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## Prelude
# Prelude
Emacs is probably the best text editor in the world. However, the
process of coming up with a useful Emacs configuration is long and
@ -20,14 +20,16 @@ just want to use Emacs" card.
Emacs Prelude is compatible **ONLY with GNU Emacs 24.x**.
## Fast Forward
# Fast Forward
Assuming you're using an Unix-like OS (`*BSD`, `GNU/Linux`, `OS X`, `Solaris`,
etc), you already have Emacs 24 installed, as well as `git` & `curl` you
can skip the whole manual and just type in your favorite shell the
following command:
`curl -L https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude/raw/master/utils/installer.sh | sh`
```bash
$ curl -L https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude/raw/master/utils/installer.sh | sh
```
You can now power up your Emacs, sit back and enjoy Prelude,
forgetting about the rest of this manual.
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source repository and the installation directory. To change the
installation directory:
`PRELUDE_INSTALL_DIR="$HOME/.emacs.d" &&
```bash
$ PRELUDE_INSTALL_DIR="$HOME/.emacs.d" &&
curl -L
https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude/raw/master/utils/installer.sh
| sh`
| sh
```
To change the source repository:
`PRELUDE_URL="https://github.com/yourname/prelude.git" &&
```bash
$ PRELUDE_URL="https://github.com/yourname/prelude.git" &&
curl -L
https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude/raw/master/utils/installer.sh
| sh`
| sh
```
Note that the installer will back up any existing `.emacs` file or
`.emacs.d` since it will unpack Prelude's code in `.emacs.d`. If
you're doing a manual install make sure you don't have a `.emacs` file
or back up your existing `.emacs.d` directory manually.
## More goodies
# More goodies
The [Prelude Modules](https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude-modules)
project contains a lot of additional packages for Prelude
(install-able via the `package-list-packages` command) - enhanced programming
mode configs, latex config, erc config, etc.
## Installing Emacs 24
# Installing Emacs 24
Obviously to use the Emacs Prelude you have to install Emacs 24
first. Have a look at the [WikEmacs articles on installing Emacs](http://wikemacs.org/wiki/Installing_Emacs).
## Installation
# Installation
### Automated
## Automated
You can install Emacs via the command line with either `curl` or
`wget`. Naturally `git` is also required.
#### Via Curl
### Via Curl
If you're using `curl` type the following command:
`curl -L https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude/raw/master/utils/installer.sh | sh`
```bash
$ curl -L
https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude/raw/master/utils/installer.sh | sh
```
#### Via Wget
### Via Wget
If you're using `wget` type:
`wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude/raw/master/utils/installer.sh -O - | sh`
```bash
$ wget --no-check-certificate
https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude/raw/master/utils/installer.sh -O -
| sh
```
### Manual
## Manual
```bash
$ git clone git://github.com/bbatsov/prelude.git path/to/local/repo
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`user-emacs-directory` for your OS. You can check the value by doing
`C-h v user-emacs-directory` inside Emacs.
## Running
# Running
Nothing fancy here. Just start Emacs as usual. Personally I run Emacs
in daemon mode:
`$ emacs --daemon`
```bash
$ emacs --daemon
```
Afterwards I connect to the server with either a terminal or a GUI
client like this:
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The last two aliases are helpful if you're used to editing files from
the command line using `vi(m)`.
## Getting to know Prelude
# Getting to know Prelude
Certainly the best way to understand how Prelude enhances the default
Emacs experience is to peruse Prelude's source code (which is
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Prelude. It also adds an additional keymap that binds many of those
extensions to keybindings.
## Automatic package installation
The default Prelude installation comes with a bare minimum of
functionality. It will however install add-ons for various programming
languages and frameworks on demand. For instance - if you try to open
a `.clj` file `clojure-mode`, `nrepl.el` and prelude's enhanced Lisp
configuration will be installed automatically for you.
You can, of course, install anything you wish manually as well.
## Color Themes
Emacs 24 ships with a new theming facility that effectively renders
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To disable Zenburn just put in your personal config the following
line:
```elisp
```lisp
(disable-theme 'zenburn)
```
Or you can use another theme altogether by adding something like:
```elisp
```lisp
(load-theme 'solarized-dark t)
```
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Additional settings for various programming languages are available for installation via MELPA. You might take a look at the [Prelude Modules project](https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude-modules) for further info.
## Caveats & Pitfalls
# Caveats & Pitfalls
### Problems with flyspell-mode
## Problems with flyspell-mode
Prelude makes heavy use of the flyspell-mode package for spell
checking of various things. The proper operation of flyspell depends
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On Linux distros - just use your distro's package manager.
### Ugly colors in the terminal Emacs version
## Ugly colors in the terminal Emacs version
If your Emacs looks considerably uglier in a terminal (compared to the
GUI version) try adding this to your `.bashrc` or `.zshrc`:
```bash
export TERM=xterm-256color
$ export TERM=xterm-256color
```
Source the `.bashrc` file and start Emacs again.
### MELPA error on initial startup
## MELPA error on initial startup
If you get some http connection error related to the MELPA repo
just do a manual `M-x package-refresh-contents` and restart Emacs
afterwards.
### No arrow navigation in editor buffers
## No arrow navigation in editor buffers
This is not a bug - it's a feature! I firmly believe that the one true
way to use Emacs is by using it the way it was intended to be used (as
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If you'd still like to use the arrow keys just invoke `M-x
guru-mode` to enable them for the duration of your
current Emacs session or add `(guru-mode -1)` to your
personal Emacs customization to enable them permanently.
current Emacs session or add the following snippet to your
personal Emacs customization to enable them permanently:
### Windows compatibility
```lisp
(add-hook 'prog-mode-hook 'turn-off-guru-mode t)
```
## Disable whitespace-mode
Some people find `whitespace-mode` too intrusive and might want to
disable it. It come be done from your personal config with the
following bit of code:
```lisp
(add-hook 'prog-mode-hook 'prelude-turn-off-whitespace t)
```
## Disable flyspell-mode
If you're not fond of spellchecking on the fly:
```lisp
(add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-off-flyspell t)
(add-hook 'prog-mode-hook 'turn-off-flyspell t)
```
## Windows compatibility
While everything in Prelude should work fine in Windows, I test it only
with Linux & OSX, so there are Windows related problems from time to
time. This situation will probably improve over time.
## Share the knowledge
# Share the knowledge
[WikEmacs](http://wikemacs.org) collects useful resources for working
with GNU Emacs. Please, take the time to peruse and improve them as
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[MediaWiki support](http://wikemacs.org/wiki/Mediawiki.el) + the
settings required to access WikEmacs right away.
## Known issues
# Known issues
Check out the project's
[issue list](https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude/issues?sort=created&direction=desc&state=open)
a list of unresolved issues. By the way - feel free to fix any of them
and sent me a pull request. :-)
and send me a pull request. :-)
## Contributors
# Contributors
Here's a [list](https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude/contributors) of all the people who have contributed to the
development of Emacs Prelude.
## Bugs & Improvements
# Bugs & Improvements
Bug reports and suggestions for improvements are always
welcome. github pull requests are even better! :-)
welcome. GitHub pull requests are even better! :-)
Cheers,<br>
Cheers,<br/>
Bozhidar