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Emacs 25.2 Released

2017-04-21T22:01:00.000+05:30

The bug fix version of Emacs 25.2 is released. More information can be seen in the official announcement

Emacs 25.2 RC2 out

2017-02-26T13:21:00.001+05:30

The second release candidate of what will be Emacs 25.2 is out.

Emacs 25.2 RC1 out

2017-02-06T08:58:00.000+05:30

The first release candidate for what will be the 25.2 release of Emacs is out.

Windows Binaries are out too

2016-09-18T17:58:00.000+05:30

Looks like the binaries for Windows 32 and 64 bit can be found in the pretest folder, done by Philip Lord. If you have any worries about downloading from sourceforge that is.

Emacs 25.1 released

2016-09-18T08:02:00.001+05:30

Finally, Emacs 25.1 is released. The windows binaries would take some time to turn up. Hopefully the new TLS features would help in setting up mail connectivity easier to deal with.

Ma Gnus v0.16 is released

2016-02-06T12:03:00.002+05:30

The last separate release of Gnus. Future releases will be from the Emacs git trunk. This release is mostly bug fixes and the release notes are found in the link above

First Pretest of Emacs 25.1 out

2016-01-31T00:09:00.002+05:30

The first pretest of Emacs 25.1 is out. Do test and report any bugs

EmacsConf 2015 (Announcement)

2015-06-23T11:29:00.003+05:30

This should be interesting in that there's enough buzz for a Emacs conference. And they're looking for speakers. This is in San Franscisco, CA.

Emacs 24.5 released

2015-04-11T11:11:00.001+05:30

In what is a bug fix release, Emacs 24.5 is out.

Emacs 24.5 third release candidate out

2015-04-06T22:06:00.000+05:30

The third (and hopefully last) release candidate for the 24.5 release
of Emacs is out.

Emacs 24.5 second release candidate

2015-04-03T00:29:00.001+05:30

The 2nd release candidate of Emacs 24.5 is now available.

Emacs 24.5 first release candidate is out

2015-03-29T12:43:00.001+05:30

The first release candidate of 24.5 is out for testing.

Second Emacs pretest 24.4.90 available

2015-03-10T07:20:00.003+05:30

The second Emacs pretest is now available for testing at the usual places.

Emacs 24.5 Pretest released

2015-02-18T00:17:00.001+05:30

The first pretest for what will be the 24.5 release of Emacs is available.

Emacs Tip: ESC ESC ESC is the same as C-g

2015-02-02T23:04:00.000+05:30

If you want to abort some action and were used to ESC on Windows, the only difference in Emacs apparently, is to hammer away at the ESC key to mimic C-g. It might be a good idea to do a C-h k ESC ESC ESC to check the chords description.

Update your package search url as melpa.milkbox.net is now melpa.org

2014-10-26T07:38:00.001+05:30

It's been a couple of days but the url has changed to melpa.org. You may need to change your .emacs file from ("melpa" . "http://melpa.milkbox.net/packages/") to ("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/")

Emacs 24.4 released

2014-10-21T08:48:00.002+05:30

Well, here's the official release mail on Emacs 24.4. The Windows versions aren't out yet but will turn up in a few days.

Emacs 24.4 release candidate 1

2014-10-18T20:05:00.000+05:30

Looks like Emacs release candidate is out and that the official release will come in a few days. In related news, Alexander Shukaev has posted on the help-gnu-emacs mailing lists about providing precompiled Emacs versions along with the DLLs for Windows. It may save time for those of you who need specific features that are not compiled into the official release. You should direct your queries to Alexander, on the list, I think, if you need any clarifications.

Emacs fourth pretest released

2014-08-20T23:25:00.000+05:30

Missed the announcement but the fourth pretest is now available for testing.

Emacs Third Pretest Released

2014-06-30T08:19:00.000+05:30

A bit late in posting about it but here is official pretest release announcement. The Windows binaries take a bit of time to appear if you can't see it already.

Editor wars redux in the mainstream press

2014-05-14T21:50:00.002+05:30

From a post on comp.emacs, here's an article on slate comparing Emacs and Vi. Doesn't say anything new to people familiar to Emacs and Vi. Just that it's there at all in some minor mainstream press.

Emacs Second Pretest Released

2014-05-14T21:41:00.000+05:30

Emacs pretest 24.3.91 has been released. The binaries can be found at the usual places or you can check the links on the right.

Traditional May 1st Release of Gnus, Ma Gnus v0.11 is out

2014-05-05T08:04:00.000+05:30

Sorry for the delayed posting but Ma Gnus V0.11 is released. You can get it by

git clone http://git.gnus.org/gnus.git && cd gnus && git checkout m0-11
or download the release from http://git.gnus.org/cgit/gnus.git/snapshot/gnus-m0-11.zip

Emacs 24.4 first pretest released

2014-04-14T21:52:00.001+05:30

From the emacs-devel list, the first emacs pretest is out for testing. Please do take it for a spin. The Win binaries will come in a few days.

Some interesting Emacs threads and LaTeX news

2014-04-01T23:18:00.001+05:30

C K Kashyap posited some new requirements on code folding and there were a number of interesting responses culminating with a link to HideRegion. You probably should stick to hide-show or OutlineMode and venture into these solutions only if there is a use case that is not met by hide-show. :)

Did you forget to enable auto-fill while writing text? No worries, you can fix the written text with a simple C-x h M-q .

Have some file and project management stuff that you want Emacs to handle? Here's a thread on what one user would like to see as project management that he wants emacs to do some heavy lifting. Might be worth your time to check it out.

BTW, there's a new site pgfplots.net for fantastic LaTeX plotting by the LaTeX guru Stefan Kottwitz. You should check it out and contribute your pgfplots to it.