Configure built-in packages before everything else

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@@ -897,15 +897,376 @@ These are disabled for a reason, but i’m a rockstar, so who cares‽
 (put 'list-timers 'disabled nil)
 #+end_src
 
-* Emacs configuration
+* Global built-in packages
 
-** ~simple.el~ settings
+** ~simple~, to always show the current column, and using visual lines in text modes
+
+Column numbers help a lot in debugging, while visual line mode is easier on the eye when writing long text.
 
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
 (use-package simple
   :ensure nil
   :custom
-  (column-number-mode t))
+  (column-number-mode t)
+  :hook
+  (text-mode . (lambda () (visual-line-mode t))))
+#+end_src
+
+** ~prog-mode~
+
+Plus prettify all the symbols!
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(use-package prog-mode
+  :ensure nil
+  :init
+  (setq prettify-symbols-alist
+        '(("lambda" . ?λ)
+          ("function" . ?ƒ)
+          ("map" . ?↦)
+          ("not" . ?¬)
+          ("and" . ?∧)
+          ("or" . ?∨)))
+  :config
+  (global-prettify-symbols-mode t))
+#+end_src
+
+** ~thingatpt~
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(use-package thingatpt
+  :ensure nil)
+#+end_src
+
+** ~nxml~
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(use-package nxml-mode
+  :ensure nil
+  :custom
+  (nxml-attribute-indent 4)
+  (nxml-child-indent 4)
+  (nxml-outline-child-indent 4))
+#+end_src
+
+** ~recentf~
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(use-package recentf
+  :ensure nil
+  :config
+  (run-at-time nil (* 5 60) 'recentf-save-list)
+  (add-to-list 'recentf-exclude (expand-file-name "elpa" user-emacs-directory)))
+#+end_src
+
+** ~files~
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(use-package files
+  :ensure nil
+  :custom
+  (make-backup-file-name-function 'xah/backup-file-name))
+#+end_src
+
+** ~whitespace~
+
+~whitespace-mode~ is turned on by default, and can be toggled with ~F10~.
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(defun prevent-whitespace-mode-for-some ()
+  "Prevent whitespace-mode from running in some modes."
+  (and
+   (not (derived-mode-p 'magit-mode))
+   (not (derived-mode-p 'org-mode))))
+
+(use-package whitespace
+  :demand
+  :config
+  (add-function :before-while whitespace-enable-predicate 'prevent-whitespace-mode-for-some)
+  (global-whitespace-mode 1)
+  :custom
+  (whitespace-line-column 100)
+  :bind
+  (([f10] . whitespace-mode)
+   ([(shift f10)] . global-whitespace-mode)
+   :map gpolonkai/pers-map
+   ("w" . whitespace-cleanup))
+  :custom-face
+  (whitespace-line ((t (:inherit nil :background "orange4")))))
+#+end_src
+
+** ~eshell~
+
+This is a function to delete a character, or close ~eshell~ if there’s nothing to delete.  Taken
+from [[https://ryuslash.org/posts/C-d-to-close-eshell.html][here]].
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(defun eshell-C-d ()
+  "Either call `delete-char' interactively or quit."
+  (interactive)
+
+  (condition-case err
+      (call-interactively #'delete-char)
+    (error (if (and (eq (car err) 'end-of-buffer)
+                    (looking-back eshell-prompt-regexp nil))
+               (kill-buffer)
