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Emacs setup for use with LaTeX, Org, and Python
- Quick start
- Introduction
- Early Init File (info)
- Init File (info) header
- Install the selected packages (info)
- Info documentation
- Using Emacs as a server (info)
- Completion
- Reading
- Writing
- Writing LaTeX files
- Writing Org files
- Org activation (info)
- Org customization
- Citar: citing bibliography with Org Mode
- Compare bibtex and biblatex
- Making Org hyperlink types (info)
- Translate capital keywords (old) to lower case (new)
- Evaluate specific source blocks at load-time
- Easy LaTeX preamble editing
- #+SETUPFILE: and #+INCLUDE: usage
- Advanced LaTeX export settings
- Worg: backend dependent execution
- Programming
- Editing
- Appearance
- Applications
- Init File (info) footer
- Local variables linking to Latexmk save-compile-display-loop
Quick start
Backup your user-emacs-directory (defaults often to ~/.emacs.d on Linux,
Unix, or Darwin) directory and execute the commands in listing
lst:prepare-user-emacs-directory. After invoking Emacs interactively (in
interactive mode, neither in batch mode, nor in server mode), Emacs will ask you
to install a selected set of packages. Quit Emacs and invoke Emacs again.
cd ~
git clone ccdr@mercury.grenoble.cnrs.fr:SERVER/emacs.d.git .emacs.d
make --directory=.emacs.d init
emacs &Introduction
This Emacs setup aims to install automatically a minimal set of extension packages that allows to handle my reports and presentations. The file format of the reports is Org Mode plain text with Python source code blocks and the file format of the presentations is LaTeX.
This org file (more precisely the original org source file of this file) illustrates three methods in my work-flow:
- How to tangle (or export) source blocks from org files. This file contains
source blocks to produce the files
early-init.el,init.el,latexmkrc,org-store-link, andexample.pyby tangling. - How to export org files to other formats such as HTML, LaTeX, and PDF.
- How org hyperlinks (info) allow to link inside and outside Org Mode: hover over or click on the links to experiment.
The AUCTeX - Aalborg University Center TeX extension package provides a powerful Text-based User Interface (TUI) environment to edit the LaTeX presentations.
The citar extension package provides quick filtering and selecting of bibliographic entries, and the option to run different commands on those selections. Citar requires Org-9.5 (info), which is already part of Emacs-28.1. Citar exploits the enhancements of Emacs' builtin selection mechanism provided by the extension packages vertico, orderless, embark, marginalia, and consult. The citeproc extension package provides CSL: citation style language processing capabilities to citar and Org Mode.
The pdf-tools extension package renders PDF file with the possibility to
annotate the file or to click on anchors in the PDF file that link back to the
original LaTeX file of the document. An example of my work-flow are the steps
to convert this org file to PDF and to see the result with pdf-tools in Emacs:
execute the commands pdf-tools-install, org-babel-tangle,
org-latex-export-latex-to-latex, and compile. This sets up an infinite
LaTeX compilation loop to update and redisplay the PDF file after excution of
the org-latex-export-latex-to-latex command in this buffer.
Here follows a list of interesting Emacs configurations:
- Musa Al-hassy's configuration is an impressive example of producing the Emacs initialization files and other files by tangling an org file. His methodology is impressive, as his Elisp Cheat Sheet and org-special-block-extra package show. To me, this is a configuration to admire, but his methodology is way over my head.
- Omar Antolín Camarena's configuration exploits built-in packages, Omar's own
small packages, and large external packages. Omar is the author of orderless
and embark. I have stolen his idea of using
custom-set-variables. - Pierre Neirhardt's configuration implements lazy loading without help of external packages. I have stolen his approach of using lazy loading to silently ignore the setup stanzas of uninstalled extension packages.
- Sacha Chua's configuration is a practical example of producing the Emacs initialization files by tangling an org file. It gives me the impression that she is a very practical person trying to achieve her goals by the most efficient means. I have stolen her idea of using quelpa to install packages from any source.
- Steve Purcell's configuration is well organized, a showcase of readable code, as well helpful commit and issue histories. See for instance the discussion on the correctness of order of company candidates in Emacs lisp mode.
Early Init File (info)
Try to load no-littering as early as possible, since it helps to keep
~/.emacs.d clean.
;;; early-init.el --- user early-init file -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
;;; Commentary:
;;; Code:
(setq load-prefer-newer t)
(require 'no-littering nil 'noerror)
(provide 'early-init)
;; Emacs looks for "Local variables:" after the last "?\n?\f".
;; Local Variables:
;; indent-tabs-mode: nil
;; End:
;;; earl-init.el ends hereIn order to get help in understanding the code block above in a buffer showing the original Org source file, type after moving point (or cursor) to one of the items of the list:
- src_emacs-lisp{(describe-variable #'load-prefer-newer t)}
- src_emacs-lisp{(apropos-library "no-littering")}
- src_emacs-lisp{(find-function #'hack-local-variables)}
to execute the code between the curly braces for access to help. This shows that Emacs is a self-documenting editor.
Init File (info) header
The user-init-file header requires cl-lib and customizes Emacs variables.
It consists of three parts in listing lst:1st-custom-set-variables-call,
lst:2nd-custom-set-variables-call, and lst:3rd-custom-set-variables-call in
order to limit the length of the listings for exporting to LaTeX. The quoting
(info) and the backquote (info) pages explain how to understand the reader
macros ' (quote), ` (backquote), , (substitute) and @, (splice) in the
custom-set-variables function calls in listing
lst:1st-custom-set-variables-call, lst:2nd-custom-set-variables-call, and
lst:3rd-custom-set-variables-call. A tutorial of how to use those reader macros
is the didactic emacs-lisp macro example. The init file (info) does not load
the custom-file as saving customizations (info) recommends because of the
custom-set-variables function calls.
;;; init.el --- user init file -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
;;; Commentary:
;;; Code:
(require 'cl-lib)
(custom-set-variables
'(after-save-hook #'executable-make-buffer-file-executable-if-script-p)
'(column-number-mode t)
'(cursor-type 'box)
`(custom-file ,(locate-user-emacs-file "custom.el"))
'(epg-pinentry-mode 'loopback)
'(global-hl-line-mode t)
'(global-hl-line-sticky-flag t)
'(indent-tabs-mode nil)
'(inhibit-startup-buffer-menu t)
'(inhibit-startup-screen t)
'(initial-buffer-choice t)
'(initial-scratch-message "")
`(insert-directory-program ,(or (executable-find "gls")
(executable-find "ls")))
'(kill-ring-max 300)
'(package-archives '(("gnu" . "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")
("nongnu" . "https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/")
("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/")))
;; Pin those packages to GNU ELPA to get the info documentation.
'(package-pinned-packages '((consult . "gnu")
(marginalia . "gnu")
(vertico . "gnu")))) (custom-set-variables
`(package-selected-packages
`(,@(when (version< emacs-version "28.0")
'(org)) ; plain text thought organizer
anaconda-mode ; strangles python-mode
async ; asynchroneous processing
auctex ; Aalborg University Center TeX
blacken ; Black Python-code formatter client
citar ; bibliography handling
citeproc ; bibliography handling
company ; complete anything
company-anaconda ; complete anything in anaconda-mode
consult ; consult completing-read
eglot ; Emacs polyGLOT LSP client
electric-operator ; automatic spacing around operators
elfeed ; web feed reader
embark ; act on any buffer selection
emms ; Emacs Multi-Media System
htmlize ; convert buffer contents to HTML
iedit ; simultaneous multi-entity editing
laas ; LaTeX Auto-Activating Snippets
magit ; Git Text-based User Interface
marginalia ; minibuffer margin notes
markdown-mode ; markdown text mode
no-littering ; keep `user-emacs-directory' clean
nov ; EPUB reader
orderless ; Emacs completion style
pdf-tools ; interactive docview replacement
pdf-view-restore ; add view history to pdf-tools
pyenv-mode ; Python environment selector
quelpa ; install Emacs packages from source
rainbow-mode ; set background color to color string
smartparens ; smart editing of character pairs
toml-mode ; Tom's Obvious Minimal Language mode
undo-tree ; more advanced yet simpler undo system
vertico ; VERTical Interactive Completion
wgrep ; open a writable grep buffer
which-key ; on the fly key-binding help
wordnut ; WordNet lexical database
writegood-mode ; bullshit and weasel-word detector
ws-butler ; remove trailing whitespace
xr ; undo rx to grok regular expressions
yasnippet))) ; code or text template expansion (custom-set-variables
'(recentf-mode t)
'(save-place-mode t)
'(scroll-bar-mode nil)
'(tab-always-indent 'complete)
'(tab-width 8)
'(tool-bar-mode nil)
'(url-cookie-trusted-urls nil)
'(url-cookie-untrusted-urls '(".*"))
'(use-dialog-box nil)
'(use-short-answer t)
'(view-read-only t))
(when (eq system-type 'darwin)
(custom-set-variables
'(ns-alternate-modifier nil)
'(ns-command-modifier 'meta)
'(ns-right-command-modifier 'super)))
(when (eq window-system 'ns)
(add-to-list 'initial-frame-alist '(height . 51))
(add-to-list 'initial-frame-alist '(width . 180)))Install the selected packages (info)
Emacs installs packages from archives on the internet. This setup uses three archives:
- The GNU Emacs Lisp Package Archive
- The NonGNU Emacs Lisp Package Archive.
