From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Schulte Subject: Re: Emacs starter kit Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:46:44 -0600 Message-ID: <87629n4k8b.fsf@gmx.com> References: <20120716134707.GA9985@panahar> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36835) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sqqqr-0008Mn-DX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:21:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sqqqp-0000AZ-OA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:21:01 -0400 Received: from mailout-us.gmx.com ([74.208.5.67]:43661 helo=mailout-us.mail.com) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sqqqp-00009R-I9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:20:59 -0400 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode Vikas Rawal writes: > There are multiple versions of Emacs Starter Kit. The two main > versions that I currently see are one maintained by Eric Schulte > (http://eschulte.me/emacs24-starter-kit/) and the other maintained by > Phil Hagelberg (https://github.com/technomancy/emacs-starter-kit/). > > The important difference between the two is that Eric Schulte's > version is a collection of org-mode files from where the .el files are > generated. The startup options are maintained as org documents. > Package.el, and ELPA, are a part of the starter kit in this case. The > starter kit installs the packages. > > In Hagelberg's version, this is inverted. Starter kit is installed by > the package manager that is now a part of Emacs (version 24). The > package manager directly installs a bunch of .el files and there are > no org files to see. > > Which is the recommended way to go? What is the experience of people > on this list? > > (This mail perhaps belongs to the emacs mailing list, but since at > least one of these versions is based on using org-mode to manage > emacs, people on this mailing list will perhaps have some interest in > the issue.). > > Vikas > Hi Vikas, As the maintainer of my "literate" version of the starter kit, I can share my opinions on the differences... I think the most important differentiator is whether you want to keep your configuration in .org or .el files. I have all of my personal config in a single 2255 line Org-mode file. Thanks to Org-mode's folding outline structure I've found this to be much easier to navigate than either one single large or many small emacs-lisp files. Aside from that, Phil's version of the starter kit certainly has more users and is probably more actively maintained -- I actively fix reported bugs in my version of the starter kit, but don't have any real development planned. Best, -- Eric Schulte http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte