STARTED 2026-02-23 Emacs news ============================= Org Mode is a big part of why I enjoy Emacs, so I'm delighted that there's a new release out (Org 9.8 https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87cy1xalan.fsf@localhost/). Thanks to all who contributed! If you would like to help out, Ihor is looking for several volunteers https://orgmode.org/worg/org-maintenance.html#org073fcb4 who can try to reproduce bugs and do initial feedback on the new patches.
- Upcoming events (iCal file https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics, Org https://emacslife.com/calendar/): - London Emacs (in person): Emacs London meetup //www.meetup.com/london-emacs-hacking/events/313006896/ https://www.meetup.com/london-emacs-hacking/events/313006896/ Tue Feb 24 1800 Europe/London - Emacs Berlin (hybrid, in English) //emacs-berlin.org/ https://emacs-berlin.org/ Wed Feb 25 0930 America/Vancouver - 1130 America/Chicago - 1230 America/Toronto - 1730 Etc/GMT - 1830 Europe/Berlin - 2300 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Feb 26 0130 Asia/Singapore - Emacs APAC: Emacs APAC meetup (virtual) //emacs-apac.gitlab.io/announcements/ https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/announcements/ Sat Feb 28 0030 America/Vancouver - 0230 America/Chicago - 0330 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT - 0930 Europe/Berlin - 1400 Asia/Kolkata - 1630 Asia/Singapore - Emacs.si (in person): Emacs.si meetup #3 2026 (v #živo) //dogodki.kompot.si/events/3147760f-1a8b-4996-9b3c-2773d7d360ca https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/3147760f-1a8b-4996-9b3c-2773d7d360ca Mon Mar 2 1900 CET - EmacsATX: Emacs Social //www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/313161406/ https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/313161406/ Thu Mar 5 1600 America/Vancouver - 1800 America/Chicago - 1900 America/Toronto -- Fri Mar 6 0000 Etc/GMT - 0100 Europe/Berlin - 0530 Asia/Kolkata - 0800 Asia/Singapore - M-x Research: TBA //m-x-research.github.io/ https://m-x-research.github.io/ Fri Mar 6 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Sat Mar 7 0000 Asia/Singapore - Beginner: - A noob friendly start https://trondelag.neocities.org/EMACS/EMACS (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1rbso6z/a_noob_friendly_start/) - Emacs configuration: - Irreal: Let’s Play How Big Is Your Emacs Config? https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13618 - sstraust/shannonmax: maximize your keybinding efficiency in emacs! https://github.com/sstraust/shannonmax (HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47072603) - Emacs Lisp: - A tiny library: once.el, giving you "once-hook" instead of "add-hook" https://github.com/meedstrom/once (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r7g156/a_tiny_library_onceel_giving_you_oncehook_instead/) - Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: confirm package bugs with --init-directory https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-02-18-emacs-confirm-package-bugs/ (Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13622, Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13626) - pre-commit-elisp - Emacs Lisp (Elisp) Git pre-commit hooks [Release 1.0.7] https://github.com/jamescherti/pre-commit-elisp - Xah Ep762. emacs lisp coding, command to fix youtube description, crimes of recursive acronym https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M8x7xnP6iU (02:09:50) - Xah Talk Show Ep765. emacs lisp coding. command to delete emacs backup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoogaFu7pOI (01:17:31) - Appearance: - Alvaro Ramirez: Bending Emacs - Episode 11: winpulse https://xenodium.com/bending-emacs-episode-11-winpulse (YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaqpcjJ1u6I 08:46, Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13620) - Navigation: - Magnus: Switching to project.el https://magnus.therning.org/2026-02-18-switching-to-project.el.html - Dired: - emacs-dired filepicker for qutebrowser https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r7olun/emacsdired_filepicker_for_qutebrowser/ - Writing: - Chai (拆) — an Emacs package for destructive reading https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1r9nv9n - How I Use Emacs to Take Notes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEsExQ_AQNg (11:22) - adoc-mode 0.8 is out with many new features https://metaredux.com/posts/2026/02/21/adoc-mode-0-8.html - AsciiDoc - bbatsov/asciidoc-mode: A modern Emacs major mode for editing AsciiDoc files, powered by TreeSitter https://github.com/bbatsov/asciidoc-mode (@[email protected] https://hachyderm.io/@bbatsov/116107815889533443) - leaner alternative - Org Mode: - Org mode 9.8 is out https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87cy1xalan.fsf@localhost/ (r/emacs https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1rb2mqv/org_mode_98_is_out/, r/orgmode https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1rb2kxp/org_mode_98_is_out/, Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13632) also help wanted: contributor stewards https://orgmode.org/worg/org-maintenance.html#org073fcb4 - Announcing Casual Org http://yummymelon.com/devnull/announcing-casual-org.html (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r9erw4/announcing_casual_org/) - Marcin Borkowski: Org links’ targets https://mbork.pl/2026-02-21_Org_links%e2%80%99_targets - Hugo, org-mode y Codeberg | Texaco blog https://texaco.codeberg.page/blogs/hugo-orgmode-codeberg/ (@[email protected] https://defcon.social/@texaco/116105680641238166) - Thanos Apollo: Org Gnosis 0.2.0 Release Notes https://thanosapollo.org/posts/org-gnosis-version-0.2.0/ - TAONAW - Emacs and Org Mode: Emacs for macOS and Darwin versions https://taonaw.com/2026/02/15/emacs-for-macos-and-darwin.html - Org development: - Ensure a non-zero percent cookie when anything is complete https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=8e2c28d1b1567b01c44754a623bac9fe6edc05fd - Bump minimal Emacs version https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=aec0f836c6992b4ab3006a74a07684abf686976e - Coding: - Forgejo, AGit, and Pull Request Templates https://carlo.zancanaro.id.au/posts/forgejo-agit-and-pull-request-templates.html (@[email protected] https://mastodon.social/@lobsters/116119713448150269) - andros/conflict-buttons.el - conflict-buttons.el - Andros's repositories https://git.andros.dev/andros/conflict-buttons.el (@[email protected] https://activity.andros.dev/@andros/statuses/01KJ3K972F48TB29ES2ZN27QA7) - eglot-multi-preset: Per-project language server presets for Eglot https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1rb8zh2 - Meta Redux: Flycheck 36 https://metaredux.com/posts/2026/02/21/flycheck-36.html (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r8y353/flycheck_360_is_out/, Irreal https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13630) - also includes org-lint; security update for CVE in emacs-lisp checker - Magnus: Using advice to limit lsp-ui-doc nuisance https://magnus.therning.org/2026-02-16-using-advice-to-limit-lsp-ui-doc-nuisance.html - ablatedsprocket/emacs-dotnet - transient menu around the dotnet CLI https://codeberg.org/ablatedsprocket/emacs-dotnet (@[email protected] https://hachyderm.io/@ablatedsprocket/116103420332826299) - Clojure - State of Clojure 2025 Results https://clojure.org/news/2026/02/18/state-of-clojure-2025 (@[email protected] https://hachyderm.io/@bbatsov/116096945457679526) - Emacs still dev tool of choice despite strong competition - Release v5.21.0 · clojure-emacs/clojure-mode · GitHub https://github.com/clojure-emacs/clojure-mode/releases/tag/v5.21.0 (@[email protected] https://hachyderm.io/@bbatsov/116093529315376719) - Building RDE against latest Guix on CI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So3GRaXga9Y (01:34:22) - Maryanne Wachter: Six Months of C https://mclare.blog/posts/six-months-of-c - Mail, news, and chat: - Tip to help remember to wide reply on mailing lists in Gnus https://mathstodon.xyz/@tusharhero/116117953933655329 - Evil mode: - D.V.F.P.: Vim... beyond Vim https://francopasut.netlify.app/post/vim_others/ - mentions Evil Mode - Multimedia: - Alvaro Ramirez: Ready Player cover download improvements https://xenodium.com/ready-player-cover-download-improvements (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r7lekd/a_little_improvement_to_ready_playe_modes_album/) - Lars Ingebrigtsen: A little collection of SVG tricks for Emacs https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2026/02/17/a-little-collection-of-svg-tricks-for-emacs/ - tusharhero: PALE, Canvas, and Stuff demos https://tusharhero.codeberg.page/emacs-pale-canvas-and-stuff-demos.html - [18] Emacs Reader, PALE: Improvements to Canvas API, Shaders & Graphics APIs - Dyne.org TV https://tv.dyne.org/w/9QQpM5UpHZpPMWEMtp3Zey - Fun: - MonadicSheep/stk-code: Fork of STK (SuperTuxKart) with Emacs port (powered by Pale). Requires Canvas API https://codeberg.org/monadicsheep/stk-code (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r6vnpr/supertuxkart_in_emacs_with_canvas_api/) - AI: - LLMs and agents in Emacs: share your workflows https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r78p48/llms_and_agents_in_emacs_share_your_workflows/ - Evolving a Modular dev Experience in Emacs https://poyo.co/note/20260202T150723/ (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r6tiow/evolving_a_modular_dev_experience_in_emacs/, HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47107385) - Run LLM Scripts in Emacs (No Packages) #llm #ai #claudecode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdZ2by9ecBM (04:22) - CLAUDE.md instructions to automatically update TODOs and track execution time (clocking) in org-mode · GitHub https://gist.github.com/typester/92eccd38b5bc1179a9aed0b42d8d6295 (@[email protected] https://pdx.social/@typester/116104983955279443) - 035 Ollama Buddy - Advanced Tool Calling with Multiple Tools #emacs #ollama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRdWed1pDVg (02:52, Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r9w43n/ollama_buddy_multiple_tool_calling_demo/, also Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r644ky/ollamabuddy_now_has_tool_calling/) - emacs-gravity: An idiomatic Emacs UI for Claude Code — structured, navigatable, fully native. https://github.com/gdanov/emacs-gravity - Fritz Grabo: Introducing `elfeed-summarize' https://fritzgrabo.com/posts/introducing-elfeed-summarize/ - devinprater/emacspeak-goodies - speech-enable gptel-agent, tweak elfeed https://github.com/devinprater/emacspeak-goodies/ (@[email protected] https://tweesecake.social/@pixelate/116105554823953581) - org-mode, agents, and ekg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CleNgiIt2pg&t=4s - Robot - Emacs integration https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r6l192/robot_emacs_integration/ (X https://x.com/alexisgallagher/status/2023472591252635931?s=20, Github https://t.co/j3Lan1bYhQ) - Community: - How peeking at screens shaped my Emacs - typester.dev https://typester.dev/blog/2026/02/21/looking-at-others-screen (@[email protected] https://pdx.social/@typester/116109993240336996) - Prot Asks: Ro about programmatic thinking, political discourse, and art as self-discovery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEiru0u6gD4 (02:53:42) - Other: - Jeremias-A-Queiroz/eConky: A side-buffer dashboard for Emacs inspired by Conky. https://github.com/Jeremias-A-Queiroz/econky (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r89954/showcase_econky_a_lightweight_sidebuffer_system/) - kristjoc/bible-gateway: A Simple BibleGateway Client for Emacs https://github.com/kristjoc/bible-gateway (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r9wcjz/biblegateway_update_search_biblegateway_for_a/) - Using app-emacs/portage::akater | Using Gentoo package manager from GNU Emacs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBGWf07m-uY (01:12) - ezemtsov/ewm: EWM - Emacs Wayland Manager - Codeberg.org https://codeberg.org/ezemtsov/ewm (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1rbyoui/introducing_ewm_a_new_generation_wayland_window/) - jiewawa/gnome-window-calls.el - Codeberg.org https://codeberg.org/jiewawa/gnome-window-calls.el (@[email protected] https://masto.ai/@jiewawa/116119087228999276) - Thaodan/i3-emacs at i3_integration_mode_handle_display_buffer https://github.com/Thaodan/i3-emacs/tree/i3_integration_mode_handle_display_buffer (@[email protected] https://mastodon.social/@thaodan/116109814450929103) - Christian Tietze: Introducing quake-frame.el: My Take on a Terminal Visor, But Running Emacs https://christiantietze.de/posts/2026/02/introducing-quake-frame-el-terminal-visor-running-emacs/ - M-x.app – a macOS menubar app that turns Emacs into a system-wide automation backend via callback URLs https://unclex.net/writing/m-x/ (Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r9m89b/mxapp_a_macos_menubar_app_that_turns_emacs_into_a/) - Introducing el-init - A statically compiled Emacs init (PID1) patchset, Emacs Lisp-based service supervisor and core component of Emacs-OS. https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1r9o750 - NEO Emacs: GPU-powered Emacs written in Rust. Aim for multi-threads, 10x perf & 100% compatibility. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZRWWuuNZX0 (02:06, HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47101187, also previous discussion on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qyg0rl/ann_neomacs_use_rust_to_rewrite_the_emacs_display/) - Emacs development: - emacs-devel: Figuring out what to do about very long VCS command lines - maybe a defcustom? https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/[email protected]/ - New prefix argument for pp-eval-expression https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=69f3428e9dc935f799bd1a84b6f7acc579b83208 - Add SHA-3 support to secure-hash https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=29440eedac7968580e35e751c6cdf94af337a95a - Fix broken `FOO-mode-indent-offset` convention https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3a2a095dff14d327237a8e02a9185e9c78100a06 - Support displaying more months in the calendar https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=e6350bb179b9261e09dd845afcac04b11b7fface - New user option 