Emacs, naked

#1

Post by bzg » Thu, Jan 23, 2014, 1:11 PM UTC

Configure GNU Emacs (24.3 or above) to avoid distraction.

Re: Emacs, naked

#2

Post by terhechte » Thu, Jan 23, 2014, 1:41 PM UTC

Coming from Vim, when I switched to Emacs, I found the starting aesthetic experience more than lacking (or, ugly). It took me some time (and a helpful HN discussion) until I found good themes and good plugins to make it look aesthetically pleasing (to my eyes, at least, after all people's tastes differ).

If somebody is looking for a nice Emacs theme and feels that the OP is a bit too minimal, have a look at my Emacs conf (I know, shameless plug) here [1]

There's also a screenshot [2]

This configuration is kinda optimized for Emacs+Evil to be more like Vim, so you may just want to have a look at the theme / plugins.

[1] https://github.com/terhechte/emacs.d [2] https://raw2.github.com/terhechte/emacs.d/master/screenshot....

Re: Emacs, naked

#3

Post by sdegutis » Thu, Jan 23, 2014, 2:03 PM UTC

I switched to Emacs a year and a half ago when I started using Clojure, and customized it heavily for the first few months. But I avoid customizing it any more. I'm never truly satisfied with what I end up with, and I hit too many frustrating walls trying to make it just right.

One major problem for me is the plugin ecosystem. There's Melpa which is easy to use and has the most up-to-date packages, but they're built off of HEAD which makes them extremely brittle. Many plugin authors decry Melpa and say that if you installed their package from it, then you're on your own. There's also Marmalade but I haven't found it to have nearly the same scope of packages.

Re: Emacs, naked

#4

Post by kinleyd » Thu, Jan 23, 2014, 2:06 PM UTC

-1, 1 and t have worked for me in setting most modes except that blasted scroll-bar-mode, which it turns out calls for a 0 - what the heck! Thanks for a super post.

Re: Emacs, naked

#5

Post by bzg » Thu, Jan 23, 2014, 2:07 PM UTC

terhechte wrote: post #2

Coming from Vim, when I switched to Emacs, I found the starting aesthetic experience more than lacking (or, ugly). It took me some time (and a helpful HN discussion) until I found good themes and good plugins to make it look aesthetically pleasing (to my eyes, at least, after all people's tastes differ). If somebody is looking for a nice Emacs theme and feels that the OP is a bit too minimal, have a look at my Emacs…

Oh, nice mode-line! I can't figure out how to get the theme from your repo, any hint?

Re: Emacs, naked

#6

Post by bzg » Thu, Jan 23, 2014, 2:08 PM UTC

sdegutis wrote: post #3

I switched to Emacs a year and a half ago when I started using Clojure, and customized it heavily for the first few months. But I avoid customizing it any more. I'm never truly satisfied with what I end up with, and I hit too many frustrating walls trying to make it just right. One major problem for me is the plugin ecosystem. There's Melpa which is easy to use and has the most up-to-date packages, but they're built…

Actually, I'm also on the "less configuration, less trouble" side. That's why I like some minor mode to let me get rid of what I don't want to see, sometimes.

Re: Emacs, naked

#7

Post by swah » Thu, Jan 23, 2014, 2:09 PM UTC

Ì wonder if some Emacs people intend to migrate to LightTable in a few years?

Re: Emacs, naked

#8

Post by FraaJad » Thu, Jan 23, 2014, 2:10 PM UTC

sdegutis wrote: post #3

I switched to Emacs a year and a half ago when I started using Clojure, and customized it heavily for the first few months. But I avoid customizing it any more. I'm never truly satisfied with what I end up with, and I hit too many frustrating walls trying to make it just right. One major problem for me is the plugin ecosystem. There's Melpa which is easy to use and has the most up-to-date packages, but they're built…

I like this approach to package mgmt. https://github.com/overtone/emacs-live

Even though it is "manual", i prefer stability of my programming environment over the ability to install packages "quickly".

Re: Emacs, naked

#9

Post by fafner » Thu, Jan 23, 2014, 2:11 PM UTC

kinleyd wrote: post #4

-1, 1 and t have worked for me in setting most modes except that blasted scroll-bar-mode, which it turns out calls for a 0 - what the heck! Thanks for a super post.

(scroll-bar-mode -1) and M-- 1 M-x scroll-bar-mode RET both work for me.

Re: Emacs, naked

#10

Post by ams6110 » Thu, Jan 23, 2014, 2:11 PM UTC

nice stuff. My .emacs keeps the mode line, which I like, but turns off the scrollbars and menu bars, and sets a wide fringe (though not quite as wide as shown). I don't like text jammed right up to the edge of the window.

Anyone know how to achieve a "fringe" on the top and bottom? And also how to do it in xterm windows?