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Emacs: modern minibuffer packages (Vertico, Consult, etc.)
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In this ~44 minute video I demonstrate packages that upgrade the experience with Emacs. They are about the minibuffer: where we interact with Emacs to call a command by its name or pick a candidate for some action. The packages I cover are vertico , marginalia , consult , orderless , and embark . I also mention briefly the wgrep package as well as the built-in savehist-mode , recentf-mode . A related video I did about search (search+replace): https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2023-06-10-emacs-search-replace-basics/ . Sample configuration ;; The `vertico' package applies a vertical layout to the minibuffer. ;; It also pops up the minibuffer eagerly so we can see the available ;; options without further interactions. This package is very fast ;; and "just works", though it also is highly customisable in case we ;; need to modify its behaviour. ;; ;; Further reading: https://protesilaos.com/emacs/dotemacs#h:cff33514-d3ac-4c16-a889-ea39d7346dc5 (use-package vertico :ensure t :config (setq vertico-cycle t) (setq vertico-resize nil) (vertico-mode 1)) ;; The `marginalia' package provides helpful annotations next to ;; completion candidates in the minibuffer. The information on ;; display de…
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Protesilaos Stavrou
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