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I just discovered tabbar, a minor mode that provides firefox like tabs in emacs.
I also modify org-mode into a minor mode and use it with other major modes for code folding and organizing my code, for example: (ahk-org-mode )
What are your favorite minor modes.
Are there major modes that you have turned into minor modes so you can use them with other major modes ?
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A minor mode is an optional editing mode that alters the behavior of Emacs in some well-defined way. Unlike major modes, any number of minor modes can be in effect at any time. Some minor modes are buffer-local, and can be turned on (enabled) in certain buffers and off (disabled) in others.
Usually, the major mode is automatically set by Emacs, when you first visit a file or create a buffer (see Choosing File Modes). You can explicitly select a new major mode by using an M-x command.
The standard default value is fundamental-mode . If the default value is nil , then whenever Emacs creates a new buffer via a command such as C-x b ( switch-to-buffer ), the new buffer is put in the major mode of the previously current buffer.
CC Mode is a GNU Emacs mode for editing files containing C, C++, Objective-C, Java, CORBA IDL (and the variants PSDL and CIDL), Pike and AWK code. It provides syntax-based indentation, font locking, and has several handy commands and some minor modes to make the editing easier.
autopair - Automatically pair braces and quotes in emacs like TextMate
paredit - ultimate sexp editing mode, one cannot do serious Lisp programming without it
flyspell and cousing flyspell-prog-mode - great on the fly spellchecking
eldoc - on the fly hints about function parameters, etc in several languages like Emacs Lisp, Perl...
yasnippet - template expansion framework ala TextMate bundles
auto-revert-mode - reverts buffers, if underlying files have been changed externally
hl-line - highlights the current line
windmove - easier navigation between many open windows in Emacs
show-paren-mode - highlight matching parenthesis, making it easier to spot errors with their pairing
All those minor modes are simply Godsend! I cannot live without them and they make my whole editing experience that much more enjoyable and productive...
Btw you can see much of the customizations and modes that I use in my configuration publicly available here(most of the minor mode stuff is in misc-config.el). I also recommend to everyone to follow the excellent blog Emacs Fu, when I've picked many interesting modes over the past couple of years.
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