@@ -81,6 +81,18 @@ use-package-always-ensure t       package-enable-at-startup nil)
 #+END_SRC
 
+** Helpers
+
+*** Hook Helpers
+
+An improvement over add-hook with lamda functions that allows
+modification and removal, without the boilerplate of an extra function
+definition.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
+(use-package hook-helpers)
+#+END_SRC
+
 * Customize
 I don’t really like using customize for normal configuration.
 Instead, I use it for things that get saved automatically.  That’s why
@@ -758,8 +770,8 @@ (use-package smart-tabs-mode   :defer 1
   :config (progn
             (smart-tabs-insinuate 'c 'cperl 'python)
-            (add-hook 'php-mode-hook (lambda ()
-                                       (smart-tabs-mode indent-tabs-mode)))))
+            (define-hook-helper php-mode ()
+              (smart-tabs-mode indent-tabs-mode))))
 #+END_SRC
 
 ** editorconfig
@@ -777,12 +789,10 @@ #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
 (use-package dtrt-indent
   :config (progn
-            (defun ap/dtrt-adapt-if-needed ()
-              (unless editorconfig-mode
+            (define-hook-helper after-change-major-mode ()
+              (unless (and (fboundp editorconfig-mode)
+                           editorconfig-mode)
                 (dtrt-indent-adapt)))
-            (if (fboundp #'editorconfig-mode)
-                (add-hook 'after-change-major-mode-hook #'ap/dtrt-adapt-if-needed)
-              (add-hook 'after-change-major-mode-hook #'dtrt-indent-adapt))
             (defadvice dtrt-indent-try-set-offset (after toggle-smart-tabs activate)
               (smart-tabs-mode (or indent-tabs-mode -1)))))
 #+END_SRC
@@ -940,7 +950,7 @@ :diminish "Cmpl"   :bind (("C-<tab>" . company-complete)
          ("TAB" . company-indent-or-complete-common))
   :init (progn
-          (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook #'company-mode)
+          (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook #'company-mode-on)
           (setq company-backends '(company-bbdb company-web-html company-tern company-nxml company-css company-eclim company-semantic company-elisp
                                                 company-clang company-xcode company-cmake company-capf
                                                 company-files (company-gtags
@@ -1705,10 +1715,9 @@ :commands company-go   :config (progn
             (setq company-go-show-annotation t))
   :init (progn
-          (defun ap/company-go-setup ()
+          (define-hook-helper go-mode ()
             (set (make-local-variable 'company-backends)
-                 '(company-go)))
-          (add-hook 'go-mode-hook #'ap/company-go-setup)))
+                 '(company-go)))))
 
 (use-package go-eldoc
   :commands go-eldoc-setup
@@ -1769,7 +1778,11 @@ "Hook run when entering any Lisp mode."   :type 'hook
   :group 'lisp)
 
-(defun ap/lisp-setup ()
+(create-hook-helper lisp-mode-setup ()
+  :hooks (emacs-lisp-mode-hook
+          scheme-mode-hook
+          lisp-mode-hook
+          clojure-mode-hook)
   (run-hooks 'lisp-mode-common-hook))
 #+END_SRC
 
@@ -1792,7 +1805,6 @@ Customise the modeline-display of =emacs-lisp-mode=.  Then make sure it runs the common lisp hooks.
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook #'ap/lisp-setup)
 (add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook #'eldoc-mode)
 #+END_SRC
 
@@ -1813,8 +1825,8 @@ (use-package ielm   :defer t
   :ensure nil
   :config (progn
-            (add-hook 'ielm-mode-hook (lambda ()
-                                        (run-hooks 'lisp-mode-common-hook)))))
+            (define-hook-helper ielm-mode ()
+              (run-hooks 'lisp-mode-common-hook))))
 #+END_SRC
 
 *** Scheme & Lisp
@@ -1822,12 +1834,9 @@ I don’t work with these as often as I would like
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(add-hook 'scheme-mode-hook #'ap/lisp-setup)
-(add-hook 'lisp-mode-hook #'ap/lisp-setup)
-(defun set-common-lisp-indentation ()
+(define-hook-helper lisp-mode ()
   (set (make-local-variable 'lisp-indent-function)
        #'common-lisp-indent-function))
-(add-hook 'lisp-mode-hook #'set-common-lisp-indentation)
 #+END_SRC
 
 **** geiser
@@ -1866,8 +1875,8 @@ #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package clojure-mode
   :defer t
   :init (progn
-          (add-hook 'cider-repl-mode-hook (lambda () (highlight-changes-mode -1)))
-          (add-hook 'clojure-mode-hook #'ap/lisp-setup)))
+          (define-hook-helper cider-repl-mode ()
+            (highlight-changes-mode -1))))
 
 (use-package clj-refactor
   :defer t
@@ -1875,9 +1884,8 @@ :functions (clj-refactor-mode cljr-add-keybindings-with-prefix)   :config (progn
             (cljr-add-keybindings-with-prefix "C-c C-m"))
   :init (progn
-          (defun turn-on-clj-refactor-mode ()
-            (clj-refactor-mode 1))
-          (add-hook 'clojure-mode-hook #'turn-on-clj-refactor-mode)))
+          (define-hook-helper clojure-mode ()
+            (clj-refactor-mode 1))))
 #+END_SRC
 
 **** cider
@@ -2025,10 +2033,8 @@ :if (executable-find "tern")   :defer 5
   :config (progn
             (setq tern-command (list (executable-find "tern")))
-            (defun ap/enable-tern ()
-              (tern-mode 1))
-            (add-hook 'js2-mode-hook #'ap/enable-tern)
-            (add-hook 'web-mode-hook #'ap/enable-tern)))
+            (add-hook 'js2-mode-hook #'tern-mode-enable)
+            (add-hook 'web-mode-hook #'tern-mode-enable)))
 
 (with-eval-after-load 'tern
   (use-package company-tern))
@@ -2216,8 +2222,8 @@ eshell-prompt-function (lambda ()                                            (concat
                                             (eshell/pwd)
                                             "\n$ ")))
-            (add-hook 'eshell-load-hook (lambda ()
-                                          (bind-key "C-c C-l" #'counsel-esh-history eshell-mode-map)))))
+            (define-hook-helper eshell-load ()
+              (bind-key "C-c C-l" #'counsel-esh-history eshell-mode-map))))
 
 (use-package em-smart
   :ensure nil