#+TITLE: Emacs configuration file #+AUTHOR: Lars Tveito #+PROPERTY: header-args :tangle yes #+STARTUP: overview * About This is an Emacs configuration file written in [[http://orgmode.org][Org mode]]. It is an attempt to keep my =~/.emacs.d= tidy, but still be able to keep it all in one file. I aim to briefly explain all my configurations as I go along! I would not recommend using this configuration /as-is/, because it probably contains a lot you don't really need. I do, however, hope people find some golden nuggets that they can smuggle into their own configs. If you really do want to try this config out, this is how I'd go about it: Clone the repo. #+begin_src sh :tangle no git clone https://github.com/larstvei/dot-emacs #+end_src Backup your old =~/.emacs.d= (if necessary). #+begin_src sh :tangle no mv ~/.emacs.d ~/.emacs.d-bak #+end_src Backup your old =~/.emacs=-file (if necessary). #+begin_src sh :tangle no mv ~/.emacs ~/.emacs-bak #+end_src And finally #+begin_src sh :tangle no mv dot-emacs ~/.emacs.d #+end_src On first run it should install a bunch of packages (this might take a while), and you might have to restart your Emacs the first time. If you experience bugs, please let me know! * Meta All changes to the configuration should be done in =init.org=, *not* in =init.el=. Any changes in the =init.el= will be overwritten by saving =init.org=. The =init.el= in this repo should not be tracked by git, and is replaced the first time Emacs is started (assuming it has been renamed to =~/.emacs.d=). Emacs can't load =.org=-files directly, but =org-mode= provides functions to extract the code blocks and write them to a file. There are multiple ways of handling this; like suggested by [[http://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/3143/can-i-use-org-mode-to-structure-my-emacs-or-other-el-configuration-file][this StackOverflow post]], one could just use =org-babel-load-file=, but I had problems with byte-compilation. Previously I tracked both the =org.=- and =el.=-files, but the git commits got a little messy. So here is a new approach. When this configuration is loaded for the first time, the ~init.el~ is the file that is loaded. It looks like this: #+begin_src emacs-lisp :tangle no ;; This file replaces itself with the actual configuration at first run. ;; We can't tangle without org! (require 'org) ;; Open the configuration (find-file (concat user-emacs-directory "init.org")) ;; tangle it (org-babel-tangle) ;; load it (load-file (concat user-emacs-directory "init.el")) ;; finally byte-compile it (byte-compile-file (concat user-emacs-directory "init.el")) #+end_src It tangles the org-file, so that this file is overwritten with the actual configuration. There is no reason to track the =init.el= that is generated; by running the following command =git= will not bother tracking it: #+begin_src sh :tangle no git update-index --assume-unchanged init.el #+end_src If one wishes to make changes to the repo-version of =init.el= start tracking again with: #+begin_src sh :tangle no git update-index --no-assume-unchanged init.el #+end_src I want lexical scoping for the init-file, which can be specified in the header. The first line of the configuration is as follows: #+begin_src emacs-lisp ;;; -*- lexical-binding: t -*- #+end_src The =init.el= should (after the first run) mirror the source blocks in the =init.org=. We can use =C-c C-v t= to run =org-babel-tangle=, which extracts the code blocks from the current file into a source-specific file (in this case a =.el=-file). To avoid doing this each time a change is made we can add a function to the =after-save-hook= ensuring to always tangle and byte-compile the =org=-document after changes. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (defun tangle-init () "If the current buffer is init.org the code-blocks are tangled, and the tangled file is compiled." (when (equal (buffer-file-name) (expand-file-name (concat user-emacs-directory "init.org"))) ;; Avoid running hooks when tangling. (let ((prog-mode-hook nil)) (org-babel-tangle) (byte-compile-file (concat user-emacs-directory "init.el"))))) (add-hook 'after-save-hook 'tangle-init) #+end_src I'd like to keep a few settings private, so we load a =private.el= if it exists after the init-file has loaded. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (add-hook 'after-init-hook (lambda () (let ((private-file (concat user-emacs-directory "private.el"))) (when (file-exists-p private-file) (load-file private-file)) (when custom-file (load-file custom-file)) (server-start)))) #+end_src ** Faster startup A common optimization is to temporarily disable garbage collection during initialization. Here, we set the ~gc-cons-threshold~ to a ridiculously large number, and restore the default value after initialization. #+begin_src emacs-lisp :tangle early-init.el (setq gc-cons-threshold most-positive-fixnum) (add-hook 'after-init-hook (lambda () (setq gc-cons-threshold (* 1024 1024 20)))) #+end_src * Packages John Wiegley's extremely popular [[https://github.com/jwiegley/use-package][use-package]] was included in [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2022-12/msg00261.html][Emacs 29]]. It provides a powerful macro for isolating package configuration. After ignoring this for a decade, I'll budge and give it a whirl. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (require 'use-package) (setq use-package-always-ensure t) #+end_src Packages can be fetched from different mirrors, [[http://melpa.milkbox.net/#/][melpa]] is the largest archive and is well maintained. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (setq package-archives '(("GNU ELPA" . "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/") ("MELPA Stable" . "https://stable.melpa.org/packages/") ("MELPA" . "https://melpa.org/packages/")) package-archive-priorities '(("GNU ELPA" . 10) ("MELPA" . 5) ("MELPA Stable" . 0))) #+end_src * Sane defaults These are what /I/ consider to be saner defaults. Set =utf-8= as preferred coding system. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (set-language-environment "UTF-8") (prefer-coding-system 'utf-8) #+end_src We can set variables to whatever value we'd like using =setq=. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (setq auto-revert-interval 1 ; Refresh buffers fast default-input-method "TeX" ; Use TeX when toggling input method echo-keystrokes 0.1 ; Show keystrokes asap enable-recursive-minibuffers t ; Allow recursive minibuffers frame-inhibit-implied-resize 1 ; Don't resize frame implicitly inhibit-startup-screen t ; No splash screen please initial-scratch-message nil ; Clean scratch buffer recentf-max-saved-items 10000 ; Show more recent files ring-bell-function 'ignore ; Quiet scroll-margin 1 ; Space between cursor and top/bottom sentence-end-double-space nil ; No double space custom-file ; Customizations in a separate file (concat user-emacs-directory "custom.el")) ;; Some mac-bindings interfere with Emacs bindings. (when (boundp 'mac-pass-command-to-system) (setq mac-pass-command-to-system nil)) #+end_src Some variables are buffer-local, so changing them using =setq= will only change them in a single buffer. Using =setq-default= we change the buffer-local variable's default value. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (setq-default tab-width 4 ; Smaller tabs fill-column 79 ; Maximum line width truncate-lines t ; Don't fold lines indent-tabs-mode nil ; Use spaces instead of tabs split-width-threshold 160 ; Split verticly by default split-height-threshold nil ; Split verticly by default frame-resize-pixelwise t ; Fine-grained frame resize auto-fill-function 'do-auto-fill) ; Auto-fill-mode everywhere #+end_src The =load-path= specifies where Emacs should look for =.el=-files (or Emacs lisp files). I have a directory called =site-lisp= where I keep all extensions that have been installed manually (these are mostly my own projects). #+begin_src emacs-lisp (let ((default-directory (concat user-emacs-directory "site-lisp/"))) (when (file-exists-p default-directory) (setq load-path (append (let ((load-path (copy-sequence load-path))) (normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path)) load-path)))) #+end_src Answering /yes/ and /no/ to each question from Emacs can be tedious, a single /y/ or /n/ will suffice. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p) #+end_src To avoid file system clutter we put all auto saved files in a single directory. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (defvar emacs-autosave-directory (concat user-emacs-directory "autosaves/") "This variable dictates where to put auto saves. It is set to a directory called autosaves located wherever your .emacs.d/ is located.") ;; Sets all files to be backed up and auto saved in a single directory. (setq backup-directory-alist `((".*" . ,emacs-autosave-directory)) auto-save-file-name-transforms `((".