Was unable to attend due to a power outage. Is this going to be a monthly/semi monthly meetup? Is the next one scheduled already? On Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 4:13 AM Ihor Radchenko wrote: > Ihor Radchenko writes: > > > URL: https://bbb.emacsverse.org/b/iho-h7r-qg8-led > > Time & Date: <2023-08-09 Wed 19:00-21:00 @+03,Europe/Istanbul> > > The room will be open half an hour before the official start. > > Thanks everyone who participated! We had quite a few people by Emacs > meetup standards. > > Here is a short summary of the main discussion points (those that I > remember): > > - Adham Omran announced his new package for Anki (flash card/spaced > repetition) integration: > https://github.com/adham-omran/ankifier > Efficiently create Anki flashcards from your notes. > > - Ilya Cheryshov announced his new package to display agenda time grid > as _interactive_ svg image. Looks like the usual Google calendar view, > but inside Emacs. > https://github.com/ichernyshovvv/org-timeblock/ > Org mailing list discussion: > https://list.orgmode.org/87edkc85fl.fsf@localhost/T/#t > > - Similar, but ASCII-only package: > https://github.com/ml729/calfw-blocks, based on Calfw Emacs calendar > framework. > > - More on visualizing Org statistics: > - https://github.com/rksm/clj-org-analyzer/: clocking data visualizer > using web-frontend. Features heatmap view of clocking time > per-day. Allows filtering by tags. > - https://github.com/Elilif/org-heatmap/: monthly heatmap for habit > tracking > - A bit tangent, but illustrates how to make use of time clocking: > https://samplesize.one/blog/posts/my_year_in_data/ > - One more article I did not mention during the meetup: > https://sqrtminusone.xyz/posts/2023-04-13-emacs/ > > - [[info:eintr#Top][eintr#Top]] Elisp introduction for non-programmers. > This is really a > well-written manual worth reading if your config is larger than a few > lines. > > - yantar92's window manager: Awesome WM https://awesomewm.org/ > > - https://git.sr.ht/~bzg/worg is the source code of Org WIKI (WORG) > [ Contributions welcome: a number of articles really need some love > there ] > - We also have some Org internals documented as articles in WORG. > > - Meeting report export template (backend): > https://github.com/DarkBuffalo/ox-report > which reminded me of actual LaTeX template by Tecosaur (Org dev): > https://github.com/tecosaur/BMC > > - New WIP fast LaTeX preview system with instant preview as you type > - Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-AfvuV-bYo > - Another demo previously posted on the mailing list: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-AfvuV-bYo > - And the mailing list discussion with more details: > https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87lek2up0w.fsf@tec.tecosaur.net/ > > - =#+begin_src := will give you completion of header arguments > - Same for #+ keywords and, sometimes, for their values (like for > #+TAGS: ) > - The underlying code is in lisp/org-pcomplete.el > - Also, see org-eldoc (part of org-contrib): > https://git.sr.ht/~bzg/org-contrib/tree/master/item/lisp/org-eldoc.el > > - Collaboration using Org mode > - Concurrent editing options are not great, unfortunately: > - https://code.librehq.com/qhong/crdt.el (need Emacs for all sides) > - https://logseq.com/: similar to notion/obsidian, but supports Org > syntax > - Can use Git, if not real-time. Org is just a plain text. > - I also used email workflow using pdf export -> sending email -> > getting pdf with comments back -> modifying Org source -> ... > > - Authoring books/thesis in Org > - Adham Omran wrote his thesis in Arabic using Org mode > - Emacs has built-in right-to-left language support > [[info:emacs#Bidirectional Editing][emacs#Bidirectional Editing]] > - Right-to-left may be mixed with left-to-right (English) in Org > export, though some LaTeX-specific tweaking may be needed. > - Org offers _some_ help with #+LANGUAGE document keyword > (see [[info:org#LaTeX specific export settings][org#LaTeX specific > export settings]]) > - Also, https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87h6z7jq4o.fsf@localhost/ > - There was a question about XeLaTeX, but, AFAIK, event normal > LaTeX can support Arabic and other Unicode languages with > polyglossia package. Although fonts may be tricky to set and a > number of people opt-in to LuaTeX/XeLaTeX for smoother > experience (the downside is that non-LaTeX may not always be an > option in real-life publisher requirements) > - Examples from Org mailing list on complex typesetting while keeping > sources in Org mode > - https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87y1yovcip.fsf@posteo.net/ > - The bi-lingual book I mentioned: > https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/87h70tyyiz.fsf@posteo.net/ > > - Adham Omran wrote colemak input method for Arabic (only qwerty-based > variant is available by default in Emacs) > - I suggested submitting it as a patch for Emacs core. > > - On the Emacs fringe indicators showing buffer begin/end > - ↑↓ indicate that there is more text above/below the screen > - ｢｣ indicate begin/end of the buffer text within displayed part of the > buffer > - These can be enabled using ~(setq-default indicate-buffer-boundaries > 'left)~ > > - Using ~helm-org-ql~ for searching across knowledge base, git commits, > and emails > - I modify the default ~org-ql~ search adding a number of shortcuts to > quickly filter by tag/todo keyword > - > https://github.com/yantar92/emacs-config/blob/master/config.org#trying-org-ql > - My modifications are tailored to my own fork of org-ql: > https://github.com/yantar92/org-ql > - Although the particular special feature I used here (custom > default org-ql predicate) is already implemented upstream, > though using different defcustom. > - I have a custom helm search, unifying org-ql, notmuch search > (for emails), and git commit search > - > https://github.com/yantar92/emacs-config/blob/master/config.org#helm-org-ql > - I also add custom helm actions to insert bookmark/commit/email > Urls or Org links right from helm search. > > -- > Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, > Org mode contributor, > Learn more about Org mode at . > Support Org development at , > or support my work at > >