merge with evil switch

init.org

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ one to use.
   ;;
   ;; it is possible there are more so probably the most recent one is the one to use.
 
-  (if emacs-build-time
+  (when emacs-build-time
     (setq elpaca-core-date (format-time-string "%Y%m%d" emacs-build-time)))
   (defvar elpaca-installer-version 0.8)
   (defvar elpaca-directory (expand-file-name "elpaca/" user-emacs-directory))
@@ -196,8 +196,6 @@ Needs to load early so the ~:general~ keyword is available for ~use-package~.
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
   (use-package general :ensure t :demand t)
-  
-
 #+END_SRC
 
 #+RESULTS:
@@ -209,7 +207,6 @@ Needs to load early so the ~:general~ keyword is available for ~use-package~.
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
   (elpaca-wait)
-
 #+END_SRC
 
 
@@ -276,7 +273,6 @@ Ensures UTF-8 is the default coding system everywhere.
   (setq locale-coding-system 'utf-8)
   (prefer-coding-system 'utf-8)
 
-
   ;; Treat clipboard input as UTF-8 string first; compound text next, etc.
   (setq x-select-request-type '(UTF8_STRING COMPOUND_TEXT TEXT STRING))
 #+END_SRC
@@ -402,7 +398,6 @@ up, which a totally different can of worms). A function
                     (minibuffer . t)
                     (menu-bar-lines . t)
                     )))
-
 #+END_SRC
 
 #+RESULTS:
@@ -444,7 +439,6 @@ up, which a totally different can of worms). A function
   (setq minibuffer-prompt-properties
         '(read-only t cursor-intangible t face minibuffer-prompt))
   (add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook #'cursor-intangible-mode))
-
 #+END_SRC
 
 ** Enable undo-tree
@@ -491,7 +485,6 @@ One of the two obvious things to do are to tell Emacs to save all its undo histo
           undo-limit        (* 800 1024)
           undo-strong-limit (* 12 1024 1024)
           undo-outer-limit  (* 128 1024 1024)))
-
 #+END_SRC
 
 #+RESULTS:
@@ -507,7 +500,6 @@ In the visualizer you can navigate the undo/redo state with:
 - M-{ or C-<up> : undo to X where X is a stored register or a branch point
 - M-} or C-<down> : redo to X where X is a stored register or a branch point
 
-
 ** Save history over sessions
 
 Persist history over Emacs restarts. Vertico sorts by history
@@ -519,7 +511,6 @@ position.
     (savehist-mode))
 #+END_SRC
 
-
 ** Completion Configuration
 *** Use Vertico for better selection lists
 
@@ -691,14 +682,12 @@ See the excellent documentation on [[https://github.com/minad/consult][Minad's c
 #+RESULTS:
 : [nil 26434 3705 536018 nil elpaca-process-queues nil nil 266000 nil]
 
-
 ** Evil Vim Keybindings
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-
   (setq snm-enable-evil nil)
 
-  (if snm-enable-evil
+  (when snm-enable-evil
     ;; load evil
     (use-package evil
       :ensure t ;; install the evil package if not installed
@@ -730,18 +719,22 @@ See the excellent documentation on [[https://github.com/minad/consult][Minad's c
         (kbd  "<leader>fo") #'recentf
         (kbd  "<leader>fr") #'revert-buffer
         (kbd  "<leader>fd") #'diff-buffer-with-file)
+      ))
+#+END_SRC
+
+** Frequently used File Operations
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
   (keymap-global-set  "C-c f f" #'find-file)
   (keymap-global-set  "C-c f o" #'recentf)
   (keymap-global-set  "C-c f r" #'revert-buffer)
   (keymap-global-set  "C-c f d" #'diff-buffer-with-file)
-        ))
-
 #+END_SRC
 
 ** Load Evil Collection for comprehensive evil support
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-  (if snm-enable-evil
+  (when snm-enable-evil
     ;; load evil-collection
     (use-package evil-collection
       :ensure t
@@ -972,7 +965,6 @@ Enables and configures Yasnippet, a template system for Emacs:
 #+RESULTS:
 : [nil 26481 25510 926111 nil elpaca-process-queues nil nil 690000 nil]
 
-
 ** Enable LLM access with Ellama
 Configures access to language models using Ellama. I don't know
 whether to put it under writing, comms or programming as it is equally
@@ -1136,10 +1128,16 @@ This enables direnv globally.
     :config
     (setq prefix-help-command #'embark-prefix-help-command))
 
+  ;; Consult users will also want the embark-consult package.
+  (use-package embark-consult
+    :ensure t ; only need to install it, embark loads it after consult if found
+    :hook
+    (embark-collect-mode . consult-preview-at-point-mode))
+
 #+END_SRC
 
 #+RESULTS:
-: [nil 26482 38660 809617 nil elpaca-process-queues nil nil 672000 nil]
+: [nil 26502 58499 164859 nil elpaca-process-queues nil nil 179000 nil]
 
 ** Configure Helpful
 
@@ -1222,6 +1220,22 @@ Avy is supported by evil and setup in the *evil-integration* package.
 
 #+RESULTS:
 
+** Command Log Mode
+
+Sometimes it is useful to check what the fingers were up to when some
+surprising sequence of events happened. Command Log Mode is a package
+that records all the commands that are executed in the buffer and
+provides a way to replay them.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
+  (use-package command-log-mode
+    :ensure t
+    :commands (command-log-mode))
+#+END_SRC
+
+#+RESULTS:
+: [nil 26503 37477 396927 nil elpaca-process-queues nil nil 128000 nil]
+
 * Programming
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp