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diff --git a/personal/itches/emacs/bulk.md b/personal/itches/emacs/bulk.md deleted file mode 100644 index 2de60f4..0000000 --- a/personal/itches/emacs/bulk.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,273 +0,0 @@ -# Emacs - -- center/top point when - - moving to text/tag search hit - - going to man page section - - opening eww on an anchor - - visiting a function from its Help buffer -- make font-lock stop background at fill-column or max(len(line) for - line in paragraph) rather than window-width when text spans >1 lines -- shell-mode - - add faces instead of reusing font-lock-{comment,string} - - understand `autocd` and `cd !$` - - use Bash completions (e.g. `ls TAB` in a folder with one file) -- [.dir-locals changed priorities][bug#30008] between subfolder and - major mode from 25 to 26 -- eshell: `ls --group-directories-first` does not color folders -- eww, gnus-article: adapt filling to window width changes -- scroll-lock-mode - - cursor stuck on lines wrapped by visual-line-mode - - cursor stuck on lines with 😛 - - scroll when going down newline with forward-… -- matching-paren analysis fails: `;; (here is\n;; a comment)` -- some modes redefine C-M-h, which makes this binding hard to - override; could mark-defun consult functions/values exposed by major - modes instead? -- Man-mode: make isearch skip end-of-line hyphens -- when opening `.gpg` files in a TTY, some characters (e.g. TAB) are - swallowed by Emacs instead of being forwarded to the gpg prompt; - these characters are then inserted in the decrypted file's buffer - (see `epa-file-insert-file-contents`) -- let TRAMP fetch Google Drive credentials from .authinfo.gpg -- icomplete's C-j does not choose the first completion as advertised - on empty input; it chooses ".", which AFAICT comes from the fact - that icomplete-exhibit calls completion-pcm--filename-try-filter - while icomplete-force-complete-and-exit simply calls - minibuffer-force-complete-and-exit - - likewise, if a folder contains foo.c and foo.o, "C-x C-f foo" - hides foo.o, yet C-j completes to foo.o -- calendar uses default X resources when run in its own frame; see - `calendar-frame-parameters`, `x-handle-named-frame-geometry`, - `(make-frame '((name . "")))` vs `(make-frame '((title . "")))` -- use compilation-mode-line-… faces for compilation-num-… indicators -- "é" is not erased with a single DEL stroke, despite [Unicode - conventions] -- sort tar archive members by name; serving suggestion: - - ``` elisp - (defun my/tar-sort (info) - (sort info (lambda (a b) (string< (tar-header-name a) (tar-header-name b))))) - ;; Apply to tar-parse-info in tar-summarize-buffer. - ``` - -- add a command or minor mode to highlight marks; serving suggestion: - - ``` elisp - (save-excursion - (dolist (m mark-ring) - (goto-char (marker-position m)) - (pulse-momentary-highlight-region (point) (point-at-eol)) - (sit-for 0.1))) - ``` - -- StackOverflow-like suggestions when reporting bugs -- match data vs. `:eval` during redisplay: cf. [bug#31586] -- make vc honour `.gitignore` so that `project-find-file` completion - is not cluttered with ignored files -- in a folder with a .git folder and a .gitignore file, - - `C-x C-f .gi TAB` completes to .gitignore - - `C-x C-f .git TAB` says "not unique" -- add some Custom machinery to save additions/removals to list - variables; as things stand, once I add/remove items and save the - variable, I miss out on changes to the variable's default value: - e.g. `git-commit-setup-hook` recently added `bug-reference-mode`, - but I never realized it because I customized the hook to add some - personal functions -- completions in python.el's comint buffer get confused when - readline's completion-prefix-display-length is set: candidates - become elided, maybe python-shell-completion-native-get-completions - is not ready for that? -- some bindings advertised by `describe-mode` in texinfo-mode are - invalid: - - `C-c C-s` runs `Texinfo-insert-node` instead of - `texinfo-show-structure` - - `C-c C-e` runs `Texinfo-environment` instead of being a prefix - command for `texinfo-format-{buffer,region}` -- [bug#31666]: visual-line-mode adds newlines before words that end up - being split anyway -- `gnus-group-make-group` uses `message-y-or-n-p`, which relies on - `message-talkative-question`; the message might be too wide for the - temporary buffer where it is displayed, and `y-or-n-p` prevents the - user from moving to the buffer and looking at the rest of the - message. - -[bug#30008]: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=30008 -[bug#31586]: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=31586 -[bug#31666]: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=31666 -[Unicode conventions]: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2018-07/msg00961.html - -## Dired - -- allow "columns" to be toggled; more specifically, make it possible - to hide