- The Milkypostman’s Emacs Lisp Package Archive (MELPA).
In addition, the quelpa tool allows to fetch code from any source and build a package on your computer before installation. The code in listing lst:install-selected-packages assumes that the package system is in a virgin state if the package no-littering is not present:
- It installs and loads no-littering after ensuring refreshing of the contents of available packages.
- It ensures installation of quelpa before ensuring installation of undo-tree.
- It calls src_emacs-lisp{(package-install-selected-packages)} to check the installation status of all packages in src_emacs-lisp{package-selected-packages} and to install the missing packages after the user has agreed to its prompt.
In case of normal Emacs usage, src_emacs-lisp{(package-list-packages)} refreshes the contents of packages and allows to update packages to the latest version.
(unless (require 'no-littering nil 'noerror)
(package-refresh-contents)
(package-install 'no-littering)
(require 'no-littering))
(unless (package-installed-p 'quelpa)
(package-install 'quelpa))
(unless (package-installed-p 'undo-tree)
;; Neither GNU ELPA, nor MELPA have the latest version.
(quelpa '(undo-tree :repo "tsc25/undo-tree" :fetcher gitlab)))
(unless noninteractive
(package-install-selected-packages))Info documentation
Listing lst:configure-info fixes what looks like a bug in Emacs-28.0.91 and adds
a path in my home directory to the places where info looks for files.
(with-eval-after-load 'info
(unless (version< emacs-version "28.0")
;; Why is this necessary after `package-activate-1'?
(dolist (item package-alist)
(let ((pkg-dir (package-desc-dir (cadr item))))
(when (file-exists-p (expand-file-name "dir" pkg-dir))
(cl-pushnew pkg-dir Info-directory-list :test #'equal)))))
;; Emacs should find my "python.info" file.
(add-to-list 'Info-directory-list
(expand-file-name "~/.local/share/info")))Using Emacs as a server (info)
Emacs can act as a server that listens to a socket to share its state (for
instance buffers and command history) with other programs by means of a shell
command emacsclient. Section #sec:latexmk-save-compile-display-loop and
#sec:qutebrowser-userscript show how to use emacsclient to:
- Install an asynchronous (or background) loop of saving a LaTeX file, compiling it, and redisplaying the output in Emacs.
- Make qutebrowser send html links with document titles to Emacs.
The code in listing lst:start-emacs-server starts the Emacs server.
(when window-system
(unless (or noninteractive (daemonp))
(add-hook 'after-init-hook #'server-start)))Latexmk save-compile-display loop
The latexmk resource file in the next source code block shows how to use
emacsclient to (re)display the PDF file in Emacs after each succesful
(re)compilation on condition that the settings of the compile-command local
variable in section are compatible. The local variable compile-command in the
local variables section (only visible in org files, but not in html and
pdf files) shows how to use the latexmkrc file.
# pdf previewer and update pdf previewer
$pdf_previewer = "emacsclient -e '(find-file-other-window %S)'";
$pdf_update_method = 4; # 4 runs a command to force the update
$pdf_update_command = "emacsclient -e '(with-current-buffer (find-buffer-visiting %S) (pdf-view-revert-buffer nil t))'";
# see for instance glossary.latexmkrc
add_cus_dep( 'acn', 'acr', 0, 'makeglossaries' );
add_cus_dep( 'glo', 'gls', 0, 'makeglossaries' );
$clean_ext .= " acr acn alg bbl glo gls glg ist lol run.xml";
sub makeglossaries {
my ($name, $path) = fileparse( $$Psource );
return system "makeglossaries -d '$path' '$name'";
}
# Emacs looks for "Local variables:" after the last "?\n?\f".
# Local Variables:
# mode: perl
# End:Qutebrowser userscript
The next block contains an userscript that sends a store-link org-protocol
message with the url and the title from qutebrowser to emacsclient. The
function urlencode translates the url and the title for the message. The
Python urllib examples show how to use urlencode. The final execvp call
deals with a qutebrowser userscript requirement: the emacsclient process must
get the PID of the userscript that must kill itself after the take-over.
Termination of the emacsclient process hands control back to qutebrowser.
On a POSIX system, you can run the userscript from qutebrowser or from a terminal to see whether it works. In case you try to run it from Emacs, Emacs may hang or die.
#!/usr/bin/env python
from urllib.parse import urlencode
from os import environ, execvp
url = environ.get("QUTE_URL", "https://orgmode.org")
title = environ.get("QUTE_TITLE", "Org Mode")
parameters = urlencode({"url": url, "title": title})
print(payload := f"org-protocol://store-link?{parameters}")
execvp("emacsclient", ("-n", payload))TODO Look into: org-protocol handling with other browser on Darwin
Completion
Vertico (info) provides a performant and minimalistic vertical completion UI based on the default completion system and behaves therefore correctly under all circumstances. Using Vertico, Marginalia, Consult, and Embark links to a video demonstration. Vertico integrates well with fully supported complementary packages to enrich the completion UI:
- Orderless (info) for an advanced completion style,
- Embark (info) for minibuffer actions with context menus,
- Marginalia (info) for rich annotations in the minibuffer, and
- Consult (info) for useful search and navigation commands,
where the order is that of enhancing citar's experience and the configuration steps below.
Finally, company: a modular complete-anything framework for Emacs provides completion in any buffer and minibuffer-history-completion provides completion on previous input in the minibuffer.
Vertico (info)
Listing lst:enable-vertico-mode configures and enables savehist-mode and
enables vertico-mode. The documentation src_emacs-lisp{(describe-function
'savehist-mode)} why it is best to turn on savehist-mode in the Emacs init
file.
(unless noninteractive
(custom-set-variables
'(history-delete-duplicates t)
'(history-length 500)
'(savehist-additional-variables
'(eww-history
kill-ring
regexp-search-string
search-ring
search-string)))
(savehist-mode +1)
(when (fboundp 'vertico-mode)
(vertico-mode +1))
(with-eval-after-load 'vertico
(define-key vertico-map (kbd "RET") #'vertico-directory-enter)
(define-key vertico-map (kbd "DEL") #'vertico-directory-delete-char)
(define-key vertico-map (kbd "M-DEL") #'vertico-directory-delete-word)))| command | keys | remap |
vertico-directory-delete-char |
||
vertico-directory-delete-word |
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vertico-directory-enter |
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vertico-exit |
exit-minibuffer |
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vertico-exit-input |
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vertico-first |
beginning-of-buffer |
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vertico-first |
minibuffer-beginning-of-buffer |
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vertico-insert |
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vertico-last |
end-of-buffer |
|
vertico-next-group |
forward-paragraph |
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vertico-next |
next-line-or-history-element |
|
vertico-next |
next-line |
|
vertico-previous-group |
backward-paragraph |
|
vertico-previous |
previous-line-or-history-element |
|
vertico-previous |
previous-line |
|
vertico-save |
kill-ring-save |
|
vertico-scroll-down |
scroll-down-command |
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vertico-scroll-up |
scroll-up-command |
Orderless (info)
Listing lst:configure-orderless enables orderless.
(unless noninteractive
(when (fboundp 'orderless-filter)
(custom-set-variables
;; https://github.com/purcell/emacs.d/issues/778
'(completion-styles '(basic completion-partial orderless))
'(completion-category-defaults nil)
'(completion-category-overrides
'((file (styles partial-completion)))))
(add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook
(defun my-on-minibuffer-setup-hook()
(setq-default completion-styles '(substring orderless))))))Embark (info)
Listing lst:configure-embark configures embark.
(unless noninteractive
(when (cl-every #'fboundp '(embark-act embark-bindings embark-dwim))
(global-set-key (kbd "C-,") #'embark-act)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-:") #'embark-dwim)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-h B") #'embark-bindings)))Marginalia (info)
Listing lst:enable-marginalia-mode enables marginalia-mode.
