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Talking about Emacs configs (lemmy.world)
submitted 22 hours ago by MITM0@lemmy.world to c/emacs@lemmy.ml
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I am new to emacs (I made a commitment to getting used to linux) & currently intimidated Can you help me out here?

Has anyone here configured Emacs for:

  • Shell-scripting
  • Markdown
  • HTML+CSS
  • Rust

Don't know where to start (I do know the bare-min basics on using Emacs as a text-editor)

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[-] MITM0@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

Are you sure a newbie-like me should be using doom-emacs ?

[-] algernon@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 hours ago

Yes. It makes configuring Emacs a whole lot simpler than vanilla Emacs.

[-] kyoji@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I disagree with this. I tried Doom when I first started using Emacs and yes, it gets you there faster, but it's extremely opinionated and essentially has it's own configuration language. I found that confusing when trying to learn how Emacs works, as there is "the Emacs" way, and then "the Doom" way.

[-] algernon@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 minutes ago

If your goal is to get started with Emacs, and have a lot of things pre-configured, Doom will get you there much faster than starting from scratch. It is opinionated, yes, and configuring it is somewhat different than building from scratch, but I would never recommend starting Emacs from scratch for someone new to it, unless I happen to know they like to suffer.

[-] comma_egomaniac@midwest.social 1 points 9 hours ago

Yes, you should absolutely go with DOOM Emacs.

I'm also an Emacs newb (been using it for 1 year). DOOM made getting into Emacs actually approachable.

Good luck on your journey!

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