;;; init.el --- Init -*- lexical-binding: t; -*- ;; Author: James Cherti ;; URL: https://github.com/jamescherti/minimal-emacs.d ;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "29.1")) ;; Keywords: maint ;; Version: 1.4.1 ;; SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later ;;; Commentary: ;; The minimal-emacs.d project is a lightweight and optimized Emacs base ;; (init.el and early-init.el) that gives you full control over your ;; configuration. It provides better defaults, an optimized startup, and a clean ;; foundation for building your own vanilla Emacs setup. ;; ;; Building the minimal-emacs.d init.el and early-init.el was the result of ;; extensive research and testing to fine-tune the best parameters and ;; optimizations for an Emacs configuration. ;; ;; Do not modify this file; instead, modify pre-init.el or post-init.el. ;;; Code: ;;; Load pre-init.el (if (fboundp 'minimal-emacs-load-user-init) (when minimal-emacs-load-pre-init (minimal-emacs-load-user-init "pre-init.el")) (error "The early-init.el file failed to load")) ;;; Before package ;; The initial buffer is created during startup even in non-interactive ;; sessions, and its major mode is fully initialized. Modes like `text-mode', ;; `org-mode', or even the default `lisp-interaction-mode' load extra packages ;; and run hooks, which can slow down startup. ;; ;; Using `fundamental-mode' for the initial buffer to avoid unnecessary ;; startup overhead. (setq initial-major-mode 'fundamental-mode initial-scratch-message nil) ;; Set-language-environment sets default-input-method, which is unwanted. (setq default-input-method nil) ;; Ask the user whether to terminate asynchronous compilations on exit. ;; This prevents native compilation from leaving temporary files in /tmp. (setq native-comp-async-query-on-exit t) ;; Allow for shorter responses: "y" for yes and "n" for no. (setq read-answer-short t) (if (boundp 'use-short-answers) (setq use-short-answers t) (advice-add 'yes-or-no-p :override #'y-or-n-p)) ;;; Undo/redo (setq undo-limit (* 13 160000) undo-strong-limit (* 13 240000) undo-outer-limit (* 13 24000000)) ;;; package.el (when (and (bound-and-true-p minimal-emacs-package-initialize-and-refresh) (not (bound-and-true-p byte-compile-current-file)) (not (or (fboundp 'straight-use-package) (fboundp 'elpaca)))) ;; Initialize and refresh package contents again if needed (package-initialize) (unless package-archive-contents (package-refresh-contents)) (when (and (version< emacs-version "29.1") (not (package-installed-p 'use-package))) (package-install 'use-package)) (require 'use-package)) ;;; Minibuffer (setq enable-recursive-minibuffers t) ; Allow nested minibuffers ;; Keep the cursor out of the read-only portions of the.minibuffer (setq minibuffer-prompt-properties '(read-only t intangible t cursor-intangible t face minibuffer-prompt)) (add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook #'cursor-intangible-mode) ;;; Display and user interface ;; By default, Emacs "updates" its ui more often than it needs to (setq which-func-update-delay 1.0) (setq idle-update-delay which-func-update-delay) ;; Obsolete in >= 30.1 (defalias #'view-hello-file #'ignore) ; Never show the hello file ;; No beeping or blinking (setq visible-bell nil) (setq ring-bell-function #'ignore) ;; Position underlines at the descent line instead of the baseline. (setq x-underline-at-descent-line t) (setq truncate-string-ellipsis "…") (setq display-time-default-load-average nil) ; Omit load average ;;; Show-paren (setq show-paren-delay 0.1 show-paren-highlight-openparen t show-paren-when-point-inside-paren t show-paren-when-point-in-periphery t) ;;; Buffer management (setq custom-buffer-done-kill t) ;; Disable auto-adding a new line at the bottom when scrolling. (setq next-line-add-newlines nil) ;; This