(unless noninteractive
(when (fboundp 'marginalia-mode)
(marginalia-mode +1)))Consult (info)
Listing lst:configure-consult configures consult.
| command | keys | key map |
consult-apropos |
global-map |
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consult-bookmark |
ctl-x-keymap |
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consult-buffer-other-frame |
ctl-x-keymap |
|
consult-buffer-other-window |
ctl-x-keymap |
|
consult-buffer |
ctl-x-keymap |
|
consult-compile-error |
goto-map |
|
consult-complex-command |
ctl-x-keymap |
|
consult-find |
search-map |
|
consult-focus-lines |
search-map |
|
consult-git-grep |
search-map |
|
consult-global-mark |
goto-map |
|
consult-goto-line |
goto-map |
|
consult-goto-line |
goto-map |
|
consult-history |
global-map |
|
consult-imenu-project |
goto-map |
|
consult-keep-lines |
search-map |
|
consult-line |
search-map |
|
consult-mark |
goto-map |
|
consult-mode-command |
global-map |
|
consult-multi-occur |
search-map |
|
consult-outline |
goto-map |
|
consult-register |
ctl-x-keymap |
|
consult-yank-pop |
global-map |
|
elfeed |
global-map |
|
embark-act |
global-map |
|
embark-bindings |
global-map |
|
embark-dwim |
global-map |
|
iedit-mode |
global-map |
|
minibuffer-complete-history |
minibuffer-local-map |
|
narrow-or-widen-dwim |
ctl-x-keymap |
|
org-agenda |
global-map |
|
org-capture |
global-map |
|
org-cite |
org-mode-map |
|
org-insert-link-global |
global-map |
|
org-narrow-to-table |
ctl-x-keymap |
|
org-store-link |
global-map |
(unless noninteractive
(when (fboundp 'consult-apropos)
(custom-set-variables
'(consult-project-root-function #'vc-root-dir))
;; C-c bindings (mode-specific-map)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c h") #'consult-history)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c m") #'consult-mode-command)
;; C-x bindings (ctl-x-map)
(define-key ctl-x-map (kbd "M-:") #'consult-complex-command)
(define-key ctl-x-map (kbd "b") #'consult-buffer)
(define-key ctl-x-map (kbd "4 b") #'consult-buffer-other-window)
(define-key ctl-x-map (kbd "5 b") #'consult-buffer-other-frame)
(define-key ctl-x-map (kbd "r x") #'consult-register)
(define-key ctl-x-map (kbd "r b") #'consult-bookmark)
;; M-g bindings (goto-map)
(define-key goto-map (kbd "g") #'consult-goto-line)
(define-key goto-map (kbd "M-g") #'consult-goto-line)
(define-key goto-map (kbd "o") #'consult-outline)
(define-key goto-map (kbd "m") #'consult-mark)
(define-key goto-map (kbd "k") #'consult-global-mark)
(define-key goto-map (kbd "i") #'consult-imenu-project)
(define-key goto-map (kbd "e") #'consult-compile-error)
;; M-s bindings (search-map)
(define-key search-map (kbd "g") #'consult-git-grep)
(define-key search-map (kbd "f") #'consult-find)
(define-key search-map (kbd "k") #'consult-keep-lines)
(define-key search-map (kbd "l") #'consult-line)
(define-key search-map (kbd "m") #'consult-multi-occur)
(define-key search-map (kbd "u") #'consult-focus-lines)
;; Other bindings
(global-set-key (kbd "M-y") #'consult-yank-pop)
(global-set-key (kbd "<help> a") #'consult-apropos)
;; Tweak functions
(advice-add 'completing-read-multiple
:override #'consult-completing-read-multiple)
(fset 'multi-occur #'consult-multi-occur)))Company: a modular complete anything framework for Emacs
Listing lst:configure-company configures company.
(unless noninteractive
(when (fboundp 'company-mode)
(custom-set-variables
;; https://github.com/purcell/emacs.d/issues/778
'(company-transformers '(company-sort-by-occurrence)))
(dolist (hook '(LaTeX-mode-hook
org-mode-hook
emacs-lisp-mode-hook
lisp-interaction-mode-hook
python-mode-hook
ielm-mode-hook))
(add-hook hook #'company-mode))))Minibuffer history completion
See Juri Linkov (Emacs Developer mailing list) for how to allow completion on previous input in the minibuffer. Listing lst:enable-minibuffer-history-completion enables minibuffer history completion.
(defun minibuffer-setup-history-completions ()
(unless (or minibuffer-completion-table minibuffer-completion-predicate)
(setq-local minibuffer-completion-table
(symbol-value minibuffer-history-variable))))
(add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook 'minibuffer-setup-history-completions)
;; Stolen from Emacs-28.1 for Emacs-27.2:
(unless (fboundp 'minibuffer--completion-prompt-end)
(defun minibuffer--completion-prompt-end ()
(let ((end (minibuffer-prompt-end)))
(if (< (point) end)
(user-error "Can't complete in prompt")
end))))
;; Adapted from ‘minibuffer-complete’:
(defun minibuffer-complete-history ()
"Allow minibuffer completion on previous input."
(interactive)
(completion-in-region (minibuffer--completion-prompt-end) (point-max)
(symbol-value minibuffer-history-variable)
nil))
(define-key minibuffer-local-map (kbd "C-<tab>") #'minibuffer-complete-history)Prefix key-binding help
Configure which-key-mode so that typing C-h after a prefix key displays all
keys available after the prefix key. Listing lst:enable-which-key-mode enables
manual activation of which-key-mode. This uses prefix-help-command behind
the scenes and is therefore incompatible with straightforward use of [[info:embark#Quick
start][=embark-prefix-help-command= (info)]].
(when (fboundp 'which-key-mode)
(custom-set-variables
'(which-key-idle-delay 10000)
'(which-key-idle-secondary-delay 0.05)
'(which-key-show-early-on-C-h t))
(which-key-mode +1))Reading
Reading EPUB files
Listing lst:enable-nov-mode enables nov-mode.
(when (fboundp 'nov-mode)
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist `(,(rx ".epub" eos) . nov-mode)))Reading PDF files
The pdf-tools package exploits the poppler library to render and to let you annotate PDF files. It also exploits the SyncTeX library to link anchors in PDF files produced with LaTeX to the original LaTeX sources.
In order to use pdf-tools, you have to type M-x pdf-tools-install after
installation of pdf-tools from MELPA or after each update of poppler to build or
rebuild the epdfinfo executable that serves the PDF files to Emacs.
;; 'pdf-loader-install' is the lazy equivalent of 'pdf-tools-install':
;; see the README file.
(when (fboundp 'pdf-loader-install)
(pdf-loader-install))
(with-eval-after-load 'pdf-view
(when (fboundp 'pdf-view-restore-mode)
(add-hook 'pdf-view-mode-hook #'pdf-view-restore-mode)))Writing
Writing LaTeX files
Loading tex.el immediately instead of lazily ensures proper initialization of
AUCTeX. For instance, the TeX-master safe local variable in the tex.el
elisp library file has no autoload cookie. Without prior loading of tex.el,
Emacs will complain that TeX-master is no safe local variable in case it reads
a LaTeX file that sets TeX-master. Listing lst:require-auctex initializes
AUCTeX properly.
;; Use `require' to make `TeX-master' a safe local variable.
(when (require 'tex nil 'noerror)
(custom-set-variables
'(TeX-auto-save t)
'(TeX-install-font-lock #'font-latex-setup)
'(TeX-parse-self t)))
Although, the LaTeX biblatex is in use, listing lst:configure-bibtex
configures the Emacs bibtex library for the LaTeX BiBTeX package to maintain
backwards compatibility.
(with-eval-after-load 'bibtex
(custom-set-variables '(bibtex-dialect 'BibTeX)))Listing lst:configure-font-latex disables font scaling of section titles.
(with-eval-after-load 'font-latex
(custom-set-variables
'(font-latex-fontify-sectioning 1.0)))
Listing lst:configure-latex configures latex for a full featured
LaTeX-section-command.
(with-eval-after-load 'latex
(custom-set-variables
'(LaTeX-section-hook '(LaTeX-section-heading
LaTeX-section-title
LaTeX-section-toc
LaTeX-section-section
LaTeX-section-label))))
Out of the box, AUCTeX does not indent text between square brackets. The code
in listing lst:configure-tex corrects this by advising to override
TeX-brace-count-line with my-TeX-brace-count-line.
