1. Add packages for ess

2.  Add soft-charcoal theme
3.  Set customizations file

Author: Andrew Gottemoller

init.el

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 (add-to-list 'custom-theme-load-path "~/.emacs.d/themes")
 
-(load-library "utils")
-(load-library "align")
+(load-library "packages")
 (load-library "dired-x")
+(load-library "align")
+
+(load-library "utils")
 (load-library "find")
 (load-library "buffers")
 (load-library "editing")

lib/display.el

@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 
 (display-reset-window)
 
-(load-theme 'cyberpunk 1)
+(load-theme 'soft-charcoal 1)

lib/packages.el

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+(require 'package)
+
+(add-to-list 'package-archives
+    '("mepla" . "https://melpa.org/packages/"))
+
+(package-initialize)
+
+(unless (package-installed-p 'use-package)
+    (package-refresh-contents)
+    (package-install 'use-package))
+
+(use-package ess
+    :ensure t)
+
+(use-package company
+    :ensure t
+    :config
+    (setq company-idle-delay 0)
+    (setq company-minimum-prefix-length 2)
+    (global-company-mode t))
+
+(use-package highlight-parentheses
+    :ensure t
+    :config
+    (progn
+        (highlight-parentheses-mode)
+        (global-highlight-parentheses-mode)))

lib/settings.el

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 (setq-default fill-column                       100)
 (setq-default c-default-style                   "user")
 
+(setq custom-file (concat user-emacs-directory "customizations.el"))
+
 (setq default-major-mode             'text-mode)
 (setq backup-directory-alist         `((".*" . ,temporary-file-directory)))
 (setq auto-save-file-name-transforms `((".*"   ,temporary-file-directory 1)))

