# An Emacs Developer Story: From User to Package Maintainer
Leo Vivier
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In light of the new development philosophy for Org-mode, I would like
to present my developer story from discovering Org-mode in 2014 to
becoming a maintainer for a big package in 2020. The goal is to show
the logical progression between interest, gaining skills, becoming an
expert, authoring, contributing and maintaining, in hope that it would
bolster people to do the same.
As someone who majored in a non CS-related degree, I feel that my
story has a potential to grasp the attention of many attendees, since
I basically started from the bottom of the ladder. Most people should
be able to relate to one step on that ladder, which should hopefully
encourage them to reach for the next step.
My init files, which show the organic growth of my configuration:
<https://github.com/zaeph/.emacs.d>
Org-roam, the package which I am maintaining
<https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam>
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# Questions
## how did the freedom of Emacs help you on your way?
(was missed and unanswered) no, he said he got into free software
development via emacs
## What's the most recent Emacs package or tool you've discovered that you've added to your repertoire?
Beacon <https://github.com/Malabarba/beacon>
## Please show off your three-piece suit before you end your talk. (Requires fixing your frozen camera. If this is not possible, please post suit selfies at an easily accessible location.)
## Have you read "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency"? (Recommended!)
## What is your advice to start learning elisp language ? Any particular good ressource or any other tip ?
- `(info "An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp")` correction:
`(info "(eintr)")`
- Read code, write code, read documentation, repeat. Eventually you'll
go from customizing Emacs to writing your own packages. Emacs
makes it easy to learn about the bits you're interested in, you can
get far with taking small steps.
- Mastering Emacs <https://www.masteringemacs.org/>
## Any recommendation for good packaging guides or places to start? I get a bit overwhelmed by some things e.g. the choice of different test frameworks
- See <https://github.com/alphapapa/emacs-package-dev-handbook>
- Old but still relevant: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRBcm6jFJ3Q>
- Things that a new major mode could hook into:
# Notes
- English Major from France and freelance software engineer
- zaeph is my new role-model for speaking the English language as a
second language
- Maintainer of org-roam: <https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam>
- Became interested in using plaintext for organisation after reading:
<http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html>
- accompanying video
<https://toobnix.org/videos/watch/1f997b3c-00dc-4f7d-b2ce-74538c194fa7>
- <http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html> Organize your life in plain
text
- Supercategory --- yeah I've had that use case :-)
- I really much like this format: insight on personal development
without screensharing but in person
- <https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/eintr.html> Beginner
guide to elisp
- edebug → awesome `(info "(elisp) Edebug")`
- I really like this pad. +1+1+1+1
- Guaranteed best dressed speaker, even before knowing what all the
others look like ;-)
- 3-piece suit color-coded to emacs and org-mode
- To newcomers: in my case emacs-devel and emacs-sources were amazing
resources for learning; the people were SO generous with their time,
to share comments and ideas to improve code.