+             (signal (car err) (cdr err))))))
+#+end_src
+
+Function to bind it locally to =C-d=.
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(defun gpolonkai/eshell-set-c-d-locally ()
+  (local-set-key (kbd "C-d") #'eshell-C-d))
+#+end_src
+
+Now set up eshell.
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(use-package eshell
+  :bind
+  (:map gpolonkai/pers-map
+   ("e" . eshell))
+  :hook
+  (eshell-mode . gpolonkai/eshell-set-c-d-locally))
+#+end_src
+
+** ~calendar~ & Co.
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(use-package calendar
+  :ensure nil
+  :custom
+  (calendar-week-start-day 1))
+
+(use-package cal-dst
+  :ensure nil
+  :custom
+  (calendar-time-zone 60)
+  (calendar-standard-time-zone-name "CET")
+  (calendar-daylight-time-zone-name "CEST"))
+
+(use-package solar
+  :ensure nil
+  :custom
+  (calendar-latitude 47.4)
+  (calendar-longitude 19.0)
+  (calendar-location-name "Budapest, Hungary"))
+#+end_src
+
+*** Add Hungarian holidays to the calendar
+
+I know this is the builtin packages section.  Sorry for cheating.
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(use-package hungarian-holidays
+  :config
+  (hungarian-holidays-add))
+#+end_src
+
+*** Add some other important dates to the calendar
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(add-to-list 'holiday-other-holidays '(holiday-float 7 5 -1 "SysAdmin Day") t)
+(add-to-list 'holiday-other-holidays '(holiday-fixed 10 21 "Reptile Awareness Day") t)
+#+end_src
+
+** ~saveplace~
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(use-package saveplace
+  :ensure nil
+  :config
+  (save-place-mode 1)
+  :custom
+  (save-place-file (expand-file-name ".places" user-emacs-directory)))
+#+end_src
+
+** ~ediff~
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(use-package ediff
+  :ensure nil
+  :custom
+  (ediff-merge-split-window-function 'split-window-horizontally)
+  (ediff-split-window-function 'split-window-vertically)
+  (ediff-window-setup-function 'ediff-setup-windows-plain))
+#+end_src
+
+** ~autorevert~
+
+…unless they are modified, of course.
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(use-package autorevert
+  :ensure nil
+  :config
+  (global-auto-revert-mode 1))
+#+end_src
+
+** ~eww~
+
+For in-Emacs browsing needs.
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(use-package eww
+  :custom
+  (eww-search-prefix "https://duckduckgo.com/html/?q="))
+#+end_src
+
+** ~electric~, for automatic indentation
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(use-package electric
+  :config
+  ;; This seems to be the default, but let’s make sure…
+  (electric-indent-mode 1))
+#+end_src
+
+** ~savehist~
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(use-package savehist
+  :config
+  (savehist-mode 1))
+#+end_src
+
+** ~webjump~
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(use-package webjump
+  :bind
+  (:map gpolonkai/pers-map
+   ("j" . webjump)))
+#+end_src
+
+** ~which-func~
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(defun gpolonkai/activate-which-func-mode ()
+  (if (fboundp 'which-function-mode)
+      (which-function-mode)
+    (which-func-mode)))
+#+end_src
+
+Enable ~which-func-mode~ in every ~prog-mode~ derived mode.
