#+TITLE: Emacs configuration #+AUTHOR: Oreodave #+DESCRIPTION: My new Emacs configuration * Initial ** Setup straight Bootstrap of straight (from github) #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defvar bootstrap-version) (let ((bootstrap-file (expand-file-name "straight/repos/straight.el/bootstrap.el" user-emacs-directory)) (bootstrap-version 5)) (unless (file-exists-p bootstrap-file) (with-current-buffer (url-retrieve-synchronously "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/raxod502/straight.el/develop/install.el" 'silent 'inhibit-cookies) (goto-char (point-max)) (eval-print-last-sexp))) (load bootstrap-file nil 'nomessage)) #+END_SRC ** Setup use package Straight clone use-package and state that all use-package statements implicity use straight. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (straight-use-package 'use-package) (setq straight-use-package-by-default t) #+END_SRC ** Setup alpha and yes-or-no-p This just sets the alpha to 85% and all yes or no questions to single letter responses. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(alpha . 85)) (fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p) #+END_SRC ** Hs Minor mode Turn on hs minor mode for all prog-mode. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook #'hs-minor-mode) #+END_SRC ** Set backup directory Set the backup directory to =user-emacs-directory=/saves so I don't get those annoying '~' files. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq backup-directory-alist `(("." . "~/.config/emacs/saves"))) #+END_SRC ** Turn off the bars Turn off all the bars, don't need them anymore! #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (tool-bar-mode -1) (scroll-bar-mode -1) (menu-bar-mode -1) #+END_SRC ** Themes Load my custom "Grayscale" theme (look at [[file:Grayscale-theme.el][this file]]). #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (load-theme 'Grayscale t) #+END_SRC * Emacs Mode-line Firstly, declare a variable for the number of spaces between each module in the modeline. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defconst +modeline/sep-spaces 4 "Number of spaces separating modules.") #+END_SRC Then, declare a list of reserved characters for which the previously declared seperator won't be applied when placed at the end of a module string. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defconst +modeline/reserved-chars (list "[" "(") "Characters that, when at the end of a module string, won't have the separator applied to them.") #+END_SRC Now declare a function that applies the separator with respect to the reserved characters to any one string. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defun +modeline/handle-string (STR) (condition-case nil (progn (string-blank-p STR) (cond ((cl-member (car (last (split-string STR "" t))) +modeline/reserved-chars :test #'string=) STR) (t (concat STR (cl-reduce #'concat (cl-loop for i from 1 to +modeline/sep-spaces collect " ")))))) (error STR))) #+END_SRC Finally, set the mode-line-format. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq-default mode-line-format (mapcar #'+modeline/handle-string (list "%l:%c" "%p[" '(:eval (upcase (substring (format "%s" (if (bound-and-true-p evil-state) evil-state "")) 0 1))) "]" "%+%b(" '(:eval (format "%s" major-mode)) ")" "%I" vc-mode mode-line-end-spaces))) #+END_SRC * Custom Functions These are custom functions I have defined ** New line function Vim bindings don't have a nice way of adding new lines before or after the current line while staying in normal mode. You can use =o/O= to enter insert mode at a new line, but this isn't the same as being able to stay in normal mode, and only adds extra keypresses if your only purpose was to open up some lines. As this is Emacs I can extend it as I wish, so I decided to define a new line function that won't remove me from normal state. The logic is pretty simple: - Use the predefined vim functions for opening new lines above and below with insert mode - Given the argument =BACKWARD= to assess whether to open lines above or below - Return to previous location - Enter normal state #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (with-eval-after-load "evil" (defun dx:newline (&optional BACKWARD) (interactive) (let ((old (point))) (cond ((and BACKWARD (= BACKWARD 1)) (evil-open-below 1)) (t (evil-open-above 1))) (goto-char (+ old 1)) (evil-normal-state)))) #+END_SRC ** Generate tags For some reason, I can't seem to rely on the =projectile-regenerate-tags= function, so define my own. Steps are as follows: - Consider the =root= to be either =default-directory= or the =projectile-project-root= depending on if it's loaded and set. - Start a process (shell command) by changing to =root= and executing =ctags -Re= #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defun dx:generate-tags () (interactive) (let ((root (if (bound-and-true-p projectile-project-root) projectile-project-root default-directory))) (start-process-shell-command "" nil (format "cd %s; ctags -Re ." root)))) #+END_SRC * Keybindings ** Global map Any functions that are already loaded, set them to the global map. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (bind-keys :map global-map ("" . nil) ("M-v" . (lambda () (interactive) (dx:newline 1))) ("M-V" . (lambda () (interactive) (dx:newline))) ("C-c !" . async-shell-command) ("C-c c" . compile) ("M-s i" . imenu) ("M-n f" . narrow-to-defun) ("M-n w" . widen) ("M-n r" . narrow-to-region)) #+END_SRC ** Menu map Any keys I want to map to , the weird little menu interaction button on some keyboards. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (bind-keys :prefix "" :prefix-map dx:menu-map ("" . execute-extended-command) ("p" . (lambda () (interactive) (find-file (concat user-emacs-directory "config.org")))) ("#" . (lambda () (interactive) (projectile-find-file))) ("/" . counsel-rg) ("." . imenu)) #+END_SRC * Evil ** Evil default Setup the evil package, with some basic keybinds. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package evil :init (setq evil-want-keybinding nil) :config (evil-mode +1) (bind-key "TAB" #'evil-jump-item evil-normal-state-map) (evil-define-key 'visual 'emacs-lisp-mode-map "gr" #'eval-region)) #+END_SRC ** Evil surround #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package evil-surround :after evil :config (global-evil-surround-mode)) #+END_SRC ** Evil commentary #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package evil-commentary :after evil :config (evil-commentary-mode)) #+END_SRC ** Evil mc Setup for multicursors in Evil mode. Don't let evil-mc setup it's own keymap because it uses 'gr' as its prefix, which I don't like. Instead, bind some useful functions to my personal =dx:evil-mc-map= which is bound to 'gz'. Furthermore, define a function =dx:evil-mc-cursor-here= which pauses cursors upon placing a cursor at the current position. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package evil-mc :after evil :bind (("M-p" . evil-mc-skip-and-goto-prev-cursor) :map dx:evil-mc-map ("q" . evil-mc-undo-all-cursors) ("d" . evil-mc-make-and-goto-next-match) ("j" . evil-mc-make-cursor-move-next-line) ("k" . evil-mc-make-cursor-move-prev-line) ("j" . evil-mc-make-cursor-move-next-line) ("m" . evil-mc-make-all-cursors) ("z" . dx:evil-mc-cursor-here) ("r" . evil-mc-resume-cursors) ("s" . evil-mc-pause-cursors)) :init (defvar evil-mc-key-map (make-sparse-keymap)) (define-prefix-command 'dx:evil-mc-map) (bind-key "gz" dx:evil-mc-map evil-normal-state-map) (bind-key "gz" dx:evil-mc-map evil-visual-state-map) :config (global-evil-mc-mode +1) (defun dx:evil-mc-cursor-here () (interactive) (evil-mc-make-cursor-here) (evil-mc-pause-cursors))) #+END_SRC ** Evil collection Setup evil collection, but don't turn on the mode. Instead, I'll turn on setups for specific modes I think benefit from it. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package evil-collection :after evil) #+END_SRC * IBuffer #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package ibuffer :bind (" ," . ibuffer) :after evil-collection :config (evil-collection-ibuffer-setup)) #+END_SRC * Dired Setup for dired. Firstly, as it's an inbuilt package don't let straight try and download it. Make dired-hide-details-mode the default mode when dired-mode, as it removes the clutter. Create a keymap =dx:dired-map= which is bound to the prefix "C-c d", binding useful dired functions. Setup evil collection for dired (even though dired doesn't really conflict with evil, there are some black corners I'd like to adjust) #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package dired :straight nil :hook (dired-mode . dired-hide-details-mode) :bind-keymap* ("C-c d" . dx:dired-map) :after evil-collection :init (defvar dx:dired-map (make-sparse-keymap) "dx:dired-map") :config (bind-keys :map dx:dired-map ("f" . find-dired) ("D" . dired-other-window) ("d" . dired-jump)) (evil-collection-dired-setup)) #+END_SRC * Helpful Basic setup, will be fully integrated in counsel. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package helpful :commands (helpful-callable helpful-variable)) #+END_SRC * Which-key Pretty simple, just activate after init. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package which-key :hook (after-init . which-key-mode)) #+END_SRC * Avy Avy is an incredibly useful package that I have just started to understand. For now, I have two bindings for =avy-goto-line= and =avy-goto-char-2= as I use them often. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package avy :bind (("M-g" . #'avy-goto-char-2) ("M-l" . #'avy-goto-line))) #+END_SRC * Hydra I haven't found a use for it yet, so don't tangle this. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle no (use-package hydra) #+END_SRC * Yasnippet Yasnippet is a great package for snippets, which I use heavily in programming and org-mode. I setup here the global mode for yasnippet and a collection of snippets for ease of use. ** Yasnippet default Setup global mode after evil mode has been loaded #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package yasnippet :after evil :hook (after-init . yas-global-mode) :bind ("C-c i" . yas-insert-snippet)) #+END_SRC ** Yasnippet snippets Collection of snippets, activate after yasnippet has been loaded. