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Emacs Leuven: Boost your productivity

Are you in search of an Emacs configuration file that comes with numerous pre-enabled packages and a more user-friendly default setup? Look no further! This resource will spare you countless hours of manual configuration.

Introducing the ”Emacs Leuven” configuration file, packaged as an Emacs Lisp library and ready for your use. What’s more, it’s finely tuned to ensure a swift Emacs startup time of approximately 2 seconds!

Installation

Incorporating the Emacs Leuven library into your Emacs environment is a straightforward process:

• Download or clone the Emacs-Leuven repository from GitHub.
• Integrate Emacs-Leuven into your Emacs configuration file:

  ;; Ensure that `emacs-leuven' libraries are included in your Emacs
  ;; `load-path'.
  (add-to-list 'load-path "/PATH/TO/emacs-leuven/lisp")
  
  ;; Load Emacs-Leuven and its associated modules.
  (require 'emacs-leuven)
  (require 'emacs-leuven-org)
  (require 'emacs-leuven-bbdb)
  (require 'emacs-leuven-ess)
  (require 'emacs-leuven-ledger)
  
  ;; Customize your settings here, which can override the defaults provided by
  ;; Emacs-Leuven.
      

• Restart Emacs to apply the changes.

Packages

To effortlessly install all the additional packages referenced below without prompts, insert the following line before requiring Emacs-Leuven:

;; Install all extra Emacs packages without asking for confirmation.
(setq leuven-install-all-missing-elpa-packages t)

Subject	Package	Description
Basic editing commands	undo-tree
Help	info+
The mark and the region	goto-chg
	expand-region
	multiple-cursors
	ace-jump-mode
	ace-link
Controlling the display	pager
	fancy-narrow
	highlight-symbol
	color-identifiers-mode
	diff-hl
	ws-butler
	powerline
	interaction-log
Searching and replacement	fuzzy
	anzu
Commands for fixing typos	dictionary
Files Handling	helm
	helm-swoop
Major and minor modes	csv-mode
	helm-descbinds
Indentation	indent-guide
Commands for human languages	key-chord
	boxquote
SGML and HTML modes	tidy
Editing Programs	imenu-anywhere
	hideshowvis
	flycheck
Maintaining programs	litable
	git-timemachine
	git-messenger
Abbrevs	yasnippet
	auto-complete
	company
	company-quickhelp
Gnus	bbdb
Document viewing	pdf-tools
Running shell commands from Emacs	multi-term
	cygwin-mount
Hyperlinking and navigation features	google-this
	google-translate
Customization	guide-key
	ace-window
	auctex
	bookmark+
	circe
	diminish
	dired+
	dired-single
	ess
	fill-column-indicator
	flycheck
	flycheck-ledger
	git-commit-mode
	graphviz-dot-mode
	htmlize
	idle-require
	ledger-mode
	leuven-theme
	rainbow-mode
	unbound

To specify packages that should be excluded from installation by Emacs Leuven (and not suggested for installation), incorporate a configuration snippet like the following into your Emacs configuration file:

(setq leuven-excluded-packages '(some-useless-package
                                 ...
                                 other-annoying-package))

Supercharge your efficiency with keyboard shortcuts!

Unlock time-saving techniques and enhance your productivity using the Emacs Leuven keyboard shortcuts. Experience a streamlined workflow that puts you in control.

Key binding conventions: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Key-Binding-Conventions.html

General

Global key bindings.

Shortcut	What it runs
<f2>	save-buffer
<S-f2>	org-save-buffer-and-do-related
<C-f2>	(for interaction-log mode)
<f3>	find-file (or helm-for-files)
<f4>	helm-semantic-or-imenu
<M-f4>	save-buffers-kill-terminal
<f7>	leuven-babel-translate
<f8>	call-last-kbd-macro
<S-f8>	leuven-toggle-kbd-macro-recording-on/off
<C-f8>	name-last-kbd-macro
<C-f9>	leuven-vc-jump
<C-f11>	bbdb
<f12>	bury-buffer
<S-f12>	leuven-kill-this-buffer-without-query
<C-f12>	leuven-revert-buffer-without-query

Help

Shortcut	What it runs
<f1>	info
<S-f1>	man-follow
<C-f1>	info-lookup-symbol

Edit

Shortcut	What it runs
<f11>	undo
C-S-z	redo
<S-f11>	redo

Windows

Shortcut	What it runs
<f5>	delete-other-windows
<f6>	other-window
<C-f6>	balance-windows
C-=	compare-windows
C-c ~	leuven-swap-windows
C-c |	leuven-toggle-window-split

Text

Shortcut	What it runs
<next>	pager-page-down
<prior>	pager-page-up
M-ù	backward-paragraph
M-*	forward-paragraph

Lines

Shortcut	What it runs
<return>	newline-and-indent
C-c ^	sort-lines
M-G	what-line
<C-S-down>	leuven-move-line-down
<C-S-up>	leuven-move-line-up

