hamacs/bootstrap.org

#+TITLE:  My Emacs Bootstrap
#+AUTHOR: Howard X. Abrams
#+DATE:   2021-10-08

A literate programming file for bootstraping my Emacs Configuration.

#+begin_src emacs-lisp :exports none
  ;;; bootstrap.el --- file for bootstraping my Emacs Configuration
  ;;
  ;; © 2021-2023 Howard X. Abrams
  ;;   Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  ;;   See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
  ;;
  ;; Author: Howard X. Abrams <http://gitlab.com/howardabrams>
  ;; Maintainer: Howard X. Abrams
  ;; Created: October  8, 2021
  ;;
  ;; This file is not part of GNU Emacs.
  ;;
  ;; *NB:* Do not edit this file. Instead, edit the original literate file at:
  ;;            ~/other/hamacs/bootstrap.org
  ;;       And tangle the file to recreate this one.
  ;;
  ;;; Code:
#+end_src
* Introduction
This file contains all the variable definitions and library loading for the other files in my project.

I'm installing everything using the [[https://github.com/raxod502/straight.el#getting-started][straight.el]] for package installation and management. This is initialization code configured in [[file:initialize][initialize]], and calls to =use-package= now accepts a =:straight= parameter that allows me to retrieve special versions of some packages.

See the details in [[https://dev.to/jkreeftmeijer/emacs-package-management-with-straight-el-and-use-package-3oc8][this essay]].

** OS Path and Native Compilation
Helper functions to allow code for specific operating systems:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (defun ha-running-on-macos? ()
    "Return non-nil if running on Mac OS systems."
    (equal system-type 'darwin))

  (defun ha-running-on-linux? ()
    "Return non-nil if running on Linux systems."
    (equal system-type 'gnu/linux))
#+end_src

With the way I start Emacs, I may not have the =PATH= I /actually/ use (from the shell) available, so we'll force it (code taken [[https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ExecPath][from here]]):

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (defun set-exec-path-from-shell ()
    "Set up Emacs' `exec-path' and PATH environment variable to match
  that used by the user's shell.

  The MacOS, where GUI apps are not started from a shell, requires this."
    (interactive)
    (let* ((path-from-shell (shell-command-to-string "echo $PATH"))
           (trimmed-path    (replace-regexp-in-string (rx (zero-or-more space) eol)
                                                      "" path-from-shell))
           (in-fish?        (string-match (rx "fish" eol)
                                          (shell-command-to-string "echo $SHELL")))
           (separator       (if in-fish? " " ":"))
           (env-path        (if in-fish? (replace-regexp-in-string " " ":" trimmed-path) trimmed-path)))
      (message "PATH=%s" path-from-shell)
      (setenv "PATH" env-path)
      (setq exec-path (split-string trimmed-path separator))))
#+end_src

Clear up a Mac-specific issue that sometimes arises since I'm switching to [[http://akrl.sdf.org/gccemacs.html][native compilation project]], as the =Emacs.app= that I use doesn't have its =bin= directory, e.g. =Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin=:

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (when (ha-running-on-macos?)
      (add-to-list 'exec-path "/usr/local/bin")
      (add-to-list 'exec-path (concat invocation-directory "bin") t))
#+end_src

Getting tired off all the packages that I load spewing a bunch of warnings that I can't do anything about:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (when (and (fboundp 'native-comp-available-p)
             (native-comp-available-p))
    (setq native-comp-async-report-warnings-errors nil
          native-comp-deferred-compilation t))
#+end_src
** GNU Pretty Good Privacy
On Linux, GPG is pretty straight-forward, but on the Mac, I often have troubles doing:
#+begin_src sh
  brew install gpg
#+end_src
Next, on every reboot, start the agent:
#+begin_src sh
  /usr/local/Cellar/gnupg/2.3.6/bin/gpg-agent --daemon
#+end_src

Since =brew link gpg= doesn’t always work, this helper function may find the executable:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (defun executable (path)
    "Return PATH if executable, see `file-executable-p'."
    (let ((epath (first (file-expand-wildcards path))))
      (when (and epath (file-executable-p epath)) epath)))

  (use-package epa-file
    :straight (:type built-in)
    :custom (epg-gpg-program (or (executable "/usr/local/Cellar/gnupg/*/bin/gpg")
                                 (executable "/usr/local/bin/gpg")
                                 (executable "/usr/local/opt/gpg")
                                 (executable "/usr/bin/pgp")))
    :config (epa-file-enable))
#+end_src
** Basic Libraries
The following packages come with Emacs, but seems like they still need loading:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (use-package cl-lib
    :straight (:type built-in)
    :init (defun first (elt) (car elt))
    :commands (first))

  (require 'subr-x)
#+end_src
Ugh. Why am I getting a missing =first= function error? I define a simple implementation, that the CL library will overwrite ... at some point.

While most libraries will take care of their dependencies, I want to install /my dependent libraries/, e.g, [[https://github.com/magnars/.emacs.d/][Magnar Sveen]]'s Clojure-inspired [[https://github.com/magnars/dash.el][dash.el]] project:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(use-package dash)
#+end_src
Sure this package is essentially syntactic sugar, and to help /share/ my configuration, I attempt to use =thread-last= instead of =->>=, but, I still like it.

