Punch Line

A modern, feature-rich mode line for Emacs

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Features

• 🎨 Highly customizable appearance
• 👿 Evil/Meow mode integration
• 🎵 Music player integration (Apple Music/Spotify)
• 🌡️ Weather information
• 📊 Git status and branch information
• 🔋 Battery status
• ⌚ Time display
• 🤖 Copilot integration
• ✅ Flycheck integration
• 📝 LSP/Eglot support
• 📋 Task management system
• 🎯 Project awareness

Installation

(use-package punch-line
  :ensure nil
  :after ((after-init . punch-line-mode)        ;; Load punch-line
          (after-init . punch-weather-update)   ;; Load weather
          (after-init . punch-load-tasks))      ;; Load saved current tasks
  :config
  (setq
   punch-line-left-separator "  "
   punch-line-right-separator "  "
   punch-line-music-info '(:service apple)      ;; Music service configuration
   punch-line-music-max-length 80))             ;; Max length of artist and song

Feature Toggles

Feature Toggle	Default	Description
punch-line-show-modal-section	t	Show Evil/Meow mode states
punch-line-modal-use-fancy-icon	t	Use fancy icons for modal states
punch-show-git-info	t	Display Git branch and status
punch-show-project-info	t	Show current project information
punch-show-lsp-info	t	Display LSP/Eglot status
punch-show-copilot-info	t	Show Copilot status
punch-show-battery-info	t	Display battery status
punch-show-weather-info	t	Show weather information
punch-show-flycheck-info	t	Display Flycheck status
punch-show-processes-info	t	Show active processes
punch-show-org-info	t	Display Org-mode information
punch-show-misc-info	nil	Show miscellaneous information
punch-line-show-time-info	t	Display current time
punch-show-column-info	nil	Show column number
punch-show-buffer-position	nil	Display buffer position
punch-show-what-am-i-doing-info	t	Show current task information
punch-battery-show-percentage	t	Display battery percentage

Task Management System

The built-in task management system helps you keep track of your current activities:

M-x punch-line-what-am-i-doing-next          # View next tasks
M-x punch-line-what-am-i-doing-done          # Mark current task as completed
M-x punch-line-what-am-i-doing-show-all      # Display all tasks
M-x punch-line-what-am-i-doing-next-task     # Switch to next task
M-x punch-line-what-am-i-doing-previous-task # Switch to previous task

Customization

Appearance

;; Mode line size
(setq punch-line-modal-size 'small)  ; Options: 'small, 'medium, 'large

;; Divider style
(setq punch-line-modal-divider-style 'circle)  ; Options: 'arrow, 'flame, 'ice, 'circle

;; Separators
(setq punch-line-left-separator "  ")
(setq punch-line-right-separator "  ")

Arrow

Circle

Flame

Ice

None

Weather Configuration

(setq punch-show-weather-info t
      punch-weather-latitude "56.7365"
      punch-weather-longitude "16.2981")

Music Player Integration

(setq punch-line-music-info '(:service apple)  ; or 'spotify
      punch-line-music-max-length 80)

Cache Settings

;; Update intervals in seconds
(setq punch-git-cache-update-interval 5
      punch-battery-cache-update-interval 60
      punch-flycheck-cache-interval 3)

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.