diff --git a/common/home-manager/emacs/default.nix b/common/home-manager/emacs/default.nix
index 50a96c1..b2150c6 100644
--- a/common/home-manager/emacs/default.nix
+++ b/common/home-manager/emacs/default.nix
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ in {
           counsel = {
             enable = true;
 
-            bindStar = {
+            bind = {
               "M-x" = "counsel-M-x";
               "C-x C-f" = "counsel-find-file";
               "C-x C-r" = "counsel-recentf";
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ in {
           swiper = {
             enable = true;
 
-            bindStar = { "C-s" = "swiper"; };
+            bind = { "C-s" = "swiper"; };
 
             general = ''
               (general-nmap
diff --git a/common/home-manager/emacs/emacs-init-defaults.nix b/common/home-manager/emacs/emacs-init-defaults.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f81c558
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/home-manager/emacs/emacs-init-defaults.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+# A collection of "uncontroversial" configurations for selected packages.
+
+{ pkgs, lib, config, ... }:
+
+{
+  programs.emacs.init.usePackage = {
+    all-the-icons = { extraPackages = [ pkgs.emacs-all-the-icons-fonts ]; };
+
+    cmake-mode.mode = [
+      ''"\\.cmake\\'"'' # \
+      ''"CMakeLists.txt\\'"''
+    ];
+
+    csharp-mode.mode = [ ''"\\.cs\\'"'' ];
+
+    cue-mode = {
+      package = epkgs:
+        epkgs.trivialBuild {
+          pname = "cue-mode.el";
+          src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+            url =
+              "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/russell/cue-mode/9c803ee8fa4a6e99c7dc9ae373c6178569583b7a/cue-mode.el";
+            sha256 = "0swhpknkg1vwbchblzrwynixf5grg95jy1bkc8w92yfpb1jch7m7";
+          };
+          preferLocalBuild = true;
+          allowSubstitutes = true;
+        };
+      command = [ "cue-mode" ];
+      mode = [ ''"\\.cue\\'"'' ];
+      hook = [ "(cue-mode . subword-mode)" ];
+    };
+
+    dap-lldb = {
+      config = ''
+        (setq dap-lldb-debug-program "${pkgs.lldb}/bin/lldb-vscode")
+      '';
+    };
+
+    deadgrep = {
+      config = ''
+        (setq deadgrep-executable "${pkgs.ripgrep}/bin/rg")
+      '';
+    };
+
+    dhall-mode.mode = [ ''"\\.dhall\\'"'' ];
+
+    dockerfile-mode.mode = [ ''"Dockerfile\\'"'' ];
+
+    elm-mode.mode = [ ''"\\.elm\\'"'' ];
+
+    emacsql-sqlite3 = {
+      enable =
+        lib.mkDefault config.programs.emacs.init.usePackage.org-roam.enable;
+      defer = lib.mkDefault true;
+      config = ''
+        (setq emacsql-sqlite3-executable "${pkgs.sqlite}/bin/sqlite3")
+      '';
+    };
+
+    ggtags = {
+      config = ''
+        (setq ggtags-executable-directory "${pkgs.global}/bin")
+      '';
+    };
+
+    idris-mode = {
+      mode = [ ''"\\.idr\\'"'' ];
+      config = ''
+        (setq idris-interpreter-path "${pkgs.idris}/bin/idris")
+      '';
+    };
+
+    kotlin-mode = {
+      mode = [ ''"\\.kts?\\'"'' ];
+      hook = [ "(kotlin-mode . subword-mode)" ];
+    };
+
+    latex.mode = [ ''("\\.tex\\'" . latex-mode)'' ];
+
+    lsp-eslint = {
+      config = ''
+        (setq lsp-eslint-server-command '("node" "${pkgs.vscode-extensions.dbaeumer.vscode-eslint}/share/vscode/extensions/dbaeumer.vscode-eslint/server/out/eslintServer.js" "--stdio"))
+      '';
+    };
+
+    markdown-mode = {
+      mode = [ ''"\\.mdwn\\'"'' ''"\\.markdown\\'"'' ''"\\.md\\'"'' ];
+    };
+
+    nix-mode.mode = [ ''"\\.nix\\'"'' ];
+
+    notmuch = {
+      package = epkgs: lib.getOutput "emacs" pkgs.notmuch;
+      config = ''
+        (setq notmuch-command "${pkgs.notmuch}/bin/notmuch")
+      '';
+    };
+
+    octave.mode = [ ''("\\.m\\'" . octave-mode)'' ];
+
+    ob-plantuml = {
+      config = ''
+        (setq org-plantuml-jar-path "${pkgs.plantuml}/lib/plantuml.jar")
+      '';
+    };
+
+    org-roam = {
+      defines = [ "org-roam-graph-executable" ];
+      config = ''
+        (setq org-roam-graph-executable "${pkgs.graphviz}/bin/dot")
+      '';
+    };
+
+    pandoc-mode = {
+      config = ''
+        (setq pandoc-binary "${pkgs.pandoc}/bin/pandoc")
+      '';
+    };
+
+    php-mode.mode = [ ''"\\.php\\'"'' ];
+
+    plantuml-mode = {
+      mode = [ ''"\\.puml\\'"'' ];
+      config = ''
+        (setq plantuml-default-exec-mode 'executable
+              plantuml-executable-path "${pkgs.plantuml}/bin/plantuml")
+      '';
+    };
+
+    protobuf-mode.mode = [ ''"\\.proto\\'"'' ];
+
+    purescript-mode.mode = [ ''"\\.purs\\'"'' ];
+
+    ripgrep = {
+      config = ''
+        (setq ripgrep-executable "${pkgs.ripgrep}/bin/rg")
+      '';
+    };
+
+    rust-mode.mode = [ ''"\\.rs\\'"'' ];
+
+    terraform-mode.mode = [ ''"\\.tf\\'"'' ];
+
+    yaml-mode.mode = [ ''"\\.\\(e?ya?\\|ra\\)ml\\'"'' ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/common/home-manager/emacs/emacs-init.nix b/common/home-manager/emacs/emacs-init.nix
index 6121990..d32ac82 100644
--- a/common/home-manager/emacs/emacs-init.nix
+++ b/common/home-manager/emacs/emacs-init.nix
@@ -152,6 +152,14 @@ let
         '';
       };
 
+      general = mkOption {
+        type = types.lines;
+        default = "";
+        description = ''
+          Code to place in the <option>:general</option> section.
+        '';
+      };
+
       hook = mkOption {
         type = types.listOf types.str;
         default = [ ];
@@ -214,6 +222,7 @@ let
           let mkMap = n: v: mkBindHelper "bind" ":map ${n}" v;
           in flatten (mapAttrsToList mkMap bs);
         mkBindKeyMap = mkBindHelper "bind-keymap" "";
+        extraAfter = optional (config.general != "") "general";
         mkChords = mkBindHelper "chords" "";
         mkHook = map (v: ":hook ${v}");
         mkDefer = v:
@@ -232,6 +241,7 @@ let
         ++ mkMode config.mode
         ++ optionals (config.init != "") [ ":init" config.init ]
         ++ optionals (config.config != "") [ ":config" config.config ]
+        ++ optionals (config.general != "") [ ":general" config.general ]
         ++ optional (config.extraConfig != "") config.extraConfig) + ")";
     };
   });
@@ -299,6 +309,9 @@ let
   # Whether the configuration makes use of `:chords`.
   hasChords = any (p: p.chords != { }) (attrValues cfg.usePackage);
 
+  # Whether the configuration makes use of `:general`.
+  hasGeneral = any (p: p.general != "") (attrValues cfg.usePackage);
+
   usePackageSetup = ''
     (eval-when-compile
       (require 'use-package)
@@ -320,6 +333,11 @@ let
     ;; For :chords in (use-package).
     (use-package use-package-chords
       :config (key-chord-mode 1))
+  '' + optionalString hasGeneral ''
+    ;; For :general in (use-package).
+    (use-package general
+      :config
+      (general-evil-setup))
   '';
 
   earlyInitFile = ''
@@ -495,6 +513,7 @@ in {
           src = pkgs.writeText "hm-init.el" initFile;
           packageRequires = [ epkgs.use-package ] ++ packages
             ++ optional hasBind epkgs.bind-key
+            ++ optional hasGeneral epkgs.general
             ++ optional hasDiminish epkgs.diminish
             ++ optional hasChords epkgs.use-package-chords;
           preferLocalBuild = true;