Over at the Emacs subreddit, iLemming has an interesting video that explores two packages by thanhvg for reading reddit and Hacker News from within Emacs. The two packages are emacs-reddigg and emacs-hnreader.
Both packages give you a nice Org buffer with each article as a heading and the rest of the content below. Watch iLemming’s video to see them in action. It’s also pretty easy to customize them as iLemming shows by providing custom search functions. Again, take a look at the video for more details.
I like these two packages but, sadly, they don’t fit into my workflow. I never read reddit or Hacker News directly. Rather, I get their content through elfeed, which has a similar user interface and look. Of course, elfeed is RSS based so I often have to follow the link to get all the content. Since I have WebKit hooked into elfeed, my actual workflow just shows we the original Web pages directly as I view each entry.
Of course, lots of people do read reddit and Hacker News directly, and for them these two packages are ideal. You can follow both sites from the comfort of Emacs. If you’re one of those people, take a look at iLemming’s video and see if they might be right for you.