*" ,emacs-autosave-directory t))) #+end_src By default the =narrow-to-region= command is disabled and issues a warning, because it might confuse new users. I find it useful sometimes, and don't want to be warned. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (put 'narrow-to-region 'disabled nil) #+end_src Automaticly revert =doc-view=-buffers when the file changes on disk. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (add-hook 'doc-view-mode-hook 'auto-revert-mode) #+end_src * Key bindings Inspired by [[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/683425/globally-override-key-binding-in-emacs][this StackOverflow post]] I keep a =custom-bindings-map= that holds all my custom bindings. This map can be activated by toggling a simple =minor-mode= that does nothing more than activating the map. This inhibits other =major-modes= to override these bindings. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (defvar custom-bindings-map (make-keymap) "A keymap for custom bindings.") #+end_src ** Modal meow I have been wanting to try out modal editing. [[https://github.com/meow-edit/meow][meow]] seems like a nice package, where I can still use a lot of the ten years of Emacs that are already in my fingers. These are the default settings for qwerty. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package meow :config (setq meow-cheatsheet-layout meow-cheatsheet-layout-qwerty) (add-to-list 'meow-mode-state-list '(vterm-mode . insert)) (add-to-list 'meow-mode-state-list '(comint-mode . insert)) (meow-motion-overwrite-define-key '("j" . meow-next) '("k" . meow-prev) '("" . ignore)) (meow-leader-define-key ;; SPC j/k will run the original command in MOTION state. '("j" . "H-j") '("k" . "H-k") ;; Use SPC (0-9) for digit arguments. '("1" . meow-digit-argument) '("2" . meow-digit-argument) '("3" . meow-digit-argument) '("4" . meow-digit-argument) '("5" . meow-digit-argument) '("6" . meow-digit-argument) '("7" . meow-digit-argument) '("8" . meow-digit-argument) '("9" . meow-digit-argument) '("0" . meow-digit-argument) '("/" . meow-keypad-describe-key) '("?" . meow-cheatsheet)) (meow-normal-define-key '("0" . meow-expand-0) '("9" . meow-expand-9) '("8" . meow-expand-8) '("7" . meow-expand-7) '("6" . meow-expand-6) '("5" . meow-expand-5) '("4" . meow-expand-4) '("3" . meow-expand-3) '("2" . meow-expand-2) '("1" . meow-expand-1) '("-" . negative-argument) '(";" . meow-reverse) '("," . meow-inner-of-thing) '("." . meow-bounds-of-thing) '("[" . meow-beginning-of-thing) '("]" . meow-end-of-thing) '("a" . meow-append) '("A" . meow-open-below) '("b" . meow-back-word) '("B" . meow-back-symbol) '("c" . meow-change) '("d" . meow-delete) '("D" . meow-backward-delete) '("e" . meow-next-word) '("E" . meow-next-symbol) '("f" . meow-find) '("g" . meow-cancel-selection) '("G" . meow-grab) '("h" . meow-left) '("H" . meow-left-expand) '("i" . meow-insert) '("I" . meow-open-above) '("j" . meow-next) '("J" . meow-next-expand) '("k" . meow-prev) '("K" . meow-prev-expand) '("l" . meow-right) '("L" . meow-right-expand) '("m" . meow-join) '("n" . meow-search) '("o" . meow-block) '("O" . meow-to-block) '("p" . meow-yank) '("q" . meow-quit) '("Q" . meow-goto-line) '("r" . meow-replace) '("R" . meow-swap-grab) '("s" . meow-kill) '("t" . meow-till) '("u" . meow-undo) '("U" . meow-undo-in-selection) '("v" . meow-visit) '("w" . meow-mark-word) '("W" . meow-mark-symbol) '("x" . meow-line) '("X" . meow-goto-line) '("y" . meow-save) '("Y" . meow-sync-grab) '("z" . meow-pop-selection) '("'" . repeat) '("" . ignore)) (meow-global-mode 1)) #+end_src * Visual First off, let's declutter. Remove clickies to give a nice and clean look. Also, the cursor can relax. We add this to the [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Early-Init-File.html][early-init]], as it might be marginally faster, and look less wonky. #+begin_src emacs-lisp :tangle early-init.el (dolist (mode '(tool-bar-mode ; No toolbars, more room for text scroll-bar-mode ; No scroll bars either blink-cursor-mode)) ; The blinking cursor gets old (funcall mode 0)) #+end_src Add a small border on the frame. This also goes in the early-init. #+begin_src emacs-lisp :tangle early-init.el (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(undecorated . t)) (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(internal-border-width . 24)) #+end_src I am using a lot from [[https://github.com/rougier/nano-emacs][rougier's N Λ N O Emacs]], starting with the theme. ** Theme For the light theme, I keep the light background toned down a touch. #+begin_src emacs-lisp ;; N Λ N O theme (use-package nano-theme :init (setq nano-light-background "#fafafa" nano-light-highlight "#f5f7f8")) #+end_src The theme is set according to the system appearance (on macOS) if that is available, defaulting to a light theme. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (defun load-nano-theme (variant) (let ((theme (intern (concat "nano-" (symbol-name variant))))) (load-theme theme t))) (load-nano-theme (if (boundp 'ns-system-appearance) ns-system-appearance 'light)) #+end_src Let's have Emacs change theme when the system appearance changes as well. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (when (boundp 'ns-system-appearance-change-functions) (add-hook 'ns-system-appearance-change-functions 'load-nano-theme)) #+end_src I want to be able to quickly switch between a light and a dark theme. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (defun cycle-themes () "Returns a function that lets you cycle your themes." (let ((themes '(nano-light nano-dark))) (lambda () (interactive) ;; Rotates the thme cycle and changes the current theme. (let ((rotated (nconc (cdr themes) (list (car themes))))) (load-theme (car (setq themes rotated)) t)) (message (concat "Switched to " (symbol-name (car themes))))))) #+end_src ** Mode line This is my setup for [[https://github.com/rougier/nano-modeline][N Λ N O Modeline]] after version 1.0.0: #+begin_src emacs-lisp ;; N Λ N O modeline (use-package nano-modeline :after meow :init ;; Disable the default modeline (setq-default mode-line-format nil) :config (defun meow-nano-modeline-indicator () "Create the status indicator for the modeline." (pcase (meow--current-state) ('normal (propertize " N " 'face (nano-modeline-face 'status-RO))) ('motion (propertize " M " 'face (nano-modeline-face 'status-RO))) ('insert (propertize " I " 'face (nano-modeline-face 'status-RW))) ('keypad (propertize " K " 'face (nano-modeline-face 'status-**))) ('beacon (propertize " B " 'face (nano-modeline-face 'status-**))))) (defun my-default-nano-modeline (&optional default) "My nano modeline configuration." (funcall nano-modeline-position `((nano-modeline-buffer-status) (meow-nano-modeline-indicator) " " (nano-modeline-buffer-name) " " (nano-modeline-git-info)) `((nano-modeline-cursor-position) (nano-modeline-window-dedicated)) default)) (my-default-nano-modeline 1)) #+end_src ** Font I primarily use [[https://github.com/adobe-fonts][Adobe Fonts]]. My default monospace font is [[https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-code-pro][Source Code Pro]]: #+begin_src emacs-lisp (when (member "Source Code Pro" (font-family-list)) (set-face-attribute 'default nil :font "Source Code Pro-15")) #+end_src My preferred proportional font is [[https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-serif][Source Serif]]. In order to get variable-pitch fonts where it makes sense, I use [[https://gitlab.com/jabranham/mixed-pitch][mixed-pitch]]. #+begin_src emacs-lisp ;; Use a variable pitch, keeping fixed pitch where it's sensible (use-package mixed-pitch :defer t :hook (text-mode . mixed-pitch-mode) :config (when (member "Source Serif Pro" (font-family-list)) (set-face-attribute 'variable-pitch nil :family "Source Serif Pro"))) #+end_src ** Centering with Olivetti [[https://github.com/rnkn/olivetti][Olivetti]] is a package that simply centers the text of a buffer. It is very simple and beautiful. The default width is just a bit short. #+begin_src emacs-lisp ;; Minor mode for a nice writing environment (use-package olivetti :defer t :bind (:map custom-bindings-map ("C-c o" . olivetti-mode)) :config (setq-default olivetti-body-width (+ fill-column 3))) #+end_src ** Adaptive wrapping I usually have =auto-fill-mode= enabled. When =visual-fill-mode= is enabled, try to mimic how it looks when having used =fill-paragraph= with =adaptive-wrap=. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package adaptive-wrap :defer t :hook (visual-line-mode . adaptive-wrap-prefix-mode)) #+end_src ** Focusing with focus [[https://github.com/larstvei/Focus][Focus]] is my own package. It looks pretty nice, especially in combination with Olivetti! #+begin_src emacs-lisp ;; Dim color of text in surrounding sections (use-package focus :defer t :bind (:map custom-bindings-map ("C-c f" . focus-mode))) #+end_src ** Dashboard Dashboard provides a nice welcome. #+begin_src emacs-lisp ;; A startup screen extracted from Spacemacs (use-package dashboard :config (setq dashboard-projects-backend 'project-el dashboard-banner-logo-title nil dashboard-center-content t dashboard-set-footer nil dashboard-page-separator "\n\n\n" dashboard-items '((projects . 