#+TITLE: Emacs, emacs, emacs #+AUTHOR: Case Duckworth #+PROPERTY: header-args :tangle config.el :comments both :mkdirp yes #+EXPORT_FILE_NAME: README.md #+OPTIONS: toc:nil #+BANKRUPTCY_COUNT: 3 #+Time-stamp: <2020-12-23 20:27:53 acdw> Let’s configure Emacs using Org mode, they said. It’ll be fun, they said. * Pave the way ** Correct =exec-path= #+begin_src emacs-lisp (let ((win-downloads "c:/Users/aduckworth/Downloads")) (dolist (path (list ;; Linux (expand-file-name "bin" user-emacs-directory) (expand-file-name "~/bin") (expand-file-name "~/.local/bin") (expand-file-name "~/Scripts") ;; Windows (expand-file-name "emacs/bin" win-downloads) (expand-file-name "m/usr/bin" win-downloads) (expand-file-name "m/mingw64/bin" win-downloads) (expand-file-name "PortableGit/bin" win-downloads) (expand-file-name "PortableGit/usr/bin" win-downloads))) (when (file-exists-p path) (add-to-list 'exec-path path)))) #+end_src ** Package management *** Straight.el Since for whatever reason, Straight can't bootstrap itself on Windows -- I've wrapped it in a function here and added the direct git command when it errors. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (defun acdw/bootstrap-straight () (defvar bootstrap-version) (let ((bootstrap-file (expand-file-name "straight/repos/straight.el/bootstrap.el" user-emacs-directory)) (bootstrap-version 5)) (unless (file-exists-p bootstrap-file) (with-current-buffer (url-retrieve-synchronously (concat "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/" "raxod502/straight.el/develop/install.el") 'silent 'inhibit-cookies) (goto-char (point-max)) (eval-print-last-sexp))) (load bootstrap-file nil 'nomessage))) (unless (ignore-errors (acdw/bootstrap-straight)) (message "Straight.el didn't bootstrap correctly. Cloning directly...") (call-process "git" nil (get-buffer-create "*bootstrap-straight-messages*") nil "clone" "https://github.com/raxod502/straight.el" (expand-file-name "straight/repos/straight.el" user-emacs-directory)) (acdw/bootstrap-straight)) #+end_src ** Customize variables *** Put customizations in a separate file #+begin_src emacs-lisp (setq custom-file (expand-file-name "custom.el" user-emacs-directory)) #+end_src *** A macro for ease of customization #+begin_src emacs-lisp (defmacro cuss (var val &optional docstring) "Basically `:custom' from `use-package', broken out." (declare (indent 2) (doc-string 3)) `(funcall (or (get ',var 'custom-set) #'set-default) ',var ,val)) #+end_src ** Keep a tidy =~/.emacs= #+begin_src emacs-lisp (straight-use-package 'no-littering) (cuss backup-directory-alist `((".*" . ,(no-littering-expand-var-file-name "backup/"))) "Where to store backup files.") (cuss auto-save-file-name-transforms `((".*" ,(no-littering-expand-var-file-name "autosaves/") t)) "Where to store auto-save files.") (cuss save-place-file (no-littering-expand-var-file-name "places") "Where to store place files.") (cuss undo-fu-session-directory (no-littering-expand-var-file-name "undos/") "Where to store undo information.") (cuss elpher-certificate-directory (no-littering-expand-var-file-name "elpher-certificates/") "Where to store elpher client certificates.") ;; Make all directories defined above (dolist (dir '("backup" "autosaves" "undos" "elpher-certificates")) (make-directory (no-littering-expand-var-file-name dir) 'parents)) #+end_src ** About me #+begin_src emacs-lisp (setq user-full-name "Case Duckworth" user-mail-address "acdw@acdw.net") #+end_src * Look and Feel ** Simplify the UI *** Tool bars and menu bars #+begin_src emacs-lisp (cuss default-frame-alist '((tool-bar-lines . 0) (menu-bar-lines . 0)) "On a default frame, show no tool bars or menu bars.") (menu-bar-mode -1) (tool-bar-mode -1) #+end_src *** Scroll bars #+begin_src emacs-lisp (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(vertical-scroll-bars . nil)) (scroll-bar-mode -1) (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(horizontal-scroll-bars . nil)) (horizontal-scroll-bar-mode -1) #+end_src *** Dialog boxen #+begin_src emacs-lisp (cuss use-dialog-box nil "Don't show dialog boxes.") #+end_src *** Shorten confirmations #+begin_src emacs-lisp (fset 'yes-or-no-p #'y-or-n-p) #+end_src *** Remove the bell #+begin_src emacs-lisp ;(cuss visible-bell ; (not (string= (system-name) "larry")) ; "Only show a visible bell when on 'larry'.") (defun acdw/ring-bell-function () "Custom bell-ringing function." (let ((orig-face (face-foreground 'mode-line))) (set-face-foreground 'modeline "#F2804F") (run-with-idle-timer 0.1 nil (lambda (fg) (set-face-foreground 'mode-line fg)) orig-face))) (cuss ring-bell-function #'acdw/ring-bell-function) #+end_src *** Tell Ediff to setup windows better #+begin_src emacs-lisp (declare-function ediff-setup-windows-plain "ediff-wind.el") (cuss ediff-window-setup-function #'ediff-setup-windows-plain) #+end_src ** Tweak the remaining UI *** Fringes #+begin_src emacs-lisp (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(left-fringe-width . 