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If you’re not quite keen on getting into EmacsLisp yet, check out CategoryCustomize for ways you can configure Emacs without writing Lisp code. In fact, do that even if you are keen on using EmacsLisp. ;-)

If you’re open to learning a little Emacs Lisp, there’s a lot you can do! Click on the page title above to list all pages related to writing your own InitFile. Here is a categorized list of selected resources.

Some popular options

AutoModeAlist – Set the MajorMode based on the filename
CustomizingBoth – Use the same InitFile for multiple operating systems or features
EmacsCrashCode and DotEmacsChallenge – miscellaneous tips
LoadingLispFiles – How to load Emacs Lisp in separate files
ModeHooks – Add code that will run after a function executes or a mode is initialized

Other options and tips

AlarmBell – Turn off the beeping or change it to a visual thing
AutoCodingAlist – Determine encoding by file name; use this if the encoding (ex: utf-8) is not correctly detected
AutoCompileInit – Automatically compile your InitFile
AutoSave – Organize the autosave files or change the autosave interval
BackupDirectory – Organize the automatic backup files named filename~
DotEmacsBankruptcy – Declare bankruptcy when things get so bad you have to start over
DotEmacsDistributions – Running multiple independent configurations (or “distributions”) of Emacs
DotEmacsStructuring – Organize your Emacs config
InterpreterModeAlist – Set the MajorMode based on a shell script’s first line
MenuBar – Hide the menu bar or customize it
ModeLineConfiguration – Customize the status information displayed at the bottom of the buffer
OptimizingEmacsStartup – Monitor Emacs start up and make it faster
ProfileDotEmacs – Profile the InitFile to see which commands take the most time
ProjectSettings – making customizations local to a project
RemoteDotEmacs – eval the InitFile you have on a web server
ToolBar – Hide the tool bar or customize it

See also the StarterKits page, which tries to provide a comparative list of a larger number of popular starter kits for GNU Emacs.

EmacsMacro – A “portable configuration file that configures itself.”
Grail – Grand unified .emacs loader - robust and flexible load-path hack
PhilHagelberg's defaults
Prelude – aims to enhance the default Emacs experience
Spacemacs – particularly for Vim converts
startup-file-name-history.el – put command line files into the find-file history
TinyTools – JariAalto’s add-on utilities
Scimax - starterkit for Engineers and Scientists
DoomEmacs – a configuration framework for GnuEmacs focused on stability and being lightweight

Example Configurations

See the example configurations for a list of existing users’ Emacs setups.

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EmacsWiki: Category Dot Emacs (original) (raw)

Some popular options

Other options and tips

Init-related packages and starter kits

Example Configurations

See also