'after-delete-frame-select-mru-frame' (bug#80397) https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=77aac20ce6ea305e7b48d1bb8980ab9656aebf76 - Sort Eshell aliases when adding new ones https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=53111ba9f88e9843416f2f868b25b99b06dbc48f - Make Rmail summary address display customizable https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ab4be3cc1ff2fde6b4d9f72d877cc62d6f836d1d - New command vc-dir-root-next-action https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=b055b6e889a28a84e1b049e55abf5fb9fb41663f - Use a custom Pdb class in the Python shell https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=f2b99c4c0b1cca4360a6c516ca99e716e531fae5 - browse-url-firefox-program: Add support for more Firefox variants. https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=6ba77ede0689c10041fd56d0cd19e9effde1c119 - Add new command 'copy-theme-options' https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=e347f659515815472354a02e0fe2af6bd5b63e27 - Add a theme and minor mode for new users https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ed030e7942af91fea53095abdb2dde9baa9fb08f - Add frame-use-time, get-mru-frame, use mru frame in delete-frame (bug#80397) https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=54d0764665d899d4a163de30eeafdf62e9afaf3e - vc-git-pull, vc-git-incoming-revision: Use push remotes https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=e915646b8944d8b611ab7094d9eb305ed162ff27 - Use -outstanding not -outgoing-base in VC command names https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=39a2a2e3b5f9df9226714c29b59f210d8b6579f5 - Change the default value of 'split-width-threshold' from 160 to 150 https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=e3755a5eb8e29fb2cb286406463fabc0e1bdcef6 - Add repeat-map for smerge-mode commands https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=509228fc6c026921c67459f21164e0325efc583b - New packages: - https://melpa.org/#/asciidoc-mode: Major mode for AsciiDoc markup (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/consult-gumshoe: Consult integration for gumshoe (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/edit-metadata: Edit embedded metadata (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/elfeed-summarize: Add LLM-powered inline summaries to elfeed (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/eselect-news: Read Gentoo eselect news (MELPA) - https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/evil-emacs-cursor-model-mode.html: Emacs' cursor model in evil-mode (NonGNU ELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/kawacode: Kawa Code collaboration package (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/lisp-semantic-hl: Semantic Syntax Highlighting for Lisp Languages (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/magnus: Manage multiple Claude Code instances (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/mark-graf: Modern WYSIWYG-style markdown editing (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/ob-gleam: Org Babel functions for Gleam (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/org-tempus: Enhance Org time tracking (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/persp-gumshoe: Perspective support for gumshoe (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/truename-cache: Efficiently de-dup file-names (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/winpulse: Momentary window background flash animation (MELPA) Links from reddit.com/r/emacs https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs, r/orgmode https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode, r/spacemacs https://www.reddit.com/r/spacemacs, Mastodon #emacs https://mastodon.social/tags/emacs, Bluesky #emacs https://bsky.app/hashtag/emacs, Hacker News https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story, lobste.rs https://lobste.rs/search?q=emacs&what=stories&order=newest, programming.dev https://programming.dev/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New, lemmy.world https://lemmy.world/c/emacs, lemmy.ml https://lemmy.ml/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New, planet.emacslife.com https://planet.emacslife.com, YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4th0AZixyREOtvxDpdxC9oMuX7Ar7Sdt, the Emacs NEWS file http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS, Emacs Calendar https://emacslife.com/calendar/, and emacs-devel https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2026-02. Thanks to Andrés Ramírez for emacs-devel links. Do you have an Emacs-related link or announcement? Please e-mail me at [email protected] mailto:[email protected]. Thank you! This is the plain-text version. There's also an HTML version that might be easier to read. Depending on your mail client, you might have a command, button, or link that can show you the HTML version. If you're in Emacs, look for something that mentions text/html. More info: https://sachachua.com/topic/emacs-news/