2)) (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(right-fringe-width . 2)) #+end_src *** Minibuffer **** Setup the minibuffer frame #+begin_src emacs-lisp (cuss minibuffer-frame-alist '((width . 80) (height . 2) (vertical-scrollbars . nil)) "Set up the minibuffer frame.") (set-window-scroll-bars (minibuffer-window) nil nil) #+end_src **** Keep the cursor from going into the prompt #+begin_src emacs-lisp (cuss minibuffer-prompt-properties '(read-only t cursor-intangible t face minibuffer-prompt) "Disable moving the cursor into the minibuffer prompt.") #+end_src *** Tabs **** Show the tabs as current buffer, plus window count #+begin_src emacs-lisp (cuss tab-bar-tab-name-function #'tab-bar-tab-name-current-with-count) #+end_src **** Only show the tab bar when there's more than one tab #+begin_src emacs-lisp (cuss tab-bar-show 1 "Show the tab bar only when there's more than 1 tab.") #+end_src *** Cursor #+begin_src emacs-lisp (cuss cursor-type 'bar "Show a vertical bar for the cursor.") (cuss cursor-in-non-selected-windows 'hollow "In inactive windows, make the cursor an empty box.") (blink-cursor-mode 0) #+end_src *** Buffer names #+begin_src emacs-lisp (require 'uniquify) (cuss uniquify-buffer-name-style 'forward) #+end_src *** Buffer boundaries #+begin_src emacs-lisp (cuss indicate-buffer-boundaries '((up . right) (down . right) (t . nil)) "Show arrows on the right when there's more to the buffer up or down.") (cuss indicate-empty-lines t "Show a bitmap on the left for empty lines after the end of a buffer.") #+end_src ** Windows *** Winner mode #+begin_src emacs-lisp (when (fboundp 'winner-mode) (winner-mode +1)) #+end_src *** Windmove #+begin_src emacs-lisp (cuss windmove-create-window t "Create windows in a direction if they don't exist.") (cuss windomove-wrap-around t "Wrap window movements around frame edges.") (windmove-default-keybindings) #+end_src *** Pop some buffers up in the same window from [[https://github.com/link0ff/emacs-init][link0ff]]. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (push `(,(rx bos "*" (or "Help" "Apropos" "Colors" "Buffer List" "Command History" "Dictionary" "Locate" "Messages" "Proced" "eww" "snd" (and "gud-" (+ (any "a-z0-9"))) "compilation" "grep" "erlang" "haskell" ;; Handle both "*shell*" and e.g. "*emacs-shell*" ;; generated by `project-shell': (and (? (* nonl) "-") "shell") "Shell Command Output" (and "SQL: " (+ (any "A-za-z"))) "Diff" "vc-dir" "vc-log" "vc-search-log") "*" ;; Uniquifed buffer name with optional suffix in angle brackets (? (and "<" (+ (not (any ">"))) ">")) eos) display-buffer-same-window (inhibit-same-window . nil)) display-buffer-alist) (defun display-buffer-from-help-p (_buffer-name _action) (unless current-prefix-arg (with-current-buffer (window-buffer) (eq major-mode 'help-mode)))) (push '(display-buffer-from-help-p display-buffer-same-window) display-buffer-alist) #+end_src ** Startup #+begin_src emacs-lisp (cuss inhibit-startup-screen t "Don't show Emacs' startup buffer.") (cuss initial-buffer-choice t "Start at *scratch*.") (cuss initial-scratch-message "" "Empty *scratch*.") #+end_src ** Theme #+begin_src emacs-lisp (straight-use-package '(modus-themes :host gitlab :repo "protesilaos/modus-themes" :branch "main")) (cuss modus-themes-slanted-constructs t) (cuss modus-themes-bold-constructs t) (cuss modus-themes-fringes nil) (cuss modus-themes-mode-line '3d) (cuss modus-themes-syntax 'yellow-comments) (cuss modus-themes-intense-hl-line nil) (cuss modus-themes-paren-match 'intense-bold) (cuss modus-themes-links nil) (cuss modus-themes-no-mixed-fonts nil) (cuss modus-themes-prompts nil) (cuss modus-themes-completions nil) (cuss modus-themes-diffs nil) (cuss modus-themes-org-blocks 'grayscale) (cuss