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package yasnippet-snippets :after yasnippet) #+END_SRC * Keychord Keychord is only really here for this one chord I wish to define: "jk" for exiting insert state. Otherwise, I don't really need it. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package key-chord :after evil :config (key-chord-define evil-insert-state-map "jk" #'evil-normal-state) (key-chord-mode +1)) #+END_SRC * Ivy Ivy is a completion framework for Emacs, and my preferred (sometimes second favourite) one. It has a great set of features with little to no pain with setting up. ** Ivy Setup for ivy, in preparation for counsel. Turn on ivy-mode just after init. Setup vim-like bindings for the minibuffer ("C-(j|k)" for down|up the selection list) Also setup evil-collection for ivy. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package ivy :after evil-collection :hook (after-init . ivy-mode) :bind (:map ivy-minibuffer-map ("C-j" . ivy-next-line-or-history) ("C-k" . ivy-previous-line-or-history) :map ivy-switch-buffer-map ("C-j" . ivy-next-line-or-history) ("C-k" . ivy-previous-line-or-history)) :config (evil-collection-ivy-setup)) #+END_SRC ** Counsel Setup for counsel. Load after ivy and helpful. Bind: - Swiper to "C-s" - Switch buffer to "C-x b" - Counsel ripgrep to "M-s r" (search namespace) Along with that, set the help function and variable functions to their helpful counterparts. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package counsel :after (ivy helpful) :bind (("C-s" . counsel-grep-or-swiper) ("C-x b" . counsel-switch-buffer) ("M-s r" . counsel-rg)) :config (setq ivy-initial-inputs-alist nil counsel-describe-function-function #'helpful-callable counsel-describe-variable-function #'helpful-variable)) #+END_SRC ** Counsel etags Counsel etags allows me to search generated tag files for tags. I already have a function defined [[*Generate tags][here]] to generate the tags, so it's just searching them which I find to be a bit of a hassle, and where this package comes in. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package counsel-etags :after counsel :bind ("M-s t" . counsel-etags-find-tag)) #+END_SRC * Projectile ** Projectile default Setup projectile, along with the tags command. Also bind "C-c C-p" to the projectile command map for quick access. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package projectile :after evil :hook (prog-mode . projectile-mode) :bind-keymap* ("C-c C-p" . projectile-command-map) :init (setq projectile-tags-command "ctags -Re -f \"%s\" %s \"%s\"") :config (projectile-global-mode)) #+END_SRC ** Counsel projectile Counsel projectile provides the ivy interface to projectile commands, which is really useful. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package counsel-projectile :after (projectile counsel) :config (counsel-projectile-mode +1)) #+END_SRC * Magit Magit is *the* git porcelain for Emacs, which perfectly encapsulates the git cli. In this case, I just need to setup the bindings for it. As magit will definitely load after evil (as it must be run by a binding, and evil will load after init), I can use evil-collection freely. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package magit :bind (("C-x g g" . magit-status) ("C-x g c" . magit-clone) ("C-x g l" . magit-log))) (use-package evil-magit :after magit) #+END_SRC * Company Company is the auto complete system I use. I don't like having heavy setups for company, as it only makes it worse to use. In this case, just setup some evil binds for company #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package company :hook (prog-mode . company-mode) :bind (("C-SPC" . company-complete) :map company-active-map ("C-j" . company-select-next) ("C-k" . company-select-previous))) #+END_SRC * Elfeed Elfeed is the perfect RSS feed reader, integrated into Emacs perfectly. I've got a set of feeds that I use for a large variety of stuff, mostly media and entertainment. I've also bound "C-c r" to elfeed for loading the system. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package elfeed :bind ("C-c r" . elfeed) :init (setq +rss/feed-urls '(("Arch Linux" "https://www.archlinux.org/feeds/news/" Linux) ("LEMMiNO" "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCRcgy6GzDeccI7dkbbBna3Q" YouTube Stories) ("Dark Sominium" "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UC_e39rWdkQqo5-LbiLiU10g" YouTube Stories) ("Dark Sominium Music" "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCkLiZ_zLynyNd5fd62hg1Kw" YouTube Music) ("Nexpo" "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCpFFItkfZz1qz5PpHpqzYBw" YouTube) ("Techquickie" "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UC0vBXGSyV14uvJ4hECDOl0Q" YouTube) ("Captain Sinbad" "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UC8XKyvQ5Ne_bvYbgv8LaIeg" YouTube) ("3B1B" "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw" YouTube) ("Fredrik Knusden" "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCbWcXB0PoqOsAvAdfzWMf0w" YouTube Stories) ("Barely Sociable" "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UC9PIn6-XuRKZ5HmYeu46AIw" YouTube Stories) ("Atrocity