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-![EmacsConf logo](https://emacsconf.org/s/emacsconf-logo1-256.png)
+![EmacsConf logo](/blog/emacsconf-logo.png)
I attended the [EmacsConf 2019](https://emacsconf.org/2019/ "EmacsConf 2019") on
2nd November. It was offered as a video stream that anyone can watch over the
Just like the Quake-inspired terminals Guake and Yakuake, there's one called
[Equake](https://gitlab.com/emacsomancer/equake) that launches a drop-down eshell.
-You can also use the racket shell called Rash, which is crazy powerful. This has
-very good integration with StumpWM.
+You can also use the Racket shell called Rash, which is crazy powerful. Equake has
+good integration with StumpWM.
+
+I was aware of the existence of Yasnippet, but never really used it much. I am
+more motivated to use this important productivity tool after watching the talk
+"Don’t wait! Write your own (yas)snippet" by Tony Aldon.
### Accessibility
Krause Johansen in his presentation titled "How Emacs became my awesome Java
editing environment".
+### Evil mode
+
+I was kinda disappointed that only one user used EViL mode. I expected that
+there were at least one talk on Evil mode itself. There was one talk by Zaiste
+about Doom Emacs but the title was too click-baity and showed no code. Maybe I
+should do a talk focussed on evil-mode in the next EmacsConf.
+
+
## Diversity
The conference seemed to have a good racial mix of speakers. There was a blind