modus-themes-headings '((1 . line) (t . t))) (cuss modus-themes-variable-pitch-headings t) (cuss modus-themes-scale-headings t) (cuss modus-themes-scale-1 1.1) (cuss modus-themes-scale-2 1.15) (cuss modus-themes-scale-3 1.21) (cuss modus-themes-scale-4 1.27) (cuss modus-themes-scale-5 1.33) ;; :custom-face (custom-set-faces `(font-lock-comment-face ((t (:inherit (custom-comment italic variable-pitch)))))) (load-theme 'modus-operandi t) #+end_src *** Change theme based on time of day #+begin_src emacs-lisp (cuss calendar-latitude 30.4515) (cuss calendar-longitude -91.1871) (straight-use-package 'circadian) (cuss circadian-themes '((:sunrise . modus-operandi) (:sunset . modus-vivendi))) (circadian-setup) #+end_src *** Modeline #+begin_src emacs-lisp (straight-use-package 'smart-mode-line) (cuss sml/no-confirm-load-theme t) (sml/setup) #+end_src **** Rich minority Since this /comes/ with smart mode line, I’m just going to use it, instead of =diminish= or another package. I do have to write this helper function, though, to add things to the whitelist. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (defun rm/whitelist-add (regexp) "Add a REGEXP to the whitelist for `rich-minority'." (if (listp 'rm--whitelist-regexps) (add-to-list 'rm--whitelist-regexps regexp) (setq rm--whitelist-regexps `(,regexp))) (setq rm-whitelist (mapconcat 'identity rm--whitelist-regexps "\\|"))) (straight-use-package 'rich-minority) (rm/whitelist-add "^$") #+end_src *** Fonts **** Define fonts #+begin_src emacs-lisp (defun set-face-from-alternatives (face fonts) (catch :return (dolist (font fonts) (when (find-font (font-spec :family (car font))) (apply #'set-face-attribute `(,face nil :family ,(car font) ,@(cdr font))) (throw :return font))))) (defun acdw/setup-fonts () "Setup fonts. This has to happen after the frame is setup for the first time, so it should be added to `window-setup-hook'. It removes itself from that hook." (interactive) (when (display-graphic-p) (set-face-from-alternatives 'default '(("Libertinus Mono" :height 110) ("Linux Libertine Mono O" :height 110) ("Go Mono" :height 100) ("Consolas" :height 100))) (set-face-from-alternatives 'fixed-pitch '(("Linux Libertine Mono O" :height 110) ("Go Mono" :height 100) ("Consolas" :height 100))) (set-face-from-alternatives 'variable-pitch '(("Libertinus Serif" :height 110) ("Linux Libertine O" :height 120) ("Georgia" :height 110))) (remove-function after-focus-change-function #'acdw/setup-fonts))) (add-function :before after-focus-change-function #'acdw/setup-fonts) #+END_SRC **** Custom faces #+begin_src emacs-lisp (custom-set-faces `(font-lock-comment-face ((t (:inherit (custom-comment italic variable-pitch)))))) #+end_src **** Line spacing #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (cuss line-spacing 0.1 "Add 10% extra space below each line.") #+END_SRC **** Unicode Fonts #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (straight-use-package 'unicode-fonts) (require 'unicode-fonts) (unicode-fonts-setup) #+END_SRC ** Interactivity *** Completing read **** Shadow file names in =completing-read=. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (cuss file-name-shadow-properties '(invisible t)) (file-name-shadow-mode +1) #+END_SRC **** Ignore case in =completing-read= #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (cuss completion-ignore-case t) (cuss read-buffer-completion-ignore-case t) (cuss read-file-name-completion-ignore-case t) #+END_SRC **** Selectrum #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (straight-use-package 'selectrum) (require 'selectrum) (selectrum-mode +1) #+END_SRC **** Prescient #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (straight-use-package 'prescient) (require 'prescient) (prescient-persist-mode +1) (straight-use-package 'selectrum-prescient) (require 'selectrum-prescient) (selectrum-prescient-mode +1) #+END_SRC **** Consult #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (straight-use-package '(consult :host github :repo "minad/consult")) (require 'consult) (straight-use-package '(consult-selectrum :host github :repo "minad/consult")) (require 'consult-selectrum) (define-key ctl-x-map "b" #'consult-buffer) (define-key ctl-x-map (kbd "C-r") #'consult-buffer) (define-key ctl-x-map "4b" #'consult-buffer-other-window) (define-key ctl-x-map "5b" #'consult-buffer-other-frame) (define-key