Code folding

Shortcut	What it runs

Search / Find / Replace

Shortcut	What it runs
C-c o	helm-occur
C-o	leuven–isearch-occur
C-o	occur

Spelling

Shortcut	What it runs
C-$	flyspell-buffer
C-M-$	leuven-flyspell-toggle-dictionary

Build

Shortcut	What it runs
<f9>	recompile
<S-f9>	make-clean
<f10>	next-error
<S-f10>	previous-error
<C-f10>	first-error

Bookmarks

Shortcut	What it runs
<C-f2>	bmkp-toggle-autonamed-bookmark-set/delete
<S-f2>	bmkp-next-bookmark-this-file/buffer-repeat
<C-S-f2>	bmkp-delete-all-autonamed-for-this-buffer)
C-x r b	helm-bookmark-ext
C-x r l	helm-bookmarks

Org mode

Shortcut	What it runs
<S-f2>	org-save-buffer-and-do-related
<C-f3>	leuven-org-todo-list-current-dir
<f4>	helm-org-headlines
<M-f6>	visible-mode
C-M-]	org-cycle-global ;; <S-tab>
M-]	org-cycle-local
C-c l	org-store-link
C-c c	org-capture
C-c b	org-switchb
C-c a	org-agenda
C-c L	org-insert-link-global
C-c o	org-open-at-point-global
C-c C-b	org-switch-to-agenda
\C-\M-n	outline-next-visible-heading
\C-\M-p	outline-previous-visible-heading
\C-\M-u	outline-up-heading
C-c C-x f	org-footnote-action
C-c C-x C-i	org-clock-in
C-c C-x C-j	org-clock-goto
C-c C-x C-o	org-clock-out
C-c C-x C-q	leuven-org-clock-in-interrupted-task
(	leuven-org-agenda-toggle-tasks-details
C-c C-e	org-export-dispatch
M-P	htmlize-buffer
C-c C-e h o	htmlize-view-buffer
M-;	leuven-org-comment-dwim
C-M-\	leuven-org-indent-region
C-c C-v C-d	org-babel-demarcate-block
C-c m	org-mime-subtree
C-c m	leuven-mail-subtree
N	leuven-org-agenda-new
Z	leuven-org-agenda-mark-done-and-add-followup

Dired

Shortcut	What it runs
<return>	dired-single-buffer
<mouse-1>	dired-single-buffer-mouse
^	(anonymous function)
e	browse-url-of-dired-file
E	w32-dired-open-files-externally
C-c f 1	find-name-dired
C-c f 2	find-grep-dired
C-c f 3	rgrep

Other shortcuts

I still have to sort them out, by mode (when applicable).

Shortcut	What it runs
C-c SPC	ace-jump
C-)	match-paren
x	leuven-vc-dir-hide-up-to-date-and-unregistered
E	vc-ediff
=	leuven-vc-diff
M-?	etags-select-find-tag-at-point
C-c e	ecb-minor-mode
M-/	hippie-expand
<tab>	ac-expand
<	scroll-calendar-right
>	scroll-calendar-left
<C-down>	comint-next-matching-input-from-input
<C-up>	comint-previous-matching-input-from-input
<down>	comint-next-input
<up>	comint-previous-input
<C-backspace>	backward-kill-word
<left>	speedbar-contract-line
<right>	speedbar-expand-line
<S-return>	leuven-ess-eval
M–	ess-smart-underscore
C-*	leuven-hlt-highlight-current-word
C-c !	shell
C-c .	leuven-insert-current-date
C-c C-c	tidy-buffer
C-c C-x nil
C-c d l	dictionary-lookup-definition
C-c d m	dictionary-match-words
C-c d s	dictionary-search
C-c g g	leuven-google-search
C-c g r	leuven-google-search-region
C-c g s	google
C-c g w	leuven-google-search-word-at-point
C-c n
C-c q	boxquote-region
C-c s	yas-insert-snippet
C-c t	toggle-truncate-lines
C-c T	multi-term
C-c z	toggle-full-screen
C-h A	apropos-variable
C-h E	elisp-index-search
C-S-n	hlt-next-highlight
C-S-p	hlt-previous-highlight
C-x b	helm-buffers-list
C-x C-b	electric-buffer-list
C-x C-b	ibuffer
C-x p	proced
M-o
M-p	ps-print-buffer-with-faces
M-x	helm-M-x

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Report issues and enhancements

Found a bug or have an idea for a new feature? Share your thoughts on the GitHub issue tracker.

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I welcome contributions in any form! Feel free to submit patches to enhance the project.

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Remember, regardless of donations, emacs-leuven will always remain freely accessible, both as in Belgian beer and as in speech.

License

Copyright (C) 1999-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Author: Fabrice Niessen
Keywords: emacs configuration file

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.