#+TITLE: Emacs init #+STYLE: #+OPTIONS: author:nil * Startup Startup requires a bit of customization to handle all my customizations. ** Load paths I have two versions of Emacs installed on my main computer. I have a daily build of Emacs's ~trunk~ (or currently ~emacs-24~) branch from bazaar and I have the official ~emacs~ package from archlinux installed. I keep that second one around so that the occasional emacs package that I install using ~pacman~ will recognize it as a dependency and so that if there has been some horrible mistake in the ~trunk~ branch I still have a stable version to fall back on[fn:1]. *** Package initialization In order for packages installed through ELPA to be included without having to mess with load paths and such, use: #+NAME: package-initialize #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (package-initialize) #+END_SRC *** site-lisp Because of the setup I wrote about I need to have both the self-built ~site-lisp~ directory in my load path *and* the "official" one. #+NAME: load-site-lisps #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (mapc #'oni:add-all-to-load-path '("/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp" "/usr/local/emacs/share/emacs/site-lisp")) #+END_SRC The =oni:add-all-to-load-path= function just binds =default-directory= to the given directory and calls =normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path= to add it and all its subdirectories to the load path. #+NAME: add-all #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defun oni:add-all-to-load-path (dir) (add-to-list 'load-path dir) (let ((default-directory dir)) (normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path))) #+END_SRC **** TODO Add load paths in different order depending on version The officially installed version should load =/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp= before =/usr/local/emacs/share/emacs/sit-lisp= and the bzr version should do the reversed. *** Projects Then there are some projects I'm working on, which I use on a daily basis, these should also be added so I don't have to constantly remove and re-install them through ~package.el~ when working on them. And there is the ~load-defs.el~ in my personal ~site-lisp~ directory of course. #+NAME: load-projects #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (mapc #'oni:add-to-load-path-maybe-load-defs '("~/projects/emacs/dispass.el" "~/var/src/emacs/mode-icons" "~/.emacs.d/site-lisp")) #+END_SRC The =oni:add-to-load-path-maybe-load-defs= function just adds the given directory to the load path and then looks for a file named ~loaddefs.el~ within that directory, if it exists it loads it. #+NAME: add-with-loaddefs #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defun oni:add-to-load-path-maybe-load-defs (dir) (add-to-list 'load-path dir) (let ((loaddefs (concat dir "/loaddefs.el"))) (when (file-exists-p loaddefs) (load loaddefs)))) #+END_SRC *** Themes And, finally, I'm also working on a color theme for emacs, this should be added to ~custom-theme-load-path~. By using =mapc= here as well I'm keeping in mind that this isn't the first theme I've worked on and it might not be the last either. #+NAME: load-themes #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (mapc #'oni:add-to-custom-theme-load-path '("~/projects/emacs/yoshi-theme")) #+END_SRC The =oni:add-to-custom-theme-load-path= just adds the given directory to the cutom theme load path. #+NAME: add-themes #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defun oni:add-to-custom-theme-load-path (dir) (add-to-list 'custom-theme-load-path dir)) #+END_SRC *** Evaluation Because during byte-compilation certain parts loaded so far might also be required I put it in an =eval-and-compile= form, so that all components are loaded with ~emacs -Q~ as well. Without this compilation might fail at certain points. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle init2.el :noweb yes (eval-and-compile <> <> <> <> <> <> <>) #+END_SRC ** Modules While I try to use =eval-after-load= and =autoload= as much as possible, some things require direct =require='ing to be of use. *** Require - ~auto-complete-config~ :: This sets up some default settings to make ~auto-complete~ work for most[fn:2] of the modes it supports. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle init2.el (require 'auto-complete-config) #+END_SRC - ~geiser-install~ :: Sets up geiser autoloads and such. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle init2.el (require 'geiser-install) #+END_SRC - ~uniquify~ :: Provides more helpful buffer name uniquification. The default of using ~buffer-name<2>~ is boring and uninformative, ~uniquify~ fixes this. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle init2.el (require 'uniquify) #+END_SRC - ~ext~ :: Functions from external sources. - ~oni~ :: Functions written personally. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle init2.el (require 'ext) (require 'oni) #+END_SRC *** Autoload These might not be used at all in a session, so they should only be loaded when necessary. =define-slime-contrib= was used by some module that didn't autoload or require it[fn:3]. But since I don't use whichever model it was every day, it is of no use to load it every single time. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle init2.el (autoload 'define-slime-contrib "slime") #+END_SRC I installed ~global~ with ~pacman~, but this doesn't add anything to any =loaddefs.el=, so doesn't create any autoloads. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle init2.el (autoload 'gtags-mode "gtags" nil t) #+END_SRC ~jabber.el~ does create ~jabber-autoloads.el~, but I only ever start using it through ~jabber-connect~, so anything else isn't really necessary. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle init2.el (autoload 'jabber-connect "jabber" nil t) #+END_SRC I used to work a bit on ~php-mode~, but that was a while ago, so it's still in my ~site-lisp~ directory. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle init2.el (autoload 'php-mode "php-mode" nil t) #+END_SRC The same that goes for ~gtags.el~ also goes for ~po-mode.el~. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle init2.el (autoload 'po-mode "po-mode" nil t) #+END_SRC And the same that went for ~php-mode~ also goes for ~pony-mode~, except I'm still working on it and I was too lazy to put it with my other projects. I should still do that. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle init2.el (autoload 'pony-mode "pony-mode" nil t) #+END_SRC ~sawfish.el~ has the same problem that ~gtags.el~ and ~po-mode.el~ have. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle init2.el (autoload 'sawfish-mode "sawfish" nil t) #+END_SRC I use =server-running-p= to check whether or not I should start a new server, but this function isn't autoloaded by default. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle init2.el (autoload 'server-running-p "server") #+END_SRC I was starting to try ~slime-js~ to make JavaScript programming more interesting, but I haven't gotten around to trying it out fully, yet. It shares issues with ~gtags.el~, ~po-mode.el~ and ~sawfish.el~. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle init2.el (autoload 'slime-js-minor-mode "slime-js" nil t) #+END_SRC I found ~xmodmap-mode~ on the [[http://emacswiki.org][EmacsWiki]] some time ago, it was simple and a good example of how to use ~define-generic-mode~, but since it's not really my project and it's really small it just sits in my ~site-lisp~ directory. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle init2.el (autoload 'xmodmap-mode "xmodmap-mode" nil t) #+END_SRC ~w3m~ also has a setup module like ~geiser-install~, but since I only ever use these two functions to start it, there is no real need for anything else. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle init2.el (autoload 'w3m-bookmark-view "w3m" nil t) (autoload 'w3m-goto-url "w3m" nil t) #+END_SRC * Aliases I've never had any trouble with accidentally pressing ~y~ while being asked a question, so I've never had any reason to prefer ~yes-or-no-p~ over ~y-or-n-p~. #+begin_src emacs-lisp :tangle init2.el (defalias 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p) #+end_src ~ibuffer~ is a drop-in replacement for ~list-buffers~, but with more features. #+begin_src emacs-lisp :tangle init2.el (defalias 'list-buffers 'ibuffer) #+end_src I don't know if replacing ~dabbrev-expand~ with ~hippie-expand~, but at least ~hippie-expand~ doesn't use ~dabbrev-expand~, and I haven't noticed anything wrong so far, and ~hippie-expand~ does so much more than ~dabbrev-expand~. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle init2.el (defalias 'dabbrev-expand 'hippie-expand) #+END_SRC * Faces Define a face to how the summary line of git commits as the first headline of an ~org-mode~ file. #+begin_src emacs-lisp :tangle init2.el (defface git-commit-summary-face '((t (:inherit org-level-1))) "Face for the git title line." :group 'local) #+end_src Define a face to show characters that have been placed beyond the maximum length of a summary line. #+begin_src emacs-lisp :tangle init2.el (defface git-commit-overlong-summary-face '((t (:background "#873732"))) "Face for commit titles that are too long." :group 'local) #+end_src Define a face to show characters that have been placed on the second line of a git commit. Those should always remain empty. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle init2.el (defface git-commit-nonempty-second-line-face '((t (:inherit git-commit-overlong-summary-face))) "Face for the supposedly empty line in commit messages." :group 'local) #+END_SRC * Keys Since the ~C-l~ combination is so much easier than ~C-j~ when using the [[http://colemak.com][colemak]] keyboard layout and I use ~C-j~ much more, switch them. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp tangle init2.el (define-key key-translation-map (kbd "C-j") (kbd "C-l")) (define-key key-translation-map (kbd "C-l") (kbd "C-j")) #+END_SRC * eldoc Diminish ~eldoc~'s lighter to nothing after it loads to keep the mode-line clean. #+begin_src emacs-lisp :tangle init2.el (eval-after-load "eldoc" '(diminish 'eldoc-mode)) #+end_src * eshell After ~em-term.el~ loads add ~unison~ to the ~eshell-visual-commands~ to make sure it gets unbuffered input. #+begin_src emacs-lisp :tangle init2.el (eval-after-load "em-term" '(add-to-list 'eshell-visual-commands "unison")) #+end_src * Footnotes [fn:1] Though it doesn't happen often that ~trunk~ is so messed up that I can't use it. [fn:2] Or perhaps all. [fn:3] I think it was ~slime-js-minor-mode~, but I'm not sure.