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vilpy
- vilpy: vilpy is a vi-like paredit, a fork of lispy with many "extraneous" dependencies stripped
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What modal sexp editing mode should I switch to?
I created vilpy, which is a fork that removes tons of stuff and dependencies from lispy. Note that keybindings are changed as well. It’s a personal project, I don’t usually announce it, but there it is if it fits your use case.
emfy
- Emacs for You (Emfy): Tiny init.el for beginners to quickly set up vanilla Emacs
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Should I start with vanilla Emacs?
Vanilla. A good starting point for you is probably Emfy - https://github.com/susam/emfy
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Making Emacs more approachable
I recommend Susam Pal's attempt to make Emacs more approachable for beginners: https://github.com/susam/emfy. He provides a line-by-line explanation of a simple config file.
- How to progress from beginner level
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Helix: Post-Modern Text Editor
That is true. But it’s pretty overwhelming for a lot of folks. I was a spacemacs user. I tried to rebuild what I liked about it. It was a lot, and I didn’t quite get it there.
I finally found a good compromise though. I started over with this confing: https://github.com/susam/emfy
From there, I only needed a handful of packages and a few dozen lines of config to get to an editor that was comfy.
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VS Code – What's the deal with the telemetry?
I struggled to make the change. I think I tried half a dozen times to go from (neo)vim to Emacs and it never stuck. My problem was that I kept reaching for spacemacs and Doom Emacs, etc., right out of the gate, and I would be mystified by Emacs itself and Emacs Lisp as a result.
Two things helped get me into Emacs full-time (and this is after > 15 years of using vim):
1. I went step-by-step through Susam's Emfy Emacs config [0]. That helped me understand some of the basics at a foundational level. I extended that base configuration a little bit and became comfortable with the environment.
2. I then went step-by-step through the entire "Emacs from Scratch" playlist that System Crafters put out [1]. I pushed my personal configuration pretty far with that over the course of 2-3 months.
I eventually moved to Doom Emacs and married in pieces of my own configuration. That's been my daily driver for months now.
[0]: https://github.com/susam/emfy
[1]: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEoMzSkcN8oPH1au7H6B7...
- Moving from Doom to Vanilla
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Ask HN: Should I learn Emacs in 2022?
Just have a weekend learning Emacs + Lisp and make your own opinion. This configuration (https://github.com/susam/emfy) is a great start. If you like it - use it, if you don't - throw it away.
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Packages for Emacs beginner
Rather than one of the fat and opinionated "distros" (doom, spacemacs) I like emacs for you. It will set you up with a minimal config that you can learn from and add to as you go.
What are some alternatives?
lispy - Short and sweet LISP editing
emacs_python_ide - Settings to make emacs a python-ide
lux - The Lux Programming Language
quarto-emacs - An emacs mode for quarto: https://quarto.org
puni - Structured editing (soft deletion, expression navigating & manipulating) that supports many major modes out of the box.
logseq - A local-first, non-linear, outliner notebook for organizing and sharing your personal knowledge base. Use it to organize your todo list, to write your journals, or to record your unique life.
countvajhula
doom-emacs - An Emacs framework for the stubborn martian hacker [Moved to: https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs]
jake-emacs - My personal Emacs configuation.
helix-vim - A Vim-like configuration for Helix
visual-regexp.el - A regexp/replace command for Emacs with interactive visual feedback
emacs-lisp-style-guide - A community-driven Emacs Lisp style guide