Emacs: Xah Elisp Mode 📦

xah-elisp-mode.el is a major mode for emacs lisp.

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Features

• Syntax coloring of ALL elisp symbols documented in elisp manual, and ONLY those. If a symbol is not colored, it's either a typo or not documented in elisp manual.
• Symbols are colored by their technical type: function, special form, macro, command, user option, variable.
• Command to format entire expression unit. Never manually indent by line.
• Completion for function names for ALL builtin emacs symbols.
• 1 to 4 letters abbrevs for top 250+ most used function names.
• Function param template. There are 500+ function templates.

No dependency on third-party package.

Abbrevs

Each abbrev is 1 to 4 letters. Abbrev expands to full function name, then it expands to function template of that function.

For example, here's some of the single-letter abbrevs:

• d → defun
• i → insert
• l → let
• m → message
• p → point
• s → setq
• w → when

type “d”, press space, it become “defun”, press space again, and it becomes

(defun ▮ ()
  "DOCSTRING"
  (interactive)
  (let (VAR)

  ))

Alt+x list-abbrevs to see the full list.

Yasnippt, Auto-Complete, Company Mode

xah-elisp-mode is designed to not need yasnippt or company-mode. You should have them off.