[NonGNU ELPA] Subed version 1.5.1

Version 1.5.1 of package Subed has just been released in NonGNU ELPA.
You can now find it in M-x list-packages RET.

Subed describes itself as:

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  A major mode for editing subtitles
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More at https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/subed.html

## Summary:

  Table of Contents
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  subed
  .. Features
  .. Installation
  .. Getting started
  .. Some workflow ideas
  .. Troubleshooting
  .. Important change in v1.0.0
  .. Testing
  .. Contributions
  .. License
  Build tips
  Other resources


  subed
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    subed is an Emacs major mode for editing subtitles while playing the
    corresponding media file with [mpv]. At the moment, the only supported
    formats are:

    • SubRip ( `.srt')
    • WebVTT ( `.vtt' )
    • Advanced SubStation Alpha ( `.ass', experimental )
    • Tab-separated values ( `.tsv', experimental ) - as exported by
      Audacity for labels. TSVs are not recognized automatically because
      it's a common data format, but you can use `subed-tsv-mode' to turn
      it on in a buffer.

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## Recent NEWS:

1 subed news
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1.1 Version 1.5.1 - 2026-06-10 - Sacha Chua
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  • subed-menu: Correctly define the menu so that it appears.
  • subed-wdiff-buffer-with-file: Handle Org files, use text properties
    to simplify analysis.
  • Moved ./subed-autoloads.el to ./subed/subed-autoloads.el. If you
    load subed from a local copy, you may need to update your
    configuration to load the file from the new path.


1.2 Version 1.5.0 - 2026-05-31 - Sacha Chua
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  • New commands:
    • `subed-fill-subtitles': You can now wrap subtitles to the length
      specified by `subed-subtitle-fill-length'.
    • `subed-jump-to-next-long-subtitle': This checks for long-duration
      subtitles, such as misrecognized speech. Customize
      `subed-validate-subtitle-too-long-msecs' to change the threshold.
    • `subed-mpv-skim-starts', `subed-mpv-skim-speaker-changes',
      `subed-vtt-mpv-skim-subtitles-with-comments': These functions make
      it easier to check the timing without listening to everything. Set
      `subed-mpv-skim-msecs' to change the duration.
    • `subed-set-subtitle-texts': This might be handy if you used
      `subed-copy-region-text' to copy the region text to a different
      file for editing and now want to merge your changes back.
    • Comment-related code:
      • `subed-set-subtitle-comment-to-region-text': If you use NOTE
        comments in VTT files for chapters (which can be copied with
        `subed-section-comments-as-chapters'), you can use this function
        to set the comment to the text of one or more subtitles.
      • `subed-vtt-copy-subtitle-comments': You can now copy subtitle
        comments from another file. This assumes that the times are
        roughly the same, although the cue text might be different. This
        is handy if you define your chapters as NOTE comments using a
        faster but less accurate transcript and now want to copy those
        comments into a more accurate transcript.
      • `subed-vtt-move-comment-to-previous-subtitle',
        `subed-vtt-move-comment-to-next-subtitle': Good for moving
        comments up or down to correct their chapter placement.
      • `subed-vtt-select-section-between-comments': New command.
    • `subed-align-word-data': New command. If you have word-level
      timestamps such as a WhisperX JSON, you can use it to determine
      cue timestamps given text or subtitles.
    • Working with speaker tags:
      • `subed-remove-duplicate-speakers' removes speaker tags if
        they're the same as the previous
        subtitle. `subed-jump-to-previous-speaker' and
        `subed-jump-to-next-speaker' navigate by speaker tag, and
        `subed-select-current-speaker-segment' marks a section.
    • Navigating by clock time: You can now set the file wall-clock
      start time with `subed-set-file-clock-start' or set the current
      subtitle to start at a specific time with
      `subed-set-clock-start-based-on-subtitle'. Then you can navigate
      by clock time with `subed-jump-to-subtitle-id-at-clock-time' or
      get the clock-time equivalent of the start time with
      `subed-subtitle-clock-start'. This is mainly useful for
      `subed-vtt-insert-chapter-comments-based-on-clock', which lets you
      paste in a timestamped list of notes using wall-clock time and set
      it as NOTE comments for chapters..
    • Navigating by word timing data:
      • `subed-word-data-next-subtitle-with-poor-matches',
        `subed-word-data-next-subtitle-with-good-matches',
        `subed-word-data-previous-subtitle-with-poor-matches',
        `subed-word-data-previous-subtitle-with-good-matches': If you
        use `subed-word-data-load-from-file', you can use these
        functions to navigate to the next or previous subtitles based on
        how many words have timing information. This can help you
        identify subtitles that might have been misrecognized or
        misaligned.

  • New functions and functionality:
    • `subed-vtt-group-subtitles-by-chapter' New. Useful for grouping
      things on export.
    • subed-align: You can preprocess subtitles before aligning. See
      `subed-align-preprocess-functions'. By default, [speaker]: text is
      removed.
    • `subed-section-comments-as-chapters': Filters comments through
      `subed-section-comments-as-chapters-functions'.
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