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Emacs: organise your init file (outline-minor-mode or Org literate config)

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In this 25-minute video I show two ways to organise your Emacs init.el file. One approach is to keep editing the code in Emacs Lisp and to leverage the “outline”, while the other is to use a literate Org file whose code blocks will be “tangled” to the init.el. I explain all the technicalities and show examples. More resources: Basic and capable Emacs configuration: https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2024-11-28-basic-emacs-configuration/ Modern minibuffer (Vertico, Consult, etc.): https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2024-02-17-emacs-modern-minibuffer-packages/ Ediff basics: https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2023-11-17-emacs-ediff-basics/ My Emacs configuration: Web page: https://protesilaos.com/emacs/dotemacs Source: https://github.com/protesilaos/dotfiles Video explanation: https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2023-12-18-emacs-org-advanced-literate-conf/

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Protesilaos Stavrou

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