logos.el: simple focus mode for Emacs with page breaks or outlines

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This manual, written by Protesilaos Stavrou, describes the customization options for ‘logos’ (or ‘logos.el’), and provides every other piece of information pertinent to it.

The documentation furnished herein corresponds to stable version 1.2.0, released on 2024-09-03. Any reference to a newer feature which does not yet form part of the latest tagged commit, is explicitly marked as such.

Current development target is 1.3.0-dev.


1 Overview

This package provides a simple “focus mode” which can be applied to any buffer for reading, writing, or even doing a presentation. The buffer can be divided in pages using the page-delimiter, outline structure, or any other pattern. Commands are provided to move between those pages. These motions work even when narrowing is in effect (and they preserve it). ‘logos.el’ is designed to be simple by default and easy to extend. This manual provides concrete examples to that end.

What constitutes a page delimiter is determined by the user options logos-outlines-are-pages and logos-outline-regexp-alist. By default, this only corresponds to the ‘^L’ character (which can be inserted using the standard keys with ‘C-q C-l’).

Logos does not define any key bindings. Try something like this, if you want:

(let ((map global-map))
  (define-key map [remap narrow-to-region] #'logos-narrow-dwim)
  (define-key map [remap forward-page] #'logos-forward-page-dwim)
  (define-key map [remap backward-page] #'logos-backward-page-dwim))

On standard Emacs, those key bindings are: ‘C-x n n’, ‘C-x ]’, ‘C-x [’. The logos-narrow-dwim is not necessary for users who already know how to narrow effectively. Such users may still want to bind it to a key.

For users running Emacs version 28 or higher, Logos defines the logos-repeat-map which is activated when repeat-mode is enabled. This means that page motions, ‘C-x ]’ and ‘C-x [’, can be repeated by following them up with either ‘]’ or ‘[’. The repetition stops when another command is invoked.

Logos provides some optional aesthetic tweaks which come into effect when the buffer-local logos-focus-mode is enabled. These will hide the cursor (logos-hide-cursor), hide the mode line (logos-hide-mode-line), hide the header line (logos-hide-header-line), disable the buffer boundary indicators (indicate-buffer-boundaries), enable scroll-lock-mode (logos-scroll-lock), use variable-pitch-mode in non-programming buffers (logos-variable-pitch), make the buffer read-only (logos-buffer-read-only), center the buffer in its window if the ‘olivetti’ package is installed (logos-olivetti), and hide the fringe face (logos-hide-fringe). All these variables are buffer-local.

Furthermore, the logos-focus-mode establishes a bespoke keymap, which can be used to, for example, bind the arrow keys to page motions. The keymap is logos-focus-mode-map and is empty by default (we do not define any keys and trust the user to pick their own).

Logos is the familiar word derived from Greek (watch my presentation on philosophy about Cosmos, Logos, and the living universe: https://protesilaos.com/books/2022-02-05-cosmos-logos-living-universe/), though it also stands for these two perhaps equally insightful backronyms about the mechanics of this package:

  1. ^L’ Only Generates Ostensible Slides
  2. Logos Optionally Goes through Outline Sections

2 Installation


2.1 GNU ELPA package

The package is available as ‘logos’. Simply do:

M-x package-refresh-contents
M-x package-install

And search for it.

GNU ELPA provides the latest stable release. Those who prefer to follow the development process in order to report bugs or suggest changes, can use the version of the package from the GNU-devel ELPA archive. Read: https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-05-13-emacs-elpa-devel/.


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2.2 Manual installation

Assuming your Emacs files are found in ‘~/.emacs.d/’, execute the following commands in a shell prompt:

cd ~/.emacs.d

# Create a directory for manually-installed packages
mkdir manual-packages

# Go to the new directory
cd manual-packages

# Clone this repo, naming it "logos"
git clone https://github.com/protesilaos/logos logos

Finally, in your ‘init.el’ (or equivalent) evaluate this:

;; Make Elisp files in that directory available to the user.
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/manual-packages/logos")

Everything is in place to set up the package.


