/notebook/deprecated/09-0-install-atom

09-Install and Configure Atom


  1. Install

    ```bash wget -qO - https://packagecloud.io/AtomEditor/atom/gpgkey | sudo apt-key add - sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packagecloud.io/AtomEditor/atom/any/ any main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/atom.list' sudo apt update sudo apt install -y atom apm install language-markdown markdown-preview-plus markdown-table-formatter wordcount character-table

    should already have texlive-full installed...

    sudo apt install -y latexmk apm install language-latex latex pdf-view ```

  2. Create custom configuration file

    bash cat <<EOT >> .atom/config.cson "*": "atom-ide-outline": initialDisplay: false "autocomplete-plus": fileBlacklist: [ ".*" "*.md" ] core: disabledPackages: [ "markdown-preview" "markdown-scroll-sync" "language-gfm" "markdown-writer" "busy-signal" "linter-markdown" "whitespace" "autocomplete-css" "autocomplete-html" "autocomplete-snippets" "go-to-line" "markdown-folding" "markdown-table-editor" ] openEmptyEditorOnStart: false packagesWithKeymapsDisabled: [ "markdown-table-editor" ] telemetryConsent: "no" uriHandlerRegistration: "always" editor: fontSize: 13 softWrap: true "exception-reporting": userId: "10613451-9b64-4617-aaa9-d3c2e1770f35" "ide-python": pylsPlugins: jedi_completion: {} jedi_definition: follow_builtin_imports: true follow_imports: true rope_completion: enabled: true "language-markdown": autoIncrementListItems: false indentListItems: false removeEmptyListItems: false latex: {} "linter-ui-default": showPanel: true "markdown-preview-plus": markdownItConfig: blockMathSeparators: [ "$$" "$$" ] inlineMathSeparators: [ "$" "$" ] useCheckBoxes: false useEmoji: false useImsize: false useLazyHeaders: false mathConfig: enableLatexRenderingByDefault: true latexRenderer: "HTML-CSS" pandocConfig: pandocArguments: [ "--citeproc" ] pandocCSLFile: "ieee.csl" pandocRemoveReferences: false previewConfig: {} renderer: "pandoc" saveConfig: saveToPDFOptions: pageSize: "Letter" syncConfig: syncEditorOnPreviewScroll: true syncPreviewOnChange: true syncPreviewOnEditorScroll: true "markdown-table-editor": {} "markdown-table-formatter": {} "spell-check": useLocales: false "tidy-markdown": runOnSave: false welcome: showOnStartup: false whitespace: {} ".md.text": editor: autoIndent: true autoIndentOnPaste: false EOT

  3. Current styles.less

    ```bash cat <> .atom/styles.less / * Your Stylesheet * * This stylesheet is loaded when Atom starts up and is reloaded automatically * when it is changed and saved. * * Add your own CSS or Less to fully customize Atom. * If you are unfamiliar with Less, you can read more about it here: * http://lesscss.org /

    / * Examples * (To see them, uncomment and save) /

    // style the background color of the tree view .tree-view { // background-color: whitesmoke; }

    // style the background and foreground colors on the atom-text-editor-element itself atom-text-editor { // color: white; // background-color: hsl(180, 24%, 12%); }

    // style UI elements inside atom-text-editor atom-text-editor .cursor { // border-color: red; }

    html[data-markdown-preview-plus-context="live-preview"] body { font-size: 12pt; background-color: #ddd; color: #000;

    strong,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5 { color: #000; } th { color: #000; }

    } EOT ```

  4. Usage

    • ctrl+shift+m to preview markdown pages
    • ctrl+s updates table formats in markdown
    • ctrl+alt+b to make pdf from latex

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