emacs-noob VS emacs-for-vimmers

Emacs works reasonably fine. Here's a branch that intends to provide the more familiar key bindings.

PS: I do have an emacs-noob/slime-company that might come handy. This shouldn't depend on anything specific to the OS. (Check the different branches to see which suits the OP/reader's needs!)

(Shameless plug) I'm maintaining a (still quite experimental because I don't personally use it) emacs-noob for people new to emacs but not wanting any long term relation with emacs, or want to focus on learning common lisp first and emacs second. You might find slime-company or slime-company-modern branches useful if this fits your use case.

I attempted emacs-noob/emacs-modern for some of my teammates for developing with common-lisp. It's still very much a new and untested thing though.

But if emacs becomes too-difficult-too-soon in most part due to key-bindings (definitely worth learning for life!), I recently had a try at digikar99/emacs-noob/slime-company-modern for some of my friends, which packs "familiar" key-bindings, but does require a separate installation of a compiler.

I suspect I'm not going to find enough time to maintain a full-fledged VSCode key-bound. I've put up something primitive at digikar99/slime-company-modern and digikar99/emacs-modern.

git clone https://github.com/ideasman42/emacs-for-vimmers

Suggest to start off with a small vim-like config if doom or spacemacs aren't for you (see emacs-for-vimmers).

I prefer not to depend on any existing frameworks, here is the emacs/VIM config I wish I had starting out - minimal & commented: emacs-for-vimmers

If you don't want a starter kit - but are interested in a commented vim-like setup, checout: emacs-for-vimmers. Even if you are not into VIM, the defaults may be of interest to you.

I came from a fairly similar place, this is a fairly minimal package set to have a useful evil-mode up and running: https://github.com/ideasman42/emacs-for-vimmers

This is a fully self contained config made by making minor changes to emacs-for-vimmers that works in my tests.

If you'd like to have a reference for a lite weight vim/emacs setup, checkout https://github.com/ideasman42/emacs-for-vimmers - for a commented configuration that gets you up and running without having to buy into a framework.

Suggest https://github.com/ideasman42/emacs-for-vimmers to get you up and running with something approximating a typical development configuration in VIM.

Check packages used by emacs-for-vimmers - the config file is short and commented, giving a minimal VIM-like setup that includes features useful to developers.

If you like building your own config from scratch - check out emacs-for-vimmers as a reference.