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doom-emacs
Discontinued An Emacs framework for the stubborn martian hacker [Moved to: https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs]
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A simple, modern and secure encryption tool (and Go library) with small explicit keys, no config options, and UNIX-style composability.
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A simple, secure and modern file encryption tool (and Rust library) with small explicit keys, no config options, and UNIX-style composability.
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Something 'deeper' than Emacs, or am I looking for a unicorn?
Customizability: what are you trying to customize but you can’t?
Packages: https://melpa.org/#/
Lifespan: Emacs hails from the 70s and is actively maintained.
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Alternatives to reddit and r/emacs to stay updated on Emacs developments
Watch the new pull requests to melpa: https://github.com/melpa/melpa/pulls
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Can't remove Emacs as "cask emacs is not installed"
(require 'package) (add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/") t) (package-initialize) (package-install 'use-package) (use-package exec-path-from-shell :ensure t :config (exec-path-from-shell-initialize)))
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Trying to understand the difference between GNU ELPA and NonGNU ELPA. Plz help.
MELPA is definitely the biggest package archive, probably mostly on account of the lower barrier to entry compared to GNU ELPA (maybe the difference would have been less pronounced if NonGNU ELPA had been there from the beginning, but one can only speculate). MELPA has its own requirements for packages, but indeed copyright assignment to the FSF is not one of them.
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is there like a resource where I can learn how to create an elisp project
I would suggest to start at reading the manual first. Then I would recommend reading the Melpa guidance, even if you do not plan to contribute your package to Melpa, since it contains very useful info about linting, writing your code etc.
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melpa.org blacklisted ?
The mxtoolbox link checks for SMTP blacklisting.. People won't be able to send mail from host with the IP address 178.128.185.1(which is the melpa.org webserver, not their mailserver, so everything's fine there).
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xah-fly-keys not on melpa?
Xah asked for his packages to be removed from MELPA a while back: https://github.com/melpa/melpa/issues/7755
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The primary programming language of melpa is Emacs Lisp.
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