I'd start w/ Vanilla Emacs and then look at Doom Emacs. I recently switched away from Spacemacs (kinda slow IMO). https://ethanaa.com/blog/switching-to-doom-em

I'd start w/ Vanilla Emacs and then look at Doom Emacs. I recently switched away from Spacemacs (kinda slow IMO). https://ethanaa.com/blog/switching-to-doom-emacs/ https://ethanaa.com/blog/switching-to-doom-emacs/ I wouldn't worry too much about elisp until you're at least intermediate. I've used Emacs for 10+ years and I next to no custom config that I've found indispensable.