In my humble opinion, emacs is much closer by default.
There are a couple of things which I think could make the default config simpler:
- Enable global-subword-mode by default.
- Enable delete-selection-mode by default.
With that, and maybe adding multiple-cursors to the default distribution (with a little bit more refinement) and I could use it out of the box. I would still probably set up colours, and I like my fonts really tiny, but those would be a matter of customization.
One other thing maybe is making M-x customize more discoverable. I think for a lot of users (including myself sometimes) it is sometimes simpler to search for an option by what you think it should be called, and select one of the known good values than it is to write the elisp expression for it.
There are a couple of things which I think could make the default config simpler:
- Enable global-subword-mode by default.
- Enable delete-selection-mode by default.
With that, and maybe adding multiple-cursors to the default distribution (with a little bit more refinement) and I could use it out of the box. I would still probably set up colours, and I like my fonts really tiny, but those would be a matter of customization.
One other thing maybe is making M-x customize more discoverable. I think for a lot of users (including myself sometimes) it is sometimes simpler to search for an option by what you think it should be called, and select one of the known good values than it is to write the elisp expression for it.