Post: August 2021

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+#+title: August 2021
+#+subtitle: Roaming around
+#+author: TEC
+#+date: 2021-08-38
+
+#+begin_quote
+Dear readers, unfortunately I've been unusually busy as of late, and will
+continue to be for a bit over a month. As such, it's entirely likely that the
+next post or two may +be late+ make use of creative dates too.
+#+end_quote
+
+In terms of Org development, we've had a fairly slow month --- mostly tweaks and
+fixes, concentrated on the new org-cite functionality. However, there have been
+big developments with Roam as of late.
+
+* [[https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam][Org-roam v2]]
+
+Pushed to the sidelines by last month's hugely significant citations
+announcement was the release of Org-roam v2 🎉. The project's author Jethro
+wrote a nice [[https://blog.jethro.dev/posts/org_roam_v2/][blog post]] outlining the major changes and motivations, and so I'll
+leave him to speak on that. Suffice to say, the idea of org-roam has been
+refined into a form that should better server tinkerers looking to build off Org
+roam, and make maintenance easier --- thus improving the user experience in the
+long term 🙂. Should you be worried that the v1 -> v2 upgrade will be painful,
+read [[https://macowners.club/posts/org-roam-v2-doesnt-hurt/][Org-roam v2 doesn't hurt]], relax, and try the upgrade wizard.
+
+* [[https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam-ui/][Org-roam-ui]]
+
+Within a month of Roam v2's announcement, we were pleasantly surprised by the
+release of [[https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam-server][org-roam-server]] usurper --- org-roam-ui.
+
+#+caption: org-roam-ui's 2D overview.
+#+attr_html: :class doom-one :width 50%
+#+attr_latex: :width 0.5\linewidth
+[[file:figures/org-roam-graph-2d-overview.png]]
+
+While org-roam-server remains incompatible with Roam v2, org-roam-ui is built
+around v2 from the ground up. With this shift comes a much more ambitious set
+of features. The graph view itself is now based on [[https://github.com/vasturiano/react-force-graph][react-force-graph]], which
+allows for both 2D and 3D views of the graph, with WebGL acceleration.
+
+#+begin_export html
+<figure>
+  <video width="60%" height="auto" autoplay loop muted class="doom-one">
+    <source src="figures/org-roam-ui-3d-rotation.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
+  </video>
+  <figcaption>
+    <span class="figure-number">Figure 1.1:</span>
+    org-roam-ui's 3D graph view.
+  </figcaption>
+</figure>
+#+end_export
+
+Using [[https://github.com/ahyatt/emacs-websocket][emacs-websocket]], org-roam-ui establishes a two-way connection between
+Emacs and the Web visualisation. This allows for nifty features like syncing the
+graph view and the currently open roam file in Emacs. Furthermore, with
+=xwidget-webkit= you can even embed org-roam-ui /inside/ Emacs![fn:1]
+
+#+caption: Embed org-roam-ui in Emacs using xwidget-webkit.
+#+attr_html: :class invertible
+[[file:figures/org-roam-ui-in-emacs.png]]
+
+Beyond this, org-roam-ui also provides a number of other nice features, such as
+filtering and theme syncing, with more in the works. To see more, check out the
+=README= published on GitHub.
+
+[[Https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam-ui/]]
+
+* New ConTeXt exporter
+
+We've long been able to export to LaTeX files with =ox-latex=, but now you can
+export to ConTeXt too with [[https://github.com/Jason-S-Ross/ox-context][ox-context]]! While only just released, a lot of work
+has already gone into this --- with development starting almost a year ago by the
+commit history.
+
+Https://github.com/Jason-S-Ross/ox-context
+
+It's always nice to see more export options for Org, and I wish Jason all the
+best in developing =ox-context=.
+
+* Other improvements
++ Refactor =oc-natbib.el=, =oc-biblatex=, =oc-basic.el=, =org-compat.el= to improve byte
+  compilation _Maxim Nikulin_ _Nicolas Goaziou_ _Marco Wahl_
++ Allow for selecting cite style with a citation argument _Nicolas Goaziou_
++ Add support for Italian "smart quotes" _DPDmancul_
++ Fix Spanish mistranslation in footnote Documentation _Juan Manuel Macias_
++ Define =\citeprocitem= in =oc-csl.el= for use by =citeproc-el= _TEC_
++ Fix error in =org-export-define-backend= docstring _Zachary Kanfer_ _Nicolas Goaziou_
++ Document the =:results none= option _Yasushi Shoji_
++ Other documentation improvements: _Jorge Neto_ _Marco Wahl_
+
+* Bugfixes
++ When tangling a certain language, be more careful about which blocks are
+  matched _DMG, Nicolas Goaziou_
++ Make =q= in =org-agenda= work even when ~debug-on-error~ is set _Lars Ingebrigtsen_
++ Make =org-attach= work again for Emacs \(< 28\) _Kyle Meyer, Marco Wahl_
++ Make ~rx~ usage in =org-cite= files compatible with Emacs \(< 27.1\) _Max Nikulin_
++ Prevent ='= from becoming a LaTeX active char in exports using =oc-csl= _TEC_
++ Have =org-colview= dynblock =match= and =mixlevel= interact sensibly _Nick Dokos_
++ Behave appropriately when ~ffap-url-regexp~ is ~nil~, instead of throwing an error
+ _Peder Stray_ _TEC_
+
+* Footnotes
+
+[fn:1] I have found the =xwidget-webkit= experience quite unstable until I
+started using Emacs 28 with the pure-GTK branch. So, if you're not getting a
+good experience now, there's a good chance you'll have a better experience in
+the future.