I’ve been exploring Emacs vanilla and found some gems. I’ll list those and would like you to list as well in special those that you migrated to from a non built-in package.
- fido: minibuffer completion
- tab-bar: flexible tabs for frames and windows
- desktop.el: saving/restoring sessions
- rgrep: grep recursively
- ibuffer: has filtering functionality
- vc: frontend to git, mercurial, but very limited in comparison to magit
Not really in the same league, but I just today learned about “doctor”, and it delighted me because I am easily delighted.
These are excellent! I became an instant user of both the tab-bar and the desktop-save/read functions. Gems indeed. Thank you for sharing! As for lesser known Emacs built-ins I appreciate, here’s a short list that may qualify:
- remember - a mode for remembering data with as little structure upfront as possible
- todo - create and manage to-do lists with minimal effort
- speedbar - calls a new frame for quick navigation in directories and info nodes
And some more, after a few more months of looking at more built-ins in the documentation:
- calculator - great for most simple desktop calculator needs
- ps-print--with-faces - creates a postscript printout of the current buffer or region
Unfortunately, the ps-print--with-faces commands do not preserve the markup features of org-mode, but the structure of the buffer or region is faithfully displayed, save the occasional wrapping of a long line or `?’ in place of an unrecognized character. If you have a printer, this can allegedly even deliver postscript printouts directly to it! It’s not exactly a novel idea; elvis has boasted such a feature for a good while, but it’s nice to see Emacs has it built-in as well!
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