Comments on: Refactoring Configurations http://nflath.com/2009/07/refactoring-configurations/ Technology-related ideas, mainly involving Emacs Wed, 22 May 2013 21:20:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: The lone C++ coder's blog http://nflath.com/2009/07/refactoring-configurations/comment-page-1/#comment-218 The lone C++ coder's blog Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:32:32 +0000 http://nflath.com/?p=246#comment-218 <strong>My emacs configuration file refactor...</strong> In a previous post I described that a few months ago, I moved the third party elisp code under version control to make it easier to move it between machines and ensure a consistent configuration across them. The one remaining problem to solve was putti... My emacs configuration file refactor…

In a previous post I described that a few months ago, I moved the third party elisp code under version control to make it easier to move it between machines and ensure a consistent configuration across them. The one remaining problem to solve was putti…

]]> By: Ron http://nflath.com/2009/07/refactoring-configurations/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Ron Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:26:45 +0000 http://nflath.com/?p=246#comment-152 Ive just refactored my .emacs file using your two functions above (hoping you dont mind), the only problem ive hit so far is with downloaded .el files, such as browse-kill-ring.el. Im trying in my customizations folder to call things by the same name (as the source file) which leads to a recursive load, but its a non-issue for intergrated things like ido.el. my tempory solution has been to rename the files in custimizations to allow them to load, just wondering if you have a better solution. Thanks Ive been quite likeing your emacs posts recently Ive just refactored my .emacs file using your two functions above (hoping you dont mind), the only problem ive hit so far is with downloaded .el files, such as browse-kill-ring.el. Im trying in my customizations folder to call things by the same name (as the source file) which leads to a recursive load, but its a non-issue for intergrated things like ido.el. my tempory solution has been to rename the files in custimizations to allow them to load, just wondering if you have a better solution.

Thanks Ive been quite likeing your emacs posts recently

]]> By: Phil Hudson http://nflath.com/2009/07/refactoring-configurations/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Phil Hudson Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:23:15 +0000 http://nflath.com/?p=246#comment-151 How about: <code> (defun load-directory (dir) (mapc 'load-file (directory-files dir t "\\.el\\'"))) </code> * mapc: for side effects only, doesn't accumulate results (unlike mapcar). * No lambda wrapper required for load-file, since it takes exactly one argument anyway. * Better to terminate file extension patterns with backslash-quote rather than dollar. It means you don't accidentally match files that (perversely) include the newline character in their names. Useful function though, thanks for sharing it. How about:


(defun load-directory (dir)
(mapc 'load-file (directory-files dir t "\\.el\\'")))

* mapc: for side effects only, doesn’t accumulate results (unlike mapcar).
* No lambda wrapper required for load-file, since it takes exactly one argument anyway.
* Better to terminate file extension patterns with backslash-quote rather than dollar. It means you don’t accidentally match files that (perversely) include the newline character in their names.

Useful function though, thanks for sharing it.

]]> By: Phil Hudson http://nflath.com/2009/07/refactoring-configurations/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Phil Hudson Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:59:44 +0000 http://nflath.com/?p=246#comment-150 I have this, with some macros for facilitating host- and OS-specific customizations: <code> - .emacs.d -- lisp --- mode1setup.el --- mode2setup.el --- os1 ---- mode1setup.os1.el ---- mode2setup.os1.el --- os2 ---- mode1setup.os2.el ---- mode2setup.os2.el --- host1 ---- mode1setup.host1.el ---- mode2setup.host1.el --- host2 ---- mode1setup.host2.el ---- mode2setup.host2.el -- site-lisp --- nxml --- org --- dvc --- traverse --- etc </code> Easily extensible to other kinds of per-something customizations: DNS domain, window system, processor architecture... haven't needed any of those myself yet. I have this, with some macros for facilitating host- and OS-specific customizations:

- .emacs.d
-- lisp
--- mode1setup.el
--- mode2setup.el
--- os1
---- mode1setup.os1.el
---- mode2setup.os1.el
--- os2
---- mode1setup.os2.el
---- mode2setup.os2.el
--- host1
---- mode1setup.host1.el
---- mode2setup.host1.el
--- host2
---- mode1setup.host2.el
---- mode2setup.host2.el
-- site-lisp
--- nxml
--- org
--- dvc
--- traverse
--- etc

Easily extensible to other kinds of per-something customizations: DNS domain, window system, processor architecture… haven’t needed any of those myself yet.

]]> By: Rafal http://nflath.com/2009/07/refactoring-configurations/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Rafal Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:01:29 +0000 http://nflath.com/?p=246#comment-147 It's a matter of taste. 2 years ago I did a splitting of my .emacs file but after some days I come back to a single file because many times I had problems finding customizations for specific libraries. I made nice comments in my .emacs file and I can easily jump to places I need with C-s. My emacs file has over 7000 lines and I had no problems to manage it so far. It’s a matter of taste. 2 years ago I did a splitting of my .emacs file but after some days I come back to a single file because many times I had problems finding customizations for specific libraries. I made nice comments in my .emacs file and I can easily jump to places I need with C-s. My emacs file has over 7000 lines and I had no problems to manage it so far.

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