setup emacs for note-taking

emacs/default.nix

@@ -1,37 +1,65 @@
-{pkgs, ...}:
+{pkgs, ...}: {
-{
   programs.emacs = {
     enable = true;
-    package = pkgs.emacs29-pgtk;
+    package = pkgs.emacs29-gtk3;
     extraConfig = ''
       (menu-bar-mode -1)
       (tool-bar-mode -1)
       (scroll-bar-mode -1)
-      (load-theme 'catppuccin :no-confirm)
+      (blink-cursor-mode 0)
+
+      ;; scale headings in org-mode
+      (setq zenburn-scale-org-headlines t)
+
+      ;; scale headings in outline-mode
+      (setq zenburn-scale-outline-headlines t)
+      (load-theme 'zenburn :no-confirm)
+
       (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist
-             '(font . "ComicMono Nerd Font-12"))
+             '(font . "Comic Mono-13"))
 
       (global-set-key (kbd "C-c a") #'org-agenda)
+      (global-set-key (kbd "C-c f") #'recentf-open)
+      (global-hl-line-mode 1)
 
       (require 'evil)
       (evil-mode 1)
+      (define-key evil-normal-state-map (kbd "j") 'next-line)
+      (define-key evil-normal-state-map (kbd "k") 'previous-line)
 
       (require 'evil-org)
       (add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'evil-org-mode)
       (evil-org-set-key-theme '(textobjects insert navigation additional shift todo heading))
       (require 'evil-org-agenda)
       (evil-org-agenda-set-keys)
+
+      (global-visual-line-mode 1)
+
       (require 'smooth-scrolling)
       (smooth-scrolling-mode 1)
-    '';
+
-    extraPackages = epkgs: with epkgs; [
+      (setq org-startup-with-inline-images 1)
-      base16-theme
+      (setq org-startup-indented 1)
-      catppuccin-theme
+
-      evil
+      (global-display-line-numbers-mode 1)
-      evil-org
+      (setq display-line-numbers-type 'visual)
-      org-download
+
-      adaptive-wrap
+      (require 'org-download)
-      smooth-scrolling
+
-    ];
+      ;; Drag-and-drop to `dired`
+      (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook 'org-download-enable)
+
+      (setq org-image-actual-width nil)
+    ''; # TODO move plugin setup into a seperate file to keep things organized
+    # also add autoloading so emacs starts faster
+    extraPackages = epkgs:
+      with epkgs; [
+        zenburn-theme
+        color-theme-tangotango
+        evil
+        evil-org
+        org-download
+        smooth-scrolling
+      ];
   };
 }

home.nix

@@ -25,9 +25,12 @@
       wineWowPackages.unstable
       eza
       bat
+      comic-mono
     ];
   };
 
+  fonts.fontconfig.enable = true;
+
   # # You can also create simple shell scripts directly inside your
   # # configuration. For example, this adds a command 'my-hello' to your
   # # environment: