#+TITLE: API Demos #+PROPERTY: header-args:elisp :results pp This appendix serves as a reference on how to use Doom Emacs' standard library. It is integrated into Helpful, in Doom. * Table of Contents :TOC_3: - [[#examples-for-dooms-library][Examples for Doom's library]] - [[#core-lib][core-lib]] - [[#add-hook][add-hook!]] - [[#add-transient-hook][add-transient-hook!]] - [[#after][after!]] - [[#appendq][appendq!]] - [[#custom-set-faces][custom-set-faces!]] - [[#custom-theme-set-faces][custom-theme-set-faces!]] - [[#defer-feature][defer-feature!]] - [[#defer-until][defer-until!]] - [[#disable-packages][disable-packages!]] - [[#doom][doom!]] - [[#file-exists-p][file-exists-p!]] - [[#lambda][lambda!]] - [[#lambda-1][lambda!!]] - [[#letenv][letenv!]] - [[#load][load!]] - [[#map][map!]] - [[#package][package!]] - [[#pushnew][pushnew!]] - [[#prependq][prependq!]] - [[#quiet][quiet!]] - [[#remove-hook][remove-hook!]] - [[#setq][setq!]] - [[#setq-hook][setq-hook!]] - [[#unsetq-hook][unsetq-hook!]] - [[#use-package][use-package!]] - [[#interesting-snippets][Interesting snippets]] - [[#center-emacs-initial-frame-with-a-fixed-size][Center Emacs' initial frame with a fixed size]] - [[#persist-emacs-initial-frame-position-dimensions-andor-full-screen-state-across-sessions][Persist Emacs' initial frame position, dimensions and/or full-screen state across sessions]] - [[#update-cursor-shape-under-terminal-emacs][Update cursor shape under terminal Emacs]] * Examples for Doom's library ** core-lib *** add-hook! #+BEGIN_SRC elisp :eval no ;; With only one hook and one function, this is identical to `add-hook'. In that ;; case, use that instead. (add-hook! 'some-mode-hook #'enable-something) ;; Adding many-to-many functions to hooks (add-hook! some-mode #'enable-something #'and-another) (add-hook! some-mode #'(enable-something and-another)) (add-hook! '(one-mode-hook second-mode-hook) #'enable-something) (add-hook! (one-mode second-mode) #'enable-something) ;; Appending and local hooks (add-hook! (one-mode second-mode) :append #'enable-something) (add-hook! (one-mode second-mode) :local #'enable-something) ;; With arbitrary forms (add-hook! (one-mode second-mode) (setq v 5) (setq a 2)) (add-hook! (one-mode second-mode) :append :local (setq v 5) (setq a 2)) ;; Inline named hook functions (add-hook! '(one-mode-hook second-mode-hook) (defun do-something () ...) (defun do-another-thing () ...)) #+END_SRC *** TODO add-transient-hook! *** after! #+BEGIN_SRC elisp :eval no ;;; `after!' will take: ;; An unquoted package symbol (the name of a package) (after! helm ...) ;; An unquoted list of package symbols (i.e. BODY is evaluated once both magit ;; and git-gutter have loaded) (after! (magit git-gutter) ...) ;; An unquoted, nested list of compound package lists, using any combination of ;; :or/:any and :and/:all (after! (:or package-a package-b ...) ...) (after! (:and package-a package-b ...) ...) (after! (:and package-a (:or package-b package-c) ...) ...) ;; (Without :or/:any/:and/:all, :and/:all are implied.) ;; A common mistake is to pass it the names of major or minor modes, e.g. (after! rustic-mode ...) (after! python-mode ...) ;; But the code in them will never run! rustic-mode is in the `rustic' package ;; and python-mode is in the `python' package. This is what you want: (after! rustic ...) (after! python ...) #+END_SRC *** appendq! #+BEGIN_SRC