* STARTED 2026-02-23 Emacs news Org Mode is a big part of why I enjoy Emacs, so I'm delighted that there's a new release out ([[https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87cy1xalan.fsf@localhost/][Org 9.8]]). Thanks to all who contributed! If you would like to help out, Ihor is looking for [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-maintenance.html#org073fcb4][several volunteers]] who can try to reproduce bugs and do initial feedback on the new patches. - Upcoming events ([[https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics][iCal file]], [[https://emacslife.com/calendar/][Org]]): - London Emacs (in person): Emacs London meetup https://www.meetup.com/london-emacs-hacking/events/313006896/ Tue Feb 24 1800 Europe/London - Emacs Berlin (hybrid, in English) https://emacs-berlin.org/ Wed Feb 25 0930 America/Vancouver - 1130 America/Chicago - 1230 America/Toronto - 1730 Etc/GMT - 1830 Europe/Berlin - 2300 Asia/Kolkata -- Thu Feb 26 0130 Asia/Singapore - Emacs APAC: Emacs APAC meetup (virtual) https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/announcements/ Sat Feb 28 0030 America/Vancouver - 0230 America/Chicago - 0330 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT - 0930 Europe/Berlin - 1400 Asia/Kolkata - 1630 Asia/Singapore - Emacs.si (in person): Emacs.si meetup #3 2026 (v #živo) https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/3147760f-1a8b-4996-9b3c-2773d7d360ca Mon Mar 2 1900 CET - EmacsATX: Emacs Social https://www.meetup.com/emacsatx/events/313161406/ Thu Mar 5 1600 America/Vancouver - 1800 America/Chicago - 1900 America/Toronto -- Fri Mar 6 0000 Etc/GMT - 0100 Europe/Berlin - 0530 Asia/Kolkata - 0800 Asia/Singapore - M-x Research: TBA https://m-x-research.github.io/ Fri Mar 6 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata -- Sat Mar 7 0000 Asia/Singapore - Beginner: - [[https://trondelag.neocities.org/EMACS/EMACS][A noob friendly start]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1rbso6z/a_noob_friendly_start/][Reddit]]) - Emacs configuration: - [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13618][Irreal: Let’s Play How Big Is Your Emacs Config?]] - [[https://github.com/sstraust/shannonmax][sstraust/shannonmax: maximize your keybinding efficiency in emacs!]] ([[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47072603][HN]]) - Emacs Lisp: - [[https://github.com/meedstrom/once][A tiny library: once.el, giving you "once-hook" instead of "add-hook"]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r7g156/a_tiny_library_onceel_giving_you_oncehook_instead/][Reddit]]) - [[https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-02-18-emacs-confirm-package-bugs/][Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: confirm package bugs with --init-directory]] ([[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13622][Irreal]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13626][Irreal]]) - [[https://github.com/jamescherti/pre-commit-elisp][pre-commit-elisp - Emacs Lisp (Elisp) Git pre-commit hooks [Release 1.0.7]]] - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M8x7xnP6iU][Xah Ep762. emacs lisp coding, command to fix youtube description, crimes of recursive acronym]] (02:09:50) - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoogaFu7pOI][Xah Talk Show Ep765. emacs lisp coding. command to delete emacs backup.]] (01:17:31) - Appearance: - [[https://xenodium.com/bending-emacs-episode-11-winpulse][Alvaro Ramirez: Bending Emacs - Episode 11: winpulse]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaqpcjJ1u6I][YouTube]] 08:46, [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13620][Irreal]]) - Navigation: - [[https://magnus.therning.org/2026-02-18-switching-to-project.el.html][Magnus: Switching to project.el]] - Dired: - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r7olun/emacsdired_filepicker_for_qutebrowser/][emacs-dired filepicker for qutebrowser]] - Writing: - [[https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1r9nv9n][Chai (拆) — an Emacs package for destructive reading]] - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEsExQ_AQNg][How I Use Emacs to Take Notes]] (11:22) - [[https://metaredux.com/posts/2026/02/21/adoc-mode-0-8.html][adoc-mode 0.8 is out with many new features]] - AsciiDoc - [[https://github.com/bbatsov/asciidoc-mode][bbatsov/asciidoc-mode: A modern Emacs major mode for editing AsciiDoc files, powered by TreeSitter]] ([[https://hachyderm.io/@bbatsov/116107815889533443][@[email protected]]]) - leaner alternative - Org Mode: - [[https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87cy1xalan.fsf@localhost/][Org mode 9.8 is