I finally got into emacs using the prelude distribution - https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude It has sane defaults and contex

I finally got into emacs using the prelude distribution - https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude It has sane defaults and contextual tips that help when you're getting started (and can turn off later).