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org-roam/doc/installation.md
Jethro Kuan 6095d01ef4 (feat): add a company-mode for link completion (#257)
Adds company-org-roam, a company backend which autocompletes text into org file links
2020-03-11 14:32:58 +08:00

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## Basic Install
The recommended method is using [use-package][use-package] and
[straight][straight], or a similar package manager.
```emacs-lisp
(use-package org-roam
:hook
(after-init . org-roam-mode)
:straight (:host github :repo "jethrokuan/org-roam")
:custom
(org-roam-directory "/path/to/org-files/")
:bind (:map org-roam-mode-map
(("C-c n l" . org-roam)
("C-c n f" . org-roam-find-file)
("C-c n b" . org-roam-switch-to-buffer)
("C-c n g" . org-roam-show-graph))
:map org-mode-map
(("C-c n i" . org-roam-insert))))
```
If not using package.el, you can also clone it into your Emacs
directory and add it to your load path:
```
git clone https://github.com/jethrokuan/org-roam/ ~/.emacs.d/elisp/org-roam
```
```emacs-lisp
(use-package org-roam
:load-path "elisp/"
:hook
(after-init . org-roam-mode)
:straight (:host github :repo "jethrokuan/org-roam")
:custom
(org-roam-directory "/path/to/org-files/")
:bind (:map org-roam-mode-map
(("C-c n l" . org-roam)
("C-c n f" . org-roam-find-file)
("C-c n b" . org-roam-switch-to-buffer)
("C-c n g" . org-roam-show-graph))
:map org-mode-map
(("C-c n i" . org-roam-insert))))
```
Or without `use-package`:
```emacs-lisp
(add-to-list 'load-path "./elisp")
(require 'org-roam)
(define-key org-roam-mode-map (kbd "C-c n l") #'org-roam)
(define-key org-roam-mode-map (kbd "C-c n f") #'org-roam-find-file)
(define-key org-roam-mode-map (kbd "C-c n b") #'org-roam-switch-to-buffer)
(define-key org-roam-mode-map (kbd "C-c n g") #'org-roam-show-graph)
(define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c n i") #'org-roam-insert)
(org-roam-mode +1)
```
The [Configuration](configuration.md) page details some of the common
configuration options available.
[use-package]: https://github.com/jwiegley/use-package
[straight]: https://github.com/raxod502/straight.el
### Spacemacs
If you are using Spacemacs, install org-roam by creating a simple
layer that wraps Org-roam. Paste the following into a new file
`~/.emacs.d/private/org-roam/packages.el`.
```emacs-lisp
(defconst org-roam-packages
'((org-roam :location
(recipe :fetcher github :repo "jethrokuan/org-roam"))))
(defun org-roam/init-org-roam ()
(use-package org-roam
:hook
(after-init . org-roam-mode)
:custom
(org-roam-directory "/path/to/org-files/")
:init
(progn
(spacemacs/declare-prefix "ar" "org-roam")
(spacemacs/set-leader-keys
"arl" 'org-roam
"art" 'org-roam-today
"arf" 'org-roam-find-file
"arg" 'org-roam-show-graph)
(spacemacs/declare-prefix-for-mode 'org-mode "mr" "org-roam")
(spacemacs/set-leader-keys-for-major-mode 'org-mode
"rl" 'org-roam
"rt" 'org-roam-today
"rb" 'org-roam-switch-to-buffer
"rf" 'org-roam-find-file
"ri" 'org-roam-insert
"rg" 'org-roam-show-graph))))
```
Next, append `org-roam` to the `dotspacemacs-configuration-layers`
list in your `.spacemacs` configuration file. Reload (`SPC f e R`) or
restart Emacs to load `org-roam`. It's functions are available under
the prefix `SPC a r` and `, r` when visiting an org-mode buffer.
### Doom Emacs
If you are using [Doom Emacs](https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs), configure packages as explained in the [getting started](https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs/blob/develop/docs/getting_started.org#configuring-packages) guide.
Declare Org-roam as a package in your `~/.doom.d/packages.el`:
```elisp
;; ~/.doom.d/packages.el
(package! org-roam
:recipe (:host github :repo "jethrokuan/org-roam"))
```
Subsequently, in your `~/.doom.d/config.el` file, configure Org-roam:
```elisp
;; ~/.doom.d/config.el
(use-package! org-roam
:commands (org-roam-insert org-roam-find-file org-roam)
:init
(setq org-roam-directory "/path/to/org-files/")
(map! :leader
:prefix "n"
:desc "Org-Roam-Insert" "i" #'org-roam-insert
:desc "Org-Roam-Find" "/" #'org-roam-find-file
:desc "Org-Roam-Buffer" "r" #'org-roam)
:config
(org-roam-mode +1))
```
## Completion Support
Org-roam supports inserting links on-the-fly via [company-mode](http://company-mode.github.io/). This is achieved by providing the company backend `company-org-roam`.
![company-org-roam](images/company-org-roam.gif)
You may install it the following way using straight:
```emacs-lisp
(use-package company-org-roam
:straight nil
:after org-roam company org
:config
(company-org-roam-init))
```
or simply:
```emacs-lisp
(with-eval-after-load 'org-roam
(with-eval-after-load 'company
(with-eval-after-load 'org
(require 'company-org-roam)
(company-org-roam-init))))
```