We probably want to update the `markdown` layer to be able to do this directly with `firefox`; having to kill and restart all of your `chrome` processes before using `flymd` is a little clunky! It's nice that we have the upstream workaround inlined in spacemacs, though.
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#+TITLE: Chrome layer
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#+TAGS: layer|tool
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[[file:img/chrome.png]]
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* Table of Contents :TOC_5_gh:noexport:
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- [[#description][Description]]
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- [[#features][Features:]]
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- [[#install][Install]]
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- [[#layer][Layer]]
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- [[#chrome-extension][Chrome extension]]
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- [[#configuration][Configuration]]
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- [[#key-bindings][Key bindings]]
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* Description
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This layer provides some integration with the Google Chrome browser.
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** Features:
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- Edit text boxes with Emacs using [[https://github.com/stsquad/emacs_chrome][edit-server]]
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- Write markdown in Emacs and realtime show in chrome using [[https://github.com/mola-T/flymd][flymd]]
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- gmail message mode uses standard markdown key bindings
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* Install
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** Layer
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To use this configuration layer, add it to your =~/.spacemacs=. You will need to
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add =chrome= to the existing =dotspacemacs-configuration-layers= list in this
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file.
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** Chrome extension
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[[https://github.com/stsquad/emacs_chrome][edit-server]] is a server that responds to edit requests sent Chrome via the
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Google Chrome extension [[https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/edit-with-emacs/ljobjlafonikaiipfkggjbhkghgicgoh][Edit with Emacs]]. You have to install this extension.
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More information can be found on [[http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Edit_with_Emacs][Emacs Wiki]].
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The edit server is configured to start automatically when Spacemacs starts.
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* Configuration
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Use =edit-server-url-major-mode-alist= to choose a major mode initialization
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function based on =edit-server-url=, or fall back to
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=edit-server-default-major-mode= that has a current value of =markdown-mode=.
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#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
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(defun dotspacemacs/user-config ()
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;; Open github text areas as org buffers
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;; currently they are opened as markdown
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(setq edit-server-url-major-mode-alist
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'(("github\\.com" . org-mode))))
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#+END_SRC
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To change frame defaults (width, height, etc. use =edit-server-new-frame-alist=)
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#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
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(add-to-list 'edit-server-new-frame-alist '(width . 140))
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(add-to-list 'edit-server-new-frame-alist '(height . 60))
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#+END_SRC
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If you want Emacs to switch focus to Chrome after done editing, you can utilize
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=edit-server-done-hook=.
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Emacs cannot control focus of windows for external apps, so you need to use some
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sort of command line window manager like =wmctrl=.
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The following example works on macOS:
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#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
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(add-hook 'edit-server-done-hook (lambda () (shell-command "open -a \"Google Chrome\"")))
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#+END_SRC
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* Key bindings
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| Key binding | Description |
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|-------------+-------------|
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| ~SPC a F~ | flymd-flyit |
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*Note:* You need to kill all google chrome process before using =flymd-flyit=.
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For details, see the upstream [[https://github.com/mola-T/flymd/blob/master/browser.md][flymd browser compatibility notes]].
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