Introduction
For years I have been perfecting my Emacs configuration, it is now the essential part of my digital life. This is my personal configuration but you may also find it useful to your needs. Feel free to grab some of my config snippets to work for you.
Here is a list of incomplete features you get from this config set:
- Clean configuration with use-package
- Many programming language support: C/C++, Python, typescript, golang, glsl and many others.
- Some of my collected code snippets for different languages.
- Code auto-complete support via eglot and Company-mode.
- Completion framework using Ivy.
- keybinding look-up with which-key.
- FlySpell support via Hunspell.
- minimal LLM support through Ellama.
- many others.
Run-time requirement for some packages.
Some of the packages requires not only Emacs-Lisp code but also other binaries to work. Here is the list of binaries required for all the features.
- Clang installation for LSP back-end.
- Compiler or Interpreter for the targeting programming languages.
- SQLite3 for org-roam.
- Latex installation for
org-latex-preview
- ripgrep for refactoring support.
- Hunspell installation for flyspell.
- Ollama for ellama package.
Note that none of those are hard requirements, you will simply lose some features if you don't have them.
Binaries for Windows
On Linux, those run-time requires can be easily satisfied with package managers
like apt-get
or dnf install
. On windows, it's another story, for this purpose,
I maintain a dotemacs-msbin for those dependencies on Windows.
My personal function defines
All my functions are defined with prefix my/
.
File operations
(defun my/concat-path (&rest parts)
(cl-reduce (lambda (a b) (expand-file-name b a)) parts))
(defun my/merge-list-to-list (dst-list src-list)
(dolist (item src-list) (add-to-list dst-list item)))
(defun my/filename ()
"Copy the filename of the current buffer."
(interactive)
(kill-new (buffer-name (window-buffer (minibuffer-selected-window)))))
(defun my/full-path ()
"Copy the full path of the current buffer."
(interactive)
(kill-new (buffer-file-name (window-buffer (minibuffer-selected-window)))))
Reload buffer for .dir-locals.el
Sometimes you need to modify .dir-locals.el
while editing. Following two functions helps you reload current buffer with modified .dir-locals.el
(defun my/reload-dir-locals-for-current-buffer ()
"reload dir locals for the current buffer"
(interactive)
(let ((enable-local-variables :all))
(hack-dir-local-variables-non-file-buffer)))
(defun my/reload-dir-locals-for-all-buffer-in-this-directory ()
"For every buffer with the same `default-directory` as the
current buffer's, reload dir-locals."
(interactive)
(let ((dir default-directory))
(dolist (buffer (buffer-list))
(with-current-buffer buffer
(when (equal default-directory dir)
(my/reload-dir-locals-for-current-buffer))))))
Proxies functions
Emacs inherits your proxy ENV
such as http_proxy
and https_proxy
. I have two functions when you need to toggle on/off proxies.
(defun my/disable-proxy ()
"Disable the proxy used in emacs"
(interactive)
(setq url-proxy-services
`(("http" . nil)
("https" . nil)
("no_proxy" . ,(getenv "no_proxy"))))
;;backup the proxy settings
(setenv "http_proxy_backup" (getenv "http_proxy"))
(setenv "https_proxy_backup" (getenv "https_proxy"))
(setenv "ftp_proxy_backup" (getenv "ftp_proxy"))
;;clean up the proxy settings
(setenv "http_proxy" nil)
(setenv "https_proxy" nil)
(setenv "ftp_proxy" nil)
)
(defun my/enable-proxy ()
"Re-enable proxy from environment variables"
(interactive)
(setenv "http_proxy" (getenv "http_proxy_backup"))
(setenv "https_proxy" (getenv "https_proxy_backup"))
(setenv "ftp_proxy" (getenv "ftp_proxy_backup"))
(setq url-proxy-services
`(("http" . ,(getenv "http_proxy"))
("https" . ,(getenv "https_proxy"))
("ftp_proxy" . ,(getenv "ftp_proxy"))
("no_proxy" . ,(getenv "no_proxy"))))
)
Generate UUIDs
(use-package uuidgen
:ensure t
:pin melpa
:init
(defun my/insert-uuid ()
"insert UUID at the point"
(interactive)
(insert (uuidgen-4)))
)
Global settings
menu bar configuration. I disable tool bar and scroll bar for a minimalist look. Also, disable the bell using visbible-bell
and enable some global modes.
(display-time)
(tool-bar-mode -1)
(scroll-bar-mode -1)
(setq visible-bell 1)
;;enabled global modes
(save-place-mode 1)
(global-auto-revert-mode t)
(column-number-mode 1)
(delete-selection-mode 1)
;;default to text mode
(setq-default major-mode 'text-mode)
;;displaying line numbers
(add-hook 'prog-mode-hook 'display-line-numbers-mode)
Setup the default encoding environment
(prefer-coding-system 'utf-8-unix)
(set-default-coding-systems 'utf-8-unix)
Backup files
copied from emacswiki
(setq
backup-by-copying t ; don't clobber symlinks
backup-directory-alist
'(("." . "~/.saves/")) ; don't litter my fs tree
delete-old-versions t
kept-new-versions 6
kept-old-versions 2
version-control t) ; use versioned backups
Org mode settings
Convenience functions
(require 'org-funcs)
(defun my/org-dir-set (dir)
(and dir (not (string= dir "")) (file-exists-p dir)))
(defun my/org-file (path)
(my/concat-path org-directory path))
Org-mode
(use-package org
:ensure t
:mode (("\\.org$" . org-mode))
:commands org-capture
:custom
(org-log-done 'time)
(org-clock-persist 'history)
(org-adapt-indentation nil)
(org-image-actual-width 300) ;;set to 300px
;;setup the column, this max length for the first level we can go, maybe we
;;can somehow calculate it?
