Minimal emacs init.el

init.el

;; --- Package-management ---

;; Set up package.el to work with MELPA
(require 'package)
(add-to-list 'package-archives
             '("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/"))
(package-initialize)
(package-refresh-contents)

;; --- Optimizations ---

(setq gc-cons-threshold 100000000)
(add-hook 'after-init-hook (lambda () (setq gc-cons-threshold 800000)))

;; --- Evil ---

(unless (package-installed-p 'evil)
  (package-install 'evil))
(require 'evil)
(evil-mode 1)

;; --- Projectile ---
(unless (package-installed-p 'projectile)
  (package-install 'projectile))
(require 'projectile)
(projectile-mode 1)

;; --- Helm ---
(unless (package-installed-p 'helm)
  (package-install 'helm))
(require 'helm)
(helm-mode 1)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-:") 'helm-M-x)

;; --- Convenience ----

(fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p)

(unless (package-installed-p 'which-key)
  (package-install 'which-key))
(require 'which-key)
(which-key-mode 1)

;; --- Preferences ---

(setq-default tab-width 2
              indent-tabs-mode nil)

;; --- Flycheck ---
(unless 
  (package-installed-p 'flycheck)
  (package-install 'flycheck))

(unless
 (package-installed-p 'flycheck-posframe)
 (package-install 'flycheck-posframe))

(with-eval-after-load 'flycheck
  (require 'flycheck-posframe)
  (add-hook 'flycheck-mode-hook #'flycheck-posframe-mode))

(require 'flycheck)
(global-flycheck-mode 1)