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+# Column-aligning text in Emacs
+Jeff Trull (he/him) - Pronunciation: rhymes with "hull" and "dull", Mastodon: @jaafar@hachyderm.io Blog: <http://jefftrull.github.io/> Email: <mailto:edaskel@att.net>
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+Emacs has a rich set of features for manipulating ordinary text. The "fill"
+features align text at the right or left edges of a paragraph, while
+"indent" adds space at the start of a line based on the level within an
+outline, or the depth of a block in code.
+
+Emacs also has a framework for lining up text **inside** a line to match
+adjacent lines, creating the appearance of columns. For example, some
+coders like to have equal signs in a series of assignment statements line
+up, like this:
+
+    apple    = 12;
+    rambutan = 42;
+
+The [align.el family of functions](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual///html_node/emacs/Code-Alignment.html) provides functions like align, which is the entry point for mode-based code alignment, as well as align-regexp, which gives interactive, user-defined access to the same features.
+The presenter will give a basic introduction to the user-facing features before diving into a technical explanation of how to use the framework at the Lisp level to create your own alignment rules and features.
+The technical portion will touch on packages like rx and peg in addition to align.el.
+
+Format: **20 minutes** and outline:
+
+-   Motivation: the uses of (column) alignment
+-   Built-in align: features you can use out-of-the-box in programming
+
+modes
+
+-   Customizing built-in align
+    -   align-regexp for interactive alignment
+    -   customizing align-rules-list for modes
+-   align.el for the ELisp coder
+    -   Readable regexp with rx
+    -   Example: Creating org-mode tables from columns
+    -   Example: peg parsers as an alternative to regexp
+
+About the speaker:
+
+Jeff is a long-time Emacs user working on improving his ELisp skills.
+The dominance of VSCode makes him sad.
+
+He discovered the align.el framework while trying to improve Emacs
+formatting support for a C++ library he uses, Boost.SML
+<https://github.com/boost-ext/sml>.
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