Emacs: The Editor That Actively Encourages Deep Customization
By
Karrot_Kream
Baker's choice. Dense with flavour, light on filler.
Summary
The article discusses a beginner's guide to extending Emacs, highlighting how the text editor actively encourages deep customization through elisp programming. The author emphasizes that unlike other editors, Emacs doesn't just make customization available but actively promotes users to create extensive modifications, with core functions being well-documented and including helpful tidbits for extension.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledemacs doesn't just make deep customization available, but it actively encourages you to make an absolute customization messes masterpieces
Core editor functions aren't just documented, but often include tidbits
The guide is perfect for starting out with elisp and it shows a lot of care in teaching how to interact with Emacs
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