emacs: added abbrev into the mix

I'm also including some other packages such as dired-x.

Signed-off-by: Miquel Sabaté Solà <msabate@suse.com>

3 files changed, 36 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/.emacs.d/README.org b/.emacs.d/README.org
index 70ccec8..c93ecaf 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/README.org
+++ b/.emacs.d/README.org
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ want to do it manually:
 - Copy the =init.el= into the =~/.emacs.d= directory. This is the only file that
   should be copied instead of linked because it will get replaced on the first run
   by =org-babel=.
-- Link the =init.org=, =custom.el= and =gtkrc= files into the =~/.emacs.d=
-  directory.
+- Link the =init.org=, =custom.el=, =abbrevs.el= and =gtkrc= files into the
+  =~/.emacs.d= directory.
 - Create the =~/.emacs.d/lisp= subdirectory and link the =lisp/g.el= file there.
 - Clone the [[https://github.com/mssola/soria][soria]] project and link the =soria-theme.el= file into the
   =~/.emacs.d= directory.
diff --git a/.emacs.d/abbrevs.el b/.emacs.d/abbrevs.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d5502d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.emacs.d/abbrevs.el
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+(define-abbrev-table 'global-abbrev-table '(
+    ("abbout" "about" nil 0)
+	("afaict" "as far as I can tell" nil 0)
+	("btw" "by the way" nil 0)
+    ("diba" "Diputació de Barcelona" nil 0)
+    ))
diff --git a/.emacs.d/init.org b/.emacs.d/init.org
index 20552e9..12c6abb 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/init.org
+++ b/.emacs.d/init.org
@@ -189,11 +189,10 @@ modes.
 Relative line numbers support is builtin since GNU Emacs 26.1:
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC elisp
-(if (>= emacs-major-version 26)
-    (progn
-      (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook 'display-line-numbers-mode)
-      (setq display-line-numbers-type 'relative)
-      (global-set-key (kbd "C-c L") 'display-line-numbers-mode)))
+(when (>= emacs-major-version 26)
+  (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook 'display-line-numbers-mode)
+  (setq display-line-numbers-type 'relative)
+  (global-set-key (kbd "C-c L") 'display-line-numbers-mode))
 #+END_SRC
 
 ** Basic editing configuration
@@ -239,6 +238,22 @@ Some editing tweaks like tabs vs spaces, maximum column width, etc.
   (show-paren-mode 1)
 #+END_SRC
 
+** Abbreviations
+
+Basic abbreviation settings:
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC elisp
+(setq abbrev-file-name "~/.emacs.d/abbrevs.el"
+      save-abbrevs 'silent)
+#+END_SRC
+
+Automatically enable abbreviation mode for some modes:
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC elisp
+(dolist (hook '(erc-mode-hook org-mode-hook text-mode-hook))
+  (add-hook hook #'abbrev-mode))
+#+END_SRC
+
 ** Font and theme
 
 I'm using "Droid Sans Mono" simply because I've grown used to it.
@@ -787,6 +802,12 @@ I also extend =dired= with some handy tweaks.
       delete-old-versions t)
 #+END_SRC
 
+Enable =dired-x= for cool stuff like =dired-jump=:
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC elisp
+(require 'dired-x)
+#+END_SRC
+
 And now instruct dired mode how to attach files when using mu4e. This is taken
 from the [[https://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/mu4e/Dired.html#Dired][mu4e documentation]], and it's available by typing
 @@html:<kbd>C-c RET C-a</kbd>@@.
@@ -1015,7 +1036,8 @@ mainly from the documentation, plus some cool remarks on Reddit. This
 configuration makes quite some assumptions. Read the =emacs/README.org= file as
 provided in my [[https://github.com/mssola/dotfiles][dotfiles]] project to get more details.
 
-I'm using an RPM that I've built on [[https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:mssola/mu][OBS]] which installs mu4e globally.
+I'm using [[https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/server:mail/maildir-utils][this package from OBS]] to install =mu= and =mu4e=, which installs
+things globally:
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC elisp
 (unless (file-directory-p "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/mu4e")