This repo is proposed to help users to start using Emacs editor. In this code I choose the essential packages and configurations to have a happy start with this amazing editor.
Before start, make sure that you don't have .emacs and .emacs.d in your home directory:
ls -la ~/ | grep emacs
This command shouldn't return anything!
Since you don't have any files in your home directory, let's begin!
git@github.com:squiter/emacs-fast-start.git
Then enter in repo directory:
cd emacs-fast-start
Then make it:
make
This will copy .emacs and .emacs.d to your home directory.
Ok, that's it! :)
I'm a OSX user and I recommend you to use one of these builds for Emacs:
- Emacs for OSX ;
- Emacs Mac Port;
- To know all diferences for the builds I recommend you to read this Stack Overflow answer
For Ubuntu you can:
sudo apt-get build-dep emacs24 -y
cd /tmp/
wget http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/emacs-25.0.93.tar.xz
tar -xvf emacs-25.0.93.tar.xz
cd emacs-25.0.93
./configure
make
sudo make install
rm -rf /tmp/emacs-25.0.93*
First of all, you must understand how to speak Emacs's Language:
- C is
ctrl; - M is
Metathat in my configuration isalt; - S is
Superthat in my configuration iscommand.
When I said C-h t you must to push ctrl and h key simultaneously, release it and press t key.
Now I recommend you to open your Emacs and type: C-h t and do the EmacsTutorial.
This repo has a init-file called .emacs. In this file I call all files that we need to start, let's take a look in some of them:
init-packageshave all settings to install packages;init-constantshave some configurations for directories and etc. You should take a especial look here;init-custom-functionshave some functions that I missed from Vim, like a new line like 'o' command;init-mac-switch-metahave some specific OSX configurations. If you don't use OSX you can delete this file.
- M-x - It's a version of
M-xin helm! It's awesome! - C-c o - Open project from Renan Ranelli, this function use heml and projectile to list your projects*;
- C-x f - After enter in a project, you can find any file in there with this keybinding;
- C- - Insert a new line (like 'o' of vim);
- C-a - Smart way to go to start of line, press twice to see the magic;
- C-c d - Duplicate line;
- C-x - - To split your buffer horizontally;
- C-x | - To split your buffer vertically;
- C-x = - To swap your buffers;
- C-x C-k - Delete current buffer file;
- C-x C-r - Rename current buffer file;
- C-c / - Toggle comments in selected lines;
- C-c j - Join lines;
- C-c w - Clean buffer whitespaces;
- C-c i - Auto indent this buffer.
* You must configure your project directory in .emacs.d/conf/init-constants.el before use it.
- S-a - Mark whole buffer;
- S-v - Yank (paste);
- S-c - Kill ring (copy);
- S-s - Save current buffer;
- S-l - Go to line;
- S-w - Delete window;
- S-z - Undo;
- S-k - Kill current buffer;
- S-u - Revert current buffer.
The idea of this repository is to let you choose what is the most important to you, so I add a minimal packages here.