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Emacs

Simpler Emacs

I intend to install a number of packages from spacemacs.

Quickref

  1. M-x: get a prompt

At the prompt

nb: RET is return key, the whitespace is for readability.

  • package-list-packages RET: list packages
  • package-install RET: get a package install prompt
    • evil RET: i did not find evil-mode in the packages, so installed evil

Installing Packages

The emacs wiki has a guide.

Installing use-package

An easier way to install packages? People like it. Seems heavy to me...

Customize Group

  • M-x customize-group seems to have context for customizing stuff
  • try it and choose undo-tree

Notes

  1. M-: You can press escape then the key instead of meta.

Future

  1. Evil Plugins
    • lots of additional features
  2. Undo Tree should go to a directory in $HOME? right now it goes to $TMPDIR in macos which may be deleted??
  3. Undo Tree & Persistent Buffer - done?
    • emacswiki.org: Category Undo
    • UndoTree: like vim?
      • apparently has a corruption bug with this feature, a fork is incomplete
      • apparently undo-tree does this but it has a major corruption bug with this specific feature, and the solution right now is to use emacs server, so i'm going to do that
  4. emacs server - the only way to get persistent undo for now as you never exit the session

Desired Spacemacs Packages

  1. helm
  2. evil-mode

Resources