The [[https://github.com/magnars/s.el][s.el]] project is a simpler string manipulation library that I (and other projects) use:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(use-package s)
#+end_src

Manipulate file paths with the [[https://github.com/rejeep/f.el][f.el]] project:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (use-package f)
#+end_src

The [[help:shell-command][shell-command]] function is useful, but having it split the output into a list is a helpful abstraction:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (defun shell-command-to-list (command)
    "Return list of lines from running COMMAND in shell."
    (thread-last command
       shell-command-to-string
       s-lines
       (-map 's-trim)
       (-remove 's-blank-str?)))
#+end_src

And let’s see the results:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp :tangle no
  (ert-deftest shell-command-to-list-test ()
    (should (equal '("hello world")
                   (shell-command-to-list "echo hello world")))

    ;; We don't need blank lines:
    (should (equal '("hello world" "goodbye for now")
                   (shell-command-to-list "echo '\n\nhello world\n\ngoodbye for now\n\n'"))

    ;; No output? Return null:
    (should (null (shell-command-to-list "echo")))

    ;; No line should contain carriage returns:
    (should (null (seq-filter
                   (lambda (line) (s-contains? "\n" line))
                   (shell-command-to-list "ls")))))
#+end_src
** My Code Location
Much of my more complicated code comes from my website essays and other projects. The destination shows up here:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(add-to-list 'load-path (f-expand "~/.emacs.d/elisp"))
#+end_src

Hopefully, this will tie me over while I transition.
** Emacs Server Control
I actually run two instances of Emacs on some systems, where one instance has all my work-related projects, perspectives, and packages installed (like LSP), and my personal instance has other packages running (like IRC and Mail). I need a function that can make that distinction, and based on that, it will set =server-start= appropriately, so that =emacsclient= can call into the correct one.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (defun ha-emacs-for-work? ()
    "Return non-nil when the Emacs application's location matches as one for work.
  Based on initially running the app with a `FOR_WORK' environment variable."
    (and (f-dir? "~/work")
         (getenv "FOR_WORK")))
#+end_src

And now start the server with an appropriate tag name:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (if (not (ha-emacs-for-work?))
      (setq server-name "personal")
    (setq server-name "work")
    (when (ha-running-on-macos?)
      (set-exec-path-from-shell)))

  (server-start)
#+end_src
* Load the Rest
The following loads the rest of my org-mode literate files. I add  new filesas they are /ready/:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (defvar ha-hamacs-files (flatten-list
                           `("ha-private.org"
                             "ha-config.org"
                             ,(when (display-graphic-p)
                                "ha-display.org")
                             "ha-org.org"
                             ,(when (display-graphic-p)
                                "ha-org-word-processor.org")
                             "ha-org-clipboard.org"
                             "ha-capturing-notes.org"
                             "ha-agendas.org"
                             "ha-data.org"
                             "ha-passwords.org"
                             "ha-eshell.org"
                             "ha-remoting.org"
                             "ha-programming.org"
                             "ha-programming-elisp.org"
                             "ha-programming-python.org"
                             ,(if (ha-emacs-for-work?)
                                  '("ha-org-sprint.org" "ha-work.org")
                                ;; Personal Editor
                                '("ha-org-journaling.org"
                                  "ha-irc.org"
                                  "ha-org-publishing.org"
                                  "ha-email.org"
                                  "ha-aux-apps.org"
                                  "ha-feed-reader.org"))
                             "ha-dashboard.org"))
    "List of org files that complete the hamacs project.")
#+end_src

The list of /hamacs/ org-formatted files stored in =ha-hamacs-files= is selectively short, and doesn’t include all files, for instance, certain languages that I’m learning aren’t automatically included. The function, =ha-hamacs-files= will return the list loaded at startup, as well as with an optional parameter, return them all.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (defun ha-hamacs-files (&optional all)
    "Return a list of my org files in my `hamacs' directory."
    (if (not all)
        ha-hamacs-files

      (thread-last (rx ".org" string-end)
                   (directory-files "~/other/hamacs" nil)
                   (append ha-hamacs-files)
                   (--filter (not (string-match (rx "README") it)))
                   (-uniq))))
#+end_src

With this function, we can test/debug/reload any individual file, via:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (defun ha-hamacs-load (file)
    "Load or reload an org-mode FILE containing literate Emacs configuration code."
    (interactive (list (completing-read "Org file: " (ha-hamacs-files :all))))
    (let ((full-file (f-join hamacs-source-dir file)))
      (when (f-exists? full-file)
        (org-babel-load-file full-file))))
#+end_src

And we can now reload /all/ startup files:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (defun ha-hamacs-reload-all ()
    "Reload our entire ecosystem of configuration files."
    (interactive)
    (dolist (file (ha-hamacs-files))
      (unless (equal file "bootstrap.org")
        (ha-hamacs-load file))))
#+end_src

And do it:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (ha-hamacs-reload-all)
#+end_src

* Technical Artifacts :noexport:
Let's provide a name so we can =require= this file:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp :exports none
  (provide 'bootstrap)
  ;;; bootstrap.el ends here
#+end_src

Before you can build this on a new system, make sure that you put the cursor over any of these properties, and hit: ~C-c C-c~

#+DESCRIPTION: A literate programming file for bootstrapping my environment.

#+PROPERTY:    header-args:sh :tangle no
#+PROPERTY:    header-args:emacs-lisp  :tangle yes
#+PROPERTY:    header-args    :results none :eval no-export :comments no mkdirp yes

#+OPTIONS:     num:nil toc:nil todo:nil tasks:nil tags:nil date:nil
#+OPTIONS:     skip:nil author:nil email:nil creator:nil timestamp:nil
#+INFOJS_OPT:  view:nil toc:nil ltoc:t mouse:underline buttons:0 path:http://orgmode.org/org-info.js