Xah Talk Show 2025-11-07 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).