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# Transcript
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[[!template text="Okay, well, thank you. I'm in." start="00:00:03.760" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="So you've just had a little roundup of the news," start="00:00:05.319" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and we're going to get started now with some presentations." start="00:00:08.393" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="We're starting with user developer stories." start="00:00:11.120" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I was extremely interested in this section" start="00:00:15.920" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="because I wanted to get a chance, basically," start="00:00:18.568" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="to tell you a little more about who I am and" start="00:00:21.133" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="how I got from basically being a user of Emacs" start="00:00:24.160" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="to being nowadays a package maintainer," start="00:00:28.160" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and maybe more in the future. I don't know." start="00:00:31.279" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="As I told you before, if you want to have questions," start="00:00:39.680" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="you know you can use the pad," start="00:00:41.880" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and I'll be reading the questions from there." start="00:00:43.440" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template new="1" text="Okay. So hi there, as Amin introduced me before," start="00:00:45.871" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="my name is Leo Vivier." start="00:00:49.600" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I'm a freelance software engineer in France," start="00:00:51.280" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and I have been using Emacs now for" start="00:00:55.662" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I believe close to eight years." start="00:00:59.359" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I can't believe it's been so long." start="00:01:00.885" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="But yes, it's been a journey because, in a way," start="00:01:03.039" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="nothing made me go for Emacs." start="00:01:09.967" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="You know I'm an-- sorry, I was about to say Emacs major," start="00:01:13.255" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="but no, I'm an English major." start="00:01:17.011" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I went to university to study English literature and linguistics," start="00:01:18.638" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and I just got started in Emacs" start="00:01:23.990" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="because I was looking for ways to take" start="00:01:26.159" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="better notes. I was looking for ways to" start="00:01:28.240" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="structure the way I was learning," start="00:01:32.640" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="structure the way I was taking notes." start="00:01:34.640" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I stumbled one day" start="00:01:38.084" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="upon this weird piece of software" start="00:01:40.079" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="which was called Emacs," start="00:01:42.032" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and I've been trapped forever since," start="00:01:43.759" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="basically, because eight years ago," start="00:01:46.479" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="when I discovered Emacs," start="00:01:48.328" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I just couldn't let go." start="00:01:49.515" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="There was just something very" start="00:01:50.632" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="interesting about the way" start="00:01:52.720" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="you configured your setup," start="00:01:54.487" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and I just wanted to dive deeper and deeper." start="00:01:56.320" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template new="1" text="So the title is of this talk exactly is" start="00:01:59.759" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="how I went from user to package maintainer," start="00:02:04.320" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and the package now that I'm maintaining" start="00:02:07.637" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="is called org-roam. I'm not the only one doing this." start="00:02:09.686" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I'm helped with many lovely people working on org-roam." start="00:02:12.080" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I got started as a maintainer only this year," start="00:02:18.720" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="so that means that for" start="00:02:22.149" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="the eight years I've been" start="00:02:23.360" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="an Emacs user, seven of those years were" start="00:02:24.720" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="spent merely being a user" start="00:02:27.360" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="trying to be a sponge for knowledge," start="00:02:29.200" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="trying to learn as much as I could." start="00:02:31.040" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I believe it would be" start="00:02:33.920" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="interesting for me to share my story" start="00:02:36.800" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="because I believe that I'm far from" start="00:02:39.040" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="being the only user" start="00:02:40.959" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="who can make the jump to being a maintainer." start="00:02:42.160" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template new="1" text="A lot of you have a lot of knowledge when it comes to Emacs." start="00:02:44.327" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="Some of you are at different steps in your journey." start="00:02:47.572" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="Some of you, for instance, are just" start="00:02:51.040" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="starting to copy stuff out of" start="00:02:52.720" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="StackExchange into your Emacs configuration." start="00:02:55.680" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="Let's say you want to do something very particular" start="00:02:59.058" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and you haven't found a way to do so." start="00:03:01.599" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="You find something that's interesting." start="00:03:05.527" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="You add it to your