add some documentation

[~bandali/configs] / init.org

diff --git a/init.org b/init.org
index 2f5380e..e5149a3 100644 (file)
--- a/init.org
+++ b/init.org
@@ -22,6 +22,19 @@ to my init time; which is unacceptable for me: I use Emacs as my
 window manager (via EXWM) and coming from bspwm, I'm too used to
 having fast startup times.
 
+To use this config for your Emacs, first you need to clone this repo,
+then bootstrap Borg, tell Borg to retrieve package submodules, and
+byte-compiled the packages. Something along these lines should work:
+
+#+begin_src sh
+git clone https://github.com/aminb/dotfiles ~/.emacs.d
+cd ~/.emacs.d
+make bootstrap-borg
+make tangle-init
+make bootstrap
+make build
+#+end_src
+
 * Contents                                                   :toc_1:noexport:
 
 - [[#about][About]]
@@ -321,11 +334,11 @@ See [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Emacs-Server.htm
 
 *** Smaller fringe
 
-Set fringe to a small value so we don't have big borders in EXWM, but
-can still see the =diff-hl= colors in the fringe.
+Might want to set the fringe to a smaller value, especially if using
+EXWM. I'm fine with the default for now.
 
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
-(fringe-mode '(3 . 1))
+;; (fringe-mode '(3 . 1))
 #+end_src
 
 *** Disable disabled commands
@@ -460,14 +473,15 @@ Roll your own modal mode
 *** [[https://github.com/ch11ng/exwm][EXWM]] (window manager)
 
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
-;; (use-package exwm
-;;   :config
-;;   (require 'exwm-config)
-;;   (exwm-config-default)
-;;   (require 'exwm-systemtray)
-;;   (exwm-systemtray-enable)
-;;   (require 'exwm-randr)
-;;   (exwm-randr-enable))
+(use-package exwm
+  :demand t
+  :config
+  (require 'exwm-config)
+  (exwm-config-default)
+  (require 'exwm-systemtray)
+  (exwm-systemtray-enable)
+  (require 'exwm-randr)
+  (exwm-randr-enable))
 #+end_src
 
 *** [[https://orgmode.org/][Org mode]]
@@ -544,6 +558,7 @@ There's no way I could top that, so I won't attempt to.
 
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
 (use-package counsel
+  :defer 1.5
   :bind (([remap execute-extended-command] . counsel-M-x)
          ([remap find-file] . counsel-find-file)
          ("s-r"     . counsel-recentf)