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+;; completions for go
+(defun af-go-hook ()
+  ;; enable tabs
+  (setq tab-width 2)
+  (setq-default indent-tabs-mode t)
+  (make-variable-buffer-local 'whitespace-style)
+  (setq whitespace-style '(trailing lines-tail indentation trailing empty))
+  )
+
+(defun af-get-go-elisp-location ()
+  (let* ((gobinary (shell-command-to-string "which go"))
+         (gobin (substring (file-name-directory gobinary) 0  -1))
+         (goroot (file-name-directory gobin)))
+    (concat goroot "misc/emacs")))
+
+(defun af-get-gocode-elisp-location ()
+  (let* ((binary (shell-command-to-string "which gocode"))
+         (bin (substring (file-name-directory binary) 0 -1))
+         (basedir (file-name-directory bin)))
+    (concat basedir "src/github.com/nsf/gocode/emacs-company/")))
+
+(let* ((goloc (af-get-go-elisp-location))
+       (goel (concat goloc "/go-mode.el")))
+  (if (file-exists-p goel)
+      (progn
+        (message "Go is installed, loading go-mode")
+        (add-to-list 'load-path goloc)
+        (require 'go-mode)
+        (let* ((loc (af-get-gocode-elisp-location))
+               (el (concat loc "/company-go.el")))
+          (if (file-exists-p el)
+              (progn
+                (message "Found gocode, loading company-mode support...")
+                (add-to-list 'load-path loc)
+                (require 'company-go))
+            (message "gocode missing, skipping company-mode support."))))
+    (message "Go appears to not be installed, skipping Go setup.")))