(org-tags-column -54)
;;faces
(org-todo-keywords '((sequence "TODO" "DOIN" "|" "DONE" "PEND" "CANC")))
:hook
((org-after-todo-statistics . org-funcs-summary-todo)
(org-checkbox-statistics . org-funcs-checkbox-todo)
(org-mode . org-funcs-define-faces))
;; I am not sure this global key setting is good or not, capture stuff
;; globally is great
:bind (:map global-map
("\C-ca" . org-agenda)
("\C-cc" . org-capture)
:map org-mode-map
("M-<left>" . org-metaleft)
("M-<right>" . org-metaright)
("M-<up>" . org-metaup)
("M-<down>" . org-metadown))
:init
<<ORG_DIRECTORY>>
;; enable images
(setq org-startup-with-inline-images t)
;;activate babel languages
:config
;;note files
<<ORG_NOTE_AGENDA>>
;;latex setup
<<ORG_LATEX>>
(setf (cdr (assoc 'file org-link-frame-setup)) 'find-file)
(org-clock-persistence-insinuate)
;; I just use PEND to define stuck projects.
(setq org-stuck-projects
'("/-DONE-CANC" ("DOIN" "TODO") nil ""))
;;capture templates
(setq org-capture-templates
`(
<<ORG_CAPTURE>>
))
(org-funcs-load-babel-compiler))
Org directory setup
org-directory has to have trailing "/"
(setq org-directory (if (my/org-dir-set (getenv "ORG_DIR"))
(getenv "ORG_DIR")
"~/org/"))
Agenda setup
I divide my agenda files to the following:
(setq org-default-notes-file
(my/concat-path org-directory "notes.org"))
(setq org-agenda-files
(list (my/concat-path org-directory "reading.org")
(my/concat-path org-directory "writing.org")
(my/concat-path org-directory "coding.org")
(my/concat-path org-directory "social.org")
(my/concat-path org-directory "thoughts.org")
(my/concat-path org-directory "goals-habits.org")
(my/concat-path org-directory "miscs.org")))
Show unplanned tasks in global TODO list.
(setq org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done t)
(setq org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done t)
(setq org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines t)
(setq org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled t)
(setq org-deadline-warning-days 7)
log the agenda states into drawer, instead of insert inside org files.
(setq org-log-into-drawer t)
It will prevent from inserting a state directly under headings.
- State "DONE" from "DOIN" [2024-02-26 Mon 08:50]
Instead it will be inside a :LOGBOOK:
Capture templates
Put int misc.org
;; misc tasks, moving coding or writing later?
("m" "Miscs" entry
(file+headline ,(my/org-file "miscs.org") "Tasks")
"* TODO %?\n%i\n %a" :prepend t)
Capture some ideas in thoughts.org
;; my ideas
("s" "Thoughts" entry
(file+headline ,(my/org-file "thoughts.org") "Ideas")
"* %?\n %i\n \n\n"
:prepend t)
Something to read.
;; Learning items
("r" "Reading" entry
(file+headline ,(my/org-file "reading.org") "Articles")
"** TODO %?\n%i\n %^L\n \n"
:prepend t) ;;why the linebreak didn't work?
Reviews.
("p" "Review+Planning" entry
(file+headline ,(my/org-file "goals-habits.org") "Review+TODOs+Plan+Journal")
"**** On %t\n***** Planned:\n\n %i \n "
:prepend t)
Latex setup in org
(setq org-preview-latex-default-process 'dvipng)
(setq org-preview-latex-image-directory
(my/concat-path temporary-file-directory
"ltximg/"))
;;set latex preview scale
(setq org-format-latex-options (plist-put
org-format-latex-options :scale 2.0))
On archlinux, you need to install
- texlive-basic
- texlive-bin
- texlive-latex
- texlive-lateextra
- texlive-latexrecommanded
- texlive-pictures,
- texlive-plangeneric
Org journal
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;; journal
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
(use-package org-journal
:ensure t :pin melpa :after org :defer t
:init
(defun my/journal-dir () (my/org-file "journals/"))
(defun my/org-journal-find-location ()
;; Open today's journal, but specify a non-nil prefix argument in order to
;; inhibit inserting the heading; org-capture will insert the heading.
(org-journal-new-entry t)
(unless (eq org-journal-file-type 'daily)
(org-narrow-to-subtree))
(goto-char (point-max)))
(with-eval-after-load 'org
(add-to-list 'org-capture-templates
'("j" "Journal entry" plain (function org-journal-find-location)
"\n** %?"