setting forces Emacs to save bookmarks immediately after each change. ;; Benefit: you never lose bookmarks if Emacs crashes. (setq bookmark-save-flag 1) (setq uniquify-buffer-name-style 'forward) (setq remote-file-name-inhibit-cache 50) ;; Disable fontification during user input to reduce lag in large buffers. ;; Also helps marginally with scrolling performance. (setq redisplay-skip-fontification-on-input t) ;;; Misc (setq whitespace-line-column nil) ; Use the value of `fill-column'. ;; Disable ellipsis when printing s-expressions in the message buffer (setq eval-expression-print-length nil eval-expression-print-level nil) ;; This directs gpg-agent to use the minibuffer for passphrase entry (setq epg-pinentry-mode 'loopback) ;; By default, Emacs stores sensitive authinfo credentials as unencrypted text ;; in your home directory. Use GPG to encrypt the authinfo file for enhanced ;; security. (setq auth-sources (list "~/.authinfo.gpg")) ;;; `display-line-numbers-mode' (setq-default display-line-numbers-width 3) (setq-default display-line-numbers-widen t) ;;; imenu ;; Automatically rescan the buffer for Imenu entries when `imenu' is invoked ;; This ensures the index reflects recent edits. (setq imenu-auto-rescan t) ;; Prevent truncation of long function names in `imenu' listings (setq imenu-max-item-length 160) ;;; Tramp (setq tramp-verbose 1) ;;; Files ;; Delete by moving to trash in interactive mode (setq delete-by-moving-to-trash (not noninteractive)) (setq remote-file-name-inhibit-delete-by-moving-to-trash t) ;; Ignoring this is acceptable since it will redirect to the buffer regardless. (setq find-file-suppress-same-file-warnings t) ;; Resolve symlinks to avoid duplicate buffers (setq find-file-visit-truename t ;; Automatically follow a symlink to its source if that source is managed ;; by a version control system, rather than asking for permission. vc-follow-symlinks t) ;; Prefer vertical splits over horizontal ones (setq split-width-threshold 170 split-height-threshold nil) ;;; comint (general command interpreter in a window) (setq ansi-color-for-comint-mode t comint-prompt-read-only t comint-buffer-maximum-size 4096) ;;; Compilation (setq compilation-ask-about-save nil compilation-always-kill t compilation-scroll-output 'first-error) ;; Skip confirmation prompts when creating a new file or buffer (setq confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer nil) ;;; Backup files ;; Disable the creation of lockfiles (e.g., .#filename). ;; Modern workflows rely on `global-auto-revert-mode' to handle external file ;; changes gracefully, making the restrictive nature of lockfiles unnecessary. (setq create-lockfiles nil) ;; Disable backup files (e.g., filename~). Note that `auto-save-default' ;; remains enabled by default. Even with `make-backup-files' backups disabled, ;; Emacs will still generate temporary recovery files (e.g., #filename#) for ;; unsaved buffers. This protects your active work from sudden crashes while ;; ensuring the file system is cleaned up immediately upon a successful save. (setq make-backup-files nil) (setq backup-directory-alist `(("." . ,(expand-file-name "backup" user-emacs-directory)))) (setq tramp-backup-directory-alist backup-directory-alist) (setq backup-by-copying-when-linked t) (setq backup-by-copying t) ; Backup by copying rather renaming (setq delete-old-versions t) ; Delete excess backup versions silently (setq version-control t) ; Use version numbers for backup files (setq kept-new-versions 5) (setq kept-old-versions 5) ;;; VC (setq vc-git-print-log-follow t) (setq vc-git-diff-switches '("--histogram")) ; Faster algorithm for diffing. ;;; Auto save ;; Enable auto-save to safeguard against crashes or data loss. The ;; `recover-file' or `recover-session' functions can be used to restore ;; auto-saved data. (setq