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> Am 23.08.2016 um 20:06 schrieb John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>:
>=20
>=20
> Axel Kielhorn writes:
>=20
>>> Am 23.08.2016 um 00:13 schrieb John Kitchin =
<jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>:
>>>=20
>>> Checkout http://github.com/jkitchin/scimax. With git installed it =
will install an opinionatedly configured Emacs. Most of my students use =
it. I would just have each user install it.=20
>>=20
>> I=E2=80=99m using a modified jmax right now.
>> Should I switch to scimax?
>> Anything I should look out for?
>>=20
>=20
> They are largely the same. The scimax repo does not have emacs in it
> anymore,

That is good (don=E2=80=99t need it on non-Windows platforms) and bad =
(Now I have to get one for windows from somewhere else, maybe jmax?.)

> so it is a lot smaller. scimax tends to use ivy more than helm
> for completion.

All these different completion packages irritate me.
I=E2=80=99m using some helm, let=E2=80=99s see how it works with ivy.
(Luckily I have two 24=E2=80=9C monitors, a lot of room to place notes =
to remind me of new commands.[1])

> scimax uses use-package for the most part to install
> packages, but I think most of the functionality is the same though.
>=20
> The good news is, jmax is finally stable ;)

I=E2=80=99m an org user, I love moving targets:-)

>> Can I simply move my user folder and continue?
>=20
> Probably this should work.=20

I=E2=80=99ll give it a try[2].

Axel

[1] Note to self: Buy some 3M stock.
[2] Another automator icon on the desktop.