Thanks everybody for your advices. I will try to follow them On Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 2:18:45 AM UTC+1 TRS-80 wrote:
> > On 2020-10-22 22:25, Oon-Ee Ng wrote: > > If you're coming from vim, the evil-mode really helps. spacemacs is > > one option for that (emacs has crazy customization possibilities, it > > can be easier to start from a fixed base). > > > > This is diametrically opposed to starting from vanilla emacs, but for > > vim-familiar users its probably less jarring. > > > > Evil-mode aside, there are two schools of thought here. There > are several "distributions" of Emacs, the idea of which is to > give you a more "batteries included" experience, right out of the > box. Of course, you are counting on the judgement of whoever is > making that "distribution" to have made the right decisions (much > less ones that will suit you, personally). Going by their > popularity, many people take such an approach. If you are in a > hurry, or just want to get up to speed / productive as quickly as > possible, maybe try this way. > > In the interest of equal time, I will lay out the "opposing" > perspective. I was not coming from vim, nor any other editor, so > I chose to go the "vanilla Emacs" way (after doing quite a lot of > research). > > In my view, the whole point of Emacs is to bend it to your will, > and extend it in ways that are suitable /to yourself/. Yes, this > takes more time and effort than the other way. However, if you > go about it the right way, you will end up with a much fuller > understanding of how Emacs actually works. Which (IMO) is much > more valuable in the end. > > Another point, is that even "vanilla" Emacs is a quite > complicated beast. And adding additional layers of complication > on top of that makes diagnosing problems even more difficult (and > especially, for a newcomer). > > Neither approach is right or wrong, and some people do various > attempts at each, before finally going one way or the other. > It's realy more a question of which approach works /for you/. > > Good luck! Let us know how you get on... > > TRS-80 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Beancount" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/90c8e74e-20a6-4c0e-abea-2b8e8e5c982en%40googlegroups.com.