Emacs configuration." start="00:03:07.930" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="You barely understand anything that's going on." start="00:03:10.077" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="You know that it's supposed to be Emacs Lisp." start="00:03:11.680" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text=""I hardly know Emacs and" start="00:03:14.800" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I know even less what is Lisp supposed to be."" start="00:03:17.200" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="But you paste it in, and it does what you want it to do," start="00:03:19.440" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and you say "Great, I'll move on to my work now."" start="00:03:22.172" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="So that's how I got started." start="00:03:26.682" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I had a very spartan setup for Emacs, which a lot of you must know..." start="00:03:28.821" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="The first time you launch Emacs," start="00:03:33.888" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="you have this feeling" start="00:03:36.000" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="that you're jumping 20 years back in time," start="00:03:36.920" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="as far as the user interface is concerned." start="00:03:38.852" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="But as you get to spend more time with Emacs..." start="00:03:43.260" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="Some would call it Stockholm syndrome" start="00:03:46.959" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="insofar as you can't see" start="00:03:49.120" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="how spartan the entire thing is," start="00:03:50.959" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="but it actually is a lovely prison, so to speak." start="00:03:52.929" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="I just wanted to find a way to do my research properly." start="00:04:00.400" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I wanted to have a tool" start="00:04:04.319" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="that I could use to write my notes" start="00:04:05.699" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="in plain text, because I was already" start="00:04:07.280" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="fairly averse to Microsoft solutions when it came to taking notes." start="00:04:08.959" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="So yeah, I got started in Emacs." start="00:04:16.320" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I read a little bit about what plain text was about." start="00:04:19.180" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="Just to be clear, at the time, yes," start="00:04:21.651" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="whether it be about" start="00:04:44.479" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="the free software world," start="00:04:45.840" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="on the screen at the moment, right?)" start="00:04:52.479" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="I had no experience whatsoever." start="00:05:01.173" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I was just a literature major" start="00:05:03.680" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="As many people who stumble upon LaTeX know," start="00:05:12.466" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="I won't be spending too much time on it." start="00:05:46.960" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="in your Emacs journey..." start="00:06:12.240" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="present in Org Mode." start="00:07:25.280" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="everything is being done with the garage door opened." start="00:07:45.440" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="You can just go on Org Mode on Savannah" start="00:07:47.685" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="maybe for the first time in a while," start="00:08:15.599" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="there is no option for me to do" start="00:08:17.759" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="what I want to be doing with Org Mode." start="00:08:19.260" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I believe at the time," start="00:08:21.440" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="how to become more involved with the development." start="00:09:40.240" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="they're written in Elisp, which is a very..." start="00:09:46.320" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="It might seem like an obscure language," start="00:09:50.320" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="what I'm telling you is coming from someone" start="00:09:57.279" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="okay that makes sense," start="00:10:15.229" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="it just felt like, okay," start="00:10:56.800" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="I maintain packages, but really, nothing has changed." start="00:11:19.945" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="maybe something a little different." start="00:11:35.279" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="The ladder implies a sense of hierarchy, but it really isn't." start="00:11:46.560" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="if you've been using Org Mode," start="00:12:11.200" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="As Amin said in the very beginning," start="00:12:50.320" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="we are doing this entire presentation--" start="00:12:54.079" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="sorry, this entire conference with free software." start="00:12:57.279" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="we've been able to do in free software." start="00:13:01.686" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="Try to read it." start="00:13:38.560" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="I'm not sure. Sacha, should I" start="00:14:01.040" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="or do you want to be feeding me the questions?" start="00:14:05.847" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="It's completely up to you." start="00:14:10.755" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="Okay, well, I'm going to read them" start="00:14:18.320" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="I'm going to start with the one at the bottom." start="00:14:20.581" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template new="1" text=""Do you feel that being a white male" start="00:14:22.800" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="Yeah. I mean, I do believe..." start="00:14:26.959" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="I mean, I'm French. I live in..." start="00:14:30.771" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I'm lucky enough to be here at university, okay," start="00:14:33.250" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="according to this..." start="00:14:41.600" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="was heavily influenced by this." start="00:14:46.320" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="If