Install

Download zip file and extract to ~/.emacs.d or use Git:

git clone https://github.com/QingmingHe/emacs.d
mv Emacs.d .emacs.d

and then change directory to ~/.emacs.d.

Note

• You may need use proxy such as goagent to clone/pull/push code from/to github.

• To use git with goagent, add to ~/.gitconfig:

  [http]
        sslVerify = false
        proxy = http://127.0.0.1:8087
  

• If encounter RPC failed ..., add to ~/.gitconfig:

  [http]
        postBuffer = 524288000
  

Third Party Packages Dependencies

• Aspell to check spell.
  • Needed by flyspell-mode;
  • Add lang en to /etc/aspell.conf to set default language to be English for Chinese OS.
• Ctags and gtags for code navigation.
• w3m text-based web browser.
• Evince for pdf preview.
• Fonts: Consolas for English and Microsoft Yahei for Chinese
• LaTeX packages collections such as TEX live
• Python, IPython, flake8, jedi, numpy, h5py, pdb
• Tool chain for coding: cmake, make, automake, autoconf, gcc, clang, libclang-dev, llvm, gdb
• Git for version control
• zip, unzip, unrar, xz
• wget, curl
• ssh
• tmux
• fontconfig, ghostscript
• antiword transforms *.doc
• xpdf for DocViewMode
• perl for updating tags file
• May be vim
• pkg-config
• sdcv command line dictionary

Bugs or Problems

flyspell

Add flyspell mode to other mode hook will cause error: "Autoloading failed to define function turn-on-flyspell". You have to activate flyspell mode manually.

w3m

Sometimes error of apply: Setting current directory: permission denied, ~/.w3m/ occurs and you should remove ~/.w3m.

Emacs-GTK

May a bug of GTK or Emacs.