Some useful emacs snippets.

Last tested on:

• Emacs 30.1 (GUI version) on Windows 11
• Emacs 27 & 28 (GUI version) on Ubuntu 22.04

1. Install Emacs.
   • Ubuntu

     sudo apt-get install emacs
     

   • Windows
     Download with PowerShell and run the installer:

     wget -O ~/Downloads/emacs-29.4-installer.exe http://mirror.twds.com.tw/gnu/emacs/windows/emacs-29/emacs-29.4-installer.exe
     

2. Download the init file.
   • Ubuntu

     wget -O ~/.emacs https://github.com/j3soon/dot-emacs/raw/refs/heads/master/.emacs
     

   • Windows

     wget -O ~/AppData/Roaming/.emacs https://github.com/j3soon/dot-emacs/raw/refs/heads/master/.emacs
     

3. Set up Dark Solarized Theme according to the instructions below.
4. Set up Microsoft YaHei Mono Font 12pt according to the instructions below.
5. Open Emacs and wait for installation
6. Open .emacs and comment out the following for fast startup:

   ;; (package-refresh-contents)
   

   If you're on Windows, uncomment the following:

   (set-frame-font "Microsoft YaHei Mono 12" nil t)
   

7. If you are using Emacs OrgMode clock-in/clock-out features, make sure to set operating system language to English.

You can locate your init file by:

M-x describe-variable RET user-init-file RET

Ref: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/InitFile

The following are description of individual files

The full init file that combines all snippets.

• Requires manually download Dark Solarized Theme.
• Comment out update package code after first launch
• (Optional) Requires download Microsoft YaHei Mono Font.

The extensible vi layer for Emacs. (https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil)

Fix TAB key conflict with OrgMode.

Ref: https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/28224

Emacs highlighting using Ethan Schoonover’s Solarized color scheme. (https://github.com/sellout/emacs-color-theme-solarized)

You should download the theme beforehand:

cd ~/.emacs.d # or `%APPDATA%\.emacs.d` on Windows
mkdir -p themes && cd themes
git clone https://github.com/sellout/emacs-color-theme-solarized

You should download and install the font beforehand:

https://www.onlinewebfonts.com/download/9798f64007ae3426b2336e57dae4149c

• Inhibit Start Up Message

Ref: https://orgmode.org/manual/Activation.html

Ref: https://orgmode.org/manual/Org-Indent-Mode.html

Ref: https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-column-view-tutorial.html

Ref: https://orgmode.org/manual/Breaking-Down-Tasks.html

Ref: https://orgmode.org/manual/TODO-dependencies.html

Ref: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2018-10/msg00013.html

Ref: https://orgmode.org/manual/TODO-types.html

Ref: https://orgmode.org/manual/Fast-access-to-TODO-states.html

Ref: https://orgmode.org/manual/Faces-for-TODO-keywords.html

Ref: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/org/Closing-items.html

Show TODO/NEXT tasks with deadline/schedule/timestamps (ascending order)

• C-c a d: Deadline mode
• C-c a s: Schedule mode
• C-c a f: Effort mode
• C-c a c: Timestamp mode

Ref: https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-custom-agenda-commands.html

Ref: https://orgmode.org/manual/Matching-tags-and-properties.html

Ref: https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-column-view-tutorial.html

Potential Improvements (Single q to quit): https://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg101093.html

emacs --debug-init

Older versions of Emacs may have performance issues when editing large files. Consider updating to the latest Emacs.

M-x profiler-start RET RET
# perform actions
M-x profiler-report

Ref: https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/5438

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