Without org layer, , displays "No previous search" in org mode

[edrex]

I'd like to leave the org layer out, since it pulls in a bunch of optional packages I don't need. Unfortunately, without it the major mode leader doesn't work in org mode.

spc ? , with org layer: , spacemacs-org-mode-map-prefix

without org layer: , evil-repeat-find-char-reverse

Maybe the solution is to split the org layer up a bit, with a minimal default to make org work nicely with evil mode, and then an org-extra layer with all the bling. Or, since org is built into Emacs, maybe the basic evil integration should be built into spacemacs?

[TheBB]

Yeah, this is entirely expected. If you want to use only parts of the org layer you should just exclude the packages you don't want.

[calebmeyer]

That seems reasonable, but since spacemacs documentation is all in org format, it's very hard to browse without the org layer. For example, pressing RET on a table of contents link doesn't follow it unless you have the org layer enabled.

[TheBB]

That will be fixed by #5372

I don't see any reason to further split the org layer. After all that's exactly the kind of thing dotspacemacs-excluded-packages is for.

[edrex]

Ah, I didn't know about that PR, good to hear. I guess I'll leave this open till that lands.

[edrex]

Meh, closing.