Joegle - dot-emacs

Setup guide

• Clone

  git clone https://github.com/joegle/dot-emacs.git
      

• Backup current

  mv ~/.emacs.d ~/.emacs.d-bak
      

• Import config

  mv dot-emacs ~/.emacs.d
      

• Open the cheat sheet (and close it)

  C-c C-s 
  C-q
      

• Set git author

  git config user.name "Joseph Wright"
  git config user.email [email protected]
  git config user.signingkey 0G78D5H
      

• Locally ignore a file

  git update-index --assume-unchanged <PATH>
      

Repeated Meta Key presses

Make both of these changes to allow repeated use of Meta modifier without lifting modifier key again.

• Mac
  1. Goto: System Preferences > Keyboard > Modifier Keys
  2. Set Option Key to be Option Key
• iTerm2
  1. Open Profile editor
  2. Under ‘Keys’ tab map option keys to Meta (not ‘+Esc’)
• Other useful
  • Fixing Meta + Shift problems on iTerm2

Org-drill

• Enable org-drill

  M-x customize-variables RET org-modules
      

• Start org-drill while in a org file

  M-x org-drill
      

• See org-drill question/answer format
• Spaced repetition training based on zipf’s law
  • [ ] set-up org-drill flash card sets
  • [ ] Set up random review prompt function

Todos

Inbox

• [ ] Example org-mode files - literate emacs guides
• [ ] Review Emacs.txt
• [ ] Spell check
• [ ] Snippets
  • [ ] https://github.com/tuhdo/org-recipes
• [ ] Item 2: Invoke M-x without the Alt key

  (global-set-key "\C-x\C-m" 'execute-extended-command)
      

• [ ] org-board - offline webpage archive
• [ ] set up org refile
• [ ] review awesome-emacs
• [ ] rainbow-delimiters
• [ ] mouse support in terminal
• [ ] disable or remap arrow keys
• [ ] Add nvalt:// URL scheme links
• [ ] Org velocity or sallet
• [ ] toggle comment on current line or region
• [ ] Add per-directory examples for projects
• [ ] Make magit fullscreen with magit-display-buffer-function
• [ ] Add shortcut to log useful commands
• [ ] Setup bookmark features
• [ ] Setup feature flags with custom variable group

Next

• [ ] undo tree
• [ ] Move customization dir to setup/
• [ ] Hide-mode line
• [ ] push commands-to-remember to a review list
  • Org-capture end-of-day command quiz
• [ ] 5 minute timer
• [ ] remap kill-whole-line
• [ ] breadcrumbs
• [ ] sunrise commander
• Windows and tabs
  • [ ] ace-window
  • [ ] split windows shortcuts
  • [ ] workgroups
  • [ ] tabbar
  • [ ] Review “Does emacs have tabs”
• Python development environment
  • test running
  • python docs
  • snippet search
• yafold
• Ctags

Someday/Maybe

• [ ] emacs golang setup
• [ ] Use init.org?
  • larstvei’s setup
  • Can I use org-mode to structure my .emacs or other .el configuration file? - StackOverflow
• analysis of keystrokes
• Gnus with Gmail
• Review Emacs Manual and Info guide
• [ ] dashboard
• [ ] god-mode
  • activate with caps lock
• helm
• [ ] abrev

Bugs to Fix

• [ ] center on screen
• [ ] Golang mode conflicts
• [ ] Mac / iTerm2 hexcodes
• [ ] elisp comments center themselves
• [ ] autocomplete is jagged
• [ ] Figure out why sublimity will blink the screen
• [X] turn off FCI mode for neotree and other small windows
  • Turn off FCI mode when more than one window is on
  • Or disable line wrapping

Bad Habits

• Copying with mouse highlight

Mastery Todos

• Tips on Long Term Emacs Productivity
  • [ ] Everything is a Command
    • describe-key
    • describe-function : find the binding and def of function
    • describe-mode : find keys in the mode
    • apropos-command : find key by string match
  • [ ] Master Window Splitting
  • [ ] Master Dired
  • [ ] Master Buffer Switching
  • [ ] Remap Most Frequently Used Keys
  • [ ] Master Find Replace and Emacs Regex
• Watch YouTube videos to learn common usage

• [ ] Replacing
• [ ] Searching
• [ ] Registers
• [ ] Help system
• [ ] making own macros
• [ ] Autocomplete
• [ ] edit symbol tables
• [ ] learn transpose-* commands

Notes

Shell

• Use ansi-term

  M-x ansi-term
      

• Annoying prompt messages

  unset PROMPT_COMMAND
      

References

• Emacs group on Google+
• Planet Emacsen - blog
• Reddit emacs
• Emacs tag on Pinboard.in