Typography layer
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1. Description
This layer provides support for typographic text editing in Spacemacs.
1.1. Features:
- Modes to automatically insert and cycle among typographic characters
- Typo Mode automatically inserts and cycles among typographic Unicode characters on some keys.
- Tildify Mode automatically inserts non-breaking spaces where required (Only available on Emacs 25).
2. Install
To use this configuration layer, add it to your ~/.spacemacs. You will need to
add typography to the existing dotspacemacs-configuration-layers list in this
file.
Typographic editing however is disabled by default. To enable it by default set
typography-enable-typographic-editing to t:
(setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers '(typography :variables typography-enable-typographic-editing t))
This setting enables automatic insertion of non-breaking spaces where required and automatic insertion and cycling among of typographic quotes and dashes.
3. Key bindings
| Key bindings | Description |
|---|---|
SPC t T |
Toggle Typo Mode (automatic insertion of typographic characters) |
SPC t ~ |
Toggle Tildify Mode (automatic insertion of non-breaking spaces) |
SPC x ~ |
Insert non-breaking spaces in the current region |
The following key bindings are available in insert state.
3.1. Typo Mode
| Key bindings | Description |
|---|---|
| ~"~ | Cycle among quotation marks |
` |
Cycle among left single quotation marks |
| ~'~ | Cycle among right single quotation marks |
- |
Cycle among dashes |
. |
Cycle among ellipsis |
< |
Cycle among left angle brackets |
> |
Cycle among right angle brackets |
3.2. Tildify Mode
| Key bindings | Description |
|---|---|
SPC |
Insert non-breaking space when required |