.emacs.d VS .doom.d

--- - name: Emacs setup - Containerized hosts: all vars: ansible_bender: base_image: python:3.9-slim-bullseye target_image: name: myemacs cmd: bash user: themkat working_dir: /home/themkat pre_tasks: - name: Update package archives (Debian-based) apt: update_cache: true cache_valid_time: 7200 when: ansible_os_family == "Debian" tasks: - name: Make sure Emacs and git is installed package: name: - emacs - git state: present - name: Create themkat user user: name: themkat create_home: true state: present # had issues with using the home symbol + become_user here. Might be an issue to look out for - name: Download Emacs config #become_user: themkat git: repo: https://github.com/themkat/.emacs.d.git dest: /home/themkat/.emacs.d - name: Make themkat the owner file: path: /home/themkat/.emacs.d owner: themkat recurse: true state: directory

I've built my own writing environment around Emacs, Doom-Emacs to be exact: https://github.com/jacmoe/.doom.d

Vim never, ever appealed to me. The keys are not exactly ergonomic, like the WordStar diamond, or intuitive, like the Emacs keys. But I can understand how modal editing - like in WordStar - can improve the writing experience tremendously. So, for my custom Emacs configuration for creative writing, I am using Boon, which allows me to use the left hand home row to navigate characters/words/sentences/lines, and the right hand home row to delete/insert/etc. Pressing v switches to Insert Mode, and C-; switches back to Command Mode. Highly addictively efficient!