Install Emacs via the omarchy-emacs AUR package

[scottjones]

Summary

• Points the Emacs entry in the install-editor menu at a dedicated omarchy-install-editor-emacs script, matching the pattern already used for Helix, VSCode, and Zed.
• The script installs the omarchy-emacs AUR package and runs its installer, which pulls in emacs-wayland, applies the theme/font integration, and enables the user emacs.service.
• One new script + one changed menu line. No new dependencies in the Omarchy tree.

Context

This is the AUR-packaged follow-up to #4807, where @dhh suggested packaging the Emacs integration as an AUR package (like omarchy-nvim) rather than shipping it in-tree — thank you for that steer. The package now exists and is maintained:

• AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/omarchy-emacs
• Source: https://github.com/scottjones/omarchy-emacs

It supersedes #5329, which made the same change against dev before the quattro menu refactor landed. I'll close that one in favor of this.

Behavior

Before: omarchy-install-app Emacs emacs-wayland && systemctl --user enable --now emacs.service — installs a bare Emacs with no theming.

After: installs an Emacs that automatically tracks the active Omarchy theme and font, with the daemon enabled. The AUR package encapsulates setup, so the menu line stays a one-liner consistent with the other setup-based editors (Helix/Zed/VSCode).

Test plan

• omarchy-install-editor-emacs runs cleanly — installs the package, runs setup, enables and starts emacs.service
• The daemon comes up with the omarchy theme applied, tracking the current theme at ~/.local/state/omarchy/current/
• omarchy-menu.jsonc still parses; the entry launches via omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation like the other setup-based editors
• Verified on Omarchy 4 (quattro)

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Pull request overview

This PR updates Omarchy’s editor installation menu so the Emacs option installs the dedicated omarchy-emacs AUR package (and runs its installer) via a new omarchy-install-editor-emacs helper script, aligning the Emacs flow with the existing “setup-based editor” pattern used by Helix/VSCode/Zed.

Changes:

• Switch the Emacs menu action to run omarchy-install-editor-emacs in the floating terminal presentation wrapper.
• Add bin/omarchy-install-editor-emacs to install omarchy-emacs from AUR and invoke omarchy-install-emacs.

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File	Description
default/omarchy/omarchy-menu.jsonc	Points the Emacs install entry at the new dedicated installer script via the standard floating-terminal presentation wrapper.
bin/omarchy-install-editor-emacs	New installer entrypoint that installs the omarchy-emacs AUR package and runs its setup installer.

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[scottjones]

screenrecording-2026-07-20_20-23-40-compressed.mp4

[dhh]

Lovely. Let's get omarchy-emacs added to omarchy-pkgs too. So we don't have to rely on AUR. You can open a PR here: https://github.com/omacom-io/omarchy-pkgs. Then we can install using the regular non-AUR installer.

[scottjones]

Glad you like it. I've had so much fun creating it and using Omarchy (I almost decided to try to learn vim instead). Thank you!

[dhh]

I thought there were some setup gymnastics you had to do as well? The ones we yanked from the package? The installer here should get you all the way to a running emacs. Preferably even open it after install, like we do with the other editors.