#+title: Emacs configuration #+author: Aryadev Chavali #+description: My Emacs configuration #+property: header-args:emacs-lisp :tangle config.el :comments link :results none #+options: toc:nil #+startup: noindent #+begin_center My configuration for (a very specific form of) Emacs #+end_center #+latex: \clearpage #+toc: headlines * Basics Firstly, set full name and mail address. This is used in encryption and mailing. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (setq user-full-name "Aryadev Chavali" user-mail-address "aryadev@aryadevchavali.com") #+end_src Let's set all yes or no questions to single letter responses. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p) #+end_src Set the encoding to UTF-8-Unix by default. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package emacs :straight nil :init (setq-default buffer-file-coding-system 'utf-8-unix save-buffer-coding-system 'utf-8-unix)) #+end_src Setup no-littering, which cleans up many of the default directories in Emacs. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package no-littering :demand t :init (setq no-littering-etc-directory (expand-file-name ".config/" user-emacs-directory) no-littering-var-directory (expand-file-name ".local/" user-emacs-directory))) #+end_src ** File saves and custom file Setup automatic saving for files (in case of system failure) and auto-revert-mode (which refreshes the buffer on changes to the underlying file). Along with that, set the custom-file (which holds temporary customisation) in the etc folder. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package emacs :straight nil :init (setq backup-directory-alist `(("." . ,(no-littering-expand-var-file-name "saves/"))) global-auto-revert-non-file-buffers t auto-revert-verbose nil) (setq custom-file (no-littering-expand-etc-file-name "custom.el")) :config (global-auto-revert-mode 1)) #+end_src * Custom functionality Functions that don't require a packages to work other than Emacs, which means I can define them early. These are used much later in the config. ** Toggle buffer Like VSCode's toggling feature for just the terminal but now for any buffer of choice, as long as I can generate it via a command. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (with-eval-after-load "window" (defmacro +oreo/create-toggle-function (func-name buf-name buf-create &optional accept-numeric) "Generate a function named FUNC-NAME that toggles the buffer with name BUF-NAME, using BUF-CREATE to generate it if necessary. BUF-NAME cannot be a regexp, it must be a fixed name." (let ((interactive-arg (if accept-numeric '(interactive "p") '(interactive))) (arguments (if accept-numeric '(&optional arg) nil)) (buffer-name (if accept-numeric `(if (= arg 1) ,buf-name (concat ,buf-name "<" (int-to-string arg) ">")) buf-name)) (buffer-create (if accept-numeric `(if (= arg 1) (,buf-create) (,buf-create arg)) `(,buf-create)))) `(defun ,func-name ,arguments ,interactive-arg (let* ((buffer (or (get-buffer ,buffer-name) ,buffer-create)) (displayed (get-buffer-window buffer))) (if displayed (delete-window displayed) (display-buffer buffer) (select-window (get-buffer-window buffer)))))))) #+end_src ** Auto-run command after-save-hook Define a macro, which creates hooks into the ~after-save-hook~. On certain ~conditions~ being met, ~to-run~ is evaluated. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package simple :straight nil :config (defmacro +oreo/create-auto-save (conditions &rest to-run) "Create a hook for after saves, where (on CONDITIONS being met) TO-RUN is evaluated. " `(add-hook 'after-save-hook #'(lambda () (interactive) (when ,conditions ,@to-run))))) #+end_src ** Procedure A ~lambda~ which takes no arguments is a procedure. This macro generates procedures, with the parameters of the macro being the body of the procedure. It returns it in quoted form, as that is the most common use of this macro. (You may notice ~proc~ is used where the return value doesn't matter). #+begin_src emacs-lisp (defmacro proc (&rest CDR) "For a given list of forms CDR, return a quoted non-argument lambda." `(quote (lambda () ,@CDR))) #+end_src ** System specificity A macro that acts as a switch case on ~(system-name)~ which allows the writing of system specific code. For me this is for my desktop and laptop, particularly for font sizes. Though there may be an easier solution than this, this seems simple enough. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (defmacro +oreo/sys-name-cond (&rest pairs) "Switch case on result of function `system-name'. Each pair in PAIRS is typed as: (string . (forms...)) where the string represents the system name to test, and forms being the consequence if true." `(cond ,@(mapcar #'(lambda (pair) ;; (str . forms..) -> ((string= str (system-name)) ;; forms...) (let ((name (car pair)) (body (cdr pair))) `((string= ,name (system-name)) ,@body))) pairs))) #+end_src In [[file:early-init.el][early-init.el]] I set the number of native-workers to 4, which isn't necessarily optimal when loading/compiling the rest of this file depending on the machine I use: - On my laptop (=spiderboy=) I'd prefer to have it use 2-3 threads so I can actually use the rest of the laptop while waiting for compilation - On my desktop (=oldboy=) I'd prefer to use 4-6 threads as I can afford more, so I can get a faster load up. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (+oreo/sys-name-cond ("spiderboy" (setq native-comp-async-jobs-number 3)) ("oldboy" (setq native-comp-async-jobs-number 6))) #+end_src ** Clean buffer list Instead of cleaning my buffer list manually, selectively preserving some fixed set of buffers, this function does it for me. Preserves any buffers in ~+oreo/keep-buffer~ and kills the rest. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (defconst +oreo/keep-buffers (list "config.org" "*scratch*" "*dashboard*" "*Messages*" "*Warnings*") "List of buffer names to preserve.") (defun +oreo/clean-buffer-list () "Kill all buffers except any with names in +oreo/keep-buffers." (interactive) (mapcar #'(lambda (buf) (if (not (member (buffer-name buf) +oreo/keep-buffers)) (kill-buffer buf))) (buffer-list))) #+end_src * Aesthetics General look and feel of Emacs (mostly disabling stuff I don't like). ** Themes *** Dark theme My preferred dark theme is my own "personal-primary" theme which is stored in the Emacs lisp folder (look at [[file:elisp/personal-primary-theme.el][this file]]). It tries to use the primary colours for everything, leading to a colour -> meaning relation. I have an older version of this theme that uses a homogeneous colour scheme ([[file:elisp/personal-theme.el][this file]]) #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package custom :demand t :straight nil :init (setq custom-theme-directory (concat user-emacs-directory "elisp/")) :config (load-theme 'personal-primary t)) #+end_src *** Light theme I'm not very good at designing light themes as I don't really use them. However they are necessary in high light situations where a dark mode would strain the eyes too much. So I built a custom theme on top of the default Emacs theme, "personal-light" (look at [[file:elisp/personal-light-theme.el][this file]]). I don't use it by default but I may need to switch between light and dark easily, so here's a command to switch between them. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package custom :defer t :straight nil :commands +oreo/switch-theme :init (defvar +oreo/theme 'dark) :config (defun +oreo/switch-theme () (interactive) (cond ((eq +oreo/theme 'dark) (load-theme 'personal-light t) (setq +oreo/theme 'light)) ((eq +oreo/theme 'light) (load-theme 'personal-primary t) (setq +oreo/theme 'dark))))) #+end_src ** Font size Set font size to 140 if on my desktop (oldboy) or 175 if on my laptop (spiderboy). #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package faces :straight nil :config (+oreo/sys-name-cond ("spiderboy" (set-face-attribute 'default nil :height 175)) ("oldboy" (set-face-attribute 'default nil :height 140)))) #+end_src ** Scratch buffer Turn off the startup buffer because I prefer [[Dashboard]], and write into the scratch buffer some nice information about Emacs. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package emacs :straight nil :init (setq inhibit-startup-screen t initial-scratch-message (format ";; Emacs v%s\n" emacs-version) ring-bell-function 'ignore)) #+end_src ** Blinking cursor Turn off blinking-cursor-mode as [[*Hl-line][hl-line]] is better. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package frame :straight nil :config (blink-cursor-mode 0)) #+end_src ** Fringes Turning off borders in my window manager was a good idea, so turn off the borders for Emacs. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package fringe :after dashboard :straight nil :config (fringe-mode 0)) #+end_src ** Mode line A mode line in an editor can provide a LOT of information, or very little. I customised the Emacs modeline to give me a bit of info, ~telephone-line~ to give me a lot. Currently I use the default mode line with some customisation; simplicity is above all. *** Emacs Mode-line Firstly, declare a variable for the separator between each module #+begin_src emacs-lisp (defconst +modeline/separator " " "Separator between modules.") #+end_src Then declare a variable for the number of separators between each module in the modeline. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (defconst +modeline/sep-count 4 "Number of +modline/separator instances 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) (if (cl-member (car (last (split-string STR "" t))) +modeline/reserved-chars :test #'string=) STR (concat STR (cl-reduce #'concat (cl-loop for i from 1 to +modeline/sep-count collect +modeline/separator))))) (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-misc-info mode-line-end-spaces))) #+end_src *** Telephone-line :PROPERTIES: :header-args:emacs-lisp: :tangle no :END: Telephone-line is a mode-line package for Emacs which prioritises extensibility. It also looks much nicer than the default mode line with colouring and a ton of presentations to choose from. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package telephone-line :init (defface +telephone/position-face '((t (:foreground "red" :background "grey10"))) "") (defface +telephone/mode-face '((t (:foreground "white" :background "dark green"))) "") (defface +telephone/file-info-face '((t (:foreground "white" :background "Dark Blue"))) "") :custom (telephone-line-faces '((evil . telephone-line-modal-face) (modal . telephone-line-modal-face) (ryo . telephone-line-ryo-modal-face) (accent . (telephone-line-accent-active . telephone-line-accent-inactive)) (nil . (mode-line . mode-line-inactive)) (position . (+telephone/position-face . mode-line-inactive)) (mode . (+telephone/mode-face . mode-line-inactive)) (file-info . (+telephone/file-info-face . mode-line-inactive)))) (telephone-line-primary-left-separator 'telephone-line-halfcos-left) (telephone-line-secondary-left-separator 'telephone-line-halfcos-hollow-left) (telephone-line-primary-right-separator 'telephone-line-identity-right) (telephone-line-secondary-right-separator 'telephone-line-identity-hollow-right) (telephone-line-height 24) (telephone-line-evil-use-short-tag nil) :config (telephone-line-defsegment +telephone/buffer-or-filename () (cond ((buffer-file-name) (if (and (fboundp 'projectile-project-name) (fboundp 'projectile-project-p) (projectile-project-p)) (list "" (funcall (telephone-line-projectile-segment) face) (propertize (concat "/" (file-relative-name (file-truename (buffer-file-name)) (projectile-project-root))) 'help-echo (buffer-file-name))) (buffer-file-name))) (t (buffer-name)))) (telephone-line-defsegment +telephone/get-position () `(,(concat "%lL:%cC" (if (not mark-active) "" (format " | %dc" (- (+ 1 (region-end)) (region-beginning))))))) (setq-default telephone-line-lhs '((mode telephone-line-major-mode-segment) (file-info telephone-line-input-info-segment) (position +telephone/get-position) (accent +telephone/buffer-or-filename telephone-line-process-segment)) telephone-line-rhs '((accent telephone-line-flycheck-segment telephone-line-misc-info-segment telephone-line-projectile-segment) (file-info telephone-line-filesize-segment) (evil telephone-line-evil-tag-segment))) (telephone-line-mode)) #+end_src * Core packages Packages that are absolutely necessary for the rest of the configuration. These yield core functionality such as keybinding, modal editing, completion, auto typing to name a few. ** General General provides a great solution for binding keys. It has evil and use-package support so it fits nicely into configuration. In this case, I define a "definer" for the "LEADER" keys. Leader is bound to ~SPC~ and it's functionally equivalent to the doom/spacemacs leader. Local leader is bound to ~SPC ,~ and it's similar to doom/spacemacs leader but doesn't try to fully assimilate the local-leader map, instead just picking stuff I think is useful. This forces me to learn only as many bindings as I find necessary; no more, no less. I also define prefix leaders for differing applications. These are quite self explanatory by their name and provide a nice way to visualise all bindings under a specific heading just by searching the code. