Linux Club @ UMD

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==== Presentation ====
==== Planning ====
=== Goals ===
Aiming for 30 minutes, so these have to fit within that.
  * elisp/emacs primer 
    * setq, types (t, nil), quote/unquote
    * major/minor modes, hooks
  * Semi-comfortable 
    * Good colorschemes
    * Annoyances handled 
      * Code indentation
  * Aware of basic keysequences and commands with pointers to learn more and practice.
  * Aware of how to use the built-in help facilities to learn about the editor and remind themselves. 
    * Help, Info, describe-*, ...
  * Aware of how to install/configure additional packages.
  * Configs for particular languages 
    * ??? Cover configuring the basics/general aspects of configuring the editor for a new language.
    * Have basic configs for popular languages, or at least mention the recommended packages for popular languages. 
      * Target languages should be those taught in the CS courses
      * Java, C/C++, Rust, Racket, Python, OCaml, Ruby, Markdown, JS
  * Compare and contrast to other editors audience may be familiar with. 
    * Should probably compare to VS Code
  * Big ideas 
    * Everything is a buffer 
      * Everything uses the same keybinds.
    * ??? Literate programming. We may be using a literate Org file for the config. Not an Emacs-specific idea so maybe don't go into too much detail.
    * ??? Interacting with REPLs? SLIME-style REPLs?
    * ??? Everything in Emacs. Maybe at least mention the possibilities, while emphasizing that it is not necessary to have a good experience. 
      * Email
=== Inspiration ===
  * https://karthinks.com/software/batteries-included-with-emacs/
=== Ideas for configs to cover ===
Might not cover all of them verbally, but should be in supplementary materials.
  * setting indentation settings. Changing them per-mode. e.g. c-basic-offset variable. tab-width variable. indent-tabs-mode?
  * custom-file variable? Storing config made through the customizations system in a different file than init.el?
  * delete-by-moving-to-trash variable
  * Backup files. I think the default is FILENAME~, which can be annoying.
  * global-display-line-numbers-mode
  * sentence-end-double-space variable
  * Interactions with system clipboard.
  * winner-mode?
  * font configuration
  * colorscheme 
    * Have 2-6 good colorschemes configured by default in the sample config.
    * Prot's themes have gotten lots of attention recently due to their detail and accessibility: 
      * ef-themes
      * modus-themes
      * standard-themes
=== Ideas for concepts to cover ===
  * Managing, storing, version controlling, backing up configs and dotfiles? 
    * Maybe out of scope but should at least mention it.
  * Customization system
  * Help system, info system, other docs.
  * Built-in tutorial
  * Recommended external information resources.
  * Defining your own keybindings
  * Installing and configuring packages.
=== Ideas for packages to cover ===
  * use-package
  * which-key
  * Some search/completion package like Vertico and friends?
  * magit
  * org-mode
  * evil-mode
  * cua-mode
  * eglot / LSP stuff (requires installing LSPs separately)
  * tab-completion (corfu / company)
  * tree-sitter (requires installing tree-sitter binaries separately)
  * built-ins: eww, dired, tramp, games
=== Miscellaneous ideas ===
  * Mention Wayland stuff in case people have blurriness? Linux users are rare but Ubuntu has Wayland as default so some might face this issue. 
    * solution is to use PGTK build in emacs 29+
  * Make sure instructions work or at least are likely to work for Windows and macOS. 
    * TODO: Where are Emacs configs stored on Windows?