(with-eval-after-load 'tex
;; https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/17396/
;; indentation-in-square-brackets
(defun my-TeX-brace-count-line ()
"Count number of open/closed braces."
(save-excursion
(let ((count 0) (limit (line-end-position)) char)
(while (progn
(skip-chars-forward "^{}[]\\\\" limit)
(when (and (< (point) limit) (not (TeX-in-comment)))
(setq char (char-after))
(forward-char)
(cond ((eq char ?\{)
(setq count (+ count TeX-brace-indent-level)))
((eq char ?\})
(setq count (- count TeX-brace-indent-level)))
((eq char ?\[)
(setq count (+ count TeX-brace-indent-level)))
((eq char ?\])
(setq count (- count TeX-brace-indent-level)))
((eq char ?\\)
(when (< (point) limit)
(forward-char) t))))))
count)))
(advice-add 'TeX-brace-count-line :override #'my-TeX-brace-count-line))TODO Improve the AUCTeX configuration slowly
Writing Org files
Org activation (info)
;; Inspect:
;; function with "C-h f"
;; symbols with "C-h o"
;; variables with "C-h v"
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c a") #'org-agenda)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c c") #'org-capture)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c l") #'org-store-link)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c C-l") #'org-insert-link-global)Org customization
The code in listing lst:customize-org-babel, lst:customize-org, and lst:customize-org-export does basic customization of Org mode variables.
(with-eval-after-load 'ob-core
(custom-set-variables
'(org-confirm-babel-evaluate nil)))
(with-eval-after-load 'ob-python
(custom-set-variables
'(org-babel-python-command "python -E")))
(with-eval-after-load 'ob-latex
(custom-set-variables
'(org-babel-latex-preamble
(lambda (_)
"\\documentclass[preview]{standalone}\n"))
'(org-babel-latex-begin-env
(lambda (_)
"\\begin{document}\n"))
'(org-babel-latex-end-env
(lambda (_)
"\\end{document}\n")))) (with-eval-after-load 'org
(custom-set-variables
'(org-babel-load-languages '((C . t)
(calc . t)
(dot . t)
(emacs-lisp . t)
(eshell . t)
(fortran . t)
(gnuplot . t)
(latex . t)
(lisp . t)
(maxima . t)
(org . t)
(perl . t)
(python . t)
(scheme . t)
(shell . t)))
'(org-export-backends '(ascii beamer html icalendar latex odt texinfo))
'(org-file-apps '((auto-mode . emacs)
(directory . emacs)
("\\.mm\\'" . default)
("\\.x?html?\\'" . default)
("\\.pdf\\'" . emacs)))
'(org-modules '(ol-bibtex
ol-doi
ol-eww
ol-info
org-id
org-protocol
org-tempo))
'(org-structure-template-alist '(("a" . "export ascii")
("c" . "center")
("C" . "comment")
("e" . "example")
("E" . "export")
("h" . "export html")
("l" . "export latex")
("q" . "quote")
("s" . "src")
("p" . "src python :session :async")
("v" . "verse"))))
(define-key org-mode-map (kbd "M-q") #'org-fill-paragraph)) (with-eval-after-load 'ox-latex
(custom-set-variables
'(org-latex-compiler "lualatex")
'(org-latex-hyperref-template "\\hypersetup{
pdfauthor={%a},
pdftitle={%t},
pdfkeywords={%k},
pdfsubject={%d},
pdfcreator={%c},
pdflang={%L},
citecolor=blue,
colorlinks=true,
filecolor=blue,
hyperfootnotes=false,
linkcolor=blue,
unicode=true,
urlcolor=blue,
}\n")
'(org-latex-listings 'minted)
'(org-latex-minted-langs '((cc "c++")
(cperl "perl")
(diff "diff")
(shell-script "bash")
(caml "ocaml")
(org "text")))
'(org-latex-minted-options '(("bgcolor" "LightGoldenrodYellow")))
`(org-latex-logfiles-extensions
',(cl-union '("lof" "lot") org-latex-logfiles-extensions :test #'equal))
'(org-latex-prefer-user-labels t)
'(org-latex-subtitle-separate t)))Citar: citing bibliography with Org Mode
Citar is a completing-read front-end to browse and act on BibTeX, BibLaTeX, as
well as CSL JSON bibliographic data with LaTeX, markdown, and org-cite editing
support. In combination with vertico, orderless, embark, marginalia, and
consult, Citar provides quick filtering and selecting of bibliographic entries
from the minibuffer, as well as the option to run different commands on those
selections. Listing lst:configure-oc-cite+citar configures org-cite, citar,
and org.
(with-eval-after-load 'oc
(require 'oc-biblatex)
(require 'oc-csl)
(custom-set-variables
'(org-cite-export-processors '((latex biblatex)
(t csl)))
'(org-cite-global-bibliography '("~/VCS/research/refs.bib")))
(when (require 'citar nil 'noerror)
(custom-set-variables
'(org-cite-activate-processor 'citar)
'(org-cite-follow-processor 'citar)
'(org-cite-insert-processor 'citar))))
(with-eval-after-load 'org
(when (require 'citar nil 'noerror)
(custom-set-variables
'(citar-bibliography '("~/VCS/research/refs.bib"))
'(citar-file-extensions '("djvu" "pdf"))
'(citar-library-paths '("~/VCS/research/papers/"))))
(define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c b") #'org-cite-insert))TODO Compare bibtex and biblatex
Making Org hyperlink types (info)
The code in listing lst:define-org-link-types defines org-link types for
backwards compatibility with org-ref.
(with-eval-after-load 'ol
(org-link-set-parameters
"ac*" :export (lambda (path _desc backend _info)
(pcase backend
(`latex (format "\\gls*{%s}" path))
(_ path))))
(org-link-set-parameters
"cite" :export (lambda (path _desc backend _info)
(pcase backend
(`latex (format "\\cite{%s}" path))
(_ path))))
(org-link-set-parameters
"eqref" :export (lambda (path _desc backend _info)
(pcase backend
(`latex (format "\\eqref{%s}" path))
(_ path))))
(org-link-set-parameters
"hyperlink" :export (lambda (path desc backend _info)
(pcase backend
(`latex (format "\\hyperlink{%s}{%s}" path desc))
(_ path))))
(org-link-set-parameters
"label" :export (lambda (path _desc backend _info)
(pcase backend
(`latex (format "\\label{%s}" path))
(_ path))))
(org-link-set-parameters
"ref" :export (lambda (path _desc backend _info)
(pcase backend
(`latex (format "\\ref{%s}" path))
(_ path)))))
Listing lst:emacs-lisp-setup-patch-ol-info patches the function org-info-export
and the constant org-info-other-documents, to export the info: links (info) in
this document to html and LaTeX correctly.
(with-eval-after-load 'ol-info
(defun org-info-export (path desc format)
"Export an info link.
See `org-link-parameters' for details about PATH, DESC and FORMAT."
(let* ((parts (split-string path "#\\|::"))
(manual (car parts))
(node (or (nth 1 parts) "Top")))
(pcase format
(`html
(format "<a href=\"%s#%s\">%s</a>"
(org-info-map-html-url manual)
(org-info--expand-node-name node)
(or desc path)))
(`latex
(format "\\href{%s\\#%s}{%s}"
(org-info-map-html-url manual)
(org-info--expand-node-name node)
(or desc path)))
(`texinfo
(let ((title (or desc "")))
(format "@ref{%s,%s,,%s,}" node title manual)))
(_ nil))))
(make-variable-buffer-local 'org-info-emacs-documents)
(setq org-info-emacs-documents (delete "org" org-info-emacs-documents))
(make-variable-buffer-local 'org-info-other-documents)
(setq org-info-other-documents
(cl-union '(("consult" . "https://github.com/minad/consult")
("embark" . "https://github.com/oantolin/embark")
("marginalia" . "https://github.com/minad/marginalia")
("org" . "https://orgmode.org/org.html")
("orderless" . "https://github.com/oantolin/orderless")
("vertico" . "https://github.com/minad/vertico"))
org-info-other-documents
:test #'equal)))Translate capital keywords (old) to lower case (new)
(with-eval-after-load 'org
(defun org-syntax-convert-keyword-case-to-lower ()
"Convert all #+KEYWORDS to #+keywords."
(interactive)
(save-excursion
(goto-char (point-min))
(let ((count 0)
(case-fold-search nil))
(while (re-search-forward "^[ \t]*#\\+[A-Z_]+" nil t)
(unless (s-matches-p "RESULTS" (match-string 0))
(replace-match (downcase (match-string 0)) t)
(setq count (1+ count))))
(message "Replaced %d keywords" count)))))Evaluate specific source blocks at load-time
How to do load time source block evaluation
(defun my-org-eval-blocks-named (infix)
"Evaluate all source blocks having INFIX in their name."