elisp (let ((x '(a b c))) (appendq! x '(c d e)) x) #+END_SRC #+RESULTS: : (a b c c d e) #+BEGIN_SRC elisp (let ((x '(a b c)) (y '(c d e)) (z '(f g))) (appendq! x y z '(h)) x) #+END_SRC #+RESULTS: : (a b c c d e f g h) *** custom-set-faces! #+BEGIN_SRC elisp :eval no (custom-set-faces! '(outline-1 :weight normal) '(outline-2 :weight normal) '(outline-3 :weight normal) '(outline-4 :weight normal) '(outline-5 :weight normal) '(outline-6 :weight normal) '(default :background "red" :weight bold) '(region :background "red" :weight bold)) (custom-set-faces! '((outline-1 outline-2 outline-3 outline-4 outline-5 outline-6) :weight normal) '((default region) :background "red" :weight bold)) (let ((red-bg-faces '(default region))) (custom-set-faces! `(,(cl-loop for i from 0 to 6 collect (intern (format "outline-%d" i))) :weight normal) `(,red-bg-faces :background "red" :weight bold))) ;; If you want to make use of the `doom-themes' package API (e.g. `doom-color', ;; `doom-lighten', `doom-darken', etc.), you must use `custom-set-faces!' ;; *after* the theme has been loaded. e.g. (load-theme 'doom-one t) (custom-set-faces! `(outline-1 :foreground ,(doom-color 'red)) `(outline-2 :background ,(doom-color 'blue))) #+END_SRC *** custom-theme-set-faces! #+BEGIN_SRC elisp :eval no (custom-theme-set-faces! 'doom-one-theme '(outline-1 :weight normal) '(outline-2 :weight normal) '(outline-3 :weight normal) '(outline-4 :weight normal) '(outline-5 :weight normal) '(outline-6 :weight normal) '(default :background "red" :weight bold) '(region :background "red" :weight bold)) (custom-theme-set-faces! '(doom-one-theme doom-one-light-theme) '((outline-1 outline-2 outline-3 outline-4 outline-5 outline-6) :weight normal) '((default region) :background "red" :weight bold)) (let ((red-bg-faces '(default region))) (custom-theme-set-faces! '(doom-one-theme doom-one-light-theme) `(,(cl-loop for i from 0 to 6 collect (intern (format "outline-%d" i))) :weight normal) `(,red-bg-faces :background "red" :weight bold))) ;; If you want to make use of the `doom-themes' package API (e.g. `doom-color', ;; `doom-lighten', `doom-darken', etc.), you must use `custom-set-faces!' ;; *after* the theme has been loaded. e.g. (load-theme 'doom-one t) (custom-theme-set-faces! 'doom-one `(outline-1 :foreground ,(doom-color 'red)) `(outline-2 :background ,(doom-color 'blue))) #+END_SRC *** TODO defer-feature! *** TODO defer-until! *** disable-packages! #+BEGIN_SRC elisp :eval no ;; Disable packages enabled by DOOM (disable-packages! some-package second-package) #+END_SRC *** doom! #+BEGIN_SRC elisp :eval no (doom! :completion company ivy ;;helm :tools (:if IS-MAC macos) docker lsp :lang (cc +lsp) (:cond ((string= system-name "work-pc") python rust web) ((string= system-name "writing-pc") (org +dragndrop) ruby)) (:if IS-LINUX (web +lsp) web) :config literate (default +bindings +smartparens)) #+END_SRC *** file-exists-p! #+BEGIN_SRC elisp (file-exists-p! "init.el" doom-emacs-dir) #+END_SRC #+RESULTS: : /home/hlissner/.emacs.d/init.el #+BEGIN_SRC elisp (file-exists-p! (and (or "doesnotexist" "init.el") "LICENSE") doom-emacs-dir) #+END_SRC #+RESULTS: : /home/hlissner/.emacs.d/LICENSE *** lambda! #+BEGIN_SRC elisp :eval no (map! "C-j" (lambda! (newline) (indent-according-to-mode))) ;; The `λ!' short-form alias exists. If you have the snippets module enabled and ;; Doom's default snippets, the 'lam' snippet will expand into 'λ!'