas/tiles: Tagged Instant Lightw=
eight Emacs Snippets (TILES)]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1=
qycfl8/tiles_yet_another_notetaking_app_package/][Reddit]])
- [[https://itsfoss.com/emacs-the-ux-ideal/][In the Age of AI Writing Too=
ls, I Picked Emacs for My Sci-Fi Novel]] ([[https://lemmy.ml/post/42883645?=
scrollToComments=3Dtrue][lemmy.ml]])
- Denote:
- [[https://taonaw.com/2026/02/05/denote-includes-the-option-of.html][TAO=
NAW: Denote includes the option of adding different directories]]
- Org Mode:
- [[https://list.orgmode.org/87343b1oky.fsf@localhost][Org Mode requests:=
[RFC] Rename :colnames header argument to :strip-colnames]]
- [[https://milly.kittycloud.eu/posts/executive-function-as-code-doom-ema=
cs-adhd/][Executive Function as Code: using (Doom) Emacs to script my brain=
]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qxevz0/executive_function_as=
_code_using_doom_emacs_to/][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qxc94p/comment/o3vmkgr/][How=
I kickstart a new sprint in emacs (using org capture template)]] - short v=
ideo in Reddit post
- [[https://github.com/md-arif-shaikh/tzc/blob/main/tzc-org.el][tzc/tzc-o=
rg.el at main =C2=B7 md-arif-shaikh/tzc =C2=B7 GitHub]] ([[https://www.redd=
it.com/r/emacs/comments/1qvuut9/scheduledeadline_with_timezone_conversion_o=
n_the/][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qwg6uf/experimental_added_cu=
stom_view_functionality_to/][(Experimental) Added custom view functionality=
to org-supertag]]
- [[https://baty.net/posts/2026/02/global-org-capture-shortcut-in-kde/][J=
ack Baty: Global org-capture shortcut in KDE]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?=
p=3D13592][Irreal]])
- [[https://github.com/yingyu5658/niwa][yingyu5658/niwa: My digital garde=
n.]] ([[https://c7.io/@Verdant/116002122004190834][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://macowners.club/posts/org-to-cal-sync-org-mode-macos-calendar/=
][Aim=C3=A9 Bertrand: org-to-cal - Syncing Org Mode to macOS Calendar]]
- [[https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87jywsl1v6.fsf@localhost/][[BLOG] #2=
6 bbb:OrgMeetup on Wed, January 14, 19:00 UTC+3 - Ihor Radchenko]] ([[https=
://fosstodon.org/@yantar92/116014184779436352][@[email protected]]])
- Org development:
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG=
-NEWS?id=3Ddaf6b791756adcaee853ead1c200592f6cb9024e][ox-latex: New keyword =
LATEX_CLASS_PRE to prepend lines before LaTeX preamble]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG=
-NEWS?id=3Dd544a088391fb508f00f3503b06184a8f2243bbc][org-update-statistics-=
cookies: Respect narrowing]]
- Completion: (the topic for this month's [[https://sachachua.com/blog/2026=
/01/emacs-carnival-february-2026-completion/][Emacs Carnival]]!)
- [[https://mike.hostetlerhome.com/emacs-carnival-completion][Emacs Carni=
val: Completion =E2=80=94 Where Are The Wise Men?]] ([[https://appdot.net/@=
mikehoss/116042342655651108][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://dolzhenko.me/blog/2026/02/file-name-completion-in-emacs/][Fil=
e name completion in Emacs - Dmitry Dolzhenko]] ([[https://fosstodon.org/@d=
sdolzhenko/116022893344732182][@[email protected]]])
- [[https://www.arjenwiersma.nl/completion-in-emacs-hledger][Completion (=
in Emacs hledger) =E2=80=94 Arjen Wiersma]]
- [[https://github.com/morazotti/resnippets.el][morazotti/resnippets.el: =
Regexp-based snippets for emacs]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comment=
s/1qysf9e/resnippetsel_snippets_with_regex/][Reddit]])
- Coding:
- [[https://github.com/clojure-emacs/cider/releases/tag/v1.21.0][Release =
CIDER 1.21 ("Gr=C3=A0cia") =C2=B7 clojure-emacs/cider =C2=B7 GitHub]] - use=
buttons, drop support for Emacs 27
- [[https://thanosapollo.org/posts/video-contributing-with-git-guide/][Th=
anos Apollo: (Video) Contributing to Git Projects with Magit: PRs, Patches =
& Agit workflow]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DqSHw7D_88-0][YouTube=
]] 8:01)
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qwsgv1/use_prettierd_as_a_fo=
rmatter_in_apheleia/][Use prettierd as a formatter in apheleia]]
- Web:
- [[https://github.com/ArthurHeymans/hugo-emacs-theme][ArthurHeymans/hugo=
-emacs-theme: A hugo theme that makes a blog look and operate like emacs]] =
([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qtvnpl/making_my_blog_look_and_=
feel_like_emacs/][Reddit]])
- Mail, news, and chat:
- [[https://curtismchale.ca/2026/02/01/the-emacs-rss-reader-i-wanted][The=
Emacs RSS Reader I Wanted]] ([[https://github.com/curtismchale/feedsmith][=
Github]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1quzjxz/emacs_rss_reade=
r/][Reddit]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DNos24tNSKco][YouTube]] 04=
:57)
- Doom Emacs:
- [[https://blog.piprime.fr/en/pimacs-modular-documented-reproducible-doo=
m-emacs-layer/][PIMacs: A Modular, Documented, and Reproducible Doom Emacs =
Layer | PIPRIME.FR BLOG]] ([[https://fosstodon.org/@_PI_/116036210838461002=
][@[email protected]]])
- Fun:
- [[https://github.com/vkazanov/elcity][A SimCity clone in Emacs Lisp]] (=
[[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qwfjku/a_simcity_clone_in_emacs_=
lisp/][Reddit]], [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3D46897332][HN]])
- [[https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/nn0bwdfegnjn1qnyfb440/setup-emacspeak-=
termux.sh?rlkey=3Dk3999ra8l57722nqobsvvwz8k&dl=3D1][New version of the setu=
p script for getting Emacspeak and Elmud working on Termux]] ([[https://twe=
esecake.social/@pixelate/116023218389080353][@[email protected]]])
- AI:
- [[https://github.com/ElleNajt/agent-shell-to-go][ElleNajt/agent-shell-t=
o-go]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qv58oq/interact_with_age=
