Emacs: modern minibuffer packages (Vertico, Consult, etc.)

In this ~44 minute video I demonstrate packages that upgrade the experience with Emacs. They are about the minibuffer: where we interact with Emacs to call a command by its name or pick a candidate for some action.

The packages I cover are `vertico`, `marginalia`, `consult`, `orderless`, and `embark`. I also mention briefly the `wgrep` package as well as the built-in `savehist-mode`, `recentf-mode`.

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[DaGhost]

You are such a treasure for the emasc community!

[ChristianTietze]

Great to see this comprehensive demo of all these enhancements (instead of replacements) of built-in Emacs completion tools in one place. 👏

[jgyb]

I had heard a lot about these packages but never before such a clear explanation of what they provide. Thank you.

[stephennelson-smith]

One of the best videos I’ve seen in a long time. Excellent, relevant content, clearly explained. Bravo.

[tombienakamoto]

You are an incredibly good Emacs teacher👨‍🏫!

I have been using Emacs for 30 years. My setup has grown historically and was somewhat "dusty".

I used this video as inspiration for a complete overhaul of my setup and now I feel like I've discovered Emacs God-Mode!

[yiyuzhou]

This type of content draws so much new users to Emacs. It's so frustrating after searching and searching, no one except you can give an easy and comprehensive overview of the builtin functionalities along with package extension. Thank you!

[breddie_is_rookie]

Genuinely straight forward and clean runover about the advantages of each plugin, I am grateful to your content.

[PabloParisino]

Incredibly clear and informative. I use doom emacs and it is often hard to differentiate between the different packages that come installed out-of-the-box. This video helped me a lot to comprehend their separate purpose and their mutual interplay. Great work, thanks a lot!

[rrregis]

You're a master teacher. Thanks!

[dericbytes]

Your videos have improved drastically. They are more visually appealing, easier to listen to, packed with more content whilst being shorter. Great work. This video has motivated me to watch some of your older videos. Thank you

[mschi]

Thank you Prot! Useful as always. Embark is a beast, and I’m still wrapping my head around it. But I’ve also discovered this flow with `wgrep-mode` and now use that to do search-and-replace across projects. Very useful indeed!

[mrkrud]

I think I'll mothball my present config and start exploring yours. brilliant work sir!

[ann]

Thank you! I never understood Embark without actually installing it, so you helped me a lot understanding it!

[marcrohrer]

perfect again! Thank you very much!
I already use most packages, but still a lot of very valuable information!

[JimmyArogen]

Wow! What a presentation! Systematic, with examples and well laid out. Good work sir! 👌

[georgH]

Excellent video, it's a great summary of the main features of these modern packages.
Thank you!

[sizur]

Thank you for providing such great overviews of emacs packages!

[julianburgos]

Excellent! Thank you Prot... very detailed explanations!

[mejitats]

Thanks for the video. I was using these packages without ever really understanding what each individually did (my bad, though the package descriptions are not very clear). And thank you for teaching me `consult-line`. Really useful.

[asynthe]

Lately i've been doing some other IT stuff, but once i have the time I'll try step up my Emacs game. Thanks Prot !