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2222 2223 2224 2225 2226 2227 2228 2229 2230 2231 2232 2233 2234 2235 2236 2237 2238 2239 2240 2241 2242 2243 2244 2245 2246 2247 2248 2249 2250 2251 2252 2253 2254 2255 2256 2257 2258 2259 2260 2261 2262 2263 2264 2265 2266 2267 2268 2269 2270 2271 2272 2273 2274 2275 2276 2277 2278 2279 2280 2281 2282 2283 2284 2285 2286 2287 2288 2289 2290 2291 2292 2293 2294 2295 2296 2297 2298 2299 2300 2301 2302 2303 2304 2305 2306 2307 2308 2309 2310 2311 2312 2313 2314 2315 2316 2317 2318 2319 2320 2321 2322 2323 2324 2325 2326 2327 2328 2329 2330 2331 2332 2333 2334 2335 2336 2337 2338 2339 2340 2341 2342 2343 2344 2345 2346 2347 2348 2349 2350 2351 2352 2353 2354 2355 2356 2357 2358 2359 2360 2361 2362 2363 | #+TITLE: Emacs Configuration for Alan Pearce #+OPTIONS: ^:nil #+PROPERTY: results silent #+PROPERTY: eval no-export #+PROPERTY: header-args :comments link * Introduction This is a living document, detailing my Emacs configuration using org-mode * Basics ** Startup Open Emacs with just a plain window. No graphics or messages, please! #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (put 'inhibit-startup-echo-area-message 'saved-value (setq inhibit-startup-echo-area-message (user-login-name))) (setq inhibit-startup-screen t) (setq gc-cons-threshold 100000000) (setq file-name-handler-alist nil) #+END_SRC ** Scratch buffers I usually use scratch buffers for any sort of text. If I need a programming mode in one, then I’ll just call it manually. I also like the buffer to be empty. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq initial-scratch-message "" initial-major-mode 'text-mode) #+END_SRC ** Personal Information #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq user-mail-address "alan@alanpearce.co.uk" user-full-name "Alan Pearce") #+end_src * Packaging ** Use-package #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (eval-and-compile (setq package-archives '(("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/") ("marmalade" . "http://marmalade-repo.org/packages/") ("melpa-stable" . "http://stable.melpa.org/packages/") ("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/")) package-user-dir (concat "~/.emacs.d/packages/" emacs-version "/elpa") package-pinned-packages '(("use-package" . melpa-stable) ("diminish" . melpa-stable) ("bind-key" . melpa-stable)) package-archive-priorities '(("melpa-stable" . 10) ("gnu" . 10) ("marmalade" . 5) ("melpa" . 0)) package-menu-async t package-menu-hide-low-priority t) (package-initialize) (unless (package-installed-p 'use-package) (package-refresh-contents) (package-install 'use-package))) (eval-when-compile (require 'use-package)) (unless (featurep 'use-package) (require 'diminish) (require 'bind-key) (use-package use-package :commands (use-package-autoload-keymap) :defer 5)) (setq use-package-verbose t use-package-always-ensure t package-enable-at-startup nil) #+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 I use a different file, which is ignored by the VCS. It also means that it’s not important whether the file exists or not, which is why I pass =:noerror= to =load= #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq custom-file "~/.emacs.d/custom.el") (load custom-file :noerror :nomessage) #+END_SRC * Styles I prefer an always-visible cursor. Feels less distracting. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (when (fboundp #'blink-cursor-mode) (blink-cursor-mode -1)) #+END_SRC Disable all the bars, unless on OSX, in which case, keep the menu bar. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (when (and menu-bar-mode (not (eq window-system 'ns))) (menu-bar-mode -1)) (with-eval-after-load 'scroll-bar (set-scroll-bar-mode nil)) (with-eval-after-load 'tooltip (tooltip-mode -1)) (with-eval-after-load 'tool-bar (tool-bar-mode -1)) #+END_SRC Ring the bell sometimes, but not so often #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq ring-bell-function (lambda () (unless (memq this-command '(isearch-abort abort-recursive-edit exit-minibuffer keyboard-quit undo-tree-undo)) (ding)))) #+END_SRC #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package dash) #+END_SRC ** Colours I quite like solarized. I don’t think it’s perfect, but it supports a lot of modes. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package solarized-theme :disabled t :config (progn (setq solarized-distinct-fringe-background t) (setq solarized-high-contrast-mode-line t) (load-theme 'solarized-light t))) #+END_SRC Let’s try a more minimal theme. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package minimal-theme :config (progn (load-theme 'minimal-light t))) #+END_SRC Highlighting quasi-quoted expressions in lisps is quite useful. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package highlight-stages :diminish highlight-stages-mode :config (progn (add-hook 'lisp-mode-common-hook #'highlight-stages-mode))) #+END_SRC ** Fonts When possible, set up fonts. I don’t have any settings here for X11, because I manage those in my [[file:~/projects/dotfiles/tag-xresources/xresources/main][XResources file]]. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (when (or (display-graphic-p) (daemonp)) (defun use-variable-fonts () (interactive) (variable-pitch-mode) (setq cursor-type 'bar)) (defun format-font (name style size) (format "-*-%s-%s-*-*-*-%s-*-*-*-*-*-*" name style size)) (defun ap/set-fonts (mono-face mono-font-size variable-face variable-font-size) (when mono-face (let ((default-font (format-font mono-face "normal" mono-font-size))) (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist `(font . ,default-font)) (set-face-font 'fixed-pitch default-font) (set-frame-font default-font t t))) (when variable-face (set-face-font 'variable-pitch (format-font variable-face "normal" variable-font-size)))) (defun ap/set-fonts-according-to-system () (interactive) (cond ((eq window-system 'w32) (ap/set-fonts "Liberation Mono" 11 "Segoe UI" 11)) ((eq window-system 'ns) (let ((displays (string-to-number (shell-command-to-string "system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType | grep \"Online: Yes\" | wc -l")))) (if (eq displays 1) (ap/set-fonts "Monoid HalfTight" 12 "Lucida Grande" 12) (ap/set-fonts "ProggyTiny" 11 "Lucida Grande" 12)))) ((eq window-system 'x) (ap/set-fonts "Terminus" 10 "Lucida" 10)))) (ap/set-fonts-according-to-system)) #+END_SRC Reduce font decoration. I’m trying to see whether this helps me focus on the right things. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq font-lock-maximum-decoration '((dired-mode . 1) (t . 1))) #+END_SRC ** Page Breaks By default, Emacs displays page breaks as ^L. Lines look much nicer. On Windows, Emacs incorrectly detects that U+2500 (Box Drawings Light Horizontal) can only be displayed with a different font, which is not correct, at least for Liberation Mono. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package page-break-lines :defer 5 :diminish page-break-lines-mode :config (progn (global-page-break-lines-mode) (unless (eq (char-displayable-p ?─) (char-displayable-p ?a)) (set-fontset-font "fontset-default" (cons page-break-lines-char page-break-lines-char) (face-attribute 'default :family))))) #+END_SRC ** Modeline #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (column-number-mode t) (size-indication-mode t) (setq frame-title-format '("%f" (dired-directory dired-directory))) #+END_SRC ** Highlight Changes Highlight what just changed when I undo, yank, and so on. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package volatile-highlights :diminish volatile-highlights-mode :config (progn (volatile-highlights-mode t))) #+END_SRC ** Renaming major modes Diminishing major modes does not happen in the same manner as minor modes. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package cyphejor :defer 2 :config (progn (setq cyphejor-rules `(("emacs" "ε") ("diff" "Δ") ("js2" "js") ("magit-status" ,(char-to-string (-find #'char-displayable-p '(11942 5848 177)))) ("inferior" "i" :prefix) ("interaction" "i" :prefix) ("interactive" "i" :prefix) ("menu" "▤" :postfix) ("ledger" "Ledger") ("mode" "") ("shell" "sh" :postfix))) (cyphejor-mode 1))) #+END_SRC * Keybindings I think =set-keyboard-coding-system= stops OS X from doing something annoying to add accents. The modifier setup is to match my re-arrangement of modifiers on OSX: Cmd on the outside, then Option/alt, then Control. