emacs-from-scratch VS emacs.d

I am building an emacs config, I have got a list and plan of what I want, but I am not sure where I start building, are their any guides or docs on how to build a config from scratch, explainations of concepts like lazy loading, how the different package managers work and what they do, and all the built in emacs concepts and features I have gone though this tutorial, but it doesn't explain anything and doesn't show how to customise anything.

Check out the YouTube channel System Crafters, he has a multipart series "Emacs From Scratch" where he goes over setting up his Emacs installation and setup, and other videos showing how you can do all sorts of things.

There are guides and even video series that cover a lot of beginner stuff. masteringemacs.org has a lot of great articles, and the System Crafters YouTube channel has a lot of great looking stuff.

Hey, I recently set up mu4e following SystemCrafter's guide and was pleased to find everything worked upon setup.

This Youtube Channel has a lot of emacs development, even there's a course to learn emacs lisp.

Depending on what you are looking for, System Crafters has a lot of Emacs content.

A bit older http://emacsrocks.com One of my favourite episodes being http://emacsrocks.com/e13.html the ending is just awesome.

System Crafters yt channel is much newer and also amazing https://youtube.com/c/SystemCrafters

My Emacs journey is from purcell/emacs.d, and then simplified it with use-package and Borg, and only keep the packages I need. Purcell's config is a very nice starter kit.

I prefer these functions from purcell's config because the last buffer is the buffer I want 80% of the time. https://github.com/purcell/emacs.d/blob/master/lisp/init-windows.el

Emacs demands you to learn it over a lifetime. That’s how it is, unless you give up to doom or purcell config or some other config maintained by a very knowledgeable emacs hacker.

Eight months ago, I saw this tweet from Steve Purcell, the maintainer of the famous purcell's emacs.d config. Seeing that he was left org-mode for a new tool, discouraged me from using Emacs and building my own config. It also encouraged me to try Logseq, which is one of the most popular PKM tools alongside Obsidian.

Steve Purcell's emacs.d satisfies this checklist. It's not as feature packed as Doom, so beginners should have a look at. Another is Kaushal Modi's .emacs.d.

If you want to use flycheck instead, may be you can have look the flymake-flycheck , and the author's Emacs configuration: https://github.com/purcell/emacs.d/blob/master/lisp/init-flymake.el

Steve Purcell

Have a look at Purcell’s (extremely popular) config: https://github.com/purcell/emacs.d