[dragandj]

Did you know that there are rich distributions that have done that for you? You can literally install those with a few simple steps and have fully functional super environment.

Key words for Google search: Emacs Prelude, or Spacemacs

[samueloph]

Didn't know that, thanks!

TODO: search for vim equivalents

[kronos29296]

Spacevim, vim-bootstrap, spf13, janus, vim-sensible (for sensible defaults for vim only).

[govg]

Neovim has some good documentation on how to get started. Also, spacemacs has vim bindings if you wish, afaik.