a meme with two halves.
on top is a screenshot of the terminal with the following text:
Generated ~/.config/emacs/.local/env
Installing plugins
> Installing straight...
> Installing packages...
> Updating recipe repos...
> Cloning Llink-hint.el...emacsmirror-mirror. ..
> Building link-hint...
> Building link-hint > Cloning avy...
- Checked out avy: be612110cb116a38b8603df36794
> Building link-hint > Building avy...
> Building link-hint...
> Cloning drag-stuff.el...
> Building drag-stuff...
> Cloning company-shell...
the lines installing straight and building drag-stuff are highlighted in red.
on the bottom is Confused Nick Young face
I started learning Emacs at the same time I was learning to code. Once I found Doom it was pretty straightforward. Before that...it wasn't fun.
I'm currently trying out lazyvim, and I think the Emacs approach is a lot more accessible to beginners because:
it does everything on its own instead of relying on you knowing cli tools
:help is just sad when compared to C-h, and generally the in-editor docs and guides are a lot worse
Doom is a lot more opinionated than lazyvim, but it also requires a lot less manual setup