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+#+TITLE: mercury layer
+
+[[file:img/mercury.png]]
+
+* Table of Contents                                       :TOC_4_gh:noexport:
+- [[#description][Description]]
+  - [[#features][Features:]]
+- [[#install][Install]]
+- [[#key-bindings][Key bindings]]
+
+* Description
+This layer adds support for the Mercury language.
+
+** Features:
+  - Indentation.
+  - Syntax highlighting.
+  - Compiling and running.
+
+* Install
+To use this configuration layer, add it to your =~/.spacemacs=. You will need to
+add =mercury= to the existing =dotspacemacs-configuration-layers= list in this
+file.
+
+* Key bindings
+
+| Key Binding | Description                          |
+|-------------+--------------------------------------|
+| ~SPC c c~   | Compile current buffer file.         |
+| ~SPC c r~   | Compile and run current buffer file. |
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+;;; packages.el --- mercury layer packages file for Spacemacs.
+;;
+;; Copyright (c) 2012-2018 Sylvain Benner & Contributors
+;;
+;; Author: Ludvig Böklin <ludvig.boklin@protonmail.com>
+;; URL: https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs
+;;
+;; This file is not part of GNU Emacs.
+;;
+;;; License: GPLv3
+
+(setq mercury-packages
+  '((metal-mercury-mode :location (recipe
+                                   :fetcher github
+                                   :repo "ahungry/metal-mercury-mode"
+                                   :commit "99e2d8fb7177cae3bfa2dec2910fc28216d5f5a8"))
+    (mercury-mode :excluded t)
+    flycheck
+    (flycheck-mercury :requires flycheck)
+    smartparens))
+
+(defun mercury/post-init-flycheck ()
+  (add-hook 'metal-mercury-mode-hook 'flycheck-mode))
+
+(defun mercury/init-flycheck-mercury ()
+  "Initialize flycheck-mercury"
+  (use-package flycheck-mercury
+    :defer t
+    :init (require 'flycheck-mercury)))
+
+(defun mercury/init-metal-mercury-mode ()
+  "Initialize metal-mercury-mode"
+  (use-package metal-mercury-mode
+    :defer t
+    :init
+    :mode ("\\.m\\'" . metal-mercury-mode)
+    :config
+    (progn
+      (dolist (x '(
+                   ;; ("m=" . "format")
+                   ("mc" . "mercury/compile")
+                   ;; ("mh" . "help")
+                   ))
+        (spacemacs/declare-prefix-for-mode 'metal-mercury-mode (car x) (cdr x)))
+
+      (spacemacs/set-leader-keys-for-major-mode 'metal-mercury-mode
+        ;; make
+        "cb" 'metal-mercury-mode-compile
+        "cr" 'metal-mercury-mode-runner))))
+
+(defun mercury/post-init-smartparens ()
+  (if dotspacemacs-smartparens-strict-mode
+      (add-hook 'metal-mercury-mode-hook #'smartparens-strict-mode)
+    (add-hook 'metal-mercury-mode-hook #'smartparens-mode)))