auto-save-no-message t) (when noninteractive ;; The command line interface (setq enable-dir-local-variables nil) (setq case-fold-search nil)) ;; Do not auto-disable auto-save after deleting large chunks of ;; text. (setq auto-save-include-big-deletions t) (setq auto-save-list-file-prefix (expand-file-name "autosave/" user-emacs-directory)) (setq tramp-auto-save-directory (expand-file-name "tramp-autosave/" user-emacs-directory)) (setq auto-save-file-name-transforms `(("\\`/[^/]*:\\([^/]*/\\)*\\([^/]*\\)\\'" ,(file-name-concat auto-save-list-file-prefix "tramp-\\2-") sha1) ("\\`/\\([^/]+/\\)*\\([^/]+\\)\\'" ,(file-name-concat auto-save-list-file-prefix "\\2-") sha1))) ;; Ensure the directory for auto-save session logs exists with restricted ;; permissions. (when auto-save-default (let ((auto-save-dir (file-name-directory auto-save-list-file-prefix))) (unless (file-exists-p auto-save-dir) (with-file-modes #o700 (make-directory auto-save-dir t))))) ;; Auto save options (setq kill-buffer-delete-auto-save-files t) ;; Remove duplicates from the kill ring to reduce clutter (setq kill-do-not-save-duplicates t) ;;; Auto revert ;; Auto-revert in Emacs is a feature that automatically updates the contents of ;; a buffer to reflect changes made to the underlying file. ;; Revert other buffers (e.g, Dired) (setq global-auto-revert-non-file-buffers t) (setq global-auto-revert-ignore-modes '(Buffer-menu-mode)) ; Resolve issue #29 ;;; recentf ;; `recentf' is an that maintains a list of recently accessed files. (setq recentf-max-saved-items 300) ; default is 20 (setq recentf-max-menu-items 15) (setq recentf-auto-cleanup 'mode) ;;; saveplace ;; Enables Emacs to remember the last location within a file upon reopening. (setq save-place-file (expand-file-name "saveplace" user-emacs-directory)) (setq save-place-limit 600) ;;; savehist ;; `savehist-mode' is an Emacs feature that preserves the minibuffer history ;; between sessions. (setq history-length 300) (setq savehist-additional-variables '(register-alist ; macros mark-ring global-mark-ring ; marks search-ring regexp-search-ring)) ; searches ;;; Frames and windows (setq resize-mini-windows 'grow-only) ;; The native border "uses" a pixel of the fringe on the rightmost ;; splits, whereas `window-divider-mode' does not. (setq window-divider-default-bottom-width 1 window-divider-default-places t window-divider-default-right-width 1) ;;; Scrolling ;; Enables faster scrolling. This may result in brief periods of inaccurate ;; syntax highlighting, which should quickly self-correct. (setq fast-but-imprecise-scrolling t) ;; Move point to top/bottom of buffer before signaling a scrolling error. (setq scroll-error-top-bottom t) ;; Keep screen position if scroll command moved it vertically out of the window. (setq scroll-preserve-screen-position t) ;; Emacs recenters the window when the cursor moves past `scroll-conservatively' ;; lines beyond the window edge. A value over 101 disables recentering; the ;; default (0) is too eager. Here it is set to 20 for a balanced behavior. (setq scroll-conservatively 20) ;; 1. Preventing automatic adjustments to `window-vscroll' for long lines. ;; 2. Resolving the issue of random half-screen jumps during scrolling. (setq auto-window-vscroll nil) ;; Horizontal scrolling (setq hscroll-margin 2 hscroll-step 1) ;; Emacs 29 (when (memq 'context-menu minimal-emacs-ui-features) (when (and (display-graphic-p) (fboundp 'context-menu-mode)) (add-hook 'after-init-hook #'context-menu-mode))) ;;; Cursor ;; The blinking cursor is distracting and interferes with cursor settings in ;; some minor modes that try to change it buffer-locally (e.g., Treemacs). (when (bound-and-true-p blink-cursor-mode) (blink-cursor-mode -1)) ;; Don't blink the paren matching the one at point, it's too distracting. (setq