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package general :demand t :config ;; General which key definitions for leaders (general-def :states '(normal motion) "SPC" 'nil "\\" '(nil :which-key "Local leader") "SPC c" '(nil :which-key "Code") "SPC f" '(nil :which-key "File") "SPC t" '(nil :which-key "Shell") "SPC m" '(nil :which-key "Toggle modes") "SPC a" '(nil :which-key "Applications") "SPC s" '(nil :which-key "Search") "SPC b" '(nil :which-key "Buffers") "SPC q" '(nil :which-key "Quit/Literate") "SPC i" '(nil :which-key "Insert") "SPC d" '(nil :which-key "Directories")) (general-create-definer leader :states '(normal motion) :keymaps 'override :prefix "SPC") (general-create-definer local-leader :states '(normal motion) :prefix "\\") (general-create-definer code-leader :states '(normal motion) :keymaps 'override :prefix "SPC c") (general-create-definer file-leader :states '(normal motion) :keymaps 'override :prefix "SPC f") (general-create-definer shell-leader :states '(normal motion) :keymaps 'override :prefix "SPC t") (general-create-definer mode-leader :states '(normal motion) :keymaps 'override :prefix "SPC m") (general-create-definer app-leader :states '(normal motion) :keymaps 'override :prefix "SPC a") (general-create-definer search-leader :states '(normal motion) :keymaps 'override :prefix "SPC s") (general-create-definer buffer-leader :states '(normal motion) :keymaps 'override :prefix "SPC b") (general-create-definer quit-leader :states '(normal motion) :keymaps 'override :prefix "SPC q") (general-create-definer insert-leader :states '(normal motion) :keymaps 'override :prefix "SPC i") (general-create-definer dir-leader :states '(normal motion) :keymaps 'override :prefix "SPC d") (general-create-definer general-nmmap :states '(normal motion)) (defalias 'nmmap #'general-nmmap) (general-evil-setup t)) #+end_src *** Some binds in Emacs Some bindings that I couldn't fit elsewhere easily. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package emacs :straight nil :general (general-def "C-x d" #'delete-frame) (nmmap "C--" #'text-scale-decrease "C-=" #'text-scale-increase) (leader "SPC" '(execute-extended-command :which-key "M-x") "'" '(browse-url-emacs :which-key "Open url in Emacs") ";" 'eval-expression ":" `(,(proc (interactive) (switch-to-buffer "*scratch*")) :which-key "Switch to *scratch*") "!" '(async-shell-command :which-key "Async shell command") "h" '(help-command :which-key "Help")) (mode-leader "t" #'+oreo/switch-theme) (code-leader "F" (list (proc (interactive) (find-file "~/Code/")) ':which-key "Open ~/Code/")) (file-leader "f" #'find-file "F" #'find-file-other-frame "s" #'save-buffer "p" (list (proc (interactive) (find-file (concat user-emacs-directory "config.org"))) ':which-key "Open config.org")) (quit-leader "q" #'save-buffers-kill-terminal "c" #'+literate/compile-config "l" #'+literate/load-config "d" #'delete-frame) (search-leader "i" #'imenu)) #+end_src ** Evil My editor journey started off with Vim rather than Emacs, so my brain has imprinted on its style. Thankfully Emacs is super extensible so there exists a package (more of a supreme system) for porting Vim's modal editing style to Emacs, called Evil (Emacs Vi Layer). However there are a lot of packages in Vim that provide greater functionality, for example 'vim-surround'. Emacs, by default, has these capabilities but there are further packages which integrate them into Evil. *** Evil core Setup the evil package, with some opinionated keybindings: - Switch ~evil-upcase~ and ~evil-downcase~ because I use ~evil-upcase~ more - Switch ~evil-goto-mark~ and ~evil-goto-mark-line~ as I'd rather have the global one closer to the home row - Use 'T' character as an action for transposing objects #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package evil :demand t :hook (after-init-hook . evil-mode) :general (leader "w" '(evil-window-map :which-key "Window") "wd" #'delete-frame) (nmmap "TAB" #'evil-jump-item "r" #'evil-replace-state "zC" #'hs-hide-level "'" #'evil-goto-mark "`" #'evil-goto-mark-line "C-w" #'evil-window-map "gu" #'evil-upcase "gU" #'evil-downcase "T" nil) (nmmap :infix "T" "w" #'transpose-words "c" #'transpose-chars "s" #'transpose-sentences "p" #'transpose-paragraphs "e" #'transpose-sexps "l" #'transpose-lines) :init (setq evil-want-keybinding nil evil-split-window-below t evil-vsplit-window-right t evil-want-abbrev-expand-on-insert-exit t evil-undo-system #'undo-tree) :config (fset #'evil-window-vsplit #'make-frame)) #+end_src *** Evil surround Evil surround is a port for vim-surround. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package evil-surround :after evil :config (global-evil-surround-mode)) #+end_src *** Evil commentary Allows generalised commenting of objects easily. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package evil-commentary :after evil :config (evil-commentary-mode)) #+end_src *** Evil multi cursor Setup for multi cursors 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. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package evil-mc :after evil :init (defvar evil-mc-key-map (make-sparse-keymap)) :general (nmap :infix "gz" "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" #'evil-mc-make-cursor-here "r" #'evil-mc-resume-cursors "s" #'evil-mc-pause-cursors "u" #'evil-mc-undo-last-added-cursor) :config ;; (evil-mc-define-vars) ;; (evil-mc-initialize-vars) ;; (add-hook 'evil-mc-before-cursors-created #'evil-mc-pause-incompatible-modes) ;; (add-hook 'evil-mc-before-cursors-created #'evil-mc-initialize-active-state) ;; (add-hook 'evil-mc-after-cursors-deleted #'evil-mc-teardown-active-state) ;; (add-hook 'evil-mc-after-cursors-deleted #'evil-mc-resume-incompatible-modes) ;; (advice-add #'evil-mc-initialize-hooks :override #'ignore) ;; (advice-add #'evil-mc-teardown-hooks :override #'evil-mc-initialize-vars) ;; (advice-add #'evil-mc-initialize-active-state :before #'turn-on-evil-mc-mode) ;; (advice-add #'evil-mc-teardown-active-state :after #'turn-off-evil-mc-mode) ;; (add-hook 'evil-insert-state-entry-hook #'evil-mc-resume-cursors) (global-evil-mc-mode)) #+end_src *** Evil collection Provides a community based set of keybindings for most modes in Emacs. I don't necessarily like all my modes having these bindings though, as I may disagree with some. So I use it in a mode to mode basis. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package evil-collection :after evil) #+end_src ** Completion Emacs is a text based interface. Completion is its bread and butter in providing good user experience. By default Emacs provides 'completions-list' which produces a buffer of options which can be searched and selected. We can take this further though! Ido and Icomplete are packages distributed with Emacs to provide greater completion interfaces. They utilise the minibuffer to create a more interactive experience, allowing incremental searches and option selection. Ivy and Helm provide more modern interfaces, though Helm is quite heavy. Ivy, on the other hand, provides an interface similar to Ido with less clutter and better customisation options. *** Ivy Ivy is a completion framework for Emacs, and my preferred one. It has a great set of features with little to no pain with setting up. **** Ivy Core Setup for ivy, in preparation for counsel. Turn on ivy-mode just after init. Setup vim-like bindings for the minibuffer ("M-(j|k)" for down|up the selection list). #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package ivy :defer t :hook (after-init-hook . ivy-mode) :general (general-def :keymaps 'ivy-minibuffer-map "C-j" #'ivy-yank-symbol "M-j" #'ivy-next-line-or-history "M-k" #'ivy-previous-line-or-history "C-c C-e" #'ivy-occur) (general-def :keymaps 'ivy-switch-buffer-map "M-j" #'ivy-next-line-or-history "M-k" #'ivy-previous-line-or-history) :config (require 'counsel nil t) (setq ivy-height 10 ivy-wrap t ivy-fixed-height-minibuffer t ivy-use-virtual-buffers nil ivy-virtual-abbreviate 'full ivy-on-del-error-function #'ignore ivy-use-selectable-prompt t) (with-eval-after-load "amx" (setq amx-backend 'ivy))) #+end_src **** Counsel Setup for counsel. Load after ivy and helpful. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package counsel :after ivy :general (search-leader "s" #'counsel-grep-or-swiper "r" #'counsel-rg) (file-leader "r" #'counsel-recentf) (insert-leader "c" #'counsel-unicode-char) (general-def [remap describe-bindings] #'counsel-descbinds [remap load-theme] #'counsel-load-theme) :config (setq ivy-initial-inputs-alist '((org-insert-link . "^")) counsel-describe-function-function #'helpful-callable counsel-describe-variable-function #'helpful-variable counsel-grep-swiper-limit 1500000 ivy-re-builders-alist '((swiper . ivy--regex-plus) (counsel-grep-or-swiper . ivy--regex-plus) (counsel-rg . ivy--regex-plus) (t . ivy--regex-ignore-order))) (counsel-mode)) #+end_src **** Ivy posframe :PROPERTIES: :header-args:emacs-lisp: :tangle no :END: This makes ivy minibuffer windows use child frames. Very nice eyecandy. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package ivy-posframe :hook (ivy-mode-hook . ivy-posframe-mode) :straight t :init (setq ivy-posframe-parameters '((left-fringe . 0) (right-fringe . 0) (background-color . "grey7"))) (setq ivy-posframe-display-functions-alist '((t . ivy-posframe-display-at-window-center)))) #+end_src **** Counsel etags :PROPERTIES: :header-args:emacs-lisp: :tangle no :END: Counsel etags allows me to search generated tag files for tags. I already have a function defined 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. This has been replaced by [[*xref][xref]] which is inbuilt. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package counsel-etags :after counsel :general (search-leader "t" #'counsel-etags-find-tag)) #+end_src *** Ido :PROPERTIES: :header-args:emacs-lisp: :tangle no :END: Ido is a very old completion package that still works great to this day. Though it is limited in its scope (and may thus be called a completion add-on rather than a full on framework), it is still a very powerful package. With the use of ido-completing-read+, it may be used similarly to a fully fledged completion framework. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package ido :demand t :general (general-def :keymaps '(ido-buffer-completion-map ido-file-completion-map ido-file-dir-completion-map ido-common-completion-map) (kbd "M-j") #'ido-next-match (kbd "M-k") #'ido-prev-match (kbd "C-x o") #'evil-window-up) :init (setq ido-decorations (list "{" "}" " \n" " ..." "[" "]" " [No match]" " [Matched]" " [Not readable]" " [Too big]" " [Confirm]") completion-styles '(flex partial-completion intials emacs22)) (setq-default ido-enable-flex-matching t ido-enable-dot-prefix t ido-enable-regexp nil) (with-eval-after-load "magit" (setq magit-completing-read-function 'magit-ido-completing-read)) :config (ido-mode) (ido-everywhere)) #+end_src **** Ido ubiquitous Ido completing-read+ is a package that extends the ido package to work with more text based functions. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package ido-completing-read+ :after ido :config (ido-ubiquitous-mode +1)) #+end_src *** Amx Amx is a fork of Smex that works to enhance the execute-extended-command interface. It also provides support for ido or ivy (though I'm likely to use ido here) and allows you to switch between them. It provides a lot of niceties such as presenting the key bind when looking for a command. