STstebian_dable·Nov 2, 2025
Bedrock is a great starting point. Plays well with https://github.com/bbatsov/crux also.
In Ask HN: Where to begin with "modern" Emacs?bbatsov
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4 sourcesFor those still on 28, `crux-rename-file-and-buffer` does the same thing (https://github.com/bbatsov/crux). I've been using it for half a decade at this point.
In Emacs 29 is nighPrelude includes and sets up the automatic activation of helm, projectile, ido, magit, and a fairly standard set of modules for languages like ruby, python, c, rust, js, css, html, xml, shell, scheme, (haskell, latex, erlang... etc etc)
If you have these set up already, and like the way you have them set up, don't switch. Instead, consider whether you'd benefit from crux, which is where they moved all the formerly unique-to-Prelude stuff:
https://github.com/bbatsov/crux
In Emacs Prelude 1.0If you bind crux-kill-other-buffers[1] to a key, you might end up with a workflow you're happy with.
[1] https://github.com/bbatsov/crux/blob/master/crux.el#L496
In JIT Compilation for Emacs Lisp