Emacs4CL
Dev tools
editor configuration
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
2 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.18.
Idea: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
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Minimal config works well as a tutorial for learning Emacs
From 2 comments
I use emacs from time to time, and I consider myself an advanced beginner. I have wrote 2 or 3 times a relatively extensive .emacs and sinked several hours each time playing with…
harperlee on HNThe line-by-line explanation is very handy, thank you for that. I find that one of the hard balances with using Emacs is whether to fully understand everything you put into your…
heracles on HN
Line-by-line explanation is helpful
From 1 comment
The line-by-line explanation is very handy, thank you for that. I find that one of the hard balances with using Emacs is whether to fully understand everything you put into your…
heracles on HN
Objections
Minimal configs may still be too much for complete beginners
From 1 comment
I use emacs from time to time, and I consider myself an advanced beginner. I have wrote 2 or 3 times a relatively extensive .emacs and sinked several hours each time playing with…
harperlee on HN
Requests
Provide several minimal .emacs examples for different use cases
From 1 comment
I use emacs from time to time, and I consider myself an advanced beginner. I have wrote 2 or 3 times a relatively extensive .emacs and sinked several hours each time playing with…
harperlee on HN
Start menu and toolbar disabled items commented out
From 1 comment
Can I suggest you flip the menu and tool bar disable items to start commented-out and suggest people uncomment them when they are comfortable with emacs? I started using slime as…
aidenn0 on HN
Questions
Why SLIME is needed instead of just evaluating buffers
From 1 comment
Beautiful timing - I was just reading Land of Lisp for fun, and I use emacs! Questions: Why do you need SLIME instead of just writing into a buffer and evaluating it? Is SLIME…
mrspeaker on HN
How to easily switch between different configurations
From 1 comment
Is there an easy way to play with different configurations? I rely heavily on Spacemacs, but being able to play with custom minimal configs quickly would be awesome.
vvillena on HN
Alternatives named
Portacle
From 2 comments
I wrote this while teaching Common Lisp. It helps in setting up SLIME, Paredit, etc. in Emacs quickly. The section "Line-by-Line Explanation" of the README at…
susam on HNThank you for sharing your feedback. Understanding every line of .emacs was indeed the intention behind the line-by-line explanation. If one does not wish to understand the…
susam on HN
Spacemacs
From 2 comments
I use emacs from time to time, and I consider myself an advanced beginner. I have wrote 2 or 3 times a relatively extensive .emacs and sinked several hours each time playing with…
harperlee on HNIs there an easy way to play with different configurations? I rely heavily on Spacemacs, but being able to play with custom minimal configs quickly would be awesome.
vvillena on HN
Doom Emacs
From 1 comment
I use emacs from time to time, and I consider myself an advanced beginner. I have wrote 2 or 3 times a relatively extensive .emacs and sinked several hours each time playing with…
harperlee on HN
Prelude
From 1 comment
I use emacs from time to time, and I consider myself an advanced beginner. I have wrote 2 or 3 times a relatively extensive .emacs and sinked several hours each time playing with…
harperlee on HN
Slimv and Vlime for Vim
From 1 comment
Yes, there are Slimv and Vlime, two very good plugins to provide a SLIME-like environment for Vim. In fact they both rely on Swank TCP server just like SLIME does in Emacs.…
susam on HN