I have recently approached the world of Emacs, which I find great… The problem though is that I feel I’m wasting too much time trying to have it running in order to do the real work (and I’ve seen, there are several memes about it), so I was wondering what are the must-have extensions to quickly fire something functional (similar to vscode… Don’t make me get back to that please) for development.

By the way, I’ve seen several configurations scattered around the web, and something tells me that I’ve ended up in another anarchic realm (which is, something I both hate and love), as if that of distros -being the same except for one thing- wasn’t enough.

Of interest are: Python, Go, Bash, Clojure, Elixir, yaml (Docker, Terraform, Ansible), json, csv

I would also appreciate the general must-have extensions, currently I’m getting lost navigating Doom Emacs and Melpa packages.

Thank you!

  • abbreviatedman@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It can be overwhelming getting started with Emacs, but if configuring your editor feels like a waste of time to you, then this probably isn't the right time for Emacs in your life.

    But! If you see something you really like in Emacs, and you want to try to get a quick start and get to work, search the web for some articles on how to set it up as an IDE for ONE of those languages. Copy the code, make sure you're putting it in the right place, and give it a shot! You may find yourself really liking the editor.

    I also recommend Doom Emacs, whether you're coming from Vim or not, because it makes it easy to get yourself 90% of the way to what you want, configuration-wise, with RELATIVE ease.

    Good luck!