Extend Emacs to Modern GUI Applications with EAF

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EAF embeds real GUI apps into Emacs by launching applications in Python/PyQt5 and attaching their frames into Emacs windows via QGraphicsView/QGraphicsScene and QWindow::setParent over D-Bus, enabling PyQt5 based browser (QtWebEngine), MuPDF PDF viewer and video/camera/image apps. It claims blazingly fast PDF navigation (273 pages example), saved read positions, downloads via aria2, configurable keybindings and dark mode via ef-set, and per-app customizations. Known gaps: Wayland, macOS and Windows ports and some compositor/DBus edge cases remain to be fixed.

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1. 0:00Introduction and welcome
2. 2:56Why EAF was created
3. 4:41What is EAF
4. 6:26Key bindings and customization
5. 11:59EAF PDF viewer demo
6. 14:47Saving progress in EAF
7. 15:07EAF video player demo
8. 17:16How EAF works
9. 20:47Future of EAF and contributions