.spacemacs.d

spacemacs dot file(s)

These days, I use emacs mostly on a mac (but also windows and linux). I have updated my dot_files repo so that when I run make on a new machine from that repo, it should install emacs/spacemacs with this custom directory so I don't have to manually run the commands listed below under "Install Emacs"

Just as a quick reminder to myself, the way this generally works is that

• syl20bnr/spacemacs repo is cloned into ~/.emacs.d
• durantschoon/.spacemacs.d repo is cloned into ~/.spacemacs.d
• The environment variable SPACEMACSDIR is set to tell spacemacs where to find my customizations (ie. ~/.spacemacs.d)

Install Emacs

On a mac:

I use a different (arbitrary) icon for each version, so I can tell at a glance at startup which version I'm using (helpful when I run emacs on multiple machines, e.g. home vs. work):

Version	Icon
emacs-plus@27	--with-EmacsIcon4-icon
emacs-plus@28	--with-emacs-card-blue-deep-icon
emacs-plus@29	--with-retro-sink-icon

# uninstall old
brew uninstall emacs-plus
# install new
brew install emacs-plus@29 --with-xwidgets --with-retro-sink-icon
# update link in /Applications in a zsh shell
[[ -L /Applications/Emacs.app ]] && =rm /Applications/Emacs.app
ln -si /usr/local/opt/emacs-plus/Emacs.app /Applications/

Or (linux/windows):

Download emacs for your operating system. Test that it works. Try the tutorial.

Set up Spacemacs

Make sure you don't already have ~/.spacemacs.d before running this (but you should get a warning if you do):

cd
git clone https://github.com/durantschoon/.spacemacs.d.git .

Here's how to try using spacemacs if you already have a .emacs.d/ folder (from the FAQ):

mkdir ~/spacemacs
git clone https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs.git ~/spacemacs/.emacs.d
HOME=~/spacemacs emacs

Or just install it to your ~/.emacs.d folder. Refer to the original repo.

git clone https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs ~/.emacs.d

Launch emacs

switch_spacemacs command

I did this in zsh to switch back and forth easily (handy for migrating from original emacs to spacemacs over time):

Set up links:

cd
mv .emacs.d .emacs.d_ORIG_EMACS # move over your original dot files
git clone https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs ~/.emacs.d_SPACEMACS

Then write a function (in your ~/.aliases file), source that file (eg. source ~/.aliases) and run switch_spacemacs to toggle while emacs is not running. Next time you run emacs, it will be the other version.

    function switch_spacemacs() {
        local EMACS_D_LINK=$HOME/.emacs.d
        local EMACS_ORIG_D=$HOME/.emacs.d_ORIG_EMACS
        local SPACEMACS_D=$HOME/.emacs.d_SPACEMACS
        if [[ -d $EMACS_ORIG_D && -d $SPACEMACS_D && -h $EMACS_D_LINK ]]; then
            if [[ "$(readlink $EMACS_D_LINK)" == "$EMACS_ORIG_D" ]]; then
                =rm $EMACS_D_LINK
                ln -s $SPACEMACS_D $EMACS_D_LINK
                echo "Switched to spacemacs"
            elif [[ "$(readlink $EMACS_D_LINK)" == "$SPACEMACS_D" ]]; then
                =rm $EMACS_D_LINK
                ln -s $EMACS_ORIG_D $EMACS_D_LINK
                echo "Switched to original emacs"
            fi
        else
            echo "Not configured to test spacemacs"
        fi
    }