goto-map "o" #'consult-outline) (define-key goto-map "g" #'consult-line) (define-key goto-map (kbd "M-g") #'consult-line) (define-key goto-map "l" #'consult-line) (define-key goto-map "m" #'consult-mark) (define-key goto-map "k" #'consult-global-mark) (define-key goto-map "i" #'consult-imenu) (define-key goto-map "e" #'consult-error) (global-set-key (kbd "M-y") #'consult-yank-pop) (define-key help-map "a" #'consult-apropos) (fset 'multi-occur #'consult-multi-occur) #+END_SRC **** Marginalia #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (straight-use-package '(marginalia :host github :repo "minad/marginalia" :branch "main")) (cuss marginalia-annotators '(marginalia-annotators-heavy marginalia-annotators-light)) (marginalia-mode +1) #+END_SRC **** COMMENT Ido [[https://wandersoncferreira.github.io/blog/ido/][Let’s try this out]]. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (defun ido-choose-from-recentf () "Use ido to select recently visited files." (interactive) (find-file (ido-completing-read "Open file: " recentf-list nil t))) (defun bk/go-straight-home () (interactive) (cond ((looking-back "~/") (insert "projects/")) ((looking-back "/") (insert "~/")) (:else (call-interactively 'self-insert-command)))) (defun ido-disable-line-truncation () (set (make-local-variable 'truncate-lines) nil)) (defun ido-define-keys () (define-key ido-completion-map (kbd "C-n") 'ido-next-match) (define-key ido-completion-map (kbd "C-p") 'ido-prev-match)) (setq ido-enable-flex-matching t ido-use-filename-at-point nil ido-create-new-buffer 'always confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer nil completion-ignored-extensions (cons "*.aux" completion-ignored-extensions) max-mini-window-height 0.5 ido-enable-tramp-completion t ido-auto-merge-work-directories-length -1 ido-confirm-unique-completion t ido-default-file-method 'selected-window ido-case-fold t ido-show-dot-for-dired t ido-everywhere t ido-ignore-buffers (list (rx (or (and bos " ") (and bos (or "*Completions*" "*Compile-Log*" "*Ido Completions*" "*Shell Command Output*" "*vc-diff*") eos)))) ido-decorations (quote ("\n-> " "" "\n " "\n ..." "[" "]" " [No match]" " [Matched]" " [Not readable]" " [Too big]" " [Confirm]"))) (with-eval-after-load 'ido (define-key ido-common-completion-map (kbd "M-SPC") 'just-one-space) (define-key ido-common-completion-map (kbd "SPC") 'self-insert-command) (define-key ido-file-completion-map (kbd "~") 'bk/go-straight-home) (add-hook 'ido-setup-hook 'ido-define-keys) (add-hook 'ido-minibuffer-setup-hook 'ido-disable-line-truncation) (set-default 'imenu-auto-rescan t) (add-to-list 'ido-ignore-directories "target") (add-to-list 'ido-ignore-directories "node_modules") ) (defun setup-ido-mode () (require 'ido) (ido-mode +1) (ido-everywhere +1)) (add-hook 'after-init-hook #'setup-ido-mode) #+end_src ** Keyboard *** =ESC= cancels all #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (global-set-key (kbd "") #'keyboard-escape-quit) #+END_SRC *** Personal prefix key: =C-z= #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defvar acdw/map (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)) (c-z (global-key-binding "\C-z"))) (global-unset-key "\C-z") (define-key global-map "\C-z" map) (define-key map "\C-z" c-z) map)) (run-hooks 'acdw/map-defined-hook) #+END_SRC ** Persistence *** Minibuffer history #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (require 'savehist) (cuss savehist-additional-variables '(kill-ring search-ring regexp-search-ring) "Other variables to save alongside the minibuffer history.") (cuss history-length t "Don't truncate history.") (cuss history-delete-duplicates t "Delete history duplicates.") (savehist-mode +1) #+END_SRC *** File places #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (require 'saveplace) ; this isn't required, but ... I like having it here (cuss save-place-forget-unreadable-files t "Don't check if files are readable or not.") (save-place-mode +1) #+END_SRC *** Recent files #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (require 'recentf) (cuss recentf-max-menu-items 100 "The maximum number of items in the recentf menu.") (cuss recentf-max-saved-items nil "Don't limit the number of recent files.") (with-eval-after-load 'no-littering (add-to-list 'recentf-exclude no-littering-var-directory) (add-to-list 'recentf-exclude