From 59b7d114b5126cb744fa9a3d2920e83ac2adb445 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sacha Chua Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 09:29:42 -0500 Subject: Update subtitles --- ...-2020-01--emacs-news-highlights--sacha-chua.vtt | 304 --------------------- 1 file changed, 304 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 2020/subtitles/emacsconf-2020-01--emacs-news-highlights--sacha-chua.vtt (limited to '2020/subtitles/emacsconf-2020-01--emacs-news-highlights--sacha-chua.vtt') diff --git a/2020/subtitles/emacsconf-2020-01--emacs-news-highlights--sacha-chua.vtt b/2020/subtitles/emacsconf-2020-01--emacs-news-highlights--sacha-chua.vtt deleted file mode 100644 index 99ebf96c..00000000 --- a/2020/subtitles/emacsconf-2020-01--emacs-news-highlights--sacha-chua.vtt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,304 +0,0 @@ -WEBVTT - -00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.000 -I'm Sacha Chua, and welcome to EmacsConf 2020. - -00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:07.000 -To kick things off, here are ten cool things - -00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:08.000 -that people have been working on - -00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:10.000 -since the conference last year. - -00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:11.000 -If you want to follow the links - -00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:14.000 -or if you'd like to add something I've missed, - -00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:16.000 -add them to the collaborative pad - -00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:17.000 -if you're watching this live - -00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:20.000 -or check out the EmacsConf wiki page for this talk. - -00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:24.000 -The big news this year was the release of Emacs 27.1, - -00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:27.000 -a little over two years after Emacs 26. - -00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:31.000 -Mickey Petersen's notes on the release are a great way - -00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:32.000 -to find out what's new, - -00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:34.000 -and John Wiegley's development update tomorrow - -00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:36.000 -will probably give more details. - -00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:39.000 -What's coming up for Emacs 28 and beyond? - -00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:40.000 -One of the branches that people are - -00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:44.000 -excited about is gccemacs, which compiles - -00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:48.000 -Emacs Lisp to native code so that it runs faster. - -00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:50.000 -To learn more, check out the Bringing GNU Emacs to Native Code - -00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:55.000 -presentation from the European Lisp Symposium. - -00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:56.000 -There was a huge conversation about - -00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:59.000 -modernizing Emacs on emacs-devel and other places. - -00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:02.000 -Linux Weekly News has a good summary. - -00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:04.000 -One of the interesting sub-threads on emacs-devel - -00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:06.000 -was about using more variable-width fonts, - -00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:08.000 -which would probably go a long way to - -00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:11.000 -making Emacs look pretty fancy once people - -00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:13.000 -sort out the alignment issues. - -00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:15.000 -It looks like core Emacs will probably - -00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:18.000 -change slowly in terms of functionality and documentation, - -00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:21.000 -but starter kits and configuration give people - -00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:22.000 -a great way to experiment. - -00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:24.000 -Speaking of starter kits, - -00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:27.000 -Doom Emacs seems to be growing in popularity. - -00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:28.000 -It got a big boost thanks to DoomCasts and - -00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:32.000 -DistroTube videos. So if you're curious, - -00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:35.000 -go ahead and check those out. - -00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:37.000 -And for general Emacs topics, - -00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:38.000 -there have been a ton of other great videos - -00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:42.000 -from Protesilaos Stavrou, Mike Zamansky, System Crafters, - -00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:45.000 -and other folks. Good stuff. - -00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:46.000 -Org continues to be a big reason - -00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:48.000 -for people to get into Emacs. - -00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:50.000 -This year, Zettelkasten-based workflows - -00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:52.000 -became popular as people played around - -00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:55.000 -with organizing ideas into small chunks - -00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:57.000 -that are linked to each other. - -00:01:57.000 --> 00:01:59.000 -org-roam is one of the packages for doing that - -00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:02.000 -and there are three presentations about it this year. - -00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:04.000 -There are also non-Org ways to do it, - -00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:07.000 -such as zetteldeft, neuron-mode, and more. - -00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:08.000 -People have been experimenting - -00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:09.000 -with Org's appearance. - -00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:12.000 -Check these screenshots out for some ideas. - -00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:14.000 -Coding: Faster JSON processing - -00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:15.000 -is going to make working with - -00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:17.000 -code analysis tools better. - -00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:21.000 -LSP-mode released version 7 and gained more contributors, too, - -00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:23.000 -so there are probably exciting times ahead - -00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:24.000 -for making Emacs even more of an - -00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:26.000 -integrated development environment. - -00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:30.000 -EAF: The Emacs Application Framework - -00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:32.000 -has some pretty interesting demos of - -00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:34.000 -embedded Qt programs in Emacs on Linux. - -00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:37.000 -Matthew Zeng will give a presentation - -00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:39.000 -on its architecture and walk through some demos, - -00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:41.000 -so check that one out too if you want. - -00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:43.000 -The big real-world change this year - -00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:47.000 -was COVID-19, of course. It sucks. A lot. - -00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:49.000 -One good thing that's come out of it - -00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:52.000 -is that many Emacs meetups have moved online, - -00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:54.000 -so it's easier to connect with people - -00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:56.000 -no matter where you are in the world. - -00:02:56.000 --> 00:03:01.000 -There's one hosted by EmacsATX on December 2 - -00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:03.000 -and it's about re-builder, leaf, and feather. - -00:03:03.000 --> 00:03:06.000 -EmacsNYC's next meetup is on December 7 - -00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:08.000 -and it's about literate programming with Org Mode. - -00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:10.000 -The Berlin remote meetup was - -00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:12.000 -just a few days ago on November 25, - -00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:15.000 -and EmacsSF and Asia-Pacific - -00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:17.000 -probably have some coming up, too. - -00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:18.000 -People generally announce the meetups - -00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:21.000 -on reddit.com/r/emacs, so you can - -00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:23.000 -look there for updates. - -00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:24.000 -If you organize one of these, - -00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:25.000 -please let me know so that - -00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:28.000 -I can include it in Emacs News. - -00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:31.000 -Lastly, there's an unofficial survey of the Emacs community. - -00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:33.000 -It closes on November 30, - -00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:34.000 -so if you'd like to participate, - -00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:37.000 -you can fill out the form at emacssurvey.org - -00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:39.000 -or send it in via e-mail. - -00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:42.000 -So those were 10 quick highlights from this year. - -00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:46.000 -If you're curious, check out the EmacsConf 2020 wiki page - -00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:47.000 -for this talk so that you can follow the links. - -00:03:47.000 --> 00:03:49.000 -If you'd like to get updates every week, - -00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:52.000 -you can check out the Emacs News I put together. - -00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:55.000 -Feel free to send me cool stuff to include. - -00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:57.000 -Now on to the rest of EmacsConf! - -00:03:57.000 --> 00:03:58.000 -Have fun, and thanks for joining us! -- cgit v1.2.3