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So if you're curious, - - -38 -0:01:32,000 --> 0:01:35,000 -go ahead and check those out. - - -39 -0:01:35,000 --> 0:01:37,000 -And for general Emacs topics, - - -40 -0:01:37,000 --> 0:01:38,000 -there have been a ton of other great videos - - -41 -0:01:38,000 --> 0:01:42,000 -from Protesilaos Stavrou, Mike Zamansky, System Crafters, - - -42 -0:01:42,000 --> 0:01:45,000 -and other folks. Good stuff. - - -43 -0:01:45,000 --> 0:01:46,000 -Org continues to be a big reason - - -44 -0:01:46,000 --> 0:01:48,000 -for people to get into Emacs. - - -45 -0:01:48,000 --> 0:01:50,000 -This year, Zettelkasten-based workflows - - -46 -0:01:50,000 --> 0:01:52,000 -became popular as people played around - - -47 -0:01:52,000 --> 0:01:55,000 -with organizing ideas into small chunks - - -48 -0:01:55,000 --> 0:01:57,000 -that are linked to each other. - - -49 -0:01:57,000 --> 0:01:59,000 -org-roam is one of the packages for doing that - - -50 -0:01:59,000 --> 0:02:02,000 -and there are three presentations about it this year. - - -51 -0:02:02,000 --> 0:02:04,000 -There are also non-Org ways to do it, - - -52 -0:02:04,000 --> 0:02:07,000 -such as zetteldeft, neuron-mode, and more. - - -53 -0:02:07,000 --> 0:02:08,000 -People have been experimenting - - -54 -0:02:08,000 --> 0:02:09,000 -with Org's appearance. - - -55 -0:02:09,000 --> 0:02:12,000 -Check these screenshots out for some ideas. - - -56 -0:02:12,000 --> 0:02:14,000 -Coding: Faster JSON processing - - -57 -0:02:14,000 --> 0:02:15,000 -is going to make working with - - -58 -0:02:15,000 --> 0:02:17,000 -code analysis tools better. - - -59 -0:02:17,000 --> 0:02:21,000 -LSP-mode released version 7 and gained more contributors, too, - - -60 -0:02:21,000 --> 0:02:23,000 -so there are probably exciting times ahead - - -61 -0:02:23,000 --> 0:02:24,000 -for making Emacs even more of an - - -62 -0:02:24,000 --> 0:02:26,000 -integrated development environment. - - -63 -0:02:26,000 --> 0:02:30,000 -EAF: The Emacs Application Framework - - -64 -0:02:30,000 --> 0:02:32,000 -has some pretty interesting demos of - - -65 -0:02:32,000 --> 0:02:34,000 -embedded Qt programs in Emacs on Linux. - - -66 -0:02:34,000 --> 0:02:37,000 -Matthew Zeng will give a presentation - - -67 -0:02:37,000 --> 0:02:39,000 -on its architecture and walk through some demos, - - -68 -0:02:39,000 --> 0:02:41,000 -so check that one out too if you want. - - -69 -0:02:41,000 --> 0:02:43,000 -The big real-world change this year - - -70 -0:02:43,000 --> 0:02:47,000 -was COVID-19, of course. It sucks. A lot. - - -71 -0:02:47,000 --> 0:02:49,000 -One good thing that's come out of it - - -72 -0:02:49,000 --> 0:02:52,000 -is that many Emacs meetups have moved online, - - -73 -0:02:52,000 --> 0:02:54,000 -so it's easier to connect with people - - -74 -0:02:54,000 --> 0:02:56,000 -no matter where you are in the world. - - -75 -0:02:56,000 --> 0:03:01,000 -There's one hosted by EmacsATX on December 2 - - -76 -0:03:01,000 --> 0:03:03,000 -and it's about re-builder, leaf, and feather. - - -77 -0:03:03,000 --> 0:03:06,000 -EmacsNYC's next meetup is on December 7 - - -78 -0:03:06,000 --> 0:03:08,000 -and it's about literate programming with Org Mode. - - -79 -0:03:08,000 --> 0:03:10,000 -The Berlin remote meetup was - - -80 -0:03:10,000 --> 0:03:12,000 -just a few days ago on November 25, - - -81 -0:03:12,000 --> 0:03:15,000 -and EmacsSF and Asia-Pacific - - -82 -0:03:15,000 --> 0:03:17,000 -probably have some coming up, too. - - -83 -0:03:17,000 --> 0:03:18,000 -People generally announce the meetups - - -84 -0:03:18,000 --> 0:03:21,000 -on reddit.com/r/emacs, so you can - - -85 -0:03:21,000 --> 0:03:23,000 -look there for updates. - - -86 -0:03:23,000 --> 0:03:24,000 -If you organize one of these, - - -87 -0:03:24,000 --> 0:03:25,000 -please let me know so that - - -88 -0:03:25,000 --> 0:03:28,000 -I can include it in Emacs News. - - -89 -0:03:28,000 --> 0:03:31,000 -Lastly, there's an unofficial survey of the Emacs community. - - -90 -0:03:31,000 --> 0:03:33,000 -It closes on November 30, - - -91 -0:03:33,000 --> 0:03:34,000 -so if you'd like to participate, - - -92 -0:03:34,000 --> 0:03:37,000 -you can fill out the form at emacssurvey.org - - -93 -0:03:37,000 --> 0:03:39,000 -or send it in via e-mail. - - -94 -0:03:39,000 --> 0:03:42,000 -So those were 10 quick highlights from this year. - - -95 -0:03:42,000 --> 0:03:46,000 -If you're curious, check out the EmacsConf 2020 wiki page - - -96 -0:03:46,000 --> 0:03:47,000 -for this talk so that you can follow the links. - - -97 -0:03:47,000 --> 0:03:49,000 -If you'd like to get updates every week, - - -98 -0:03:49,000 --> 0:03:52,000 -you can check out the Emacs News I put together. - - -99 -0:03:52,000 --> 0:03:55,000 -Feel free to send me cool stuff to include. - - -100 -0:03:55,000 --> 0:03:57,000 -Now on to the rest of EmacsConf! - -101 -0:03:57,000 --> 0:03:58,000 -Have fun, and thanks for joining us! - |