Emacs Solo: A Surprise System Crafters Live Demo
a year ago
- #Emacs
- #Minimalism
- #Open Source
- The author was surprised by a live demo of their Emacs Solo configuration on the System Crafters Weekly Show.
- Emacs Solo is a minimalist setup that uses only Emacs' built-in packages to maximize efficiency and speed.
- The project includes features like icomplete-vertical enhancements, custom git-gutter-like functionality, and supercharged eshell customization.
- Other highlights are built-in news readers, advanced file diffing, viper mode for vim-style editing, and tree-sitter modes.
- The goal is to demonstrate Emacs' power as an IDE without relying on external packages.
- The author thanked David Wilson, the System Crafters community, and contributors like Gopar and Protesilaos for their support and inspiration.