1. You have to get comfortable editing your own config, as much or even more than editing your own .vimrc. I don't think you have to become a lisp master, just

1. You have to get comfortable editing your own config, as much or even more than editing your own .vimrc. I don't think you have to become a lisp master, just understand what is going on like you probably do with vimscript. 2. Consider using Doom Emacs as a starting point. It's fast and works like you would expect out of the box. You can use it like Vim and discover aditional features as you need them. And most importantly, it's (almost) as easy to configure as vanilla.