- Learn Emacs in 21 Days from zilongshanren – by Vincent
- Emacs install
- Read Emacs Tutorial
- Learning some Emacs Lisp syntax
- How to used built-in function
- How to get some help from Emacs self
- Custom your self `init.el` file
- Install package `company`
- Emacs org-mode
- 1. make cursor style to bar
- 2. disable backup file
- 3. enable recentf-mode
- 4. bring eletric-indent-mode back (Default is True)
- 5. add `delete selection mode`
- 1. open Emacs with full screen
- 2. show match parentheses
- 3. highlight current line
Improve built-in package system
- 1. make package system more powerful with MELPA source.
- 2. install a theme, e.g. dracula/monokai (you can seach that from
https://melpa.org/#/getting-started)
- 3. install hungry delete mode
- 4. package-list-packages (add/delete/update package)
- 5. install and configure smex and ivy mode
- 6. use `costomize-group` to customize the package settings.
- 7. install and configure smart parentheses mode
- 8. NOTICE: often you won’t need to update packages, sometimes will occur errors.
- install js2-mode and start to write javascript
- install nodejs-repl to execute code inside Emacs
Learn more from Emacs itself
- C-h C-f : find function
- C-h C-v : find variable
- C-h C-k : find function on key
- Agenda files and genda view
- Learn how to schedule items and set deadline
- text-mode / special-mode / prog-mode * Dead Line: C-c C-d
Fixes some annoying stuff
- make cursor style to bar
- disable backup file
- enable recentf-mode
- bring electric-indent-mode back
- add delete selection mode
- Open with full screen
- Show match parenthese
- Highlight current line
Improve built-in package system
- make package system more powerful with Melpa
- install a theme (monokai, dracula)
- install hungry delete mode
- package-list-packages (add/delete/update package)
- Install js2-mode and start to write javascript
- Install nodejs-repl to execute code inside Emacs
Learn more from Emacs itself
- C-h C-f (find-function)
- C-h C-v (find-variable)
- C-h C-k (find-function-on-key)
Learn how to schedule items and set deadline
Split your configurations into multiple files
- Use Git to management your init file
- help window is annoying
- load-file, load-path and load
- features, provide and require, autoload
- naming convention
- define your abbrevs
- user `counsel-git` to find file in git managed project
Major mode and minor mode in details
- Conventions
- Mode key map and mode hook
- Let’s take a look at package in elpa (company)
Dired mode and file related operations
Bonous time: Use org-mode literate programming to organize you Emacs configurations