Ask HN: What do you have configured in your .emacs?

by fosco on 4/18/2019, 1:28 PM with 9 comments

I am relatively new to emacs and would like to see others example and maybe notes on anything 'interesting' they would like to share.

thank you in advance!

  • by ludwigvan on 4/18/2019, 6:51 PM

    Some modes I like:

      - use-package: Download & enable all packages automatically on new machines.
  - super-save-mode: Save files whenever focus changes
  - projectile: Switch bt. projects, open files in a project
  - helm: Better find file, M-x etc.
  - cider: For Clojure
  - ag: Integration with ag, bound to f3
  - magit: better git
  - golden-ratio: So that current buffer is larger than the other buffer automatically
  - writeroom-mode: For focusing on text with large margins
  - turkish: Write Turkish with English keyboard and have diacritics applied automatically
    Some shortcuts:

    s-e -> opens my emacs config so that I can make modifications faster.

      (bind-key "s-e"
     (lambda ()
       (interactive)
       (find-file "~/.emacs.d/init.el")))
    Zoom In/Out:

      (bind-key "M-=" 'text-scale-increase)
  (bind-key "M--" 'text-scale-decrease)
    Full Screen (bind-key [f11] 'toggle-frame-fullscreen)

    Also I try keep emacs config in a single file (~/.emacs.d/init.el), I tried using multiple files, but it is not worth the effort being that "tidy".

  • by stevekemp on 4/18/2019, 4:30 PM

    I wrote mine in markdown, with comments and explanation:

    https://github.com/skx/dotfiles/blob/master/.emacs.d/init.md

    When emacs launches a simple `~.emacs.d/init.el` file parses that markdown, building up all the code-sections into a temporary buffer, then evaluates them. Pretty neat.

  • by whelming_wave on 4/18/2019, 6:03 PM

    Pretty generic, though I've ended up configuring it to launch in ~0.5 seconds: https://github.com/lynlevenick/dotfiles/tree/master/emacs/.e...

  • by nswanberg on 4/18/2019, 5:22 PM

    Here is a post by Steve Yegge about his, written way back when glaciers covered most of North America: https://sites.google.com/site/steveyegge2/my-dot-emacs-file

  • by brlewis on 4/18/2019, 5:56 PM
  • by howard941 on 4/18/2019, 1:35 PM

    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=example+dot+emacs&ia=web leads to dozens of great examples . Are you looking for anything in specific?

  • by antonalekseev on 4/18/2019, 5:53 PM

    Have a look at curated list of notable emacs dotfiles – https://github.com/caisah/emacs.dz.