:jump-to-captured t
:immediate-finish t
:prepend t)))
:custom
(org-journal-file-type 'daily)
(org-journal-dir (my/org-file "journals/"))
(org-journal-time-format "")
(org-journal-file-format "%Y-%m-%d.org")
(org-journal-file-header "#+title: %A, %d %B %Y\n\n* Review:\n \n* Planning:\n")
(org-journal-enable-agenda-integration t)
:bind-keymap
("C-c n j" . org-journal-mode-map)
:bind (:map org-journal-mode-map
("C-f" . org-journal-next-entry)
("C-b" . org-journal-previous-entry)
("C-s" . org-journal-search))
)
Org mode appearance setup
(use-package mixed-pitch
:ensure t
:hook
(org-mode . mixed-pitch-mode)
:custom
(mixed-pitch-variable-pitch-cursor 'box))
(use-package org-modern
:ensure t
:after org
:hook
(org-mode . org-modern-mode)
(org-agenda-finalize . org-modern-agenda)
:custom
(org-startup-indented t)
(org-hide-emphasis-markers t)
(line-spaceing 0.3)
(org-fontify-done-headline nil)
:config
;; (let* ((base-font-color (face-foreground 'default nil 'default))
;; (headline `(:inherit default :weight bold
;; :foreground ,base-font-color)))
;; (custom-theme-set-faces
;; 'user
;; `(org-level-8 ((t (,@headline))))
;; `(org-level-7 ((t (,@headline))))
;; `(org-level-6 ((t (,@headline))))
;; `(org-level-5 ((t (,@headline))))
;; `(org-level-4 ((t (,@headline :background unspecified :height 1.1))))
;; `(org-level-3 ((t (,@headline :background unspecified :height 1.25))))
;; `(org-level-2 ((t (,@headline :background unspecified :height 1.5))))
;; `(org-level-1 ((t (,@headline :background unspecified :height 2.0))))
;; `(org-document-title ((t (,@headline :underline nil))))
;; )
;; )
(custom-theme-set-faces
'user
'(org-block ((t (:inherit fixed-pitch))))
'(org-code ((t (:inherit (shadow fixed-pitch)))))
'(org-document-info ((t (:foreground "dark orange"))))
'(org-document-info-keyword ((t (:inherit (shadow fixed-pitch)))))
'(org-indent ((t (:inherit (org-hide fixed-pitch)))))
'(org-link ((t (:foreground "royal blue" :underline t))))
'(org-meta-line ((t (:inherit (font-lock-comment-face fixed-pitch)))))
'(org-property-value ((t (:inherit fixed-pitch))) t)
'(org-special-keyword ((t (:inherit (font-lock-comment-face fixed-pitch)))))
'(org-table ((t (:inherit fixed-pitch :foreground "#83a598"))))
'(org-tag ((t (:inherit (shadow fixed-pitch) :weight bold :height 0.8))))
'(org-verbatim ((t (:inherit (shadow fixed-pitch))))))
)
Org Roam
Setting the correct org-roam connector based on version. Emacs-29, which uses emacs builtin sqlite library, prior to that, it uses sqlite utilities from OS.
(if (version< emacs-version "29.0")
(setq org-roam-database-connector 'sqlite)
(setq org-roam-database-connector 'sqlite-builtin))
(use-package org-roam
:ensure t
:after org
:init
<<ROAM_SQLITE>>
;; disable org-roam warning
(setq org-roam-v2-ack t)
(defun my/roam-dir () (my/org-file "pages/"))
<<ROAM_VISIT>>
:custom
(org-roam-directory (my/org-file "pages/"))
(org-roam-completion-everywhere t)
(org-roam-db-update-on-save t)
;;template for v2
(org-roam-capture-templates
'(
<<ROAM_CAPTURES>>
))
;; displaying tags along with title for org roam
(org-roam-node-display-template
(concat "${title:*} " (propertize "${tags:10}" 'face 'org-tag)))
:bind (("C-c n r" . org-roam-buffer-toggle) ;;toggle-back-links
("C-c n f" . org-roam-node-find)
("C-c n c" . org-roam-capture)
("C-c n i" . org-roam-node-insert)
("C-c n g" . org-roam-ui-mode)
:map org-roam-mode-map
;;NOTE alternatively, use C-u RET to visit in other window
("RET" . my/roam-visit))
:config
;;start db sync automatically, also you are able to refresh back link buffer,
;;alternatively you hook org-roam-db-auto-sync-mode to org-roam-mode
(org-roam-db-autosync-enable)
;; configure org-roam-buffer
<<ROAM_BUFFER>>
)
Roam templates
Mostly I only use default template
("d" "default" plain "%?"
:if-new (file+head "${slug}.org"
"#+title: ${title}\n#+filetags: %^{org-roam-tags}\n#+created: %u\n")
:unnarrowed t
:jump-to-captured t)
Optionally, create a note from clipboard.
("l" "clipboard" plain (function org-roam--capture-get-point)
"%c"
:file-name "${slug}"
:head "#+title: ${title}\n#+created: %u\n#+last_modified: %U\n\
,#+ROAM_TAGS: %?\n"
:unnarrowed t
:prepend t
:jump-to-captured t)
Roam buffer
visiting roam pages using different other window. It's most case what you want.
(defun my/roam-visit () (interactive) (org-roam-node-visit
(org-roam-node-at-point) 'other-window))
(add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist
'("\\*org-roam\\*"
(display-buffer-in-direction)
(display-buffer-in-previous-window)
(direction . right)
(window-width . 0.33)
(window-height . fit-window-to-buffer)))
Org roam UI
(use-package org-roam-ui
:ensure t
:diminish org-roam-ui-mode
:after org-roam
:config
(setq org-roam-ui-sync-theme nil
org-roam-ui-follow t
org-roam-ui-update-on-save t
org-roam-ui-open-on-start t))
Org utilities
Clipboard
(use-package org-cliplink
:ensure t
:bind (:map org-mode-map
("C-c C-p i" . org-cliplink)
("C-c C-p l" . org-store-link)))
Org download
;; org-download;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
(use-package org-download
:ensure t :after org
:init
(defun my/org-dir-is-fixed (currdir)
(let ((org-dir (file-truename org-directory)) ;;get abs path
(roam-dir (file-truename (my/roam-dir))) ;;get abs path
(journal-dir (file-truename (my/journal-dir)))) ;;get abs path
(or (string= currdir org-dir)
(string= currdir roam-dir)
(string= currdir journal-dir))))
:hook
;;this hook will run at-startup because of org-clock, and we do not have a
;;(buffer-file-name) then, so we need to error check it
(org-mode . (lambda ()
(when (buffer-file-name)
(let ((currdir (file-name-directory (buffer-file-name))))
;;set org-download-iamge-dir to imgs/ if is
;;agenda/roam/journal, otherwise it is temporary, make it nil
(set (make-local-variable 'org-download-image-dir)
(if (my/org-dir-is-fixed currdir)
(my/concat-path currdir "imgs/")
nil))))))
:bind (:map org-mode-map
("C-c d s" . org-download-screenshot)
("C-c d y" . org-download-yank)
("C-c d c" . org-download-clipboard)))
