Emacs

Skill G1Joshi/Agent-Skills/skills/tools/emacs

Emacs extensible text editor with Lisp. Use for terminal editing.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add G1Joshi/Agent-Skills --skill emacs

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SKILL.md

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GNU Emacs

Emacs is an operating system masquerading as an editor. v29+ (2025) features built-in Eglot (LSP), Tree-sitter, and Native Compilation for speed.

When to Use

Lisp Hackers: Configured in Elisp.
Org Mode: The best note-taking/GTD system in existence.
Magit: The best Git interface ever made.

Core Concepts

Buffers & Windows

Everything is a buffer (files, terminals, games). Windows display buffers.

Key Chords

C-x C-s (Save). M-x (Execute command). Emacs relies heavily on Ctrl and Meta (Alt/Option).

Org Mode

Structured plain text. Todos, tables, code execution (Babel).

Best Practices (2025)

Do:

Use use-package: The standard macro for tidy configuration.
Enable Native Comp: (setq native-comp-async-report-warnings-errors nil). Massive speedup.
Try Doom Emacs: A pre-configured distribution optimized for Vimmers (Evil mode).

Don't:

Don't fear the pinky: Remap Caps Lock to Ctrl immediately.

References

GNU Emacs Manual

What ships with it

Read from the repository

Just SKILL.md. No reference files, no scripts.