Emacs 30.1 released

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2025-02/msg00997.html

Featuring a significantly faster (~8x) JSON parser, native compilation enabled by default, and the official release of the Android port.

Abridged Announcement:

Version 30.1 of Emacs, the extensible text editor, should now be available from your nearest GNU mirror:

https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/emacs/emacs-30.1.tar.xz

https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/emacs/emacs-30.1.tar.gz

For a summary of changes in Emacs 30, see the etc/NEWS file in the tarball; you can view it from Emacs by typing 'C-h n', or by clicking Help->Emacs News from the menu bar.

You can also browse NEWS online using this URL:

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS?h=emacs-30

Windows binaries can be found at https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/emacs-30

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4ffy@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 1y

Cool small features in Emacs 30 that I really like:

If you have ever tried to create a custom modeline, you may have discovered that right-aligning elements was a massive pain. Emacs 30 adds a new modeline element mode-line-format-right-align which makes all subsequent elements in mode-line-format right-aligned.
When Emacs prompts you about recovering an auto-save file, you can now press = to show a diff between the buffer and auto-save. No more guessing whether you had done anything important.
E in dired opens a file with the default program for that file type (via xdg-open or OS equivalent).

oantolin@discuss.online · 7 pts · 1y

One small thing I liked in the new version is the grep-use-headings user option, if you set it to t, then grep buffer lists the search results with headings, one per file, instead of repeating the filename every single time.

bunitor@lemmy.eco.br · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

emacs for android saved my life. thank you, po lu

stsquad@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Any pointers to getting started? I can't even get M-x - maybe I need a different on screen keyboard?

bunitor@lemmy.eco.br · 1 pts · 1y

the unexpected keyboard is pretty handy. it will feel a little weird at first, but you'll get used to it. you can find it on fdroid and i think also on google play

if you don't want to get used to using the menu bar, tool bar, and the mode popup menu, you should look for a keyboard configuration that allows the onscreen keyboard to pop up regardless of the mode (by default, it will only pop up in read/write buffers)

i also strongly recommend installing the termux version if you wanna do anything useful