15) (recents . 15) (bookmarks . 5))) (dashboard-setup-startup-hook)) #+end_src * Mac OS X I run this configuration mostly on macOS, so we need a couple of settings to make things work smoothly. I use the =Command=-key as the =Meta=-key, Freeing up the =Option=-key, which I need for typing Norwegian characters on a US keyboard. In addition, it is more comfortable. I try to minimize the use of frames. The native compilation gives a lot of warnings, but they seem safe to ignore. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (when (memq window-system '(mac ns)) (setq mac-option-modifier nil mac-command-modifier 'meta ns-pop-up-frames nil native-comp-async-report-warnings-errors nil)) #+end_src The package [[https://github.com/purcell/exec-path-from-shell][exec-path-from-shell]] synchronizes environment variables from the shell to Emacs. This makes it a lot easier to deal with external programs on macOS. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package exec-path-from-shell :if (memq window-system '(mac ns)) :config (exec-path-from-shell-initialize)) #+end_src I had some problems with Dired, and this seems to have solved it. I /think/ the solutions was from [[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4076360/error-in-dired-sorting-on-os-x][here]], and my problems were related, but not the same. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package ls-lisp :ensure nil :if (memq window-system '(mac ns)) :config (setq ls-lisp-use-insert-directory-program nil)) #+end_src It is useful to be able to occasionally open the file associated with a buffer in macOS Finder. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package reveal-in-osx-finder :if (memq window-system '(mac ns))) #+end_src * Modes Here are a list of modes that I prefer enable by default. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (dolist (mode '(abbrev-mode ; E.g. sopl -> System.out.println column-number-mode ; Show column number in mode line delete-selection-mode ; Replace selected text dirtrack-mode ; directory tracking in *shell* global-so-long-mode ; Mitigate performance for long lines recentf-mode ; Recently opened files show-paren-mode)) ; Highlight matching parentheses (funcall mode 1)) #+end_src * Version control Magit is the best. #+begin_src emacs-lisp ;; A Git porcelain inside Emacs. (use-package magit :hook ((magit-pre-refresh . diff-hl-magit-pre-refresh) (magit-post-refresh . diff-hl-magit-post-refresh)) :bind (:map custom-bindings-map ("C-c m" . magit-status))) #+end_src Have some visual indication where there are uncommitted changes. #+begin_src emacs-lisp ;; Highlight uncommitted changes using VC (use-package diff-hl :config (global-diff-hl-mode 1)) #+end_src * Project #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package project :config (add-to-list 'project-switch-commands '(magit-project-status "Magit" ?m))) #+end_src * Window management Some keybindings (involving the option, resulting in funny symbols) for window management. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package windmove :ensure nil :bind (:map custom-bindings-map ("M-˙" . windmove-left) ("M-∆" . windmove-down) ("M-˚" . windmove-up) ("M-¬" . windmove-right) ("M-ó" . windmove-swap-states-left) ("M-ô" . windmove-swap-states-down) ("M-" . windmove-swap-states-up) ("M-ò" . windmove-swap-states-right))) #+end_src * EditorConfig Using [[https://editorconfig.org/][EditorConfig]] is a must when collaborating with others. It is also a way of having multiple tools that want to format your buffer to agree (e.g. both the language's Emacs mode and some external formatter/prettifier). #+begin_src emacs-lisp ;; EditorConfig Emacs Plugin (use-package editorconfig :config (editorconfig-mode 1)) #+end_src * Completion UI I have transitioned from [[https://emacs-helm.github.io/helm/][Helm]] to [[http://oremacs.com/swiper/][Ivy]], and now, on to [[https://github.com/minad/vertico][Vertico]]. It improves the interface calling commands (i.e. ~M-x~), finding files, switching buffers, searching files and so on. Using the ~vertico-buffer-mode~ gives a more Helm-like experience, where completions are given a full fledged buffer. #+begin_src emacs-lisp ;; VERTical Interactive COmpletion (use-package vertico :init (vertico-mode 1) :config (setq vertico-count 25)) #+end_src Use the built in ~savehist-mode~ to prioritize recently used commands. #+begin_src emacs-lisp ;; Save minibuffer history (use-package savehist :init (savehist-mode 1)) #+end_src With [[https://github.com/minad/marginalia/][Marginalia]], we get better descriptions for commands inline. #+begin_src emacs-lisp ;; Enrich existing commands with completion annotations (use-package marginalia :init (marginalia-mode 1)) #+end_src ** Completion I used [[https://github.com/auto-complete/auto-complete][Auto-Complete]] for years, then I used [[http://company-mode.github.io/][company-mode]] for even more years, and now I am giving [[https://github.com/minad/corfu][corfu]] a shot. I want a pretty aggressive completion system, hence the no delay settings and a short prefix length. #+begin_src emacs-lisp ;; Modular text completion framework (use-package corfu :init (global-corfu-mode 1) (corfu-popupinfo-mode 1) :config (setq corfu-cycle t corfu-auto t corfu-auto-delay 0 corfu-auto-prefix 2 corfu-popupinfo-delay 0.5)) #+end_src I use corfu in concert with [[https://github.com/oantolin/orderless][orderless]]. #+begin_src emacs-lisp ;; Emacs completion style that matches multiple regexps in any order (use-package orderless :config (setq completion-styles '(orderless basic partial-completion) completion-category-overrides '((file (styles basic partial-completion))) orderless-component-separator "[ |]")) #+end_src ** Navigation and searching The package [[https://github.com/minad/consult][Consult]] improves navigation and searching. #+begin_src emacs-lisp ;; Consulting completing-read (use-package consult :bind (:map custom-bindings-map ("C-x b" . consult-buffer) ("C-c r" . consult-ripgrep)) :config (setq consult-preview-key (list :debounce 0.1 'any))) #+end_src * PDF Tools [[https://github.com/vedang/pdf-tools][PDF Tools]] makes a huge improvement on the built-in [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Document-View.html][doc-view-mode]]! Removing the =header-line-format= gives a very clean PDF-viewer; let's add that to a key. #+begin_src emacs-lisp ;; Emacs support library for PDF files (use-package pdf-tools :defer t :mode "\\.pdf\\'" :bind (:map pdf-view-mode-map ("c" . (lambda () (interactive) (if header-line-format (setq header-line-format nil) (nano-modeline-pdf-mode)))) ("j" . pdf-view-next-line-or-next-page) ("k" . pdf-view-previous-line-or-previous-page)) :hook (pdf-view-mode . (lambda () (nano-modeline-pdf-mode) (set (make-local-variable 'meow-cursor-type-default) nil))) :init (pdf-loader-install) :config (add-to-list 'revert-without-query ".pdf")) #+end_src * Spelling ** Flyspell Flyspell offers on-the-fly spell checking. When working with several languages, we should be able to cycle through the languages we most frequently use. Every buffer should have a separate cycle of languages, so that cycling in one buffer does not change the state in a different buffer (this problem occurs if you only have one global cycle). We can implement this by using a [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Closures.html][closure]]. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (defun cycle-languages () "Changes the ispell dictionary to the first element in ISPELL-LANGUAGES, and returns an interactive function that cycles the languages in ISPELL-LANGUAGES when invoked." (let ((ispell-languages (list "american" "norsk"))) (lambda () (interactive) ;; Rotates the languages cycle and changes the ispell dictionary. (let ((rotated (nconc (cdr ispell-languages) (list (car ispell-languages))))) (ispell-change-dictionary (car (setq ispell-languages rotated))))))) #+end_src We enable =flyspell-mode= for all text-modes, and use =flyspell-prog-mode= for spell checking comments and strings in all programming modes. We bind =C-c l= to a function returned from =cycle-languages=, giving a language switcher for every buffer where flyspell is enabled. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package flyspell :defer t :if (executable-find "aspell") :hook ((text-mode . flyspell-mode) (prog-mode . flyspell-prog-mode) (flyspell-mode . (lambda () (local-set-key (kbd "C-c l") (cycle-languages))))) :config (ispell-change-dictionary "american" t)) #+end_src ** Define word This super neat package looks up the word at point. I use it a lot! #+begin_src emacs-lisp ;; display the definition of word at point (use-package define-word :defer t :bind (:map custom-bindings-map ("C-c D" . define-word-at-point))) #+end_src * Lorem ipsum Do you ever want to insert some [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum][Lorem ipsum]]? #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package lorem-ipsum) #+end_src Now, run ~M-x lorem-ipsum-insert-paragraphs~ and get: #+begin_quote Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Donec hendrerit tempor tellus. Donec pretium posuere tellus. Proin quam nisl, tincidunt et, mattis eget, convallis nec, purus. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Nulla posuere. Donec vitae dolor. Nullam tristique diam non turpis. Cras placerat accumsan nulla. Nullam rutrum. Nam vestibulum accumsan nisl. #+end_quote * Org I use Org mode extensively. Some of these configurations may be unfortunate, but it is a bit impractical to change, as I have years worth of org-files and want to avoid having to reformat a lot of files. One example is =org-adapt-indentation=, which changed default value in version 9.5 of Org mode. Another is that I for some unknown reason decided to content within source content not be indented by two spaces (which is the default). Note that I disable some safety features, so please don't copy and paste mindlessly (see the documentation for =org-confirm-babel-evaluate= and =org-export-allow-bind-keywords=). #+begin_src emacs-lisp ;; Outline-based notes management and organizer (use-package org :defer t :config (setq org-adapt-indentation t org-hide-leading-stars t org-hide-emphasis-markers t org-pretty-entities t org-src-fontify-natively t org-startup-folded t org-edit-src-content-indentation 0)) #+end_src ** LaTeX export For LaTeX export, I default to using XeLaTeX for compilation, and the [[https://github.com/tecosaur/engrave-faces][engrave-faces]] package for syntax highlighting source blocks after the Emacs color theme. #+begin_src emacs-lisp ;; Convert font-lock faces to other formats (use-package engrave-faces :defer t) #+end_src I have PDFs open directly in Emacs ([[PDF Tools]]). In addition, I have support for a couple of custom LaTeX classes. #+begin_src emacs-lisp ;; LaTeX Back-End for Org Export Engine (use-package ox-latex :ensure nil :after org :config (setq org-export-allow-bind-keywords t org-latex-src-block-backend 'engraved org-latex-pdf-process '("latexmk -pdflatex='xelatex -shell-escape -interaction nonstopmode' -pdf -f %f")) (add-to-list 'org-file-apps '("\\.pdf\\'" . emacs)) (add-to-list 'org-latex-classes '("ifimaster" "\\documentclass{ifimaster} [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] [PACKAGES] [EXTRA] \\usepackage{babel,csquotes,ifimasterforside,url,varioref}" ("\\chapter{%s}" . "\\chapter*{%s}") ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}") ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}") ("\\subsubsection{%s}" . "\\subsubsection*{%s}") ("\\paragraph{%s}" . "\\paragraph*{%s}") ("\\subparagraph{%s}" . "\\subparagraph*{%s}"))) (add-to-list 'org-latex-classes '("easychair" "\\documentclass{easychair}" ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}") ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}") ("\\subsubsection{%s}" . "\\subsubsection*{%s}") ("\\paragraph{%s}" . "\\paragraph*{%s}") ("\\subparagraph{%s}" . "\\subparagraph*{%s}")))) #+end_src ** Babel Add a few languages for Org babel. In addition, don't evaluate code on export by default. #+begin_src emacs-lisp ;; Working with Code Blocks in Org (use-package ob :ensure nil :after org :config (setq org-export-use-babel nil org-confirm-babel-evaluate nil) (org-babel-do-load-languages 'org-babel-load-languages '((emacs-lisp . t) (python . t) (clojure . t)))) #+end_src Default to use whatever interpreter is set by =python-shell-interpreter=. #+begin_src emacs-lisp ;; Babel Functions for Python (use-package ob-python :ensure nil :after (ob python) :config (setq org-babel-python-command python-shell-interpreter)) #+end_src ** Tempo Since version 9.2 of Org mode, typing =" . tidy)) :config (define-key custom-bindings-map (kbd "C-c .") (cycle-themes))) #+end_src Lastly we need to activate the map by creating and activating the =minor-mode=. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (define-minor-mode custom-bindings-mode "A mode that activates custom-bindings." :init-value t :keymap custom-bindings-map) #+end_src * License My Emacs configurations written in Org mode. Copyright (c) 2013 - 2023 Lars Tveito This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see .