Emacs Solo is a complete Emacs configuration built around the idea of using the editor’s own facilities wherever practical instead of assembling a large collection of third-party packages.
The configuration is intentionally educational as well as usable. Much of its functionality is implemented directly in Emacs Lisp, giving users examples they can inspect, modify or lift into their own configuration. Although extensive, it is organised into reusable sections covering editing, navigation, development, file management and desktop integration.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Uses built-in Emacs functionality for most editing, navigation and completion tasks.
- Provides a modular configuration whose individual sections can be studied or reused independently.
- Includes customised completion, Flymake integration and project-aware navigation.
- Enhances Dired with additional commands, visual feedback and file-management conveniences.
- Provides custom themes, modeline behaviour and carefully configured faces.
- Adds Git gutter information without requiring a large external framework.
- Extends Eshell with directory ranking and fast history-based directory jumping.
- Includes interfaces for container management using common container command-line tools.
- Provides an Emacs interface for working with the GitHub command-line client.
- Adds utilities for weather information, online radio, media playback and RSS/news workflows.
- Includes project search, grep and xref enhancements.
- Provides small integrated utilities rather than depending on separate packages for every feature.
- Supports user customisation through clearly separated variables and configuration sections.
- Includes tools for calendars, contacts, file transfer and other everyday workflows.
Website: github.com/LionyxML/emacs-solo
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Developer: Rahul Martim Juliato
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Emacs Solo is written in Emacs Lisp. Learn Lisp with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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