you would like to specify the question, please do," start="00:14:51.199" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template new="1" text=""What is your advice to start learning" start="00:14:56.560" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="resource or any other tips?"" start="00:15:01.279" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="You know, we tend to get obsessed," start="00:15:59.040" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="(Amin: no, we just completely lost the video feed, so no worries.)" start="00:16:47.406" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text=""Have you read Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency?"" start="00:16:56.800" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="No, I haven't. I hope it's not a jab at the way I'm dressing for the conference," start="00:16:59.199" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text=""Any recommendation for good packaging guides or places to start?" start="00:17:15.919" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I get a bit overwhelmed by some things." start="00:17:19.679" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="Right. Okay. So that's a very good question." start="00:17:26.799" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I believe alphapapa is in the chat right now." start="00:17:29.263" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="his package developers' guide," start="00:17:38.320" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="It's one word, edebug," start="00:17:53.520" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="Any other question? Thanks. Yeah, I see one or two more." start="00:18:21.200" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
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[[!template text="compared to other software," start="00:18:43.840" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="was that you had behind Emacs, Elisp," start="00:18:46.385" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="which allows you to read the code," start="00:18:49.003" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="read whatever is going on in the background." start="00:18:51.039" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="Surely, if you go deep enough," start="00:18:53.039" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="you'll end up in C functions that you might not be able to read" start="00:18:54.380" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="if you do not have the experience." start="00:18:58.172" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="But for Org Mode, which was my gateway into Emacs," start="00:18:59.679" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="most of it is written in Elisp," start="00:19:03.520" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and all the commands have a very verbose name," start="00:19:05.883" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="like something simple as" start="00:19:08.546" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="org go to next subtree or" start="00:19:10.080" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="org go to a parent subtree. You know, things like this." start="00:19:13.440" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="It's so elegant. It's verbose." start="00:19:16.880" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="That's a sense of freedom" start="00:19:20.240" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="insofar as you can go into the code and see," start="00:19:22.799" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="oh, okay, that's how it's implemented." start="00:19:24.491" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I believe in a way that's the freedom" start="00:19:26.160" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and the liberty that is given to you" start="00:19:28.640" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="to look into the code" start="00:19:30.264" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="is something that invites you" start="00:19:31.600" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="to do the same with your life." start="00:19:32.670" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="As someone who does a little bit of philosophy on the side," start="00:19:34.460" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I believe it's a very healthy message" start="00:19:36.776" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="to be gathering from a piece of software." start="00:19:38.799" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template new="1" text="(Amin: Awesome, thank you." start="00:19:42.320" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="Let's see... So we have..." start="00:19:45.440" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I think I saw another question pop up.)" start="00:19:50.960" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I'm not sure how we're doing as far" start="00:19:57.200" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="as time is concerned... I believe we" start="00:19:58.559" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="have like one or two minutes more." start="00:19:59.760" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="(Amin: Yeah, actually, we're quite a bit" start="00:20:02.080" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="ahead of the schedule, so if we take a" start="00:20:04.240" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="little bit longer, we're fine." start="00:20:05.679" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="If you do have more questions, please do.)" start="00:20:07.840" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I'm just sorry that my video is not working anymore." start="00:20:10.225" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="(Amin: No problem. Someone was actually saying..." start="00:20:12.880" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="What's the most recent... Actually, yeah well before that." start="00:20:17.120" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template new="1" text=""Please show off your three-piece suit before you end your talk," start="00:20:24.159" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="which requires fixing your frozen camera." start="00:20:27.440" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="If this is not possible," start="00:20:30.080" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="please post suit selfies in an easily accessible location."" start="00:20:31.306" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="Okay, I'll make sure to do this." start="00:20:36.240" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="But yes, I wanted to hype things up for the conference," start="00:20:38.143" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="so yes, I did get the three-piece suit out." start="00:20:41.200" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I'm very glad you like it." start="00:20:43.039" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="By the way, when you get" start="00:20:44.563" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="a chance to see me live again," start="00:20:45.919" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="do appreciate that my tie has both the" start="00:20:47.760" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="colors of Emacs purple" start="00:20:50.080" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and also Org Mode