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Yo dawg, you lookin' to pimp out your Emacs game? Well, lend me your ear-holes 'cause I'm about to drop some mad knowledge on ya!

First off, we gotta talk packages. These ain't your grandaddy's repos, nah fam. We're talkin' the latest and greatest from 2024, hot off the digital presses. MELPA, ELPA, and all the other dope sources, servin' up a smorgasbord of tasty add-ons to trick out your Emacs ride.

Now, let's talk 'bout that init.el file. This bad boy is like the brain of your Emacs setup, controllin' everything from how it looks to how it functions. You want a slick, minimalist vibe? Or maybe you're more of a bling-bling type, with all the bells and whistles? Either way, we got you covered.

We'll start by loadin' up the package managers, then it's off to the races. Want some fly code completion? Boom, company-mode. Need to keep your code nice and tidy? Helloooo, prettier-mode. Tryna flex those l33t hax0r skillz? We'll hook you up with some dope keybindings and modal editing schemes that'll make your fingers dance like they're in The Matrix.

And that's just the tip of the iceberg, my friend. We can customize colors, fonts, and themes 'til your eyeballs bleed rainbows. Integrate with all the hottest tools and frameworks, from Docker to React to whatever fresh hotness the future holds. Emacs is like a Swiss Army knife, and we'll make sure yours is sharper than a samurai sword.

So whaddya say, playa? You ready to join the Emacs elite and leave those plebeian text editors in the dust? Just say the word, and I'll hook you up with an init.el that'll make all the other hackers green with envy. 2024 is the year of Emacs, and you're about to become its king!

It would seem something's excited about some changes:

* Startup Changes in Emacs 29.1

'–batch' and '–script' now adjust the garbage collection levels. These switches now set 'gc-cons-percentage' to 1.0 (up from the default of 0.1). This means that batch processes will typically use more memory than before, but use less time doing garbage collection. Batch jobs that are supposed to run for a long time should adjust the limit back down again.

** Emacs can now be used more easily in an executable script. If you start an executable script with

  #!/usr/bin/emacs -x

Emacs will start without reading any init files (like with '–quick'), and then execute the rest of the script file as Emacs Lisp. When it reaches the end of the script, Emacs will exit with an exit code from the value of the final form.

Emacs now supports setting 'user-emacs-directory' via '–init-directory'. Use the '–init-directory' command-line option to set 'user-emacs-directory'.

* New in 30

Emacs has been ported to the Android operating system. This requires Emacs to be compiled on another computer. The Android NDK, SDK, and a suitable Java compiler must also be installed.

See the file “java/INSTALL” for more details.

On GNU/Linux, Emacs is now the default application for 'org-protocol'. Org mode provides a way to quickly capture bookmarks, notes, and links using 'emacsclient':

  emacsclient "org-protocol://store-link?url=URL&title=TITLE"