Configuring emacs the right way

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/emacs

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  1. emacs-from-scratch

    An example of a fully custom Emacs configuration developed live on YouTube!

    You might want to check out system-crafters and his emacs from scratch series: https://github.com/daviwil/emacs-from-scratch

  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. doom-emacs

    Discontinued An Emacs framework for the stubborn martian hacker [Moved to: https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs]

    Since you came from VS-Code which is more opinionated than Emacs on how it wants to be configured, and since you want Vim keybindings, I highly recommend you use Doom Emacs, which provides you with an easy-to-use configuration system. The "Getting Started" guide is excellent, please read it!

  4. company-mode

    Modular in-buffer completion framework for Emacs

    As an example, consider the company package, providing auto-completion. The "installation" section tells you how to 'download the source code of the package and store it somewhere accessible to Emacs'. The 'Usage' part is split in two parts. The first one tells you how to enable the package functionality in the current session. To truly customize Emacs, you need to

  5. doom-emacs

    My Doom Emacs configuration (by TimothyYe)

    You can take a look at the default init.el file for Doom emacs here, as you can see, there is a :lang section where you can uncomment support for commonly used languages. Although you generally don't change the init.el file too much, usually, it is there to load your actual config files. If your language is not supported out of the box, there are ways to add packages (a.k.a. "plug-ins") in packages.el. And you can add customizations in config.el.

  6. emacs.d

    Discontinued My emacs configuration, optimized for creative writing. (by jacmoe)

    Personally I grabbed /u/jacmoe 's emacs.d after coming across his blogpost a few years ago.

  7. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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