This choices affects some Spacemacs behavior and hotkeys. All the choices are alternatives, so something should be selected in any case. Or you can just remove it without backing it up:įor the first time you will be asked for features that should be installed. You can do this by either renaming it through: Otherwise Spacemacs will not load since that file prevents Emacs from loading the proper initialization file. If the specified font is not found, the fallback one will be used.īackup (if required) and remove the ~/.emacs file if you have not already. Install adobe-source-code-pro-fonts package.It is recommended to install it on your system if you wish to use it. The default font used by Spacemacs is Source Code Pro by Adobe. Install Adobe Source Pro fonts (optional) Note: This command should be run from your user account. If you want to install the master branch instead, which has not been maintained for months, do: As of September 2020, it is recommend to install the develop branch of Spacemacs: To install Spacemacs we need to clone an actual configuration from GitHub, and replace Emacs configuration entirely. $ mv ~/.emacs.d ~/.emacs.d.bak & mv ~/.emacs ~/.emacs.bak If you used Emacs before, be sure to backup your previous config. Spacemacs is built on top of Emacs, so we need to install Emacs first.īackup old Emacs configuration (optional) Spacemacs distribution is based on community-driven Emacs config, which greatly extends default Emacs behaviour and adds a lot of additional features. The goal of the project is to combine both Vim and Emacs editors, getting the best parts from each. Spacemacs is an extensible and customizable text editor, built on top of Emacs and using Vim keybindings.

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