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package amx :config (amx-mode)) #+end_src *** Orderless Orderless sorting method for completion, probably one of the best things ever. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package orderless :after (ivy ido) :config (setf (alist-get t ivy-re-builders-alist) 'orderless-ivy-re-builder)) #+end_src *** Completions-list In case I ever use the completions list, some basic commands to look around. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package simple :straight nil :general (nmmap :keymaps 'completion-list-mode-map "l" #'next-completion "h" #'previous-completion "ESC" #'delete-completion-window "q" #'quit-window "RET" #'choose-completion) :config (with-eval-after-load "evil" (setq evil-emacs-state-modes (cl-remove-if #'(lambda (x) (eq 'completions-list-mode x)) evil-emacs-state-modes)) (add-to-list 'evil-normal-state-modes 'completions-list-mode))) #+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 slower to use. In this case, just setup some evil binds for company. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package company :straight t :hook (prog-mode-hook . company-mode) (eshell-mode-hook . company-mode) :general (imap "C-SPC" #'company-complete) (general-def :states '(normal insert) "M-j" #'company-select-next "M-k" #'company-select-previous)) #+end_src ** Pretty symbols Prettify symbols mode allows for users to declare 'symbols' that replace text within certain modes. Though this may seem like useless eye candy, it has aided my comprehension and speed of recognition (recognising symbols is easier than words). Essentially a use-package keyword which makes declaring pretty symbols for language modes incredibly easy. Checkout my [[C/C++][C/C++]] configuration for an example. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package prog-mode :straight nil :init (setq prettify-symbols-unprettify-at-point t) :config (with-eval-after-load "use-package-core" (add-to-list 'use-package-keywords ':pretty) (defun use-package-normalize/:pretty (_name-symbol _keyword args) args) (defun use-package-handler/:pretty (name _keyword args rest state) (use-package-concat (use-package-process-keywords name rest state) (let ((arg args) (forms nil)) (while arg (let ((mode (caar arg)) (rest (cdr (car arg)))) (add-to-list 'forms `(add-hook ',mode (lambda nil (setq prettify-symbols-alist ',rest) (prettify-symbols-mode))))) (setq arg (cdr arg))) forms))))) #+end_src Here's a collection of keywords and their associated symbols, for a pseudo language. #+begin_example ("null" . "Ø") ("list" . "ℓ") ("string" . "𝕊") ("true" . "⊤") ("false" . "⊥") ("char" . "ℂ") ("int" . "ℤ") ("float" . "ℝ") ("!" . "¬") ("&&" . "∧") ("||" . "∨") ("for" . "∀") ("return" . "⟼") ("print" . "ℙ") ("lambda" . "λ") #+end_example ** Window management Emacs' default window management is quite bad, eating other windows on a whim and not particularly caring for the current window setup. Thankfully you can change this via the ~display-buffer-alist~ which matches buffer names with how the window for the buffer should be displayed. I add a use-package keyword to make ~display-buffer-alist~ records within use-package. I have no idea whether it's optimal AT ALL, but it works for me. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package window :straight nil :general (buffer-leader "b" #'switch-to-buffer "d" #'kill-current-buffer "K" #'kill-buffer "j" #'next-buffer "k" #'previous-buffer "D" '(+oreo/clean-buffer-list :which-key "Kill most buffers")) :init (with-eval-after-load "use-package-core" (add-to-list 'use-package-keywords ':display) (defun use-package-normalize/:display (_name-symbol _keyword args) args) (defun use-package-handler/:display (name _keyword args rest state) (use-package-concat (use-package-process-keywords name rest state) (mapcar #'(lambda (arg) `(add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist ',arg)) args))))) #+end_src *** Some display records Using the ~:display~ keyword, setup up some ~display-buffer-alist~ records. This is mostly for packages that aren't really configured (like [[info:woman][woman]]) or packages that were configured before (like [[Ivy][Ivy]]). #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package window :straight nil :defer t :display ("\\*\\(Wo\\)?Man.*" (display-buffer-at-bottom) (window-height . 0.25)) ("\\*Process List\\*" (display-buffer-at-bottom) (window-height . 0.25)) ("\\*\\(Ido \\)?Completions\\*" (display-buffer-in-side-window) (window-height . 0.25) (side . bottom)) ("\\*ivy-occur.*" (display-buffer-at-bottom) (window-height . 0.25)) ("\\*Async Shell Command\\*" (display-buffer-at-bottom) (window-height . 0.25))) #+end_src ** Auto typing Snippets are a pretty nice way of automatically inserting code. Emacs provides a ton of packages by default to do this, but there are great packages to install as well. Abbrevs and skeletons make up a popular solution within Emacs default. Abbrevs are for simple expressions wherein the only input is the key, and the output is some Elisp function. They provide a lot of inbuilt functionality and are quite useful. Skeletons, on the other hand, are for higher level insertions The popular external solution is 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. *** Abbrevs Just define a few abbrevs for various date-time operations. Also define a macro that will assume a function for the expansion, helping with abstracting a few things away. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package abbrev :straight nil :hook (prog-mode-hook . abbrev-mode) (text-mode-hook . abbrev-mode) :init (defmacro +abbrev/define-abbrevs (abbrev-table &rest abbrevs) `(progn ,@(mapcar #'(lambda (abbrev) `(define-abbrev ,abbrev-table ,(car abbrev) "" (proc (insert ,(cadr abbrev))))) abbrevs))) (setq save-abbrevs nil) :config (+abbrev/define-abbrevs global-abbrev-table ("sdate" (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d" (current-time))) ("stime" (format-time-string "%H:%M:%S" (current-time))) ("sday" (format-time-string "%A" (current-time))) ("smon" (format-time-string "%B" (current-time))))) #+end_src *** Skeletons Defining some basic skeletons and a macro to help generate an abbrev as well. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package skeleton :straight nil :after abbrev :config (defmacro +autotyping/gen-skeleton-abbrev (mode abbrev &rest skeleton) (let* ((table (intern (concat (symbol-name mode) "-abbrev-table"))) (skeleton-name (intern (concat "+skeleton/" (symbol-name mode) "/" abbrev)))) `(progn (define-skeleton ,skeleton-name "" ,@skeleton) (define-abbrev ,table ,abbrev "" ',skeleton-name))))) #+end_src *** Auto insert Allows inserting text on creating of a new buffer with a given name. Supports skeletons for inserting text. Here I define an HTML skeleton and a Makefile skeleton. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package autoinsert :straight nil :hook (after-init-hook . auto-insert-mode) :config (add-to-list 'auto-insert-alist '(("LICENSE" . "MIT License") "" "MIT License Copyright (c) 2023 Aryadev Chavali Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the \"Software\"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED \"AS IS\", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.")) (add-to-list 'auto-insert-alist '(("\\.html\\'" . "HTML Skeleton") "" " "(read-string "Enter title: ") | """ " _ " ")) (add-to-list 'auto-insert-alist '(("Makefile" . "Makefile skeleton") "" "CC=gcc CFLAGS=-Wall -ggdb OBJECTS=main.o OUT=main ARGS= %.o: %.c $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $^ -o $@ $(OUT): $(OBJECTS) $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $^ -o $@ .PHONY: clean: rm -rfv $(OUT) $(OBJECTS) .PHONY: run run: $(OUT) ./$^ $(ARGS) .PHONY: memcheck memcheck: $(OUT) sh /etc/profile.d/debuginfod.sh && valgrind --leak-check=full -s --tool=memcheck ./$^ $(ARGS)" _))) #+end_src *** Yasnippet default Look at the snippets [[file:.config/yasnippet/snippets/][folder]] for all snippets I've got. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package yasnippet :after evil :hook (prog-mode-hook . yas-minor-mode) (text-mode-hook . yas-minor-mode) :general (insert-leader "i" #'yas-insert-snippet) :config (yas-load-directory (no-littering-expand-etc-file-name "yasnippet/snippets"))) #+end_src * Small packages ** ISearch ISearch is the default incremental search application in Emacs. I use ~evil-search-forward~ so I don't interact with isearch that much, but I may need it occasionally. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package isearch :straight nil :general (:keymaps 'isearch-mode-map "M-s" #'isearch-repeat-forward)) #+end_src ** Info Info is GNU's attempt at better man pages. Most Emacs packages have info pages so I'd like nice navigation options. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package info :straight nil :general (nmmap :keymaps 'Info-mode-map "h" #'evil-backward-char "k" #'evil-previous-line "l" #'evil-forward-char "H" #'Info-history-back "L" #'Info-history-forward)) #+end_src ** Display line numbers I don't really like line numbers, I find them similar to [[*Fringes][fringes]] as useless space, but at least it provides some information. Sometimes it can help with doing repeated commands so a toggle option is necessary. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package display-line-numbers :straight nil :commands display-line-numbers-mode :general (mode-leader "l" #'display-line-numbers-mode) :init (setq-default display-line-numbers-type 'relative)) #+end_src ** esup I used to be able to just use [[file:elisp/profiler-dotemacs.el][profile-dotemacs.el]], when my Emacs config was smaller, but now it tells me very little information about where my setup is inefficient due to the literate config. Just found this ~esup~ thing and it works perfectly, exactly how I would prefer getting this kind of information. It runs an external Emacs instance and collects information from it, so it doesn't require restarting Emacs to profile. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package esup :defer t) #+end_src ** xref Find definitions, references and general objects using tags without external packages. Provided by default in Emacs and just requires a way of generating a =TAGS= file for your project. Helps with minimal setups for programming without heavier packages like [[*Eglot][Eglot]]. [[*Projectile][Projectile]] provides a nice way to generate tags. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package xref :straight nil :display ("\\*xref\\*" (display-buffer-at-bottom) (inhibit-duplicate-buffer . t) (window-height . 0.25)) :general (code-leader "t" '(nil :which-key "Tags")) (code-leader :infix "t" "t" #'xref-find-apropos "d" #'xref-find-definitions "r" #'xref-find-references) (nmmap :keymaps 'xref--xref-buffer-mode-map "RET" #'xref-goto-xref "J" #'xref-next-line "K" #'xref-prev-line "g" #'xref-revert-buffer "q" #'quit-window)) #+end_src ** Hl-line Highlights the current line, much better than a blinking cursor. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package hl-line :straight t :hook (text-mode-hook . hl-line-mode) :hook (prog-mode-hook . hl-line-mode)) #+end_src ** Recentf Recentf provides a method of keeping track of recently opened files. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package recentf :straight nil :hook (emacs-startup-hook . recentf-mode)) #+end_src ** Projectile Projectile is a project management package which integrates with Emacs very well. It essentially provides alternative Emacs commands scoped to the current 'project', based on differing signs that a directory is a 'project'. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package projectile :after evil :hook (emacs-startup-hook . projectile-mode) :general (leader "p" '(projectile-command-map :which-key "Projectile")) :init (setq projectile-tags-command "ctags -Re -f \"%s\" %s \"%s\"")) #+end_src *** Counsel projectile Counsel integration for projectile commands, very nice. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package counsel-projectile :after (projectile counsel) :config (counsel-projectile-mode +1)) #+end_src ** Avy Setup avy with leader. As I use ~avy-goto-char-timer~ a lot, use the ~C-s~ bind which replaces isearch. Switch isearch to M-s in case I need to use it. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package avy :after evil :general (nmmap "C-s" #'avy-goto-char-timer "M-s" #'isearch-forward) (search-leader "l" #'avy-goto-line)) #+end_src ** Ace window Though evil provides a great many features in terms of window management, ace window can provide some nicer chords for higher management of windows (closing, switching, etc). #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package ace-window :after evil :custom (aw-keys '(?a ?s ?d ?f ?g ?h ?j ?k ?l)) :general (nmmap [remap evil-window-next] #'ace-window)) #+end_src ** Helpful Helpful provides a modernised interface for some common help commands. I replace ~describe-function~, ~describe-variable~ and ~describe-key~ by their helpful counterparts. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package helpful :after ivy :commands (helpful-callable helpful-variable) :general (general-def [remap describe-function] #'helpful-callable [remap describe-variable] #'helpful-variable [remap describe-key] #'helpful-key) :display ("\\*[Hh]elp.*" (display-buffer-at-bottom) (inhibit-duplicate-buffer . t) (window-height . 0.25)) :config (evil-define-key 'normal helpful-mode-map "q" #'quit-window)) #+end_src ** Which-key Which key uses the minibuffer when performing a keybind to provide possible options for the next key. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package which-key :config (which-key-mode)) #+end_src ** Keychord Keychord is only really here for this one chord I wish to define: "jk" for exiting insert state. #+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)) #+end_src ** (Rip)grep Grep is a great piece of software, a necessary tool in any Linux user's inventory. By default Emacs has a family of functions to use grep, presenting results in a ~compilation~ style. ~grep~ searches files, ~rgrep~ searches in a directory using the ~find~ program and ~zgrep~ searches archives. This is a great solution for a general computer environment; essentially all Linux installs will have ~grep~ and ~find~ installed. Ripgrep is a Rust program that attempts to perform better than grep, and it actually does. This is because of a set of optimisations, such as checking the =.gitignore= to exclude certain files from being searched. The ripgrep package provides utilities to ripgrep projects and files for strings. Though [[*Ivy][ivy]] comes with ~counsel-rg~, it uses Ivy's completion framework rather than the ~compilation~ style buffers, which sometimes proves very useful. Of course, this requires installing the rg binary which is available in most repositories nowadays. *** Grep I have no use for standard 'grep'; ~counsel-swiper~ does the same thing faster and within Emacs lisp. ~rgrep~ is useful though. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package grep :display ("grep\\*" (display-buffer-reuse-window) (display-buffer-at-bottom) (window-height . 0.25)) :straight nil :general (search-leader "d" #'rgrep)) #+end_src *** rg #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package rg :after grep :general (search-leader "R" #'rg) (:keymaps 'rg-mode-map "]]" #'rg-next-file "[[" #'rg-prev-file "q" #'quit-window) :init (setq rg-group-result t rg-hide-command t rg-show-columns nil rg-show-header t rg-custom-type-aliases nil rg-default-alias-fallback "all" rg-buffer-name "*ripgrep*")) #+end_src ** Olivetti Olivetti provides a focus mode for Emacs, which makes it look a bit nicer with fringes. I also define ~+olivetti-mode~ which will remember and clear up any window configurations on the frame, then when turned off will reinsert them - provides a nice way to quickly focus on a buffer. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package olivetti :commands (+olivetti-mode) :general (mode-leader "o" #'+olivetti-mode) :init (setq-default olivetti-body-width 0.6) (setq olivetti-style nil) (add-hook 'olivetti-mode-on-hook (proc (interactive) (text-scale-increase 1))) (add-hook 'olivetti-mode-off-hook (proc (interactive) (text-scale-decrease 1))) :config (defun +olivetti-mode () (interactive) (if (not olivetti-mode) (progn (window-configuration-to-register 1) (delete-other-windows) (olivetti-mode t)) (jump-to-register 1) (olivetti-mode 0)))) #+end_src ** All the Icons Nice set of icons with a great user interface to manage them. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package all-the-icons :straight t :defer t :commands (all-the-icons-insert) :general (insert-leader "e" #'all-the-icons-insert)) #+end_src ** Hide mode line Custom minor mode to toggle the mode line. Check it out at [[file:elisp/hide-mode-line.el][elisp/hide-mode-line.el]]. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package hide-mode-line :straight nil :load-path "elisp/" :defer t :general (mode-leader "m" #'hide-mode-line-mode)) #+end_src ** Save place Saves current place in a buffer permanently, so on revisiting the file (even in a different Emacs instance) you go back to the place you were at last. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package saveplace :straight nil :config (save-place-mode)) #+end_src * Applications Applications are greater than packages; they provide a set of functionality to create an interface in Emacs. Emacs comes with applications and others may be installed. ** Dashboard Dashboard creates a custom dashboard for Emacs that replaces the initial startup screen in default Emacs. It has a lot of customising options. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package dashboard :straight t :demand t :general (app-leader "b" #'dashboard-refresh-buffer) (:states '(normal motion emacs) :keymaps 'dashboard-mode-map "q" (proc (interactive) (kill-this-buffer))) (nmmap :keymaps 'dashboard-mode-map "r" #'dashboard-jump-to-recent-files "p" #'dashboard-jump-to-projects "}" #'dashboard-next-section "{" #'dashboard-previous-section) :init (setq initial-buffer-choice nil dashboard-banner-logo-title "Oreomacs" dashboard-center-content t dashboard-set-init-info t dashboard-startup-banner (no-littering-expand-etc-file-name "dashboard/logo.png") dashboard-set-footer t dashboard-set-navigator t dashboard-items '((projects . 5) (recents . 5)) dashboard-footer-messages (list "Collecting parentheses..." "Linking 'coffee_machine.o'..." "Uploading ip to hacker named 4chan..." "Dividing by zero..." "Solving 3-sat..." "Obtaining your health record..." (format "Recompiling Emacs for the %dth time..." (random 1000)) "Escaping the cycle of samsara...")) :config (dashboard-setup-startup-hook)) #+end_src ** EWW Emacs Web Wowser is the inbuilt text based web browser for Emacs. It can render images and basic CSS styles but doesn't have a JavaScript engine, which makes sense as it's primarily a text interface. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package eww :defer t :general (app-leader "w" #'eww) :straight nil :config (with-eval-after-load "evil-collection" (evil-collection-eww-setup))) #+end_src ** Calendar Calendar is a simple inbuilt application that helps with date functionalities. I add functionality to copy dates from the calendar to the kill ring and bind it to "Y". #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package calendar :straight nil :defer t :commands (+calendar/copy-date +calendar/toggle-calendar) :display ("\\*Calendar\\*" (display-buffer-at-bottom) (inhibit-duplicate-buffer . t) (window-height . 0.17)) :general (nmmap :keymaps 'calendar-mode-map "Y" #'+calendar/copy-date) (app-leader "d" #'+calendar/toggle-calendar) :config (defun +calendar/copy-date () "Copy date under cursor into kill ring." (interactive) (if (use-region-p) (call-interactively #'kill-ring-save) (let ((date (calendar-cursor-to-date))) (when date (setq date (encode-time 0 0 0 (nth 1 date) (nth 0 date) (nth 2 date))) (kill-new (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d" date)))))) (+oreo/create-toggle-function +calendar/toggle-calendar "*Calendar*" calendar nil)) #+end_src ** Mail Mail is a funny thing; most people use it just for business or advertising and it's come out of use in terms of personal communication in the west for the most part (largely due to "social" media applications). However, this isn't true for the open source and free software movement who heavily use mail for communication. Integrating mail into Emacs helps as I can send source code and integrate it into my workflow just a bit better. *** Notmuch #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package notmuch :defer t :commands (notmuch +mail/flag-thread) :general (app-leader "m" #'notmuch) (nmap :keymaps 'notmuch-search-mode-map "f" #'+mail/flag-thread) :init (defconst +mail/signature "---------------\nAryadev Chavali") (defconst +mail/local-dir (concat user-emacs-directory ".mail/")) (setq notmuch-show-logo nil notmuch-search-oldest-first nil notmuch-hello-sections '(notmuch-hello-insert-saved-searches notmuch-hello-insert-alltags notmuch-hello-insert-recent-searches) notmuch-archive-tags '("-inbox" "-unread" "+archive") mail-signature +mail/signature mail-default-directory +mail/local-dir mail-source-directory +mail/local-dir message-signature +mail/signature message-auto-save-directory +mail/local-dir message-directory +mail/local-dir) (defun +mail/sync-mail () "Sync mail via mbsync." (interactive) (start-process-shell-command "" nil "mbsync -a")) (defun +mail/trash-junk () "Delete any mail in junk" (interactive) (start-process-shell-command "" nil "notmuch search --output=files --format=text0 tag:deleted tag:spam tag:trash tag:junk | xargs -r0 rm")) :config (defun +mail/flag-thread (&optional unflag beg end) (interactive (cons current-prefix-arg (notmuch-interactive-region))) (notmuch-search-tag (notmuch-tag-change-list '("-inbox" "+flagged") unflag) beg end) (when (eq beg end) (notmuch-search-next-thread))) (advice-add #'notmuch-poll-and-refresh-this-buffer :before #'+mail/sync-mail) (advice-add #'notmuch-poll-and-refresh-this-buffer :after #'+mail/trash-junk) (with-eval-after-load "evil-collection" (evil-collection-notmuch-setup))) #+end_src *** Smtpmail #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package smtpmail :after notmuch :commands mail-send :custom (smtpmail-smtp-server "mail.aryadevchavali.com") (smtpmail-smtp-user "aryadev") (smtpmail-smtp-service 587) (smtpmail-stream-type 'starttls) :init (setq send-mail-function #'smtpmail-send-it message-send-mail-function #'smtpmail-send-it)) #+end_src ** Dired Setup for dired. Make dired-hide-details-mode the default mode when using dired-mode, as it removes the clutter. Setup evil collection for dired (even though dired doesn't really conflict with evil, there are some corners I'd like to adjust). #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package dired :straight nil :commands (dired find-dired) :hook (dired-mode-hook . auto-revert-mode) (dired-mode-hook . dired-hide-details-mode) :init (setq-default dired-listing-switches "-AFBl --group-directories-first" dired-omit-files "^\\.") (with-eval-after-load "evil-collection" (evil-collection-dired-setup)) :general (nmmap :keymaps 'dired-mode-map "T" #'dired-create-empty-file) (dir-leader "w" '(wdired-change-to-wdired-mode :which-key "Write dired") "f" #'find-dired "d" #'dired "D" #'dired-other-frame "p" `((proc (interactive) (dired "~/Text/PDFs/")) :which-key "Open PDFs")) :config (defun +dired/insert-all-subdirectories () "Insert all subdirectories currently viewable." (interactive) (dired-mark-directories nil) (dolist #'dired-insert-subdir (dired-get-marked-files)) (dired-unmark-all-marks)) (nmmap :keymaps 'dired-mode-map "SPC" nil "SPC ," nil) (local-leader :keymaps 'dired-mode-map "l" #'dired-maybe-insert-subdir "m" #'dired-mark-files-regexp "u" #'dired-undo)) #+end_src *** fd-dired Uses fd for finding file results in a directory: ~find-dired~ -> ~fd-dired~. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package fd-dired :after dired :straight t :general (dir-leader "g" #'fd-dired)) #+end_src ** Xwidget Xwidget is a package which allows for the insertion of arbitrary xwidgets into Emacs through buffers. It must be compiled into Emacs so you might need to customise your install. One of its premier uses is in navigating the web which it provides through the function ~xwidget-webkit-browse-url~. This renders a fully functional web browser within Emacs. Though I am not to keen on using Emacs to browse the web /via/ xwidget (EWW does a good job on its own), I am very interested in its capability to render pages with JavaScript, as it may come of use when doing web development. I can see the results of work very quickly without switching windows all within Emacs. *** Xwidget Core #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package xwidget :straight nil :display ("\\*xwidget.