#+STARTUP: showall * Mode-icons Show icons instead of mode names in emacs. Modes that have icons instead of names now: - Emacs-Lisp - Python - Scheme - Lisp - PHP - HTML ** Installation To install use either method: *** package.el If you have [[http://gnu.org/software/emacs][Emacs]] 24 or ~package.el~ installed manually you can just create the tar file and use =package-install-file= to install it. **** Create the tar file Use =make dist= to create the tar file needed for ~package.el~. *** manually Place ~mode-icons.el~ somewhere in your =load-path= and copy the ~icons/~ directory there as well. Then =require= ~mode-icons~ in your [[http://gnu.org/software/emacs][Emacs]] init file. ** Usage Once installed you can add =(mode-icons-mode)= to your init file.