Org-ref
using the IVY framework
(use-package ivy-bibtex
:ensure t
:after org
:init
(setq bibtex-completion-bibliography `,(my/org-file "bib/references.bib")))
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;; org-ref
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
(use-package org-ref
:ensure t
:after org
:init
(require 'org-ref-arxiv)
(require 'org-ref-scopus)
(require 'org-ref-wos)
(require 'org-ref-ivy)
(setq org-ref-insert-link-function 'org-ref-insert-link-hydra/body
org-ref-insert-cite-function 'org-ref-cite-insert-ivy
org-ref-insert-label-function 'org-ref-insert-label-link
org-ref-insert-ref-function 'org-ref-insert-ref-link
org-ref-cite-onclick-function (lambda (_) (org-ref-citation-hydra/body)))
;; setup auto generating bibtex keys
(require 'bibtex)
(setq bibtex-autokey-year-length 4
bibtex-autokey-name-year-separator "-"
bibtex-autokey-year-title-separator "-"
bibtex-autokey-titleword-separator "-"
bibtex-autokey-titlewords 2
bibtex-autokey-titlewords-stretch 1
bibtex-autokey-titleword-length 5)
;; export to pdf with bibtex
;;this is when you don't have latexmk
(setq org-latex-pdf-process
(if (executable-find "latexmk")
;;when you have latexmk
(list "latexmk -shell-escape -bibtex -f -pdf %f")
;;when you don't have latexmk
'("pdflatex -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f"
"bibtex %b" ;;using bibtex here, or you can use biber
"pdflatex -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f"
"pdflatex -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f")))
:bind (:map org-mode-map
("C-c [" . org-ref-insert-link-hydra/body)
("C-c ]" . org-ref-insert-link))
)
Org Contrib
(use-package org-contrib
:ensure t
:after org
:init
(require 'ox-groff))
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;; disabled-config
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;; My synchronizer
;; (use-package org-msync :load-path "lisp/"
;; :hook ((org-mode . org-msync-after-save-hook)
;; (auto-save . org-msync-auto-save-hook))
;; :custom
;; (org-msync-local-dir org-directory)
;; (org-msync-remote-dir "~/Documents/org-remote/")
;; )
Editing/Keybindings
Line operations
Define a backward kill a line:
(defun my/backward-kill-line (arg)
"Kill ARG line backwards"
(interactive "p")
(kill-line (- 1 arg)))
(define-key prog-mode-map (kbd "C-c u") 'my/backward-kill-line)
Copy a line:
(defun my/copy-line ()
"copy current line, from the first character that is not \t or
' ', to the last of that line, this feature is from vim.
Case to use this feature:
- repeat similar lines in the code.
"
(interactive)
(save-excursion
(back-to-indentation)
(let* ((beg (point))
(end (line-end-position))
(mystr (buffer-substring beg end)))
(kill-ring-save beg end)
(message "%s" mystr)))
;;This is silly, find a way to print out last-kill.
)
(define-key prog-mode-map (kbd "C-c C-k") 'my/copy-line)
move line up and down:
(defmacro save-column (&rest body)
`(let ((column (current-column)))
(unwind-protect
(progn ,@body)
(move-to-column column))))
(put 'save-column 'lisp-indent-function 0)
(defun my/move-line-up ()
(interactive)
(save-column
(transpose-lines 1)
(forward-line -2)))
(defun my/move-line-down ()
(interactive)
(save-column
(forward-line 1)
(transpose-lines 1)
(forward-line -1)))
(define-key prog-mode-map (kbd "M-<up>") 'my/move-line-up)
(define-key prog-mode-map (kbd "M-<down>") 'my/move-line-down)
Moving in the mark ring
backward-forward package helps us jump back-forward in the mark ring.
(use-package backward-forward
:ensure t
:demand
:config
(backward-forward-mode t)
:bind (:map backward-forward-mode-map
("<C-left>" . nil)
("<C-right>" . nil)
("C-c C-<left>" . backward-forward-previous-location)
("C-c C-<right>" . backward-forward-next-location)
("<mouse-8>" . backward-forward-previous-location)
("<mouse-9>" . backward-forward-next-location)))
Window operations
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x <up>") 'windmove-up)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x <down>") 'windmove-down)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x <left>") 'windmove-left)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x <right>") 'windmove-right)
winner mode has two default keybinding
- "C-c left" : for
winner-undo
- "C-c right" : for
winner-redo
(use-package winner
:defer t
:diminish winner-mode
:hook ((prog-mode text-mode) . winner-mode))
Rectangle editing
(global-set-key (kbd "\C-x r i") 'string-insert-rectangle)
IVY
I am relying on Ivy framework for my editing need. Ivy is a multi-package setup. It contains ivy itself:
(use-package ivy :ensure t
:diminish (ivy-mode . "")
:hook (after-init . ivy-mode)
:config
(setq ivy-use-virtual-buffers t)
;;number of result lines to display
(setq ivy-count-format "(%d/%d) ")
(setq ivy-wrap t)
)
Counsel
counsel which is a keybinding setup:
(use-package counsel :ensure t
:ensure t
:config
(use-package smex :ensure t)
:bind
("C-s" . swiper)
("M-x" . counsel-M-x)
("C-x C-f" . counsel-find-file)
;;this collide
("C-c C-u" . counsel-unicode-char)
("C-c C-i" . counsel-info-lookup-symbol)
("C-x t" . counsel-imenu)
("C-c y" . counsel-yank-pop)
;;for git setup
("C-c g" . counsel-git)
("C-c j" . counsel-git-grep)
("C-c L" . counsel-git-log)
("C-c k" . counsel-rg))
Counsel tramp
which I use for remote editing.
;; using counsel-tramp
(use-package counsel-tramp
:after (counsel tramp)
:ensure t
:init
(setq auth-source-save-behavior nil) ;; don't store the password the package
;; does not load immediately, if you have previous opened plinkw file in
;; recentf, you may have error on buffer-switching, simply call counsel-tramp
;; to load plinkw method in
:bind ("C-c s" . counsel-tramp)
;; Here is the config to make trump work on windows; forget ssh, emacs will
;; find /c/windows/system32/openssh first, the git ssh won't work either. For
;; plink to work, you have to run pink in terminal first to add it to the
;; REGISTRY, otherwise it will spit whole bunch of thing tramp will not
;; understand.
