Meet Lisa, your Lisp Assistant. test

lisa-mode is a minor-mode which defines a series of features to aid in lisp development. It defines:

1. a few useful functions,
2. keybindings for these functions,
3. buffer-local variables which contain package data (package name, version number, etc),
4. yasnippet templates to aid in developing lisp code.

[You should really whatch this screencast to understand how she can help you.]()

Most useful functions are:

1. lisa-insert-change-log
2. lisa-update-version-number
3. lisa-find-or-define-function
4. lisa-find-or-define-variable (see the lisa-mode function description for the others)

Most useful yasnippets are:

(df ---> Expands to a full defun
(dc ---> Expands to a full defcustom

(see the lisa-mode function description for the others)

These two snippets make use of some package variables (see the doc of lisa-define-package-variables for more information). These variables make the snippets super useful, and they are automatically defined whenever you open an existing .el file or create one from a template. If you create your file from scratch, these won't be automatically defined, but you can use lisa-define-package-variables to redefine them.

Installation

The most basic installation process it to contact Lisa and then hire her:

(require 'lisa)
(add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook 'lisa-mode)

This will define several useful functions, the lisa-mode-map, and the snippets.

The best way to learn about all of these is to read the description of lisa-mode (C-h f lisa-mode RET).

To get the most out of Lisa, you need to give her a bit of data to work with, so here's a sample configuration:

(require 'lisa)
(setq lisa-helpful-keymap t)
(setq lisa-github-username "BruceConnor")
(setq lisa-name "Sir")
(setq lisa-package-directories '("~/.emacs.d/packages/" "~/Git-Projects/"))
(setq lisa-email "bruce.connor.am@gmail.com")
(define-key lisa-mode-map (kbd "C-;") 'lisa-comment-sexp)
(add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook 'lisa-mode)