1. M-x info (Major or minor modes) 23.1 Emacs Manual - Major and Minor Modes Two major modes can not be active at the same time, one major mode, N minor mode

1. M-x info (Major or minor modes) 23.1 Emacs Manual - Major and Minor Modes Two major modes can not be active at the same time, one major mode, N minor modes to a buffer. For me, my emacs config, less is more. I think often about which packages can be commented out of my .emacs. 2. I rarely debug issues-- I dont really program my editor much, preferring macros or regex to manipulate buffers, though if I am having editor / external package issues and am in a rush I'll just use a temp emacs -Q, but my config doesn't change that often anymore, so I havent yet had to do that this year. I've been through several emacs bankruptcies over the years, at least one because I couldn't figure out why everything sucked/was slow. 3. I used spacemacs for a while (6m-1y ish), I liked the layers concept and it was easy to use, but there is a lot more to it, so its more complex than emacs. Further, emacs+use-package+which-key got me most of the experience I liked from it, with less resource use, less tricky bugs, and I was already more comfortable with emacs bindings than vi.