:config
<<TRAMP>>
)
On windows, I use Plink for remote editing.
(when (and (eq system-type 'windows-nt) (executable-find "plink"))
(add-to-list 'tramp-methods
`("plinkw"
(tramp-login-program "plink")
(tramp-login-args (("-l" "%u") ("-P" "%p") ("-t")
("%h") ("\"")
(,(format
"env 'TERM=%s' 'PROMPT_COMMAND=' 'PS1=%s'"
tramp-terminal-type
"$")) ;; This prompt will be
("/bin/sh") ("\"")))
(tramp-remote-shell "/bin/sh")
(tramp-remote-shell-login ("-l"))
(tramp-remote-shell-args ("-c"))
(tramp-default-port 22)))
)
And also enable the .dir-locals.el
on remote machine.
(setq enable-remote-dir-locals t)
Spell check
the excellent fly-spell to correct my common typing mistakes.
(use-package flyspell
:if (or (executable-find "ispell") (executable-find "hunspell") (executable-find "aspell"))
:defer t
:hook ((prog-mode . flyspell-prog-mode)
(text-mode . flyspell-mode) ;;for markdown, org, nxml
;;also disable it for specific mode
(change-log-mode . (turn-off-flyspell)))
:init
;;for flyspell to work, you need to set LANG first
;; on windows, getenv has strange behavior, getenv-internal seems to work correctly.
;; (when (not (getenv-internal "LANG" initial-environment))
(setenv "LANG" "en_US")
:custom (ispell-program-name (or (executable-find "hunspell")
(executable-find "aspell")
(executable-find "ispell")))
;;:config
;;TODO flyspell language-tool
)
Flyspell correct
;; correcting word and save it to personal dictionary
(use-package flyspell-correct
:ensure t
:after flyspell
:bind (:map flyspell-mode-map ("C-c ;" . flyspell-correct-wrapper)))
Using our IVY framework for correction prompts.
(use-package flyspell-correct-ivy
;;switch to use ivy interface
;;TODO there is a face bug on popup interface
;;NOTE: use M-o to access ivy menus
:ensure t
:after (ivy flyspell-correct))
Appearance Settings
Themes
I have tried a few themes, not satisfied with most of them. Either the contrast is too high, or they are plain ugly. Among them, I like these themes.
- spacemacs-theme : a well designed theme can be used for long time.
- apropospriate-theme : low contrast yet colorful.
- modus-themes: current choice. I like the tinted version of the theme, however I have to disable defer loading to make it work.
(use-package modus-themes
;; TODO have to disable defer to get circadian to work
:ensure t
:init
(setq modus-themes-mixed-fonts t)
(setq modus-themes-common-palette-overrides
`(
;; From the section "Make the mode line borderless"
(border-mode-line-active unspecified)
(border-mode-line-inactive unspecified))))
Now I setup my desired theme here
(setq appr-dark-theme-name 'modus-vivendi-tinted)
(setq appr-light-theme-name 'modus-operandi-tinted)
(setq appr-dark-theme-hour 17)
(setq appr-light-theme-hour 8)
My setup uses run-with-timer
every hour to check the if it's time to change the theme, so it may not change the theme at desired time. NOTE: Originally I was using circadian.el but unfortunately that package has misuse of run-at-time
that leads to heavy CPU spikes. See the issue for details. I would need to fix that bug if want to switch back to circadian.
Ligature and font settings
ligature is a typographical method to combine two or more glyphs or letters to form a single glyph.
(use-package ligature
:vc (:fetcher github :repo "mickeynp/ligature.el")
:if (string-match "HARFBUZZ" system-configuration-features)
:hook ((prog-mode text-mode) . ligature-mode)
:config
;; Enable "www" ligature in every possible major mode
(ligature-set-ligatures 't '("www")))
I created a small package to manage my fixed width font(with ligature), proportional font, CJK font and emoji font.
(use-package appr
:load-path "lisp"
:hook (after-init . appr)
:init
<<THEME>>
:custom
(appr-default-font-size 13)
(appr-cjk-font-list '("WenQuanYi Micro Hei"
"WenQuanYi Zen Hei"
"Microsoft YaHei"
"Microsoft JhengHei"))
(appr-emoji-font-list '("Noto Color Emoji"
"Noto Emoji"
"Segoe UI Emoji"
"Symbola"
"Apple Color Emoji"))
(appr-variable-pitch-font-list '("Fira Sans"
"Iosevka Aile"))
)
Programming Setup
Project management
Magit for managing git repos
;;sync
(use-package magit
:ensure t
:bind ("C-x g" . magit-status))
(use-package ssh-agency
:vc (:fetcher github :repo "magit/ssh-agency")
:hook (magit-credential . ssh-agency-ensure))
Projectile
(use-package projectile
:ensure t
:diminish projectile-mode
:init
(projectile-mode +1)
:bind (:map projectile-mode-map
("C-c p" . projectile-command-map))
:custom
(projectile-enable-caching t))
(use-package projectile-ripgrep :ensure t :pin melpa :after projectile)
Color-rg for refactoring and code search.
