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diff --git a/content-org/emacs.org b/content-org/emacs.org index 76817ee..0985b02 100644 --- a/content-org/emacs.org +++ b/content-org/emacs.org @@ -13,27 +13,98 @@ CLOSED: [2023-12-24 Wed 20:00] :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: home :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: :abstract My little website about Emacs :hardback true :type special -:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: recent-updates st-logo menu +:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: recent-updates st-logo menu img-c :END: -I am new to Emacs (a little over a year, with a break), so I am in outsider's position. -Most users of Emacs I've met have been using this editor for decades, and since it's not that popular, there are not many noobs out there. -This website is a recording of my findings, as Emacs is a completely different beast compared to any other editor I've ever used. +** What is Emacs? -*** Guides +Emacs is one of the oldest text editors out there. +Together with Vim, they are the best ways to manipulate text. + +However, Emacs is so much more. +Under the hood it rocks the amazing Emacs Lisp language, which can be easily used to adjust virtually any aspect of Emacs to your liking. +This also allowed Emacs to evolve into the /de facto/ shell we use. +You can use it as file manager (/dired/), as music player (/emms/), internet browser (/eww/), email client (/mu4e/), RSS reader (/elfeed/), terminal client (/eshell/), and so much more. +It also is the place where /org-mode/ lives, the single best way to organize your life. + +#+attr_shortcode: "emacs.png" "https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/" "small" +#+begin_img-c +Emacs +#+end_img-c + +** GNU Emacs + +Emacs is am /old/ program, which was rewritten multiple times. +Currently, the most popular version is /GNU Emacs/ available under /GPL License/. + +It is /free/ program - which means that only you don't need to pay for it, but you are free to modify and redistiribute it. +In fact, you are encouraged to. + +Current emacs version: *[[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/news/NEWS.29.2][29.2]]* (2024-01-18). New version is released every few months. + +** Getting Emacs + +Emacs is available on most platforms - Linux, BSD, Mac, even Windows. +Simply download the version for your OS form [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/][The official website]] or, even better, compile it from source. + +It is also available in all good package managers (pkg, apt, brew, and so son) + +** Evil Mode + +There is a joke, that Emacs is a great operating system, but it lacks a decent text editor. +If you are afraid of using keyboard shortcuts like "ctrl-x ctrl-s" just to save file, you can install the best Vim mode out there - Evil Mode. +It supports all the keys and most of the ex-commands. + +** My Guides [[[/emacs/rss.xml][rss]]] + +I wrote a few guides you may find interesting #+attr_shortcode: "emacs-guides" #+begin_menu Guides #+end_menu -*** Varia +** My Varia [[[/emacs/rss.xml][rss]]] + +Emacs is also a way of life. +You can my general emacs-related rambling here: #+attr_shortcode: "emacs-varia" #+begin_menu Varia #+end_menu +** Emacs on the Web + +- [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/][Official website]] +- [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/][GNU Emacs Manuals]] - GNU provides all the documentation one might need +- [[https://planet.emacslife.com/][Planet Emacslife]] - news about Emacs from all around the web, +- [[https://reddit.com/r/emacs][Reddit group]] - if you still use Reddit, you will find vibrant community here +- [[https://emacs.ch][Emacs.ch]] - Mastodon server for Emacs crowd +- [[https://protesilaos.com/][Protesilaos Stavrou website]] - a very prolific Emacs educator +- [[https://www.youtube.com/@emacselements][Emacs Elements [YouTube]]] - a YouTube channel with great Emacs tutorials +- [[https://xahlee.info/emacs][Xah Emacs Tutorial]] - a great reference and companion + +** EmacsConf + +Every year there is a conference for Emacs users: + +- [[https://emacsconf.org/2023/][EmacsConf 2023]] +- [[https://emacsconf.org/2022/][EmacsConf 2022]] +- [[https://emacsconf.org/2021/][EmacsConf 2021]] +- [[https://emacsconf.org/2020/][EmacsConf 2020]] +- [[https://emacsconf.org/2019/][EmacsConf 2019]] +- [[https://emacsconf.org/2015][EmacsConf 2015]] +- [[https://emacsconf.org/2013/][EmacsConf 2013]] + +Date of the next EmacsConf: *TBD.* + +** Other distributions + +*While /Gnu Emacs/ is wonderful, it requires significant time and effort to make it friendly. +A lot of people are not fans of the default configurations. +If you are one of them, you may instead try some ready Emacs distributions, like /[[https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs][Doom Emacs]]/ or /[[https://www.spacemacs.org/][Spacemacs]]/. + * Guides :@emacs: :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_HUGO_MENU: :menu emacs-guides |