IDEmacs: Emacs Configuration Package for IDE-Like Experience
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nogajun
Slow-proofed and worth the wait. Worth its weight in flour.
Summary
IDEmacs is a configuration package for Emacs text editor designed to make Emacs more accessible to beginners by providing an out-of-the-box experience similar to popular GUI IDEs. It targets programmers transitioning from other IDEs, beginner Common Lisp and Scheme programmers who need Emacs functionality without complex setup, and non-programmers wanting a fully-featured editor. The project aims to reduce the steep learning curve of Emacs by offering familiar keybindings and configurations that emulate mainstream IDEs like Portacle or Guile Studio.
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· 5 pulledIDEmacs aims to be a set of Emacs configurations which provide an out-of-the-box experience similar (if not identical) to popular GUI IDEs and editors.
It is aimed at… Programmers coming to Emacs from other IDEs, or even first-time programmers familiar with only office applications.
Beginner Common Lisp and Scheme programmers, who need the functionality of Emacs (Sly/Geiser + structural editing) without having to perform unnecessary setup and without dealing with an alien style of keybindings.
In other words, similar to Portacle or Guile Studio.
Non-programmers who want a fully-featured editor
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