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (when (eq system-type 'darwin) (set-keyboard-coding-system nil) (custom-set-variables '(mac-option-modifier 'meta) '(mac-right-option-modifier 'none) '(mac-control-modifier 'control) '(mac-right-control-modifier 'left) '(mac-command-modifier 'super) '(mac-right-command-modifier 'left) '(mac-function-modifier 'hyper)) (unbind-key "s-x")) #+END_SRC #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (unbind-key "<f4>") (bind-key* "<f5>" #'compile) (bind-key* "<f6>" #'kmacro-start-macro-or-insert-counter) (bind-key* "<f7>" #'kmacro-end-or-call-macro) (bind-key* "<apps>" #'execute-extended-command) (unbind-key "C-z") (bind-key* "C-<tab>" #'other-window) (bind-key* "C-x C-r" #'revert-buffer) (bind-key* "C-x C-j" #'delete-indentation) (unbind-key "C-x C-c") (bind-key* "C-c i" #'insert-char) (bind-key* "M-/" #'hippie-expand) (unbind-key "s-h") (unbind-key "s-n") (unbind-key "s-p") (unbind-key "s-w") (bind-key* "s-k" #'kill-or-delete-this-buffer-dwim) (bind-key "C-M-a" #'backward-paragraph text-mode-map) (bind-key "C-M-e" #'forward-paragraph text-mode-map) (bind-key* "s-x" (define-prefix-command 'super-x-map)) (bind-key* "s-," #'switch-to-dotfiles) (bind-key* "C-M-x" #'execute-extended-command) (set-register ?z `(file . ,(expand-file-name ".config/zsh/zshrc" "~"))) #+END_SRC * Projects #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defvar work-project-directory "~/work") (defvar home-project-directory "~/projects") #+END_SRC #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defun switch-to-dotfiles () (interactive) (projectile-persp-switch-project (expand-file-name "dotfiles" home-project-directory))) #+END_SRC ** The Silver Searcher #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package ag :defer 30 :config (setq ag-project-root-function #'projectile-project-root)) #+END_SRC ** Projectile Projectile is awesome for working in projects, especially VCS-backed ones. I added a couple of functions to allow me to open new projects based upon some folder conventions I use. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package projectile :bind (("C-c C-f" . projectile-find-file) ("s-x s-f" . projectile-find-file) ("C-x g" . projectile-vc) ("s-G" . projectile-vc)) :demand t :diminish projectile-mode :config (progn (projectile-global-mode) (add-to-list 'projectile-globally-ignored-directories ".stversions") (defun ap/subfolder-projects (dir) (--map (file-relative-name it dir) (-filter (lambda (subdir) (--reduce-from (or acc (funcall it subdir)) nil projectile-project-root-files-functions)) (-filter #'file-directory-p (directory-files dir t "\\<"))))) (defun ap/open-subfolder-project (from-dir &optional arg) (let ((project-dir (projectile-completing-read "Open project: " (ap/subfolder-projects from-dir)))) (projectile-switch-project-by-name (expand-file-name project-dir from-dir) arg))) (defun ap/open-work-project (&optional arg) (interactive "P") (ap/open-subfolder-project work-project-directory arg)) (defun ap/open-home-project (&optional arg) (interactive "P") (ap/open-subfolder-project home-project-directory arg)) (setq projectile-switch-project-action #'projectile-dired projectile-remember-window-configs t projectile-completion-system 'ivy))) #+END_SRC ** perspective This package makes buffer-switching inside of projects make sense, by filtering the candidates to those within the project. For it to work, it needs hooking into projectile and a key bound to switch between projects. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package perspective :bind* ("s-p" . projectile-persp-switch-project) :demand t :config (progn (setq persp-show-modestring t) (persp-mode))) (use-package persp-projectile :ensure t) #+END_SRC ** vc This is nice for some things that magit doesn’t do, and for those rare occasions that I’m working with something other than git. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package vc :defer t :bind (("C-x v C" . vc-resolve-conflicts)) :config (progn (setq vc-follow-symlinks t))) #+END_SRC ** diff-hl It’s nice to be able to see at a glance which lines of a file have changed. This package colours the fringe #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package diff-hl :defer 2 :config (progn (global-diff-hl-mode 1) (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook (lambda () (diff-hl-dired-mode 1))) (add-hook 'magit-post-refresh-hook #'diff-hl-magit-post-refresh))) #+END_SRC ** magit Magit is my favourite way to use git. I use selective staging all the time. Make sure to set it up with a nice =completing-read-function= #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package magit :defer 5 :commands (magit-status) :config (progn (setq magit-last-seen-setup-instructions "1.4.0" magit-completing-read-function #'magit-builtin-completing-read magit-popup-use-prefix-argument 'default magit-push-always-verify nil global-magit-file-mode nil) (add-to-list 'magit-no-confirm 'safe-with-wip)) :init (add-hook 'magit-mode-hook #'magit-load-config-extensions)) #+END_SRC ** git-timemachine This package allow me to go through a file’s history with just a few keys. It makes it very easy to figure what what exactly was in a file in the past. I often find it useful when I remember writing something a particular way, but it changed later. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package git-timemachine :commands git-timemachine) #+END_SRC * Files ** Auto-saving Auto-save everything to a temporary directory, instead of cluttering the filesystem. I don’t want emacs-specific lockfiles, either. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq auto-save-file-name-transforms `((".*" ,temporary-file-directory t)) create-lockfiles nil) #+END_SRC ** Backups I like to keep my backups out of regular folders. I tell emacs to use a subfolder of its configuration directory for that. Also, use the trash for deleting on OS X. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (let ((backup-dir (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/backups/"))) (unless (file-directory-p backup-dir) (make-directory backup-dir)) (setq backup-directory-alist `((".*" . ,backup-dir)) backup-by-copying-when-linked t backup-by-copying-when-mismatch t)) (if (eq system-type 'darwin) (setq delete-by-moving-to-trash t) (if (and (executable-find "trash") (not (fboundp #'system-move-file-to-trash))) (defun system-move-file-to-trash (file) (call-process (executable-find "trash") nil 0 nil file)))) #+END_SRC ** autorevert #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package autorevert :diminish auto-revert-mode :init (progn (global-auto-revert-mode 1) (setq auto-revert-verbose nil auto-revert-use-notify (not (eq system-type 'darwin))))) #+END_SRC ** Encoding UTF-8 is usually appropriate. Note that =prefer-coding-system= expects only a coding system, not a coding system and line ending combination. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (prefer-coding-system 'utf-8) (setq-default buffer-file-coding-system 'utf-8-auto-unix) #+END_SRC ** Buffer-file management Ask if I want to create a directory when it doesn’t exist. This is especially nice when starting new projects. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defun my-create-non-existent-directory () (let ((parent-directory (file-name-directory buffer-file-name))) (when (and (not (file-exists-p parent-directory)) (y-or-n-p (format "Directory `%s' does not exist! Create it?" parent-directory))) (make-directory parent-directory t)))) (add-to-list 'find-file-not-found-functions #'my-create-non-existent-directory) #+END_SRC I often want to rename or delete the file that I’m currently visiting with a buffer. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defun rename-current-buffer-file () "Renames current buffer and file it is visiting." (interactive) (let ((name (buffer-name)) (filename (buffer-file-name))) (if (not (and filename (file-exists-p filename))) (error "Buffer '%s' is not visiting a file!" name) (let ((new-name (read-file-name "New name: " filename))) (if (get-buffer new-name) (error "A buffer named '%s' already exists!" new-name) (cond ((vc-backend filename) (vc-rename-file filename new-name)) (t (rename-file filename new-name t) (rename-buffer new-name) (set-visited-file-name new-name) (set-buffer-modified-p nil) (message "File '%s' successfully renamed to '%s'" name (file-name-nondirectory new-name))))))))) (defun delete-current-buffer-file () "Removes file connected to current buffer and kills buffer." (interactive) (let ((filename (buffer-file-name))) (if (not (and filename (file-exists-p filename))) (kill-this-buffer) (when (yes-or-no-p "Are you sure you want to remove this file? ") (delete-file filename) (kill-this-buffer) (message "File '%s' successfully removed" filename))))) (defun kill-or-delete-this-buffer-dwim (&optional arg) "Kills current buffer. With prefix arg, delete it." (interactive "P") (if (equal arg '(4)) (delete-current-buffer-file) (if server-buffer-clients (server-edit) (let ((buf (buffer-name))) (when (equal buf "*HTTP Response*") (other-window 1)) (kill-buffer buf))))) #+END_SRC ** Whitespace Butler I don’t like it when editors change an entire file’s layout when I open it. Whitespace butler fixes whitespace only for lines that I’m editing. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package ws-butler :if window-system :diminish ws-butler-mode :config (ws-butler-global-mode 1)) (if (daemonp) (add-hook 'before-make-frame-hook (lambda () (ws-butler-global-mode 1)))) #+END_SRC ** shrink-whitespace DWIM whitespace removal. So I don’t need =M-SPC=, =M-\= and =C-x o= for similar things any more. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package shrink-whitespace :bind ("M-SPC" . shrink-whitespace)) #+END_SRC ** Tramp Tramp is awesome. It makes SSH feel Unix-y. The proxy setup is so that I can sudo on remote machines #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package tramp :defer 7 :config (progn (unless (getenv "SSH_AUTH_SOCK") (setenv "SSH_AUTH_SOCK" "/run/user/1000/ssh-agent.socket")) (setq tramp-default-method "ssh" tramp-default-user-alist '(("\\`su\\(do\\)?\\'" nil "root")) tramp-backup-directory-alist backup-directory-alist backup-enable-predicate (lambda (name) (and (normal-backup-enable-predicate name) (not (let ((method (file-remote-p name 'method))) (when (stringp method) (member method '("su" "sudo"))))))) tramp-shell-prompt-pattern "\\(?:^\\| \\)[^]#$%>\n]*#?[]#$%>❯›] *\\(\\[[0-9;]*[a-zA-Z] *\\)*") (add-to-list 'tramp-default-proxies-alist '(nil "\\`root\\'" (concat "/" tramp-default-method ":%h:"))) (add-to-list 'tramp-default-proxies-alist `(,(regexp-quote (system-name)) nil nil)) (add-to-list 'tramp-default-proxies-alist '("localhost" nil nil)) (add-to-list 'tramp-default-proxies-alist '("router" nil nil)))) (use-package tramp-sh :ensure nil :defer t :config (progn (add-to-list 'tramp-remote-path "/usr/local/sbin") (add-to-list 'tramp-remote-path "~/bin"))) #+END_SRC ** ediff I like a horizonal diff setup, with everything in one frame. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package ediff :defer t :config (progn (setq ediff-split-window-function 'split-window-horizontally ediff-window-setup-function 'ediff-setup-windows-plain))) #+END_SRC * Indentation Ah, a complicated topic. One day we’ll all be using elastic tabstops. Until then, I want 4-wide tabs, and make them real tabs! #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq-default tab-width 4 indent-tabs-mode t) #+END_SRC ** auto-indent-mode Don’t make me think, just indent it! Unless it’s a whitespace-sensitive language, of course. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package auto-indent-mode :config (progn (setq auto-indent-key-for-end-of-line-then-newline "<C-return>" auto-indent-key-for-end-of-line-insert-char-then-newline "<C-S-return>" auto-indent-blank-lines-on-move nil auto-indent-assign-indent-level 4 auto-indent-backward-delete-char-behavior nil auto-indent-delete-trailing-whitespace-on-save-file t auto-indent-mode-untabify-on-yank-or-paste nil auto-indent-start-org-indent nil auto-indent-known-indent-level-variables (remq 'lisp-body-indent auto-indent-known-indent-level-variables)) (add-to-list 'auto-indent-disabled-modes-list 'jinja2-mode) (add-to-list 'auto-indent-disabled-modes-list 'yaml-mode) (add-to-list 'auto-indent-disabled-modes-list 'saltstack-mode) (add-to-list 'auto-indent-disabled-modes-list 'nix-mode) (add-to-list 'auto-indent-disabled-modes-list 'coffee-mode) (add-to-list 'auto-indent-disabled-modes-list 'yaml-mode) (add-to-list 'auto-indent-disabled-modes-list 'ansible-mode) (auto-indent-global-mode))) #+END_SRC ** smart-tabs-mode Not related to [[smart-tab][=smart-tab=]], this mode indents with tabs and aligns with spaces. Perfect! #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package smart-tabs-mode :defer 1 :config (progn (smart-tabs-insinuate 'c 'cperl 'javascript 'python) (add-hook 'php-mode-hook (lambda () (smart-tabs-mode indent-tabs-mode))) (with-eval-after-load "align.el" (smart-tabs-mode/no-tabs-mode-advice align) (smart-tabs-mode/no-tabs-mode-advice align-regexp)) (eval-after-load "indent.el" '(smart-tabs-mode/no-tabs-mode-advice indent-relative)) (eval-after-load "newcomment.el" '(progn (smart-tabs-mode/no-tabs-mode-advice comment-dwim) (smart-tabs-mode/no-tabs-mode-advice comment-box) (smart-tabs-mode/no-tabs-mode-advice comment-indent))) (unless (ad-find-advice 'indent-according-to-mode 'around 'smart-tabs) (defadvice indent-according-to-mode (around smart-tabs activate) (if smart-tabs-mode (let ((indent-tabs-mode indent-tabs-mode)) (if (memq indent-line-function '(indent-relative indent-relative-maybe)) (setq indent-tabs-mode nil)) ad-do-it) ad-do-it))))) #+END_SRC ** editorconfig #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package editorconfig :config (editorconfig-mode 1)) #+END_SRC ** dtrt-indent-mode Sometimes people use different indentation settings. [[https://github.com/jscheid/dtrt-indent][dtrt-indent]] guesses the correct settings for me. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package dtrt-indent :config (progn (defun ap/dtrt-adapt-if-needed () (unless 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 * Security ** password-store This is a frontend to the GPG-powered =pass= program. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package password-store :defer 15 :config (progn (setq password-store-password-length 16))) #+END_SRC * Buffers ** Ibuffer Ibuffer is quite nice for listing all buffers. I don’t use it very often though, as it doesn’t really work with perspectives. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package ibuffer :bind (("C-x C-b" . ibuffer)) :config (progn (setq ibuffer-saved-filter-groups (quote (("default" ("org" (mode . org-mode)) ("emacs" (mode . emacs-lisp-mode)) ("zsh" (filename . "/zsh")) ("server" (filename . "/su:root@server")))))) ;; Human-readable base-2 size column (define-ibuffer-column size-h (:name "Size" :inline t) (cond ((> (buffer-size) 1024) (format "%7.2fK" (/ (buffer-size) 1024.0))) ((> (buffer-size) 1048576) (format "%7.2fM" (/ (buffer-size) 1048576.0))) (t (format "%8d" (buffer-size))))) (setq ibuffer-formats '((mark modified read-only " " (name 18 18 :left :elide) " " (size-h 9 -1 :right) " " (mode 16 16 :left :elide) " " filename-and-process))))) #+END_SRC ** Relative Buffer names #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package relative-buffers :defer 15 :config (progn (global-relative-buffers-mode))) #+END_SRC ** Narrowing Enable it without prompting #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (put 'narrow-to-defun 'disabled nil) (put 'narrow-to-page 'disabled nil) (put 'narrow-to-region 'disabled nil) #+END_SRC ** ace-window I don’t often have many windows open at once, but when I do, =ace-window= is really nice to jump around them in the same way that =ace-jump= or =avy= work. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package ace-window :bind (("s-s" . ace-window)) :config (progn (setq aw-dispatch-always t aw-dispatch-alist '((?k aw-delete-window " Ace - Delete Window") (?K aw-delete-window) (?m aw-swap-window " Ace - Swap Window") (?f aw-flip-window) (?v aw-split-window-vert " Ace - Split Vert Window") (?b aw-split-window-horz " Ace - Split Horz Window") (?m delete-other-windows " Ace - Maximize Window") (?l delete-other-windows) (?, winner-undo) (?. winner-redo)) aw-keys '(?a ?r ?s ?t ?n ?e ?i ?o)))) #+END_SRC * Windows Scrolling is tricky. I use this setup to help me keep track of the point whilst I’m moving about. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq scroll-conservatively 100 scroll-margin 1 scroll-preserve-screen-position t mouse-wheel-scroll-amount '(1 ((shift) . 1) ((control))) split-height-threshold 80 split-width-threshold 130 frame-resize-pixelwise nil) (if (boundp 'ns-pop-up-frames) (setq ns-pop-up-frames nil)) #+END_SRC ** winner Undo, for window-based commands. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package winner :init (progn (winner-mode 1) (setq winner-boring-buffers '("*Completions*" "*Help*" "*Apropos*" "*Buffer List*" "*info*" "*Compile-Log*")))) #+END_SRC ** windmove Directional window movement #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package windmove :bind (("S-<left>" . windmove-left) ("S-<right>" . windmove-right) ("S-<up>" . windmove-up) ("S-<down>" . windmove-down))) #+END_SRC * Completion Make built-in completion a bit more intelligent, by adding substring and initial-based completion and ignoring case. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq completion-styles '(basic initials partial-completion substring) completion-ignore-case t tab-always-indent 'complete) #+END_SRC ** Company The main choices for automatic completion in Emacs are company and auto-complete-mode. I’ve not tried auto-complete-mode as company seems to work perfectly well for me. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package company :commands (company-mode) :diminish "Cmpl" :bind (("C-<tab>" . company-complete) ("TAB" . company-indent-or-complete-common)) :init (progn (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook #'company-mode) (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-dabbrev-code company-gtags company-etags company-keywords) company-oddmuse company-dabbrev) company-idle-delay .3 company-begin-commands '(self-insert-command) company-auto-complete #'company-explicit-action-p company-auto-complete-chars '(?\ ?\( ?\) ?.) company-tooltip-align-annotations t company-dabbrev-downcase nil))) #+END_SRC #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package company-web :after company) #+END_SRC * Dates & Times ** Calendar Weeks start on Monday for me and I prefer ISO-style dates. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package calendar :defer 1 :config (progn (setq calendar-week-start-day 1) (calendar-set-date-style 'iso) (setq calendar-latitude 52.52 calendar-longitude 13.40))) #+END_SRC Sometimes I want to insert a date or time into a buffer. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defun insert-date (prefix) "Insert the current date. With prefix-argument, use British format. With two prefix arguments, write out the day and month name." (interactive "P") (let ((format (cond ((not prefix) "%Y-%m-%d") ((equal prefix '(4)) "%d/%m/%Y") ((equal prefix '(16)) "%A, %d %B %Y")))) (insert (format-time-string format)))) (defun insert-datetime (prefix) "Insert the current date and time." (interactive "P") (let ((format (cond ((not prefix) "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") ((equal prefix '(4)) "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")))) (insert (format-time-string format)))) #+END_SRC #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defun yesterday-time () "Provide the date/time 24 hours before the time now in the format of current-time." (timer-relative-time (current-time) -86400)) #+END_SRC * Directories Dired works quite nicely, but not always in the way I want. I don’t like having so many prompts for recursive operations. Also, when I have two dired windows open, assume that I’m going to be copying/moving files between them. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package dired :defer 3 :ensure nil :config (progn (bind-key "<return>" #'dired-find-file dired-mode-map) (bind-key "^" (lambda () (interactive) (find-alternate-file "..")) dired-mode-map) (setq dired-dwim-target t dired-recursive-copies 'top dired-recursive-deletes 'top dired-listing-switches "-alh" dired-bind-jump nil) (when (and (eq system-type 'darwin) (executable-find "gls")) (setq insert-directory-program (executable-find "gls"))) (put 'dired-find-alternate-file 'disabled nil))) #+END_SRC Don’t show uninteresting files in dired listings. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defun turn-on-dired-omit-mode () (interactive) (dired-omit-mode 1)) (use-package dired-x :commands (dired-omit-mode dired-expunge) :ensure nil :config (progn (setq dired-omit-files "#\\|\\.$" dired-omit-verbose nil dired-find-subdir t)) :init (progn (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook #'turn-on-dired-omit-mode))) #+END_SRC #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package dired+ :defer 5 :config (progn (diredp-toggle-find-file-reuse-dir 1) (unbind-key "C-h C-m" dired-mode-map))) #+END_SRC Expand subfolders like a tree inside the parent #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (with-eval-after-load 'dired (use-package dired-subtree :functions (dired-subtree--get-ov dired-subtree-maybe-up) :init (progn (setq dired-subtree-use-backgrounds nil) (defun dired-subtree-maybe-up () "Jump up one subtree or directory" (interactive) (let ((ov (dired-subtree--get-ov))) (if ov (progn (goto-char (overlay-start ov)) (dired-previous-line 1)) (dired-up-directory)))) (bind-key "^" #'dired-subtree-maybe-up dired-mode-map) (bind-key "i" #'dired-subtree-toggle dired-mode-map)))) #+END_SRC ** Dired-narrow One can already use dired with wildcards to browse a filtered directory listing, but it opens a new buffer. Dired-narrow is a slightly nicer interface: with a currently-open dired buffer, use =/= to start filtering, =RET= to complete the filter and =g= to refresh the buffer, removing the filter. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (with-eval-after-load 'dired (use-package dired-narrow :bind (:map dired-mode-map ("/" . dired-narrow)))) #+END_SRC * Documentation ** ehelp ehelp is a less well-known package that’s part of Emacs and slightly improves the normal help commands, mostly by making quitting them easier. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package ehelp :bind-keymap ("C-h" . ehelp-map)) #+END_SRC ** counsel-dash Emacs’ documentation is great to read from inside Emacs. Counsel-dash helps to make documentation for other languages easier to access #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defmacro ap/create-counsel-dash-hook (mode docsets) (let* ((mode-s (symbol-name mode)) (fun (intern (concat "counsel-dash-hook-" mode-s))) (hook (intern (concat mode-s "-mode-hook")))) `(progn (defun ,fun () (when (require 'counsel-dash nil :noerror) (-each (-difference ',docsets (helm-dash-installed-docsets)) #'counsel-dash-install-docset) (setq-local counsel-dash-docsets ',docsets))) (add-hook (quote ,hook) (function ,fun))))) (use-package counsel-dash :defer 20 :defines counsel-dash-docsets :config (progn (setq counsel-dash-browser-func #'eww) (ap/create-counsel-dash-hook nginx ("Nginx")) (ap/create-counsel-dash-hook ansible ("Ansible")) (ap/create-counsel-dash-hook php ("PHP" "Symfony")) (ap/create-counsel-dash-hook twig ("Twig")) (ap/create-counsel-dash-hook js2 ("JavaScript" "NodeJS" "jQuery" "Express" "SailsJS" "Lo-Dash")) (ap/create-counsel-dash-hook markdown ("Markdown")) (ap/create-counsel-dash-hook saltstack ("SaltStack")) (ap/create-counsel-dash-hook clojure ("Clojure")) (ap/create-counsel-dash-hook sql ("PostgreSQL" "MySQL")))) #+END_SRC ** discover-my-major A nicer way to browse keybindings for major modes. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package discover-my-major :bind ("<f1>" . discover-my-major)) #+END_SRC ** which-key Popup keybindings following a prefix automatically. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package which-key :diminish which-key-mode :config (progn (which-key-mode 1) (which-key-setup-side-window-right-bottom))) #+END_SRC ** eldoc Documentation in the echo-area (where the minibuffer is displayed) is rather useful. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package eldoc :commands (eldoc-mode) :diminish eldoc-mode :config (progn (setq eldoc-idle-delay 0.1) (eldoc-add-command 'paredit-backward-delete 'paredit-close-round))) #+END_SRC * Misc #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defvar *init-file* (let ((init-file (or user-init-file (expand-file-name "init.el" user-emacs-directory)))) (expand-file-name "init.el" (file-name-directory (file-truename init-file)))) "Where the emacs init file really is, passing through symlinks.") (set-register ?e `(file . ,*init-file*)) (defun ap/remove-extra-cr () "Remove extraneous CR codes from a file" (interactive) (save-excursion (goto-char (point-min)) (while (search-forward " " nil t) (replace-match "")))) (use-package rect :ensure nil :init (defun copy-rectangle (start end) "Copy the region-rectangle." (interactive "r") (setq killed-rectangle (extract-rectangle start end)))) (defun shell-execute (to-current-buffer) (interactive "P") (let ((file-buffer (if (buffer-file-name) (file-name-nondirectory (buffer-file-name)) "")) (command (read-shell-command "Shell command: " nil nil nil))) (shell-command (replace-regexp-in-string "%" file-buffer command) to-current-buffer))) (defun narrow-to-region-indirect (start end) "Restrict editing in this buffer to the current region, indirectly." (interactive "r") (deactivate-mark) (let ((buf (clone-indirect-buffer nil nil))) (with-current-buffer buf (narrow-to-region start end)) (switch-to-buffer buf))) (bind-key* "M-!" #'shell-execute) (bind-key* "C-x r M-w" #'copy-rectangle) #+END_SRC #+END_SRC * Minibuffer Sometimes I want to use the minibuffer, but I’m already inside it. Fortunately, this is possible. Of course, I need to know how many minibuffers there are on the stack. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq enable-recursive-minibuffers t) (minibuffer-depth-indicate-mode t) #+END_SRC This avoids some issue with the minibuffer and the point being behind the prompt. I don’t remember what exactly. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq minibuffer-prompt-properties '(read-only t point-entered minibuffer-avoid-prompt face minibuffer-prompt)) #+END_SRC Occasionally, I exit emacs. I should probably reduce the frequency of this. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (if (daemonp) (defalias 'exit-emacs #'delete-frame) (defalias 'exit-emacs #'save-buffers-kill-emacs)) #+END_SRC ** swiper/ivy Ivy is the new kid on the completion block. It seems to be a strong replacement for helm so far. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package swiper :bind (("C-s" . swiper) ("C-r" . swiper) ("C-c C-r" . ivy-resume) ("C-x i" . ivy-imenu-goto) ("C-=" . swiper)) :diminish ivy-mode :demand t :config (progn (ivy-mode 1) (setq ivy-re-builders-alist '((internal-complete-buffer . ivy--regex-fuzzy) (t . ivy--regex-plus))) (defun ivy-imenu-get-candidates-from (alist &optional prefix) (cl-loop for elm in alist nconc (if (imenu--subalist-p elm) (ivy-imenu-get-candidates-from (cl-loop for (e . v) in (cdr elm) collect (cons e (if (integerp v) (copy-marker v) v))) (concat prefix (if prefix ".") (car elm))) (and (cdr elm) ; bug in imenu, should not be needed. (setcdr elm (copy-marker (cdr elm))) ; Same as [1]. (list (cons (concat prefix (if prefix ".") (car elm)) (copy-marker (cdr elm)))))))) (defun ivy-imenu-goto () "Go to buffer position" (interactive) (let ((imenu-auto-rescan t) items) (unless (featurep 'imenu) (require 'imenu nil t)) (setq items (imenu--make-index-alist t)) (ivy-read "imenu items:" (ivy-imenu-get-candidates-from (delete (assoc "*Rescan*" items) items)) :action (lambda (k) (goto-char k))))) (ivy-set-actions 'ivy-switch-buffer '(("k" (lambda (x) (kill-buffer x) (ivy--reset-state ivy-last)) "kill"))) (add-to-list 'ivy-initial-inputs-alist '(counsel-M-x . "")))) #+END_SRC ** counsel #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package counsel :config (progn (bind-key "M-x" #'counsel-M-x) (bind-key "<apps>" #'counsel-M-x) (bind-key "<menu>" #'counsel-M-x) (bind-key "C-c M-x" #'execute-extended-command) (bind-key "C-x C-f" #'counsel-find-file) (bind-key "C-x b" #'counsel-switch-to-persp-buffer) (defadvice counsel-find-file (after find-file-sudo activate) "Find file as root if necessary." (when (and buffer-file-name (not (file-writable-p buffer-file-name))) (message "File not writable %s" buffer-file-name) (find-alternate-file (concat "/sudo::" buffer-file-name)))) (defun counsel-switch-to-persp-buffer (arg) "Forward to `persp-switch-to-buffer'." (interactive "P") (ivy-read (format "Switch to buffer [%s]: " (persp-name persp-curr)) (remq nil (mapcar #'buffer-name (persp-buffers persp-curr))) :preselect (buffer-name (other-buffer (current-buffer))) :action #'ivy--switch-buffer-action :keymap ivy-switch-buffer-map)))) #+END_SRC ** smex Smex is my favourite way to use =M-x=. Counsel’s =counsel-M-x= function uses it internally, so I’m keeping it around, even though I don’t use it directly. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package smex :commands (smex smex-update smex-initialize) :config (progn (setq smex-key-advice-ignore-menu-bar t smex-auto-update nil) (defun smex-update-after-load (_unused) (if (boundp 'smex-cache) (smex-update))) (add-hook 'after-load-functions 'smex-update-after-load)) :init (progn (setq smex-history-length 100 smex-save-file (concat user-emacs-directory "smex-items")))) #+END_SRC * Modes Setup some modes for systemd files #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.service\\'" . conf-mode)) (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.target\\'" . conf-mode)) (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.socket\\'" . conf-mode)) #+END_SRC =direnv=’s files are basically shell scripts, it’s a nice way to set environment variables for projects. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.envrc\\'" . sh-mode)) #+END_SRC Some modes that I don’t really customise much, mostly for configuration files. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package xrdb-mode :ensure nil :mode (("\\.Xdefaults\\'" . xrdb-mode) ("\\.Xresources\\'" . xrdb-mode))) (use-package haskell-mode :mode (("\\.hs\\'" . haskell-mode))) (use-package dockerfile-mode :mode (("Dockerfile\\'" . dockerfile-mode))) (use-package nix-mode :mode (("\\.nix\\'" . nix-mode)) :config (progn (add-hook 'nix-mode-hook (lambda () (setq-local indent-tabs-mode nil))))) (define-derived-mode xmonad-mode haskell-mode "XM") (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("xmobarrc\\'" . xmonad-mode)) (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("xmonad.hs\\'" . xmonad-mode)) (use-package nginx-mode :defer t :mode (("/nginx/servers/" . nginx-mode) ("/nginx/.*\\.d/" . nginx-mode)) :config (progn (setq nginx-indent-tabs-mode t))) (use-package lua-mode :defer t) (use-package ruby-mode :mode (("\\.rb\\'" . ruby-mode) ("\\.cap\\'" . ruby-mode))) (use-package go-mode :mode (("\\.go\\'" . go-mode))) (use-package jinja2-mode :mode (("\\.j2\\'" . jinja2-mode) ("\\.jinja\\'" . jinja2-mode))) (use-package scss-mode :defer t :config (progn (setq scss-compile-at-save nil))) (use-package yaml-mode :mode (("/group_vars/.*" . yaml-mode) ("/host_vars/.*" . yaml-mode))) (define-derived-mode ansible-mode yaml-mode "Ansible") (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\(?:ansible.+\\|roles/.+/\\(?:tasks\\|handlers\\)\\)/.+\\.yml\\'" . ansible-mode)) (define-derived-mode saltstack-mode yaml-mode "Salt") (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.sls\\'" . saltstack-mode)) #+END_SRC ** ledger I use [[http://ledger-cli.org/][=ledger=]] to manage my finances. It has an Emacs mode, which works really nicely. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package ledger-mode :mode ("\\.ledger\\'" . ledger-mode) :init (progn (defun open-budget () (interactive) (projectile-persp-switch-project "~/Sync") (find-file (expand-file-name "ledger/my.ledger" (projectile-project-root))) (ledger-report "Budget (Cumulative)" nil))) :config (progn (defun setup-ledger-mode () (setq-local indent-tabs-mode nil)) (add-hook 'ledger-mode-hook #'setup-ledger-mode) (setq ledger-use-iso-dates t ledger-post-use-completion-engine :built-in ledger-reconcile-default-commodity "€" ledger-clear-whole-transactions t ledger-narrow-on-reconcile t ledger-default-date-format "%Y-%m-%d" ledger-reports '(("Monthly Expenses" "ledger -f %(ledger-file) reg -M Expenses --real -l \"payee != 'Opening Balances'\"") ("Expenses:This Month" "ledger -f %(ledger-file) bal \\^Expenses -p \"this month\"") ("On-budget Balances" "ledger -f %(ledger-file) bal --current -R :Budget: Assets:Receivable Liabilities:Personal") ("All Account Balances" "ledger -f %(ledger-file) bal --current -R \\^Assets \\^Liabilities") ("Budget Values (Current Month)" "ledger -f %(ledger-file) bal -p \"this month\" --limit \"payee=~/budget/\" \\^Funds") ("Budget (Cumulative)" "ledger -f %(ledger-file) bal -E \\^Funds") ("Budget Allocation" "ledger -f %(ledger-file) bal -p \"this month\" --limit \"payee=~/budget/\" \\^Funds --format \"\\ %-17((depth_spacer)+(partial_account))\\ %10(percent(market(display_total), market(parent.total)))\\ %16(market(display_total))\n%/\"") ("bal" "ledger -f %(ledger-file) bal") ("reg" "ledger -f %(ledger-file) reg") ("equity" "ledger -f %(ledger-file) equity") ("payee" "ledger -f %(ledger-file) reg @%(payee)") ("account" "ledger -f %(ledger-file) reg %(account)"))))) #+END_SRC ** Markdown #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package markdown-mode :defer t :config (progn (add-hook 'markdown-mode-hook #'turn-on-auto-fill))) #+END_SRC ** Org Org is wünderbar. *** TODO Check whether all this configuration is necessary or helpful. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package org :bind (("C-c C-a" . org-agenda-list) ("C-c a" . org-agenda) ("C-c l" . org-store-link)) :defer 8 :init (setq org-replace-disputed-keys t org-ellipsis "…") :config (progn (setq org-directory "~/Sync/org" org-agenda-files `(,(concat org-directory "/agenda")) org-default-notes-file (concat org-directory "/notes") ;; ‘Remember’: new items at top org-reverse-note-order t org-modules '(org-habit org-protocol) ;; Add time done to ‘done’ tasks org-log-done 'time ;; Allow refiling into any org file org-refile-targets '((org-agenda-files :maxlevel . 3)) org-list-allow-alphabetical t org-adapt-indentation nil org-pretty-entities t org-table-duration-custom-format 'seconds org-src-fontify-natively nil org-export-have-math t org-blank-before-new-entry '((heading . t) (plain-list-item . auto)) org-fontify-done-headline t org-todo-keywords '((sequence "BACKLOG(b)" "TODO(t)" "WAIT(w@/!)" "STARTED(s!)" "|" "DONE(d!)") (sequence "|" "CANCELLED(c@)")) org-log-into-drawer "LOGBOOK") (set-register ?o `(file . ,(expand-file-name "organiser.org" org-directory))) (add-hook 'org-mode-hook #'turn-on-auto-fill) (org-load-modules-maybe t) (defadvice org-clock-in (after wicked activate) "Mark STARTED when clocked in" (save-excursion (catch 'exit (org-back-to-heading t) (if (looking-at org-outline-regexp) (goto-char (1- (match-end 0)))) (if (looking-at (concat " +" org-todo-regexp "\\( +\\|[ \t]*$\\)")) (org-todo "STARTED"))))) #+END_SRC **** org-babel Org’s babel feature is really nice. I use it for this file, and I can use it to communicate between programming languages. Sometime I hope to have my =ledger= setup in an org file with some graph processing with R or something. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package ob-core :defer t :ensure nil :config (org-babel-do-load-languages 'org-babel-load-languages '((ledger . t) (sh . t)))) #+END_SRC **** org-journal I can use this to keep a journal. I should use it. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package org-journal :bind ("s-j" . org-journal-new-entry) :defer 20 :config (progn (setq org-journal-date-format "%A, %d %B %Y") (defun org-journal-display-entry-yesterday () "Show org-journal entry for yesterday" (interactive) (org-journal-read-or-display-entry (yesterday-time))))) #+END_SRC **** org-mobile #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defun ap/org-mobile-pull (descriptor action file) (org-mobile-pull)) (use-package org-mobile :defer 30 :ensure nil :disabled t :config (progn (setq org-mobile-directory "~/Mobile/Org" org-mobile-inbox-for-pull "~/Mobile/Org/from-mobile.org") (defvar org-mobile-push-timer nil "Timer that `org-mobile-push-timer' used to reschedule itself, or nil.") (defun org-mobile-push-with-delay (secs) (when org-mobile-push-timer (cancel-timer org-mobile-push-timer)) (setq org-mobile-push-timer (run-with-idle-timer (* 1 secs) nil 'org-mobile-push))) (add-hook 'after-save-hook (lambda () (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode) (dolist (file (org-mobile-files-alist)) (if (string= (file-truename (expand-file-name (car file))) (file-truename (buffer-file-name))) (org-mobile-push-with-delay 30)))))) (run-at-time "00:05" 86400 '(lambda () (org-mobile-push-with-delay 1))) ;; refreshes agenda file each day (org-mobile-pull) ;; run org-mobile-pull at startup (defvar org-mobile-watcher nil) (when file-notify--library (let ((org-file (expand-file-name (concat (file-name-as-directory org-mobile-directory) org-mobile-capture-file)))) (setq org-mobile-watcher (file-notify-add-watch org-file '(change) #'ap/org-mobile-pull)))))))) #+END_SRC **** org-caldav I’ve setup CalDAV on my server, it would be nice to use it directly from org-mode. Previously I had to wait for org-mobile to sync and write to the Android calendar, and then for DAVDroid to sync with the server. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package org-caldav :defer 30 :config (progn (setq org-caldav-url "https://calendar.alanpearce.uk/alan" org-caldav-calendar-id "caldav" org-caldav-inbox (concat org-directory "/agenda/caldav.org") org-caldav-files `(,(concat org-directory "/agenda/organiser.org")) org-icalendar-timezone "Europe/Berlin" org-icalendar-use-scheduled '(event-if-todo event-if-not-todo todo-start) org-icalendar-use-deadline '(event-if-todo event-if-not-todo todo-due) org-icalendar-alarm-time 60))) #+END_SRC * Music Emacs actually supports playing music via mpd. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package mpc :defer t :config (progn (setq mpc-browser-tags '(Genre Albumartist|Composer|Performer Album|Playlist)))) #+END_SRC * Programming ** flycheck On-the-fly error checking in programming modes? Yes please. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package flycheck :diminish " ✓" :defer 5 :config (progn (global-flycheck-mode) (setq flycheck-check-syntax-automatically '(save new-line mode-enabled)))) #+END_SRC ** golang Go has a few packages to inter-operate with other emacs packages. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package company-go :commands company-go :config (progn (setq company-go-show-annotation t)) :init (progn (defun ap/company-go-setup () (set (make-local-variable 'company-backends) '(company-go))) (add-hook 'go-mode-hook #'ap/company-go-setup))) (use-package go-eldoc :commands go-eldoc-setup :init (progn (add-hook 'go-mode-hook #'go-eldoc-setup))) (use-package go-projectile :defer t :config (progn (setq go-projectile-switch-gopath 'maybe))) #+END_SRC ** ggtags A nice completion backend for programming modes. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package ggtags :commands turn-on-ggtags-mode :functions (ggtags-navigation-mode-abort) :config (progn (bind-key "q" #'ggtags-navigation-mode-abort ggtags-navigation-mode-map)) :init (progn (defun turn-on-ggtags-mode () (interactive) (ggtags-mode 1)) (add-hook 'c-mode-common-hook #'turn-on-ggtags-mode))) #+END_SRC ** Lisps *** All Lisp modes don’t seem to have a common ancestor. So I made a custom hook which I trigger in every lispy-mode. Of course, no tabs in lisps. Even I understand that. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defcustom lisp-mode-common-hook nil "Hook run when entering any Lisp mode." :type 'hook :group 'lisp) (defun ap/lisp-setup () (run-hooks 'lisp-mode-common-hook) (setq indent-tabs-mode nil)) #+END_SRC **** Redshank Lisp syntax allows for really easy refactoring. Redshank gives some operations that aren’t part of paredit, like extracting variables into let bindings. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package redshank :diminish " Λ" :after (paredit) :config (progn (add-hook 'lisp-mode-common-hook #'turn-on-redshank-mode))) #+END_SRC *** Emacs Lisp 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 Go-to function for elisp. Except it works through the entire Emacs ecosystem. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package elisp-slime-nav :commands elisp-slime-nav-mode :diminish elisp-slime-nav-mode :init (progn (add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook #'elisp-slime-nav-mode))) #+END_SRC Interactive elisp #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package ielm :defer t :ensure nil :config (progn (add-hook 'ielm-mode-hook (lambda () (run-hooks 'lisp-mode-common-hook))))) #+END_SRC I don’t only use this in elisp. It’s nice to do calculations in other buffers too: it’s faster than quickrun and the parens mean that I don’t have to worry about a selection. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (defun eval-and-replace () "Replace the preceding sexp with its value." (interactive) (backward-kill-sexp) (condition-case nil (prin1 (eval (read (current-kill 0))) (current-buffer)) (error (message "Invalid expression") (insert (current-kill 0))))) (bind-key "C-c e" #'eval-and-replace) #+END_SRC *** Scheme & Lisp 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 () (set (make-local-variable 'lisp-indent-function) #'common-lisp-indent-function)) (add-hook 'lisp-mode-hook #'set-common-lisp-indentation) #+END_SRC **** geiser A REPL thing for Scheme. Hopefully I’ll get to use it more in the future. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package geiser :commands (geiser-mode geiser run-geiser run-racket)) #+END_SRC **** slime A REPL thing (and more) for Lisp. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package slime :commands (slime) :config (progn (let ((ql-slime-helper (expand-file-name "~/quicklisp/slime-helper.el"))) (if (file-exists-p ql-slime-helper) (load ql-slime-helper)) (slime-setup)) (setq inferior-lisp-program (executable-find "sbcl")))) #+END_SRC *** Clojure #+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))) (use-package clj-refactor :defer t :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))) #+END_SRC **** cider A REPL thing for Clojure #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package cider :defer t :config (progn (setq nrepl-hide-special-buffers t) (unbind-key "C-c C-f" cider-mode-map) (add-hook 'cider-mode-hook #'eldoc-mode))) #+END_SRC ** Auto-compile Auto-compile emacs lisp when saving. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package auto-compile :defer t :init (add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook #'auto-compile-on-save-mode)) #+END_SRC ** cc-mode Although I don’t use C or C++, setting up the mode is helpful because quite a few other modes are derived from it. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package cc-mode :defer 5 :init (progn (add-hook 'c-mode-common-hook #'electric-indent-mode)) :config (progn (setq c-default-style '((java-mode . "java") (awk-mode . "awk") (other . "k&r")) c-basic-offset 4) (c-set-offset 'case-label '+))) #+END_SRC ** quickrun It’s nice to be able to quickly evaluate some code. Although I don’t really seem to use it. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package quickrun :bind (("C-c C-e" . quickrun))) #+END_SRC ** Scala Let’s try using Scala. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package scala-mode :pin melpa-stable) #+END_SRC And add ensime, an IDE-style environment. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package ensime :pin melpa-stable) #+END_SRC ** Web development *** js2-mode This mode is really great for editing Javascript. It turns code into an AST internally, so it can work with it almost like a lisp. I don’t think there’s anything as good as paredit/redshank for refactoring in it though #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package js2-mode :mode (("\\.js\\'" . js2-mode) ("\\.jsx\\'" . js2-jsx-mode)) :interpreter ("node" . js2-mode) :functions js2-next-error :config (progn (define-key js2-mode-map [menu-bar Javascript] nil) (defun js2--imenu-around (do-it name) "Don't create a menu from js2-mode" (if (and (not (string-equal name "IM-Javascript-IDE")) (fboundp #'do-it)) (do-it name))) (advice-add 'imenu-add-to-menubar :around #'js2--imenu-around) (setq js2-skip-preprocessor-directives t) (defun ap/javascript-setup () (auto-indent-mode -1)) (defun ap/js2-prev-error () (interactive) (js2-next-error -1)) (bind-key "M-g M-n" #'js2-next-error js2-mode-map) (bind-key "M-g M-p" #'ap/js2-prev-error js2-mode-map) (add-hook 'js2-mode-hook #'ap/javascript-setup) (setq js2-basic-offset 4 js2-include-node-externs t))) #+END_SRC *** coffee-mode #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package coffee-mode :mode ("\\.coffee\\'" . coffee-mode) :config (progn (setq coffee-indent-like-python-mode t))) #+END_SRC *** tern Tern understands javascript. It adds really clever documented completions, besides other IDE-like things. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package tern :commands ap/enable-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))) (with-eval-after-load 'tern (use-package company-tern)) #+END_SRC *** json-mode #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package json-mode :mode (("\\.json\\'" . json-mode) ("\\.sailsrc\\'" . json-mode) ("composer\\.lock\\'" . json-mode) ("\\.tern-project\\'" . json-mode))) #+END_SRC *** restclient Restclient is really nice. It’s like a scratchpad for HTTP api calls. Feels a bit like using =org-babel=. I wonder if there’s an integration between the two yet. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package restclient :mode ("\\.api\\'" . restclient-mode) :config (progn (defun imenu-restclient-sections () (setq imenu-prev-index-position-function nil) (add-to-list 'imenu-generic-expression '("Services" "^## ?\\(.+\\)$" 1) t) (add-to-list 'imenu-generic-expression '("Calls" "^# ?\\(.+\\)$" 1) t)) (add-hook 'restclient-mode-hook #'imenu-restclient-sections))) #+END_SRC *** sgml-mode This is for HTML, since old versions of HTML were derived from SGML. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package sgml-mode :defer t :config (setq sgml-basic-offset 4)) #+END_SRC *** emmet-mode Emmet is really nice to write HTML quickly. Especially with frameworks that require multiple nested elements to do anything useful. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package emmet-mode :commands (emmet-mode) :diminish (emmet-mode . " >") :init (progn (add-hook 'web-mode-hook #'emmet-mode))) #+END_SRC *** web-mode This mode handles just about every templating language out ther, which is really nice, because it handles the HTML part the same way in all of them as well. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package web-mode :mode (("/views/.*\\.php\\'" . web-mode) ("/layouts/.*\\.html\\'" . web-mode) ("/templates/.*\\.php\\'" . web-mode) ("\\.ejs\\'" . web-mode)) :config (progn (setq web-mode-code-indent-offset 4 web-mode-css-indent-offset 4 web-mode-markup-indent-offset 4 web-mode-style-padding 0 web-mode-script-padding 0 web-mode-comment-style 2 web-mode-enable-auto-pairing nil web-mode-enable-auto-quoting nil) (sp-local-pair '(web-mode) "<%" "%>"))) #+END_SRC I derived a mode for twig, in order to use its =mode-hook=. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (define-derived-mode twig-mode web-mode "Twig") (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.html\\.twig\\'" . twig-mode)) #+END_SRC * Spelling #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package ispell :bind (("<f8>" . ispell-word)) :config (progn (setq ispell-program-name "aspell" ispell-dictionary "british"))) #+END_SRC * Scripting Make a shell-script buffer executable after saving it, if it has a shebang. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (add-hook 'after-save-hook #'executable-make-buffer-file-executable-if-script-p) (use-package sh-script :mode (("\\.zsh\\'" . shell-script-mode)) :config (setq sh-shell-file "/usr/bin/env zsh")) #+END_SRC #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (add-hook 'shell-mode-hook 'ansi-color-for-comint-mode-on) #+END_SRC ** eshell I should try to get into the habit of using this more. It’s really nice, when I remember to use it. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package eshell :bind ("C-c s" . eshell) :config (progn (setq eshell-directory-name "~/.emacs.d/eshell") (add-hook 'eshell-load-hook (lambda () (bind-key "C-c C-l" #'counsel-esh-history eshell-mode-map))))) (use-package em-smart :ensure nil :commands eshell-smart-initialize :init (progn (add-hook 'eshell-load-hook #'eshell-smart-initialize)) :config (progn (setq eshell-where-to-jump 'begin eshell-review-quick-commands nil eshell-smart-space-goes-to-end t))) (autoload #'eshell/cd "em-dirs") (defun eshell-goto-current-dir (&optional arg) (interactive "P") (let ((dir default-directory)) (eshell arg) (eshell/cd dir))) (bind-key "C-c S" #'eshell-goto-current-dir) #+END_SRC *** Shells #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package shell :defer t :ensure nil :config (define-key shell-mode-map (kbd "C-d") 'comint-delchar-or-eof-or-kill-buffer)) (use-package comint :defer t :ensure nil :config (bind-key "C-c C-l" #'counsel-shell-history comint-mode-map)) (defun comint-delchar-or-eof-or-kill-buffer (arg) (interactive "p") (if (null (get-buffer-process (current-buffer))) (kill-buffer) (comint-delchar-or-maybe-eof arg))) #+END_SRC * Text editing Emacs has an editor within. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (put 'upcase-region 'disabled nil) (put 'downcase-region 'disabled nil) (setq sentence-end-double-space t line-move-visual nil) #+END_SRC ** align =Align= is a useful command to line things up, once given some rules. The most important one for me is JSON property alignment. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package align :defer 10 :ensure nil :config (progn (add-to-list 'align-rules-list '(colon-key-value (regexp . ":\\(\\s-*\\)") (modes . '(js2-mode)))))) #+END_SRC ** Clipboard I like to use the clipboard more than the primary selection in X11. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (setq x-select-enable-clipboard t) (if (functionp 'x-cut-buffer-or-selection-value) (setq interprogram-paste-function 'x-cut-buffer-or-selection-value)) (when (boundp 'x-select-request-type) (setq x-select-request-type '(UTF8_STRING COMPOUND_TEXT TEXT STRING))) #+END_SRC ** Selection I’m quite used to deleting text by selecting it and typing. Emacs has a mode for that. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (delete-selection-mode t) #+END_SRC Sub-word movement is really nice for camel- and Pascal-case #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package subword :diminish subword-mode :init (global-subword-mode t)) #+END_SRC I find that =zap-up-to-char= normally makes more sense to me than =zap-to-char=. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package misc :ensure nil :bind (("M-z" . zap-up-to-char) ("M-Z" . zap-to-char))) #+END_SRC Expanding the region by semantic units was something I quite liked from Sublime Text. As always, there’s a mode for that. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package expand-region :bind ("C-M-SPC" . er/expand-region) :config (setq expand-region-fast-keys-enabled nil)) #+END_SRC ** Typography I like using typographic quotes, but they’re complicated to insert manually. them. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (electric-quote-mode) #+END_SRC ** avy Avy is a really nice way to move around files, like ace-jump-mode, but somehow I prefer it. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package avy :bind* (("M-g g" . avy-goto-line) ("M-g M-g" . avy-goto-line) ("C-|" . avy-goto-line) ("M-r" . avy-goto-word-1) ("C-c SPC" . avy-goto-char-timer)) :config (progn (avy-setup-default) (setq avy-all-windows nil avy-keys '(?a ?r ?s ?t ?d ?h ?n ?e ?i ?\;)))) #+END_SRC ** goto-chg This is like popping the mark, only it filters to only change areas and doesn’t go back to the same place more than once. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package goto-chg :bind ("C-c C-SPC" . goto-last-change)) #+END_SRC ** multiple-cursors I mentioned before that I’d used Sublime Text before. Multiple cursors was one of my favourite features, so I was really happy when I saw that multiple-cursors was released for Emacs. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package multiple-cursors :defer 1 :config (progn (bind-key "C-." #'mc/mark-next-like-this) (bind-key "C-," #'mc/mark-previous-like-this) (bind-key "M-<f3>" #'mc/mark-all-like-this-dwim) (bind-key "C-<f3>" #'mc/mark-more-like-this-extended) (bind-key "C-S-L" #'mc/edit-lines))) #+END_SRC ** paredit Balanced parentheses in lisps are nice, but all the refactoring and movement commands are much more interesting. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package paredit :diminish "()" :config (progn (add-hook 'lisp-mode-common-hook #'enable-paredit-mode) (put #'paredit-forward-delete 'delete-selection 'supersede) (put #'paredit-backward-delete 'delete-selection 'supersede) (add-hook 'eval-expression-minibuffer-setup-hook #'enable-paredit-mode))) #+END_SRC ** smartparens I like to use smartparens where paredit isn’t already useful. Somehow I didn’t find smartparens’ implementation of paredit style to be as nice as the real version #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (eval-when-compile (require 'smartparens nil :noerror)) (use-package smartparens-config :ensure smartparens :config (progn (sp-use-smartparens-bindings) (setq sp-highlight-pair-overlay nil) (fset 'wrap-with-paren "\C-](") ;; `sp-select-next-thing-exchange' (bind-key "C-(" #'wrap-with-paren smartparens-mode-map) (bind-key "C-)" #'sp-forward-slurp-sexp smartparens-mode-map) (bind-key "M-<backspace>" #'backward-kill-word smartparens-mode-map) (bind-key "M-?" #'sp-convolute-sexp smartparens-mode-map) (bind-key "C-M-t" #'sp-transpose-sexp smartparens-mode-map) (bind-key "M-R" #'sp-raise-sexp smartparens-mode-map) (bind-key "M-S" #'sp-splice-sexp smartparens-mode-map) (bind-key "C-M-s" #'sp-split-sexp smartparens-mode-map) (bind-key "M-J" #'sp-join-sexp smartparens-mode-map) (bind-key "M-<up>" #'sp-splice-sexp-killing-backward smartparens-mode-map) (bind-key "M-<down>" #'sp-splice-sexp-killing-forward smartparens-mode-map) (bind-key "C-M-S-k" #'sp-kill-hybrid-sexp smartparens-mode-map) (bind-key "C-S-<right>" #'sp-slurp-hybrid-sexp smartparens-mode-map) (sp-with-modes '(twig-mode) (sp-local-pair "{%" "%}") (sp-local-pair "{{" "}}")) (show-smartparens-global-mode t) (smartparens-global-strict-mode t) (add-hook 'lisp-mode-common-hook #'turn-off-smartparens-mode) (add-hook 'coffee-mode-hook #'turn-off-smartparens-mode))) #+END_SRC ** move-text Transposing lines, made easier. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package move-text :config (move-text-default-bindings)) #+END_SRC ** undo-tree Emacs’ default handling of undo is a bit confusing. Undo-tree makes it much clearer. It’s especially helpful for protoyping and refactoring. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package undo-tree :config (progn (global-undo-tree-mode) ;; Keep region when undoing in region (defadvice undo-tree-undo (around keep-region activate) (if (use-region-p) (let ((m (set-marker (make-marker) (mark))) (p (set-marker (make-marker) (point)))) ad-do-it (goto-char p) (set-mark m) (set-marker p nil) (set-marker m nil)) ad-do-it))) :diminish undo-tree-mode) #+END_SRC ** visual-regexp I don’t always remember exactly how Emacs’ regular expressions work, so this package is pretty useful because it highlights everything in the buffer for me. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package visual-regexp :bind (("C-c r" . vr/replace) ("C-c q" . vr/query-replace) ("C-c m" . vc/mc-mark))) #+END_SRC * Tangling Taken from [[https://github.com/larstvei/dot-emacs/blob/master/init.org][larstvei/dot-emacs]]. I changed it so that it would work with my current dotfiles repository structure and work asynchronously, thanks to [[https://github.com/jwiegley/emacs-async][jwiegley/emacs-async]]. 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 (use-package async :commands (async-start) :defer 2) (defun tangle-if-init () "If the current buffer is 'init.org' the code-blocks are tangled, and the tangled file is compiled." (when (string-suffix-p "init.org" (buffer-file-name)) (tangle-init))) (defun tangle-init-sync () (interactive) (message "Tangling init") ;; Avoid running hooks when tangling. (let ((prog-mode-hook nil) (src (expand-file-name "init.org" user-emacs-directory)) (dest (expand-file-name "init.el" user-emacs-directory))) (require 'ob-tangle) (org-babel-tangle-file src dest) (if (byte-compile-file dest) (byte-compile-dest-file dest) (with-current-buffer byte-compile-log-buffer (buffer-string))))) (defun tangle-init () "Tangle init.org asynchronously." (interactive) (message "Tangling init") (async-start (symbol-function #'tangle-init-sync) (lambda (result) (message "Init tangling completed: %s" result)))) #+END_SRC # Local Variables: # eval: (when (fboundp #'tangle-if-init) (add-hook 'after-save-hook #'tangle-if-init)) # End: * End Start a server if possible. A daemon is already a server. #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (run-with-idle-timer 2 nil (lambda () (unless (daemonp) (require 'server) (unless (server-running-p server-name) (server-start))))) (setq gc-cons-threshold 800000 file-name-handler-alist '(("\\(?:\\.dz\\|\\.txz\\|\\.xz\\|\\.lzma\\|\\.lz\\|\\.g?z\\|\\.\\(?:tgz\\|svgz\\|sifz\\)\\|\\.tbz2?\\|\\.bz2\\|\\.Z\\)\\(?:~\\|\\.~[-[:alnum:]:#@^._]+\\(?:~[[:digit:]]+\\)?~\\)?\\'" . jka-compr-handler) ("\\.gpg\\(~\\|\\.~[0-9]+~\\)?\\'" . epa-file-handler) ("\\`/[^/]*\\'" . tramp-completion-file-name-handler) ("\\`/[^/|:][^/|]*:" . tramp-file-name-handler) ("\\`/:" . file-name-non-special))) #+END_SRC |