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diff --git a/2026/talks/ghostel.md b/2026/talks/ghostel.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6f4dee27 --- /dev/null +++ b/2026/talks/ghostel.md @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +[[!meta title="Ghost in the Shell: a libghostty powered terminal for Emacs"]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2026 Daniel Kraus"]] +[[!inline pages="internal(2026/info/ghostel-nav)" raw="yes"]] + +<!-- Initially generated with emacsconf-publish-talk-page and then left alone for manual editing --> +<!-- You can manually edit this file to update the abstract, add links, etc. ---> + + +# Ghost in the Shell: a libghostty powered terminal for Emacs +Daniel Kraus (he/him) - IRC: dakra, @dakra@fosstodon.org, <mailto:daniel@kraus.my> + +[[!inline pages="internal(2026/info/ghostel-before)" raw="yes"]] + +Ghostel is a terminal emulator built on libghostty-vt, the VT engine behind the Ghostty terminal. + +This talk gives an overview of the features Ghostel and its extensions provide. +I briefly cover what Emacs offers out of the box (term, shell) and the existing alternatives (vterm, eat), +and explain why a new terminal emulator for Emacs is still needed. + +Most of the talk is demos. +Some show what the libghostty engine makes possible, others what Emacs Lisp integration +makes possible. An external terminal can give you the first but not the second. +The terminals inside Emacs give you the second but not the first. +Ghostel is the only one where you get both in the same buffer. + +To try it yourself you can install Ghostel from melpa or from +GitHub: <https://github.com/dakra/ghostel> + +About the speaker: + +Daniel Kraus discovered Emacs over 25 years ago and is the author of numerous Emacs +packages and other free software. Professionally he works with Python, Java and +TypeScript, but privately he favors Lisps, mainly Clojure and Elisp. + +In this talk he introduces Ghostel, a terminal emulator for Emacs built on the VT engine +from Ghostty, and demos what it makes possible that no other terminal can. + + + +[[!inline pages="internal(2026/info/ghostel-after)" raw="yes"]] + +[[!inline pages="internal(2026/info/ghostel-nav)" raw="yes"]] + + |