*" (display-buffer-pop-up-frame)) :general (app-leader "u" #'xwidget-webkit-browse-url) (nmmap :keymaps 'xwidget-webkit-mode-map "q" #'quit-window "h" #'xwidget-webkit-scroll-backward "j" #'xwidget-webkit-scroll-up "k" #'xwidget-webkit-scroll-down "l" #'xwidget-webkit-scroll-forward "+" #'xwidget-webkit-zoom-in "-" #'xwidget-webkit-zoom-out (kbd "C-f") #'xwidget-webkit-scroll-up (kbd "C-b") #'xwidget-webkit-scroll-down "H" #'xwidget-webkit-back "L" #'xwidget-webkit-forward "gu" #'xwidget-webkit-browse-url "gr" #'xwidget-webkit-reload "gg" #'xwidget-webkit-scroll-top "G" #'xwidget-webkit-scroll-bottom)) #+end_src *** Xwidget Extensions Define a function ~+xwidget/render-file~ that reads a file name and presents it in an xwidget. If the current file is an HTML file, ask if user wants to open current file. Bind it to ~aU~ in the leader. Also define a function ~+xwidget/search-query~ that first asks the user what search engine they want to use ([[https://duckduckgo.com][Duck Duck Go]] and [[https://devdocs.io][DevDocs]] currently) then asks for a query, which it parses then presents in an xwidget window. Bind to ~as~ in the leader. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package xwidget :straight nil :commands (+xwidget/render-file +xwidget/search) :general (app-leader "U" #'+xwidget/render-file "s" #'+xwidget/search) :config (setenv "WEBKIT_FORCE_SANDBOX" "0") (defun +xwidget/render-file (&optional FORCE) "Find file (or use current file) and render in xwidget." (interactive) (cond ((and (not FORCE) (or (string= (replace-regexp-in-string ".*.html" "html" (buffer-name)) "html") (eq major-mode 'web-mode) (eq major-mode 'html-mode))) ; If in html file (if (y-or-n-p "Open current file?: ") ; Maybe they want to open a separate file (xwidget-webkit-browse-url (format "file://%s" (buffer-file-name))) (+xwidget/render-file t))) ; recurse and open file via prompt (t (xwidget-webkit-browse-url (format "file://%s" (read-file-name "Enter file to open: ")))))) (defun +xwidget/search () "Run a search query on some search engine and display in xwidget." (interactive) (let* ((engine (completing-read "Engine: " '("duckduckgo.com" "devdocs.io") nil t)) (query-raw (read-string "Enter query: ")) (query (cond ((string= engine "duckduckgo.com") query-raw) ((string= engine "devdocs.io") (concat "_ " query-raw))))) (xwidget-webkit-browse-url (concat "https://" engine "/?q=" query))))) #+end_src ** Eshell *** Why Eshell? Eshell is an integrated shell environment for Emacs, written in Emacs Lisp. I argue that it is the best shell/command interpreter to use in Emacs. Eshell is unlike the alternatives in Emacs as it's a /shell/ first, not a terminal emulator. It has the ability to spoof some aspects of a terminal emulator (through the shell parser), but it is NOT a terminal emulator. The killer benefits of eshell (which would appeal to Emacs users) are a direct result of eshell being written in Emacs lisp: - incredible integration with Emacs utilities (such as ~dired~, ~find-file~, any read functions, to name a few) - very extensible, easy to write new commands which leverage Emacs commands as well as external utilities - agnostic of platform: "eshell/cd" will call the underlying change directory function for you, so commands will (usually) mean the same thing regardless of platform - this means as long as Emacs runs, you can run eshell However, my favourite feature of eshell is the set of evaluators that run on command input. Some of the benefits listed above come as a result of this powerful feature. These evaluators are described below. Lisp evaluator: works on braced expressions, evaluating them as Lisp expressions (e.g. ~(message "Hello, World!\n")~). Any returned objects are printed. This makes eshell a LISP REPL! External evaluator: works within curly braces, evaluating them via some external shell process (like sh) (e.g. ~{echo "Hello, world!\n"}~). This makes eshell a (kinda dumb) terminal emulator! The alias evaluator is the top level evaluator. It is the main evaluator for each expression given to eshell. When given an expression it tries to evaluate it by testing against these conditions: - it's an alias defined by the user or in the ~eshell/~ namespace of functions (simplest evaluator) - it's some form of lisp expression (lisp evaluator) - it's an external command (bash evaluator) Essentially, you get the best of both Emacs and external shell programs *ALL WITHIN* Emacs for free. *** Eshell functionality Bind some evil-like movements for easy shell usage, and a toggle function to pull up the eshell quickly. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package eshell :commands +shell/toggle-eshell :general (shell-leader "t" #'+shell/toggle-eshell) :init (add-hook 'eshell-mode-hook (proc (interactive) (general-def :states '(normal insert) :keymaps 'eshell-mode-map "M-l" (proc (interactive) (eshell/clear) "M-j" #'eshell-next-matching-input-from-input "M-k" #'eshell-previous-matching-input-from-input) (local-leader :keymaps 'eshell-mode-map "c" (proc (interactive) (eshell/clear) (recenter)) "k" #'eshell-kill-process)))) :config (+oreo/create-toggle-function +shell/toggle-eshell "*eshell*" eshell t)) #+end_src *** Eshell pretty symbols and display Pretty symbols and a display record. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package eshell :defer t :pretty (eshell-mode-hook ("lambda" . "λ") ("numberp" . "ℤ") ("t" . "⊨") ("nil" . "Ø")) :display ("\\*e?shell\\*" ; for general shells as well (display-buffer-at-bottom) (window-height . 0.25))) #+end_src *** Eshell variables and aliases Set some sane defaults, a banner and a prompt. The prompt checks for a git repo in the current directory and provides some extra information in that case (in particular, branch name and if there any changes that haven't been committed). Also add ~eshell/goto~, which is actually a command accessible from within eshell (this is because ~eshell/*~ creates an accessible function within eshell with name ~*~). ~eshell/goto~ makes it easier to change directories by using Emacs' find-file interface (which is much faster than ~cd ..; ls -l~). #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package eshell :config (defun +eshell/get-git-properties () (let* ((git-branch (shell-command-to-string "git branch")) (is-repo (string= (if (string= git-branch "") "" (substring git-branch 0 1)) "*"))) (if (not is-repo) "" (concat "(" (nth 2 (split-string git-branch "\n\\|\\*\\| ")) "<" (if (string= "" (shell-command-to-string "git status | grep 'up to date'")) "×" "✓") ">)")))) (setq eshell-cmpl-ignore-case t eshell-cd-on-directory t eshell-banner-message (concat (shell-command-to-string "figlet eshell") "\n") eshell-prompt-function (proc (let ((properties (+eshell/get-git-properties))) (concat properties (format "[%s]\n" (abbreviate-file-name (eshell/pwd))) "λ "))) eshell-prompt-regexp "^λ ") (defun eshell/goto (&rest args) "Use `read-directory-name' to change directories." (eshell/cd (list (read-directory-name "Enter directory to go to:"))))) #+end_src *** Eshell change directory quickly ~eshell/goto~ is a better ~cd~ for eshell. However it is really just a plaster over a bigger issue for my workflow; many times I want eshell to be present in the current directory of the buffer I am using. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package eshell :straight nil :general (shell-leader "T" #'+eshell/current-buffer) :config (defun +eshell/current-buffer () (interactive) (let ((dir (if buffer-file-name (file-name-directory buffer-file-name) (if default-directory default-directory nil))) (buf (eshell))) (if dir (with-current-buffer buf (eshell/cd dir) (eshell-send-input)) (message "Could not switch eshell: buffer is not real file"))))) #+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 " ar" to elfeed for loading the system. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package elfeed :general (app-leader "r" #'elfeed) (nmmap :keymaps 'elfeed-search-mode-map "gr" #'elfeed-update "s" #'elfeed-search-live-filter "" #'elfeed-search-show-entry) :init (setq elfeed-db-directory (no-littering-expand-var-file-name "elfeed/")) (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) ("The Onion" "https://www.theonion.com/rss" Social) ("Stack exchange" "http://morss.aryadevchavali.com/stackexchange.com/feeds/questions" Social) ("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) ("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) ("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))) :config (with-eval-after-load "evil-collection" (evil-collection-elfeed-setup)) (setq elfeed-feeds (cl-map 'list #'(lambda (item) (append (list (nth 1 item)) (cdr (cdr item)))) +rss/feed-urls))) #+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. Also, define an auto insert for commit messages so that I don't need to write everything myself. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package magit :defer t :display ("magit:.*" (display-buffer-same-window) (inhibit-duplicate-buffer . t)) ("magit-diff:.*" (display-buffer-below-selected)) ("magit-log:.*" (display-buffer-same-window)) :general (leader "g" '(magit-status :which-key "Magit")) :init (setq vc-follow-symlinks t) (with-eval-after-load "autoinsert" (define-auto-insert '("COMMIT_EDITMSG" , "Commit") '(nil "(" (read-string "Enter feature/module: ") ")" (read-string "Enter simple description: ") "\n\n" _))) :config (with-eval-after-load "evil" (evil-set-initial-state 'magit-status-mode 'motion)) (with-eval-after-load "evil-collection" (evil-collection-magit-setup))) #+end_src ** IBuffer #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package ibuffer :general (buffer-leader "i" #'ibuffer) :config (with-eval-after-load "evil-collection" (evil-collection-ibuffer-setup))) #+end_src ** Processes Emacs has two systems for process management: + proced: a general 'top' like interface which allows general management of linux processes + list-processes: a specific Emacs based system that lists processes spawned by Emacs (similar to a top for Emacs specifically) *** Proced Core proced config, just a few bindings and evil collection setup. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package proced :straight nil :general (app-leader "p" #'proced) (nmap :keymaps 'proced-mode-map "za" #'proced-toggle-auto-update) :display ("\\*Proced\\*" (display-buffer-at-bottom) (window-height . 0.25)) :init (setq proced-auto-update-interval 0.5) :config (with-eval-after-load "evil-collection" (evil-collection-proced-setup))) #+end_src Along with that I setup the package ~proced-narrow~ which allows further filtering of the process list. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package proced-narrow :straight t :after proced :general (nmap :keymaps 'proced-mode-map "%" #'proced-narrow)) #+end_src ** Calculator Surprise, surprise Emacs comes with a calculator. Greater surprise, this thing is over powered. It can perform the following (and more): - Matrix calculations - Generalised calculus operations - Equation solvers for n-degree multi-variable polynomials - Embedded mode! ~calc-mode~ is a calculator system within Emacs that provides a diverse array of mathematical operations. It uses reverse polish notation to do calculations (though there is a standard infix algebraic notation mode). Embedded mode allows computation with the current buffer as the echo area. This basically means I can compute stuff within a buffer without invoking calc directly: $1 + 2\rightarrow_{\text{calc-embed}} 3$. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package calc :straight nil :display ("*Calculator*" (display-buffer-at-bottom) (window-height . 0.18)) :general (app-leader "c" #'calc-dispatch) (mode-leader "c" #'calc-embedded) :init (setq calc-algebraic-mode t) :config (with-eval-after-load "evil-collection" (evil-collection-calc-setup))) #+end_src *** Calctex ~calc-mode~ also has a 3rd party package called ~calctex~. It renders mathematical expressions within calc as if they were rendered in TeX. You can also copy the expressions in their TeX forms, which is pretty useful when writing a paper. I've set a very specific lock on this repository as it's got quite a messy work-tree and this commit seems to work for me given the various TeX utilities installed via Arch. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package calctex :after calc :straight (calctex :type git :host github :repo "johnbcoughlin/calctex") :hook (calc-mode-hook . calctex-mode)) #+end_src ** Ledger #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package ledger-mode :defer t) (use-package evil-ledger :after ledger-mode) #+end_src ** Zone :PROPERTIES: :header-args:emacs-lisp: :tangle no :END: Of course Emacs has a cool screensaver software. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package zone-matrix :straight t :after dashboard :init (setq zone-programs [zone-pgm-jitter zone-pgm-putz-with-case zone-pgm-dissolve zone-pgm-whack-chars zone-pgm-drip zone-pgm-rat-race zone-pgm-random-life zone-matrix ]) :config (zone-when-idle 15)) #+end_src ** Compilation Colourising the compilation buffer so ANSI colour codes get computed. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package compile :straight nil :general (code-leader "j" #'next-error "k" #'previous-error "c" #'compile "C" #'recompile) :display ("\\*compilation\\*" (display-buffer-at-bottom) (window-height . 0.25)) :config (defun +compile/colourise () "Colourise the emacs compilation buffer." (interactive) (let ((inhibit-read-only t)) (ansi-color-apply-on-region (point-min) (point-max)))) (add-hook 'compilation-filter-hook #'+compile/colourise)) #+end_src * Text modes Standard packages and configurations for text-mode and its derived modes. *** Flyspell Flyspell allows me to quickly spell check text documents. I use flyspell primarily in org mode, as that is my preferred prose writing software, but I also need it in commit messages and so on. So flyspell-mode should be hooked to text-mode. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package flyspell :hook (text-mode-hook . flyspell-mode) :general (nmmap :keymaps 'text-mode-map (kbd "M-C") #'flyspell-correct-word-before-point (kbd "M-c") #'flyspell-auto-correct-word) (local-leader :keymaps 'flyspell-mode-map "S" #'flyspell-region) (mode-leader "s" #'flyspell-mode)) #+end_src *** Undo tree Undo tree sits on top of the incredible Emacs undo capabilities. Provides a nice visual for edits and a great way to produce branches of edits. Also allows saving of undo trees, which makes Emacs a quasi version control system in and of itself! The only extra necessary would be describing changes... #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package undo-tree :straight t :hook (after-init-hook . global-undo-tree-mode) :init (setq undo-tree-auto-save-history t) :general (leader "u" #'undo-tree-visualize)) #+end_src *** Whitespace Deleting whitespace, highlighting when going beyond the 80th character limit, all good stuff. I don't want to highlight whitespace for general mode categories (Lisp shouldn't really have an 80 character limit), so set it for specific modes need the help. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package whitespace :straight nil :general (nmmap "M--" #'whitespace-cleanup) (mode-leader "w" #'whitespace-mode) :hook (before-save-hook . whitespace-cleanup) (c-mode-hook . whitespace-mode) (c++-mode-hook . whitespace-mode) (haskell-mode-hook . whitespace-mode) (python-mode-hook . whitespace-mode) (org-mode-hook . whitespace-mode) (text-mode-hook . whitespace-mode) :init (setq whitespace-style '(face lines-tail spaces tabs tab-mark trailing newline) whitespace-line-column 80)) #+end_src *** Set auto-fill-mode for all text-modes Auto fill mode automatically newlines text on 80 characters, which looks nice and integrates well with Evil's sentence and paragraph text objects. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (add-hook 'text-mode-hook #'auto-fill-mode) #+end_src *** Show-paren-mode Show parenthesis for Emacs #+begin_src emacs-lisp (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook #'show-paren-mode) #+end_src *** Smartparens Smartparens is a smarter electric-parens, it's much more aware of context and easier to use. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package smartparens :hook (prog-mode-hook . smartparens-mode) (text-mode-hook . smartparens-mode) :after evil :config (setq sp-highlight-pair-overlay nil sp-highlight-wrap-overlay t sp-highlight-wrap-tag-overlay t) (let ((unless-list '(sp-point-before-word-p sp-point-after-word-p sp-point-before-same-p))) (sp-pair "'" nil :unless unless-list) (sp-pair "\"" nil :unless unless-list)) (sp-local-pair sp-lisp-modes "(" ")" :unless '(:rem sp-point-before-same-p)) (require 'smartparens-config)) #+end_src *** Thesaurus =le-thesaurus= is a great extension for quickly searching up words for synonyms or antonyms. I may need it anywhere so I bind it to all keymaps. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package le-thesaurus :straight t :general (local-leader :keymaps 'override "[" #'le-thesaurus-get-synonyms "]" #'le-thesaurus-get-antonyms)) #+end_src * Programming modes Packages that help with programming in general, providing IDE like capabilities. ** Eldoc Eldoc presents documentation to the user upon placing ones cursor upon any symbol. This is very useful when programming as it: - presents the arguments of functions while writing calls for them - presents typing and documentation of variables Eldoc box makes the help buffer a hovering box instead of printing it in the minibuffer. A lot cleaner. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package eldoc :straight nil :hook (prog-mode-hook . eldoc-mode) :init (global-eldoc-mode 1)) (use-package eldoc-box :hook (eldoc-mode-hook . eldoc-box-hover-mode) :init (setq eldoc-box-position-function #'eldoc-box--default-upper-corner-position-function eldoc-box-clear-with-C-g t)) #+end_src ** Eglot Eglot is package to communicate with LSP servers for better programming capabilities. Interactions with a server provide results to the client, done through JSON. NOTE: Emacs 28.1 comes with better JSON parsing, which makes Eglot much faster. 2023-03-26: I've found Eglot to be useful sometimes, but many of the projects I work on don't require a heavy server setup to efficiently edit and check for errors; Emacs provides a lot of functionality. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package eglot :after project :defer t :general (code-leader :keymaps 'eglot-mode-map "f" #'eglot-format "a" #'eglot-code-actions "r" #'eglot-rename "R" #'eglot-reconnect) ;; :init ;; (setq eglot-stay-out-of '(flymake)) :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 flycheck-list-errors) :hook (c-mode-hook . flycheck-mode) (c++-mode-hook . flycheck-mode) :general (mode-leader "f" #'flycheck-mode) (code-leader "x" #'flycheck-list-errors "J" #'flycheck-next-error "K" #'flycheck-previous-error) :display ("\\*Flycheck.*" (display-buffer-at-bottom) (window-height . 0.25)) :config (with-eval-after-load "evil-collection" (evil-collection-flycheck-setup))) #+end_src ** Tabs and spaces By default, turn off tabs and set the tab width to two. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil tab-width 2) #+end_src However, if necessary later, define a function that may activate tabs locally. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (defun +oreo/activate-tabs () (interactive) (setq-local indent-tabs-mode t)) #+end_src ** Highlight todo items TODO items are highlighted in org-mode, but not necessarily in every mode. This minor mode highlights all TODO like items via a list of strings to match. It also configures faces to use when highlighting. I hook it to prog-mode. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package hl-todo :after prog-mode :hook (prog-mode-hook . hl-todo-mode) :init (setq hl-todo-keyword-faces '(("TODO" . "#E50000") ("WIP" . "#ffa500") ("NOTE" . "#00CC00") ("FIXME" . "#d02090")))) #+end_src ** Hide-show mode Turn on ~hs-minor-mode~ for all prog-mode. This provides folds for free. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package hideshow :straight nil :hook (prog-mode-hook . hs-minor-mode)) #+end_src ** Aggressive indenting Essentially my dream editing experience: when I type stuff in, try and indent it for me on the fly. Just checkout the [[https://github.com/Malabarba/aggressive-indent-mode][page]], any description I give won't do it justice. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package aggressive-indent :straight t :demand t :hook (prog-mode-hook . aggressive-indent-mode)) #+end_src * Org mode 2023-03-30: finally decided to give org mode its own section. Org is, at its most basic, a markup language. Files use the ".org" extension and use =org-mode= to write text, with the ability to export to a few formats, all within Emacs. However, this is a massive disservice to its incredible capabilities: + Complete spreadsheet system, with formulas (including [[*Calculator][calc-mode]] integration) + Evaluation of code blocks, even using the results of them in exports (to, say, a $\LaTeX$ or HTML document) + This includes exporting all code blocks of a document to a code file, say all the emacs-lisp files in this document to ~config.el~ ([[file:elisp/literate.el][literate]]) + Complete calendar/todo system with deadlines, scheduling and repeaters + Export to a variety of formats or make your own export engine using the org AST! + Writing latex in document, with ability to render them on demand, and exporting to PDFs through Latex ** Aesthetic defaults Org has a ton of settings to tweak, which change your experience quite a bit. My setup should be as portable as possible and (/sometimes/) I need to access org mode files in other editors, so org files should be as close to clear text as possible. This is the guiding philosophy that essentially makes most of my options pretty immediate. Some arbitrary notes: + By default =~/Text= is my directory for text files. I actually have a repository that manages this directory for agenda files and other documents + Indentation in file should not be allowed, i.e. text indentation, as that forces other editors to read it a certain way as well. It seems obtrusive hence it's off. + Org startup indented is on by default as most documents do benefit from the indentation, but I do turn it off for some files via ~#+startup:noindent~ + When opening an org document there can be a lot of headings, so I set folding to just content + Org documents can also have a lot of latex previews, which make opening some after a while a massive hassle. If I want to see the preview, I'll do it myself, so turn it off. + Org manages windowing itself, to some extent, so I set those options to be as unobtrusive as possible #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package org :defer t :straight t :init (setq org-directory "~/Text" org-adapt-indentation nil org-indent-mode nil org-startup-indented t org-startup-folded 'content org-startup-with-latex-preview nil org-imenu-depth 10 org-src-window-setup 'current-window org-indirect-buffer-display 'current-window org-link-frame-setup '((vm . vm-visit-folder-other-frame) (vm-imap . vm-visit-imap-folder-other-frame) (file . find-file)))) #+end_src ** Latex options Org mode has deep integration with latex, can export to PDF and even display latex fragments in the document directly. I setup the pdf-process, code listing options via minted and the format options for latex fragments. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package org :defer t :init (setq org-format-latex-options '(:foreground default :background default :scale 2 :html-foreground "Black" :html-background "Transparent" :html-scale 1.0 :matchers ("begin" "$1" "$" "$$" "\\(" "\\[")) org-latex-listings 'minted org-latex-minted-langs '((emacs-lisp "common-lisp") (ledger "text") (cc "c++") (cperl "perl") (shell-script "bash") (caml "ocaml")) org-latex-packages-alist '(("" "minted")) org-latex-pdf-process '("latexmk -pdfxe -bibtex -f -shell-escape %f") org-latex-minted-options '(("style" "colorful") ("linenos") ("frame" "single") ("mathescape") ("fontfamily" "courier") ("samepage" "false") ("breaklines" "true") ("breakanywhere" "true")))) #+end_src ** Org Core Variables Tons of variables for org-mode, including a ton of latex ones. Can't really explain because it sets up quite a lot of local stuff. Also I copy pasted the majority of this, tweaking it till it felt good. Doom Emacs was very helpful here. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package org :init (setq org-edit-src-content-indentation 0 org-goto-interface 'outline org-imenu-depth 10 org-export-backends '(ascii html latex odt icalendar) org-eldoc-breadcrumb-separator " → " org-enforce-todo-dependencies t org-fontify-quote-and-verse-blocks t org-fontify-whole-heading-line t org-footnote-auto-label t org-hide-leading-stars t org-hide-emphasis-markers nil org-image-actual-width nil org-priority-faces '((?A . error) (?B . warning) (?C . success)) org-link-descriptive nil org-tags-column 0 org-todo-keywords '((sequence "TODO" "WIP" "DONE") (sequence "PROJ" "WAIT" "COMPLETE")) org-use-sub-superscripts '{} org-babel-load-languages '((emacs-lisp . t) (lisp . t) (shell . t)))) #+end_src ** Org Core Functionality Hooks, prettify-symbols and records for auto insertion. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package org :hook (org-mode-hook . prettify-symbols-mode) :display ("\\*Org Src.*" (display-buffer-same-window)) :pretty (org-mode-hook ("#+begin_src" . "≫") ("#+end_src" . "≪")) :init (with-eval-after-load "autoinsert" (define-auto-insert '("\\.org\\'" . "Org skeleton") '("Enter title: " "#+title: " str | (buffer-file-name) "\n" "#+author: " (read-string "Enter author: ") | user-full-name "\n" "#+description: " (read-string "Enter description: ") | "Description" "\n" "#+date: " (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d" (current-time)) "\n" "* " _)))) #+end_src ** Org Core Bindings Some bindings for org mode. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package org :after counsel :config (defun +org/swiper-goto () (interactive) (swiper "^\\* ")) :general (file-leader "w" #'org-capture "l" #'org-store-link "i" #'org-insert-last-stored-link) (code-leader "D" #'org-babel-detangle) (nmmap :keymaps 'org-mode-map [remap imenu] #'+org/swiper-goto) (local-leader :keymaps 'org-mode-map "l" '(nil :which-key "Links") "'" '(nil :which-key "Tables") "c" '(nil :which-key "Clocks")) (local-leader :keymaps 'org-mode-map :infix "l" "i" #'org-insert-link "l" #'org-open-at-point "f" #'org-footnote-action) (local-leader :keymaps 'org-mode-map :infix "'" "a" #'org-table-align "f" #'org-table-edit-formulas "t" #'org-table-toggle-coordinate-overlays "s" #'org-table-sum "e" #'org-table-calc-current-TBLFM "E" #'org-table-eval-formula) (local-leader :keymaps 'org-mode-map :infix "c" "i" #'org-clock-clock-in "o" #'org-clock-clock-out "c" #'org-clock-in-last "d" #'org-clock-display) (local-leader :keymaps 'org-mode-map "d" #'org-date-from-calendar "t" #'org-todo "," #'org-priority "T" #'org-babel-tangle "i" #'org-insert-structure-template "p" #'org-latex-preview "s" #'org-property-action "e" #'org-export-dispatch "o" #'org-edit-special)) #+end_src ** Org Agenda Org agenda provides a nice viewing for schedules. With org mode it's a very tidy way to manage your time. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package org-agenda :after org :straight nil :init (defconst +org/agenda-root "~/Text" "Root directory for all agenda files") (setq org-agenda-files (list (expand-file-name +org/agenda-root)) org-agenda-window-setup 'current-window org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled t org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done t org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done t org-agenda-start-with-entry-text-mode nil) :config (evil-set-initial-state 'org-agenda-mode 'normal) :general (file-leader "a" `(,(proc (interactive) (find-file (completing-read "Enter directory: " org-agenda-files nil t))) :which-key "Open agenda directory")) (app-leader "a" #'org-agenda) (nmmap :keymaps 'org-agenda-mode-map "zd" #'org-agenda-day-view "zw" #'org-agenda-week-view "zm" #'org-agenda-month-view "gd" #'org-agenda-goto-date "RET" #'org-agenda-switch-to "J" #'org-agenda-later "K" #'org-agenda-earlier "t" #'org-agenda-todo "." #'org-agenda-goto-today "," #'org-agenda-goto-date "q" #'org-agenda-quit "r" #'org-agenda-redo)) #+end_src ** Org clock-in Org provides a nice timekeeping system that allows for managing how much time is taken per task. It even has an extensive reporting system to see how much time you spend on specific tasks or overall. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package org-clock :after org :straight nil :init (defvar +org/clock-out-toggle-report nil "Non-nil means update the first clock report in the file every time a clock out occurs.") :config (advice-add #'org-clock-out :after (proc (interactive) (if +org/clock-out-toggle-report (org-clock-report t)))) :general (local-leader :keymaps 'org-mode-map :infix "c" "c" #'org-clock-in "o" #'org-clock-out "r" #'org-clock-report "t" (proc (interactive) (setq-local +org/clock-out-toggle-report (not +org/clock-out-toggle-report))))) #+end_src ** Org on save If ~+org/compile-to-pdf-on-save-p~ is non-nil, then compile to \(\LaTeX\) and run an async process to compile it to a PDF. Doesn't make Emacs hang (like ~org-latex-export-to-pdf~) and doesn't randomly crash (like the async handler for org-export). Works really well with ~pdf-view-mode~. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package org :defer t :init (defvar +org/compile-to-pdf-on-save-p nil "Non-nil to activate compile functionality.") :general (local-leader :keymaps 'org-mode-map "C" (proc (interactive) (if (+org/compile-to-pdf-on-save-f) (setq-local +org/compile-to-pdf-on-save-p nil) (setq-local +org/compile-to-pdf-on-save-p t)))) :config (+oreo/create-auto-save (and (eq major-mode 'org-mode) +org/compile-to-pdf-on-save-p) (start-process-shell-command "" "*pdflatex*" (concat "pdflatex -shell-escape " (org-latex-export-to-latex))))) #+end_src ** Org ref #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package org-ref :straight t :defer t :init (setq bibtex-files '("~/Text/bibliography.bib") bibtex-completion-bibliography '("~/Text/bibliography.bib") bibtex-completion-additional-search-fields '(keywords))) #+end_src *** Org ref ivy integration Org ref requires ivy-bibtex to work properly with ivy, so we need to set that up as well #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package ivy-bibtex :straight t :after org-ref :config (require 'org-ref-ivy)) #+end_src ** Org message Org message allows for the use of org mode when composing mails, generating HTML multipart emails. This integrates the WYSIWYG experience with mail in Emacs while also providing powerful text features with basically no learning curve (as long as you've already learnt the basics of org). #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package org-msg :hook (message-mode-hook . org-msg-mode) :config (setq org-msg-options "html-postamble:nil H:5 num:nil ^:{} toc:nil author:nil email:nil \\n:t tex:dvipng" org-msg-greeting-name-limit 3) (add-to-list 'org-msg-enforce-css '(img latex-fragment-inline ((transform . ,(format "translateY(-1px) scale(%.3f)" (/ 1.0 (if (boundp 'preview-scale) preview-scale 1.4)))) (margin . "0 -0.35em"))))) #+end_src ** Org for evil Evil org for some nice bindings. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package evil-org :hook (org-mode-hook . evil-org-mode)) #+end_src ** Org reveal Org reveal allows one to export org files as HTML presentations via reveal.js. Pretty nifty and it's easy to use. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package ox-reveal :defer t :init (setq org-reveal-root "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/reveal.js" org-reveal-theme "sky")) #+end_src ** Org fragtog Toggle latex fragments in org mode so you get fancy maths symbols. I use latex a bit in org mode as it is the premier way of getting mathematical symbols rendered, but org mode > latex. Delimited environments are aplenty, escaped brackets and dollar signs are my favourite. Here's a snippet: $\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}e^{-x^2}dx = \sqrt{\pi}$. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package org-fragtog :hook (org-mode-hook . org-fragtog-mode)) #+end_src ** Org superstar Org superstar adds cute little Unicode symbols for headers, much better than the default asterisks. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package org-superstar :hook (org-mode-hook . org-superstar-mode)) #+end_src * Languages Configuration for specific languages or file formats. ** PDF I use PDFs mostly for reading reports or papers. Though Emacs isn't my preferred application for viewing PDFs (I highly recommend [[https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/][Zathura]]), similar to most things with Emacs, having a PDF viewer builtin can be a very useful asset. For example if I were editing an org document which I was eventually compiling into a PDF, my workflow would be much smoother with a PDF viewer within Emacs that I can open on another pane. *** PDF tools ~pdf-tools~ provides the necessary functionality for viewing PDFs. There is no proper PDF viewing without this package. ~evil-collection~ provides a setup for this mode, so use that. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package pdf-tools :mode ("\\.[pP][dD][fF]\\'" . pdf-view-mode) :straight t :defer t :display ("^.*pdf$" (display-buffer-same-window) (inhibit-duplicate-buffer . t)) :config (pdf-tools-install-noverify) (with-eval-after-load "evil-collection" (evil-collection-pdf-setup))) #+end_src *** PDF grep PDF grep is a Linux tool that allows for searches against the text inside of PDFs similar to standard grep. This cannot be performed by standard grep due to how PDFs are encoded; they are not a clear text format. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package pdfgrep :after pdf-tools :hook (pdf-view-mode-hook . pdfgrep-mode) :general (nmap :keymaps 'pdf-view-mode-map "M-g" #'pdfgrep)) #+end_src ** SQL The default SQL package provides support for connecting to common database types (sqlite, mysql, etc) for auto completion and query execution. I don't use SQL currently but whenever I need it it's there. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package sql :straight nil :init (setq sql-display-sqli-buffer-function nil)) #+end_src ** Ada :PROPERTIES: :header-args:emacs-lisp: :tangle no :END: Check out [[file:elisp/ada-mode.el][ada-mode]], my custom ~ada-mode~ that replaces the default one. This mode just colourises stuff, and uses eglot and a language server to do the hard work. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package ada-mode :straight nil :load-path "elisp/" :defer t :config (with-eval-after-load "eglot" (add-hook 'ada-mode-hook #'eglot))) #+end_src ** NHexl Hexl-mode is the inbuilt package within Emacs to edit hex and binary format buffers. There are a few problems with hexl-mode though, including an annoying prompt on /revert-buffer/. Thus, nhexl-mode! It comes with a few other improvements. Check out the [[https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/nhexl-mode.html][page]] yourself. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package nhexl-mode :straight t :mode "\\.bin") #+end_src ** C/C++ Setup for C and C++ modes via the cc-mode package. C and C++ are great languages for general purpose programming. My preferred choice when I want greater control over memory management. *** cc-mode Tons of stuff, namely: + ~auto-fill-mode~ for 80 char limit + Some keybindings to make evil statement movement is easy + Lots of pretty symbols + Indenting options and a nice (for me) code style for C (though aggressive indent screws with this a bit) + Auto inserts to get a C file going #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package cc-mode :defer t :hook (c-mode-hook . auto-fill-mode) (c++-mode-hook . auto-fill-mode) :general (:keymaps '(c-mode-map c++-mode-map) :states '(normal motion visual) "(" #'c-beginning-of-statement ")" #'c-end-of-statement) :pretty (c-mode-hook ("puts" . "φ") ("fputs" . "ϕ") ("printf" . "ω") ("fprintf" . "Ω") ("NULL" . "Ø") ("true" . "⊨") ("false" . "⊭") ("!" . "¬") ("&&" . "⋀") ("||" . "⋁") ("for" . "∀") ("return" . "⟼")) (c++-mode-hook ("nullptr" . "Ø") ("string" . "𝕊") ("vector" . "ℓ") ("puts" . "φ") ("fputs" . "ϕ") ("printf" . "ω") ("fprintf" . "Ω") ("NULL" . "Ø") ("true" . "⊨") ("false" . "⊭") ("!" . "¬") ("&&" . "⋀") ("||" . "⋁") ("for" . "∀") ("return" . "⟼")) :init (setq-default c-basic-offset 2) (setq-default c-auto-newline nil) (setq-default c-default-style '((other . "user"))) (with-eval-after-load "autoinsert" (let ((skeleton '("" "/* " (file-name-nondirectory (buffer-file-name (current-buffer))) "\n" " * Created: " (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d") "\n" " * Author: " user-full-name "\n" " */\n" "#include \n" "#include \n" "#include \n" "#include \n" "\n" _))) (define-auto-insert '("\\.c\\'" . "C skeleton") skeleton) (define-auto-insert '("\\.cpp\\'" . "C++ skeleton") skeleton))) :config (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 . +) (substatement-open . 