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authorAshton Wiersdorf <ashton.wiersdorf@pobox.com>2023-01-02 22:52:39 -0700
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@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ This is a minimal Emacs starter kit. Like, *really* minimal. Here's the short of
Yes, we all love our fancy third-party packages. This starter kit focuses on what is built-in to Emacs. Why? Because there are too many good packages and picking and choosing the best is a joy we leave to the user.
- - Explain every customization
+ - Explain every customization and encourage modification
The goal of this starter kit is to encourage end-user adaptation and growth. All of the `.el` files should be legible and, more importantly, justify in plain English the rationale for adding the configuration they do.
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- No magic
We keep things *crushingly* simple here. That means no fancy loadable modules or whatnot. Everything is as straight-forward as can be.
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ Emacs is the most customizable piece of software in existence. (No citation need
Bedrock encourages inspection and modification. I don't plan on making some core that periodically gets updated. You can think of this as just some guy's config that you wanted to adopt.
+As an example of a deliberate choice, the `help-quick` buffer pops open on startup. Once a user has gotten used to this, they can just go into their `early-init.el` file and modify it themselves to remove that hook if they don't like it. It's a simple one-line change, and only users who are ready for it will do it.
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When I started learning Emacs, my dad gave me his `.emacs` file. (That's what we used back in ye olden days instead of `.emacs.d/init.el` and stuff.) I used it without modification for many years. Eventually I learned how to write my own functions and customizations. This package aims to give other users a similar experience.
## Requirements