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<h1 class="title">What Do I Want To Do With Emacs</h1>
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I first started using Emacs (and Linux for that matter) since around the end of 2023, and it's been well over a year of trial and error with this text editor. At first I was using this for all sorts of things such as:
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&#x2026; and the list goes on.
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One thing I realised is just how powerful Emacs really is, just recently I found out that you can use the <code>emoji-insert</code> to insert emojis! Some have even gone to say it's an operating system in its own right. So this prompted the question today, what do <i>I</i> want from Emacs?
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After some thinking I narrowed it down and collated it in the following diagram:
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Of course this is the current workflow, where the text in red are items I <i>currently</i> use Emacs for (high percentage likelihood this will increase), and the items in blue text are ones I plan on adding to my workflow. The main thing I want from this is to ensure consistency in daily practices.
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<li>Org-roam bodies a huge aspect of the daily workflow, as it is a second brain where all information is stored.</li>
<li>Learning elisp is primarily done in the scratch buffer and through projects.</li>
<li>Java/Python IDE for when I'm leetcoding or doing any arbitrary project.</li>
<li>Text editing mainly relates to config files for the arch setup.</li>
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<li>Org-publish: see <a href="../../../setup.html">setup</a>.</li>
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