blink-matching-paren nil) ;; Reduce rendering/line scan work by not rendering cursors or regions in ;; non-focused windows. (setq highlight-nonselected-windows nil) ;;; Text editing, indent, font, and formatting ;; Avoid automatic frame resizing when adjusting settings. (setq global-text-scale-adjust-resizes-frames nil) ;; A longer delay can be annoying as it causes a noticeable pause after each ;; deletion, disrupting the flow of editing. (setq delete-pair-blink-delay 0.03) ;; Continue wrapped lines at whitespace rather than breaking in the ;; middle of a word. (setq-default word-wrap t) ;; Disable wrapping by default due to its performance cost. (setq-default truncate-lines t) ;; If enabled and `truncate-lines' is disabled, soft wrapping will not occur ;; when the window is narrower than `truncate-partial-width-windows' characters. (setq truncate-partial-width-windows nil) ;; Configure automatic indentation to be triggered exclusively by newline and ;; DEL (backspace) characters. (setq-default electric-indent-chars '(?\n ?\^?)) ;; Prefer spaces over tabs. Spaces offer a more consistent default compared to ;; 8-space tabs. This setting can be adjusted on a per-mode basis as needed. (setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil tab-width 4) ;; Enable indentation and completion using the TAB key (setq tab-always-indent 'complete) (setq tab-first-completion 'word-or-paren-or-punct) ;; Perf: Reduce command completion overhead. (setq read-extended-command-predicate #'command-completion-default-include-p) ;; Enable multi-line commenting which ensures that `comment-indent-new-line' ;; properly continues comments onto new lines. (setq comment-multi-line t) ;; Ensures that empty lines within the commented region are also commented out. ;; This prevents unintended visual gaps and maintains a consistent appearance. (setq comment-empty-lines t) ;; We often split terminals and editor windows or place them side-by-side, ;; making use of the additional horizontal space. (setq-default fill-column 80) ;; Disable the obsolete practice of end-of-line spacing from the typewriter era. (setq sentence-end-double-space nil) ;; According to the POSIX, a line is defined as "a sequence of zero or more ;; non-newline characters followed by a terminating newline". (setq require-final-newline t) ;; Eliminate delay before highlighting search matches (setq lazy-highlight-initial-delay 0) ;;; Filetype ;; Do not notify the user each time Python tries to guess the indentation offset (setq python-indent-guess-indent-offset-verbose nil) (setq sh-indent-after-continuation 'always) ;;; Dired and ls-lisp (setq dired-free-space nil dired-dwim-target t ; Propose a target for intelligent moving/copying dired-deletion-confirmer 'y-or-n-p dired-filter-verbose nil dired-recursive-deletes 'top dired-recursive-copies 'always dired-vc-rename-file t dired-create-destination-dirs 'ask ;; Suppress Dired buffer kill prompt for deleted dirs dired-clean-confirm-killing-deleted-buffers nil) ;; This is a higher-level predicate that wraps `dired-directory-changed-p' ;; with additional logic. This `dired-buffer-stale-p' predicate handles remote ;; files, wdired, unreadable dirs, and delegates to dired-directory-changed-p ;; for modification checks. (setq auto-revert-remote-files nil) (setq dired-auto-revert-buffer 'dired-buffer-stale-p) ;; dired-omit-mode (setq dired-omit-verbose nil dired-omit-files (concat "\\`[.]