themes/soft-charcoal-theme.el

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+;;; soft-charcoal-theme.el --- Dark charcoal theme with soft colors
+;; Author: Martin Haesler
+;; URL: http://github.com/mswift42/soft-charcoal-theme
+;; Version: 0.2
+
+;; dark theme with a charcoal bg and soft colors
+;; Copyright (C) 2013 , Martin Haesler
+
+;; This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+;; (at your option) any later version.
+
+;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+;; This file is not part of Emacs.
+
+(deftheme soft-charcoal)
+
+(custom-theme-set-faces
+  'soft-charcoal
+        '(default ((t (:background "#191919" :foreground "#c2c2c2"))))
+        '(font-lock-builtin-face ((t (:foreground "#54686d"))))
+        '(region ((t (:background "#3c414c" :foreground "#faf4c6"))))
+        '(highlight ((t (:foreground "#d5dd83" :background "#191919"))))
+    '(hl-line ((t (:background "#252525"))))
+    '(fringe ((t (:background "#232323" :foreground "#8aa234"))))
+    '(cursor ((t (:background "#626262"))))
+        '(show-paren-match-face ((t (:background "#f03f3f"))))
+        '(isearch ((t (:bold t :foreground "#f03f3f" :background "#e2e2e5"))))
+        '(mode-line ((t (:box (:line-width 1 :color nil :style released-button) :bold t :foreground "#babdb6" :background "#202020"))))
+        '(mode-line-inactive ((t (:box (:line-width 1 :color nil :style released-button) :foreground "#808080" :background "#2b2b2b"))))
+        '(mode-line-buffer-id ((t (:bold t :foreground "#5d90cd" :background nil))))
+    '(mode-line-highlight ((t (:background "#808080"))))
+    '(vertical-border ((t (:foreground "#232323"))))
+        '(minibuffer-prompt ((t (:bold t :foreground "#708090"))))
+        '(default-italic ((t (:italic t))))
+    '(font-lock-comment-face ((t (:foreground "#808080"))))
+    '(font-lock-negation-char-face ((t (:foreground "#f03f3f"))))
+    '(font-lock-reference-face ((t (:foreground "#d08689"))))
+    '(font-lock-constant-face ((t (:foreground "#8aa6c1"))))
+        '(font-lock-doc-face ((t (:foreground "#7d949b"))))
+        '(font-lock-function-name-face ((t (:foreground "#7a8bbd"))))
+        '(font-lock-keyword-face ((t (:bold t :foreground "#8aa234"))))
+    '(font-lock-reference-face ((t (:bold t :foreground "#b998df"))))
+        '(font-lock-string-face ((t (:foreground "#5d90cd"))))
+        '(font-lock-type-face ((t (:foreground "#8aa6c1"))))
+        '(font-lock-variable-name-face ((t (:foreground "#8885b2"))))
+        '(font-lock-warning-face ((t (:foreground "#ffffff" :background "#ff6523"))))
+    '(link ((t (:foreground "#ffc01a"))))
+    '(org-hide ((t (:foreground "#708090"))))
+        '(org-level-1 ((t (:bold t :foreground "#54686d" :height 1.1))))
+        '(org-level-2 ((t (:bold nil :foreground "#7e8aa2"))))
+        '(org-level-3 ((t (:bold t :foreground "#df9f2d"))))
+        '(org-level-4 ((t (:bold nil :foreground "#af4f4b"))))
+        '(org-date ((t (:underline t :foreground "#f0ad6d") )))
+        '(org-footnote  ((t (:underline t :foreground "#ad600b"))))
+        '(org-link ((t (:underline t :foreground "#ffc01a" ))))
+        '(org-special-keyword ((t (:foreground "#8aa234"))))
+        '(org-verbatim ((t (:foreground "#eeeeec" :underline t :slant italic))))
+        '(org-block ((t (:foreground "#7e8aa2"))))
+        '(org-quote ((t (:inherit org-block :slant italic))))
+        '(org-verse ((t (:inherit org-block :slant italic))))
+        '(org-todo ((t (:bold t :foreground "#f0f0f0"))))
+        '(org-done ((t (:bold t :foreground "#708090"))))
+        '(org-warning ((t (:underline t :foreground "#ff0000"))))
+        '(org-agenda-structure ((t (:weight bold :foreground "#e3e3e3"))))
+        '(org-agenda-date ((t (:foreground "#8aa234" :height 1.2))))
+        '(org-agenda-date-weekend ((t (:weight normal :foreground "#808bed"))))
+        '(org-agenda-date-today ((t (:weight bold :foreground "#8aa234" :height 1.4))))
+    '(org-scheduled ((t (:foreground "#eeeeec"))))
+    '(font-latex-bold-face ((t (:foreground "#cd8b00"))))
+    '(font-latex-italic-face ((t (:foreground "#808bed" :italic t))))
+    '(font-latex-string-face ((t (:foreground "#708090"))))
+    '(font-latex-match-reference-keywords ((t (:foreground "#708090"))))
+    '(font-latex-match-variable-keywords ((t (:foreground "#708090"))))
+    '(ido-only-match ((t (:foreground "#f03f3f"))))
+    '(org-sexp-date ((t (:foreground "#808080"))))
+    '(ido-first-match ((t (:foreground "#8aa234"))))
+    '(gnus-header-content ((t (:foreground "#e3e3e3"))))
+    '(gnus-header-from ((t (:foreground "#54686d"))))
+    '(gnus-header-name ((t (:foreground "#5d90cd"))))
+    '(gnus-header-subject ((t (:foreground "#b998df"))))
+    '(magit-item-highlight ((t (:background "#252525"))))
+    '(mu4e-view-url-number-face ((t (:foreground "#af4f4b"))))
+    '(mu4e-cited-1-face ((t (:foreground "#a2a1a0"))))
+    '(mu4e-cited-7-face ((t (:foreground "#b2b1b0"))))
+    '(mu4e-header-marks-face ((t (:foreground "#929190"))))
+    '(ffap ((t (:foreground "#929190"))))
+        '(trailing-whitespace ((t (:foreground nil :background "#3f3f3f"))))
+    '(slime-repl-inputed-output-face ((t (:foreground "#f0f0f0")))))
+
+;;;###autoload
+(when load-file-name
+  (add-to-list 'custom-theme-load-path
+               (file-name-as-directory (file-name-directory load-file-name))))
+
+(provide-theme 'soft-charcoal)
+
+;;; soft-charcoal-theme.el ends here