2015-11-02 Emacs News

• Beginner tips:
  • You can change the text size with C-x C-- and C-x C-+.
  • Check out these recommended basic Emacs resources.
  • Emacs teaching/evangelization tips
• Coding:
  • Magit demo (including rebasing)
  • New releases of elpy and magit
  • Tip for getting the JSON path to the current item
  • eslink + babel + flycheck = better Javascript and ReactJS dev (from April)
  • Consider adding animated GIFs/video to your bug reports – some tools for recording small screencasts
  • Changing your default grep-command
  • Keyboard macro counters can help you insert text with a series of numbers.
• Org Mode:
  • Want to make your Org Mode folded outline view slightly more compact? You can change the way ellipses are displayed.
  • A few approaches for online Org Mode editing
• Other:
  • Things to look forward to in Emacs 25: Command names in the recent keystrokes log (M-x view-lossage)
  • Managing files and directories in Emacs can be easier if you use sunrise commander to give you two panes.
  • Emacs on Android tablets with multi-window support out of the box
  • Beacon lets you keep track of where your cursor is
  • You can resize Emacs frames using your keyboard
  • Check out jcs’ summary of the Emacs for Scholars talk
  • Keymapping discussions: Apple keyboards, Dvorak, two-key leaders, coding-related discussions
  • Save a list of installed packages to make starting up on a new machine easier
  • Want to read Reddit inside Emacs? Of course you can.
• New packages:
  • bpr: Background Process Runner
  • caroline-theme: A trip down to New Orleans
  • company-nand2tetris: Company backend for nand2tetris major mode
  • dracula-theme: Dracula Theme
  • helm-fuzzier: Better fuzzy matching for Helm
  • helm-grepint: Generic helm interface to grep
  • init-open-recentf: Open recentf immediately after Emacs is started
  • matrix-client: A minimal chat client for the Matrix.org RPC
  • nand2tetris-assembler: Assembler For the Nand2tetris Course
  • ox-trac: Org Export Backend to Trac WikiFormat
  • pastelmac-theme: a soothing theme with a pastel color palette
  • rbt: Integrate reviewboard with emacs.
  • replace-symbol: Rename symbols in expressions or buffers
  • termbright-theme: a more usable theme for white-on-black terminals
  • test-kitchen: Run test-kitchen inside of emacs
  • zone-nyan: Zone out with nyan cat. Reddit discussion; see also ascii_nyan

Previous roundup – Links from reddit.com/r/emacs, planet.emacsen.org, and Youtube

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