https://github.com/eval-exec/neomacs

https://github.com/CeleritasCelery/rune

https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/8675

At this rate, I wonder what will get completed first. Neomacs looks delicious though, ngl (even if vibecoded, I'm assuming it's a good one)

#emacs #steel #emacslisp #helix

I know, I know: it's possible.
It's #Emacs so everything is already possible.
I only don't know how, yet.

Problem: I want to create a(n #EmacsLisp?) script to (periodically) scrape my digital garden source files (in Emacs #OrgMode) to create a "bookmarks" page, still in Org Mode, collecting all the (unique) URLs in my garden, with their URL and their page titles as an alphabetically ordered bullet list.

I'm sure AI things can mrke it quickly.
But I want to learn!

Can someone explain why Scheme's keywords have the hash: #:keyword instead of just :keyword like in Common Lisp and Elisp.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4873810/what-does-mean-in-lisp

Found some explanation here for Common Lisp's usage of # here.

Also, there is #t, #true, #false, #f, and so on.

#scheme #guile #emacs #commonlisp #lisp #elisp #emacslisp

I am going to give the PALE (Picture and Animation Library for Emacs) a try. Building it by hand, let’s see if I can get it working as a Linux Mint native build (no Guix or anything).

#tech #software #Emacs #Linux #Lisp #EmacsLisp #ProceduralGeneration

(defun collect-alist-from-tree (tree key)
(let ((collection))
(defun look (tree)
(cond-let*
([item (and (json-alist-p tree)
(assq key tree))]
(push item collection))
((proper-list-p tree)
(mapcar #'look tree)))))
collection)

I have a very nested tree, and I want to get a list of all the places there is a alist with key.

Is there a better way to do this?

#emacslisp #emacs

Feeling gratitude towards this community. Just wrote my first #emacslisp advice ever.

(advice-add #'package-function-has-no-hook :before #'my-little-hook-function)

A small thing, but it removes friction from my org-static-blog (recommended!) workflow.

These little steps forward are what make this hobby so much fun. And—you'll just have to believe me—the confidence to bork around like this comes from being part of this community.

[EDIT: broken link removed; see thread]

#emacs #mastodon #fediverse

UPDATED BLOG POST: Finally tracked down and fixed a little bug in "Custom sorting of mu4e headers"

https://jamesendreshowell.com/2026-01-08-custom-sorting-of-mu4e-headers.html

#emacs #mu4e #emacslisp

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@davep/116341198726756217

TIL: defconst and defvar do not set a value if the symbol is already bound to a value. Which makes sense, but would confuse an unsuspecting goober who might be REPLing their way around a buffer making changes.

#emacs #emacslisp

Use “Wind Move Mode.” Enable with this in your init.el file:

This lets you move your cursor from window to window using the shift key with the arrow keys, such that the cursor will move to the window split nearest to cursor in the arrow direction you pressed. This feature has been built-in to Emacs since version 27.1 (the year 2020, which is, for a 50-year-old piece of software, not at all very long ago)

I only learned about this feature a few days ago, and it has instantly improved my quality of (virtual) life. It feels more comfortable and natural than C-x o, and now I use it constantly and without thinking about it. I stumbled upon this feature when creating a new Emacs init.el for an Apple laptop.

I am too lazy to try to keep one single Emacs config for all of my devices. I mean, I could, but unless I am replacing my personal daily driver (where I would copy my entire home directory, including Emacs config), I usually just start a new config every time I get a new computer, especially a work computer. And when I do, I gradually set the configuration variables that I need as I go along, searching the documentation when I can’t remember how to do things.

I’m not the kind of guy who declares “ #EmacsBankruptcy “. I always keep my init.el file simple, only for configuring modes and global variables, and nothing else. I keep my personal macros in other files. So recreating my Emacs init.el for each new computer is one of the few chances I have to stumble across new configuration variables I hadn’t seen before in the documentation.

#tech #software #Lisp #EmacsLisp #EmacsConfig