Rewrite core initfiles; fix a lot of evil/PATH bugs

init/core-editor.el

@@ -1,41 +1,47 @@
 (require-package 'evil)
-(evil-mode 1)
+(evil-mode nil)
 
+;; Has to be done this way to ensure special buffers have evil,
+;; evil-leader, and all the various keymaps enabled.
+(add-hook 'after-init-hook (lambda() (evil-mode 1)))
+
+;; Now we can carry on with the rest...
 (require-packages
-  '(evil-leader
-    evil-nerd-commenter     ; auto commenting made easy
-    evil-matchit            ; jumping between block delimiters
-    evil-surround           ; surround-with delimiters
-    evil-numbers            ; increment/decrement numbers
-    evil-exchange           ; exchanging two text objects (gx/gX)
-    evil-space              ; mimics ; and , for f, F, t, T w/ space
-    evil-visualstar         ; visual-based * and #
-    evil-ex-registers       ; paste from registers in ex commands
-    autopair                ; delimiter auto-closing
-    yasnippet               ; snippets: expand with tab
-    rainbow-delimiters      ; colored matching parenthesis
-    rainbow-mode            ; highlight color codes
-    ;; highlight-indentation   ; visual indentation guides
-    saveplace               ; restore cursor position on buffer load
-    volatile-highlights     ; temporarily highlight changes on undo/yank
-    anzu                    ; display current + total matches searching
-    smex                    ; less M-x cruft
-    rotate-text             ; like vim-switch
-    recentf                 ; access to list of recent files
-    key-chord               ; for mapping key chords in insert mode
-    ediff
-    ))
+ '(evil-leader
+   evil-nerd-commenter     ; auto commenting made easy
+   evil-matchit            ; jumping between block delimiters
+   evil-surround           ; surround-with delimiters
+   evil-numbers            ; increment/decrement numbers
+   evil-exchange           ; exchanging two text objects (gx/gX)
+   evil-space              ; mimics ; and , for f, F, t, T w/ space
+   evil-visualstar         ; visual-based * and #
+   evil-ex-registers       ; paste from registers in ex commands
+   autopair                ; delimiter auto-closing
+   rainbow-delimiters      ; colored matching parenthesis
+   rainbow-mode            ; highlight color codes
+   saveplace               ; restore cursor position on buffer load
+   volatile-highlights     ; temporarily highlight changes on undo/yank
+   anzu                    ; display current + total matches searching
+   smex                    ; less M-x cruft
+   rotate-text             ; like vim-switch
+   recentf                 ; access to list of recent files
+   key-chord               ; for mapping key chords in insert mode
+   multiple-cursors		   ; cursors, of the numerous variety
+   ediff
+   ))
 
 
 ;;;; Editor behavior ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 
-(electric-indent-mode +1)
+(setq initial-scratch-buffer nil)   ; empty scratch buffer
+(kill-buffer "*scratch*")
+
+(electric-indent-mode +1) 			; auto-indent on RET
 (global-hl-line-mode +1)            ; highlight the line
-(setq blink-matching-paren nil)     ; disable blink-matching-paren
 (setq-default
   tab-width             4           ; set tab width to 4 for all buffers
   indent-tabs-mode      t           ; always replace tabs with spaces
-  tab-always-indent     t)
+  tab-always-indent     nil)
 
 ;; do not soft-wrap lines
 (setq-default truncate-lines t)
@@ -43,7 +49,6 @@
 
 ;; Prettify code-related major modes
 (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook 'rainbow-delimiters-mode)
-;; (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook #'highlight-indentation-mode)
 
 ;; Remove trailing whitespace
 (add-hook 'before-save-hook 'delete-trailing-whitespace)
@@ -51,16 +56,7 @@
 
 ;;;; Init plugins ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 
-;;;#key-chord
-(key-chord-mode 1)
-(setq key-chord-two-keys-delay 0.5)
-
-;;;#smex
-(smex-initialize)
-;; Hook up smex to auto-update, rather than update on every run
-(defun smex-update-after-load (unused)
-  (when (boundp 'smex-cache) (smex-update)))
-(add-hook 'after-load-functions 'smex-update-after-load)
+(diminish 'undo-tree-mode)
 
 ;;;#evil
 (setq evil-want-C-i-jump t)
@@ -73,10 +69,10 @@
 
 (evil-exchange-install)
 
-(evil-space-setup "t" ";" ",")
-(evil-space-setup "f" ";" ",")
-(evil-space-setup "T" "," ";")
-(evil-space-setup "F" "," ";")
+(evil-space-setup "t" ";" ",")		; Repeat t with space
+(evil-space-setup "f" ";" ",")		; Repeat f with space
+(evil-space-setup "T" "," ";")		; Repeat T with space
+(evil-space-setup "F" "," ";")		; Repeat F with space
 (evil-define-operator evil-destroy (beg end type register yank-handler)
     (evil-delete beg end type ?_ yank-handler))
 
@@ -86,15 +82,23 @@
 ;;;#autopair
 (autopair-global-mode)
 (setq autopair-blink nil)
+(setq blink-matching-paren nil)     ; disable blink-matching-paren
+(diminish 'autopair-mode)
 
 ;;;#anzu
 (global-anzu-mode)
+(diminish 'anzu-mode)
 
 ;;;#ediff
 (setq ediff-window-setup-function 'ediff-setup-windows-plain)
 
+;;;#key-chord
+(key-chord-mode 1)
+(setq key-chord-two-keys-delay 0.5)
+
 ;;;#volatile-highlights
 (volatile-highlights-mode t)
+(diminish 'volatile-highlights-mode)
 
 ;;;#saveplace
 (setq-default save-place t)
@@ -110,12 +114,19 @@
       savehist-file (expand-file-name "savehist" my-tmp-dir))
 (savehist-mode 1)
 
+;;;#smex
+(smex-initialize)
+;; Hook up smex to auto-update, rather than update on every run
+(defun smex-update-after-load (unused)
+  (when (boundp 'smex-cache) (smex-update)))
+(add-hook 'after-load-functions 'smex-update-after-load)
+
 ;;;#recentf
 (recentf-mode 1)
 (setq recentf-max-menu-items 25)
-
-;;;#yasnippet
-(yas-global-mode t)
+(add-to-list 'recentf-exclude "\\.ido\\.last\\'")
+(add-to-list 'recentf-exclude "\\.revive\\'")
+(setq recentf-auto-cleanup 'never)
 
 
 ;;