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It's more than just Evil mode (vi emulation). They have a pretty thoughtful way to organize libraries (layers) and a decent solution to the "how to I manage my

It's more than just Evil mode (vi emulation). They have a pretty thoughtful way to organize libraries (layers) and a decent solution to the "how to I manage my Emacs config" problem.

tangue 10y ago
This +1000. Flymake or Flycheck, Autocomplete or Company ? I was in the classic .emacs bankruptcy situation and even started using atom before cloning the Spacemacs repo in my .emacs.d
- dschiptsov 10y ago
  For those who do not want to understand the details (which in case of Emacs is silly - one miss so many aha moments) bbatsov's prelude is a piece of true craftsmanship.
k33n 10y ago
Emacs solved that nicely on its own already. Using melpa packages, this is my config: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mkeen/config-emacs/master/.emacs https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mkeen/config-emacs/master/... Pretty simple and doesn't rely on heresy such as evil mode.
- hashkb 10y ago
  Calling evil mode heresy is the same as saying "I wish fewer people used Emacs." Why continue the holy war? You've won many vimmers over... why marginalize us?
  - k33n 10y ago
    I think the creators of evil mode are well aware that it is heresy. They even named it evil mode.
  - jordigh 10y ago
    I think the whole holiness of Emacs and the evilness of vim is more tongue-in-cheek than anything.
- asciihacker 10y ago
  That's a pretty lightweight Emacs config. Mine is based on emacs-starter-kit (technomancy's creation) and is much larger - https://github.com/metaperl/emacs https://github.com/metaperl/emacs
- hsitz 10y ago
  Actually, Spacemacs layer configuration uses the use-package add-on ( https://github.com/jwiegley/use-package https://github.com/jwiegley/use-package ) , which helps greatly simplifies and organizes large .emacs config files (and also greatly improves emacs' startup time). use-package was written by John Wiegley, created of the Ledger CLI accounting software, and current maintainer of Emacs. Emacs integration of packages with Melpa gets only a small part of the way towards where Wiegley goes with use-package. . . .
platz 10y ago
The overengineered/complicated Layers system is why I abandoned spacemacs after trying it. Just installing Evil mode served my needs better.

It's more than just Evil mode (vi emulation). They have a pretty thoughtful way to organize libraries (layers) and a decent solution to the "how to I manage my Emacs config" problem.

tangue 10y ago

This +1000. Flymake or Flycheck, Autocomplete or Company ? I was in the classic .emacs bankruptcy situation and even started using atom before cloning the Spacemacs repo in my .emacs.d

dschiptsov 10y ago
For those who do not want to understand the details (which in case of Emacs is silly - one miss so many aha moments) bbatsov's prelude is a piece of true craftsmanship.

k33n 10y ago

Emacs solved that nicely on its own already. Using melpa packages, this is my config: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mkeen/config-emacs/master/.emacs https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mkeen/config-emacs/master/... Pretty simple and doesn't rely on heresy such as evil mode.

hashkb 10y ago
Calling evil mode heresy is the same as saying "I wish fewer people used Emacs." Why continue the holy war? You've won many vimmers over... why marginalize us?
- k33n 10y ago
  I think the creators of evil mode are well aware that it is heresy. They even named it evil mode.
- jordigh 10y ago
  I think the whole holiness of Emacs and the evilness of vim is more tongue-in-cheek than anything.
asciihacker 10y ago
That's a pretty lightweight Emacs config. Mine is based on emacs-starter-kit (technomancy's creation) and is much larger - https://github.com/metaperl/emacs https://github.com/metaperl/emacs
hsitz 10y ago
Actually, Spacemacs layer configuration uses the use-package add-on ( https://github.com/jwiegley/use-package https://github.com/jwiegley/use-package ) , which helps greatly simplifies and organizes large .emacs config files (and also greatly improves emacs' startup time). use-package was written by John Wiegley, created of the Ledger CLI accounting software, and current maintainer of Emacs. Emacs integration of packages with Melpa gets only a small part of the way towards where Wiegley goes with use-package. . . .

platz 10y ago

The overengineered/complicated Layers system is why I abandoned spacemacs after trying it. Just installing Evil mode served my needs better.