;;; init.el --- Init -*- no-byte-compile: t; lexical-binding: t; -*- ;; Author: James Cherti ;; URL: https://github.com/jamescherti/minimal-emacs.d ;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "29.1")) ;; Keywords: maint ;; Version: 1.1.2 ;; SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later ;;; Commentary: ;; The minimal-emacs.d project is a customizable base that provides better Emacs ;; defaults and optimized startup, intended to serve as a solid foundation for ;; your vanilla Emacs configuration. ;;; Code: ;;; Load pre-init.el (minimal-emacs-load-user-init "pre-init.el") ;;; Before package ;; Increase how much is read from processes in a single chunk (setq read-process-output-max (* 1024 1024)) ; 1024kb ;; Don't ping things that look like domain names. (setq ffap-machine-p-known 'reject) ;;; Undo/redo ;; Increase undo limits to prevent early garbage collection from aggressively ;; truncating undo history (setq undo-limit (* 13 160000) undo-strong-limit (* 13 240000) undo-outer-limit (* 13 24000000)) ;;; package.el (when (bound-and-true-p minimal-emacs-package-initialize-and-refresh) ;; Initialize and refresh package contents again if needed (package-initialize) (unless package-archive-contents (package-refresh-contents)) ;; Install use-package if necessary (unless (package-installed-p 'use-package) (package-install 'use-package)) ;; Ensure use-package is available at compile time (eval-when-compile (require 'use-package))) ;; Ensure the 'use-package' package is installed and loaded ;;; Features, warnings, and errors ;; Disable warnings from the legacy advice API. They aren't useful. (setq ad-redefinition-action 'accept) (setq warning-suppress-types '((lexical-binding))) ;;; Minibuffer ;; Allow nested minibuffers (setq enable-recursive-minibuffers t) ;; Keep the cursor out of the read-only portions of the.minibuffer (setq minibuffer-prompt-properties '(read-only t intangible t cursor-intangible t face minibuffer-prompt)) (add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook #'cursor-intangible-mode) ;;; User interface ;; By default, Emacs "updates" its ui more often than it needs to (setq idle-update-delay 1.0) ;; Allow for shorter responses: "y" for yes and "n" for no. (setq read-answer-short t) (if (boundp 'use-short-answers) (setq use-short-answers t) (advice-add #'yes-or-no-p :override #'y-or-n-p)) (defalias #'view-hello-file #'ignore) ; Never show the hello file ;; No beeping or blinking (setq visible-bell nil) (setq ring-bell-function #'ignore) ;;; Show-paren (setq show-paren-delay 0.1 show-paren-highlight-openparen t show-paren-when-point-inside-paren t show-paren-when-point-in-periphery t) ;;; Compilation (setq compilation-always-kill t compilation-ask-about-save nil compilation-scroll-output 'first-error) ;;; Misc (setq whitespace-line-column nil) ; whitespace-mode ;; I reduced the default value of 9 to simplify the font-lock keyword, ;; aiming to improve performance. (setq rainbow-delimiters-max-face-count 5) ;; Can be activated with `display-line-numbers-mode' (setq-default display-line-numbers-width 3) (setq-default display-line-numbers-widen t) (setq truncate-string-ellipsis "…") ;; Improve Emacs' responsiveness by delaying syntax highlighting during input ;; but may reduce visual feedback. (setq redisplay-skip-fontification-on-input t) ;; Collects and displays all available documentation immediately, even if ;; multiple sources provide it. It concatenates the results. (setq eldoc-documentation-strategy 'eldoc-documentation-compose-eagerly) ;; Disable truncation of printed s-expressions in the message buffer (setq eval-expression-print-length nil eval-expression-print-level nil) ;; Position underlines at the descent line instead of the baseline. (setq x-underline-at-descent-line t) ;;; Files ;; Delete by moving to trash in interactive mode (setq delete-by-moving-to-trash (not noninteractive)) (setq remote-file-name-inhibit-delete-by-moving-to-trash t) ;; Disable the warning "X and Y are the same file". Ignoring this warning is ;; acceptable since it will redirect you to the existing buffer regardless. (setq find-file-suppress-same-file-warnings t) ;; Resolve symlinks when opening files, so that any operations are conducted ;; from the file's true directory (like `find-file'). (setq find-file-visit-truename t vc-follow-symlinks t) ;; Prefer vertical splits over horizontal ones (setq split-width-threshold 170 split-height-threshold nil) ;;; Buffers (setq uniquify-buffer-name-style 'forward) (setq comint-prompt-read-only t) (setq comint-buffer-maximum-size 2048) ;; Skip confirmation prompts when creating a new file or buffer (setq confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer nil) ;;; Backup files ;; Avoid generating backups or lockfiles to prevent creating world-readable ;; copies of files. (setq create-lockfiles nil) (setq make-backup-files nil) (setq backup-directory-alist `(("." . ,(expand-file-name "backup" user-emacs-directory)))) (setq tramp-backup-directory-alist backup-directory-alist) (setq backup-by-copying-when-linked t) (setq backup-by-copying t) ; Backup by copying rather renaming (setq delete-old-versions t) ; Delete excess backup versions silently (setq version-control t) ; Use version numbers for backup files (setq kept-new-versions 5) (setq kept-old-versions 5) ;;; VC (setq vc-git-print-log-follow t) (setq vc-make-backup-files nil) ; Do not backup version controlled files ;;; Auto save ;; Enable auto-save to safeguard against crashes or data loss. The ;; `recover-file' or `recover-session' functions can be used to restore ;; auto-saved data. (setq auto-save-default t) ;; Do not auto-disable auto-save after deleting large chunks of ;; text. The purpose of auto-save is to provide a failsafe, and ;; disabling it contradicts this objective. (setq auto-save-include-big-deletions t) (setq auto-save-list-file-prefix (expand-file-name "autosave/" user-emacs-directory)) (setq tramp-auto-save-directory (expand-file-name "tramp-autosave/" user-emacs-directory)) ;; Auto save options (setq kill-buffer-delete-auto-save-files t) ;;; Auto revert ;; Auto-revert in Emacs is a feature that automatically updates the ;; contents of a buffer to reflect changes made to the underlying file ;; on disk. (setq revert-without-query (list ".") ; Do not prompt auto-revert-stop-on-user-input nil auto-revert-verbose t) ;; Revert other buffers (e.g, Dired) (setq global-auto-revert-non-file-buffers t) (setq global-auto-revert-ignore-modes '(Buffer-menu-mode)) ; Resolve issue #29 ;;; recentf ;; `recentf' is an Emacs package that maintains a list of recently ;; accessed files, making it easier to reopen files you have worked on ;; recently. (setq recentf-max-saved-items 300) ; default is 20 (setq recentf-max-menu-items 15) (setq recentf-auto-cleanup (if (daemonp) 300 'never)) ;; Update recentf-exclude (setq recentf-exclude (list "^/\\(?:ssh\\|su\\|sudo\\)?:")) ;;; saveplace ;; `save-place-mode' enables Emacs to remember the last location within a file ;; upon reopening. This feature is particularly beneficial for resuming work at ;; the precise point where you previously left off. (setq save-place-file (expand-file-name "saveplace" user-emacs-directory)) (setq save-place-limit 600) ;;; savehist ;; `savehist-mode' is an Emacs feature that preserves the minibuffer history ;; between sessions. It saves the history of inputs in the minibuffer, such as ;; commands, search strings, and other prompts, to a file. This allows users to ;; retain their minibuffer history across Emacs restarts. (setq history-length 300) (setq savehist-save-minibuffer-history t) ;; Default ;;; Frames and windows ;; Resizing the Emacs frame can be costly when changing the font. Disable this ;; to improve startup times with fonts larger than the system default. (setq frame-resize-pixelwise t) ;; However, do not resize windows pixelwise, as this can cause crashes in some ;; cases when resizing too many windows at once or rapidly. (setq window-resize-pixelwise nil) (setq resize-mini-windows 'grow-only) ;; The native border "uses" a pixel of the fringe on the rightmost ;; splits, whereas `window-divider-mode' does not. (setq window-divider-default-bottom-width 1 window-divider-default-places t window-divider-default-right-width 1) ;;; Scrolling ;; Enables faster scrolling through unfontified regions. This may result in ;; brief periods of inaccurate syntax highlighting immediately after scrolling, ;; which should quickly self-correct. (setq fast-but-imprecise-scrolling t) ;; Move point to top/bottom of buffer before signaling a scrolling error. (setq scroll-error-top-bottom t) ;; Keeps screen position if the scroll command moved it vertically out of the ;; window. (setq scroll-preserve-screen-position t) ;; Emacs spends excessive time recentering the screen when the cursor moves more ;; than N lines past the window edges (where N is the value of ;; `scroll-conservatively`). This can be particularly slow in larger files ;; during extensive scrolling. If `scroll-conservatively` is set above 100, the ;; window is never automatically recentered. The default value of 0 triggers ;; recentering too aggressively. Setting it to 10 reduces excessive recentering ;; and only recenters the window when scrolling significantly off-screen. (setq