(when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
(let ((blocks
(org-element-map
(org-element-parse-buffer 'greater-element nil) 'src-block
(lambda (block)
(let ((name (org-element-property :name block)))
(when (and name (string-match-p infix name))
block))))))
(dolist (block blocks)
(goto-char (org-element-property :begin block))
(org-babel-execute-src-block)))))
;; Emacs looks for "Local variables:" after the last "?\n?\f".
(add-to-list 'safe-local-eval-forms
'(apply 'my-org-eval-blocks-named '("emacs-lisp-setup")))
(add-to-list 'safe-local-eval-forms
'(apply 'my-org-eval-blocks-named '("python-setup")))Easy LaTeX preamble editing
There are at least two ways (new and old) to edit the LateX preamble
latex_header and latex-extra_header export options easily in LaTeX source or
export blocks. This Org (info) file uses the new way, but keeps the old way for
backwards compatibility.
The new way – exploiting an idea of Omar Antolin Camarena – is to code new <LANGUAGE>-modes allowing to edit in LaTeX mode and to export to LaTeX code with correct LaTeX preamble export setting prefixes. Here, are links to three posts exposing his idea:
- Export LaTeX macros to LaTeX and HTML/MathJax preambles (reddit),
- Export JavaScript source blocks to script tags in HTML (reddit),
- Export JavaScript source blocks to script tags in HTML (SX).
Listing lst:emacs-lisp-setup-latex-header implements this way by means of two
new <LANGUAGE>-modes: latex-header and latex-extra-header.
(with-eval-after-load 'org-src
(defun prefix-all-lines (prefix body)
(with-temp-buffer
(insert body)
(string-insert-rectangle (point-min) (point-max) prefix)
(buffer-string)))
(add-to-list 'org-src-lang-modes '("latex-header" . latex))
(defvar org-babel-default-header-args:latex-header
'((:exports . "results") (:results . "raw")))
(defun org-babel-execute:latex-header (body _params)
"Execute a block of LaTeX preamble lines with org-babel.
This function is called by `org-babel-execute-src-block' and
prefixes all lines with \"#+latex_header: \"."
(prefix-all-lines "#+latex_header: " body))
(add-to-list 'org-src-lang-modes '("latex-extra-header" . latex))
(defvar org-babel-default-header-args:latex-extra-header
'((:exports . "results") (:results . "raw")))
(defun org-babel-execute:latex-extra-header (body _params)
"Execute a block of LaTeX preamble lines with org-babel.
This function is called by `org-babel-execute-src-block' and
prefixes all lines with \"#+latex_extra_header: \"."
(prefix-all-lines "#+latex_extra_header: " body)))
The old way is to use a special export attribute as in the function
org-latex-header-blocks-filter in ox-extra.el. Apparently, nobody is using
this broken function (broken, since it relies on support only in org-mode before
2014-11-11). Listing lst:org-latex-header-blocks-filter proposes a fix for
org-latex-header-blocks-filter.
(with-eval-after-load 'ox
(defun org-latex-header-blocks-filter (backend)
"Convert marked LaTeX export blocks to \"#+latex_header: \" lines.
The marker is a line \"#+header: :header yes\" preceding the block.
For instance, the LaTeX export block
,#+header: :header yes
,#+begin_export latex
% This line converts to a LaTeX header line.
,#+end_export
converts to
\"#+latex_header: % This line converts to a LaTeX header line.\"."
(when (org-export-derived-backend-p backend 'latex)
(let ((blocks
(org-element-map
(org-element-parse-buffer 'greater-element nil) 'export-block
(lambda (block)
(let ((type (org-element-property :type block))
(header (org-export-read-attribute :header block :header)))
(when (and (string= type "LATEX") (string= header "yes"))
block))))))
(mapc (lambda (block)
;; Set point to where to insert LaTeX header lines
;; after deleting the block.
(goto-char (org-element-property :post-affiliated block))
(let ((lines
(split-string (org-element-property :value block) "\n")))
(delete-region (org-element-property :begin block)
(org-element-property :end block))
(dolist (line lines)
(insert (concat "#+latex_header: "
(replace-regexp-in-string "\\` *" "" line)
"\n")))))
;; Reverse to go upwards to avoid wrecking the list of
;; block positions in the file that would occur in case
;; of going downwards.
(reverse blocks))))))This file uses the new way, while keeping the old way for backwards compatibility, because the new way feels less hackish than the old way. A practical difference is that new way source blocks (contrary to old way export blocks) do not work in #+SETUPFILE: <FILE>, but only in #+INCLUDE: <FILE> files.
#+SETUPFILE: and #+INCLUDE: usage
Evaluation of the source block in listing lst:make-source-block-with-export-keyword-settings produces the source block that exports to listing lst:source-file-export-keyword-settings which shows the first six lines of this /gav451/emacs.d/src/commit/fe9e04c09121f28c77f4c2bbde21f57b12ef81f8/README.org file. The last two lines show that setup-include.org is the argument for #+SETUPFILE: and #+INCLUDE:.
echo "#+caption[Source file export keyword settings]:"
echo "#+caption: The first six lines of README.org containing the export"
echo "#+caption: keyword settings."
echo "#+name: lst:source-file-export-keyword-settings"
echo "#+begin_src org :tangle no"
head -n 6 README.org
echo -n "#+end_src"#+title: Emacs setup for use with LaTeX, Org, and Python
#+author: Gerard Vermeulen
#+latex_class: article
#+latex_class_options: [11pt,a4paper,english,svgnames,tables]
#+setupfile: "setup-include.org"
#+include: "setup-include.org"
Listing lst:setup-include-export-keyword-settings tangles into the
setup-include.org file and listing lst:by-backend-kbd-org-macro defines
the tools for the Org mode kbd macro in setup-include.org.
#+babel: :cache no
#+macro: kbd (eval (by-backend-kbd-org-macro $1))
#+property: header-args:emacs-lisp :exports code :results silent :tangle init.el
#+property: header-args:org :tangle setup-include.org
#+startup: content (with-eval-after-load 'ox
(autoload 'htmlize-protect-string "htmlize" nil t)
(defmacro by-backend (&rest body)
`(cl-case org-export-current-backend ,@body))
(defun by-backend-kbd-org-macro (keys)
(by-backend
(html (format "@@html:<kbd>%s</kbd>@@" (htmlize-protect-string keys)))
(latex (format "@@latex:\\colorbox{PowderBlue}{\\texttt{%s}}@@" keys)))))Listing lst:use-latex-header-1, lst:use-latex-header-2, lst:use-latex-header-3, and lst:use-latex-header-4 tangle into the setup-include.org file in order to create the LaTeX preamble.
#+begin_src latex-header
% LANGUAGE:
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{fvextra}
\usepackage{csquotes}
% LISTS:
\usepackage{enumitem}
\setlist{noitemsep}
% LISTINGS:
% Section 2.6 of caption-eng.pdf (texdoc caption) explains that the sign
% of "skip" depends on the assumption "position=above" or "position=below".
% The assumption should match the real caption position in the LaTeX code.
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage[newfloat]{minted}
\captionsetup[listing]{position=below,skip=0em}
\usemintedstyle{xcode}
% TABLES:
% https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/341205/
% what-is-the-difference-between-tabular-tabular-and-tabularx-environments
% https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/26179/
% change-org-mode-table-style-just-for-latex-export
% https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/468585/
% table-formatting-using-siunitx
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{colortbl}
\usepackage{tabularx} % DANGER: beware of Org table :width and :align options!
#+end_src #+begin_src latex-header
% PAGE LAYOUT:
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{lastpage}
\usepackage[
headheight=20mm,
top=40mm,
bottom=20mm,
left=60pt,
right=60pt,
heightrounded,
verbose,
]{geometry}
% TECHNICS:
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage{tikz}
#+end_src #+begin_src latex-header
% FLOAT BARRIERS:
% https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/118662/use-placeins-for-subsections
% Make section an implicit float barrier:
\usepackage[section]{placeins}
% Make subsection an implicit float barrier:
\makeatletter
\AtBeginDocument{%
\expandafter\renewcommand\expandafter\subsection\expandafter{%
\expandafter\@fb@secFB\subsection
}%
}
\makeatother
% Make subsubsection an implicit float barrier:
\makeatletter
\AtBeginDocument{%
\expandafter\renewcommand\expandafter\subsubsection\expandafter{%
\expandafter\@fb@secFB\subsubsection
}%
}
\makeatother
#+end_src #+begin_src latex-header
% FANCY HEADERS AND FOOTERS:
% Add fancy headers and footers to normal pages.
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.4pt}
\fancyfoot[C]{\emph{
Emacs setup for use with \LaTeX{}, Org, and Python -- Gerard Vermeulen}}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.4pt}
\fancyhead[L]{\includegraphics[height=1.8cm]{Org-mode-unicorn.png}}
\fancyhead[C]{
Page: \thepage/\pageref{LastPage} \\
\text{ } \\
\text{ } \\
DRAFT
}
\fancyhead[R]{\includegraphics[height=1.8cm]{Emacs-logo.png}}
% Add fancy header and footer to custom titlepage.
% https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/506102/
% adding-header-and-footer-to-custom-titlepage
\fancypagestyle{titlepage}{%
\fancyhf{}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.4pt}
\fancyfoot[C]{\emph{
Emacs setup for use with \LaTeX{}, Org, and Python -- Gerard Vermeulen}}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.4pt}
\fancyhead[L]{\includegraphics[height=1.8cm]{Org-mode-unicorn.png}}
\fancyhead[C]{
\pageref{LastPage} pages \\
\text{ } \\
\text{ } \\
DRAFT
}
\fancyhead[R]{\includegraphics[height=1.8cm]{Emacs-logo.png}}
}
% #+latex_header: END.
#+end_srcAdvanced LaTeX export settings
How to customize org-latex-title-command only in this buffer
(defun my-ox-latex-export-buffer-local-variables (title-page)
(with-eval-after-load 'ox
(make-variable-buffer-local 'org-export-before-parsing-hook)
(cl-pushnew #'org-latex-header-blocks-filter
org-export-before-parsing-hook))
(when (require 'ox-latex nil 'noerror)
(make-variable-buffer-local 'org-latex-classes)
(cl-pushnew '("article-local"
"\\documentclass[11pt]{article}
[NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES]
[PACKAGES]
[EXTRA]"
("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}")
("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}")
("\\subsubsection{%s}" . "\\subsubsection*{%s}")
("\\paragraph{%s}" . "\\paragraph*{%s}")
("\\subparagraph{%s}" . "\\subparagraph*{%s}"))
org-latex-classes :key #'car :test #'equal)
(make-variable-buffer-local 'org-latex-title-command)
(setq org-latex-title-command (concat title-page))
(make-variable-buffer-local 'org-latex-toc-command)
(setq org-latex-toc-command
(mapconcat 'identity '(""
"\\tableofcontents\\label{toc}"
"\\listoffigures"
"\\listoflistings"
"\\listoftables"
"\\newpage"
"") "\n"))
(make-variable-buffer-local 'org-latex-subtitle-format)
(setq org-latex-subtitle-format "")))
Listing lst:emacs-lisp-setup-call initializes the buffer local variables
org-export-before-parsing-hook, org-latex-classes,
org-latex-title-command, org-latex-toc-command, and
org-latex-subtitle-format.
(my-ox-latex-export-buffer-local-variables title-page) \begin{titlepage}
%% https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/506102/
%% adding-header-and-footer-to-custom-titlepage
\thispagestyle{titlepage}
\begin{center}
%% Title
\begin{Huge}
{\bf %t} \\
\vspace{1em}
\end{Huge}
%% Author
\begin{Large}
{\bf %a} \\
\vspace{1em}
\end{Large}
\end{center}
\end{titlepage}Worg: backend dependent execution
#+latex_header: \usepackage{tikz}
#+header: :file (by-backend (html "tree.svg") (latex nil))
#+header: :results (by-backend (html "raw file") (latex "latex replace"))
#+header: :headers '("\\usepackage{tikz}\n")
#+begin_src latex
\usetikzlibrary{trees}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node [circle, draw, fill=red!20] at (0,0) {1}
child { node [circle, draw, fill=blue!30] {2}
child { node [circle, draw, fill=green!30] {3} }
child { node [circle, draw, fill=yellow!30] {4} }};
\end{tikzpicture}
#+end_src
# Setup
#+begin_src emacs-lisp :exports none
(with-eval-after-load 'ox
(setq org-babel-latex-htlatex "htlatex")
(defmacro by-backend (&rest body)
`(cl-case org-export-current-backend ,@body)))
#+end_srcThis section updates the outdated Worg: backend dependent execution example to Emacs-27.2 and Org-9.5.2. It shows how to export PGF/TikZ images to:
Listing lst:backend-dependent-execution-update tangles to worg-backend-dependent-execution-update.org as either a standalone example or an example for inclusion. Finally, inclusion of worg-backend-dependent-execution-update.org produces here the figure with the nodes 1, 2, 3, and 4:\\
How to include such figures as floats remains an open question.
Programming
Emacs-lisp programming
Python programming
The Python Programming in Emacs wiki page lists options to enhance Emacs's
built-in python-mode. Here, the focus is on two packages:
- Eglot - Emacs polyGLOT: an Emacs LSP client that stays out of your way. The maintainer also contributes to Emacs itself and has a deep understanding of the Way of Emacs. He refuses to add new features without seeing how they fit into the Way of Emacs as this discussion on org-mode source code blocks shows.
- Anaconda - code navigation, documentation lookup, and completion for Python.
In my opinion, eglot has more potential than anaconda, but anaconda is compatible with source code block editing while eglot is not. Listing lst:configure-python configures Python.
Python-mode
(with-eval-after-load 'python
(custom-set-variables
'(python-indent-guess-indent-offset nil)
'(python-shell-interpreter-args "-i -E")))Pyenv
Listing lst:enable-pyenv-mode configures and enables pyenv-mode.
(when (and (executable-find "pyenv")
(require 'pyenv-mode nil 'noerror))
(pyenv-mode +1)
(pyenv-mode-set "3.9.9/envs/python-3.9.9"))Eglot
Listing lst:configure-eglot+python-lsp-server-for-python (tangles to
user-init-file) and lst:configure-eglot+jedi-language-server-for-python (does
not tangle to user-init-file) configure eglot for Python using the
python-lsp-server (or experimentally the less capable jedi-language-server). In
order to enable all builtin python-lsp-server capabilities, ensure installation
of the Python packages autopep8, flake8, pydocstyle, pylint, rope, and
yapf. Listing lst:on-hack-local-variables-hook-eglot-maybe defines a hook
function to launch eglot in presence of a proper .dir-locals.el file in the root
directory of any Python project. Listing
lst:eglot-directory-variables-for-python shows such a proper .dir-locals.el
file.
(with-eval-after-load 'eglot
;; (setq eglot-server-programs '((python-mode "pylsp")))
(add-to-list 'eglot-server-programs '(python-mode "pylsp"))
(setq-default
eglot-workspace-configuration
'((:pylsp . (:plugins (:jedi_completion (:cache_for ["astropy"]))))
(:pylsp . (:plugins (:jedi (:auto_import_modules ["numpy"]))))
(:pylsp . (:configurationSources ["flake8"]))))) (with-eval-after-load 'eglot
;; (setq eglot-server-programs '((python-mode "jedi-language-server")))
(add-to-list 'eglot-server-programs '(python-mode "jedi-language-server"))
(setq-default
eglot-workspace-configuration
'((:jedi-language-server
. (:plugins (:jedi (:jediSettings (:autoImportModules ["numpy"])))))))) (when (fboundp 'eglot-ensure)
;; The two hooks `after-change-major-mode-hook' and
;; `hack-local-variables-hook' are OK, but language mode hooks like
;; `python-mode-hook' are not.
(add-hook 'hack-local-variables-hook
(defun on-hack-local-variables-hook-eglot-maybe ()
(when (and (derived-mode-p 'python-mode)
(assoc 'eglot-workspace-configuration
dir-local-variables-alist))
(eglot-ensure))))) ;; Proposal for a .dir-locals.el file in the root of any Python project.
((python-mode
. ((eglot-workspace-configuration
. ((:pylsp . (:plugins (:jedi (:auto_import_modules ["numpy"]))))
(:pylsp . (:plugins (:jedi_completion (:cache_for ["astropy"]))))
(:pylsp . (:configurationSources ["flake8"])))))))Jedi provides grammar checking and completion candidates to python-lsp-server. Only jedi-0.18.1 works with for instance numpy-1.22.0 in the sense that it handles universal functions provided that jedi does not parse but imports numpy-1.22.0 (see jedi issue #1744, #1745, and #1746).
