Notices by Omar Antolín (oantolin@mathstodon.xyz)

There are a couple of features of #orgmode links in #Emacs that I think are underappreciated:

1. They work in all buffers, not just org-mode buffers! Bind org-open-at-point-global to a globally accessible key binding and enjoy org-links everywhere. For example, I like putting info links in comments in Emacs Lisp files, like info:calc#Graphics. Remember too, that file links can include a search string, for example file:~/.emacs.d/init.el::eshell takes me right to my eshell configuration. Shell links, that execute commands, are pretty useful too, for example <shell:zip source *.c *.h>.

2. It's super easy to create new link types (if you know how to program). For example, here's a new type of link for keyboard macros:

(org-link-set-parameters "kbd"
:follow (lambda (macro arg)
(kmacro-call-macro arg t nil (kbd macro))))

With that definition you can write keyboard macros like <kbd:M-a M-f M-t> and execute them with org-open-at-point-global.

I got a weight off my chest: I turned down an invitation to a math conference in the US and cancelled another I had already accepted. I know I'm probably overreacting, but I was worried about being deported since I've read many news stories about this happening to people with valid visas —including Europeans, so I don't like my chances as a brown Mexican! And even though I know it was unlikely to happen to me (it probably only happens to a small fraction of visitors), I'm happy to stop the nagging worry in the back of my mind. It's a shame: both events would have been great and I would have seen many American friends I don't get to see often.

@monnier I think it means "if you are considering listening to audio from your phone's speaker, use headphones instead", not "if you are considering striking up a conversation with a stranger, use headphones instead".

@rms Could you please explain the pun? I'm a native Spanish speaker and don't get it. I'm Mexican and Spanish varies from country to country, so I asked on a Spanish-language Emacs group with people from many different Spanish-speaking countries but people didn't get it there either.

EDIT: Nevermind, I found your web page on Spanish puns (https://stallman.org/spanish-puns.html) that has the complete pun: "Conocí a una ninfa de roble. No era ni hermosa ni elegante, sino bellota." Clever!

@fsf "Assigning your copyright to the FSF helps defend the GPL and keep software free." Is this true in the sense that it has actually helped in the past or is it only true in the theoretical sense that it might help in the future? Note that I am not at all against copyright assignment to the FSF and indeed have already done it myself for some Emacs packages I contributed to the GNU ELPA repository! I just want to know, out of curiosity, if the theoretical benefits of copyright assignment have already been realized.

@amszmidt @fsf Good to know! Do you happen to know of any specific example?

@robpike I have a similar story but in Spanish. Years ago the URL for some university department's "Consejo Académico" (academic council) ended in "/cacademico", with the council part abbreviated to just "c". But I always read that as "caca de mico", which means monkey shit.