out]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1rb2mqv/org_mode_98_is_out/][r/emacs]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode/comments/1rb2kxp/org_mode_98_is_out/][r/orgmode]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13632][Irreal]]) also help wanted: [[ https://orgmode.org/worg/org-maintenance.html#org073fcb4][contributor stewards]] - [[http://yummymelon.com/devnull/announcing-casual-org.html][Announcing Casual Org]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r9erw4/announcing_casual_org/][Reddit]]) - [[https://mbork.pl/2026-02-21_Org_links%e2%80%99_targets][Marcin Borkowski: Org links’ targets]] - [[https://texaco.codeberg.page/blogs/hugo-orgmode-codeberg/][Hugo, org-mode y Codeberg | Texaco blog]] ([[https://defcon.social/@texaco/116105680641238166][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://thanosapollo.org/posts/org-gnosis-version-0.2.0/][Thanos Apollo: Org Gnosis 0.2.0 Release Notes]] - [[https://taonaw.com/2026/02/15/emacs-for-macos-and-darwin.html][TAONAW - Emacs and Org Mode: Emacs for macOS and Darwin versions]] - Org development: - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=8e2c28d1b1567b01c44754a623bac9fe6edc05fd][Ensure a non-zero percent cookie when anything is complete]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=aec0f836c6992b4ab3006a74a07684abf686976e][Bump minimal Emacs version]] - Coding: - [[https://carlo.zancanaro.id.au/posts/forgejo-agit-and-pull-request-templates.html][Forgejo, AGit, and Pull Request Templates]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@lobsters/116119713448150269][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://git.andros.dev/andros/conflict-buttons.el][andros/conflict-buttons.el - conflict-buttons.el - Andros's repositories]] ([[https://activity.andros.dev/@andros/statuses/01KJ3K972F48TB29ES2ZN27QA7][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1rb8zh2][eglot-multi-preset: Per-project language server presets for Eglot]] - [[https://metaredux.com/posts/2026/02/21/flycheck-36.html][Meta Redux: Flycheck 36]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r8y353/flycheck_360_is_out/][Reddit]], [[https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13630][Irreal]]) - also includes org-lint; security update for CVE in emacs-lisp checker - [[https://magnus.therning.org/2026-02-16-using-advice-to-limit-lsp-ui-doc-nuisance.html][Magnus: Using advice to limit lsp-ui-doc nuisance]] - [[https://codeberg.org/ablatedsprocket/emacs-dotnet][ablatedsprocket/emacs-dotnet - transient menu around the dotnet CLI]] ([[https://hachyderm.io/@ablatedsprocket/116103420332826299][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://clojure.org/news/2026/02/18/state-of-clojure-2025][Clojure - State of Clojure 2025 Results]] ([[https://hachyderm.io/@bbatsov/116096945457679526][@[email protected]]]) - Emacs still dev tool of choice despite strong competition - [[https://github.com/clojure-emacs/clojure-mode/releases/tag/v5.21.0][Release v5.21.0 · clojure-emacs/clojure-mode · GitHub]] ([[https://hachyderm.io/@bbatsov/116093529315376719][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So3GRaXga9Y][Building RDE against latest Guix on CI]] (01:34:22) - [[https://mclare.blog/posts/six-months-of-c][Maryanne Wachter: Six Months of C]] - Mail, news, and chat: - [[https://mathstodon.xyz/@tusharhero/116117953933655329][Tip to help remember to wide reply on mailing lists in Gnus]] - Evil mode: - [[https://francopasut.netlify.app/post/vim_others/][D.V.F.P.: Vim... beyond Vim]] - mentions Evil Mode - Multimedia: - [[https://xenodium.com/ready-player-cover-download-improvements][Alvaro Ramirez: Ready Player cover download improvements]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r7lekd/a_little_improvement_to_ready_playe_modes_album/][Reddit]]) - [[https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2026/02/17/a-little-collection-of-svg-tricks-for-emacs/][Lars Ingebrigtsen: A little collection of SVG tricks for Emacs]] - [[https://tusharhero.codeberg.page/emacs-pale-canvas-and-stuff-demos.html][tusharhero: PALE, Canvas, and Stuff demos]] - [[https://tv.dyne.org/w/9QQpM5UpHZpPMWEMtp3Zey][[18] Emacs Reader, PALE: Improvements to Canvas API, Shaders & Graphics APIs - Dyne.org TV]] - Fun: - [[https://codeberg.org/monadicsheep/stk-code][MonadicSheep/stk-code: Fork of STK (SuperTuxKart) with Emacs port (powered by Pale). Requires Canvas API]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r6vnpr/supertuxkart_in_emacs_with_canvas_api/][Reddit]]) - AI: - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r78p48/llms_and_agents_in_emacs_share_your_workflows/][LLMs and agents in Emacs: share your workflows]] - [[https://poyo.co/note/20260202T150723/][Evolving a Modular dev Experience in