[Keyframe]

I used emacs quite a lot, back in the day, and have switched to vim for now.. well, too long. Thing with vim is that I've never seen anyone using stock vim and keys, there's this whole layer of plugins and custom key bindings that make it so effective for any particular user. Would that translate to spacemacs at all? I've only glanced at it, but not sure if it supports Vim plug for example.

[jeremyjh]

Stock Spacemacs is like a fully-tricked out Vim configuration, made by and for "plugin" junkies. Its leader-based keybindings are very well thought-out and discoverable since you get a small menu for the level you are at. For example <space> g gets you to the git submenu, if you forget that <space> g s gets you magit-status it will remind you there.

[tharne]

> Stock Spacemacs is like a fully-tricked out Vim configuration, made by and for "plugin" junkies.

That is a fantastic description of Spacemacs

[j4yav]

Sincere question: if I already have a vim setup with all the plugins I like, and I switch to evil mode so everything more or less works as I had it, what does emacs open the door to that I couldn’t do before? Org mode I imagine is one piece. Is there anything else I should look at if I try it?

[mapolone]

There are a few IMHO: magit [1] is a nice piece for Git. And there's vterm, if you wish to use a (usable) term or tmux/screen without leaving the editor, tramp mode [2] for remote files and last but not least ergoemacs [3] if you prefer the CUA style for generic commands (and reduce RSI). Oh, and forgot to mention helm [4] too...

[1] https://magit.vc

[2] https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TrampMode

[3] https://ergoemacs.github.io/

[4] https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm

[j4yav]

I'm all set up with spacemacs and trying these out, thanks so much for the tips! So far so good.