Literate Configuration
Literate Configuration
Beautiful and functional configuration files using literate programming
About the Book
This booklet will teach you about Literate Configuration, which is the application of Literate Programming to configuration files. Literate Programming can be especially applicable to configuration files for the following reasons:
- Configuration files are inherently focused, since they correspond to a single application, program or set of programs, all related. This makes it easier to draw a narrative for them;
- Most configuration files are self-contained but their structure and syntax may not be immediately evident, so they benefit from a human-readable explanation of their contents;
- Configuration files are often shared and read by others, as we all like to learn by reading the config files of other people. Applying Literate Programming to config files makes them much easier to share, since their explanation is naturally woven into the code;
Org-mode is a powerful and simple markup language for general writing, but with unique features that make it easy to include code within the text, and even further, to easily extract that code into stand-alone source files which can be interpreted by their corresponding programs.
Whether you already use Emacs and org-mode or not, you will find value in this book by seeing how uniquely Literate Programming can help you better write, maintain, understand and share your config files.
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Table of Contents
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Literate configuration
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1 Literate Programming
- Org mode
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2 The Tools and Process
- Emacs and Org mode
- How it works
- Configuring Emacs and Org for literate programming
- Structure of a literate config file
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3 Tips and tricks
- Converting your existing config files
- Using noweb references to structure your code
- Multiple config files per org file
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1 Literate Programming
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Literate config examples
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4 Emacs
- References
- Doom config file overview
- Doom modules
- General configuration
- Org mode
- Coding
- Other tools
- Experiments
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5 Hammerspoon
- General variables and configuration
- Spoon Management
- BetterTouchTool integration (experimental)
- URL dispatching to site-specific browsers
- Window and screen manipulation
- Organization and Productivity
- System and UI
- Other applications
- Seal application launcher/controller
- Network transitions
- Pop-up translation
- Leanpub integration
- Showing application keybindings
- Loading private configuration
- End-of-config animation
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6 Elvish
- Paths
- Package installation
- Automatic proxy settings
- General modules and settings
- Aliases and miscellaneous functions
- Completions
- Prompt theme
- iTerm2 shell integration support
- Long-running-command notifications
- Directory and command navigation and history
- Dynamic terminal title
- Loading private settings
- O’Reilly Atlas
- OpsGenie
- LeanPub
- TinyTeX
- Environment variables
- Utility functions
- Work-specific stuff
- Exporting aliases
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4 Emacs
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