0) (access-label . -) (inline-open . 0) (label . 0) (statement-cont . +))))) #+end_src *** Clang format Clang format comes inbuilt with clang, so download that before using this. Formats C/C++ files depending on a format (checkout the Clang format [[file:~/Dotfiles/ClangFormat/.clang-format][config file]] in my dotfiles). #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package clang-format :straight nil :load-path "/usr/share/clang/" :after cc-mode :commands (+code/clang-format-region-or-buffer clang-format-mode) :hook (c-mode-hook . clang-format-mode) (c++-mode-hook . clang-format-mode) :general (code-leader :keymaps '(c-mode-map c++-mode-map) "f" #'+code/clang-format-region-or-buffer) :config (define-minor-mode clang-format-mode "On save formats the current buffer via clang-format." :lighter nil (let ((save-func (proc (interactive) (clang-format-buffer)))) (if clang-format-mode (add-hook 'after-save-hook save-func nil t) (remove-hook 'after-save-hook save-func t)))) (defun +code/clang-format-region-or-buffer () (interactive) (if (mark) (clang-format-region (region-beginning) (region-end)) (clang-format-buffer)))) #+end_src *** cc org babel To ensure org-babel executes language blocks of C/C++ I need to add it as an option in ~org-babel-load-languages~. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package org :after cc-mode :init (setf (alist-get 'C org-babel-load-languages) t)) #+end_src ** D D is a systems level programming language with C-style syntax. I think it has some interesting ideas such as a toggleable garbage collector. Here I just install the D-mode package, enable ~org-babel~ execution of d-mode blocks and alias ~D-mode~ with ~d-mode~. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package d-mode :straight t :config (fset 'D-mode 'd-mode) (with-eval-after-load "org-mode" (setf (alist-get 'd org-babel-load-languages) t))) #+end_src ** Racket A scheme with lots of stuff inside it. Using it for a language design book so it's useful to have some Emacs binds for it. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package racket-mode :straight t :hook (racket-mode-hook . racket-xp-mode) :display ("\\*Racket.*" (display-buffer-at-bottom) (window-height . 0.25)) :init (setq racket-documentation-search-location 'local) :general (nmap :keymaps 'racket-describe-mode-map "q" #'quit-window) (nmap :keymaps 'racket-mode-map "gr" #'racket-eval-last-sexp) (local-leader :keymaps '(racket-mode-map racket-repl-mode-map) "d" #'racket-repl-describe) (local-leader :keymaps 'racket-mode-map "r" #'racket-run "i" #'racket-repl "e" #'racket-send-definition "sr" #'racket-send-region "sd" #'racket-send-definition)) #+end_src ** CSharp :PROPERTIES: :header-args:emacs-lisp: :tangle no :END: I sometimes use C# when I'm bored or if I'm trying out a language feature. However, if I desperately needed an easy way to make a fast-ish API server or some kinda industrial level project then C# would probably be the language I would reach for. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package csharp-mode :defer t :pretty (csharp-mode-hook ("null" . "∅") ("string" . "𝕊") ("List" . "ℓ") ("WriteLine" . "φ") ("Write" . "ω") ("true" . "⊨") ("false" . "⊭") ("!" . "¬") ("&&" . "⋀") ("||" . "⋁") ("for" . "∀") ("return" . "⟼"))) #+end_src ** Java I kinda dislike Java, but if necessary I will code in it. Might have to use an IDE for the cooler features, but use Emacs for editing. Just setup a style and some pretty symbols. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package ob-java :straight nil :defer t :pretty (java-mode-hook ("println" . "φ") ("printf" . "ω") ("null" . "Ø") ("true" . "⊨") ("false" . "⊭") ("!" . "¬") ("&&" . "⋀") ("||" . "⋁") ("for" . "∀") ("return" . "⟼")) :config (with-eval-after-load "cc-mode" (c-add-style "java" '((c-basic-offset . 4) (c-comment-only-line-offset 0 . 0) (c-offsets-alist (inline-open . 0) (topmost-intro-cont . +) (statement-block-intro . +) (knr-argdecl-intro . 5) (substatement-open . 0) (substatement-label . +) (label . +) (statement-case-open . +) (statement-cont . +) (arglist-intro . c-lineup-arglist-intro-after-paren) (arglist-close . c-lineup-arglist) (brace-list-intro first c-lineup-2nd-brace-entry-in-arglist c-lineup-class-decl-init-+ +) (access-label . 0) (inher-cont . c-lineup-java-inher) (func-decl-cont . c-lineup-java-throws)))) (add-to-list 'c-default-style '(java-mode . "java"))) (with-eval-after-load "abbrev" (define-abbrev-table 'java-mode-abbrev-table nil) (add-hook 'java-mode-hook (proc (setq-local local-abbrev-table java-mode-abbrev-table))))) #+end_src ** Haskell Haskell is a static lazy functional programming language (what a mouthful). It's quite a beautiful language and really learning it will change the way you think about programming. However, my preferred functional language is still unfortunately Lisp so no extra brownie points there. Here I configure the REPL for Haskell via the ~haskell-interactive-mode~. I also load my custom package [[file:elisp/haskell-multiedit.el][haskell-multiedit]] which allows a user to create temporary ~haskell-mode~ buffers that, upon completion, will run in the REPL. Even easier than making your own buffer. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package haskell-mode :hook (haskell-mode-hook . haskell-indentation-mode) (haskell-mode-hook . interactive-haskell-mode) :custom (haskell-interactive-prompt "[λ] ") (haskell-interactive-prompt-cont "{λ} ") (haskell-interactive-popup-errors nil) (haskell-stylish-on-save nil) (haskell-process-type 'stack-ghci) :general (shell-leader "h" #'+shell/toggle-haskell-repl) :display ("\\*haskell.**\\*" (display-buffer-at-bottom) (window-height . 0.25)) :config (load (concat user-emacs-directory "elisp/haskell-multiedit.el")) (+oreo/create-toggle-function +shell/toggle-haskell-repl "*haskell*" haskell-interactive-bring nil)) #+end_src ** Python Works well for python. If you have ~pyls~ it should be on your path, so just run eglot if you need. But an LSP server is not necessary for a lot of my time in python. Here I also setup org-babel for python source code blocks. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package python :defer t :straight nil :pretty (python-mode-hook ("None" . "Ø") ("list" . "ℓ") ("List" . "ℓ") ("str" . "𝕊") ("True" . "⊨") ("False" . "⊭") ("!" . "¬") ("&&" . "⋀") ("||" . "⋁") ("for" . "∀") ("print" . "φ") ("lambda" . "λ") ("return" . "⟼") ("yield" . "⟻")) :init (setq python-indent-offset 4) :config (with-eval-after-load "org-mode" (setf (alist-get 'python org-babel-load-languages) t))) #+end_src *** Python shell Setup for python shell, including a toggle option #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package python :straight nil :commands +python/toggle-repl :general (shell-leader "p" #'+shell/python-toggle-repl) :display ("\\*Python\\*" (display-buffer-at-bottom) (window-height . 0.25)) :config (+oreo/create-toggle-function +shell/python-toggle-repl "*Python*" run-python nil)) #+end_src ** YAML YAML is a data language which is useful for config files. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package yaml-mode :straight t) #+end_src ** HTML/CSS/JS Firstly, web mode for consistent colouring of syntax. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package web-mode :mode ("\\.html" . web-mode) :mode ("\\.js" . web-mode) :mode ("\\.css" . web-mode) :custom ((web-mode-code-indent-offset 2) (web-mode-markup-indent-offset 2) (web-mode-css-indent-offset 2))) #+end_src Then emmet for super speed #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package emmet-mode :hook (web-mode-hook . emmet-mode) :general (imap :keymaps 'emmet-mode-keymap "TAB" #'emmet-expand-line "M-j" #'emmet-next-edit-point "M-k" #'emmet-prev-edit-point)) #+end_src ** Typescript Kinda expressive, interesting. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package typescript-mode :defer t :init (setq typescript-indent-level 2)) #+end_src ** Common Lisp Common Lisp is a dialect of Lisp, the most /common/ one around. Emacs comes with builtin Lisp support of course, but a REPL would be nice. Enter /SLY/. Sly is a fork of /SLIME/ and is *mandatory* for lisp development on Emacs. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package sly :straight t :init (setq inferior-lisp-program "sbcl") :display ("\\*sly-db" (display-buffer-at-bottom) (window-height . 0.5)) ("\\*sly-" (display-buffer-at-bottom) (window-height . 0.25)) :config (evil-set-initial-state 'sly-db-mode 'emacs) (with-eval-after-load "org" (setq-default org-babel-lisp-eval-fn #'sly-eval)) (+oreo/create-toggle-function +shell/toggle-sly "*sly-mrepl for sbcl*" sly-mrepl nil) :general (shell-leader "s" #'+shell/toggle-sly) (nmap :keymaps '(lisp-mode-map sly-mrepl-mode-map) "gr" #'sly-eval-buffer "gd" #'sly-edit-definition "gR" #'sly-who-calls) (local-leader :keymaps '(lisp-mode-map sly-mrepl-mode-map) "s" #'+shell/toggle-sly "c" #'sly-compile-file "a" #'sly-apropos "d" #'sly-describe-symbol "E" #'sly-eval-defun) (local-leader :keymaps 'lisp-mode-map :infix "e" "b" #'sly-eval-buffer "e" #'sly-eval-last-expression "f" #'sly-eval-defun "r" #'sly-eval-region) (nmap :keymaps 'sly-inspector-mode-map "q" #'sly-inspector-quit)) #+end_src *** Lisp indent function Add a new lisp indent function which indents newline lists more appropriately. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package lisp-mode :straight nil :pretty (lisp-mode-hook ("lambda" . "λ") ("t" . "⊨") ("nil" . "Ø") ("and" . "⋀") ("or" . "⋁") ("defun" . "ƒ") ("for" . "∀") ("mapc" . "∀") ("mapcar" . "∀")) :general (:states '(normal motion visual) :keymaps '(emacs-lisp-mode-map lisp-mode-map) ")" #'sp-next-sexp "(" #'sp-previous-sexp) :config (defun +oreo/lisp-indent-function (indent-point state) (let ((normal-indent (current-column)) (orig-point (point))) (goto-char (1+ (elt state 1))) (parse-partial-sexp (point) calculate-lisp-indent-last-sexp 0 t) (cond ;; car of form doesn't seem to be a symbol, or is a keyword ((and (elt state 2) (or (not (looking-at "\\sw\\|\\s_")) (looking-at ":"))) (if (not (> (save-excursion (forward-line 1) (point)) calculate-lisp-indent-last-sexp)) (progn (goto-char calculate-lisp-indent-last-sexp) (beginning-of-line) (parse-partial-sexp (point) calculate-lisp-indent-last-sexp 0 t))) ;; Indent under the list or under the first sexp on the same ;; line as calculate-lisp-indent-last-sexp. Note that first ;; thing on that line has to be complete sexp since we are ;; inside the innermost containing sexp. (backward-prefix-chars) (current-column)) ((and (save-excursion (goto-char indent-point) (skip-syntax-forward " ") (not (looking-at ":"))) (save-excursion (goto-char orig-point) (looking-at ":"))) (save-excursion (goto-char (+ 2 (elt state 1))) (current-column))) (t (let ((function (buffer-substring (point) (progn (forward-sexp 1) (point)))) method) (setq method (or (function-get (intern-soft function) 'lisp-indent-function) (get (intern-soft function) 'lisp-indent-hook))) (cond ((or (eq method 'defun) (and (null method) (> (length function) 3) (string-match "\\`def" function))) (lisp-indent-defform state indent-point)) ((integerp method) (lisp-indent-specform method state indent-point normal-indent)) (method (funcall method indent-point state)))))))) (setq-default lisp-indent-function #'+oreo/lisp-indent-function)) #+end_src *** Emacs lisp #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package elisp-mode :straight nil :general (vmap :keymaps '(emacs-lisp-mode-map lisp-interaction-mode-map) "gr" #'eval-region)) #+end_src