emacs/emacs.md

git clone https://github.com/plexus/chemacs2.git ~/.emacs.d (%appdata% on windows)

M-x describe-variable RET user-init-file RET

uncomment the package init line in the appropriate init file(s)

cat > ~/.emacs-profiles.el <<EOF
(("default"       . ((user-emacs-directory . "~/.emacs.d.profiles/code")))
 ("code"          . ((user-emacs-directory . "~/.emacs.d.profiles/code")))
 ("org"           . ((user-emacs-directory . "~/.emacs.d.profiles/org")))
 ("beancount"     . ((user-emacs-directory . "~/.emacs.d.profiles/accounting")))
 ("ledger"        . ((user-emacs-directory . "~/.emacs.d.profiles/accounting")))
 ("accounting"    . ((user-emacs-directory . "~/.emacs.d.profiles/accounting")))
)
EOF

; emacs --with-profile my-profile
; emacs --with-profile '((user-emacs-directory . "/path/to/config"))'
; add option to shortcut to runemacs.exe if needed

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

cat > ~/.emacs.d.profiles/[profile]/init.el<<EOF
;; -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
;; TURN ON IN INIT FILE!!!!!

;; Make gc pauses faster by decreasing the threshold.
(setq gc-cons-threshold (* 2 1000 1000))

(require 'package)
(add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/") t)
;; Comment/uncomment this line to enable MELPA Stable if desired.  See `package-archive-priorities`
;; and `package-pinned-packages`. Most users will not need or want to do this.
;;(add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa-stable" . "https://stable.melpa.org/packages/") t)
(unless (package-installed-p 'use-package)
  (package-refresh-contents)
  (package-install 'use-package))
(require 'use-package)
EOF

cd [profile_path]
git clone https://github.com/beancount/beancount-mode.git

cd [profile_path]
git clone https://github.com/mnewt/dired-rainbow-listing

open scratch buffer. paste below into it as the contents then do `M-x ev-b RET`

``` elisp

; if get failures on pkg command, run contents of init.el from above first

; code
(defvar packages-code '(markdown-mode
          rainbow-mode
          rainbow-delimiters
          lua-mode
          dockerfile-mode
          yaml-mode
          go-mode
          rust-mode
          powershell
          python-mode
          json-mode)
  "Code packages")

  ; accounting
  (defvar packages-accounting '(
          ledger-mode)
  "Accounting packages")

(defvar packages-default '(
          modus-themes
          persp-mode
          diminish
		  dash
		  s
		  oragami
          ido-completing-read+
		  dired-single
      all-the-icons-dired
      dired-rainbow
          helpful)
  "Default packages")

(defun kmn-packages-installed-p ()
  (cl-loop for p in packages-default
        when (not (package-installed-p p)) do (cl-return nil)
        finally (cl-return t)))

(unless (kmn-packages-installed-p)
  ;; check for new packages (package versions)
  (message "%s" "Emacs is now refreshing its package database...")
  (package-refresh-contents)
  (message "%s" " done.")
  ;; install the missing packages
  (dolist (p packages-default)
    (when (not (package-installed-p p))
      (package-install p))))

```