Emacs]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r6tiow/evolving_a_modular_dev_experience_in_emacs/][Reddit]], [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47107385][HN]]) - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdZ2by9ecBM][Run LLM Scripts in Emacs (No Packages) #llm #ai #claudecode]] (04:22) - [[https://gist.github.com/typester/92eccd38b5bc1179a9aed0b42d8d6295][CLAUDE.md instructions to automatically update TODOs and track execution time (clocking) in org-mode · GitHub]] ([[https://pdx.social/@typester/116104983955279443][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRdWed1pDVg][035 Ollama Buddy - Advanced Tool Calling with Multiple Tools #emacs #ollama]] (02:52, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r9w43n/ollama_buddy_multiple_tool_calling_demo/][Reddit]], also [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r644ky/ollamabuddy_now_has_tool_calling/][Reddit]]) - [[https://github.com/gdanov/emacs-gravity][emacs-gravity: An idiomatic Emacs UI for Claude Code — structured, navigatable, fully native.]] - [[https://fritzgrabo.com/posts/introducing-elfeed-summarize/][Fritz Grabo: Introducing ~elfeed-summarize~]] - [[https://github.com/devinprater/emacspeak-goodies/][devinprater/emacspeak-goodies - speech-enable gptel-agent, tweak elfeed]] ([[https://tweesecake.social/@pixelate/116105554823953581][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CleNgiIt2pg&t=4s][org-mode, agents, and ekg]] - [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r6l192/robot_emacs_integration/][Robot - Emacs integration]] ([[https://x.com/alexisgallagher/status/2023472591252635931?s=20][X]], [[https://t.co/j3Lan1bYhQ][Github]]) - Community: - [[https://typester.dev/blog/2026/02/21/looking-at-others-screen][How peeking at screens shaped my Emacs - typester.dev]] ([[https://pdx.social/@typester/116109993240336996][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEiru0u6gD4][Prot Asks: Ro about programmatic thinking, political discourse, and art as self-discovery]] (02:53:42) - Other: - [[https://github.com/Jeremias-A-Queiroz/econky][Jeremias-A-Queiroz/eConky: A side-buffer dashboard for Emacs inspired by Conky.]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r89954/showcase_econky_a_lightweight_sidebuffer_system/][Reddit]]) - [[https://github.com/kristjoc/bible-gateway][kristjoc/bible-gateway: A Simple BibleGateway Client for Emacs]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r9wcjz/biblegateway_update_search_biblegateway_for_a/][Reddit]]) - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBGWf07m-uY][Using app-emacs/portage::akater | Using Gentoo package manager from GNU Emacs]] (01:12) - [[https://codeberg.org/ezemtsov/ewm][ezemtsov/ewm: EWM - Emacs Wayland Manager - Codeberg.org]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1rbyoui/introducing_ewm_a_new_generation_wayland_window/][Reddit]]) - [[https://codeberg.org/jiewawa/gnome-window-calls.el][jiewawa/gnome-window-calls.el - Codeberg.org]] ([[https://masto.ai/@jiewawa/116119087228999276][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://github.com/Thaodan/i3-emacs/tree/i3_integration_mode_handle_display_buffer][Thaodan/i3-emacs at i3_integration_mode_handle_display_buffer]] ([[https://mastodon.social/@thaodan/116109814450929103][@[email protected]]]) - [[https://christiantietze.de/posts/2026/02/introducing-quake-frame-el-terminal-visor-running-emacs/][Christian Tietze: Introducing quake-frame.el: My Take on a Terminal Visor, But Running Emacs]] - [[https://unclex.net/writing/m-x/][M-x.app – a macOS menubar app that turns Emacs into a system-wide automation backend via callback URLs]] ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1r9m89b/mxapp_a_macos_menubar_app_that_turns_emacs_into_a/][Reddit]]) - [[https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1r9o750][Introducing el-init - A statically compiled Emacs init (PID1) patchset, Emacs Lisp-based service supervisor and core component of Emacs-OS.]] - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZRWWuuNZX0][NEO Emacs: GPU-powered Emacs written in Rust. Aim for multi-threads, 10x perf & 100% compatibility.]] (02:06, [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47101187][HN]], also previous discussion on [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qyg0rl/ann_neomacs_use_rust_to_rewrite_the_emacs_display/][Reddit]]) - Emacs development: - emacs-devel: [[https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/[email protected]/][Figuring out what to do about very long VCS command lines - maybe a defcustom?]