Hi John,

John Wiegley wrote:
> "Sebastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgwmuf-geNee64TY+gS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org>
> writes:
>
>> Would you have a .emacs part about this (debugging, profiling, etc.) that
>> you're willing to share. I am confident that I could jump easier into full
>> Emacs Lisp if I would have a better environment.
>
> I'm attaching my lang-emacs-lisp.el file.  The really big modules to know are:
>
>   - edebug  <-- sheer brilliance
>   - eldoc
>   - elint
>   - elp (the Emacs Profiler)
>
> If you do a LOT of code hacking in Lisp, then paredit and redshank are
> invaluable.  If you only dabble/debug, they are unnecessary.
>
> John
>
> ;;;_ * eldoc
>
> (add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook (lambda () (require 'edebug)))
>
> ;;;_ * eldoc
>
> (eval-after-load "eldoc"
>   '(diminish 'eldoc-mode))
>
> ;;;_ * elint
>
> (defun elint-current-buffer ()
>   (interactive)
>   (elint-initialize)
>   (elint-current-buffer))
>
> (eval-after-load "elint"
>   '(progn
>      (add-to-list 'elint-standard-variables 'current-prefix-arg)
>      (add-to-list 'elint-standard-variables 'command-line-args-left)
>      (add-to-list 'elint-standard-variables 'buffer-file-coding-system)
>      (add-to-list 'elint-standard-variables 'emacs-major-version)
>      (add-to-list 'elint-standard-variables 'window-system)))
>
> ;;;_ * emacs-lisp
>
> (add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)
>
> (font-lock-add-keywords 'emacs-lisp-mode
>                         '(("(\\(lambda\\)\\>"
>                            (0 (ignore
>                                (compose-region (match-beginning 1)
>                                                (match-end 1) ?λ))))))
>
> (defun elisp-indent-or-complete (&optional arg)
>   (interactive "p")
>   (call-interactively 'lisp-indent-line)
>   (unless (or (looking-back "^\\s-*")
> 	      (bolp)
> 	      (not (looking-back "[-A-Za-z0-9_*+/=<>!?]+")))
>     (call-interactively 'lisp-complete-symbol)))
>
> (eval-after-load "lisp-mode"
>   '(define-key emacs-lisp-mode-map [tab] 'elisp-indent-or-complete))
>
> ;;;_  + column-marker
>
> (add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook (lambda () (column-marker-1 79)))
>
> ;;;_  + highlight-parentheses
>
> (autoload 'highlight-parentheses-mode "highlight-parentheses")
>
> (add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook 'highlight-parentheses-mode)
>
> (eval-after-load "highlight-parentheses"
>   '(diminish 'highlight-parentheses-mode))
>
> ;;;_  + paredit
>
> (autoload 'paredit-mode "paredit"
>   "Minor mode for pseudo-structurally editing Lisp code." t)
> (autoload 'turn-on-paredit-mode "paredit"
>   "Minor mode for pseudo-structurally editing Lisp code." t)
>
> (add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook 'turn-on-paredit-mode)
>
> (eval-after-load "paredit"
>   '(diminish 'paredit-mode))
>
> ;;;_  + redshank
>
> (autoload 'redshank-mode "redshank"
>   "Minor mode for restructuring Lisp code (i.e., refactoring)." t)
>
> (add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook #'(lambda () (redshank-mode +1)))
>
> (eval-after-load "redshank"
>   '(diminish 'redshank-mode))
>
> ;;; lang-emacs-lisp.el ends here

Thank you so much for this info. I will have a deep look at every line!

Best regards,
  Seb

-- 
Sebastien Vauban