emacs/wishlist.org

Emacs wishlist

• Init
• Emodule
• Modules
• Theme
• Workflow
• Version
• Metaswitch

Init

• Nicer splash screen
• Frontend for emodule (e.g. for updates, rollbacks, init messages)

Emodule

• Updates packages
• Backup/rollback

Modules

• Nicer status bar Good sources for inspiration are:

  • smart-mode-line
  • telephone-line
  • spaceline
• Incremental search counter

Theme

• Comments are too dark (problematic with big block comments)
• In C/C++ type is same colour as variable name

Workflow

• Workspaces - see reddit thread on r/emacs
• Line and line number highlighting
• Port comment block functions

Version

• Get everything on 26.1
• Fix Magit key-bindings
• Fix comment block function

Metaswitch

• IPS trace

  • Follow to start/end of IPS
  • Oscilloscope
  • colour highlights in IPS trace mode
  • Open dmp in new buffer
  • Diff IPSs
• Snippets