JIjiehong·Apr 15, 2024
Indeed!
I remember liking "elegance" at the time[0] by the same author.
[0]: https://github.com/rougier/elegant-emacs
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elegant-emacs
A very minimal but elegant emacs (I think)
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7 sourcesWithout meaning any offense to the OP, I think this is a pretty low bar for Emacs eye-candy... Nicolas Rougier's "Nano Emacs" [0], or his previous "Elegant Emacs" [1] are better examples. You can also get pretty far using variable-pitch mode for mixing fonts (for example in org-mode [2]).
[0]: https://github.com/rougier/nano-emacs
[1]: https://github.com/rougier/elegant-emacs
[2]: https://github.com/minad/org-modern
In My Emacs eye candyYes. Also https://github.com/rougier/elegant-emacs and pretty much everything else in his Emacs section.
In Helix: Post-Modern Text EditorEvil mode makes org-mode very approachable for anyone familiar with vim. Grab doom emacs or spacemacs if you want it to just work.
Also, Elegant[1] is an attractive and simple config. It would probably be worth packaging it or something very similar up with CUA bindings and marketing it as just a standalone notetaking app with Emacs just being an implementation detail.
[1] https://github.com/rougier/elegant-emacs
In Keep a Log> like this https://github.com/rougier/elegant-emacs
OMG that is beautiful
In Mousemacs – A mouse-driven Emacscustomized like this https://lepisma.xyz/2017/10/28/ricing-org-mode/ or like this https://github.com/rougier/elegant-emacs
In Mousemacs – A mouse-driven EmacsI use an Atreus [1] as my daily keyboard, and Phil has been experimenting with various forms of "cyberdeck" based on that [2,3]. Something like that, with a minimalist emacs config like [4] would be an awesome portable writing device.
1. https://atreus.technomancy.us/
2. https://atreus.technomancy.us/decklog
3. https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberDeck/comments/d2rwp1/atreus_de...
4. https://github.com/rougier/elegant-emacs
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