From a70c196de69eeea50543ebe345798196abd3f86e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sacha Chua Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:23:36 -0400 Subject: add ghostel --- 2026/info/anju-nav.md | 2 +- 2026/info/community-nav.md | 2 +- 2026/info/ghostel-after.md | 10 ++++++++++ 2026/info/ghostel-before.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 2026/info/ghostel-nav.md | 7 +++++++ 2026/schedule-details.md | 3 ++- 2026/talks/ghostel.md | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 7 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 2026/info/ghostel-after.md create mode 100644 2026/info/ghostel-before.md create mode 100644 2026/info/ghostel-nav.md create mode 100644 2026/talks/ghostel.md (limited to '2026') diff --git a/2026/info/anju-nav.md b/2026/info/anju-nav.md index 67db5ee6..6a4fa9fe 100644 --- a/2026/info/anju-nav.md +++ b/2026/info/anju-nav.md @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
Back to the [[talks]] Previous by track: Column-aligning text in Emacs -Next by track: Community brainstorming +Next by track: Ghost in the Shell: a libghostty powered terminal for Emacs Track: General
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Back to the [[talks]] -Previous by track: Revisiting Emacs Mouse Interactions with Anju +Previous by track: Ghost in the Shell: a libghostty powered terminal for Emacs Next by track: Emacs as my portable user space across operating platforms Track: B
diff --git a/2026/info/ghostel-after.md b/2026/info/ghostel-after.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ea419e59 --- /dev/null +++ b/2026/info/ghostel-after.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ + + + +Questions or comments? Please e-mail [daniel@kraus.my](mailto:daniel@kraus.my?subject=Comment%20for%20EmacsConf%202023%20ghostel%3A%20Ghost%20in%20the%20Shell%3A%20a%20libghostty%20powered%20terminal%20for%20Emacs) + +---- +Got an idea for an EmacsConf talk or session? We'd love to hear from you! Check out the [[Call for Participation|/2026/cfp]] for details. + + + diff --git a/2026/info/ghostel-before.md b/2026/info/ghostel-before.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a63d7209 --- /dev/null +++ b/2026/info/ghostel-before.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ + +[[!toc ]] +Format: 20-min talk ; Q&A: BigBlueButton conference room Etherpad: +Etherpad: +Status: Waiting for video from speaker + + + + + + +# Description + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/2026/info/ghostel-nav.md b/2026/info/ghostel-nav.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ad1b94ba --- /dev/null +++ b/2026/info/ghostel-nav.md @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ + +
+Back to the [[talks]] +Previous by track: Revisiting Emacs Mouse Interactions with Anju +Next by track: Community brainstorming +Track: General +
diff --git a/2026/schedule-details.md b/2026/schedule-details.md index 817b8c97..d193eb6a 100644 --- a/2026/schedule-details.md +++ b/2026/schedule-details.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Jump to: B -

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[[!template id=sched title="""Saturday opening remarks""" url="""/2026/talks/sat-open""" speakers="""Sacha Chua""" watch="""https://emacsconf.org/2026/watch/gen""" slug="""sat-open""" note=""""""]] [[!template id=sched title="""The Emacs Planning Habits of a Questionably Effective Person: My 40-year journey of planning with Emacs, Org Mode, paper journals, etc.""" url="""/2026/talks/planning""" speakers="""George Jones""" watch="""https://emacsconf.org/2026/watch/gen""" slug="""planning""" note=""""""]] [[!template id=sched title="""Controlling Emacs by voice using Emacslisten""" url="""/2026/talks/listen""" speakers="""Erik Präntare""" watch="""https://emacsconf.org/2026/watch/gen""" slug="""listen""" note=""""""]] @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Jump to: B [[!template id=sched title="""bible-gateway: A Two-Edged Sword in Emacs""" url="""/2026/talks/bible""" speakers="""Kristjon Ciko""" watch="""https://emacsconf.org/2026/watch/gen""" slug="""bible""" note=""""""]] [[!template id=sched title="""Column-aligning text in Emacs""" url="""/2026/talks/align""" speakers="""Jeff Trull""" watch="""https://emacsconf.org/2026/watch/gen""" slug="""align""" note=""""""]] [[!template id=sched title="""Revisiting Emacs Mouse Interactions with Anju""" url="""/2026/talks/anju""" speakers="""Charles Y. Choi""" watch="""https://emacsconf.org/2026/watch/gen""" slug="""anju""" note=""""""]] +[[!template id=sched title="""Ghost in the Shell: a libghostty powered terminal for Emacs""" url="""/2026/talks/ghostel""" speakers="""Daniel Kraus""" watch="""https://emacsconf.org/2026/watch/gen""" slug="""ghostel""" note=""""""]] [[!template id=sched title="""Saturday closing remarks / open session""" url="""/2026/talks/sat-close""" watch="""https://emacsconf.org/2026/watch/gen""" slug="""sat-close""" note=""""""]] [[!template id=sched title="""Sunday closing remarks""" url="""/2026/talks/sun-close""" watch="""https://emacsconf.org/2026/watch/gen""" slug="""sun-close""" note=""""""]] 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"]] + + + + + +# Ghost in the Shell: a libghostty powered terminal for Emacs +Daniel Kraus (he/him) - IRC: dakra, @dakra@fosstodon.org, + +[[!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: + +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"]] + + -- cgit v1.2.3