Emacs With Emacs Code Browser

ECB is the Emacs Code Browser, it makes Emacs more like IDE. You can install it as following:

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;;; activate ecb
(require 'ecb)
(require 'ecb-autoloads)
  • Reload the init file with M-x eval-region RET.

Now, you can activate ECB with M-x ecb-activate RET and deactivate it with M-x ecb-deactivate RET respectively.

Basic configurations

Below are my ECB configuration in .emacs:

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;;; set layout for ECB
(setq ecb-layout-name "left2")

;;; show source files in directories buffer
(setq ecb-show-sources-in-directories-buffer 'always)

;;; keep a persistent compile window in ECB
(setq ecb-compile-window-height 12)

;;; activate and deactivate ecb
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x C-;") 'ecb-activate)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x C-'") 'ecb-deactivate)
;;; show/hide ecb window
(global-set-key (kbd "C-;") 'ecb-show-ecb-windows)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-'") 'ecb-hide-ecb-windows)
;;; quick navigation between ecb windows
(global-set-key (kbd "C-)") 'ecb-goto-window-edit1)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-!") 'ecb-goto-window-directories)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-@") 'ecb-goto-window-sources)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-#") 'ecb-goto-window-methods)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-$") 'ecb-goto-window-compilation)

Here is another browser plugin for Emacs.