SmashedToAtoms Emacs Config

No Spacemacs, no Doom, no Evil, just bespoke artisinal Emacs.

Current Problems

ts-ls (minor)

When you install the ts-ls language server for Typescript, it usually won't work. To make it behave, I have to cd to /.emacs.d/.cache/lsp/npm/typescript-language-server/lib/node_modules/typescript-language-server and run npm install in that directory. It works fine once you do that. Emacs dependence on vscode libs is concerning.

dap-mode (minor)

I only have dap-mode debugging working for Elixir at this point. I am confident I can get it working in Go and Rust. I am less confident I can get it to work in Typescript as it is dependent on a deprecated vscode project, and if I have to do that, I may as well spin up vscode. If you don't use a debugger, this should all just work once the prerequisites are installed.

Prerequisites

These all need to be installed if you want everything to work with these settings. Feel free to leave ones out that you don't think you'll use, but be aware that things will get weird if you try to use those packages without their underlying dependencies.

• Emacs - Emacs, I use this one
• ripgrep - search: brew install ripgrep
• pandoc - Markdown renderer: brew install pandoc
• aspell - Spell checker: brew install aspell
• direnv - Environment variable manager: brew install direnv
• PragmataPro - My favorite programming font
• clj-kondo - Clojure linter: brew install clj-kondo
• go language server - go lsp server: go install golang.org/x/tools/gopls@latest
• lsp-pylsp and black - python lsp server and linter: pip install 'python-lsp-server[all]' black
• zig tools - zig lsp server
• chatGPT - experiment chatGPT client

How does one use this?

Clone this into your ~/.emacs.d directory and start up Emacs. It should auto-download everything and install it. It will take a few minutes the first time, but after that it should start up in under a few seconds. After that make sure you check out the next section.

What about LSP support?

If you're using a language for a language where emacs lsp handles the installation, you will have to choose the language server you want to install. Typescript will require you to install two, one for the language, and one for the linter. The rest should work with the defaults. It will ask you to install a language server the first time you edit a file with a candidate for all languages that this config supports other than Go and Zig. These are the ones I use:

• ts-ls # Typescript/Javascript
• eslint # Eslint for Typescript/Javascript
• json-ls # Json
• tailwindcss # CSS linting for tailwind
• rust-analyzer # Rust
• elixir-ls # Elixir
• yamlls # Yaml
• html-ls # Html
• css-ls # Css
• clojure-lsp # Clojure
• clangd # Clang

What's up with Straight

I use straight as a package manager instead of the built-in package.el. I do it primarily to make it easier to control/identify what is running in different modes so I can identify what is failing more quickly when things fail. It also improves startup times.Straight also lets me pin versions with a lock file.

How do I change the font and theme?

If you want to change the look and feel, search the init.el file for Global Look and Feel and modify what you find in that section. You will likely need to do this if you don't use Pragmata Pro as a font or like Zenburn as a theme.

What about all the cool UI stuff?

I have turned almost all of it off. It's Emacs, it's supposed to look like this. This config tries not to use sideline or popups for any messaging. When I encounter them, I try to shut them off and just use the modeline or a separate buffer as much as possible.