configs/.emacs.d/init.org

  (require 'package)
  (setq package-enable-at-startup nil)
  (add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/"))
  (add-to-list 'package-archives '("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/"))
  (package-initialize)

Setup use-package and configure it to always install missing packages.

  (unless (package-installed-p 'use-package)
    (package-refresh-contents)
    (package-install 'use-package))

  (eval-when-compile
    (require 'use-package))
  (setq use-package-always-ensure t)

Ensure that emacs doesn't add a custom file which will add configuration that isn't in described this file.

  (setq custom-file "/dev/null")

Configure some startup parameters.

  (line-number-mode t)
  (column-number-mode t)
  (setq inhibit-splash-screen t)
  (menu-bar-mode 0)
  (tool-bar-mode 0)
  (scroll-bar-mode 0)
  (savehist-mode t)

Winner-mode keeps a history of window configurations. Handy when magit decides to blow away, or I hit the wrong key and blow away my windows.

  (winner-mode 1)

  (global-hl-line-mode 1)
  ;(set-face-attribute 'default nil :background "gray15")
  ;(set-face-attribute 'hl-line nil :foreground nil :background "#0c0c0c")
  ;(set-face-background hl-line-face "#0c0c0c")
  ;(set-face-foreground hl-line-face nil)

    (use-package org-journal
      :config (setq org-journal-dir "~/notes/journal/")
      :bind (("C-c C-j" . org-journal-new-entry)))

  (use-package org
    :bind (("C-c c" . org-capture)
           ("C-c l" . org-store-link))
    :config (setq org-capture-templates
                    '(("b" "Bookmark" entry
                       (file+headline "~/notes/bookmarks.org" "Unsorted")
                       "* %T %^{Title}\n\n Source: %u, %c\n\n %i"))))

Install magit, and explicitly call out with-editor as well, even though its a requirement for magit.

  (use-package magit)
  (use-package with-editor)

Multi-term is useful for having multiple terminal buffers.

    (use-package multi-term)

Eyebrowse is a package for managing multiple simultaneous window configurations.

  (use-package eyebrowse
    :config (eyebrowse-mode t))

Install helm, a completion framework, and install its functions over some of the usual emacs keybinds.

  (use-package helm
    :config (helm-mode)
    :bind (("M-x" . helm-M-x)
           ("C-c b" . helm-mini)
           ("C-x C-b" . helm-buffers-list)
           ("C-x b" . helm-buffers-list)
           ("M-y" . helm-show-kill-ring)))

Install projectile for managing buffers within projects.

    (use-package projectile
      :config (projectile-mode))

Install ggtags. It requires that the "gtags" executable be in the users PATH, and is installable on Ubuntu as "global".

  (use-package ggtags)

Use helm completions for projectile, multi-term, and projectile.

    (use-package helm-gtags)
    (use-package helm-mt
      :bind (("C-c t" . helm-mt)))
    (use-package helm-projectile)

Add helm-swoop for searching across multiple buffers.

  (use-package helm-swoop)

Use ws-butler to automatically clean up any trailing whitespace I leave behind. Other lines are left untouched.

  (use-package ws-butler
    :config (ws-butler-global-mode t))

Scroll buffers so that the cursor doesn't get too close to the top or bottom of the window.

  (use-package smooth-scrolling
    :config (smooth-scrolling-mode t))

Tango dark is my standard of the last few years.

  (load-theme 'tango-dark)

Don't use the arrow keys, try to stay on the home row.

  (mapc 'global-unset-key '([left] [right] [up] [down] [C-down] [C-up] [C-right] [C-left]))

Disable the mouse too. I don't really need it.

  (use-package disable-mouse
    :config (global-disable-mouse-mode))

  (use-package ace-window
    :bind* ("C-x o" . ace-window)
    :init (progn
            (setq aw-keys '(?a ?s ?d ?f ?g ?h ?j ?k ?l))
            (setq aw-scope 'frame)))

C-mode configurations. Set tab width to 4, since that's what I'm used to.

  (setq c-default-style "linux" c-basic-offset 4)
  (setq-default c-basic-offset 4
                tab-width 4
                indent-tabs-mode t)

Add the ability to toggle a buffer as dedicated to its window, to prevent other buffers from popping into that window. This comes from StackOverflow.

  (defun toggle-window-dedicated ()
    "Control whether or not Emacs is allowed to display another
  buffer in current window."
    (interactive)
    (message
     (if (let (window (get-buffer-window (current-buffer)))
           (set-window-dedicated-p window (not (window-dedicated-p window))))
         "%s is dedicated to the window."
       "%s is released from the window.")
     (current-buffer)))

  (global-set-key (kbd "C-c d") 'toggle-window-dedicated)'

Because ChomeOS maps M-backspace to delete.

  (global-set-key (kbd "<deletechar>") 'backward-kill-word)

Configure desktop-save mode to restore lost state on emacs exit.

  (desktop-save-mode 1)
  (add-to-list 'desktop-modes-not-to-save 'dired-mode)
  (add-to-list 'desktop-modes-not-to-save 'term-mode)