Listing lst:make-pylsp-server-patch generates listing
lst:show-pylsp-server-patch that shows the patch to make jedi import
numpy-1.22.0 in order to serve the information to python-lsp-server allowing it
to handle universal functions. Listing lst:show-pylsp-server-patch tangles to
pylsp-auto-import-modules.patch.
echo "#+attr_latex: :options breaklines"
echo "#+caption[Show and tangle =pylsp-auto-import-modules.patch=]:"
echo "#+caption: Show and tangle =pylsp-auto-import-modules.patch=."
echo "#+name: lst:show-pylsp-server-patch"
echo "#+begin_src diff :exports code :tangle pylsp-auto-import-modules.patch"
git -C $HOME/VCS/python-lsp-server diff
echo "#+end_src"diff --git a/pylsp/config/schema.json b/pylsp/config/schema.json
index c29d78b..4f30101 100644
--- a/pylsp/config/schema.json
+++ b/pylsp/config/schema.json
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@
"default": null,
"description": "List of errors and warnings to enable."
},
+ "pylsp.plugins.jedi.auto_import_modules": {
+ "type": "array",
+ "default": ["numpy", "gi"],
+ "items": {
+ "type": "string"
+ },
+ "description": "List of module names for jedi to import (jedi.settings.auto_import_modules)."
+ },
"pylsp.plugins.jedi.extra_paths": {
"type": "array",
"default": [],
diff --git a/pylsp/workspace.py b/pylsp/workspace.py
index bf312f6..4758b53 100644
--- a/pylsp/workspace.py
+++ b/pylsp/workspace.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ from . import lsp, uris, _utils
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+DEFAULT_AUTO_IMPORT_MODULES = ["numpy", "gi"]
+
# TODO: this is not the best e.g. we capture numbers
RE_START_WORD = re.compile('[A-Za-z_0-9]*$')
RE_END_WORD = re.compile('^[A-Za-z_0-9]*')
@@ -252,6 +254,8 @@ class Document:
if self._config:
jedi_settings = self._config.plugin_settings('jedi', document_path=self.path)
+ jedi.settings.auto_import_modules = jedi_settings.get('auto_import_modules',
+ DEFAULT_AUTO_IMPORT_MODULES)
environment_path = jedi_settings.get('environment')
extra_paths = jedi_settings.get('extra_paths') or []
env_vars = jedi_settings.get('env_vars')Finally, here are a few links covering how to integrate Emacs, Python and a Python LSP server:
Anaconda
Listing lst:configure-anaconda+company-for-python and
lst:define-my-toggle-anaconda-mode configure anaconda. See elpy-module-company
for how to handle company-backends as a local variable in listing
lst:configure-anaconda+company-for-python. The call to advice-add in listing
lst:define-my-toggle-anaconda-mode opens Python org-edit-src-code buffers in
anaconda-mode.
(with-eval-after-load 'python
(with-eval-after-load 'company
(when (and (fboundp 'anaconda-mode)
(fboundp 'company-anaconda))
(defun my-disable-anaconda-mode ()
(when (derived-mode-p 'python-mode)
(anaconda-mode -1)
(make-variable-buffer-local 'company-backends)
(setq company-backends
(delq 'company-anaconda
(mapcar #'identity company-backends)))
(anaconda-eldoc-mode -1)))
(defun my-enable-anaconda-mode ()
(when (derived-mode-p 'python-mode)
(anaconda-mode +1)
(make-variable-buffer-local 'company-backends)
(setq company-backends
(cons 'company-anaconda
(delq 'company-semantic
(delq 'company-capf
(mapcar #'identity company-backends)))))
(anaconda-eldoc-mode
(if (file-remote-p default-directory) -1 1))))))) (with-eval-after-load 'python
(unless (and (fboundp 'my-disable-anaconda-mode)
(fboundp 'my-enable-anaconda-mode))
(when (fboundp 'anaconda-mode)
(defun my-disable-anaconda-mode ()
(when (derived-mode-p 'python-mode)
(anaconda-mode -1)
(anaconda-eldoc-mode -1)))
(defun my-enable-anaconda-mode ()
(when (derived-mode-p 'python-mode)
(anaconda-mode +1)
(anaconda-eldoc-mode
(if (file-remote-p default-directory) -1 1))))))
(when (fboundp 'my-enable-anaconda-mode)
(advice-add 'org-edit-src-code :after #'my-enable-anaconda-mode))
(when (and (fboundp 'my-disable-anaconda-mode)
(fboundp 'my-enable-anaconda-mode))
(defun my-toggle-anaconda-mode ()
"Toggle anaconda-mode with bells and whistles."
(interactive)
(if (bound-and-true-p anaconda-mode)
(my-disable-anaconda-mode)
(my-enable-anaconda-mode)))))Jedi
Listing lst:example-py is a Python example to test whether jedi in combination with and either anaconda or eglot works when coding certain functions of for instance numpy and scipy.
import numpy
import astropy.units as apu
a = numpy.arange(0, 11)
a = numpy.linspace(0, 10, num=11)
a = numpy.arccos(a)
q = apu.Quantity(a, apu.meter)
print(q)TODO Look into: editing facilities
Editing
Enable disabled commands and inform
Execute src_emacs-lisp{(find-library "novice")} to see how Emacs prevents new users from shooting themselves in the feet.
(setq disabled-command-function
(defun my-enable-this-command (&rest _args)
"Called when a disabled command is executed.
Enable it and re-execute it."
(put this-command 'disabled nil)
(message "You typed %s. %s was disabled until now."
(key-description (this-command-keys)) this-command)
(sit-for 0)
(call-interactively this-command)))Narrowing
Narrowing means focusing in on some portion of the buffer and widening means
focussing out on the whole buffer. This allows to concentrate temporarily on
for instance a particular function or paragraph by removing clutter. The "Do
What I Mean" narrow-or-widen-dwim function allows to toggle between narrowed and
widened buffer states. Here, the function narrow-or-widen-dwim operates also
on tables by means of org-narrow-to-table.
(defun org-narrow-to-table ()
"Narrow buffer to current table."
(interactive)
(if (org-table-p)
(narrow-to-region (org-table-begin) (org-table-end))
(user-error "Not in a table")))
(defun narrow-or-widen-dwim (p)
"Widen if buffer is narrowed, narrow-dwim otherwise.
Dwim means: region, org-src-block, org-subtree, or defun,
whichever applies first. Narrowing to org-src-block actually
calls `org-edit-src-code'.
With prefix P, don't widen, just narrow even if buffer is
already narrowed."
(interactive "P")
(declare (interactive-only))
(cond ((and (buffer-narrowed-p) (not p)) (widen))
((and (bound-and-true-p org-src-mode) (not p))
(org-edit-src-exit))
((region-active-p)
(narrow-to-region (region-beginning) (region-end)))
((derived-mode-p 'org-mode)
(or (ignore-errors (org-edit-src-code))
(ignore-errors (org-narrow-to-block))
(ignore-errors (org-narrow-to-table))
(org-narrow-to-subtree)))
((derived-mode-p 'latex-mode)
(LaTeX-narrow-to-environment))
((derived-mode-p 'tex-mode)
(TeX-narrow-to-group))
(t (narrow-to-defun))))
(define-key ctl-x-map (kbd "n t") #'org-narrow-to-table)
(define-key ctl-x-map (kbd "C-n") #'narrow-or-widen-dwim)Synchronal multiple-region editing
(unless noninteractive
(require 'iedit nil 'noerror))Unobtrusive whitespace trimming
(unless noninteractive
(when (require 'ws-butler nil 'noerror)
(custom-set-variables
'(ws-butler-keep-whitespace-before-point nil))
(add-hook 'prog-mode-hook #'ws-butler-mode)
(add-hook 'text-mode-hook #'ws-butler-mode)))Structural editing
Structural editing keeps character pairs (for instance parentheses, curly and
square brackets as well as single and double quotes) balanced to leave code (for
instance Lisp and Python) and text (for instance LaTeX and Org) structure
intact. I use smartparens which offers a normal mode (smartparens-mode) and a
a strict mode (smartparens-strict-mode). Although both modes insert character
pairs, the normal mode allows to delete one of the paired characters easily
while the strict mode does not. Therefore, the strict mode is more for code
editing since it never breaks programming language rules and the normal mode is
more for text editing where structure is a matter of convention instead of
programming language rules.
For instance, the strict mode in Python allows to delete entire lists, tuples,
or the arguments after the cursor (what Emacs calls point) in a function call
without breaking the character pair balance. In order to repair a broken
character pair balance, insert a single character by prefixing it with "C-q"
bound to quoted-insert.