(use-package color-rg
:vc (:fetcher github :repo "manateelazycat/color-rg")
:config (when (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
(setq color-rg-command-prefix "powershell"))
:custom (color-rg-search-no-ignore-file nil))
Editing packages
fmo-mode for code re-formatting
(use-package fmo-mode
:vc (:fetcher github :repo "xeechou/fmo-mode.el")
:custom (fmo-ensure-formatters t)
:hook ((prog-mode . fmo-mode)))
Clean up the white spaces
(use-package whitespace-cleanup-mode
:ensure t
:diminish whitespace-cleanup-mode
:hook ((prog-mode . whitespace-cleanup-mode)))
parenthesis management
(use-package elec-pair
:diminish electric-pair-mode
:hook ((prog-mode text-mod outline-mode) . electric-pair-mode))
(use-package paren
:ensure t
:diminish show-paren-mode
:hook (prog-mode . show-paren-mode)
:config (setq show-paren-style 'parenthesis))
(use-package rainbow-delimiters
:ensure t :defer t
:hook ((emacs-lisp-mode lisp-interaction-mode) . rainbow-delimiters-mode))
(use-package paredit
:ensure t :defer t :pin melpa
:hook ( (emacs-lisp-mode lisp-interaction-mode) . paredit-mode))
fic-mode: keyword highlighting
(use-package fic-mode ;;show FIXME/TODO in comments
:vc (:fetcher github :repo "lewang/fic-mode")
:diminish fic-mode
:hook (prog-mode . fic-mode)
:custom (fic-highlighted-words '("FIXME" "TODO" "BUG" "NOTE")))
Snippets
;; yasnippet
(use-package yasnippet-snippets
:ensure t
:config
(yas-reload-all)
:hook ((prog-mode outline-mode cmake-mode) . yas-minor-mode))
Column width setup
;; visual fill column
(use-package visual-fill-column
:ensure t
:init
(setq-default fill-column 79)
:hook
(prog-mode . turn-on-auto-fill)
(visual-line-mode . visual-fill-column-mode)
((text-mode outline-mode) . visual-line-mode)
)
;; diminish some builtin packages
(diminish 'eldoc-mode)
(diminish 'abbrev-mode)
Hide show
(use-package hideif
:ensure t
:diminish hide-ifdef-mode
:hook ((c++-mode c++-ts-mode c-mode c-ts-mode) . hide-ifdef-mode)
:config
(setq hide-ifdef-read-only t)
)
(use-package hideshow
:hook ((prog-mode . hs-minor-mode)
(nxml-mode . hs-minor-mode))
:diminish hs-minor-mode
:bind (;; the two map didn't work, polluting global map
("C-c C-h t" . hs-toggle-hiding)
("C-c C-h l" . hs-hide-level)
("C-c C-h a" . hs-hide-leafs)
("C-c C-h s" . hs-show-block)
)
:config
(setq hs-isearch-open t)
(add-to-list 'hs-special-modes-alist
'(nxml-mode
"<!--\\|<[^/>]*[^/]>"
"-->\\|</[^/>]*[^/]>"
"<!--"
sgml-skip-tag-forward
nil))
:preface
(defun hs-hide-leafs-recursive (minp maxp)
"Hide blocks below point that do not contain further blocks in
region (MINP MAXP)."
(when (hs-find-block-beginning)
(setq minp (1+ (point)))
(funcall hs-forward-sexp-func 1)
(setq maxp (1- (point))))
(unless hs-allow-nesting
(hs-discard-overlays minp maxp))
(goto-char minp)
(let ((leaf t))
(while (progn
(forward-comment (buffer-size))
(and (< (point) maxp)
(re-search-forward hs-block-start-regexp maxp t)))
(setq pos (match-beginning hs-block-start-mdata-select))
(if (hs-hide-leafs-recursive minp maxp)
(save-excursion
(goto-char pos)
(hs-hide-block-at-point t)))
(setq leaf nil))
(goto-char maxp)
leaf))
(defun hs-hide-leafs ()
"Hide all blocks in the buffer that do not contain subordinate
blocks. The hook `hs-hide-hook' is run; see `run-hooks'."
(interactive)
(hs-life-goes-on
(save-excursion
(message "Hiding blocks ...")
(save-excursion
(goto-char (point-min))
(hs-hide-leafs-recursive (point-min) (point-max)))
(message "Hiding blocks ... done"))
(run-hooks 'hs-hide-hook)))
)
Tree-sitter
Tree-sitter is a new major mode managements package.
Define indentation rules
here is my custom rule just to disable namespace indentation (setq
treesit--indent-verbose t)
to see if your rule works (treesit-check-indent
c++-mode)
to check your rules against c++-mode
.
(when (treesit-available-p)
(require 'treesit)
(defun my/indent-rules ()
`(
((n-p-gp "declaration" "declaration_list" "namespace_definition")
parent-bol 0)
((n-p-gp "comment" "declaration_list" "namespace_definition") parent-bol 0)
((n-p-gp "class_specifier" "declaration_list" "namespace_definition") parent-bol 0)
((n-p-gp "function_definition" "declaration_list" "namespace_definition")
parent-bol 0)
((n-p-gp "template_declaration" "declaration_list" "namespace_definition")
parent-bol 0)
,@(alist-get 'bsd (c-ts-mode--indent-styles 'cpp)))
))
The difficult thing is to setup the indentations. See gnu archive and this blog-post is very useful.
Treesit auto
treesit-auto does not work on windows at moment.
(use-package treesit-auto
:unless (or (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
(not (treesit-available-p)))
:ensure t
:demand t
:custom
(c-ts-mode-indent-style #'my/indent-rules)
:config
(global-treesit-auto-mode)
(setq-default treesit-font-lock-level 3)
(setq treesit-auto-install 'prompt))
Company mode and LSP setup
(use-package company-c-headers :ensure t)
;; (setq clang-known-modes '(c++-mode c-mode))
(use-package company
:ensure t
:defer t
:hook (((c++-mode c++-ts-mode) . company-mode)
((c-mode c-ts-mode) . company-mode)
((c++-mode c++-ts-mode c-mode c-ts-mode) .