Guide" "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCn8OYopT9e8tng-CGEWzfmw" YouTube Stories) ("Phillip Defranco" "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UClFSU9_bUb4Rc6OYfTt5SPw" YouTube News) ("Hacker News" "http://morss.aryadevchavali.com/news.ycombinator.com/rss" Social) ("Hacker Factor" "https://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/feeds/index.rss2" Social) ("BBC Top News" "http://morss.aryadevchavali.com/feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml" News) ("BBC Tech News" "http://morss.aryadevchavali.com/feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/technology/rss.xml" News))) (setq elfeed-db-directory (concat user-emacs-directory "elfeed")) :config (evil-collection-elfeed-setup) (evil-define-key 'normal elfeed-search-mode-map "gr" #'elfeed-update) (evil-define-key 'normal elfeed-search-mode-map "s" #'elfeed-search-live-filter) (evil-define-key 'normal elfeed-search-mode-map "" #'elfeed-search-show-entry) (setq elfeed-feeds (mapc #'(lambda (item) (append (list (nth 1 item)) (cdr (cdr item)))) +rss/feed-urls))) #+END_SRC * Org mode ** Org default with evil Setup for org mode, currently basically nothing. Has evil-org for evil bindings. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package org :hook (org-mode . yas-minor-mode) :bind (:map org-mode-map ([remap imenu] . counsel-org-goto))) (use-package evil-org :hook (org-mode . evil-org-mode)) #+END_SRC ** Org superstar #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package org-superstar :hook (org-mode . org-superstar-mode)) #+END_SRC ** Flyspell #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package flyspell :hook (org-mode . flyspell-mode)) (use-package flyspell-correct-ivy :after flyspell :bind (:map org-mode-map ("C-c C-a" . flyspell-correct-at-point))) #+END_SRC * Major modes and Programming Setups for common major modes and languages Here are some basic packages for programming first ** Smartparens Smartparens is a smarter electric-parens, it's much more aware of stuff and easier to use. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package smartparens :after evil :config (setq sp-highlight-pair-overlay nil sp-highlight-wrap-overlay t sp-highlight-wrap-tag-overlay t) (smartparens-global-mode)) #+END_SRC ** Show-paren-mode Show parenthesis for Emacs #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook #'show-paren-mode) #+END_SRC ** Eglot Eglot is a library of packages to communicate with LSP servers for better programming capabilities. Interactions with a server provide results to the client, done through JSON. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package eglot :hook (c++-mode . eglot-ensure) :hook (c-mode . eglot-ensure) :bind (:map eglot-mode-map ("" . eglot-rename) ("C-c C-A" . eglot-code-actions) ("C-c f" . eglot-format)) :config (add-to-list 'eglot-server-programs '((c-mode c++-mode) "clangd"))) #+END_SRC ** Flycheck Flycheck is the checking system for Emacs. I don't necessarily like having all my code checked all the time, so I haven't added a hook to prog-mode as it would be better for me to decide when I want checking and when I don't. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package flycheck :commands flycheck-mode :bind ("C-c x" . flycheck-list-errors)) #+END_SRC ** Activate tabs Set tabs to nil by default, with normal tab size set to 2. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil tab-width 2) #+END_SRC Add a function to activate tabs mode. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defun dx:activate-tabs () (interactive) (setq indent-tabs-mode t)) #+END_SRC ** C/C++ *** C Offset #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq-default c-basic-offset 2) #+END_SRC *** Clang format use-package clang-format for ease of use formatting, binding to "C-c '" for both C and C++ mode maps. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package clang-format :after cc-mode :config (bind-key "C-c '" #'clang-format-region c-mode-map) (bind-key "C-c '" #'clang-format-region c++-mode-map)) #+END_SRC *** Tabs mode for C and C++ Add tabs to both C and C++ modes via =activate-tabs= function. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (add-hook 'c-mode-hook #'dx:activate-tabs) (add-hook 'c++-mode-hook #'dx:activate-tabs) #+END_SRC *** Custom user style Add a custom style which follows something like a 'Microsoft Style' in that it opens braces everywhere (for ease of reading). #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (c-add-style "user" '((c-basic-offset . 2) (c-comment-only-line-offset . 0) (c-hanging-braces-alist (brace-list-open) (brace-entry-open) (substatement-open after) (block-close . c-snug-do-while) (arglist-cont-nonempty)) (c-cleanup-list brace-else-brace) (c-offsets-alist (statement-block-intro . +) (knr-argdecl-intro . 0) (substatement-open . 0) (substatement-label . 0) (access-label . 0) (label . 0) (statement-cont . +)))) #+END_SRC *** Set default styles Set the default style for modes #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq c-default-style '((java-mode . "java") (awk-mode . "awk") (other . "user"))) #+END_SRC