no-littering-etc-directory)) (recentf-mode +1) ;; save the recentf-list every 5 minutes (run-at-time nil (* 5 60) 'recentf-save-list) #+END_SRC ** Undo #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (straight-use-package 'undo-fu) (require 'undo-fu) (global-set-key (kbd "C-/") #'undo-fu-only-undo) (global-set-key (kbd "C-?") #'undo-fu-only-redo) (straight-use-package 'undo-fu-session) (require 'undo-fu-session) (cuss undo-fu-session-incompatible-files '("/COMMIT_EDITMSG\\'" "/git-rebase-todo\\'") "A list of files that are incompatible with the concept of undo sessions.") (with-eval-after-load 'no-littering (let ((dir (no-littering-expand-var-file-name "undos"))) (make-directory dir 'parents) (cuss undo-fu-session-directory dir))) (global-undo-fu-session-mode +1) #+END_SRC ** Files *** Encoding **** UTF-8 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (set-language-environment "UTF-8") (set-terminal-coding-system 'utf-8) (cuss locale-coding-system 'utf-8) (set-default-coding-systems 'utf-8) (set-selection-coding-system 'utf-8) (prefer-coding-system 'utf-8) #+END_SRC **** Convert all files to UNIX-style line endings from [[https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EndOfLineTips][Emacs Wiki]]. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defun ewiki/no-junk-please-were-unixish () "Convert line endings to UNIX, dammit." (let ((coding-str (symbol-name buffer-file-coding-system))) (when (string-match "-\\(?:dos\\|mac\\)$" coding-str) (set-buffer-file-coding-system 'unix)))) #+END_SRC I add it to the ~find-file-hook~ /and/ ~before-save-hook~ because I don't want to ever work with anything other than UNIX line endings ever again. I just don't care. Even Microsoft Notepad can handle UNIX line endings, so I don't want to hear it. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (add-hook 'find-file-hook #'ewiki/no-junk-please-were-unixish) (add-hook 'before-save-hook #'ewiki/no-junk-please-were-unixish) #+END_SRC *** Backups #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (cuss backup-by-copying 1) (cuss delete-old-versions -1) (cuss version-control t) (cuss vc-make-backup-files t) (with-eval-after-load 'no-littering (let ((dir (no-littering-expand-var-file-name "backup"))) (make-directory dir 'parents) (cuss backup-directory-alist `((".*" . ,dir))))) #+END_SRC *** Auto-saves #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (with-eval-after-load 'no-littering (let ((dir (no-littering-expand-var-file-name "autosaves"))) (make-directory dir 'parents) (cuss auto-save-file-name-transforms `((".*" ,dir t)))) (auto-save-visited-mode +1)) #+END_SRC *** Auto-revert buffers to files on disk #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (global-auto-revert-mode +1) #+END_SRC *** Add a timestamp to files #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (add-hook 'before-save-hook #'time-stamp) #+END_SRC *** Require a final new line #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (cuss require-final-newline t) #+END_SRC ** Text editing *** Operate visually on lines #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (global-visual-line-mode +1) #+END_SRC *** Stay snappy with long-lined files #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (when (fboundp 'global-so-long-mode) (global-so-long-mode +1)) #+END_SRC *** Killing & Yanking **** Replace selection when typing #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (delete-selection-mode +1) #+END_SRC **** Work better with the system clipboard #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (cuss save-interprogram-paste-before-kill t "Save existing clipboard text into the kill ring before replacing it.") (cuss yank-pop-change-selection t "Update the X selection when rotating the kill ring.") #+END_SRC *** Searching & Replacing **** COMMENT Search with CtrlF For right now, I’m /just/ using Anzu – I don’t like parts of =isearch= but … CtrlF doesn’t match with that sweet replace flow. