telega.el VS hydra

telega is the best messaging client I ever used. https://github.com/zevlg/telega.el

I just skimmed at the responses and already noticed some wrong parts: according to the Telegram git repo, Telegram supports version of Emacs 26.1+, there is really no need to “make sure you have the latest version of Emacs installed on your system”

Initially I thought about telega.el, telegram client which is, as far as I know, also uses json to communicate with server part written with C

https://github.com/zevlg/telega.el has a fairly rich user interface with active use of graphics

Telegram 😎

Regarding your points: 1. I use Firefox + Tridactyl, which seems a perfect combination: the rich ecosystem of Firefox and keyboard-controlled browser (was using qutebrowser before). There's also a browser in EAF, I don't know if anyone uses that, but it's an option I guess. 2. There is telega.el, which is an Emacs client for Telegram. There are also clients for Matrix & IRC, but not for any other mainstream messengers because their API is closed. There are also email clients for Emacs, I'm using notmuch. 3. Definitely check out org-roam.

You can also use Hydra for Emacs.[1] Once I discovered how to configure Hydra, I made it a habit to make one for every new major mode I need to use.

[1] https://github.com/abo-abo/hydra

Have you considered a hydra?

An Emacs specific example: I'm working on a few go projects at the moment and go requires recompilation after changes. Step one was finding auto-recompilers for my projects (I'm using both air and reflex in various projects). Step two was realizing that I spent a lot of time switching to the buffer where the output is printed, so I wrote a little hydra menu to make that easier. Then I found myself having to restart those processes each time I restarted Emacs, so I went digging and found detached to manage the processes. Then I got tired of having to hunt for where the detached output was displayed in my frame so dug into sidebars to manage the windows more effectively.

I think the goal of the hydra package is to provide such functionality.

I would I also encourage anyone who does not want to use modal editing to look into repeat-mode, hydras, and key-chord.

The C-c prefix is designed for you, the user, to use for your nefarious deeds. Some things that may help with both binding and knowing what key does what would be a menu such as hydras or transient menus (which apparently are part of Emacs now so that's new).

For the very same reason, I started to use hydras: https://github.com/abo-abo/hydra - see my config at https://github.com/novoid/dot-emacs/blob/master/config.org

Hydra lets you define mini-modes with limited scope.

general.el also works well with hydra.el. Here's my hydra for window operations - it activates when I press ,w: