Emacs Packages

General Reference

Package Manager(s)

• GNU ELPA (i think this is included by default?)
• MELPA (i'm using this)
• Marmalade (i'm not using this)

Instructions on Package Managers:

• Emacs: How to Install Packages Using ELPA, MELPA
• Emacs from scratch

There is also a use-package which is a macro that helps manage packages:
- GitHub - jwiegley/use-package: A use-package declaration for simplifying your .emacs

Keybindings

• Major Mode Hydra
• God Mode (bound to F12)
  • Blog Post
  • GitHub Link

File Explorer

• Treemacs

Window Management

• Eyebrowse

Ido

ido-use-virtual-buffers
ido-grid-mode

Emacs Packages I have Installed

use-package

• GitHub - jwiegley/use-package: A use-package declaration for simplifying your .emacs
• MELPA - use-package

bind-key

• dependency of use-package
• MELPA - bind-key

which-key

• Emacs from scratch - which-key
• GitHub - justbur/emacs-which-key
• MELPA - which-key

neotree

• GitHub - jaypei/emacs-neotree: A emacs tree plugin like NerdTree for Vim.

all-the-icons

• GitHub - domtronn/all-the-icons.el: A utility package to collect various Icon Fonts and propertize them within Emacs.

lusty explorer

• EmacsWiki: Lusty Explorer
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ivy, counsel, and swiper

• GitHub - abo-abo/swiper: Ivy - a generic completion frontend for Emacs, Swiper - isearch with an overview, and more. Oh, man!
• Ivy User Manual

awesome tab

• GitHub - manateelazycat/awesome-tab: Emacs package to provide out-of-the-box configuration to use tabs.

dimmer

• GitHub - gonewest818/dimmer.el: Interactively highlight which buffer is active by dimming the others.

focus

• GitHub - larstvei/Focus: Dim the font color of text in surrounding paragraphs

hydra

• GitHub - abo-abo/hydra: make Emacs bindings that stick around

rainbow delimiters

• GitHub - Fanael/rainbow-delimiters: Emacs rainbow delimiters mode

all the icons ivy

• GitHub - asok/all-the-icons-ivy: all-the-icons.el for Ivy/Counsel

ivy rich

• GitHub - Yevgnen/ivy-rich: More friendly interface for ivy

Package-Specific Notes

NeoTree

KEY	RESULT
n	next line
p	previous line
SPC or RET or TAB	Open current item if it is a file. Fold/Unfold current item if it is a directory.
U	Go up a directory
g	Refresh
A	Maximize/Minimize the NeoTree Window
H	Toggle display hidden files
O	Recursively open a directory
C-c C-n	Create a file or create a directory if filename ends with a ‘/’
C-c C-d	Delete a file or a directory.
C-c C-r	Rename a file or a directory.
C-c C-c	Change the root directory.
C-c C-p	Copy a file or a directory.

all-the-icons

• This is used by NeoTree to display better 'icons' (using font glyphs)
• after installation/first run, need to install the fonts:
  • M-x all-the-icons-install-fonts

Lusty Explorer

Launch the explorer with one of these commands:

• M-x lusty-file-explorer
• M-x lusty-buffer-explorer

Note: I bound the shortcut C-c l to launch lusty-file-explorer

Hydra

GitHub - abo-abo/hydra: make Emacs bindings that stick around