my 2026 take on emacs

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1. I was advised to write a find-init-file

(defun find-init-file ()
  (interactive)
  (find-file user-init-file))

2. Some of my customizations

2.1. Imperative

(customize-variable 'package-archives)
 ("nongnu" . "https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/")
 ("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/")

(customize-variable 'org-tags-exclude-from-inheritance)

— add tag `crypt' 

(customize-save-variable 'desktop-save-mode 't)
(customize-save-variable 'undelete-frame-mode 't)
(customize-save-variable 'display-battery-mode 't)
(customize-push-and-save 'org-mode-hook '(visual-line-mode))  
(customize-push-and-save 'org-mode-hook '(org-indent-mode))
(package-install 'eglot)
(package-install 'fontify-face)
(package-install 'haskell-mode)
(package-install 'haskell-tab-indent)
(package-install 'htmlize)
(package-install 'mason)
(package-install 'mini-frame)
(package-install 'pdf-tools)
(package-install 'tree-sitter-langs)
(package-install 'treemacs)
(package-install 'typst-ts-mode)
(package-install 'web-mode)
(customize-save-variable 'speedbar-default-position 'left)
(customize-save-variable 'which-key-mode 't)

3. init.el pastes

(mason-setup)

(add-hook 'pdf-view-mode-hook #'auto-revert-mode)
(setq auto-revert-interval 0.5) ;; optional faster polling
(setq auto-revert-verbose nil)

(setq revert-without-query '(".*\\.pdf$"))

(setenv "PATH" (concat (getenv "PATH") ":" (expand-file-name "~/.ghcup/bin")))
(setq exec-path (append exec-path '(expand-file-name "~/.ghcup/bin")))

4. yet to explore