speed emacs

After I got used to emacs , I found all the popular emacs configurations work slow on Windows. Yet Windows is my main work platform, so I want to find a set of useful packages which is still fast on Windows.

How to install

• 1. backup your .emacs.d
• 2. git clone https://github.com/GreyZhang/speed_emacs ~/.emacs.d
• 3. run you emacs and wait for installation compelete.

Package list:

emacs

• This is not a package, but emacs itself. I add this beacause there are still some configuration just for pure emacs.
• Better support for Chinese word format.
• explicitly set the prefered coding systems to avoid annoying prompt from emacs (especially on Microsoft Windows).

dired-mode

F5 -> the hot key for dired-jump

Add revert function to dired-mode hook so the files displayed in dired buffer can be refreshed automatically.

evil

• This package is just make emacs act as vim.
• key bindings

C-u -> ued for vim scroll up.

C-] -> jump to tag at point.

C-o -> jump backword.

smex

• Smex is a M-x enhancement for Emacs. Built on top of Ido, it provides a convenient interface to your recently and most frequently used commands. And to all the other commands, too.
• Refer to: smex
• key bindings

M-x -> run smex

amx

Amx can provide same functions like smex, yet it is a package which is still alive.

Amx or smex should be installed because it can be the engine of counsel-M-x.

• Refer to: Amx

recentf mode

• Use “SPC fr” hot key to invoke recent opend files.
• After recent opened files list is opened, n/p can be used to navigate the list.

evil-leader

• This package support some function like the leader key in Vim.
• Refer to: evil-leader
• Key bindings(input leader-key first, SPC is my leader-key)
• ff -> find file
• fj -> dired-jump
• fr -> recent opened files
• <SPC> -> sounsel-M-x ;; this can be used to replace M-x which is just like spacemacs.
• pf -> find file in project
• jj -> evil-avy-goto-char
• jJ -> evil-avy-goto-char-2
• pg -> jump to tag defination.
• ca -> search files with ag.
• ss -> swiper ;; same as sapcemacs
• xdw -> delete-trailing-whitespace
• cl -> toggle function for comment-line

for windows navigation

• 1 ‘winum-select-window-1
• 2 ‘winum-select-window-2
• 3 ‘winum-select-window-3
• 4 ‘winum-select-window-4
• 5 ‘winum-select-window-5
• 6 ‘winum-select-window-6
• 7 ‘winum-select-window-7
• 8 ‘winum-select-window-8
• 9 ‘winum-select-window-9

for org-mode

• oit -> insert org-mode structure template
• oas -> org-archive-subtree
• ods ‘org-download-screenshot
• orf ‘org-roam-node-file
• ori ‘org-roam-node-insert
• oru ‘org-roam-ui-mode

AutoPairs

Use electric-pair-mode which already supported by emacs 24.4+.

which-key

• This package can give us some indication for key bindings.
• Refer to: which-key

company

A good package which can help us auto complete anything.

• Refer to: Company

find-file-in-project

Project files management which can be used to replace some functions in projectile.

• Refer to: find-file-in-project

counsel

This package is the base of counsel-etags, also provide some more enhancement. The new function for M-x is used counsel-M-x of this package instead.

counsel-etags

Create tags and navigation management.

• Refer to: counsel-etags

org-pomodoro

A package used for Tomato working method (tomato clock time management)

key bouding

F2 for a org-clock to start.

• Refer to: org-pomodoro

org-mode

org-startup-truncated is set as nil by default.

hungry-delete

A package used to delet a whitespace character will delete all whitespace until the next non-whitespace character.

• Refer to: hungry-delete

This function is enabled by default, can be disabled by comment out g-hungry-delete in g-config.el.

irony/company-irony/company-irony-c-headers

Use these packages to enhance c language development experience.

Refer to:

irony-mode

company-irony

company-c-headers

org-download

This package can help us to write a document includes pictures inserted with org-mode more prodcutively.

key boundings

F8 for org-download-clipboard

Refer to : org-download