A New Beginning With GNU Emacs - Configuring Emacs 01

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[alex]

I've watched all seven episodes of the Emacs series so far, and it's truly fantastic. While I've been using Emacs for a while now, I've encountered some challenges. This series has been incredibly helpful in addressing them.

[namewarvergeben]

I tried to jump right into Doom Emacs because it was said to be easy to get started with. I wanted to learn it, wanted to like it, but I just couldn't get anywhere at all. The tutorials and docs and forum-threads and cheat-sheets I found all seemed to assume some experience with Emacs, or they didn't really go step-by-step, or for some reason my key-combinations didn't work the same way theirs did, or they were just hard to follow for whatever reason. I had no idea where to start and what to look for.

So now I've started from scratch with this tutorial, and for the first time I feel like I can accomplish something here! This video already gave me a good idea of how this stuff works, and I finally have a basic notion of how to (eventually) achieve the configuration that got me interested in Emacs in the first place. I'll be following the rest of this playlist. Thanks!

[AlexKeshet]

Thanks for the video. In my opinion, this is the only beginners emacs tutorial on the entire Internet. All other tutorials assume we have some previous knowledge, you assume nothing. This is one of the reasons you have 250K views and others have only 450. Good job.

[JohnJohnson-dloq]

I really appreciate your doing this series DT!
I've been into and out of Emacs more times than I can count. Doom is nice, but it's kind of a giant black box with 10, 000 knobs.
I'm working through your series, typing most things in so I'll have some recognition of them, and it just has a different vibe. Looking forward to the rest of the episodes!

[ZeStig]

Really appreciate this playlist DT. *Finally* got rid of Doom and switched to a DIY config. I've taken inspiration from your config, and your videos have served as a great tutorial for setting up Emacs. I havent watched all of the Emacs-related videos (haven't got much time), but since I've moved away from Doom (which, by the way, I've been using for longer than you had), i feel freed. Thank you once again @DistroTube!

[randomsearches]

It's only been a week since I learned about the greatness of Emacs and started studying it, and what a coincidence it is that my teacher, Mr. DT, is making videos about it.

[antoniocapece]

Love your videos.
There is one thing I want to let you know, emacs is able to evaluate expression directly without closing the editor. By typing C-x C-e at the end of the parentesys of a line you want to evaluate, it will run it.
Thanks to this you don't have to restart it every time you had a change, and if something goes wrong you don't have to wait for it to start again to modify it.
Hope to be helpful :)

[LGhacker]

Considering moving from neovim to emacs. This video was so helpful thanks.

[linusstrang]

DT, you can execute a code block with C-c C-c, just hold down the Control key and hit 'c' twice. You don't have to restart emacs to execute a code block.

Also, you can add a src_block, beginning and end with 'C-c C-, s' but it is better to install org-tempo and create a template for an emacs-lisp block so you don't have to type it all out each time.

(require 'org-tempo)
(add-to-list 'org-structure-template-alist
'("m" . "src emacs-lisp"))


Then, you just type '<m' followed by TAB and the whole block is automatically inserted with your cursor inside the block ready to code.

[deedend]

I'm coming back to Linux as my personal OS after 15 years, and I've fallen in love with Emacs after an old friend's recommendation... Now, thanks to your video, I can learn how to tailor it to my needs. The fact that is usable also in console mode is a massive bonus for me! BTW, to move between buffers in GNU Emacs it is C-x + left/right arrow. I really enjoy your videos DT, keep up the amazing educational job you are doing!

[TheLinuxCast]

You know I always avoid your org mode videos like the plauge, your emacs stuff too, but I watched this one. The table of contents thing is the first thing I've spotted that makes me really want to try emacs again.

[muddyexport]

Thank you as a huge understatement! I always look forward to the next instalment of the how-to videos. These type vids are why I follow your content (commentary vids are ok but technical are my meat & potatoes for the learn). Keep up the good work!

[umka]

It was nice to see Burg Eltz on your wallpapers. It is very famous beautiful castle in my area.

[georgytoporkov]

Oh, finally DT is going for setting up Emacs!
Thanks for that content
I hope you will take some ideas from SystemCrafters :)

[streambarhoum]

Thanks a lot Derek for these awesome emacs episodes 🙏✌️🤩😍continue
..to make it looks like doom emacs and also like vscodium🎉🦄

[romangeneral]

Emacs is LIFE. I just wish the IRS would make an emacs package already so I can send them my taxes via emacs.

[busterbrown]

Great video.
Just started using Emacs/Doom Emacs.
Lots of good info here to learn.
Looking forward to the rest of these Emacs starting videos.

[BrenSmith]

Great episode Derek! Can't wait to see the next installments as I attempt to wean myself off of Doom.

[MH_VOID]

instead of doing `C-x C-+` multiple times, `C-x C-+ + + + + - - - - + - - 0 ++` and so on will work until you press another key (0 to reset zoom level)

[muntazirsaad]

Finally, i really wanted to learn how to configure emacs and make it my own but i didn't have the chance to do it, now i can.

Thanks 🎉❤