Emacs Package Manager And Theme Setup

Load Emacs package manager

Add the following into the Emacs configuration file .emacs:

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;;; Emacs is not a package manager, and here we load its package manager!
(require 'package)
(dolist (source '(("marmalade" . "https://marmalade-repo.org/packages/") ;;; this one not work in win
                  ("elpa" . "http://tromey.com/elpa/")
                  ;; TODO: Maybe, use this after emacs24 is released
                  ;; (development versions of packages)
                  ("melpa" . "http://melpa.milkbox.net/packages/")
                  ))
    (add-to-list 'package-archives source t))
(package-initialize)

Start Emacs and press M-x type list-packages, move cursor to the line, press enter click Install to install the package you want.

In the package-menu-mode, there are some useful shotkeys:

• enter Describe the package under cursor. (describe-package)
• i Mark for installation. (package-menu-mark-install)
• u Unmark. (package-menu-mark-unmark)
• d Mark for deletion (removal of a installed package). (package-menu-mark-delete)
• x Execute (start install/uninstall of marked items). (package-menu-execute)
• r Refresh the list from server. (package-menu-refresh)

For complete list of keys, call describe-mode with Ctrl+h m.

Setup dark theme

I use the solarized-dark-theme.

• Install the color-theme-solarized with the emacs package managder.
• Add following code into .emacs.

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(load-theme 'solarized-dark t)

• Reload the init file with M-x eval-region RET.

NOTE: dracula is great.