On windows, many people use the built-in server and emacsclientw to make startup faster. The basics for this are discussed here. I have a slightly modified version that closes a buffer opened through the server mode. I often open up code through emacsclientw, edit, save then close. The following code helps make this a more automatic process and give the feel of opening the editor, editing and then closing through normal keystrokes. (defun bnb/exit () (interactive) ; Check for a server-buffer before closing the server-buffer (if server-clients (server-edit)) (make-frame-invisible nil t)) (global-set-key (kbd "C-x C-c") ‘bnb/exit) While that code is great, it does not stop me from clicking the ‘X’ to close emacs. To ensure that this does not kill emacs, I advise the kill-emacs function. The advice … Read More »

I plan to post some of my elisp code from emacs customizations. I want them to be pretty and useful, so I wrote an elisp brush for the SyntaxHighlighter javascript library. There are only a few styles defined, but I think it adds to the code’s readability. I have included the comments, strings, tags and hashes of elisp in the styles. I have also set special coloring for a collection of the ‘def’ commands. A sample set is shown below. ;; Comment (defun declared-function-name (basic-function "string1") (another-function :tag value)) ;; Another comment (defcustom custom-var t) (defface face) (defvar variable ‘setting) (defmacro like/a/function) ;; Last Comment (defadvice printMsg (before ‘basic-function) (message "Marco!")) That example is a bit too colorful for my taste, but I am hopeful that the highlighting will add something to real world elisp examples. The implementation … Read More »