Ask HN: Resources to grok Emacs and use it well?

Re:Ask HN: Resources to grok Emacs and use it well? by vpEfljFL on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @07:51PM (#22884563)

As you mentioned you're comfortable with vi, Spacemacs probably should be a good start although I think it kind of overloaded. Doom emacs should be a better/lighter option to start with till you ready to create your own edition.

I suggest don't go full inside but start slowly incorporating emacs into your workflow.

If you write code then using emacs only for git via magit for the first couple of weeks should be a good start (while reading some emacs related book in parallel).

Then try to experiment with the org mode, this thing alone might get you on the hook to be productive with the tool.

If you like the experience then I suggest you to consider buying ergonomic keyboard like ergodox/maltron/kinesis advantage to improve your typing.

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Re:Ask HN: Resources to grok Emacs and use it well? by MrPowers on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @08:32PM (#22884835)

I'd suggest starting with the Kinesis and then trying Emacs. I tried Emacs multiple times on "regular" keyboards and it never made sense to me. It wasn't till I tried it with the Kinesis keyboard that I was able to fall in love with the keybindings. Great comment.

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Re:Ask HN: Resources to grok Emacs and use it well? by asiachick on Thursday April 16, 2020 @04:05AM (#22887197)

If org mode is it then plenty of other editors have org mode

https://packagecontrol.io/packages/orgmode

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tootone....

https://github.com/jceb/vim-orgmode

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Re:Ask HN: Resources to grok Emacs and use it well? by olivierestsage on Thursday April 16, 2020 @09:19AM (#22889025)

Although these are great, it's worth noting that they don't even come close to the functionality offered in Emacs org-mode.

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