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(use-package which-func
+  :config
+  (setq which-func-unknown "∅")
+  :hook
+  (prog-mode . gpolonkai/activate-which-func-mode))
+#+end_src
+
+** ~cookie1~, AKA fortune cookies
+
+“Fortunes” are from the Hungarian version an ancient MS-DOS based program called ~TAGLINE~.
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(use-package cookie1
+  :demand t
+  :custom
+  (cookie-file (expand-file-name "fortune-cookies.txt" user-emacs-directory))
+  :bind
+  (:map gpolonkai/pers-map
+   ("k" . cookie)))
+#+end_src
+
+** ~dired~
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(use-package dired
+  :ensure nil
+  :custom
+  (dired-dwim-target t)
+  (wdired-create-parent-directories t)
+  (wdired-allow-to-change-permissions t)
+  :bind
+  (:map dired-mode-map
+   ("RET" . dired-find-alternate-file)
+   ("^" . (lambda () (interactive) (find-alternate-file "..")))
+   ("W" . wdired-change-to-wdired-mode)))
+#+end_src
+
+** ~goto-addr~, actionable URLs
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(use-package goto-addr
+  :hook ((compilation-mode . goto-address-mode)
+         (prog-mode . goto-address-prog-mode)
+         (eshell-mode . goto-address-mode)
+         (shell-mode . goto-address-mode))
+  :bind
+  (:map goto-address-highlight-keymap
+   ("<RET>" . goto-address-at-point)
+   ("M-<RET>" . newline))
+  :commands (goto-address-prog-mode goto-address-mode))
+#+end_src
+
+** Do things at ~midnight~
+
+Since my machine (and thus, my Emacs) is turned on pretty much 24/7, it’s a pretty good idea.
+
+By default, it closes a bunch of unused buffers.  I might add some more things there later.
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(use-package midnight
+  :ensure nil
+  :config
+  (setq clean-buffer-list-kill-never-buffer-names '("*scratch*"
+                                                    "*Messages*"
+                                                    "*dashboard*"))
+  (midnight-mode t))
+#+end_src
+
+** ~display-line-numbers~
+
+I usually don’t want to see them, but there are occasions when they’re useful.
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(use-package display-line-numbers
+  :bind
+  (:map gpolonkai/pers-map
+   ("C-n" . display-line-numbers-mode)))
+#+end_src
+
+** ~ispell~
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(use-package ispell
+  :custom
+  (ispell-dictionary "en_GB")
+  (ispell-program-name "/usr/bin/hunspell")
+  :hook
+  (mail-send . ispell-message)
+  (message-send . ispell-message))
+#+end_src
+
+** ~speedbar~
+
+This is basically just a dependency for [[*projectile-speedbar][projectile-speedbar]].
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(use-package speedbar)
+#+end_src
+
+** ~browse-url~
+
+This is a Termux-specific override.
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(when (gpolonkai/termux-p)
+  (use-package browse-url
+    :ensure nil
+    :config
+    (advice-add 'browse-url-default-browser :override
+                (lambda (url &rest args)
+                  (start-process-shell-command
+                   "open-url"
+                   nil
+                   (concat "am start -a android.intent.action.VIEW --user 0 -d "
+                           url))))))
 #+end_src
 
