Added emacs server mode. Random fixes.HEADmain

2 files changed, 24 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 78e6224..e4ba8b1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Personal Emacs configuration focused on simplicity and modern tooling while resp
 ### Development
 - **company** - Auto-completion
 - **flycheck** - Syntax checking
+- **jinx** - Fast spell-checking (requires enchant)
 - **treesit-auto** - Tree-sitter modes with automatic grammar installation
 - **magit** - Git interface
 - **forge** - GitHub/GitLab integration for magit
@@ -81,6 +82,20 @@ Personal Emacs configuration focused on simplicity and modern tooling while resp
 
 ## Installation
 
+### Prerequisites
+
+**macOS:**
+```bash
+brew install enchant pkg-config
+```
+
+**Ubuntu/Debian:**
+```bash
+sudo apt install libenchant-2-dev pkg-config
+```
+
+### Setup
+
 1. Clone this repository:
    ```bash
    git clone [email protected]:lukehoersten/emacs.d.git ~/.emacs.d
@@ -88,7 +103,9 @@ Personal Emacs configuration focused on simplicity and modern tooling while resp
 
 2. Launch Emacs - packages will auto-install on first run
 
-3. For tree-sitter modes, grammars install automatically when first opening a file
+3. Jinx spell-checker will compile its native module on first launch (requires enchant)
+
+4. For tree-sitter modes, grammars install automatically when first opening a file
 
 ## Tree-sitter Support
 
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 92bfb3b..f7482b2 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
    ring-bell-function 'ignore
    mac-command-modifier 'meta
    ns-pop-up-frames nil
+   dired-use-ls-dired nil                               ; macOS ls doesn't support --dired
    ispell-program-name "/usr/local/bin/aspell"))
 
 
@@ -128,6 +129,11 @@
 (setq ibuffer-show-empty-filter-groups nil)
 
 
+;;; emacs server (for emacsclient)
+(require 'server)
+(unless (server-running-p)
+  (server-start))
+
 ;;; shell
 (global-set-key (kbd "C-c s") 'eshell)  ; start shell
 (exec-path-from-shell-copy-env "PYTHONPATH")
@@ -193,10 +199,6 @@
 (setq-default
  show-paren-style 'expression
  show-paren-delay 0)
-(set-face-attribute
- 'show-paren-match nil
- :background (face-background 'highlight)
- :foreground (face-foreground 'highlight))
 (show-paren-mode t)