hyperbole @ Savannah: GNU Hyperbole Major Release 9 (V9.0.1) Rhapsody

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GNU Hyperbole 9.0.1, the Rhapsody release, is now available on GNU ELPA. 

And oh what a release it is: extensive new features, new video

demos, org and org roam integration, Markdown and Org file support in

HyRolo, recursive directory and wildcard file scanning in HyRolo, and

much more.

What’s new in this release is extensively described here:

  www.gnu.org/s/hyperbole/HY-NEWS.html

  Everything back until release 8.0.0 is new since the last major release

  announcement (almost a year and a half ago), so updates are extensive.

Hyperbole is like Markdown for hypertext.  Hyperbole automatically

recognizes dozens of common patterns in any buffer regardless of mode

and transparently turns them into hyperbuttons you can instantly

activate with a single key.  Email addresses, URLs, grep -n outputs,

programming backtraces, sequences of Emacs keys, programming

identifiers, Texinfo and Info cross-references, Org links, Markdown

links and on and on.  All you do is load Hyperbole and then your text

comes to life with no extra effort or complex formatting.

But Hyperbole is also a personal information manager with built-in

capabilities of contact management/hierarchical record lookup,

legal-numbered outlines with hyperlinkable views and a unique window

and frame manager.  It is even Org-compatible so you can use all of

Org’s capabilities together with Hyperbole.

Hyperbole stays out of your way but is always a key press away when

you need it.  Like Emacs, Org, Counsel and Helm, Hyperbole has many

different uses, all based around the theme of reducing cognitive load

and improving your everyday information management.  It reduces

cognitive load by using a single Action Key, {M-RET}, across many

different contexts to perform the best default action in each.

Hyperbole has always been one of the best documented Emacs packages.

With Version 9 comes excellent test coverage: over 400 automated tests

are run with every update against every major version of Emacs since

version 27, to ensure quality.  We hope you’ll give it a try.

Videos


If you prefer video introductions, visit the videos linked to below;

otherwise, skip to the next section.

GNU Hyperbole Videos with Web Links

Installing and Using Hyperbole


To install within GNU Emacs, use:

   {M-x package-install RET hyperbole RET}

   Hyperbole installs in less than a minute and can be uninstalled even

   faster if ever need be.  Give it a try.

Then to invoke its minibuffer menu, use:

   {C-h h} or {M-x hyperbole RET}

The best way to get a feel for many of its capabilities is to invoke the

all new, interactive FAST-DEMO and explore sections of interest:

   {C-h h d d}

To permanently activate Hyperbole in your Emacs initialization file, add

the line:

   (hyperbole-mode 1)

Hyperbole is a minor mode that may be disabled at any time with:

   {C-u 0 hyperbole-mode RET}

The Hyperbole home page with screenshots is here:

   www.gnu.org/s/hyperbole

For use cases, see:

   www.gnu.org/s/hyperbole/HY-WHY.html

For what users think about Hyperbole, see:

   www.gnu.org/s/hyperbole/hyperbole.html#user-quotes

Enjoy,

The Hyperbole Team

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