https://github.com/rnkn/olivetti

Emacs minor mode to automatically balance window margins
https://github.com/rnkn/olivetti

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Emacs minor mode to automatically balance window margins

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/rnkn/olivetti
• Owner: rnkn
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2014-04-10T09:35:34.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-05-20T12:27:17.000Z (6 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-21T05:23:20.814Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: emacs, emacs-lisp, prose, writing
• Language: Emacs Lisp
• Homepage:
• Size: 2.02 MB
• Stars: 985
• Watchers: 15
• Forks: 28
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
Olivetti

========

[![MELPA Stable](https://stable.melpa.org/packages/olivetti-badge.svg)][1]

[![MELPA](https://melpa.org/packages/olivetti-badge.svg)][2]

A simple Emacs minor mode for a nice writing environment.

![olivetti screenshot](screenshot.png)

Features

--------

 - Set a desired text body width to automatically resize window margins

   to keep the text comfortably in the middle of the window.

 - Text body width can be the number of characters (an integer), a fraction of

   the window width (a float between 0.0 and 1.0), or `nil` which uses the value

   of `fill-column` +2.

 - Interactively change body width with:  

   `olivetti-shrink C-c { { { ...`  

   `olivetti-expand C-c } } } ...`  

   `olivetti-set-width C-c |`  

 - If `olivetti-body-width` is an integer, the text body width will

   scale with use of text-scale-mode, whereas if a fraction (float) then

   the text body width will remain at that fraction.

 - Change the way the text body margins look with option `olivetti-style`: use

   margins, fringes, or both for a fancy "page" look.

 - Customize `olivetti-fringe` face to affect only Olivetti buffers.

 - Optionally remember the state of `visual-line-mode` on entry and

   recall its state on exit.

Olivetti keeps everything it does buffer-local, so you can write prose

in one buffer and code in another, side-by-side in the same frame.

Requirements

------------

 - Emacs 24.4

Installation

------------

The latest stable release of Olivetti is available via

[MELPA-stable][1]. First, add MELPA-stable to your package archives:

    M-x customize-option RET package-archives RET

    

Insert an entry named `melpa-stable` with URL:

`https://stable.melpa.org/packages/`

You can then find the latest stable version of `olivetti` in the

list returned by:

    M-x list-packages RET

If you prefer the latest but perhaps unstable version, do the above

using [MELPA][2].

Advanced Installation

---------------------

Download the latest tagged release, move this file into your `load-path`

and add to your `init.el` file:

    (require 'olivetti)

If you wish to contribute to or alter Olivetti's code, clone the

repository into your load-path and require as above:

    git clone https://github.com/rnkn/olivetti.git

Bugs and Feature Requests

-------------------------

Use GitHub issues or Send me an email (address in the package header).

For bugs, please ensure you can reproduce with:

    $ emacs -Q -l olivetti.el

Hints

-----

To always use a different width for a specific file, set a File

Variable:

    M-x add-file-local-variable RET olivetti-body-width RET 66 RET

See `(info "(emacs) File Variables")`

Alternatives

------------

For those looking for a hardcore distraction-free writing mode with a much

larger scope, I recommend [Writeroom Mode](https://github.com/joostkremers/writeroom-mode).

[1]: https://stable.melpa.org/#/olivetti

[2]: https://melpa.org/#/olivetti