;;override default company backends because eglot not compatible with company-clang
(lambda () (set (make-local-variable 'company-backends)
'(company-capf company-files company-keywords company-dabbrev company-yasnippet))))
(emacs-lisp-mode . company-mode)
;; company-elisp is removed
(emacs-lisp-mode . (lambda () (my/merge-list-to-list
(make-local-variable 'company-backends)
(list
'company-dabbrev-code
'company-files
'company-keywords))))
(outline-mode . company-mode) ;;enable for org mode
(outline-mode . (lambda () (my/merge-list-to-list
(make-local-variable 'company-backends)
(list'company-dabbrev 'company-emoji))))
(text-mode . company-mode)
(text-mode . (lambda () (my/merge-list-to-list
(make-local-variable 'company-backends)
(list 'company-dabbrev 'company-emoji))))
(meson-mode . company-mode)
;;cmake
(cmake-mode . company-mode)
(cmake-mode . (lambda () (my/merge-list-to-list
(make-local-variable 'company-backends)
(list 'company-cmake 'company-dabbrev))))
;;lua
(lua-mode . company-mode)
(lua-mode . (lambda ()
(add-to-list (make-local-variable 'company-backends)
'company-lua)))
;; shaders
(hlsl-mode . company-mode)
(hlsl-mode . (lambda () (my/merge-list-to-list
(make-local-variable 'company-backends)
(list 'company-keywords 'company-dabbrev))))
(azsl-mode . company-mode)
(azsl-mode . (lambda () (my/merge-list-to-list
(make-local-variable 'company-backends)
(list 'company-keywords 'company-dabbrev))))
(glsl-mode . company-mode)
(glsl-mode . (lambda ()
(when (executable-find "glslangValidator")
(add-to-list (make-local-variable 'company-backends)
'company-glsl))))
)
:config
(setq company-minimum-prefix-length 2
company-idle-delay 0.1
company-async-timeout 10
company-backends '((company-files
company-keywords
company-yasnippet
company-capf)))
(defun complete-or-indent ()
(interactive)
(if (company-manual-begin)
(company-complete-common)
(indent-according-to-mode)))
(defun indent-or-complete ()
(interactive)
(if (looking-at "\\_>")
(company-complete-common)
(indent-according-to-mode)))
)
(use-package company-emoji
:defer t
:ensure t
:after company)
(use-package company-glsl
:defer t
:ensure t
:after company)
Eaglet mode
It's builtin now
;; eglot configuration, switching to eglot after emacs 29
(use-package eglot
:ensure t
:hook (((c++-mode c++-ts-mode) . eglot-ensure)
((c-mode c-ts-mode) . eglot-ensure)
(python-mode . eglot-ensure))
:custom
(eglot-extend-to-xref t)
;;inlay-hints are annoying
(eglot-ignored-server-capabilities '(:inlayHintProvider))
:config
;;by default eglot forces company to only use company-capf, I lose a lot of
;;backends in this way
(setq eglot-stay-out-of '(company))
;;eldoc's multi-line mini buffer is really annoying, turn it off
(setq eldoc-echo-area-use-multiline-p nil)
;;C++ requires clangd, python requires python-language server
:bind (:map eglot-mode-map
;; we just use the default binding here, so comment it out
;; ("M-." . xref-find-definitions)
;; ("M-?" . xref-find-references)
;; ("M-," . xref-go-back)
("C-c r" . eglot-rename)
("C-c h" . eldoc))
)
Debugging
Debugging with dap-mode.
It is not ready, disable it now.
(use-package dap-mode :ensure t :defer t
:disabled
:commands dap-debug
:after lsp-mode
:config
(dap-ui-mode)
(dap-ui-controls-mode)
(let ((dap-lldb-vscode-path (executable-find "lldb-vscode")))
(when dap-lldb-vscode-path
(require 'dap-lldb)
(setq dap-lldb-debug-program `(, dap-lldb-vscode-path))
(setq dap-lldb-debugged-program-function (lambda () (expand-file-name (read-file-name "Select file to debug."))))
))
)
Rmsbolt mode
(use-package rmsbolt ;;compiler explorer in emacs
:ensure t
;; rmsbolt changes keybinding C-c C-c, which is bonded to comment code.
;; :bind (:map rmsbolt-mode-map ("C-c C-c" . rmsbolt-compile))
:hook
;;rmsbolt does not support tree-sitter. We have to manually set it, coping from
;;rmsbolt.el
(rmsbolt-mode . (lambda ()
(cond ((eq major-mode 'c-ts-mode)
(setq rmsbolt-language-descriptor
(make-rmsbolt-lang :compile-cmd "gcc"
:supports-asm t
:supports-disass t
:demangler "c++filt"
:compile-cmd-function #'rmsbolt--c-compile-cmd
:disass-hidden-funcs
rmsbolt--hidden-func-c)))
((eq major-mode 'c++-ts-mode)
(setq rmsbolt-language-descriptor
(make-rmsbolt-lang :compile-cmd "g++"
:supports-asm t
:supports-disass t
:demangler "c++filt"
:compile-cmd-function #'rmsbolt--c-compile-cmd
:disass-hidden-funcs rmsbolt--hidden-func-c)))
) ;;cond
;;TODO adding GLSL/HLSL languages?
)) ;;rmsbolt-mode-hook
)
Languages
C family
;; C family
(use-package cc-mode
:mode (("\\.h\\(h?\\|xx\\|pp\\)\\'" . c++-mode)
("\\.m\\'" . c-mode)
("\\.mm\\'" . c++-mode)
("\\.inl\\'" . c++-mode))
:preface
(defun my/cmode-hook ()
;;default settings
(setq c-default-style "linux"
c-basic-offset 8)
(c-set-offset 'inextern-lang 0)
(c-set-offset 'innamespace 0)
(c-set-offset 'inline-open 0)
)
:config
(require 'cc-file-styles)
(c-add-style (car cc-file-style-o3de)
(cdr cc-file-style-o3de))
(c-add-style (car cc-file-style-sparroh)
(cdr cc-file-style-sparroh))
:hook
((c-mode-common . my/cmode-hook)))
Build Scripts
;;cmake
(use-package cmake-mode
:ensure t
:config
:mode (("/CMakeLists\\.txt\\'" . cmake-mode)
("\\.cmake\\'" . cmake-mode)))
;;mesonbuild
(use-package meson-mode
:ensure t
:defer t
:mode (("/meson\\.build\\'" . meson-mode))
)
Shader languages
GLSL
;; glsl
(use-package glsl-mode
:ensure t
:mode (("\\.glsl\\'" . glsl-mode)
("\\.vert\\'" . glsl-mode)
("\\.frag\\'" . glsl-mode)
("\\.geom\\'" . glsl-mode)
("\\.comp\\'" . glsl-mode)
("\\.rgen\\'" . glsl-mode)
("\\.rchit\\'" . glsl-mode)
("\\.rmiss\\'" . glsl-mode))
)
HLSL
;; hlsl
(use-package hlsl-mode
:vc (:fetcher github :repo "xeechou/hlsl-mode.el")
:mode (("\\.fxh\\'" . hlsl-mode)
("\\.hlsl\\'" . hlsl-mode)
("\\.vs\\'" . hlsl-mode)
("\\.ps\\'" . hlsl-mode)
("\\.hs\\'" . hlsl-mode) ;;hull shader
("\\.ds\\'" . hlsl-mode) ;;domain shader
("\\.cs\\'" . hlsl-mode) ;;compute shader
("\\.ms\\'" . hlsl-mode) ;;mesh shader
("\\.as\\'" . hlsl-mode) ;;amplification shader
("\\.lib\\'" . hlsl-mode) ;;ray-tracing shader library
))
AZSL
(use-package azsl-mode
:vc (:fetcher github :repo "xeechou/azsl-mode.el")
:mode (("\\.azsl\\'" . azsl-mode)
("\\.azsli\\'" . azsl-mode)))
(use-package shader-mode
:disabled
:ensure t
:mode (("\\.shader\\'" . hlsl-mode)))
Go Lang
;; golang
(use-package go-mode
:ensure t
:mode (("\\.go\\'" . go-mode)
("\\.mode\\'" . go-mode))
:hook ((go-mode . (lambda () (add-hook 'before-save-hook 'gofmt-before-save nil t)))))
Web programmings
;;javascript
(use-package rjsx-mode
:ensure t
:defer t
:mode (("\\.js\\'" . rjsx-mode))
:config (setq js-indent-level 2)
)
(use-package web-mode
:ensure t
:pin melpa
:defer t
:mode ("\\.html?\\'" . web-mode))
;;typescript
(use-package typescript-mode
:ensure t
:mode "\\.ts\\'"
:config
(setq typescript-indent-level 2)
(setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)
)
(use-package json-mode
:ensure t
:pin melpa
:mode (("\\.json\\'" . json-mode)
;; O3DE passes and assets use json format
("\\.pass\\'" . json-mode)
("\\.azasset\\'" . json-mode)
("\\.setreg\\'" . json-mode)
("\\..setregpatch\\'" . json-mode)
))
Flutter
;;dart
(use-package dart-mode
:ensure t
:defer t
:mode (("\\.dart\\'" . dart-mode))
:config
(with-eval-after-load 'projectile
(projectile-register-project-type 'flutter '("pubspec.yaml")
:project-file "pubspec.yaml"
:compile "flutter build"
:test "flutter test"
:run "flutter run"
:src-dir "lib/"))
)
Other languages
;;lua
(use-package lua-mode :ensure t :mode (("\\.lua\\'" . lua-mode)))
;;graphviz dot
(use-package graphviz-dot-mode :ensure t
:mode (("\\.dot\\'" . graphviz-dot-mode)))
(use-package rust-mode :ensure t :mode (("\\.rs\\'" . rust-mode)))
(use-package gdscript-mode :ensure t :mode (("\\.gd\\'" . gdscript-mode)))
(use-package markdown-mode :ensure t :mode (("\\.md\\'" . markdown-mode)))
(use-package octave :ensure t :mode (("\\.m\\'" . octave-mode)))
(use-package yaml-mode :ensure t :mode (("\\.yml\\'" . yaml-mode)))
Disabled languages
(use-package tex :ensure auctex
:disabled
:custom
(TeX-master nil)
(Tex-auto-save t)
(Tex-parse-self t)
(Tex-save-query nil)
(reftex-plug-into-AUCTeX t)
:hook
((latex-mode . flyspell-mode)
(latex-mode . turn-on-reftex)
(LaTeX-mode . turn-on-reftex))
)
(use-package unity
:disabled
:vc (:fetcher github :repo "elizagamedev/unity.Eli")
:hook (after-init . unity-mode))
Miscellaneous
Common helpers
openwith to open external program for file types.
(use-package openwith
:vc (:fetcher github :repo "garberw/openwith" :rev "master")
:init (openwith-mode 1)
:config (setq openwith-associations '(("\\.pdf\\'" "sioyek" (file)))))
(use-package which-key :ensure t
:diminish which-key-mode
:hook ((prog-mode text-mode outline-mode) . which-key-mode))
pdftools disabled
;; pdf-tools, only run this on windows
(use-package pdf-tools
:if (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
:disabled
:defer t
:pin manual
:magic ("%PDF" . pdf-view-mode)
:config
(pdf-tools-install)
(setq-default pdf-view-display-size 'fit-width)
(define-key pdf-view-mode-map (kbd "C-s") 'isearch-forward)
:custom
(pdf-annot-activate-created-annotations t "automatically annotate highlights"))
Enable LLM with ellama
(when (executable-find "ollama")
(use-package ellama :ensure t
:init
;; setup key bindings
(setopt ellama-keymap-prefix "C-c e")
;; we only use the default model "zephyr:latest"
;; TODO : adding new models
;; language you want ellama to translate to
(setopt ellama-language "French")))