I started with purcell's config as well. I did two separate attempts at getting started from scratch, and it was just too much. Using purcell's config made me somewhat productive in a week.
Now I'm starting to do my own changes to his config, but there's still a lot of stuff I'm afraid to touch. I'm thinking of declaring ".emacs bankruptcy" soon, or maybe start from something more minimal like the Starter Kit linked in the article (I wish I knew about it before starting with purcell's)
Biggest thing I miss when I moved from Vim was tmux. Window management in Emacs is a nightmare, and the shells suck as well.
I started with nothing. I believe that just like every Jedi must build their own light sabre, every Emacs user should build their own dot-emacs. Conversely, thus spake the great French philosopher: "hell is other people's .emacs"
Emacs is a stern taskmaster, but she repays the investment in multitudes.
Now I'm starting to do my own changes to his config, but there's still a lot of stuff I'm afraid to touch. I'm thinking of declaring ".emacs bankruptcy" soon, or maybe start from something more minimal like the Starter Kit linked in the article (I wish I knew about it before starting with purcell's)
Biggest thing I miss when I moved from Vim was tmux. Window management in Emacs is a nightmare, and the shells suck as well.