Taquouner, my dotemacs configuration with profiles

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Presentation

Taquouner, a dotemacs configuration with profile, is almost daily used since 2006, started with one file of hundred of copied/pasted elisp line. Then started to grow faster few years later to manage multiple computers and environments (linux/windows, home/work, usb key, etc). Lately, jump to automatically load every elisp files in dotemacs directory (see Add new mode/options). It follow my needs of embedded developer, a lot of C and some scripting langages.

• It contains:
  • A system with profiles, I use one profile for one computer/system (work laptop, work desktop, home desktop...)
    • Customizable (by example: you do not want my shortcuts, just one variable set to nil instead of t in profile)
    • Options to gently start with emacs (shift selection, universal Cut/Copy/Paste shortcut, No backup file, usual scroll behavior, etc)
    • Easily grow by simply adding elisp files in dotemacs folder (every elisp filename starting with decimal is loaded) and regenerate profile files (to enable new file).
  • Modes (Add-On/Plugins) are built-in, no need to think about which version is compatible with the configuration or configure it
    • Helm (replace all dialog box for anything)
    • Projectile (project manager)
    • GNU Global (symbol/tag manager)
    • Company/Irony (completion)
    • Browse Kill Ring (visualize clipboard history)
    • Undo Tree (visualize undo stack)
    • Powerline (modern status bar)
    • Fold Dwim (fold/unfold (hide/show) block of source code)
    • Ack/Ag/Pt (faster grep replacement)
    • AceJump/Avy (faster movement in displayed text)
    • AUCTeX (LaTeX mode)
    • Rainbow (display RGB hexa value in corresponding color)
  • Languages
    • C
    • Python
    • Batch
    • AutoHotkey
    • RtRt
  • Version Control / Configuration Management
    • Git
    • Svn
    • ClearCase
    • Synergy
  • Interface
    • simple font settings
    • include theme
    • color match parentheses
    • highlight current line
    • simple window title settings
    • start in fullscreen
  • Environment
    • Work on both MS Windows and Linux
    • Should work with Emacs 23.3 to 25.2
    • Daily used with Emacs 25.2 on Windows 7 and on ArchLinux

I deliberately try to take point of view of people not used to Emacs.

• You can read .emacs.d/features.pdf Slides created with Emacs which present some features of Emacs, to catch a brief glimpse of Emacs potential Deprecated, must be updated to match Emacs 25.

You can find here some help to start with Emacs principle.

• All adding shortcuts are thought for a QWERTY keyboard (some shortcut can be hurtful with an AZERTY keyboard)
• You must have read http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/emacs#utilisation and [Glossary]
• C-x means key 'Control' + key 'x'
• S-x means key 'Shift' + key 'x'
• M-x means key 'Meta' + key 'x' (Meta = Alt with Emacs)
• C-x c means key 'Control' + key 'x' and after key 'c'
• H-x means key 'Hyper' + key 'x' (Hyper = Context Menu which is the key just at left of right Control)
• s-x means key 'Super' + key 'x' (Super = Windows which is the key Windows between Ctrl and Alt or Command for Apple)

Installation

See FIXME must be updated Installation on MS Windows or Installation on Linux on wiki of this repository .

Essential shortcuts

Shortcut	Description
C-x C-c	quit Emacs
C-x C-s	save a buffer
C-x C-f	open a file (when use directory name it switch to Dired mode)
C-w	Cut
M-w	Copy
C-y	Paste
C-_	Undo
C-g	Cancel every command
C-Space	put a mark (enable selection)
M-x myfunction	call myfunction
C-s	incremental search
F2	Show/Hide Compile/Occur/Grep/Customize window (from my configuration)
C-Up/Down	navigate from empty line to empty line
C-h f	help about a function
C-h k	help about a shortcut
C-h a	regex search in help about function

• The mouse scroll has acceleration by default be careful (I rarely use it)

You can find more in .emacs.d/cheatsheet_en.pdf

Issues/Update

If you want update some mode, fix or modify this configuration, fork it and ask for a pull request.

Taquouner ethymology

Taquouner is a very old french dialiect verb which is no more used and means "lots of work but with few or none results". I believe it really fits to the ideas that other people have on my activities of an "simple" editor configuration.