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** Summary

You might want to read the [[https://emacs.cafe/emacs/package/2017/08/01/beginend.html][introductory blog post]].

Redefine ~M-<~ and ~M->~ (or any key bound to ~beginning-of-buffer~ or ~end-of-buffer~) for some modes so that point moves to meaningful locations. The real beginning and end of buffers (i.e., ~point-min~ and ~point-max~) are still accessible by pressing the same key again.

In particular, these modes are supported:

| Mode | ~M-<~ | ~M->~ | |-----------------------+-------------------------+----------------------------| | LaTeX-mode | =\begin{document}= | =\end{document}= | | bs-mode | first buffer | last buffer | | compilation-mode | first compilation error | last compilation error | | deft-mode | first match | last match | | dired-mode | first file | last file | | elfeed-search-mode | first feed | last feed | | elfeed-show-mode | first body line | end of buffer | | epa-key-list-mode | first key | last key | | ibuffer-mode | first buffer | last buffer | | laTeX-mode | =\begin{document}= | =\end{document}= | | magit-status-mode | first section | last section | | magit-revision-mode | first file | end of buffer | | message-mode | first body line | last line before signature | | notmuch-search-mode | first thread | last thread | | nroam-mode | after the title | before backlinks | | occur-mode | first match | last match | | org-agenda-mode | first agenda item | last agenda item | | org-mode | first heading | end of buffer | | outline-mode | first heading | end of buffer | | prodigy-mode | first service | last service | | prog-mode | after initial comments | before final comments | | recentf-dialog-mode | first most recent file | last most recent file | | rg-mode | first match | last match | | vc-dir-mode | first interesting file | last interesting file |

Finally, beginend does what you expect when your buffer is narrowed.

** Installing

Use [[http://melpa.org/][melpa]].

You can activate beginend for all modes it supports by customizing the variable ~beginend-global-mode~ (~M-x customize-variable RET beginend-global-mode RET~) or by adding this line to your configuration file:

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (beginend-global-mode) #+END_SRC

You can also decide to only activate beginend for some of its supported major modes (e.g., through ~beginend-dired-mode~).

*** init.el example configuration

Vanilla Emacs ~init.el~:

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (require 'beginend) (beginend-global-mode) #+END_SRC

Configuration with the popular [[https://github.com/jwiegley/use-package][use-package]] macro:

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package beginend :ensure t :demand t :config
(beginend-global-mode)) #+END_SRC

** Cleaning up the modeline

By default, beginend adds the ~be~ lighter to the modeline.

You can use [[https://github.com/myrjola/diminish.el][diminish.el]] or [[https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/delight][delight.el]] to turn this off for every minor mode beginend defines by looping over the ~beginend-modes~ variable. Note that you will /also/ need to "turn off the lights" for ~beginend-global-mode~, which is not part of this list.

If you usually diminish all minor modes, I recommend using [[https://melpa.org/#/minions][minions.el]].

In the following snippets, you can replace ~delight~ with ~diminish~ for similar results.

Adapting the vanilla Emacs ~init.el~:

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (require 'beginend) (dolist (mode (cons 'beginend-global-mode (mapcar #'cdr beginend-modes))) (diminish mode)) (beginend-global-mode) #+END_SRC

Adapting the [[https://github.com/jwiegley/use-package][use-package]] macro configuration:

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package beginend :ensure t :demand t :config
(dolist (mode (cons 'beginend-global-mode (mapcar #'cdr beginend-modes))) (diminish mode)) (beginend-global-mode)) #+END_SRC

** Using

At this point, newly opened supported buffers will get improved versions of ~M-<~ and ~M->~ (or any key bound to ~beginning-of-buffer~ or ~end-of-buffer~).

The following shows some screencasts. In each screencast, the cursor is moved to the meaningful beginning and end and to the real beginning and end.

*** Dired mode [[file:media/beginend-dired-mode.gif]] *** Magit status mode [[file:media/beginend-magit-mode.gif]] *** Message mode [[file:media/beginend-message-mode.gif]] *** Programming mode [[file:media/beginend-prog-mode.gif]] *** Occur mode [[file:media/beginend-occur-mode.gif]]

** Contributing

Yes, please do! See [[file:CONTRIBUTING.md][CONTRIBUTING]] for guidelines.

Adding new modes is a matter of a few lines of code. For example, these five lines (already included) define the behavior of beginend in ~org-agenda-mode~:

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (beginend-define-mode org-agenda-mode (progn (org-agenda-next-item 1)) (progn (org-agenda-previous-item 1))) #+END_SRC

The first ~progn~ is responsible for moving point to the meaningful beginning of buffer. Before being executed, point is at the real beginning of the buffer (i.e., ~point-min~). The expression ~(org-agenda-next-item 1)~ thus moves to the first agenda item. Similarly, the second ~progn~ is responsible for moving point to the meaningful end of buffer starting from real end (i.e., ~point-max~).

** License

See [[file:COPYING][COPYING]]. Copyright (c) 2017-2023 [[mailto:damien@cassou.me][Damien Cassou]] and [[mailto:matus.goljer@gmail.com][Matus Goljer]].