dotfiles/emacs/emacs.d/elisp/darkroom-mode

darkroom-mode.el - Distraction free editing mode

This is a simple Emacs mode that is designed to enforce the user to be focussed only on what he/she is writing. This mode is optimized for writing text, but not programming. It will center the current frame on the screen and select Lucida Sans Typewriter as the default font with a font size of 16pt.

Basically the Idea is based on some writing focussed modes for Emacs and of course the gorgeous marketing of iA Writer. Using my patched darkroom-mode I want to show that it is easily possible to achieve the same result with only a single and free plugin for Emacs.

After endless hours of user research we found that this mode is the best and the default settings are the ones to keep. Howver, all the possibilities to configure your editor remain intact.

Shamelessly idea copy of http://www.informationarchitects.jp/en/ia-writer-for-mac/

Best run editors run darkroom-mode on Emacs

Installation

Download

git clone https://github.com/grundprinzip/darkroom-mode.git "path-to-where-you-put-darkroom-mode"

Modify your .emacs to be able to load darkroom-mode

   (add-to-list 'load-path "path-to-where-you-put-darkroom-mode")
   (require 'darkroom-mode)

To run darkroom-mode you only have to execute

   M-x darkroom-mode   

Screenshot

Attached a screenshot of the darkroommode on a mac

With activated darkroom-mode

Configuration

The mode allows little configuration to adjust the display to the users needs. The most important options are:

  (defvar darkroom-mode-face-foreground "Lucida Sans Typewriter"
    "The foreground color of the default face")

  (defvar darkroom-mode-face-size 160
    "Default font size" )

  (defvar darkroom-mode-center-margin 100
    Defines the width of the center part in darkroom-mode")

Information

• Original Author: Martin Svenson
• Usage: M-x darkroom-mode
• License: free for all usages/modifications/distributions/whatever.
• Requirements: w32-fullscreen.el or something similar under *nix