 * Custom commands and functions
@@ -1031,356 +1392,6 @@ Let’s see if i can get my brain more organised this way…
   (org-roam-ui-open-on-start nil))
 #+end_src
 
-* Set up global minor modes provided by Emacs
-
-** Pretty lambdas
-
-Because we can.
-
-#+begin_src emacs-lisp
-(global-prettify-symbols-mode t)
-#+end_src
-
-And set up all the pretty symbols.
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(setq prettify-symbols-alist
-      '(("lambda" . ?λ)
-        ("function" . ?ƒ)
-        ("map" . ?↦)
-        ("not" . ?¬)
-        ("and" . ?∧)
-        ("or" . ?∨)))
-#+END_SRC
-
-** Treat soft line breaks as hard ones in textual modes
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(add-hook 'text-mode-hook (lambda () (visual-line-mode t)))
-#+END_SRC
-
-* Load some built-in libraries
-
-** ~thingatpt~
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(use-package thingatpt
-  :ensure nil)
-#+END_SRC
-
-** Calendar
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(use-package calendar
-  :ensure nil
-  :custom
-  (calendar-week-start-day 1))
-
-(use-package cal-dst
-  :ensure nil
-  :custom
-  (calendar-time-zone 60)
-  (calendar-standard-time-zone-name "CET")
-  (calendar-daylight-time-zone-name "CEST"))
-
-(use-package solar
-  :ensure nil
-  :custom
-  (calendar-latitude 47.4)
-  (calendar-longitude 19.0)
-  (calendar-location-name "Budapest, Hungary"))
-#+END_SRC
-
-*** Add the SysAdmin day to the calendar
-
-Because I’m a sysadmin, too.
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(add-to-list 'holiday-other-holidays '(holiday-float 7 5 -1 "SysAdmin Day") t)
-(add-to-list 'holiday-other-holidays '(holiday-fixed 10 21 "Reptile Awareness Day") t)
-#+END_SRC
-
-** nXML
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(use-package nxml-mode
-  :ensure nil
-  :custom
-  (nxml-attribute-indent 4)
-  (nxml-child-indent 4)
-  (nxml-outline-child-indent 4))
-#+END_SRC
-
-** ~recentf~
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(use-package recentf
-  :ensure nil
-  :config
-  (run-at-time nil (* 5 60) 'recentf-save-list)
-  (add-to-list 'recentf-exclude (expand-file-name "elpa" user-emacs-directory)))
-#+END_SRC
-
-** ~files~
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(use-package files
-  :ensure nil
-  :custom
-  (make-backup-file-name-function 'xah/backup-file-name))
-#+END_SRC
-
-** ~whitespace~
-
-~whitespace-mode~ is turned on by default, and can be toggled with ~F10~.
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(defun prevent-whitespace-mode-for-some ()
-  "Prevent whitespace-mode from running in some modes."
-  (and
-   (not (derived-mode-p 'magit-mode))
-   (not (derived-mode-p 'org-mode))))
-
-(use-package whitespace
-  :demand
-  :config
-  (add-function :before-while whitespace-enable-predicate 'prevent-whitespace-mode-for-some)
-  (global-whitespace-mode 1)
-  :custom
-  (whitespace-line-column 100)
-  :bind
-  (([f10] . whitespace-mode)
-   ([(shift f10)] . global-whitespace-mode)
-   :map gpolonkai/pers-map
-   ("w" . whitespace-cleanup))
-  :custom-face
-  (whitespace-line ((t (:inherit nil :background "orange4")))))
-#+END_SRC
-
-** ~eshell~
-
-This is a function to delete a character, or close ~eshell~ if there’s nothing to delete.  Taken
-from [[https://ryuslash.org/posts/C-d-to-close-eshell.html][here]].
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(defun eshell-C-d ()
-  "Either call `delete-char' interactively or quit."
-  (interactive)
-
-  (condition-case err
-      (call-interactively #'delete-char)
-    (error (if (and (eq (car err) 'end-of-buffer)
-                    (looking-back eshell-prompt-regexp nil))
-               (kill-buffer)
-             (signal (car err) (cdr err))))))
-#+END_SRC
-
-Function to bind it locally to =C-d=.
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(defun gpolonkai/eshell-set-c-d-locally ()
-  (local-set-key (kbd "C-d") #'eshell-C-d))
-#+END_SRC
-
-Now set up eshell.
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(use-package eshell
-  :bind
-  (:map gpolonkai/pers-map
-   ("e" . eshell))
-  :hook
-  (eshell-mode . gpolonkai/eshell-set-c-d-locally))
-#+END_SRC
-
-** ~saveplace~
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-;; Save place
-(use-package saveplace
-  :config
-  (save-place-mode 1)
-  :custom
-  (save-place-file (expand-file-name ".places" user-emacs-directory)))
-#+END_SRC
-
-** EDiff
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(use-package ediff
-  :custom
-  (ediff-merge-split-window-function 'split-window-horizontally)
-  (ediff-split-window-function 'split-window-vertically)
-  (ediff-window-setup-function 'ediff-setup-windows-plain))
