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Currently Playing: Xah Ep710 Emacs Lisp Coding, lookup grokipedia, goto line in next pane

Video Summary (Generated by AI, Reviewed by Human.) This video is an Emacs Lisp coding session focused on creating and fixing two commands: lookup-grokipedia and go-to-char/go-to-line. The speaker begins by demonstrating the go-to-line command, which allows users to jump to a specific line number in another pane (0:37). He then introduces Grokipedia, a new encyclopedia by Elon Musk, explaining that it aims to provide a different perspective on "power-sensitive" topics compared to Wikipedia, which the speaker claims contains "fake news" on such subjects (11:12). He demonstrates this by comparing Wikipedia and Grokipedia entries for "Gamergate" (16:15). The speaker also mentions that for non-political topics like programming or mathematics, Grokipedia currently offers plain text versions of Wikipedia articles without illustrations or interlinks (21:06). He then proceeds to code the lookup-grokipedia command in Emacs Lisp, demonstrating how to grab the current word under the cursor and construct a URL to search Grokipedia (25:02). Finally, the speaker fixes a bug in his go-to-line command (32:02) and briefly discusses his use of multiple web browsers (35:16) and his Emacs Lisp packages, including Xah Fly Keys (2:51) and "Xah Emacs Lisp Mode" (39:18). Notes at http ://xahlee .info/talk_show/xah_talk_show_ep710.html Copy the link, remove spaces, paste the link in browser tab. Google Chrome and Firefox browsers censor websites by auto adding s in http and says the site Secure Connection Failed. Use Brave Browser or Safari.