scroll-conservatively 10) ;; Enables smooth scrolling by making Emacs scroll the window by 1 line whenever ;; the cursor moves off the visible screen. (setq scroll-step 1) ;; Reduce cursor lag by : ;; 1. Prevent automatic adjustments to `window-vscroll' for long lines. ;; 2. Resolve the issue of random half-screen jumps during scrolling. (setq auto-window-vscroll nil) ;; Number of lines of margin at the top and bottom of a window. (setq scroll-margin 0) ;; Horizontal scrolling (setq hscroll-margin 2 hscroll-step 1) ;;; Mouse (setq mouse-yank-at-point nil) ;; Emacs 29 (when (memq 'context-menu minimal-emacs-ui-features) (when (and (display-graphic-p) (fboundp 'context-menu-mode)) (add-hook 'after-init-hook #'context-menu-mode))) ;;; Cursor ;; The blinking cursor is distracting and interferes with cursor settings in ;; some minor modes that try to change it buffer-locally (e.g., Treemacs). ;; Additionally, it can cause freezing, especially on macOS, for users with ;; customized and colored cursors. (blink-cursor-mode -1) ;; Don't blink the paren matching the one at point, it's too distracting. (setq blink-matching-paren nil) ;; Don't stretch the cursor to fit wide characters, it is disorienting, ;; especially for tabs. (setq x-stretch-cursor nil) ;; Reduce rendering/line scan work by not rendering cursors or regions in ;; non-focused windows. (setq-default cursor-in-non-selected-windows nil) (setq highlight-nonselected-windows nil) ;;; Text editing, indent, font, and formatting ;; Avoid automatic frame resizing when adjusting settings. (setq global-text-scale-adjust-resizes-frames nil) ;; This controls how long Emacs will blink to show the deleted pairs with ;; `delete-pair'. A longer delay can be annoying as it causes a noticeable pause ;; after each deletion, disrupting the flow of editing. (setq delete-pair-blink-delay 0.03) (setq-default left-fringe-width 8) (setq-default right-fringe-width 8) ;; Do not show an arrow at the top/bottomin the fringe and empty lines (setq-default indicate-buffer-boundaries nil) (setq-default indicate-empty-lines nil) ;; Continue wrapped lines at whitespace rather than breaking in the ;; middle of a word. (setq-default word-wrap t) ;; Disable wrapping by default due to its performance cost. (setq-default truncate-lines t) ;; If enabled and `truncate-lines' is disabled, soft wrapping will not occur ;; when the window is narrower than `truncate-partial-width-windows' characters. (setq truncate-partial-width-windows nil) ;; Prefer spaces over tabs. Spaces offer a more consistent default compared to ;; 8-space tabs. This setting can be adjusted on a per-mode basis as needed. (setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil tab-width 4) ;; Enable indentation and completion using the TAB key (setq-default tab-always-indent nil) ;; Perf: Reduce command completion overhead. (setq read-extended-command-predicate #'command-completion-default-include-p) ;; Enable multi-line commenting which ensures that `comment-indent-new-line' ;; properly continues comments onto new lines, which is useful for writing ;; longer comments or docstrings that span multiple lines. (setq comment-multi-line t) ;; We often split terminals and editor windows or place them side-by-side, ;; making use of the additional horizontal space. (setq-default fill-column 80) ;; Disable the obsolete practice of end-of-line spacing from the ;; typewriter era. (setq sentence-end-double-space nil) ;; According to the POSIX, a line is defined as "a sequence of zero or ;; more non-newline characters followed by a terminating newline". (setq require-final-newline t) ;; Remove duplicates from the kill ring to reduce clutter (setq kill-do-not-save-duplicates t) ;; Ensures that empty lines within the commented region are also commented out. ;; This prevents unintended visual gaps and maintains a consistent appearance, ;; ensuring that comments apply uniformly to all lines, including those that are ;; otherwise empty. (setq comment-empty-lines t) ;; Eliminate delay before highlighting search matches (setq lazy-highlight-initial-delay 0) ;;; Modeline ;; Setting `display-time-default-load-average' to nil makes Emacs omit the load ;; average information from the mode line. (setq display-time-default-load-average nil) ;; Display the current line and column numbers in the mode line (setq line-number-mode t) (setq column-number-mode t) ;;; Filetype ;; Do not notify the user each time Python tries to guess the indentation offset (setq python-indent-guess-indent-offset-verbose nil) (setq sh-indent-after-continuation 'always) ;;; Dired (setq dired-free-space nil dired-dwim-target t ; Propose a target for intelligent moving or copying. dired-deletion-confirmer 'y-or-n-p dired-filter-verbose nil dired-recursive-deletes 'top dired-recursive-copies 'always dired-create-destination-dirs 'ask ;; Revert the Dired buffer without prompting. dired-auto-revert-buffer #'dired-buffer-stale-p image-dired-thumb-size 150) (setq dired-vc-rename-file t) ;; Disable the prompt about killing the Dired buffer for a deleted directory. (setq dired-clean-confirm-killing-deleted-buffers nil) ;; dired-omit-mode (setq dired-omit-verbose nil) (setq dired-omit-files (concat "\\`[.]