Using Emacs - 1 - setting up the package manager

…ed over, resetting my config and using Emacs customization over custom elisp writing to get a working init file. It helped me learn a lot . This is the path I recommend: do small customizations using Emacs' built-in features, then learn elisp later. I learned a lot from this CS prof's videos, and it's a good, practical learning path I'd recommend: link to this video If you're into writing, I maintain a list of resources for writing with Emacs: link…

You have to find specific need that emacs will fulfil. Org-mode is the key. Don't try to use it like IDE for coding for a start. I recommend start with video tutorials: 1. Mike Zamansky link to this video 2. Rainer König org-mode link

Split .emacs and .emacs.d/init.el I am absolutely new to emacs. I had been following a tutorial on youtube \- .Emacs which made all the configuration in .emacs but I am watching a new one now \- Using Emacs which makes all the configuration in .emacs.d/init.el. Would it be safe to delete the .emacs file and move over the content to the init.el file? Should I keep both the files?\(Ofcourse with no duplication of code\)

Translucent background? Any thoughts on how to get this guys background? [video I have been following his tutorials which are great quality and I am really interested in trying the theme he has.

Switched from Ubuntu to Lubuntu and transparency no longer working? A couple of days ago two individuals assisted me in making my Emacs transparent. I ended up succeeding in making Emacs transparent like in the video [video The code I used for my configuration file was this one: (set-frame-parameter (selected-frame) 'alpha '(92 . 90))(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(alpha . (92 . 90))) I was also provided with another type of code that would allow me to toggle transparency on and off, but I ended up not using it because I do not need that feature at the moment. Any help is appreciated. Thank you for everyone's help, the problem was solved by installing Compton from the software in…

Programming in high school is quite different than the work you will be doing in a CS program. CS is a hard, but not impossible, major. Depending upon the school it will be perhaps easier than a Physics degree and maybe a bit more work but easier than a Math degree. There is too much CS to learn in four years so every program leaves something out. For example, some schools will require a class in Artificial Intelligence while others may not but will instead require a course in Data Science. So it's hard to know exactly what you will be studying, but I can make a few suggestions that should be helpful for someone heading off to college and planning to study CS. Generally, there is a lot of us…

Thoughts on Why bother with Emacs by Uncle Dave **Edit** After reading some comments, I think you guys are misunderstanding my points. I am not comparing Vim and Emacs. I am not defending Vim over Emacs. Maybe the title is misguiding?! I'm trying to point out that people jump to making videos without actually researching stuff. That's to be expected, because mostly teenagers and hipsters use video sharing sites. But I wanted to show anyway that the videos on the internet about both Emacs and Vim are stupid, shallow and misguiding. Of course, both of them have the greatest documentation (Emacs having a better documentation *system*) and we don't need pesky videos. But I wanted to blabber an…