Emacs configuration

init.el

(require 'package)

(add-to-list 'package-archives
       '("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/") t)

(package-initialize)
(when (not package-archive-contents)
  (package-refresh-contents))

(defvar myPackages
  '(better-defaults
    ein
    elpy
    flycheck
    material-theme
    py-autopep8))

(mapc #'(lambda (package)
    (unless (package-installed-p package)
      (package-install package)))
      myPackages)


;(setq inhibit-startup-message t) ;; hide the startup message
(load-theme 'material t) ;; load material theme
(global-linum-mode t) ;; enable line numbers globally


;; PYTHON CONFIGURATION
;; --------------------------------------

(elpy-enable)
(elpy-use-ipython)

;; use flycheck not flymake with elpy
(when (require 'flycheck nil t)
  (setq elpy-modules (delq 'elpy-module-flymake elpy-modules))
  (add-hook 'elpy-mode-hook 'flycheck-mode))


;; enable autopep8 formatting on save
(require 'py-autopep8)
(add-hook 'elpy-mode-hook 'py-autopep8-enable-on-save)
(setq python-shell-interpreter "ipython"
      python-shell-interpreter-args "--simple-prompt -i")


(defun linebreak-newline()
  "1. Go to end of line\n 2. Create a new line"
  (interactive)
  (end-of-line)
  (newline))

(global-set-key (kbd "C-o") 'linebreak-newline)

(defun initFile()
    "Load initFile Emacs"
  (interactive)
  (find-file "~/.emacs.d/init.el"))

;;open ycombinator in an external browser
(defun yc()
  (interactive)
  (browse-url "http://news.ycombinator.com"))

(defun w3m-open-site (site)
  "Opens site in new w3m session with 'http://' appended"
  (interactive
   (list (read-string "Your next adventure:" nil nil w3m-home-page nil)))
  (w3m-goto-url-new-session
   (concat "http://" site)))


(global-set-key (kbd "C-g") 'w3m-open-site)