Fix Emacs configuration

ansible/inventory/group_vars/platform_mint.yml

@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ mint_development_packages:
   - python3-venv
 
 mint_desktop_common_packages:
+  # autoconf/automake/libtool-bin build the Emacs pdf-tools (epdfinfo) and
+  # vterm native modules; the lib*-dev headers below are their link deps.
+  - autoconf
+  - automake
   - dconf-cli
   - deja-dup
   - emacs
@@ -46,8 +50,19 @@ mint_desktop_common_packages:
   - fonts-noto-color-emoji
   - git-delta
   - gnome-keyring
+  # hunspell CLI + Italian dictionary for Emacs spell checking (spell.el sets
+  # ispell-really-hunspell); hunspell-en-us is pulled in as a dependency.
+  - hunspell
+  - hunspell-it
   - libfreetype-dev
+  # pdf-tools epdfinfo build deps (poppler); libpng-dev/zlib1g-dev are already
+  # satisfied by other packages.
+  - libpoppler-glib-dev
+  - libpoppler-private-dev
   - libsecret-tools
+  - libtool-bin
+  # vterm/multi-vterm native module (compiled against system libvterm).
+  - libvterm-dev
   - libx11-dev
   - mpv
   - pinentry-gnome3

dotfiles/desktop/.emacs.d/lisp/lang/python.el

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ;;; python.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
-(require 'reformatter)
+(use-package reformatter
+  :ensure t
+  :demand t)
 
 (with-eval-after-load 'project
   (add-to-list 'project-vc-extra-root-markers "pyproject.toml")

dotfiles/desktop/.emacs.d/lisp/misc/rss.el

@@ -29,6 +29,20 @@
   :hook
   (elfeed-show-mode . visual-line-mode))
 
+(use-package evil-collection
+  :ensure t
+  :after (evil elfeed)
+  :config
+  ;; Enable Vim-style keybindings only for elfeed (search + entry views),
+  ;; leaving the rest of the configuration on evil's defaults.
+  (evil-collection-init (list 'elfeed))
+  ;; Restore the custom "v" -> mpv binding, which evil's normal-state visual
+  ;; selection would otherwise shadow inside elfeed buffers.
+  (evil-collection-define-key 'normal 'elfeed-search-mode-map
+    "v" #'elfeed-play-with-mpv)
+  (evil-collection-define-key 'normal 'elfeed-show-mode-map
+    "v" #'elfeed-play-with-mpv))
+
 (use-package elfeed-org
   :ensure t
   :after elfeed