ntshell_sessions_from_your/][Reddit]])
- [[https://github.com/majorgreys/org-roam-skill][majorgreys/org-roam-ski=
ll]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1qzpsgs/orgroamskill_for_=
claude_code/][Reddit]])
- [[https://www.emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20260204100913-emacs--oll=
ama-buddy-updates---github-copilot-integration-plus-others/][James Dyer: Sp=
ent a bit of free time polishing ollama-buddy - github Copilot is now onboa=
rd!]] ( [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qvld46/spent_a_bit_of_fr=
ee_time_polishing_ollamabuddy/][Reddit]])
- Community:
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qo1vc3/fortnightly_tips_tric=
ks_and_questions_20260127/][Fortnightly Tips, Tricks, and Questions =E2=80=
=94 2026-01-27 / week 04]]
- [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qwrh0l/comment/o3twylt/][Ema=
cs ATX Feb 2026 meetup notes]]
- [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-02-08-prot-asks-eric-free-softwa=
re-art-religion-cosmic-consistency/][Protesilaos Stavrou: Prot Asks: Eric a=
bout free software, art, religion, and cosmic consistency]]
- Other:
- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D8I8ywyX-03E][Two Neat Emacs Package=
s: Bufferfile and Stripspace #rename #whitespace]] (02:54)
- [[https://github.com/rougier/agenda][Plain text agenda]] ([[https://www=
.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1quqbzc/plain_text_agenda/][Reddit]])
- [[https://github.com/era-emacs-tools/ERA][era-emacs-tools/ERA: Emacs Re=
mote Editing]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qwt79j/remote_co=
nnection_for_emacs/][Reddit]])
- [[https://bench.winny.tech/posts/comprehending_melpa_size/][Comprehendi=
ng MELPA's size]]
- [[https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17157587][Resilient Technologies. Why =
Decades-Old Tools Define the ROOT of Modern Research Data Management]] ([[h=
ttps://mastodon.social/@lukascbossert/116014875468979717][@lukascbossert@ma=
stodon.social]])
- Emacs development:
- emacs-devel:
- [[https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/[email protected]=
idt.de/][Help wanted for the widget library]]
- [[https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/[email protected]/][Re: Support=
ing stylistic sets - Eli Zaretskii]] - more notes on stylistic sets
- [[https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/[email protected]/][Re: Is it p=
ossible to suppress 'after-string overlay property by placing other overlay=
s? - Eli Zaretskii]] - considering before- and after-string
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3D583a=
112169f0c964552b94f84ea0c942377a14e6][Do cache and timed invalidation in "V=
C-aware" project backend]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3D8325=
80989619d3343f06cd9a9eeed9f22ddad376][Fix selected group sort with topics (=
bug#80341)]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3Ded15=
8fb8fcac73e557706f6f24f584e1bd3e9102][Add missing symbolic prefix keybindin=
g]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3D3107=
c66c844355269c02dd3418e80275a33ed296][Change the type of 'python-eldoc-func=
tion-timeout' to number]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3D8920=
9a83b60c87d97f0c05dbf6cb29ff3cdf3d5a][Support D-Bus file descriptor manipul=
ation]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3Dc6e5=
50c24eb25a72cdef2d691649a3754feb75d8][Separate input histories for 'C-x v !=
' and Git pulling & pushing]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3D90d3=
fdaffcc9b13103d6a4fa0afa972ae214739c][Allow using xref-find-references with=
out visiting a tags table]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3Ddda5=
72a2fad925d72fa19ee5724472d490d6cdb5][New minibuffer history for vc-user-ed=
it-command (bug#80169)]]
- [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3D083f=
89f85859add3d1ebfa41a4d77afd7692ae3b][Fix [More] buttons in tutorial and ot=
her buttons in Semantic]]
- New packages:
- https://melpa.org/#/auto-space-mode: Auto add space between CJK and ASC=
II (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/consult-spotlight: Consult interface to macOS mdfin=
d (Spotlight) (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/ddgr: DuckDuckGo search (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/dialog-mode: Major mode for editing Dialog files (M=
ELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/doing: Frictionless activity log and time tracking =
(MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/duckdb-query: DuckDB query results as native Elisp =
data structures (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/edna-theme: A dark, Edna-inspired theme (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/eldc: Emacs Lisp Dictionary Converter (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/elsqlite: SQLite browser (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/hanfix-mode: Korean grammar checker (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/lazy: Lazy evaluation library (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/magit-gh: GitHub CLI integration for Magit (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/magit-pre-commit: Magit integration for pre-commit =
(MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/org-window-habit: Time window based habits (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/project-rails: Rails support for project.el (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/system-idle: Poll the system-wide idle time (MELPA)
- https://melpa.org/#/warm-mode: Warm colors for nighttime coding (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/2026-02][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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