green." start="00:20:51.280" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="It took me a while to find this one," start="00:20:53.679" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="so I hope you will appreciate this." start="00:20:55.556" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template new="1" text="(Amin: Awesome. Let's see." start="00:21:00.840" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="We have one other question. "What's the" start="00:21:03.094" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="most recent Emacs package or tool that" start="00:21:06.880" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="you've discovered that you've added to your repertoire?")" start="00:21:08.960" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="Very interesting question." start="00:21:14.480" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="The thing is, when you've spent as long as I have on Emacs--" start="00:21:17.600" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and I know that I've only spent" start="00:21:22.614" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="eight years and some of you" start="00:21:23.919" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="might have spent maybe 10, 20," start="00:21:25.120" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="maybe even more years on Emacs--" start="00:21:27.901" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="but for me, I believe the coolest neat trick that I found in Emacs" start="00:21:30.000" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="was a mode which is called beacon-mode." start="00:21:34.926" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="It's something that allows you to show" start="00:21:40.080" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="when you're jumping between buffers" start="00:21:43.679" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="or when you're dropping between windows," start="00:21:45.006" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="it shows exactly where your point is in that buffer" start="00:21:46.960" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="by making a slight ray of light which looks like a beacon, hence the name." start="00:21:50.681" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="It really helps you navigate buffers" start="00:21:55.440" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="because it always shows" start="00:21:57.760" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="in a very visual way where your point is." start="00:21:58.986" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I'll get a chance to show this to you later today" start="00:22:01.760" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="when I'll be presenting my other talks." start="00:22:04.640" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template new="1" text="(Amin: Awesome. We have one question from Jonas, the maintainer of Magit." start="00:22:10.159" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="He asks, "When you touched your webcam," start="00:22:20.880" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="that blew a fuse at my place." start="00:22:25.128" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="How did you do that?")" start="00:22:26.880" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="Well, I'm very sorry, Jonas," start="00:22:29.760" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="that it happened to you, but I'll make sure not to touch my webcam again." start="00:22:31.242" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="(Amin: Do we have any other questions?)" start="00:22:36.960" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I have to trust you on this one." start="00:22:41.600" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I'm really sorry. Everything is frozen on my end." start="00:22:43.919" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template new="1" text="(Amin: No problem.) Yeah I'm more talking to the audience, I guess." start="00:22:46.960" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I hope my lack of slides didn't bother you." start="00:22:51.520" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I really wanted to have this verbose time with people," start="00:22:56.018" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="to be able to..." start="00:23:00.481" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="It's a message that I've been trying" start="00:23:01.600" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="to share with as many people as possible." start="00:23:04.880" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="In France, we do have an Emacs workshop" start="00:23:08.640" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="that we have on a monthly basis." start="00:23:11.760" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I've been learning a lot" start="00:23:14.159" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="with those people and I felt like" start="00:23:16.000" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="doing the same with Emacs conference" start="00:23:18.960" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="would be good. That's why I'm really happy," start="00:23:20.400" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and I'm really lucky to have had" start="00:23:22.713" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="the chance to do this today." start="00:23:24.000" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I hope some of you, I've convinced you" start="00:23:26.418" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="of climbing up a step on a ladder" start="00:23:29.200" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="or making a step in a journey." start="00:23:31.472" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="(Amin: Absolutely. Thank you so much, Leo." start="00:23:34.480" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I happen to completely agree" start="00:23:38.080" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="with your not necessarily using a slide" start="00:23:41.279" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="when it's not really needed" start="00:23:43.600" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="and to help give some face-to-face time" start="00:23:45.600" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="with the audience." start="00:23:49.200" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="Unfortunately, your webcam cut out," start="00:23:50.685" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="but I mean before that.)" start="00:23:52.923" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="Yes, I'll make sure to fix the problems later on," start="00:23:55.200" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="so don't worry about it." start="00:23:57.914" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="(Amin: Awesome. Alrighty. I guess we're" start="00:23:59.679" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="wrapping up for your talk and getting ready for the next talk.)" start="00:24:02.240" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="Sure. Well, thank you so much." start="00:24:08.000" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="I'll see you all later, I suppose!" start="00:24:09.538" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
[[!template text="(Amin: Sounds good. Thank you again, Leo. Bye-bye)" start="00:24:11.760" video="mainVideo" id=subtitle]]
