#+TITLE: Emacs init
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#+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.
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
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#+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
There are some functions that are just better than others, no
matter how politically incorrect it might be to admit.
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle init2.el
(defalias 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p)
(defalias 'list-buffers 'ibuffer)
(defalias 'dabbrev-expand 'hippie-expand)
#+END_SRC
* Faces
Define faces for use with ~magit~ log edit mode.
#+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)
(defface git-commit-overlong-summary-face
'((t (:background "#873732")))
"Face for commit titles that are too long."
:group 'local)
(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
With the awesome power of Emacs comes the need for lots of
keybindings.
** Translation
Since the ~C-l~ combination is so much easier than ~C-j~ when using
the [[http://colemak.com][colemak]] keyboard layout and ~C-j~ is used so 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
* 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.