From 44b10b968d3a3585071a8b241de4cb9ac8332663 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bozhidar Batsov Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 08:30:53 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Extend the philosophy a bit --- README.md | 11 +++++++++++ doc/index.md | 11 +++++++++++ 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 63da750..0d9787a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -82,6 +82,17 @@ All the third-party packages that it bundles are carefully vetted and are known 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. +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 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. + ## User Manual While Emacs Prelude is pretty simple at its core, it does have some specifics that diff --git a/doc/index.md b/doc/index.md index 920487d..3f6e692 100644 --- a/doc/index.md +++ b/doc/index.md @@ -43,3 +43,14 @@ it would never enable something like `evil-mode` (vim keybindings) by default an 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. + +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 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.