. Otherwise, ;; you can use `lambda!'. (map! "C-j" (λ! (newline) (indent-according-to-mode))) #+END_SRC *** lambda!! When ~newline~ is passed a numerical prefix argument (=C-u 5 M-x newline=), it inserts N newlines. We can use ~lambda!!~ to easily create a keybinds that bakes in the prefix arg into the command call: #+BEGIN_SRC elisp :eval no (map! "C-j" (lambda!! #'newline 5)) ;; The `λ!!' short-form alias exists. If you have the snippets module enabled ;; and Doom's default snippets, a 'lam' snippet is available to expand into ;; 'λ!'. Otherwise, you can use `lambda!!'. (map! "C-j" (λ!! #'newline 5)) #+END_SRC Or to create aliases for functions that behave differently: #+BEGIN_SRC elisp :eval no (fset 'insert-5-newlines (lambda!! #'newline 5)) ;; The equivalent of C-u M-x org-global-cycle, which resets the org document to ;; its startup visibility settings. (fset 'org-reset-global-visibility (lambda!! #'org-global-cycle '(4)) #+END_SRC *** letenv! #+BEGIN_SRC elisp (letenv! (("SHELL" "/bin/sh")) (shell-command-to-string "echo $SHELL")) #+END_SRC #+RESULTS: : "/bin/sh\n" *** load! #+BEGIN_SRC elisp :eval no ;;; Lets say we're in ~/.doom.d/config.el (load! "lisp/module") ; loads ~/.doom.d/lisp/module.el (load! "somefile" doom-emacs-dir) ; loads ~/.emacs.d/somefile.el (load! "anotherfile" doom-private-dir) ; loads ~/.doom.d/anotherfile.el ;; If you don't want a `load!' call to throw an error if the file doesn't exist: (load! "~/.maynotexist" nil t) #+END_SRC *** map! #+BEGIN_SRC elisp :eval no (map! :map magit-mode-map :m "C-r" 'do-something ; C-r in motion state :nv "q" 'magit-mode-quit-window ; q in normal+visual states "C-x C-r" 'a-global-keybind :g "C-x C-r" 'another-global-keybind ; same as above (:when IS-MAC :n "M-s" 'some-fn :i "M-o" (lambda (interactive) (message "Hi")))) (map! (:when (featurep! :completion company) ; Conditional loading :i "C-@" #'+company/complete (:prefix "C-x" ; Use a prefix key :i "C-l" #'+company/whole-lines))) (map! (:when (featurep! :lang latex) ; local conditional (:map LaTeX-mode-map :localleader ; Use local leader :desc "View" "v" #'TeX-view)) ; Add which-key description :leader ; Use leader key from now on :desc "Eval expression" ";" #'eval-expression) #+END_SRC These are side-by-side comparisons, showing how to bind keys with and without ~map!~: #+BEGIN_SRC elisp :eval no ;; bind a global key (global-set-key (kbd "C-x y") #'do-something) (map! "C-x y" #'do-something) ;; bind a key on a keymap (define-key emacs-lisp-mode (kbd "C-c p") #'do-something) (map! :map emacs-lisp-mode "C-c p" #'do-something) ;; unbind a key defined elsewhere (define-key lua-mode-map (kbd "SPC m b") nil) (map! :map lua-mode-map "SPC m b" nil) ;; bind multiple keys (global-set-key (kbd "C-x x") #'do-something) (global-set-key (kbd "C-x y") #'do-something-else) (global-set-key (kbd "C-x z") #'do-another-thing) (map! "C-x x" #'do-something "C-x y" #'do-something-else "C-x z" #'do-another-thing) ;; bind global keys in normal mode (evil-define-key* 'normal 'global (kbd "C-x x") #'do-something (kbd "C-x y") #'do-something-else (kbd "C-x z") #'do-another-thing) (map! :n "C-x x" #'do-something :n "C-x y" #'do-something-else :n "C-x z" #'do-another-thing) ;; or on a deferred keymap (evil-define-key 'normal emacs-lisp-mode-map (kbd "C-x x") #'do-something (kbd "C-x y") #'do-something-else (kbd "C-x z") #'do-another-thing) (map! :map emacs-lisp-mode-map :n "C-x x" #'do-something :n "C-x y" #'do-something-else :n "C-x z" #'do-another-thing) ;; or multiple maps (dolist (map (list emacs-lisp-mode go-mode-map ivy-minibuffer-map)) (evil-define-key '(normal insert) map "a" #'a "b" #'b "c" #'c)) (map! :map (emacs-lisp-mode go-mode-map ivy-minibuffer-map) :ni "a" #'a :ni "b" #'b :ni "c" #'c) ;; or in multiple states (order of states doesn't matter) (evil-define-key* '(normal visual) emacs-lisp-mode-map (kbd "C-x x") #'do-something) (evil-define-key* 'insert emacs-lisp-mode-map (kbd "C-x x") #'do-something-else) (evil-define-key* '(visual normal insert emacs) emacs-lisp-mode-map (kbd "C-x z") #'do-another-thing) (map! :map emacs-lisp-mode :nv "C-x x" #'do-something ; normal+visual :i "C-x y" #'do-something-else ; insert :vnie "C-x z" #'do-another-thing) ; visual+normal+insert+emacs ;; You can nest map! calls: (evil-define-key* '(normal visual) emacs-lisp-mode-map (kbd "C-x x") #'do-something) (evil-define-key* 'normal go-lisp-mode-map (kbd "C-x x") #'do-something-else) (map! (:map emacs-lisp-mode :nv "C-x x" #'do-something) (:map go-lisp-mode :n "C-x x" #'do-something-else)) #+END_SRC *** package! #+BEGIN_SRC elisp :eval no ;; To install a package that can be found on ELPA or any of the sources ;; specified in `straight-recipe-repositories': (package! evil) (package! js2-mode) (package! rainbow-delimiters) ;; To disable a package included with Doom (which will no-op all its `after!' ;; and `use-package!' blocks): (package! evil :disable t) (package! rainbow-delimiters :disable t) ;; To install a package from a github repo (package! so-long :recipe (:host github :repo "hlissner/emacs-so-long")) ;; If a package is particularly big and comes with submodules you don't need, ;; you can tell the package manager not to clone the repo recursively: (package! ansible :recipe (:nonrecursive t)) ;; To pin a package to a specific commit: (package! evil :pin "e7bc39de2f9") ;; ...or branch: (package! evil :recipe (:branch "stable")) ;; To unpin a pinned package: (package! evil :pin nil) ;; If you share your config between two computers, and don't want bin/doom ;; refresh to delete packages used only on one system, use :ignore (package! evil :ignore (not (equal system-name "my-desktop"))) #+END_SRC *** pushnew! #+BEGIN_SRC elisp (let ((list '(a b c))) (pushnew! list 'c 'd 'e) list) #+END_SRC #+RESULTS: : (e d a b c) *** prependq! #+BEGIN_SRC elisp (let ((x '(a b c))) (prependq! x '(c d e)) x) #+END_SRC #+RESULTS: : (c d e a b c) #+BEGIN_SRC elisp (let ((x '(a b c)) (y '(c d e)) (z '(f g))) (prependq! x y z '(h)) x) #+END_SRC #+RESULTS: : (c d e f g h a b c) *** quiet! #+BEGIN_SRC elisp :eval no ;; Enters recentf-mode without extra output (quiet! (recentf-mode +1)) #+END_SRC *** remove-hook! #+BEGIN_SRC elisp :eval no ;; With only one hook and one function, this is identical to `remove-hook'. In ;; that case, use that instead. (remove-hook! 