If you could change one thing about Emacs what would it be?

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  1. leo-editor

    Leo is an Outliner, Editor, IDE and PIM written in 100% Python.

    Have you tried https://leoeditor.com/?

  2. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  3. brick

    A declarative Unix terminal UI library written in Haskell

    In that vein, a declarative way to build (Text) UI like html+css. Or something along the lines of what Brick is for terminals.

  4. pdf-continuous-scroll-mode.el

    Discontinued A pdf-tools extension that provides continuous scrolling functionality

    Not op, but he probably means this https://github.com/dalanicolai/pdf-continuous-scroll-mode.el

  5. svg-lib

    Emacs SVG libraries for creatings tags, icons and bars

    I suggest to take a look at some of N. Rougier's repos on GH for inspiration. For example svg-lib. You can also search this reddit for some of his posts.

  6. dogears.el

    Never lose your place in Emacs again

    I saw this https://github.com/alphapapa/dogears.el recently and then there is also https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/auto-mark.el which I have marked as "useful jumping off point for a new package" in one of my org-files.

  7. elisp-reader.el

    Customizable reader for Emacs Lisp

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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