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (straight-use-package 'ctrlf) (ctrlf-mode +1) #+end_src **** Replace with Anzu #+begin_src emacs-lisp (straight-use-package 'anzu) (require 'anzu) ;; show search count in the modeline (global-anzu-mode +1) (cuss anzu-replace-to-string-separator " → " "What to separate the search from the replacement.") (global-set-key [remap query-replace] #'anzu-query-replace) (global-set-key [remap query-replace-regexp] #'anzu-query-replace-regexp) (define-key isearch-mode-map [remap isearch-query-replace] #'anzu-isearch-query-replace) (define-key isearch-mode-map [remap isearch-query-replace-regexp] #'anzu-isearch-query-replace-regexp) #+end_src * Programming ** Parentheses *** Smart parentheses #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (straight-use-package 'smartparens) (require 'smartparens-config) ;; replace show-paren (cuss sp-show-pair-delay 0 "Don't delay before showing the pairs.") (cuss sp-show-pair-from-inside t "Highlight the enclosing pair when immediately inside.") (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook #'show-smartparens-mode +1) ;; enable strict smartparens in prog mode (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook #'smartparens-strict-mode) #+END_SRC ** Indent aggressively #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (straight-use-package 'aggressive-indent) (global-aggressive-indent-mode +1) #+END_SRC ** Language-specific packages *** Emacs lisp #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (cuss eval-expression-print-length nil "Don't truncate printed expressions by length.") (cuss eval-expression-print-level nil "Don't truncate printed expressions by level.") #+END_SRC * Writing ** Visual fill column *** Fix scrolling in margins This has to be done /before/ loading the package. It's included in =visual-fill-column=, too, but for some reason isn't loaded there. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (global-set-key [right-margin mouse-1] (global-key-binding [mouse-1])) ; #'mouse-set-point (global-set-key [right-margin mouse-2] (global-key-binding [mouse-2])) ; #'mouse-yank-primary (global-set-key [right-margin mouse-3] (global-key-binding [mouse-3])) ; #'mouse-save-then-kill (global-set-key [right-margin drag-mouse-1] #'ignore) (global-set-key [right-margin drag-mouse-2] #'ignore) (global-set-key [right-margin drag-mouse-3] #'ignore) (global-set-key [right-margin double-mouse-1] #'ignore) (global-set-key [right-margin double-mouse-2] #'ignore) (global-set-key [right-margin double-mouse-3] #'ignore) (global-set-key [right-margin triple-mouse-1] #'ignore) (global-set-key [right-margin triple-mouse-2] #'ignore) (global-set-key [right-margin triple-mouse-3] #'ignore) (global-set-key [left-margin mouse-1] (global-key-binding [mouse-1])) ; #'mouse-set-point (global-set-key [left-margin mouse-2] (global-key-binding [mouse-2])) ; #'mouse-yank-primary (global-set-key [left-margin mouse-3] (global-key-binding [mouse-3])) ; #'mouse-save-then-kill (global-set-key [left-margin drag-mouse-1] #'ignore) (global-set-key [left-margin drag-mouse-2] #'ignore) (global-set-key [left-margin drag-mouse-3] #'ignore) (global-set-key [left-margin double-mouse-1] #'ignore) (global-set-key [left-margin double-mouse-2] #'ignore) (global-set-key [left-margin double-mouse-3] #'ignore) (global-set-key [left-margin triple-mouse-1] #'ignore) (global-set-key [left-margin triple-mouse-2] #'ignore) (global-set-key [left-margin triple-mouse-3] #'ignore) (mouse-wheel-mode +1) (when (bound-and-true-p mouse-wheel-mode) (global-set-key [right-margin mouse-wheel-down-event] #'mwheel-scroll) (global-set-key [right-margin mouse-wheel-up-event] #'mwheel-scroll) (global-set-key [right-margin wheel-down] #'mwheel-scroll) (global-set-key [right-margin wheel-up] #'mwheel-scroll) (global-set-key [left-margin mouse-wheel-down-event] #'mwheel-scroll) (global-set-key [left-margin mouse-wheel-up-event] #'mwheel-scroll) (global-set-key [left-margin wheel-down] #'mwheel-scroll) (global-set-key [left-margin wheel-up] #'mwheel-scroll)) #+END_SRC *** Load the package #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (straight-use-package 'visual-fill-column) (cuss visual-fill-column-center-text nil "Whether to center the text in the frame.") (cuss fill-column 84 "Width of fill-column, and thus, visual-fill-column.") (advice-add 'text-scale-adjust :after #'visual-fill-column-adjust) (global-visual-fill-column-mode +1) #+END_SRC ** Typographical niceties *** Typo mode #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (straight-use-package 'typo) (add-hook 'text-mode-hook #'typo-mode) #+END_SRC * Applications ** Org mode I’ve put org mode under Applications, as opposed to Writing, because it’s more