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@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
WEBVTT
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-hello EmacsConf this is john wigley I'm
+Hello EmacsConf! This is John Wiegley, I'm
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one of the co-maintainers of Emacs along
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-with ellie zoretsky
+with Eli Zaretskii
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-and lars ingebrigston and I wanted to
+and Lars Ingebrigtsen, and I wanted to
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give you
@@ -21,17 +21,17 @@ a technical update on what has been
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happening
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-with the Emacs in the last year so
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+with the Emacs in the last year.
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-specifically uh we have a few notes that
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+So, specifically we have a few notes that
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I've gotten from
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-a call with ellie he's been in charge of
+a call with Eli, he's been in charge of
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directing most of the
@@ -40,115 +40,115 @@ directing most of the
technical contributions on the mailing
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-list and monitoring all the patches
+list and monitoring all the patches.
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-so I'm more here just as a messenger
+So, I'm more here just as a messenger.
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-he says that we have good progress and
+He says that we have good progress and
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-support for cairo
+support for Cairo,
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this is going to be enabled by default
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-and emax 28
+in Emacs 28,
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-and cairo plus half buzz is going to be
+and Cairo plus HarfBuzz is going to be
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-the preferred rendering combination
+the preferred rendering combination.
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-so cairo support is not new but in the
+So, Cairo support is not new, but in the
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past there were a lot of bugs in the
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-code and so it was made experimental
+code, and so it was made experimental.
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-so most of those bugs have been fixed
+Most of those bugs have been fixed
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-recently and now it becomes the default
+recently, and now it becomes the default
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-and the next major version
+in the next major version,
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which will enable several good features
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-such as color emojis if you're looking
+such as color emojis, if you're looking
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-forward to those
+forward to those.
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-xft as a result is deprecated there are
+Xft, as a result is deprecated. There are
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-bugs not getting fixed in that code it
+bugs not getting fixed in that code, it
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doesn't appear to be very well
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-maintained
+maintained.
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-it was the most advanced font mac end
+It was the most advanced font backend
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-and emax before cairo became dependable
+in Emacs before Cairo became dependable.
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-so now that we have a more a better
+So, now that we have a more a better
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maintained and available solution in
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-cairo we're going to go from that
+Cairo, we're going to go from that,
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-go from xft to that native compilation
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+go from Xft to that.
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-in lisp
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+Native compilation in Lisp
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-will also be landing soon it's currently
+will also be landing soon. It's currently
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-on a branch but there are several people
+on a branch, but there are several people
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-using it
+using it,
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-they say they're very impressed it does
+they say, they're very impressed. It does
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-require live gcc
+require live GCC
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-jit to be installed for it to work and
+JIT to be installed for it to work, and
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-this means you have to have gcc 10
+this means you have to have GCC 10
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-installed
+installed.
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-execution of Emacs lisp with native
+Execution of Emacs Lisp with native
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compilation on
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ is about 2.5 times faster than the
bytecode
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-interpreter we don't yet have any
+interpreter, we don't yet have any
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measurements on
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ measurements on
memory or how it affects resources
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-besides cpu so
+besides CPU, so,
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we do look forward to having more
@@ -178,28 +178,28 @@ we do look forward to having more
numbers and analysis to see what the
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-real impact of that is going to be
+real impact of that is going to be,
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-also it may vary in compute advantage
+also, it may vary in compute advantage
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based on the type of workload that
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-you're performing
+you're performing.
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-a downside to the native compilation at
+A downside to the native compilation at
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-the moment is that it takes a long
+the moment is that, it takes a long
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time to compile even when you're doing a
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-16 core build of Emacs
+16 core build of Emacs,
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it can still take 15 minutes to compile
@@ -208,13 +208,13 @@ it can still take 15 minutes to compile
Emacs
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-and all of its in all of its lisp code
+and all of its Lisp code
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-with this enabled
+with this enabled.