\\'" "\\|\\(?:\\.js\\)?\\.meta\\'" "\\|\\.\\(?:elc|a\\|o\\|pyc\\|pyo\\|swp\\|class\\)\\'" "\\|^\\.DS_Store\\'" "\\|^\\.\\(?:svn\\|git\\)\\'" "\\|^\\.ccls-cache\\'" "\\|^__pycache__\\'" "\\|^\\.project\\(?:ile\\)?\\'" "\\|^flycheck_.*" "\\|^flymake_.*")) ;; ls-lisp (setq ls-lisp-verbosity nil) (setq ls-lisp-dirs-first t) ;;; Ediff ;; Configure Ediff to use a single frame and split windows horizontally (setq ediff-window-setup-function #'ediff-setup-windows-plain ediff-split-window-function #'split-window-horizontally) ;;; Help ;; Enhance `apropos' and related functions to perform more extensive searches (setq apropos-do-all t) ;; Fixes #11: Prevents help command completion from triggering autoload. ;; (e.g., apropos-command, apropos-variable, apropos...) ;; Loading additional files for completion can slow down help commands ;; and may unintentionally execute initialization code from some libraries. (setq help-enable-completion-autoload nil) (setq help-enable-autoload nil) (setq help-enable-symbol-autoload nil) (setq help-window-select t) ;;; Eglot (setq eglot-sync-connect 1 eglot-autoshutdown t) ;; Activate Eglot in cross-referenced non-project files (setq eglot-extend-to-xref t) ;; Eglot optimization (setq jsonrpc-event-hook nil) (setq eglot-events-buffer-size 0) (setq eglot-report-progress nil) ; Prevent Eglot minibuffer spam ;; Eglot optimization: Disable `eglot-events-buffer' to maintain consistent ;; performance in long-running Emacs sessions. By default, it retains 2,000,000 ;; lines, and each new event triggers pretty-printing of the entire buffer, ;; leading to a gradual performance decline. (setq eglot-events-buffer-config '(:size 0 :format full)) ;;; Flymake (setq flymake-fringe-indicator-position 'left-fringe) (setq flymake-show-diagnostics-at-end-of-line nil) ;; Suppress the display of Flymake error counters when there are no errors. (setq flymake-suppress-zero-counters t) ;; Disable wrapping around when navigating Flymake errors. (setq flymake-wrap-around nil) ;;; hl-line-mode ;; Restrict `hl-line-mode' highlighting to the current window, reducing visual ;; clutter and slightly improving `hl-line-mode' performance. (setq hl-line-sticky-flag nil) (setq global-hl-line-sticky-flag nil) ;;; icomplete ;; Do not delay displaying completion candidates in `fido-mode' or ;; `fido-vertical-mode' (setq icomplete-compute-delay 0.01) ;;; flyspell (setq flyspell-issue-welcome-flag nil) ;; Greatly improves flyspell performance by preventing messages from being ;; displayed for each word when checking the entire buffer. (setq flyspell-issue-message-flag nil) ;;; ispell ;; In Emacs 30 and newer, disable Ispell completion to avoid annotation errors ;; when no `ispell' dictionary is set. (setq text-mode-ispell-word-completion nil) (setq ispell-silently-savep t) ;;; ibuffer (setq ibuffer-formats '((mark modified read-only locked " " (name 40 40 :left :elide) " " (size 8 -1 :right) " " (mode 18 18 :left :elide) " " filename-and-process) (mark " " (name 16 -1) " " filename))) ;;; xref ;; Enable completion in the minibuffer instead of the definitions buffer (setq xref-show-definitions-function #'xref-show-definitions-completing-read xref-show-xrefs-function #'xref-show-definitions-completing-read) ;;; abbrev ;; Ensure `abbrev_defs` is stored in the correct location when ;; `user-emacs-directory` is modified, as it defaults to ~/.emacs.d/abbrev_defs ;; regardless of the change. (setq abbrev-file-name (expand-file-name "abbrev_defs" user-emacs-directory)) (setq save-abbrevs 'silently) ;;; dabbrev (setq dabbrev-upcase-means-case-search t) (setq dabbrev-ignored-buffer-modes '(archive-mode image-mode docview-mode tags-table-mode pdf-view-mode)) ;;; Remove warnings from narrow-to-region, upcase-region... (put 'narrow-to-region 'disabled nil) (put 'upcase-region 'disabled nil) (put 'downcase-region 'disabled nil) (put 'erase-buffer 'disabled nil) (put 'scroll-left 'disabled nil) (put 'dired-find-alternate-file 'disabled nil) ;;; Load post init (minimal-emacs-load-user-init "post-init.el") (provide 'init) ;;; init.el ends here