generally-applicable than that. *** Basics #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (straight-use-package 'org) (with-eval-after-load 'org (require 'org-tempo) (require 'ox-md) (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "M-n") #'outline-next-visible-heading) (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "M-p") #'outline-previous-visible-heading)) (cuss org-hide-emphasis-markers t) (cuss org-fontify-done-headline t) (cuss org-fontify-whole-heading-line t) (cuss org-fontify-quote-and-verse-blocks t) (cuss org-pretty-entities t) (cuss org-num-mode +1) (cuss org-src-tab-acts-natively t) (cuss org-src-fontify-natively t) (cuss org-src-window-setup 'current-window) (cuss org-confirm-babel-evaluate nil) (cuss org-directory "~/Org") #+END_SRC *** Org Agenda #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (cuss org-agenda-files (no-littering-expand-etc-file-name "agenda-files")) (if (and (stringp org-agenda-files) (not (file-exists-p org-agenda-files))) (with-temp-buffer (write-file org-agenda-files))) (define-key acdw/map (kbd "C-a") #'org-agenda) #+END_SRC *** [[http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2017/04/09/A-better-return-in-org-mode/][A better return in Org mode]] #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (require 'org-inlinetask) (defun scimax/org-return (&optional ignore) "Add new list item, heading or table row with RET. A double return on an empty element deletes it. Use a prefix arg to get regular RET." (interactive "P") (if ignore (org-return) (cond ((eq 'line-break (car (org-element-context))) (org-return t)) ;; Open links like usual, unless point is at the end of a line. ;; and if at beginning of line, just press enter. ((or (and (eq 'link (car (org-element-context))) (not (eolp))) (bolp)) (org-return)) ;; It doesn't make sense to add headings in inline tasks. Thanks Anders ;; Johansson! ((org-inlinetask-in-task-p) (org-return)) ;; checkboxes too ((org-at-item-checkbox-p) (org-insert-todo-heading nil)) ;; lists end with two blank lines, so we need to make sure we are also not ;; at the beginning of a line to avoid a loop where a new entry gets ;; created with only one blank line. ((org-in-item-p) (if (save-excursion (beginning-of-line) (org-element-property :contents-begin (org-element-context))) (org-insert-heading) (beginning-of-line) (delete-region (line-beginning-position) (line-end-position)) (org-return))) ;; org-heading ((org-at-heading-p) (if (not (string= "" (org-element-property :title (org-element-context)))) (progn (org-end-of-meta-data) (org-insert-heading-respect-content) (outline-show-entry)) (beginning-of-line) (setf (buffer-substring (line-beginning-position) (line-end-position)) ""))) ;; tables ((org-at-table-p) (if (-any? (lambda (x) (not (string= "" x))) (nth (- (org-table-current-dline) 1) (org-table-to-lisp))) (org-return) ;; empty row (beginning-of-line) (setf (buffer-substring (line-beginning-position) (line-end-position)) "") (org-return))) ;; fall-through case (t (org-return))))) (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "RET") 'scimax/org-return) #+END_SRC *** Insert blank lines around headers from [[https://github.com/alphapapa/unpackaged.el#ensure-blank-lines-between-headings-and-before-contents][unpackaged.el]]. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp ;;;###autoload (defun unpackaged/org-fix-blank-lines (&optional prefix) "Ensure that blank lines exist between headings and between headings and their contents. With prefix, operate on whole buffer. Ensures that blank lines exist after each headings's drawers." (interactive "P") (org-map-entries (lambda () (org-with-wide-buffer ;; `org-map-entries' narrows the buffer, which prevents us ;; from seeing newlines before the current heading, so we ;; do this part widened. (while (not (looking-back "\n\n" nil)) ;; Insert blank lines before heading. (insert "\n"))) (let ((end (org-entry-end-position))) ;; Insert blank lines before entry content (forward-line) (while (and (org-at-planning-p) (< (point) (point-max))) ;; Skip planning lines (forward-line)) (while (re-search-forward org-drawer-regexp end t) ;; Skip drawers. You might think that `org-at-drawer-p' ;; would suffice, but for some reason it doesn't work ;; correctly when operating on hidden text. This ;; works, taken from `org-agenda-get-some-entry-text'. (re-search-forward "^[ \t]*:END:.