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-also this is going to have to happen on
+Also, this is going to have to happen on
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every user's machine
@@ -223,43 +223,40 @@ every user's machine
because we cannot distribute the native
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-compilation products they are specific
+compilation products, they are specific
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-to the compo
-
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to the processor that you might be
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-running on so
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+running on.
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-the emax distribution will remain much
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+So, the Emacs distribution will remain much
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-as it is now but if you want to have the
+as it is now, but if you want to have the
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benefits of natively compiled
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-core lisp files you're going to have to
+core Lisp files, you're going to have to
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-spend that time and have gcc 10
+spend that time and have GCC 10
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available
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-to get that compilation support um
+to get that compilation support.
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-the gtk only build is being prepared
+The GTK only build is being prepared
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-for merging so what this does is it
+for merging. What this does is, it
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throws away
@@ -271,73 +268,70 @@ most of the other tool kits that Emacs
was using
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-and relies only on gtk making Emacs
+and relies only on GTK, making Emacs
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-much more of a gtk application than it
+much more of a GTK application than it
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-has been
+has been.
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-the main issue here is that we were
+The main issue here is that we were
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-abusing gtk in some ways that weren't
+abusing GTK in some ways that weren't
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-really meant
+really meant,
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and now we're going to be more of a
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-first club gtk will be more of a first
+first club…, GTK will be more of a first
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class citizen in the
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-approach and the ways that we use it and
-
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-and
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+approach and the ways that we use it, and
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-be using it in the ways that the gtk
+be using it in the ways that the GTK
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-developers intended
+developers intended.
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-there is going to be much more support
+There is going to be much more support
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-for xt mouse
+for xt-mouse.
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-so xt mouse allows you to use your mouse
+So, xt-mouse allows you to use your mouse
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-inside of a terminal window
+inside of a terminal window,
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-which you could do before but there were
+which you could do before, but there were
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certain aspects such as menus
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-that weren't supported so instead of
+that weren't supported. So, instead of
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having kind of partial support for mouse
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-inside of an x term with xt
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+inside of an XTerm, with xt-mouse,
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-mouse you get full support this is going
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+you get full support. This is going
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to allow
@@ -346,58 +340,58 @@ to allow
changes in the way that things can be
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-bound the ways that
+bound, the ways that
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-uh key bindings can the mouse events can
+key bindings can…, the mouse events can
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be mapped to key bindings while in
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-x terms and um yeah little by little
+XTerms, and yeah, little by little
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this support is being extended even
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-further
+further,
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so we look forward to seeing that
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-develop in the near term
+develop in the near term.
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-once this is merged by the way also then
+Once this is merged by the way, also then
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Emacs will have mouse support in every
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-one of its available configurations
+one of its available configurations,
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-which has not been true until now Emacs
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+which has not been true until now.
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-27 will be soon releasing
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+Emacs 27 will be soon releasing
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-27.2 and the pretest for that should
+27.2, and the pretest for that should
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-begin sometime soon after Emacs comp is
+begin sometime soon after EmacsConf is
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-done
+done.
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-and finally Emacs 28 is going to get
+And finally Emacs 28 is going to get
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-better emoji support
+better emoji support,
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right now emojis are registered
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support some of the special features
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-of of emojis such as different
+of emojis such as different
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skin tones for the hand emoji or face
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-emojis
+emojis.
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-in Emacs 28 emojis are going to have
+In Emacs 28, emojis are going to have
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-their own support within the sequel
+their own support within the
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-c code and then this is going to allow
+C code, and then this is going to allow
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those types of variations and other
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-emoji specific font setups so that is
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+emoji specific font setups.
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-everything for Emacs
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+So, that is everything for Emacs
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-in the future I don't have a timeline
+in the future, I don't have a timeline
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-for you on when 28 will be available
+for you on when 28 will be available,
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but 27 is going to keep improving until
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-we're ready to get there
+we're ready to get there.
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-so have fun with the rest of you max
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+So, have fun with the rest of EmacsConf,
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-conf and I hope to see you there
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+and I hope to see you there,
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-bye
+Bye.