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#EmacsConf backstage: reviewing the last message from a speaker
One of the things I keep an eye out for when organizing EmacsConf is the most recent time we heard from a speaker. Sometimes life happens and speakers get too busy to prepare a video, so we might...
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ELPA and Emacs Zine: ELPA and Emacs Zine (September 2023) - tree-sitter progress report, emacs-devel thread summary Upcoming events: EmacsConf - 2023 Talks (Reddit, Irreal) OrgMeetup (virtual)...
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#EmacsConf backstage: file prefixes
Sometimes it makes sense to dynamically generate information related to a talk and then save it as an Org property so that I can manually edit it. For example, we like to name all the talk files using...
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#EmacsConf backstage: Using Spookfox to automate creating BigBlueButton rooms...
Naming conventions make it easier for other people to find things. Just like with file prefixes, I like to use a standard naming pattern for our BigBlueButton web conference rooms. For EmacsConf 2022,...
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#EmacsConf backstage: adding notes to Org logbook drawers from e-mails
Sometimes I want to work with all the talks associated with an email in my inbox. For example, maybe a speaker said that the draft schedules are fine, and I want to make a note of that in the...
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Getting Mermaid JS and ob-mermaid running on my system - needed to symlink...
I wanted to use Mermaid to make diagrams, but I ran into this issue when trying to run it: Error: Could not find Chromium (rev. 1108766). This can occur if either 1. you did not perform an...
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Upcoming events: Emacs APAC: Announcing Emacs Asia-Pacific (APAC) virtual meetup, Saturday, October 28, 2023 Mastering Emacs book club https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/ Fri Oct 20 1200...
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During EmacsConf, we join BigBlueButton webconferences for live presentations and Q&A sessions so that the speakers and the host can be on stream. I wanted to reduce the number of manual steps...
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Emacs 29.1.90 pretest is available (Irreal) Upcoming events: M-x Research (contact them for password): Note taking for research https://m-x-research.github.io/ Wed Oct 25 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000...
View Article#EmacsConf backstage: autopilot with crontab
I figured out multi-track streaming so close to EmacsConf 2022 that there wasn't enough time to get other volunteers used to working with the setup, especially since I was still scrambling to figure...
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Now that I've figured out how to automatically play EmacsConf talks with crontab, I want to update our approach to using TRAMP and timers to run two tracks semi-automatically. When a talk starts...
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#EmacsConf backstage: coordinating captioning volunteers using a backstage area
Figure 1: The backstage area One of the benefits of volunteering for or speaking at EmacsConf is that you get early access to the talks. We upload the files to a password-protected web server. It's...
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Upcoming events: EmacsATX: Emacs Social https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/295467663/ Wed Nov 1 1630 America/Vancouver - 1830 America/Chicago - 1930 America/Toronto - 2330 Etc/GMT – Thu Nov 2 0030...
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Upcoming events: 200ok: Announcing EmacsConf 2023 (Swiss satellite) Atelier Emacs Montpellier (in person) https://lebib.org/date/atelier-emacs Fri Nov 10 1800 Europe/Paris Emacs.si: Emacs.si meetup...
View ArticleEmacsConf 2023 status update: stuff is happening!
EmacsConf 2023 is less than a month away. Speakers have been uploading videos, captioning volunteers have been editing away, and I thiiiiink I've gotten most of the infrastructure dusted off....
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Upcoming events: EmacsSF (in person): hackerdojo.el https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/296985794/ Tue Nov 14 1830 America/Los_Angeles M-x Research (contact them for password): TBA...
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Upcoming events: Mastering Emacs book club https://susam.net/maze/meet/mastering-emacs/ Fri Nov 24 1200 America/Vancouver - 1400 America/Chicago - 1500 America/Toronto - 2000 Etc/GMT - 2100...
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EmacsConf 2023 is next weekend (Dec 2-3)! Help wanted: Searching for someone to adopt an #emacs major mode for algol calc's elisp function documentation. - It would be nice to add docstrings. Might be...
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Analyzing my Emacs time over the last 11 years or so
My EmacsConf presentation will stream in a few hours, and someone's probably going to ask where I find the time for all of this. =) So I dug through my time logs (a custom system I wrote in 2012 with...
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Upcoming events: Emacs Paris: S: Emacs workshop in Paris (Octo) https://emacs-doctor.com/ Tue Dec 5 1830 Europe/Paris EmacsATX: Eshell Insights https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/295467667/ Wed...
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