3 Sample configuration

Logos does not bind its own keys and does not make any opinionated changes out-of-the-box (Extra tweaks):

(require 'logos)

;; If you want to use outlines instead of page breaks (the ^L):
(setq logos-outlines-are-pages t)

;; This is the default value for the outlines:
(setq logos-outline-regexp-alist
      `((emacs-lisp-mode . "^;;;+ ")
        (org-mode . "^\\*+ +")
        (markdown-mode . "^\\#+ +")))

;; These apply when `logos-focus-mode' is enabled.  Their value is
;; buffer-local.
(setq-default logos-hide-cursor nil
              logos-hide-mode-line t
              logos-hide-header-line t
              logos-hide-buffer-boundaries t
              logos-hide-fringe t
              logos-variable-pitch nil
              logos-buffer-read-only nil
              logos-scroll-lock nil
              logos-olivetti nil)

;; Also check this manual for `logos-focus-mode-hook'.  It lets you
;; extend `logos-focus-mode'.

(let ((map global-map))
  (define-key map [remap narrow-to-region] #'logos-narrow-dwim)
  (define-key map [remap forward-page] #'logos-forward-page-dwim)
  (define-key map [remap backward-page] #'logos-backward-page-dwim)
  (define-key map (kbd "<f9>") #'logos-focus-mode))

;; Also consider adding keys to `logos-focus-mode-map'.  They will take
;; effect when `logos-focus-mode' is enabled.

4 Extra tweaks

This section contains snippets of code that extend the functionality of ‘logos’. These either apply to logos-focus-mode or enhance the page motions through the logos-page-motion-hook.


4.1 Center the buffer in its window

Install the excellent ‘olivetti’ package by Paul W. Rankin. Then set logos-olivetti to non-nil.

The present author’s favourite settings given a fill-column of ‘72’:

(setq olivetti-body-width 0.7
      olivetti-minimum-body-width 80
      olivetti-recall-visual-line-mode-entry-state t)

Though note that Olivetti works well even without a fill-column and auto-fill-mode disabled.


4.2 Make EWW look like the rest of Emacs

By default, all ‘M-x eww’ buffers use the shr-max-width which is set to 120 characters. This is above the standard value of fill-column and thus does not let text flow nicely while using ‘olivetti’ package (Center the buffer in its window).

For a general customization, the user can evaluate this:

(setq shr-max-width fill-column)

EWW buffers also default to variable-pitch typography by default (as opposed to whatever the font family of the default face is). This too can be made consistent with the rest of Emacs:

(setq shr-use-fonts nil)

[ For font-related customizations check the ‘fontaine’ package on GNU ELPA (by Protesilaos). ]

Note that all variables with the ‘shr-’ prefix are about the built-in Simple HTML Renderer, so they will affect any other package that relies on them beside EWW (in principle, the aforementioned should not pose any problem).


4.3 Automatically reveal Org or Outline subtree

The Logos page motions normally jump between positions. Though Org and Outline require that Logos also reveals the headings’ contents. This is necessary to avoid invisible motions inside a folded heading that contains subheadings. The unfolding only applies to the current entry. This is the relevant snippet from ‘logos.el’:

(defun logos-reveal-entry ()
  "Reveal Org or Outline entry."
  (cond
   ((and (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
         (org-at-heading-p))
    (org-show-entry))
   ((or (eq major-mode 'outline-mode)
        (bound-and-true-p outline-minor-mode))
    (outline-show-entry))))

(add-hook 'logos-page-motion-hook #'logos-reveal-entry)

Users may prefer to reveal the entire subtree instead of the current entry: the heading at point and all of its subheadings. In this case, one may override the definition of logos-reveal-entry:

;; glue code to expand an Org/Outline heading
(defun logos-reveal-entry ()
  "Reveal Org or Outline entry."
  (cond
   ((and (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
         (org-at-heading-p))
    (org-show-subtree))
   ((or (eq major-mode 'outline-mode)
        (bound-and-true-p outline-minor-mode))
    (outline-show-subtree))))

4.4 Recenter at the top upon page motion

Page motions normally reposition the point at the centre of the window if necessary (this is standard Emacs behaviour). To always change the placement invoke the recenter function with a numeric argument.

