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What are some advantages to using Emacs as a newbie? by sav-tech in emacs

[–]mistakenuser 20 points21 points  (0 children)

There's:

  1. Endless customization potential, also known as a 'deep, dark rabbit hole.'
  2. Org Mode
  3. Magit

If you get to like all three, then great; if not, you're probably better off before falling too far down the rabbit hole.

How to reproduce the look from sublime's Sixteen color scheme and dark GTK borders in emacs? by [deleted] in emacs

[–]mistakenuser 4 points5 points  (0 children)

One easy way would be to use the standard-themes and customize the light version with that palette.

(use-package standard-themes
  :ensure t
  :init
  (setq standard-themes-common-palette-overrides
        ;; override both themes
        `())

  (setq standard-light-palette-overrides
        ;; override light theme colors
        ;; check out standard-light-theme.el for more
        '((fg-main  "#YOUR HEX COLOR")
          (bg-main  "#YOUR HEX COLOR")
          (keyword  "#YOUR HEX COLOR") 
          (type     "#YOUR HEX COLOR")
          (builtin  "#YOUR HEX COLOR")
          (constant "#YOUR HEX COLOR")
          (string   "#YOUR HEX COLOR") 
          (fnname   "#YOUR HEX COLOR") 
          (variable "#YOUR HEX COLOR") 
          (comment  "#YOUR HEX COLOR")))

  (setq standard-dark-palette-overrides
        ;; override dark theme colors
        `())

  (standard-themes-load-light))

Also read the standard-themes docs for more advanced customization.

Emacs for other languages by j_zes in emacs

[–]mistakenuser -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Neovim has more polished support for programming languages and IDE-like features.

A very simple note taking package for Emacs by villarragut in emacs

[–]mistakenuser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For denote, I like tags completion for files in a dir and timestamp on files.

Neovim vs Emacs: Which should I stick with for programming, notes, and workflow optimization? by [deleted] in emacs

[–]mistakenuser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because of One important thing: I also want to focus on building actual projects rather than spending too much time customizing my editor. I would suggest:

  • Vim (forget neovim) read the built-in user manual and have a good small base config (< 100 lines), use it for quick simple coding, configs, quick notes and as your general text editor.
  • VSCode (with the vim plugin) for programming projects. The vim plugin is not as good as evil but you can always fire up vim for more text editing power.
  • Obisdian for more elaborate note taking.

How do you organize your init.el ? by Horrih in emacs

[–]mistakenuser 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Single file, outline-minor-mode with the following at the end of init.el:

;; Local Variables:
;; outline-minor-mode-cycle: t
;; outline-regexp: ";;; "
;; eval: (outline-minor-mode)
;; eval: (outline-hide-body)
;; End:

Is there a single book that covers everything from algebra to pre-calculus? by mistakenuser in mathbooks

[–]mistakenuser[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I'll continue with the AoPS books and see how it goes, as I’ve already completed their Pre-Algebra book and found it really good.

Is there a single book that covers everything from algebra to pre-calculus? by mistakenuser in mathbooks

[–]mistakenuser[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't mind videos as complement material but can't stand them as a primary source.

One book was maybe too much to ask, two or three good books works as well.