Re: Scala with Emacs

[Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com>]

willmann817@gmail.com writes:

> On Friday, October 4, 2013 2:26:17 AM UTC-4, Thorsten Jolitz wrote:
>> willmann817@gmail.com writes:
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>> Hi,
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>> > This is the major mode that I want to
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>> > use: https://github.com/hvesalai/scala-mode2
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>> look here
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>> ,----------------------------------------
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>> | https://github.com/hvesalai/scala-mode2
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>> `----------------------------------------
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>> for detailled installation instruction.
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>> Maybe have a look at ENSIME
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>> | https://github.com/aemoncannon/ensime
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>> `--------------------------------------
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>> too, which is based on scala-mode2.
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>> --
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>> cheers,
>>
>> Thorsten
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> Thorsten,
>
> I read the README file but I do not understand how to edit the .emacs file. I
> do not even know where this file is or how to open it. Once open, where in the
> file do I add the code?
>
> Thanks For your reply,

In the tutorial I see this:

"Add the following to your emacs config (.emacs, init.el, etc), if such a
definition already exists, ensure that it contains the MELPA declaration:"

,------------------------------------------------------------------
| (require 'package)
| (add-to-list 'package-archives
|              '("melpa" . "http://melpa.milkbox.net/packages/") t)
| (package-initialize)
| (unless (package-installed-p 'scala-mode2)
|   (package-refresh-contents) (package-install 'scala-mode2))
`------------------------------------------------------------------

Add it anywhere, doesn't matter (assumed you don't have any other
package related stuff in your .emacs).

Normally you have something like:

,---------------------
| "~/.emacs"   or
| "~/.emacs.d/init.el"
`---------------------

i.e. search in your home directory for one of these two:
.emacs or .emacs.d.

When you are able to start Emacs, then open it with Emacs!
Should be in emacs-lisp-mode, if not do M-x emacs-lisp-mode
in the buffer, and M-x eval-buffer after inserting the code above.

Then follow the tutorial to check if it worked.

--
Cheers,
Thorsten