Ask HN: Resources to grok Emacs and use it well?
Emacs user here, it's been my go-to editor for about 40 years.<p>I have a few customizations, not many. My .emacs file is 63 lines long, doesn't include any other files, and mostly just tweaks some key bindings and turns off features that I don't like. The only modes I use are built-in ones (e.g., C-mode, auto-wrapping text mode, etc.). I can't write elisp without a reference manual, and I think that's okay.<p>I suggest:<p>- not installing a bunch of random stuff until you're comfortable with the core experience or you simply <i>have</i> to adjust or disable something that bugs you<p>- just <i>using</i> Emacs, and not customizing the crap out of it, ditto<p>If you haven't gone through the Emacs tutorial, it's how I learned it (at 300 baud, uphill both ways and in the snow -- not kidding about the 300 baud thing, though).