Write emacs-lisp at the speed of thought.
This defines a new global minor-mode speed-of-thought-mode, which
activates locally on any supported buffer. Currently, only
emacs-lisp-mode buffers are supported.
The mode is quite simple, and is composed of two parts:
A large number of abbrevs which expand function initials to their name. A few examples:
wcb->with-current-bufferi->insertr->require 'a->and
However, these are defined in a way such that they ONLY expand in a
place where you would use a function, so hitting SPC after (r
expands to (require ', but hitting SPC after (delete-region r will
NOT expand the r, because that's obviously not a function.
Furthermore, #'r will expand to #'require (note how it omits that
extra quote, since it would be useless here).
It also defines four commands, which really fit into this "follow the thought-flow" way of writing. The bindings are as follows, I understand these don't fully adhere to conventions, and I'd appreciate suggestions on better bindings.
M-RET:: Break line, and insert "()" with point in the middle.C-RET:: Do `forward-up-list', then do M-RET.
Hitting RET followed by a `(' was one of the most common key sequences for me while writing elisp, so giving it a quick-to-hit key was a significant improvement.
C-c f:: Find function under point. If it is not defined, create a definition for it below the current function and leave point inside.C-c v:: Same, but for variable.
With these commands, you just write your code as you think of it. Once
you hit a "stop-point" of sorts in your thought flow, you hit C-c f/v
on any undefined functions/variables, write their definitions, and hit
C-u C-SPC to go back to the main function.
With the above (assuming you use something like paredit or electric-pair-mode), if you write:
( w t b M-RET i SPC text
You get
(with-temp-buffer (insert text))