\\'")) (setq ls-lisp-verbosity nil) (setq ls-lisp-dirs-first t) ;;; Ediff ;; Configure Ediff to use a single frame and split windows horizontally (setq ediff-window-setup-function 'ediff-setup-windows-plain ediff-split-window-function 'split-window-horizontally) ;;; Help ;; Enhance `apropos' and related functions to perform more extensive searches (setq apropos-do-all t) ;; Fixes #11: Prevents help command completion from triggering autoload. ;; Loading additional files for completion can slow down help commands and may ;; unintentionally execute initialization code from some libraries. (setq help-enable-completion-autoload nil) (setq help-enable-autoload nil) (setq help-enable-symbol-autoload nil) (setq help-window-select t) ;; Focus new help windows when opened ;;; Eglot (setq eglot-report-progress minimal-emacs-debug) ; Prevent minibuffer spam (setq eglot-autoshutdown t) ; Shut down after killing last managed buffer ;; A setting of nil or 0 means Eglot will not block the UI at all, allowing ;; Emacs to remain fully responsive, although LSP features will only become ;; available once the connection is established in the background. (setq eglot-sync-connect 0) ;; Activate Eglot in cross-referenced non-project files (setq eglot-extend-to-xref t) ;; Eglot optimization (if minimal-emacs-debug (setq eglot-events-buffer-config '(:size 2000000 :format full)) ;; This reduces log clutter to improves performance. (setq jsonrpc-event-hook nil) ;; Reduce memory usage and avoid cluttering *EGLOT events* buffer (setq eglot-events-buffer-size 0) ; Deprecated (setq eglot-events-buffer-config '(:size 0 :format short))) ;;; Flymake (setq flymake-show-diagnostics-at-end-of-line nil) (setq flymake-wrap-around nil) ;;; hl-line-mode ;; Highlighting the current window, reducing clutter and improving performance (setq hl-line-sticky-flag nil) (setq global-hl-line-sticky-flag nil) ;;; icomplete ;; Do not delay displaying completion candidates in `fido-mode' or ;; `fido-vertical-mode' (setq icomplete-compute-delay 0.01) ;;; flyspell ;; Improves flyspell performance by preventing messages from being displayed for ;; each word when checking the entire buffer. (setq flyspell-issue-message-flag nil) (setq flyspell-issue-welcome-flag nil) ;;; ispell ;; In Emacs 30 and newer, disable Ispell completion to avoid annotation errors ;; when no `ispell' dictionary is set. (setq text-mode-ispell-word-completion nil) (setq ispell-silently-savep t) ;;; ibuffer (setq ibuffer-formats '((mark modified read-only locked " " (name 55 55 :left :elide) " " (size 8 -1 :right) " " (mode 18 18 :left :elide) " " filename-and-process) (mark " " (name 16 -1) " " filename))) ;;; xref ;; Enable completion in the minibuffer instead of the definitions buffer (setq xref-show-definitions-function 'xref-show-definitions-completing-read xref-show-xrefs-function 'xref-show-definitions-completing-read) ;;; abbrev ;; Ensure the abbrev_defs file is stored in the correct location when ;; `user-emacs-directory' is modified, as it defaults to ~/.emacs.d/abbrev_defs ;; regardless of the change. (setq abbrev-file-name (expand-file-name "abbrev_defs" user-emacs-directory)) (setq save-abbrevs 'silently) ;;; dabbrev (setq dabbrev-upcase-means-case-search t) (setq dabbrev-ignored-buffer-modes '(archive-mode image-mode docview-mode tags-table-mode pdf-view-mode tags-table-mode)) (setq dabbrev-ignored-buffer-regexps '(;; - Buffers starting with a space (internal or temporary buffers) "\\` " ;; Tags files such as ETAGS, GTAGS, RTAGS, TAGS, e?tags, and GPATH, ;; including versions with numeric extensions like <123> "\\(?:\\(?:[EG]?\\|GR\\)TAGS\\|e?tags\\|GPATH\\)\\(<[0-9]+>\\)?")) ;;; Remove warnings from narrow-to-region, upcase-region... (dolist (cmd '(list-timers narrow-to-region narrow-to-page upcase-region downcase-region list-threads erase-buffer scroll-left dired-find-alternate-file set-goal-column)) (put cmd 'disabled nil)) ;;; Load post init (when (and minimal-emacs-load-post-init (fboundp 'minimal-emacs-load-user-init)) (minimal-emacs-load-user-init "post-init.el")) (setq minimal-emacs--success t) ;; Local variables: ;; byte-compile-warnings: (not obsolete free-vars) ;; End: ;;; init.el ends here