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Expand Up @@ -27,8 +27,12 @@ Install plugins for `Zsh`:
`cp .zshrc ~/.zshrc`

## Emacs setup
`sudo apt install emacs`
`git clone https://github.com/purcell/emacs.d.git ~/.emacs.d`
`sudo apt install emacs`

If ~/.emacs.d already exists, you will need to delete it before cloning purcell's emacs configuration
`rm -rf ~/.emacs.d`
`git clone https://github.com/purcell/emacs.d.git ~/.emacs.d`


I've found plain emacs gets pretty slow with time.
For lightning speed and flow states, you want to start an emacs daemon and then use the
Expand All @@ -42,7 +46,8 @@ This might take a while the first time around (but much quicker after that):
You can now run emacs with the `emacslient` command.

It's a bit of a mouthful (fingerful?) to type - I prefer to set an alias here:
`echo -e 'alias e="emacsclient -a -c"' >> ~/.zshrc`
`echo -e 'alias e="emacsclient -a -c"' >> ~/.zshrc`
To use this alias you may need to exit your shell first.

Now you can open your files with Emacs like so:
`e somefile`
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