company-fontawesome.el

A company-mode backend to autocomplete font awesome CSS class names with icon previz ! 😝

Setup

Dependencies

This backend depends on the all-the-icons package and the presence of the [http://fontawesome.io/](Font Awesome font) in your system.

Copy company-fontawesome.el somewhere in your load-path then execute the following:

(require 'company-fontawesome)
(add-to-list 'company-backends 'company-fontawesome)

(and / or add it to your init file)

FAQ

The wrong icon is displayed:

Disable the conflicting font (usually one of font-mfizz or octicons) if you can't live with it until I find a way to force company-mode to display the completion list using the Font Awesome face exclusively.

Caveat Emptor

I finished the first iteration of this plug-in 90 minutes after writing my first (message "Hello, world!") Emacs Lisp program. And it was 2am. Expect rough edgez. 😁

TODO

• Cache candidates ! - [ ] Offer to insert the character instead of the class name
• Add completions for the modifier class names (e.g. fa-spin, fa-border, etc.)
• Add synonyms, e.g. magnifier / search from the FA metadata
• Steal more ideas from Will Boyd
• Properly package for MELPA

Contribute

Don't hesitate to ask if you have ideas or wishes, I'll do my best.

Acks

My thanks go to Will Boyd (@lonekorean) for provoking me into the discovery of Emacs Lisp, just for the occasion.