On top of this Prelude bundles a bunch of smaller packages and makes
many more packages available via optional modules.
## Programming Languages Support
@ -88,7 +107,9 @@ The following programming languages have enhanced support in Prelude:
- XML
- YAML
On top of this - basic support for many other programming languages will be auto-installed when needed (e.g. the first time you open a source file for some language).
On top of this - basic support for many other programming languages
will be auto-installed when needed (e.g. the first time you open a
source file for some language).
## Philosophy
@ -99,21 +120,33 @@ Prelude's philosophy is quite simple:
* stable
* a foundation for you to build upon, as opposed to some end-user product
This means that it intentionally doesn't pack all the bells and whistles that it could.
Prelude aims to enhance the classic Emacs experience without deviating a lot from it - e.g.
it would never enable something like `evil-mode` (vim keybindings) by default and so on.
This means that it intentionally doesn't pack all the bells and
whistles that it could. Prelude aims to enhance the classic Emacs
experience without deviating a lot from it - e.g. it would never
enable something like `evil-mode` (vim keybindings) by default and so
on.
All the third-party packages that it bundles are carefully vetted and are known to be of
good quality and to have reliable maintainers. That generally means that Prelude's unlikely
to immediate adopt some shiny new package, that has established tried and true alternatives.
All the third-party packages that it bundles are carefully vetted and
are known to be of good quality and to have reliable maintainers. That
generally means that Prelude's unlikely to immediately adopt some
shiny new package, that has established tried and true alternatives.
In practice this translates to the following:
* Prelude is less opinionated than distros like Spacemacs and Doom Emacs (meaning it's closer to the standard Emacs experience)
* Prelude is less opinionated than distros like Spacemacs and Doom
Emacs (meaning it's closer to the standard Emacs experience)
* Prelude installs relatively few additional packages by default
* Most modules in Prelude are opt-in instead of opt-out (you'll notice the default config enables only a handful of modules)
* Most modules (e.g. modules for programming languages) are pretty short and feature setup only for essential packages (in some cases that be just the major mode for the language in question)
* You don't really need to track Prelude's upstream - you're encouraged to just fork it and use it as the basis for your own configuration.
Remember that the ultimate goal of every Emacs user is to create an Emacs setup that reflects their own experience, needs, goals and ideas. Just like Lisp,
Emacs is nothing but a raw building material for the perfect editing experience.
* Most modules in Prelude are opt-in instead of opt-out (you'll notice
the default config enables only a handful of modules)
* Most modules (for example, modules for programming languages) are
pretty short and feature setup only for essential packages (in some
cases that would be just the major mode for the language in
question)
* You don't really need to track Prelude's upstream - you're
encouraged to just fork it and use it as the basis for your own
configuration.
Remember that the ultimate goal of every Emacs user is to create an
Emacs setup that reflects their own experience, needs, goals and
ideas. Just like Lisp, Emacs is nothing but a raw building material