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I want to switch to using Spacemacs and use Evil but on Windows 10 I'm having no luck getting that working due to some weird errors when emacs starts and tries
by macjohnmcc 6y ago
I want to switch to using Spacemacs and use Evil but on Windows 10 I'm having no luck getting that working due to some weird errors when emacs starts and tries to install the packages. So for the time being I'm stuck using vim.
- theCodeStig 6y agoSpacemacs is overly complicated. Try Doom, or just start with vanilla Emacs, and add Evil.
- macjohnmcc 6y agoThanks. I will try that.
- jaaron 6y agoAnd if you're going to use WSL, check out: https://medium.com/@elecming/the-ultimate-emacs-hacking-tutorial-in-windows-10-wsl-2-2fc4e9a899b0 https://medium.com/@elecming/the-ultimate-emacs-hacking-tuto...
- ta988 6y agoI confirm that, switched from an overly complex config to spacemacs then a year later to doom. Doom feels much more polished, faster and require a lot less configuration, at least for my use case.
- Solarsail 6y agoSounds like the errors I got installing spacemacs. I think... I forced it to work by changing the access permissions on a folder that spacemacs itself had created.
- lc9er 6y agoPortacle worked really well for me on Windows 10, while learning Common Lisp. It's a nice base of settings that can be esiliy expanded upon. Vanilla Emacs was a nightmare. Once I got comfortable with Portacle, I swapped out the emacs folder with the a v28 build for much better performance. Much better than Space/Doom Emacs (on Windows).