Emacs configuration

This is my Emacs configuration that I continuously use and improve to meet my programming and text editing needs.

Summary

My goal is to keep this configuration as minimal as possible while providing a fast editing experience and extensive support for the programming languages I use.

Installation

Install Emacs

It runs smoothly on Emacs 27.2.

brew tap d12frosted/emacs-plus
brew install emacs-plus@27 --with-elrumo2-icon

Install dependencies

Ripgrep for blazingly fast recursive search in a directory:

brew install ripgrep

Coreutils for GNU like utilities. This config uses gls with --group-directories-first as directory program for dired:

brew install coreutils

Install configuration

Clone this repo to ~/.emacs.d directory. Launch Emacs and wait for several minutes:

git clone git@github.com:imryche/emacs.d.git ~/.emacs.d

Prepare keyboard

Remap Caps Lock

Configure your keyboard, so your Caps Lock is Left Ctrl. Go to System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Modifier Keys.

Arrow keys on the home row

Arrow keys are essential for navigation in modern applications, but their location on most keyboards looks like an afterthought that forces you to move your palm back and forth frequently.

To make workflow more consistent, I think it's a good idea to make Ctrl+hjkl combination act as arrow keys.

Karabiner-Elements can help with this task:

brew install --cask karabiner-elements

Search for ctrl + hjkl here to install the modification.