ownership, permissions, number of hard links… - -- make the filename stand out - -- `% r` does not support some `\` constructs (`\#`, `\,`) - -- add a face for broken symbolic links - -## ERC - -- move timestamp to a better position (see `stamp` module) -- play well with whitespace-mode - -## Org - -- dissociate sub- and super-script fontification from everything else - in org-toggle-pretty-entities - -- org-clocktable trips on DST: - - ``` org - #+BEGIN: clocktable :scope file :maxlevel 2 :step day :stepskip0 t :tstart "[2018-10-15]" :tend "[2018-11-15]" - #+END: - - * foo - :LOGBOOK: - CLOCK: [2018-10-26 Fri 08:00]--[2018-10-26 Fri 17:00] => 9:00 - :END: - - * bar - :LOGBOOK: - CLOCK: [2018-10-29 Mon 08:00]--[2018-10-29 Mon 17:00] => 9:00 - :END: - ``` - -- make org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c call `(org-clock-update-mode-line t)` when - point is on the clocked-in heading - -- new command `org-clock-in-late` to clock out x minutes ago from - previous task, and clock in x ago on task at point - -## read-passwd - -- prevent kills from ending up in the clipboard -- add command to temporarily reveal password - -## whitespace-mode - -- skip line/wrap-prefix variables and properties - -- highlights the adaptive-wrap prefix, although weirdly enough the - whitespace *faces* are not applied - -- in org-indent-mode, adds a spurious (unfaced) space marker before - paragraphs; somehow transient-mark-mode knows not to highlight this - space, maybe the answer lies there - -## Ellipses customization - -Make ellipses for "invisible" text easily customizable (src/xdisp.c). -Make them default to "…" when `(char-displayable-p ?…)`. - -Use-cases: - -- ibuffer truncation -- hideshow -- outline (org) -- rgrep -- magit-process - -## xref - -- search gz-compressed Elisp files when calling `xref-find-references` - from an Elisp buffer: from a user perspective, if - `xref-find-definitions` can visit those files, - `xref-find-references` should work too (even though technically they - don't rely on the same mechanisms) - -- defun-building macros seem hard to understand for xref: e.g. `M-.` - on `rg` does not jump to `rg-define-search rg` - -## External libraries - -### adaptive-wrap - -- a commented-out line with no space between the comment delimiter and - its text will get padded with the comment delimiter: - - ;(some very long line) - ;; ⇒ wrapped with adaptive-wrap-extra-indent set to 4: - ;(some very - ;;;;;long line) - -### debbugs - -- asynchronous bug fetching - -### magit - -- customize current-tag function so that one can add `--first-parent` -- prevent section highlight overlay from hiding tag face background -- when quitting ediff conflict resolution, the "save buffer" prompt is - out of focus, one must ALT-TAB out of the ediff control panel first - (noticed in Emacs 27; 25.1 works fine); possible culprits: - - magit - - ediff - - smerge - - yes-or-no-p - - read-answer -- make status buffer understand and display `typechange` e.g. when - replacing a replacing a regular file with a symlink -- when ignoring a file in a subdirectory, magit attempts to - `git add .gitignore` (i.e. toplevel `.gitignore`), which fails -- if the `-n` log option is set in the status buffer, the "unpulled - from origin/…" section shows an invalid commit count if the `-n` - limit is lower than the actual number of commits -- for repos with dozens of old branches, it would be nice to have a - way to hide or distinguish "stale" branches from active ones, a la - <https://emba.gnu.org/emacs/emacs/branches> - -#### transient - -- cannot use the full domain of `--find-renames` (e.g. 1%) -- cannot call transient-save for all transients (e.g. would like to - always `fetch --prune`) - -### markdown-mode - -- support [shortcut reference links] -- move point past header after C-c C-t !/@ -- update sub-superscript regex to allow L~i+1~ -- make justification work with indented blockquotes -- add "ini ↦ conf-mode" to markdown-code-lang-modes - -[shortcut reference links]: http://spec.commonmark.org/0.27/#shortcut-reference-link - -### rg-mode - -- make -project DTRT in dired - -### page-break-lines - -- borked in magit-diff - -### diff-hl - -- colored fringe line is discontinued on lines featuring faces with - heights greater than 1 - - ``` shell - $ git init - $ echo "* foo" > README.org - $ git add README.org ; git commit -m README.org README.org - $ echo "* bar" >> README.org - $ echo "* baz" >> README.org - ``` - - ``` elisp - (load-file "…/diff-hl.el") - (global-diff-hl-mode) - (set-face-attribute 'org-level-1 nil :height 1.2) - (find-file "README.org") - ``` - -- in Org buffers with org-indent-mode, lines before point will "dance" - around while editing, i.e. while I type, they stick to the left - margin, then when I stop typing, they become indented again. - -### wgrep - -`C-c C-d` (`wgrep-mark-deletion`) could move to the next line, just -like `d` moves to the next line in Dired buffers. |