The smartparens documentation targets experienced Emacs users. The following links show how to put the documentation to practical use:
- Omar Antolin's gist "my-smartparens-config.el" is the first place to look for how to tweak smartparens. However, the gist may be partially obsolete, since it is not part of his current Emacs configuration.
- How to enable smartparens in the minibuffer after eval-expression explains
how the machinery after the first and after later usages of
eval-expressiondiffer and discusses options how to handle those differences.
Listing lst:configure-smartparens aims to configure smartparens for Elisp, LaTeX, Org, and Python.
(unless noninteractive
;; To disables pairing of the quote character for lisp modes,
;; require smartparens-config instead of smartparens.
(when (require 'smartparens-config nil 'noerror)
(custom-set-variables
'(sp-base-key-bindings 'sp)
'(sp-override-key-bindings '(("C-(" . sp-backward-barf-sexp)
("C-)" . sp-forward-slurp-sexp))))
(dolist (hook '(prog-mode-hook
text-mode-hook))
(add-hook hook #'smartparens-mode))
;; Hook on the specific `eval-expression-minibuffer-setup-hook'
;; and not on the general `minibuffer-setup-hook'.
(dolist (hook '(emacs-lisp-mode-hook
eval-expression-minibuffer-setup-hook
ielm-mode-hook
python-mode-hook))
(add-hook hook #'smartparens-strict-mode))
;; Tweak for the call to `smartparens-strict-mode' hooked on
;; `eval-expression-minibuffer-setup-hook'.
(sp-with-modes '(fundamental-mode ; first usage.
minibuffer-inactive-mode) ; later usage.
(sp-local-pair "'" nil :actions nil))
;; https://xenodium.com/emacs-smartparens-auto-indent/index.html
(defun indent-between-pair (&rest _ignored)
(newline)
(indent-according-to-mode)
(forward-line -1)
(indent-according-to-mode))
(dolist (left '("(" "[" "{"))
(sp-local-pair 'prog-mode left
nil :post-handlers '((indent-between-pair "RET"))))
(show-smartparens-global-mode +1)))Electric operators
Listing lst:configure-electric-operator-mode configures electric-operator-mode
to add spaces around operators for compatibility with for instance the Black
code formatter for Python.
(when (fboundp 'electric-operator-mode)
(add-hook 'c-mode-common #'electric-operator-mode)
(add-hook 'python-mode-hook #'electric-operator-mode))Smart snippets
(when (require 'yasnippet nil 'noerror)
(custom-set-variables
'(yas-alias-to-yas/prefix-p nil))
(yas-global-mode +1))Appearance
This setup does not configure custom themes (info) in order to prevent endless useless tweaking.
Text faces (or styles)
See the note on mixed font heights in Emacs for how to setup fonts properly. It boils down to two rules:
- The height of the default face must be an integer number to make the height a physical quantity.
- The heights of all other faces must be real numbers to scale those heights with respect to the height of the face (those heights default to 1.0 for no scaling).
The code in listing lst:configure-face-attributes source implements those rules. In case of proper initialization of all face heigths, font scaling is easy as listing lst:my-set-default-face-height shows. Finally, the code in listing lst:my-invert-default-face allows swapping the foreground and background colors of the default face on all frames and the code in listing lst:custom-set-faces improves the visibility of some default faces.
(unless noninteractive
;; Set face attributes.
(cond
((eq system-type 'darwin)
(set-face-attribute 'default nil :family "Hack" :height 120)
(set-face-attribute 'fixed-pitch nil :family "Hack")
(set-face-attribute 'variable-pitch nil :family "FiraGo"))
((eq system-type 'gnu/linux)
(set-face-attribute 'default nil :family "Hack" :height 110)
(set-face-attribute 'fixed-pitch nil :family "Hack")
(set-face-attribute 'variable-pitch nil :family "FiraGo"))
(t
(set-face-attribute 'default nil :family "Hack" :height 110)
(set-face-attribute 'fixed-pitch nil :family "Hack")
(set-face-attribute 'variable-pitch nil :family "DejaVu Sans")))) (unless noninteractive
(defun my-set-default-face-height ()
"Set the default face height in all current and future frames.
Scale all other faces with a height that is a real number."
(interactive)
(let* ((prompt (format "face heigth (%s): "
(face-attribute 'default :height)))
(choices (mapcar #'number-to-string
(number-sequence 50 200 10)))
(height (string-to-number
(completing-read prompt choices nil 'require-match))))
(message "Setting the height of the default face to %s" height)
(set-face-attribute 'default nil :height height)))) (unless noninteractive
(defun my-invert-default-face ()
"Invert the default face."
(interactive)
(invert-face 'default))) (with-eval-after-load 'faces
(custom-set-faces
'(region ((((class color) (min-colors 88) (background light) (type gtk))
:background "lightgoldenrod2")))))Visualize color codes and names
Listing lst:enable-rainbow-mode enables rainbow-mode to colorize color codes
and names in buffers for debugging.
(when (fboundp 'rainbow-mode)
(custom-set-variables
'(rainbow-x-colors-major-mode-list
'(c++-mode
c-mode
emacs-lisp-mode
inferior-emacs-lisp-mode
java-mode
lisp-interaction-mode
org-mode
python-mode)))
(rainbow-mode +1))Flash the line around point for visual feedback
(unless noninteractive
;; https://karthinks.com/software/batteries-included-with-emacs/
;; https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/jwhr6g/batteries_included_with_emacs/
(defun my-pulse-one-line (&rest _)
"Pulse the current line."
(let ((pulse-iterations 16)
(pulse-delay 0.1))
(pulse-momentary-highlight-one-line (point))))
(dolist (command '(scroll-up-command
scroll-down-command
recenter-top-bottom
other-window))
(advice-add command :after #'my-pulse-one-line)))Applications
Elfeed: Emacs web feed reader
(autoload 'elfeed "elfeed" nil t)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x w") #'elfeed)
(with-eval-after-load 'elfeed
(custom-set-variables
'(elfeed-feeds
'(("http://www.howardism.org/index.xml" h-abrams)
("https://ambrevar.xyz/atom.xml" p-neirhardt)
("https://emacshorrors.com/feed.atom" v-schneidermann)
("https://emacsninja.com/emacs.atom" v-schneidermann)
("https://feeds.feedburner.com/InterceptedWithJeremyScahill" j-scahill)
("https://nullprogram.com/feed/" c-wellons)
("https://oremacs.com/atom.xml" o-krehel)
("https://planet.emacslife.com/atom.xml" planet-emacs)
("https://protesilaos.com/codelog.xml" p-stavrou)
("https://sachachua.com/blog/category/emacs/feed" s-chua)
("https://sciencescitoyennes.org/feed/" sciences)
("https://updates.orgmode.org/feed/updates" org-updates)
("https://www.aclu.org/taxonomy/feed-term/2152/feed" aclu)
("https://www.bof.nl/rss/" bof)
("https://www.democracynow.org/podcast-video.xml" dn)
("https://www.laquadrature.net/fr/rss.xml" lqdn)
("https://www.lemonde.fr/blog/huet/feed/" sciences)))))Emacs Multimedia System (info)
(custom-set-variables
'(emms-mode-line-format "")
'(emms-player-list '(emms-player-mpd emms-player-mpv))
`(emms-player-mpd-music-directory ,(expand-file-name "~/Music"))
'(emms-player-mpd-server-name "localhost")
'(emms-player-mpd-server-port "6600")
'(emms-player-mpd-verbose t)
'(emms-playing-time-display-format " %s ")
'(emms-playlist-mode-center-when-go t))
(defun my-emms-print-metadata-find ()
(require 'find-func)
(locate-file
"emms-print-metadata"
(expand-file-name
"src"
(file-name-directory (find-library-name "emms")))
exec-suffixes #'file-executable-p))
(with-eval-after-load 'emms
(require 'emms-info-libtag)
(let ((emms-print-metadata (my-emms-print-metadata-find)))
(when emms-print-metadata
(custom-set-variables
'(emms-info-functions nil)
`(emms-info-libtag-program-name ,emms-print-metadata))
(add-hook 'emms-info-functions #'emms-info-libtag))))
(with-eval-after-load 'elfeed-show
(when (require 'emms-setup nil 'noerror)
(emms-all)))
(autoload 'emms-streams "emms-streams" nil 'interactive)
(with-eval-after-load 'emms-streams (emms-all))Local variables linking to Latexmk save-compile-display-loop
Only the Org source file shows the local variables footer.