london.el - Emacs London October meetup

Hello Emacs people,

the first talk will be:

Eshell == Excellent Shell by Howard Abrams

Let's talk about Emacs' own shell, eshell. Let's begin with anoverview of its capabilities and how it compares to better known, butnot-as-extendable, shells. Let's then see how this "REPL with FileSystem Controls" can be easily hacked and crafted into a most-amazingtool of awesome.

• MELPA and the personal quest for Emacs package management by Donald Curtis

A brief history of MELPA, the motivation for its creation, how it works, why it works the way it works, what it has become, and how I use it now

• Snippets magic by Andrea Crotti

Walkthrough of yasnippet snippets, showing how to use them and how to create new ones, starting from hello world to more complex examples