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* emacs.d
My personal Emacs settings with inspiration from:
- [[https://github.com/magnars/.emacs.d][magnars/.emacs.d]]
- [[https://github.com/purcell/emacs.d][purcell/emacs.d]]
- [[https://github.com/technomancy/better-defaults][technomancy/better-defaults]]
** Considerations
This =emacs.d= makes Emacs into a highly productive editor for me. I try to
keep the following in mind when maintaining it:
- Let Emacs be Emacs. Don't attempt to transform it into another editor.
- Keep the configuration as small as possible.
- Improve upon unusable default settings.
- Build the configuration from scratch. Avoid Emacs distributions such as
[[https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs][syl20bnr/spacemacs]], [[https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude][bbatsov/prelude]] or [[https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs][hlissner/doom-emacs]]. This is not a
comment on the quality or purpose of such distributions, they're just not
for me.
- Keep the number of external packages to a minimum.
- Eschew heavy-weight packages that fundamentally change how Emacs works.
- Prefer packages that compose well with the rest of Emacs.
- Try to unify keybindings across similar modes (e.g. =o= and =C-o= in
=dired= and =grep=). Keybindings can be notoriously inconsistent across
modes.
- Be vigilant in throwing away keybindings, packages or other configuration
that remains unused for long periods.
- Don't complicate =org-mode= too much. I use =org= to manage much of my life
and a minimum configuration exists to accomplish this.
- Avoid additional =org= packages as =org= itself is more than big enough.
- Make code navigation quick and easy.
- Most non-trivial code repositories contain a high number of source files
and navigating them efficiently is key to my productivity.
- Limit responsibilities. I.e. I have tried and failed to use Emacs for email
and RSS.
** Language Server Protocol
The =Makefile= contains targets for installing servers that implement the
Language Server Protocol (LSP).
Once installed, =eglot= should detect and use the servers automatically.
This configuration enables formatting on save by default. To disable this
behavior, add the relevant mode(s) to =mpolden/inhibit-format-before-save=.
Example:
#+begin_src elisp
(setq mpolden/inhibit-format-before-save '(foo-mode))
#+end_src
** Version compatibility
Lowest supported Emacs version is the one found in [[https://packages.debian.org/stable/emacs][Debian stable]]. No
guarantees for older versions.
** Setup
Clone the repository:
#+begin_src sh
git clone https://github.com/mpolden/emacs.d
#+end_src
Install symlink in =~/.emacs.d=:
*This will overwrite any existing file or symlink!*
#+begin_src sh
$ cd emacs.d
$ make install
#+end_src
Start Emacs!
** Local customizations
Local customizations can be added to =lisp/init-local.el=. This file is in
=.gitignore=.
Setting the variable =mpolden/inhibited-features= (e.g. in
=lisp/init-local.el=) allows inhibiting loading of one or more features,
i.e. files in =lisp=. Example:
#+begin_src elisp
(setq mpolden/inhibited-features '(init-foo init-bar))
#+end_src
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