-#+END_SRC
-
-** Automatically revert changed files
-
-…unless they are modified, of course.
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(use-package autorevert
-  :config
-  (global-auto-revert-mode 1))
-#+END_SRC
-
-** Eww
-
-For in-Emacs browsing needs.
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(use-package eww
-  :custom
-  (eww-search-prefix "https://duckduckgo.com/html/?q="))
-#+END_SRC
-
-** Electric indent mode
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(use-package electric
-  :config
-  ;; This seems to be the default, but let’s make sure…
-  (electric-indent-mode 1))
-#+END_SRC
-
-** Save history
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(use-package savehist
-  :config
-  (savehist-mode 1))
-#+END_SRC
-
-** Web jump
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(use-package webjump
-  :bind
-  (:map gpolonkai/pers-map
-   ("j" . webjump)))
-#+END_SRC
-
-** Which function am i in?
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(defun gpolonkai/activate-which-func-mode ()
-  (if (fboundp 'which-function-mode)
-      (which-function-mode)
-    (which-func-mode)))
-#+END_SRC
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(use-package which-func
-  :config
-  (setq which-func-unknown "∅")
-  :hook
-  (prog-mode . gpolonkai/activate-which-func-mode))
-#+END_SRC
-
-** Fortune cookies
-
-The cookies are from the Hungarian version an ancient MS-DOS based program called ~TAGLINE~.
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(use-package cookie1
-  :demand t
-  :custom
-  (cookie-file (expand-file-name "fortune-cookies.txt" user-emacs-directory))
-  :bind
-  (:map gpolonkai/pers-map
-   ("k" . cookie)))
-#+END_SRC
-
-** Browse URL functionality in Termux
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(when (gpolonkai/termux-p)
-  (use-package browse-url
-    :ensure nil
-    :config
-    (advice-add 'browse-url-default-browser :override
-                (lambda (url &rest args)
-                  (start-process-shell-command
-                   "open-url"
-                   nil
-                   (concat "am start -a android.intent.action.VIEW --user 0 -d "
-                           url))))))
-#+END_SRC
-
-** Dired customisation
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(use-package dired
-  :ensure nil
-  :custom
-  (dired-dwim-target t)
-  (wdired-create-parent-directories t)
-  (wdired-allow-to-change-permissions t)
-  :bind
-  (:map dired-mode-map
-   ("RET" . dired-find-alternate-file)
-   ("^" . (lambda () (interactive) (find-alternate-file "..")))
-   ("W" . wdired-change-to-wdired-mode)))
-#+END_SRC
-
-** Actionable URLs
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(use-package goto-addr
-  :hook ((compilation-mode . goto-address-mode)
-         (prog-mode . goto-address-prog-mode)
-         (eshell-mode . goto-address-mode)
-         (shell-mode . goto-address-mode))
-  :bind
-  (:map goto-address-highlight-keymap
-   ("<RET>" . goto-address-at-point)
-   ("M-<RET>" . newline))
-  :commands (goto-address-prog-mode goto-address-mode))
-#+END_SRC
-
-** Do things at midnight
-
-By default, it closes a bunch of unused buffers.  I might add some more things there later.
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(use-package midnight
-  :ensure nil
-  :config
-  (setq clean-buffer-list-kill-never-buffer-names '("*scratch*"
-                                                    "*Messages*"
-                                                    "*dashboard*"))
-  (midnight-mode t))
-#+END_SRC
-
-** Show line numbers
-
-I don’t usually like to see them, but there are occasions when they can be useful.
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(use-package display-line-numbers
-  :bind
-  (:map gpolonkai/pers-map
-   ("C-n" . display-line-numbers-mode)))
-#+END_SRC
-
-** Check for spelling errors
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(use-package ispell
-  :custom
-  (ispell-dictionary "en_GB")
-  (ispell-program-name "/usr/bin/hunspell")
-  :hook
-  (mail-send . ispell-message)
-  (message-send . ispell-message))
-#+END_SRC
-
-** Speed bar
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(use-package speedbar)
-#+END_SRC
-
 * ~use-package~ packages
 
 ** Make sure we have the latest ELPA GPG keys
@@ -1777,14 +1788,6 @@ Toggle other windows for maximum focus.  When focus is no longer needed, they ca
                      (bookmarks . 5))))
 #+END_SRC
 
-** Hungarian holidays in the Calendar
-
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(use-package hungarian-holidays
-  :config
-  (hungarian-holidays-add))
-#+END_SRC
-
 ** FlySpell
 
 For all your spell-checking needs.