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@@ -7,20 +7,20 @@ Ideas for talks and sessions for EmacsConf 2015.
 ### IDENTIFIED The State of Emacs
 
 The kernel of this idea is basically to have a "State of the Union"
-address, where the Union is Emacs. I think it would be awesome if
+address, where the Union is Emacs.  I think it would be awesome if
 someone really embedded in Emacs development (specifically thinking of
 Stefan) talked about the current state of Emacs development with
 regards to
 
-- how development today is functioning. What are major development
-  process problems that need to be fixed but haven't? What do the
+- how development today is functioning.  What are major development
+  process problems that need to be fixed but haven't?  What do the
   maintainers of Emacs stress about (letting patches rot in debbugs,
   having bugs rot in debbugs, being unsure of the general brokenness
   of Emacs because of the lack of testing), and what processes can be
   put in place to ease their anxieties?
-- new contributors. Making Emacs easier for new contributors was a
-  *huge* topic in the Fall of 2014 on emacs-devel. The switch to git
-  was seen as the first step, what were the next steps and how did
+- new contributors.  Making Emacs easier for new contributors was a
+  **huge** topic in the Fall of 2014 on emacs-devel.  The switch to
+  git was seen as the first step, what were the next steps and how did
   they work?
 - whether anything surprisingly good/bad has happened this year.
 - the general state of emacs-devel.
@@ -57,17 +57,17 @@ Templeton or BT Templeton (there is a chance that they're the same
 person, I'm still not clear on that...) talked about the state of
 Guile Emacs.
 
-- What works? What's left to be done?
+- What works?  What's left to be done?
 - What does Guile replace in the core Emacs engine?
-- *Is Guile Emacs the future of Emacs?* Is Guile Emacs going to
-  *happen* and be merged into trunk at some point in the future? If
-  *so, what's needed to get us there, otherwise, why not?  And what
-  *can we do to help! :D :D
+- **Is Guile Emacs the future of Emacs?**  Is Guile Emacs going to
+  **happen** and be merged into trunk at some point in the future?  If
+  so, what's needed to get us there, otherwise, why not?  
+  And what can we do to help! :D :D
 
 Suggested by Samer
 
 #### IDEA Emacs forks and variants?
- What's going on with Emacs variants? Interesting news?
+ What's going on with Emacs variants?  Interesting news?
 
 ### What are good workflows for common needs?
 
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ Suggested by Samer
 
 ##### IDEA interactive development
 
-I'd love some talks about *interactive* development with Emacs: making
-changes in code and getting immediate feedback. (Think lighttable.)
-The Emacs Rocks episode about swank-js is a perfect example of what I
-mean: http://emacsrocks.com/e11.html.
+I'd love some talks about **interactive** development with Emacs:
+making changes in code and getting immediate feedback (think Light
+Table).  The Emacs Rocks episode about swank-js is a perfect example
+of what I mean: <http://emacsrocks.com/e11.html>.
 
 Suggested by Tikhon Jelvis
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Suggested by Tikhon Jelvis
 - How do you analyze your data?
 - How do you work with charts and graphs?
 - How can you publish in the required formats?
-- What have your experiences been like using this? Advantages? Gaps?
+- What have your experiences been like using this?  Advantages?  Gaps?
 
 ##### IDEA How can a student use Emacs/org-mode effectively?
 - Note-taking
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ See also Samer's Google Form
 ### IDEA Talk on engine-mode (and defining other conveniences?)
 :interested: Harry Schwartz
 
-This would be a great short demo. If you want, you can also flesh it
+This would be a great short demo.  If you want, you can also flesh it
 out into a behind-the-scenes "this is how to write stuff like this",
 or describe other little conveniences along these lines that people
 can use. -- [[SachaChua]]
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ Walkthrough of how to:
 - work with emacs-devel
 
 ### IDEA Where is the Emacs package system going?
-Nic Ferrier? Steve Purcell? Milkypostman? Tom Tromey?
+Nic Ferrier?  Steve Purcell?  Milkypostman?  Tom Tromey?
 
-### What can we build with interesting capabilities available in Emacs? How?
+### What can we build with interesting capabilities available in Emacs?  How?
 
 #### IDENTIFIED What can you do with a web server?
 - httpd, elnode, skewer, impatient, etc. - @skeeto or Nic Ferrier?
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ Nic Ferrier? Steve Purcell? Milkypostman? Tom Tromey?
 - Why guide-key
 - Why layers
 - Vim concepts being brought over - Vundle, etc.
-- State of evil - what is not ideal yet? what are missing features from the ecosystem?
+- State of evil - what is not ideal yet?  what are missing features
+  from the ecosystem?
 - How can contributors help?
 
 ### IDEA What can improve the usability of Emacs?
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ Concrete tips, demonstrations
 - command mode / god-mode / composable commands
 - Hydra
 
-People: Xah Lee? bbatsov? Steve Purcell? abo-abo?
+People: Xah Lee?  bbatsov?  Steve Purcell?  abo-abo?
 
 #### Improving discoverability
 With all the tools that are available, this could be a separate talk: