updated readme regarding hacking of ESK

README.markdown

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ screencast](http://peepcode.com/products/meet-emacs) helpful. The
 [Emacs Wiki](http://emacswiki.org) is also very handy.
 
 ## Installation
-
 You'll need Emacs 24, which comes with package.el. It's not hard to
 compile [from source](http://github.com/emacsmirror/emacs), but
 precompiled versions are readily available for
@@ -83,6 +82,33 @@ restructured so that it can be treated like any other package, freeing
 you up to structure your .emacs.d directory as you wish. See
 "Upgrading" below.
 
+## Hacking the Emacs Starter Kit
+
+Create a fork of ESK on github, then make a clone your fork:
+
+```Sh
+git clone git@github.com:<yourgithubusername>/emacs-starter-kit.git ~/.emacs.d/emacs-starter-kit
+```
+
+And add to your ~/.emacs.d/init.el
+```Lisp
+(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/emacs-starter-kit/")
+(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/emacs-starter-kit/modules/")
+(require 'starter-kit)
+(require 'starter-kit-lisp)
+(require 'starter-kit-eshell)
+(require 'starter-kit-bindings) 
+(require 'starter-kit-js)
+(require 'starter-kit-ruby)
+(require 'starter-kit-perl)
+```
+
+You will need to delete starter-kit packages from ELPA if you have
+previously installed them.
+
+### Disclaimer
+As of 2012-10-29 Emacs Starter Kit is no longer under active development.
+
 ## FAQ
 
 **Q:** When I try to create a new file or buffer, the autocompletion is eager and tries to use the name of an existing file or buffer.  

modules/starter-kit-js.el

@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (eval-after-load 'js
-  '(progn (define-key js-mode-map "{" 'paredit-open-curly)
-          (define-key js-mode-map "}" 'paredit-close-curly-and-newline)
-          (add-hook 'js-mode-hook 'esk-paredit-nonlisp)
+  '(progn
+     ;(define-key js-mode-map "{" 'paredit-open-curly)  
+     ;     (define-key js-mode-map "}" 'paredit-close-curly-and-newline)
+     ;     (add-hook 'js-mode-hook 'esk-paredit-nonlisp)
           (setq js-indent-level 2)
           ;; fixes problem with pretty function font-lock
           (define-key js-mode-map (kbd ",") 'self-insert-command)

modules/starter-kit-lisp.el

@@ -71,18 +71,12 @@
     "Face used to dim parentheses."
     :group 'starter-kit-faces)
 
-  (eval-after-load 'paredit
-    ;; need a binding that works in the terminal
-    '(progn
-       (define-key paredit-mode-map (kbd "M-)") 'paredit-forward-slurp-sexp)
-       (define-key paredit-mode-map (kbd "M-(") 'paredit-backward-slurp-sexp)))
-
   (dolist (mode '(scheme emacs-lisp lisp clojure clojurescript))
     (when (> (display-color-cells) 8)
       (font-lock-add-keywords (intern (concat (symbol-name mode) "-mode"))
                               '(("(\\|)" . 'esk-paren-face))))
     (add-hook (intern (concat (symbol-name mode) "-mode-hook"))
-              'paredit-mode))
+              'smartparens-mode))
 
   (defun esk-pretty-fn ()
     (font-lock-add-keywords nil `(("(\\(\\<fn\\>\\)"

starter-kit-defuns.el

@@ -150,13 +150,6 @@
   (interactive)
   (message (if (y-or-n-p "Do you have a test for that? ") "Good." "Bad!")))
 
-(defun esk-paredit-nonlisp ()
-  "Turn on paredit mode for non-lisps."
-  (interactive)
-  (set (make-local-variable 'paredit-space-for-delimiter-predicates)
-       '((lambda (endp delimiter) nil)))
-  (paredit-mode 1))
-
 ;; A monkeypatch to cause annotate to ignore whitespace
 (defun vc-git-annotate-command (file buf &optional rev)
   (let ((name (file-relative-name file)))

starter-kit-pkg.el

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 (define-package "starter-kit" "2.0.3"
   "Saner defaults and goodies."
-  '((paredit "22") (idle-highlight-mode "1.1.1") (find-file-in-project "3.0")
+  '((smartparens "20130409.1447") (idle-highlight-mode "1.1.1") (find-file-in-project "3.0")
     (smex "1.1.2") (ido-ubiquitous "0.3") (magit "0.8.1")))