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by thr3ads 1279 days ago
Because of the steep learning curve and troubleshooting associated with it, I've become more hesitant in recommending Emacs. However for the curious, the video Getting Started in Org Mode [1] which is a great demonstration on Emacs and Org Mode's potential as an organizational tool. Anyone still curious and would like to smooth out the learning curve, I'd recommend using an emacs starter kit such as Doom Emacs [2] which has a lot of OOB functionality without having to immediately learn Elisp.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzA2YODtgK4

[2] https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs
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deafpolygon 1279 days ago
It is daunting, but no more than say, a Visual Studio IDE, or learning how to use Microsoft Office (Word and Excel can be complicated as hell).

Starting with Doom Emacs would go a long way, and was what really helped me get started. Of course, it helped that I was familiar with Vim.

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