minor improvements

diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index e6be9cb401dee5308ee135ff4c0c849f9db9b0cf..40ad4ad6940aa4e7c29b1d2b8378495ab6005333 100644 (file)
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -40,22 +40,22 @@
 
 
 ;; speed up init https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3kqt6e/2_easy_little_known_steps_to_speed_up_emacs_start/
+;;
+;; Todo: look over this for good ideas:
 ;; https://github.com/jwiegley/dot-emacs/blob/master/init.el
-(defvar file-name-handler-alist-old file-name-handler-alist)
-(setq package-enable-at-startup nil
-      file-name-handler-alist nil
+
+(setq
+ file-name-handler-alist nil
       message-log-max 16384
-      gc-cons-threshold 402653184
+      gc-cons-threshold 100000000 ;; 100 mb
+      ;; package-enable-at-startup nil
       gc-cons-percentage 0.6
       auto-window-vscroll nil)
 
 (add-hook 'after-init-hook
-          `(lambda ()
-             (setq file-name-handler-alist file-name-handler-alist-old
-                   ;; 100 mb
-                   gc-cons-threshold 100000000))
-          ;; taken from wiegley, dunno why the t is there.
-          t)
+          #'(lambda ()
+              (setq file-name-handler-alist file-name-handler-alist-old)))
+(defvar file-name-handler-alist-old file-name-handler-alist)
 
 ;; 2019-6-26, 1.26s
 ;; ; to profile init:
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@
 
 ;;; shell mode stuff
 
+(require 'mmm-mode)
+(setq mmm-global-mode 'maybe)
+
 (require 'readline-complete)
 ;; not sure how I made these, but I deleted, and
 ;; it would be nice to make them again sometime
@@ -934,10 +937,11 @@ A non-nil CURRENT-ONLY argument means save only current buffer."
 ;; mu4e-user-mail-address-list
 ;; and a function
 ;; inspired by mu4e info manual, search for mu4e-compose-pre-hook.
-(when (file-exists-p "/p/c/mymu4e.el")
-  (load-file "/p/c/mymu4e.el"))
-(when (file-exists-p "/p/c/myidir.el")
-  (load-file "/p/c/myidir.el"))
+(load-file "/p/c/plisp/mymu4e.el")
+
+(add-to-list 'load-path "/p/c/plisp")
+(use-package myidir
+  :commands (myidir rthumb-new myidir-use-batch-input))
 
 
 (when (file-exists-p "/a/h/iank-mod.el")
@@ -1048,6 +1052,36 @@ A non-nil CURRENT-ONLY argument means save only current buffer."
 (temp-buffer-resize-mode 1)
 
 
+(defun perl-mode-defaults ()
+  ;; per perl-mode help, gnu style:
+  (setq perl-indent-level 2
+        perl-continued-statement-offset      2
+        perl-continued-brace-offset          0
+        perl-brace-offset                   0
+        perl-brace-imaginary-offset         0
+        perl-label-offset                  -2
+        )
+  (define-key perl-mode-map (kbd "C-\\") 'perl-iank-regex)
+
+  )
+(add-hook 'perl-mode-hook 'perl-mode-defaults)
+
+
+;; in perl, sometimes a missing semicolon will cause the
+;; program to work partly and for an error that is not near the missing semicolon.
+;; This works super well to find missing semicolons.
+(defun perl-iank-regex ()
+   "Start regexp isearch forward with pre-populated search string."
+  (interactive)
+  (let ((search-string "^[^#]*[^
+{};,]$"))
+    (isearch-mode t t nil nil)
+    (setq isearch-string search-string
+          isearch-message search-string)
+    (isearch-push-state)
+    (isearch-search-and-update)))
+
+;; regex for perl files to find missing semicolons:
 
 ;;; misc general settings
 
@@ -1420,29 +1454,36 @@ Go to the next directory based on where the cursor is."
       org-log-into-drawer t
       org-extend-today-until 0
       org-startup-truncated nil
-      org-clock-persist t
       org-use-sub-superscripts "{}"
       org-export-with-sub-superscripts nil
-      org-clock-mode-line-total 'today
       ;; global STYLE property values for completion
       org-global-properties (quote (("STYLE_ALL" . "habit")))
       org-special-ctrl-a/e t  ;; home and end work special in headlines
       org-completion-use-ido t
       ;; i had some problem with this in the past, but don't know what, so whatever.
       org-cycle-emulate-tab nil
-      org-catch-invisible-edits 'smart)
+      org-catch-invisible-edits 'smart
 
-(setq
- org-default-notes-file "/a/t.org"
- org-directory "/p")
+
+      ;; 2025: I don't use it and its giving me lexical scope bindings all the time
+      ;;org-clock-persist t
+      ;;org-clock-mode-line-total 'today
+
+      )
 
 ;; modeilne populated from (org-clock-get-clocked-time)
 ;; which is populated from the var org-clock-total-time
 ;; which is populated by a function which starts from (org-clock-get-sum-start)
-;;
+;; 2025: I don't use it and its giving me lexical scope bindings all the time
+;; (eval-after-load "org"
+;;   '(org-clock-persistence-insinuate))
+
+
+
+(setq
+ org-default-notes-file "/a/t.org"
+ org-directory "/p")
 
-(eval-after-load "org"
-  '(org-clock-persistence-insinuate))
 
 (defun time-to-org-day (time)
   (round (time-to-number-of-days
@@ -1528,6 +1569,12 @@ Go to the next directory based on where the cursor is."
   ;; (idle-highlight-mode)
   ;; (setq idle-highlight-idle-time 0.1)
 
+  ;; note: I used to set c-default-style other to "stroustrup" to avoid brace indent after if, but don't care enough anymore, just go with gnu.
+  ;;
+  ;; (setq-default c-basic-offset 2)
+  '(c-default-style '((java-mode . "java")
+                      (awk-mode . "awk")
+                      (other . "stroustrup")))
 
 
   (make-local-variable 'column-number-mode)
@@ -1704,7 +1751,7 @@ or else the number of characters matched by `outline-regexp'."
 
 (setq
  ;; example. decided i actually wanted it there.
-;; global-visible-mark-mode-exclude-list (list "\\*image-dired\\*")
+ ;; global-visible-mark-mode-exclude-list (list "\\*image-dired\\*")
  visible-mark-faces '(visible-mark-face1 visible-mark-face2)
  visible-mark-forward-faces '(visible-mark-forward-face1)
  ;; highlight the last 2 marks
@@ -1864,7 +1911,7 @@ or else the number of characters matched by `outline-regexp'."
       (cond (erc-modified-channels-alist
             ;; if we're not in erc-mode, set this buffer to return to
              (if-let* ((buf (erc-track-get-active-buffer arg))
-                      ((buffer-live-p buf)))
+                       ((buffer-live-p buf)))
                  (funcall fun buf)
                (erc-modified-channels-update)
                (erc-track--switch-buffer fun arg)))
@@ -2417,6 +2464,7 @@ modes like org-mode which have their own yank function."
 (global-set-key (kbd "C-e") 'copy-line)
 
 ;;;;; M-e ?? unused
+(global-set-key (kbd "M-e") 'goto-line)
 
 ;;;;; C-r isearch-backward
 
@@ -3051,6 +3099,9 @@ modes like org-mode which have their own yank function."
 
 (global-set-key (kbd "C-M-SPC") 'ispell-word)
 ;;;; left secondary
+;;;;; M-1 toggle-night
+(global-set-key (kbd "M-1") 'toggle-night)
+
 ;;;;; C-M-4 - widen
 
 (global-set-key (kbd "C-M-4") 'widen)