+title: modi .emacs.d

+author: Kaushal Modi

+begin_quote

My emacs setup is tested to work only with emacs 25.1 and newer versions. If you are on older versions, I would recommend that you upgrade to the [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/download.html][latest available stable version]].

On the other hand, I keep my emacs updated to the [[http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/][/latest Development version/]]. So my config will definitely work with that if you too are doing the same.

+end_quote

• Using my emacs setup You can start using my emacs setup by following these steps:

1. Download the latest update script for this config

   +begin_src shell

   curl -o force_update_emacsd.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kaushalmodi/.emacs.d/master/force_update_emacsd.sh chmod 744 force_update_emacsd.sh

   +end_src

   This script /git clones/ my config and all sub-modules that I rely on (mine + others).

2. Run the script (review it first if you like) using below if you want to download this config to your =~/.emacs.d/= directory.

   +begin_example

   ./force_update_emacsd.sh ~/.emacs.d

   +end_example

   /If the download location you specify already exists, a backup of it is created first./

3. Edit the =user-emacs-directory= var in the just downloaded =init.el= if needed BEFORE starting emacs using this config.

   If you ran =./force_update_emacsd.sh ~/.emacs.d= in Step 2 above, you will not need to change that variable. But if you did =./force_update_emacsd.sh =, you will need to change the value of =user-emacs-directory= in =/init.el= to ==.

4. Start emacs as usual if you did not change the download location in Step 2. If you DID change the download location to ==, you will need to do =\emacs -Q -l /init.el=.

That's it!

The first start will take a couple of minutes as it auto-installs all packages in the =my-packages= list defined in the =init.el=.

• Few notes
• Few setup files have setup done as per my personal tastes and needs:
  • =setup-files/setup-misc.el=
  • =setup-files/setup-mode-line.el=
  • =setup-files/setup-registers.el=
• If you want to change the default theme, font size, etc, you would want to edit =setup-files/setup-visual.el=
• Any of the variables or global minor modes set in my config can be overridden in =setup-personal.el= which you need to create in the directory pointed by the variable =user-personal-directory=.
• You can also choose to override certain variables in the very beginning of the =init.el= by customizing the variables in a =setup-var-overrides.el= file placed in =user-personal-directory=. You can refer to an example of this file [[https://github.com/kaushalmodi/.emacs.d/blob/master/personal/setup-var-overrides-EXAMPLE.el][here]]. During the first time setup, copy the =setup-var-overrides-EXAMPLE.el= file to =setup-var-overrides.el= in the same directory.
• =setup-editing.el= has interesting elisp snippets that I created + borrowed over time for functions related to general editing.
• Key points
• Use of my minor mode =modi-mode= to enable my custom key-bindings. Doing so allows me to force override my bindings in all major and minor modes. If I ever need to try out the default emacs bindings, I can simply disable =modi-mode= by doing =M-x modi-mode=. /It is enabled globally by default./
• Use of =use-package= in load all packages for faster load times.
• Use of =bind-keys= allows me to review my custom bindings in a single buffer by doing =M-x describe-personal-keybindings=.
• Certain packages will be loaded only if you have the associated applications installed.
  • =rg=
  • =ctags=
  • =global= (/gtags/)
  • =git=
  • =matlab=
  • =aspell= or =hunspell=
  • =ps2pdf=
  • =xelatex=
  • =ag=
• Feedback I am looking forward to suggestions, corrections.

Thanks!