Configuring Stratmacs

Assigning variables

Use the setq Elisp function to assign variables.

(setq use-short-answers t) ;; this lets us use y/n instead of having to type yes/no.
(setq initial-major-mode 'org-mode) ;;make the scratch buffer open in Org mode by default (convenience)

Multiple setq statements can also be represented like this:

(setq use-short-answers t
      initial-major-mode 'org-mode)

How to use Major and Minor modes

Note

A buffer can have multiple minor modes enabled, but only 1 major mode can be enabled inside a buffer.

How to install new packages

Stratmacs comes with straight configured out of the box. New packages can be installed via use-package:

(use-package name_of_package
    ; :defer 3 ;; load this package after a delay of 3s
    ; :straight t ;; IF you want to use straight to manage this package (Straight grants access to GitHub repos)
  :init (config that must be run before loading the package)
  :config (package configuration))

We can now apply this knowledge and install new packages. As an example, let’s install the GPTel package from GitHub:

(use-package gptel
  :straight t ;; you don't need to specify this if you're not ins
  :config
  ;; OPTIONAL configuration
  (setq
   gptel-model "neural-chat:latest"
   gptel-backend (gptel-make-ollama "Ollama"
                   :host "localhost:11434"
                   :stream t
                   :models '("neural-chat:latest"))))