'some-mode-hook #'enable-something) ;; Removing N functions from M hooks (remove-hook! some-mode #'enable-something #'and-another) (remove-hook! some-mode #'(enable-something and-another)) (remove-hook! '(one-mode-hook second-mode-hook) #'enable-something) (remove-hook! (one-mode second-mode) #'enable-something) ;; Removing buffer-local hooks (remove-hook! (one-mode second-mode) :local #'enable-something) ;; Removing arbitrary forms (must be exactly the same as the definition) (remove-hook! (one-mode second-mode) (setq v 5) (setq a 2)) #+END_SRC *** setq! #+BEGIN_SRC elisp ;; Each of these have a setter associated with them, which must be triggered in ;; order for their new values to have an effect. (setq! evil-want-Y-yank-to-eol nil evil-want-C-u-scroll nil evil-want-C-d-scroll nil) #+END_SRC *** setq-hook! #+BEGIN_SRC elisp :eval no ;; Set multiple variables after a hook (setq-hook! 'markdown-mode-hook line-spacing 2 fill-column 80) ;; Set variables after multiple hooks (setq-hook! '(eshell-mode-hook term-mode-hook) hscroll-margin 0) #+END_SRC *** unsetq-hook! #+BEGIN_SRC elisp :eval no (unsetq-hook! 'markdown-mode-hook line-spacing) ;; Removes the following variable hook (setq-hook! 'markdown-mode-hook line-spacing 2) ;; Removing N variables from M hooks (unsetq-hook! some-mode enable-something and-another) (unsetq-hook! some-mode (enable-something and-another)) (unsetq-hook! '(one-mode-hook second-mode-hook) enable-something) (unsetq-hook! (one-mode second-mode) enable-something) #+END_SRC *** use-package! #+BEGIN_SRC elisp :eval no ;; Use after-call to load package before hook (use-package! projectile :after-call (pre-command-hook after-find-file dired-before-readin-hook)) ;; defer recentf packages one by one (use-package! recentf :defer-incrementally easymenu tree-widget timer :after-call after-find-file) ;; This is equivalent to :defer-incrementally (abc) (use-package! abc :defer-incrementally t) #+END_SRC * Interesting snippets ** Center Emacs' initial frame with a fixed size #+BEGIN_SRC elisp (let ((display-height (display-pixel-height)) (display-width (display-pixel-width))) (pushnew! initial-frame-alist `(left . ,(/ display-width 2)) `(top . ,(/ display-height 2)) `(width . ,display-width) `(height . ,display-height))) #+END_SRC ** Persist Emacs' initial frame position, dimensions and/or full-screen state across sessions #+BEGIN_SRC elisp ;; add to ~/.doom.d/config.el (when-let (dims (doom-store-get 'last-frame-size)) (cl-destructuring-bind ((left . top) width height fullscreen) dims (setq initial-frame-alist (append initial-frame-alist `((left . ,left) (top . ,top) (width . ,width) (height . ,height) (fullscreen . ,fullscreen)))))) (defun save-frame-dimensions () (doom-store-set 'last-frame-size (list (frame-position) (frame-width) (frame-height) (frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen)))) (add-hook 'kill-emacs-hook #'save-frame-dimensions) #+END_SRC ** Update cursor shape under terminal Emacs Install [[https://github.com/7696122/evil-terminal-cursor-changer][evil-terminal-cursor-changer]]. The package isn't included in Doom because it is not maintained, unreasonably buggy, and lacks support for a number of terminals. Where it fails, it inserts unexpected characters into the buffer. To uphold the principle of least surprise, an unchanging cursor is less surprising than unwarranted characters. #+BEGIN_SRC elisp ;; ~/.doom.d/packages.el (package! evil-terminal-cursor-changer) ;; ~/.doom.d/config.el (use-package! evil-terminal-cursor-changer :hook (tty-setup . evil-terminal-cursor-changer-activate)) #+END_SRC Alternatively, an updated version exists at [[https://github.com/amosbird/evil-terminal-cursor-changer][amosbird/evil-terminal-cursor-changer]], with support for urxvt and tmux.