*\n?" end t) (goto-char (match-end 0))) (unless (or (= (point) (point-max)) (org-at-heading-p) (looking-at-p "\n")) (insert "\n")))) t (if prefix nil 'tree))) #+END_SRC **** Add a before-save-hook #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defun cribbed/org-mode-fix-blank-lines () (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode) (let ((current-prefix-arg 4)) ; Emulate C-u (call-interactively 'unpackaged/org-fix-blank-lines)))) (add-hook 'before-save-hook #'cribbed/org-mode-fix-blank-lines) #+END_SRC ** Git #+begin_src emacs-lisp (straight-use-package 'magit) (define-key acdw/map "g" #'magit-status) #+end_src * Appendices ** Emacs' files *** init.el :PROPERTIES: :header-args: :tangle init.el :END: I realized I didn’t need =early-init.el=, since it really only set =load-prefer-newer=. So I’ve set that here, and wrapped the actual loading of config in a =let*= form that speeds up init, and loads the newer of either =config.org= or =config.el=. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp ;; init.el -*- lexical-binding: t -*- (setq load-prefer-newer t) (let* (;; Speed up init (gc-cons-threshold most-positive-fixnum) (file-name-handler-alist nil) ;; Config file names (conf (expand-file-name "config" user-emacs-directory)) (conf-el (concat conf ".el")) (conf-org (concat conf ".org"))) (unless (and (file-newer-than-file-p conf-el conf-org) (load conf 'no-error)) (require 'org) (org-babel-load-file conf-org))) #+END_SRC ** Ease tangling and loading of Emacs' init #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defun refresh-emacs (&optional disable-load) "Tangle `config.org', then byte-compile the resulting files. Then, load the byte-compilations unless passed with a prefix argument." (interactive "P") (let ((config (expand-file-name "config.org" user-emacs-directory))) (save-mark-and-excursion (with-current-buffer (find-file config) (let ((prog-mode-hook nil)) ;; generate the readme (when (file-newer-than-file-p config (expand-file-name "README.md" user-emacs-directory)) (message "Exporting README.md...") (require 'ox-md) (with-demoted-errors "Problem exporting README.md: %S" (org-md-export-to-markdown))) ;; tangle config.org (when (file-newer-than-file-p config (expand-file-name "config.el" user-emacs-directory)) (message "Tangling config.org...") (require 'org) (let ((inits (org-babel-tangle))) ;; byte-compile resulting files (message "Byte-compiling...") (dolist (f inits) (when (string-match "\\.el\\'" f) (byte-compile-file f (not disable-load))))))))))) #+END_SRC ** Ancillary scripts *** emacsdc Here's a wrapper script that'll start =emacs –daemon= if there isn't one, and then launch =emacsclient= with the arguments. I'd recommend installing with either ~ln -s bin/emacsdc $HOME/.local/bin/~, or adding =$HOME/.local/bin= to your =$PATH=. #+BEGIN_SRC sh :tangle bin/emacsdc :mkdirp yes :shebang "#!/bin/sh" if ! emacsclient -nc "$@" 2>/dev/null; then emacs --daemon emacsclient -nc "$@" fi #+END_SRC *** Emacs.cmd Here’s a wrapper script that’ll run Emacs on Windows, with a custom =$HOME=. I have mine setup like this: Emacs is downloaded from [[https://mirrors.tripadvisor.com/gnu/emacs/windows/emacs-27/emacs-27.1-x86_64.zip][the GNU mirror]] and unzipped to =~/Downloads/emacs/=. =Emacs.cmd= sets =$HOME= to =~/Downloads/emacshome/=, which is where =.emacs.d= is, and whatever else I might want to throw in there. #+begin_src bat :tangle bin/Emacs.cmd set HOME=%~dp0..\..\emacshome "%~dp0runemacs.exe" %* #+end_src ** License :PROPERTIES: :header-args: :tangle LICENSE :comments no :END: Copyright © 2020 Case Duckworth This work is free. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What the Fuck You Want To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar. See the =LICENSE= file, tangled from the following source block, for details. #+BEGIN_SRC text DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, December 2004 Copyright (C) 2004 Sam Hocevar Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long as the name is changed. DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION 0. You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO. #+END_SRC *** Note on the license It's highly likely that the WTFPL is completely incompatible with the GPL, for what should be fairly obvious reasons. To that, I say: *SUE ME, RMS!*