;; place point at the top when changing pages
(defun my-logos-recenter-top ()
  "Use `recenter' to reposition the view at the top."
  (recenter 0))

(add-hook 'logos-page-motion-hook #'my-logos-recenter-top)

The ‘0’ argument refers to the topmost line. So ‘1’ points to the line below and so on.

If the recentering should not affect specific modes, tweak the function accordingly:

(defvar my-logos-no-recenter-top-modes
  '(emacs-lisp-mode lisp-interaction-mode))

(defun my-logos-recenter-top ()
  "Use `recenter' to reposition the view at the top."
  (unless (memq major-mode my-logos-no-recenter-top-modes)
    (recenter 0)))

Or simply exclude all programming modes:

(defun my-logos-recenter-top ()
  "Use `recenter' to reposition the view at the top."
  (unless (derived-mode-p 'prog-mode)
    (recenter 0)))

4.5 Use outlines and page breaks

By default, the page motions only move between the ‘^L’ delimiters. While the option logos-outlines-are-pages changes the behaviour to move between outline headings instead. What constitutes an “outline heading” is determined by the logos-outline-regexp-alist with an automatic fallback to either outline-regexp or page-delimiter (Logos handles this fallback condition internally).

Provided this:

(setq logos-outlines-are-pages t)

The default value of logos-outline-regexp-alist will affect org-mode, emacs-lisp-mode, and any of their derivatives (e.g. lisp-interaction-mode (the standard scratch buffer) is based on emacs-lisp-mode). Its fallback value is whatever the major mode sets as an outline, else the standard ‘^L’.

(setq logos-outline-regexp-alist
      `((emacs-lisp-mode . "^;;;+ ")
        (org-mode . "^\\*+ +")))

It is possible to tweak those regular expressions to target both the outline and the page delimiters:

(setq logos-outline-regexp-alist
      `((emacs-lisp-mode . ,(format "\\(^;;;+ \\|%s\\)" logos-page-delimiter))
        (org-mode . ,(format "\\(^\\*+ +\\|%s\\)" logos-page-delimiter))))

The form ‘,(format "\\(^;;;+ \\|%s\\)" logos-page-delimiter)’ expands to ‘"\\(^;;;+ \\|^^L\\)"’ where ‘^L’ is the actual control character.

For Org it may be better to either not target the ‘^L’ or to also target the horizontal rule (five hyphens on a line, else the ‘^-\\{5\\}$’ pattern). Putting it all together:

(setq logos-outline-regexp-alist
      `((emacs-lisp-mode . ,(format "\\(^;;;+ \\|%s\\)" logos-page-delimiter))
        (org-mode . ,(format "\\(^\\*+ +\\|^-\\{5\\}$\\|%s\\)" logos-page-delimiter))))

Another Org-specific tweak is to use heading levels up to a specific number. The idea would be that anything below that number is not significant. For example, ‘^\\* +’ only applies to top-level headings, while ‘^\\*\\{1,3\\} +’ covers heading levels 1 through 3. Accounting for the aforementiond horizontal rule and generic page delimiter, the end result can look like this:

(setq logos-outline-regexp-alist
      `((emacs-lisp-mode . ,(format "\\(^;;;+ \\|%s\\)" logos-page-delimiter))
        (org-mode . ,(format "\\(^\\*\\{1,3\\} +\\|^-\\{5\\}$\\|%s\\)" logos-page-delimiter))))

4.6 Leverage logos-focus-mode-hook

The logos-focus-mode-hook is a normal hook that runs when logos-focus-mode is enabled. Each function is called without an argument and looks like those in ‘logos.el’. An example that sets a variable is logos--buffer-read-only; one that sets a mode is logos--scroll-lock; another that sets the mode of an external package is logos--olivetti; while logos--hide-fringe provides yet another useful sample.

If a function cannot be like the aforementioned though still needs to set its state both when logos-focus-mode is enabled and disabled, then use the logos-focus-mode-hook instead.


