Absolute Beginner's Guide to Emacs (2012)

Re:Absolute Beginner's Guide to Emacs (2012) by na85 on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @09:50AM (#18599833)

I used emacs for years to write code and latex documents only knowing the commands to open and close files, copy/paste, and quit. I started with emacs in lieu of vim because I think modal editing is an insane and clunky solution to a problem that no longer exists.

The documentation isn't really very good due to the arcane terminology that often contradicts modern de facto standards in naming things (frames, buffers, windows) so that's a real barrier.

Plus the ecosystem is full of half-baked treatises on the One True Way to set up your init file that don't really explain why they made their choices.

But you can easily get by in emacs with just the basics. Then you just add commands to your repertoire when you're ready.

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Re:Absolute Beginner's Guide to Emacs (2012) by purple_ducks on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @10:04AM (#18599984)

my emacs config is init.el having

(require 'package)

(setq package-enable-at-startup nil)

(add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/") t)

(package-initialize)

;; Bootstrap `use-package'

(unless (package-installed-p 'use-package)

(package-refresh-contents)

(package-install 'use-package))

(org-babel-load-file (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/myinit.org"))

then you can put your configs in an org file. using `use-package` means I can just copy/paste the file to new emacs and all my packages are auto installed etc..

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp

(use-package command-log-mode

   :ensure t)  

 #+END_SRC

also, i highly recommend package `which-key` - it displays what commands are available along with their keypress.

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