Just a data point, but nothing really broke for me in upgrading to Emacs 31.1. So far so good.

#Emacs

FYI, if you're in a Markdown file in Emacs but are more familiar with Org syntax, there's `org-export-region-to-md` to help. Similar support for HTML and LaTeX.

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/org/Export-Region.html

#Emacs #OrgMode

New #emacs post!

https://www.chiply.dev/post-hyperbole-hyrolo

#emacs #foss #software #programming #knowledgeGraphs

Picking FreeBSD and Emacs has been great for my mental health, without exaggeration.

Fad chasing? FOMO? Cool tech?

I get to watch so much of it rise then fade away again, while continuing to use comfortable and powerful tools that I've shaped for my own use for over a decade (coming up on two decades for Emacs).

It's like being an elf in human society 😉

#freebsd #emacs

Assigning your copyright to the FSF helps defend the GPL and keep software free. Thank you Zhengyi Fu for assigning your copyright to the FSF! More at: https://u.fsf.org/4bl #Emacs #CopyrightAssignments

Quick reminder that the #emacs Carnival for August is nearly over! The entries so far are great!

https://www.chiply.dev/post-august-emacs-carnival

#foss #blog #software #programming

Awesome. I used to use a series of M-^ for this, so far.

and speaking of #Emacs, v31.1 is released 🎉

https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS?h=emacs-31

Got Emacs 31.1 from MacPorts up and running. So great that macOS-native voice dictation is back!

#Emacs

MacPorts has updated Emacs to 31.1.

https://ports.macports.org/port/emacs-app/

#Emacs

If you use Emacs on macOS and listen to a lot of new music, here's a way to call Shazam from Emacs to recognize a tune.

http://yummymelon.com/devnull/announcing-shazam-el.html

#Emacs #macOS

If you always wondered how many #timestamps and #datestamps are used in your #orgdown files, https://codefloe.com/publicvoit/vkorg-timestamp-stats is able to answer your question.

So if you're looking for some #statistics, you might be interested. (Too many might affect your Org performance.)

Output is such that it can be post-processed within #Emacs #orgmode.

It also gives you warnings about unusual datestamps like mixtures of active and inactive and so forth.

HTH

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Example screen output of vkorg-timestamp-stats with most of my Orgdown files

Version 31.1 of #Emacs, the extensible text editor, should now be available from your nearest #GNU mirror: https://u.fsf.org/4c8 #FreeSoftware #FSF

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What's new in #Emacs 31.1:
https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/whats-new-in-emacs-311

I just saw that Emacs 31 was released (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2026-08/msg00760.html), so I wanted to share this wiki page highlighting, attributing and contextualizing some of the noteworthy new features of the release: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsThirtyOneHighlights.

#emacs

WOOHOO!! HACK THE WORLD!!

The new Era of Emacs Graphics is here

https://mathstodon.xyz/@divyaranjan/117145403826450705

The blog post - https://www.monadicsheep.org/blog/an-introduction-to-canvas-in-emacs.html

#emacs #graphics

I'll be going live on #PeerTube in 15m:

https://tv.dyne.org/w/xwT9dCupiB9oMpN9QHB7T9

We'll be celeberating the recent merge of canvas patch in #Emacs and what we plan to do with Emacs Reader, PALE and other projects.

#Emacs startup: Why setq beats setopt, customize-set-variable, and use-package :custom?
https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-why-use-setq-instead-setopt/

If your #Emacs feels slow, you should try profiling redisplay via scrolling:

1. Enable pixel-scroll-precision-mode via M-x
2. M-x profiler-start (cpu)
3. Go to some buffer and scroll for a while like crazy
4. M-x profiler-stop and M-x profiler-report

Look in the profile for functions taking excessive time below redisplay_internal.

Assigning your copyright to the FSF helps defend the GPL and keep software free. Thank you Hikari for assigning your copyright to the FSF! More at: https://u.fsf.org/4bl #Emacs #CopyrightAssignments

#emacs #canvas

https://github.com/mochar/glmakie-el

#cwm #screenshot #FreeBSD #Emacs #XTerm

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CWM running with two physical monitors. There are two windows: Emacs and Xterm. Xterm window has a thick blue border. Inside there is an oksh with date output and scrot -p cwm.png command. Used colorscheme: Solarized Light, ised font: Monaspace Xenon. The Emacs frame uses the same font and colorscheme. It displays an opened uses.html files, with some changes highlighted by orange stripes on the left fringe. There is a blue blocky modeline with Monaspace Radon font and the same scrollbar. On the left there are few X widgets: xclock (using Solarized Light color scheme and a red ticks), xbatt and a gkrellm (it showing CPU load and temp, memory consumption and em0, ue0, wlan0 interface stats). There is a yellow wyvern (Adine from Angels With Scaly Wings) on the background (set as a desktop wallpaper).

DOOM is finally available on Emacs ELPA!

M-x package-install RET doom-game RET

https://github.com/minad/doom-on-emacs

The port uses the new canvas feature we've added to Emacs 32.

#emacs #elpa #games #graphics

EmacsSF is an IRL meetup in San Francisco for folks interested in all things Emacs. Our next meetup is on Saturday, August 29, 2026 from 11am-1pm at Haus Coffee on Calle 24.
Details in the attached link. All are welcome.

https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/316144053/

#Emacs

In the Casual v3.0 update, the setup process has been vastly simplified to being a single command. Details in the attached link.

http://yummymelon.com/devnull/simplifying-setup-for-casual.html

Casual is a project to re-imagine the primary user interface for Emacs using keyboard-driven menus. Casual v3.0 is now available on MELPA and NonGNU ELPA.

#Emacs

TIL m-x prepare-user-lisp

"Byte-compile, scrape autoloads and prepare files in ‘user-lisp-directory’."

It redoes what it needs to, in case you add a new .el file to the user-lisp dir, or make a change in an existing one.

New post on M-x apropos Emacs! May I recommend eww for Emacs's innovative UI?

https://www.matem.unam.mx/~omar/apropos-emacs.html#may-i-recommend-eww-for-emacs-innovative-ui

Please consider this as entry for the May edition of the #Emacs Carnival, @sacha.