4.6.1 Conditionally toggle org-indent-mode

Here is a snippet that relies on the logos-focus-mode-hook to extend the functionality of logos-focus-mode (Leverage logos-focus-mode-hook).

It disables org-indent-mode when logos-focus-mode is enabled and restores it when logos-focus-mode is disabled. The logos-set-mode-arg function takes care of the technicalities.

(defun my-logos-org-indent ()
  (when logos-focus-mode
    (logos-set-mode-arg 'org-indent-mode -1)))

(add-hook 'logos-focus-mode-hook #'my-logos-org-indent)

4.6.2 Disable menu-bar, tool-bar, tab-bar, tab-line

Continuing with the examples in this section of the manual, the code block below shows how to disable the menu-bar-mode, tool-bar-mode, tab-bar-mode, and tab-line-mode when logos-focus-mode is enabled. If the given mode is already disabled, the corresponding function does nothing. Otherwise it toggles the mode off/on when logos-focus-mode is enabled/disabled.

(defun my-logos-hide-menu-bar ()
  (when logos-focus-mode
    (logos-set-mode-arg 'menu-bar-mode -1)))

(add-hook 'logos-focus-mode-hook #'my-logos-hide-menu-bar)

;; Assuming the `tool-bar-mode' is enabled by default...
(defun my-logos-hide-tool-bar ()
  (when logos-focus-mode
    (logos-set-mode-arg 'tool-bar-mode -1)))

(add-hook 'logos-focus-mode-hook #'my-logos-hide-tool-bar)

;; Assuming the `tab-bar-mode' is enabled by default...
(defun my-logos-hide-tab-bar ()
  (when logos-focus-mode
    (logos-set-mode-arg 'tab-bar-mode -1)))

(add-hook 'logos-focus-mode-hook #'my-logos-hide-tab-bar)

;; Assuming the `tab-line-mode' is enabled by default...
(defun my-logos-hide-tab-line ()
  (when logos-focus-mode
    (logos-set-mode-arg 'tab-line-mode -1)))

(add-hook 'logos-focus-mode-hook #'my-logos-hide-tab-line)

4.7 Update fringe color on theme switch

The user option logos-hide-fringe does not actually remove the fringe, as that would change the user’s preference for fringe-mode. Instead, it remaps its background color to be the same as that of the default face. For example, if the main background is white while the fringe is gray, the fringe will become white as well.

The problem with this approach is that the color is not automatically updated upon switching to a new theme, such as by toggling between one with a light background to another with a dark one. The solution is to assign the logos-update-fringe-in-buffers function to a hook that is triggered by the theme-loading operation.

Some themes provide such a hook. For example, the ‘modus-themes’ package has the modus-themes-after-load-theme-hook (the themes ‘modus-operandi’ and ‘modus-vivendi’ are built into Emacs version 28 or higher).

(add-hook 'modus-themes-after-load-theme-hook #'logos-update-fringe-in-buffers)

Or use the special hook enable-theme-functions that is part of Emacs 29.

(add-hook 'enable-theme-functions #'logos-update-fringe-in-buffers)

For older versions of Emacs before 29, a user-defined, theme-agnostic setup for such a hook can be configured thus:

(defvar after-enable-theme-hook nil
  "Normal hook run after enabling a theme.")

(defun run-after-enable-theme-hook (&rest _args)
  "Run `after-enable-theme-hook'."
  (run-hooks 'after-enable-theme-hook))

(advice-add 'enable-theme :after #'run-after-enable-theme-hook)

Then use it like this:

(add-hook 'after-enable-theme-hook #'logos-update-fringe-in-buffers)

5 Acknowledgements

Logos is meant to be a collective effort. Every bit of help matters.

Author/maintainer

Protesilaos Stavrou.

Contributions to code or the manual

Daniel Mendler, Edgar Vincent, Lucy McPhail, Omar Antolín Camarena, Philip Kaludercic, Remco van ’t Veer, and user Ypot.

Ideas and/or user feedback

Daniel Mendler, Dave Abrahams, Lasse Lindner, Marcel Ventosa, Xiaoduan, Ypot.


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