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=69f3428e9dc935f799bd1a84b6f7acc579b83208][New prefix argument for pp-eval-expression]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=29440eedac7968580e35e751c6cdf94af337a95a][Add SHA-3 support to secure-hash]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=3a2a095dff14d327237a8e02a9185e9c78100a06][Fix broken `FOO-mode-indent-offset` convention]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=e6350bb179b9261e09dd845afcac04b11b7fface][Support displaying more months in the calendar]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=77aac20ce6ea305e7b48d1bb8980ab9656aebf76][New user option 'after-delete-frame-select-mru-frame' (bug#80397)]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=53111ba9f88e9843416f2f868b25b99b06dbc48f][Sort Eshell aliases when adding new ones]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ab4be3cc1ff2fde6b4d9f72d877cc62d6f836d1d][Make Rmail summary address display customizable]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=b055b6e889a28a84e1b049e55abf5fb9fb41663f][New command vc-dir-root-next-action]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=f2b99c4c0b1cca4360a6c516ca99e716e531fae5][Use a custom Pdb class in the Python shell]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=6ba77ede0689c10041fd56d0cd19e9effde1c119][browse-url-firefox-program: Add support for more Firefox variants.]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=e347f659515815472354a02e0fe2af6bd5b63e27][Add new command 'copy-theme-options']] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=ed030e7942af91fea53095abdb2dde9baa9fb08f][Add a theme and minor mode for new users]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=54d0764665d899d4a163de30eeafdf62e9afaf3e][Add frame-use-time, get-mru-frame, use mru frame in delete-frame (bug#80397)]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=e915646b8944d8b611ab7094d9eb305ed162ff27][vc-git-pull, vc-git-incoming-revision: Use push remotes]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=39a2a2e3b5f9df9226714c29b59f210d8b6579f5][Use -outstanding not -outgoing-base in VC command names]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=e3755a5eb8e29fb2cb286406463fabc0e1bdcef6][Change the default value of 'split-width-threshold' from 160 to 150]] - [[https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=509228fc6c026921c67459f21164e0325efc583b][Add repeat-map for smerge-mode commands]] - New packages: - https://melpa.org/#/asciidoc-mode: Major mode for AsciiDoc markup (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/consult-gumshoe: Consult integration for gumshoe (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/edit-metadata: Edit embedded metadata (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/elfeed-summarize: Add LLM-powered inline summaries to elfeed (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/eselect-news: Read Gentoo eselect news (MELPA) - https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/evil-emacs-cursor-model-mode.html: Emacs' cursor model in evil-mode (NonGNU ELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/kawacode: Kawa Code collaboration package (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/lisp-semantic-hl: Semantic Syntax Highlighting for Lisp Languages (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/magnus: Manage multiple Claude Code instances (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/mark-graf: Modern WYSIWYG-style markdown editing (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/ob-gleam: Org Babel functions for Gleam (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/org-tempus: Enhance Org time tracking (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/persp-gumshoe: Perspective support for gumshoe (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/truename-cache: Efficiently de-dup file-names (MELPA) - https://melpa.org/#/winpulse: Momentary window background flash animation (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/spacemacs][r/spacemacs]], [[https://mastodon.social/tags/emacs][Mastodon #emacs]], [[https://bsky.app/hashtag/emacs][Bluesky #emacs]], [[https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story][Hacker News]], [[https://lobste.rs/search?q=emacs&what=stories&order=newest][lobste.rs]], [[https://programming.dev/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New][programming.dev]], [[https://lemmy.world/c/emacs][lemmy.world]], [[https://lemmy.ml/c/emacs?dataType=Post&page=1&sort=New][lemmy.ml]], [[https://planet.emacslife.com][planet.emacslife.com]], [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4th0AZixyREOtvxDpdxC9oMuX7Ar7Sdt][YouTube]], [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS][the Emacs NEWS file]], [[https://emacslife.com/calendar/][Emacs Calendar]], and [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2026-02][emacs-devel]]. Thanks to Andrés Ramírez for emacs-devel links. Do you have an Emacs-related link or announcement? Please e-mail me at [[mailto:[email protected]][[email protected]]]. Thank you!
